Chapter 1583 Jade Business (2/2)

After finding out that kids sprayed urine at her dad, Elena, who was usually shy and reserved, became enraged. She looked for a water gun and went with Victoria to spray the ignorant kids and chase them away.

Sophie was shocked. ”Wow, you girls are Wonder Women. How did you manage that? There were more than ten kids in that bunch!”

Elena pursed her lips. ”It's actually simple. We went out with the guns right at them, face-to-face and without any fear. We didn't retreat, and we stared death in the face!”

”Impressive!” Sophie gave them a thumbs-up. ”But would this scare them away? How did you win so soon?”

Elena thought for a while, then said, ”Maybe it was because we put boiling water into the gun.”

Li Du, who had been drinking, almost spat out a mouthful. ”You loaded the gun with boiling water?!”

Victoria hurriedly corrected herself, ”Not boiling water, just hot water. Hey, don't look at me like that, it wasn't my idea. Someone on the internet taught us to do this.”

”Who on the internet taught you such a move?” Li Du was furious — this was a provocation.

Victoria replied fearfully, ”I don't know. I just typed into the Google search bar 'how do you win a water gun fight' and this was the answer I got.”

Li Du was speechless — this house was filled with brats!

The end of Halloween ushered in November. Early in November, Cole took a plane to Los Angeles. Winston, Inc. did rather well last year. Despite the luxury industry being in recession all around the globe, they managed to turn their loss into profit — and they made quite a profit, too — and successfully staged a comeback. When he found out that Li Du had returned from Myanmar and asked to discuss business with him, Cole sensed that the corporation had a new goal in mind.

When they met, he pulled Li Du into a warm embrace and then cut straight to the chase. ”What will we be discussing this time? What is it that you have in mind?”

Li Du snapped his fingers, and Brother Wolf walked in with a box. Cole opened the case and stared straight at the twenty-odd glossy green gemstones in the box. These gems were not very transparent, and they varied in terms of color density and size, with the largest one the size of half a volleyball. The sight of these gems shocked him. ”These are all jade?!”

Li Du confirmed. ”These are supreme quality pieces of water-grade jade, A-grade jade. There is wax-grade, ice-grade, and glass-grade jade, of which the wax-grade jade is the lowest quality. Those are blue with green or blue marbling. And they're sufficiently big, too. What do you think they're worth?”

Cole was an expert in the gemstone industry so, naturally, he would have studied the most popular gems in Asia. Harry Winston, Inc. had its Asia headquarters in Hong Kong, but it did not have branches in countries like China, Japan, Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, and India. As such, if they had good quality jade in their hands, the company could roll out a new line of gemstone-based luxury goods just for the Asian market.

Cole used the magnifying glass and torchlight in the box to take a good look at the gemstones, continuously ooh-ing and aah-ing as he examined them. ”This is unbelievable!””Such a stunning imperial green, my God, is the color shifting?””This is great, these are simply exquisite!”

Cole prattled on excitedly after he finished examining the gemstones. ”Li, my good man, you are simply a magician. To think you collected so many A-grade jade pieces! The company can develop a good business now.”

Li Du smiled. ”Let's not rush now, President Cole. Let's talk about our partnership first.”