After all, he just wanted to make Thomas lost his position as the purchasing manager. He did not care if Thomas was delegated to some other position, and he was never expecting to chase him out of the Stellar Jewelers.This showed that Zach and Benjamin were making concessions.However, Thomas did not think so.He coughed slightly. “Mr. Quinn, I think you misunderstand something.”Zach looked at Thomas. “Who do you mean?”“You’re not responsible for it, and I didn’t make a mistake. Although I spent quite a lot to buy one hundred rough stones for one hundred million dollars, these one hundred rough stones are all top-quality rough stones. We’ll only make money out of them.”When Zach heard this, he was speechless for a while. He complained it his mind. ‘I’ve already helped you out of this situation, but why are you still digging your own grave? You’re just giving me more trouble.’Benjamin, who had originally planned to not call him out, immediately became energetic. He smiled an
The conference hall had become a live broadcast room.The newly opened live broadcast channel had professional cameras. A large amount of money was tipped to the channel, attracting traffic.The best lapidarist they could get their hands on controlled the machine to cut one hundred rough stones on site.This feeling was like someone buying one hundred lottery tickets and drawing the numbers on the spot. It was very eye-catching. Everyone could not wait to enter the live broadcast channel to watch it.‘Coke and popcorn are ready. Please start your performance.’‘Those one hundred rough stones seem to be low-quality goods. I don’t think it’s worth the time.’‘I have the same thought. It should be a gimmick of the company. We don’t have to watch it. It’s definitely a pile of rubbish.’The official cutting had not yet begun, but the broadcast channel was already overcrowded. The comments appeared one after another, and most people were not optimistic about these rough stones.Among
“That’s impossible. I don’t believe they would continue getting imperial jade.”“The first three were just dumb luck.”“It must be so.”Next, the rough stones were cut one after another. Indeed, the imperial jades they got later were lesser, but each of them was a fine product. This could not be wrong.The one with the lowest value was also worth around five to six hundred thousand dollars.Every time a rough stone was cut, Mr. Bentley’s heard seemed to be cut as well. It made his heart ache again and again.It took about an hour to cut all one hundred rough stones. The lapidarist let out a sigh of relief. Today was the most exciting job he had ever undertaken.After finishing today’s job, no stones would ever excite him this much again in the future.There were one hundred rough stones, and each of them was a fine product.There were imperial jades and emerald jades mixed in them.Zach also watched with enthusiasm. “Come on, quickly count the value.”The subordinates immedi
Benjamin’s expression was bad, and he accepted the instant noodle with difficulty. He looked left and right, but none of his supporters stood up for him.As for Zach, he looked at him with a smile and was waiting for him to start his performance.Actually, Zach also felt sorry for Thomas, so in order to make Thomas happy, he did not plan to help Benjamin. It would be good as long as Thomas could vent his anger.The poor Benjamin got into a situation of isolation and helplessness.At that moment, Doris raised her hand and said, “I think this is bad.”Benjamin was overjoyed as someone was finally willing to stand up and speak for him.But Doris then said, “It’s bad to eat it dry. I think it tastes better after cooking it first.”Thomas laughed. “This is a good suggestion. Go and cook the noodles for Mr. Garnett. It is instant noodles, so you better cook it fast.”So, in less than five minutes, a bowl of hot instant noodles was served.Benjamin walked to the wall with a bitter ex
Emma took a step to the side in disgust. She did not say anything, but it was clear that she despised the man in front of her.Thomas walked up to them.The sound of footsteps drew everyone's attention in the room. Emma felt relieved when she spotted Thomas and stood up to approach him, as if she had seen a savior.“Honey, you’re back.”She sounded sugary sweet when she said that.She emphasized the word "honey" in particular, because she wanted the man sitting on the sofa to hear it loud and clear.And it was obvious that the word had angered him.He glanced at Thomas from head to toe and coldly said, “Ho, Emma, is this the legendary husband you mentioned? Seeing is believing, I’m finally able to meet him today.”His words were really provocative. Thomas pointed at him and asked, “Who’s that?”Without waiting for Emma to respond, the man stood up, smoothed out his suit, and said arrogantly, "I’m Nathan White. My father and Uncle Johnson were old friends. When we were younge
While talking, he drew out a check. “Here’s a five-million-dollar check. If you could successfully help me with this project, then the cheque would be yours.”Everyone loves money. But with Nathan’s attitude, Johnson would never be pleased. “It’s not appropriate for me to join the younger generations in your conversation,” he scoffed. You can talk to Emma and Thomas. I’ll be watching TV.”He just did not want to speak to Nathan. Nathan then shifted his gaze to Emma. “Haha, that’s all right. Can you do me a favor, Emma? Since Uncle Johnson wants to watch TV at home, then we shouldn’t discuss this here. Why don’t we go to a café and have a drink while we talk?“Come on, let’s go.”He did not see himself as an outsider, so he got to his feet and reached for Emma's hand, preparing to leave while holding her hand.In her own home, in front of her husband and parents, he did something like that. He was not respecting the Hill family at all!Before Nathan could touch Emma’s hand,
