He grinned as he muttered to himself, “It’s $800,000,000. Weiss, you’re really sacrificing yourself to save other people. You have the spirit to help others.“This time, I’ve really become rich. I have money that I can never finish spending.”Oswin was already imagining how he would expand the company and increase the supply channel. He wanted to become the number one supplier in the Southland District and defeat the other suppliers.When he became the number one supplier in the industry, he would be able to do whatever he wanted.At that time, he could obtain rough stones while he supplied to the jewelers. He could gain an advantage from both sides and earn a lot.The more he thought about it, the happier he felt. He could not help but dance.While he felt happy, a few clear sounds of knocking door were heard. Oswin quickly kept the money in his drawer. “Come in.The door was opened.Ross Glover, the director of the Marketing Department walked inside with a thick stack of docu
Two days later, in Stellar Jewelers’ Southland District branch...Thomas sat on the couch in his office while he casually scrolled through the recent news.Zach, the chairman, opened the door and went inside. He sat beside Thomas, frowned, and said, “Thomas, something’s not right. Your method of collaborating with dozens of jewelry companies to boycott the three biggest suppliers doesn’t seem to be working.“Oswin and the other two companies have not surrendered, and they’ve even gone against us.“Now, they’ve cut their supply and are not selling any stock to us. Stellar Jewelers can still support itself, but can the other small companies still support themselves?”Thomas put down his phone before he moved his laptop over and opened a file.“Mr. Quinn, please take a look at this.”Zach laughed after he read it. “Hey, the Southland District wants to expand the market and help to support many rough stone suppliers. How can such a good thing happen?”Thomas said, “Based on the pla
The two of them felt gloomy in the office, and they could not come up with any solution. They had already been forced into a dead end by Thomas.Oswin finally understood what Thomas meant by, “You’ll regret it one day.”Thomas did not say that because he was angry, and he also did not say that as a joke. He would do as promised, and Oswin indeed regretted it now.At this point, there might only be the solution that was not a solution—apologize.Although an apology was nothing now, there seemed to be no other solution apart from that.Oswin sighed. “Ross, prepare some gifts for me. I need to go to Stellar Jewelers to look for Thomas.”Ross naturally understood what he wanted to do.“I got it, Boss. I’ll prepare it now.”…… An hour later, Oswin showed up in front of the office building of Stellar Jewelers.He came to Thomas’ office after being led by the receptionist.Knock! Knock! Oswin politely knocked on the office door.“Please come in.”The door was pushed open with a
Oswin was an intelligent person, so he knew Thomas must have meant something else when he said that.Great appetite?How great could it be?Oswin kept the gift box back, forced a smile, and asked, “Mr. Mayo, let’s make this straightforward. How much do you want?”Thomas waved his hand. “Mr. Wilton, you’re thinking of me so vulgar. I don’t want money.”“Don’t want money? What do you want then?”Thomas stared meaningfully at Oswin. “I want your remaining stock.”Oswin frowned. A part of his stock was bought by Weiss, and he still had a batch. He was not able to get rid of that stock because of Thomas.He did not expect Thomas to be aiming for his remaining stock.Oswin nodded. “Dr. Mayo, you’re really different from the ordinary. You want the stock? Sure. If the price you give is suitable, I can sell everything to you.”This was a big sacrifice from Oswin.What he meant by so-called suitable price was actually to let him save cost by selling his stock to Thomas at the origin
The offer of $60,000,000 was already very polite.If normal jewelry companies heard the price, they would have taken out their money and bought it directly. But, Thomas was different.He leaned back in his chair, opened his arms, and said, “I’m sorry. I’m a purchasing manager without much budget. I just have $10,000,000. Even if I want to give you money, I can’t afford it.“So, Mr. Wilton, if you really think you can’t accept $10,000,000, then… I can only apologize. We don’t need to discuss this business deal anymore.”Oswin’s complexion was pale.Thomas was clearly acting shamelessly! How could he talk business like this?The problem was that Oswin dared not just leave like that. If he walked out of Thomas’ office today, his business would definitely be ruined, and he would not be able to run his company in the Southland District anymore.He had to surrender for his future.“Fine! Fine!“Just $10,000,000. Let’s sign the contract.”Selling the batch of stock at the price of $
That was indeed a valid question. Thomas had told Zach that it was free and he