The whole room was deafeningly quiet, as everyone was unsure of what to say. Nathan straightened his suit and heaved, “Don’t blame me for being cruel. I’ve always been this frank.”He looked over at Johnson and stated halfway through his speech, "Uncle Johnson, with all due respect, with your prestige and rank, it is certainly quite difficult to comprehend why you would keep a good-for-nothing son-in-law who freeloads in your home and even allow him to be the head of your family."I believe you should reselect a capable and dependable son-in-law for the sake of your daughter and the family's future." As he said this, Nathan cocked his head and straightened his body, as if he was addressing himself.Sensible people would notice Nathan's intention to take Thomas's place.After all, Emma was such a gorgeous woman, and many men would want to hog her.Johnson's face turned green. He tried a few times to retort, but he could not say anything in the end.Although Nathan had no shame
The Hill family's house was crowded with people for the next hour. All of the big and small jewelry companies in Southland District were present, searching for Thomas and offering him the position of purchasing manager in their company.Basically, it was all free money with no actual work required.Some companies did not even have any purchasing requirements, and they were willing to simply pay Thomas the money because they admired his talent.Other companies were inviting him, and if you did not do it as well, then you would almost certainly be eliminated when you actually need him one day.In over an hour, Thomas had received countless invitations. But Thomas had turned down quite a lot of offers. Even so, he still agreed to nearly twenty companies, the majority of which were accepted due to Johnson’s urging. Finally, based on a rough calculation, Thomas would not have to do any work, but he could still earn over fifty million dollars every month, or six hundred million per
No one knew how far down the title Emperor of Luck was inherited.They had finally caught Luck.Following that, Eric leaped into action and reeled in his haul as fast as he could. With that, all the remaining accomplices of Luck were caught in one fell swoop!The two million innocent citizens were saved, as all of them took the antidote.Once again, Thomas saved the day.In order to express their gratitude, the citizens decided to erect statues of Thomas in Celandine City and many other cities as well.In the House of Vistaria.Phoebe ran towards her father hurriedly. She then smiled at him and said, “What did I tell you, dad? Thomas will definitely turn things around, right? I won!”Declan was so agitated, that he started tearing up.Thomas was really too amazing. He was capable of turning things around, even in such a predicament.At the same time, the curse that had plagued the Mars family for over a thousand years was finally broken. From then onwards, Declan was finally
Luck was dumbfounded. Why was Thomas still alive and kicking?“No need to doubt your own eyes. I am indeed still alive.”The crowd parted, making way for a very familiar figure. It was Thomas, the very Thomas whom the public watched him die.As he walked, he said, “Our previous research has already reached ninety-nine percent completion. But no matter how hard we tried, the final one percent remained out of our grasp. At that time, I thought that perhaps the only way was to drink the Ancestral Water and experience the poison itself, which would allow me to have a breakthrough for the final one percent.“And that was what happened. I managed to do it.“After drinking the Ancestral Water, I finally understood what the one percent was and successfully created the antidote for Ancestral Water. Now that the antidote has been created, it will sever your connection with the Ancestral Water.“You will not be able to kill anyone anymore.“You have lost, Luck.”Lost?Luck's eyes were wi
It was obvious that Eric could not afford to take a gamble this time. But he had no choice. His only choice was to listen to whatever the other party said and prepare a helicopter in twelve hours’ time.That was not all. He was also supposed to request for his superiors to help Luck get out of the country.The thought of it made Eric furious.“Damn it!”He left in anger to deal with the rest of the matter.The sky of Celandine City was covered with clouds.The patriarch, Declan, was in his garden in the House of Vistaria. He stared at the withered flowers as he grieved.His entire life was spent supporting Mr. Cole in hopes that he would be able to create an antidote to Ancestral Water. But at the end of the day, Mr. Cole accomplished nothing.His two disciples — Capricious Holy Hand Elliot, and Thomas — were both dead.There was no one in the world who was capable of creating the antidote for Ancestral Water anymore.“Alas...” Declan sighed. It seemed that it was impossible
At that moment, the general public was suddenly dumbfounded, as if struck by lightning. Everyone was down in the dumps.Many of those with poor psychological strength directly collapsed on the ground.They believed Thomas' death could be exchanged for their own safety, but who knew, in the end, they got nothing, and Luck, as usual, used their lives as a bargaining chip to force the authorities to listen to His Majesty's words.No antidote to Ancestral Water would ever be created by chance.The lives of people were still in His Majesty's hands.Whenever luck wanted them to die, they would die without any ability to resist.However, this was not the most frightening part. What was even more frightening than this was that the only person who could create the antidote to Ancestral Water had been forced to die alive by them.It would be impossible to create the antidote to Ancestral Water without Thomas.Mr. Cole and Elliot had all died, Thomas was the last person who mastered the
Eric sighed deeply, "Thomas, even though things have reached this point, you still remain so kind.""I have nothing to say except to choose death because the research failed." Thomas let out a long breath. "Before I die, I want to talk to my family on the phone."Originally, Emma and the others came to Celandine City because they wanted to be reunited with Thomas.Who knew it had turned into a life and death situation?The world was like a chess game; everything was unpredictable.When Thomas was video calling with his family, Emma was already bathed in tears at the other end. She was crying and shouting at Thomas to not be impulsive, and saying perhaps there was still room for things to turn around.That was what she thought, but it was not the case.Every minute Thomas dragged on, more people perished as the result of Ancestral Water, and the crowd’s fear and rage grew.Thomas’ life no longer belonged to him."Honey, take care of the baby."I love you."Those were Thomas’
For such demanding research, half a day was really too short.Thomas had recruited the best doctors and researchers he could find to work on a detailed study of Ancestral Water.In the past, it was difficult to achieve breakthroughs in the research on Ancestral Water. That was because figuring out how to create an antidote for the Ancestral Water was challenging. On the other hand, it was also because obtaining the Ancestral Water was incredibly difficult. Because they only had a few samples, the results were underwhelming.However, it was different now. Because the entire city's water supply had been turned into Ancestral Water, they were able to collect the samples at their convenience. This made it much easier for Thomas and the others to get the materials.With Thomas in charge, hundreds of researchers were conducting a massive study in just half a day. Unfortunately, things did not go according to plan.Thomas still failed. “We almost got it.“We were so close to makin
How sinister. “All we want is nothing but—safety.“As long as we’re safe, we definitely won’t make it difficult for everyone. If we’re safe, no one will die.“Now then, I have a small request to make to ensure everyone’s safety.“I demand that Thomas drink Ancestral Water immediately! This person is a real hassle for His Majesty, and we must keep him under our control for our own protection. Please forgive us for the inconvenience.“We'll only give everyone half a day to consider this. The emperor will begin killing people if Thomas does not step forward and drink Ancestral Water by this afternoon.“Okay. I've said everything I wanted to say. Goodbye.” The TV screen went dark, and so did Eric's face.He kicked the trash can over and said fiercely, “What is this? You're the only person in the world who can create an antidote for Ancestral Water’s poison, Thomas!“Once you drink Ancestral Water, you’ll be controlled by them!“Won't you have to obey Luck's every command by the
After listening to Thomas’ description, Eric also displayed a look of shock and said two words, “As expected.”What did he mean by, as expected?Was it possible that Eric knew that Luck was behind it from the start?“Thomas, follow me.”Eric took Thomas into an empty ward and locked the door. The two sat in the corner of the ward.He whispered, “There is a piece of news that I haven’t announced to the public, that is, besides Celandine City, there are more than ten cities that have problems. Do you know which cities they are?”Thomas’ eyes lit up. He already knew what Eric wanted to say.At the previous meeting, Eric had clearly stated that more than ten cities across the country had been controlled by Luck. Now, there happened to have more than ten cities where residents had been poisoned.Was there such a coincidence?Thomas said, “The residents are poisoned by Ancestral Water. Over ten cities are all under the control of Luck’s forces, so it is almost a certainty that Luck
“I didn’t. I saw the news early in the morning and was shocked. I haven’t dared to drink a sip of water until now.” Pisces took a deep breath and said, “Is this a natural disaster or a man-made disaster? It’s really terrible.”No matter whether it was a natural disaster or a man-made disaster, it was no small matter.Soon, Thomas drove to the hospital.Eric had been waiting here for a long time. As soon as he saw Thomas coming, he quickly let him enter the ward.He saw a patient lying on the hospital bed with his eyes closed, and his body was trembling. Although it was very hot, he was as cold as if he had just been lifted out of the freezer.A doctor walked over and said, “Mr. Mayo, let me tell you the general overview of the current situation.”The virus was spread through water sources.After drinking water with the virus, the virus would lurk in the human body.However, lurking did not mean that it would cause an outbreak.At present, over one hundred thousand people had b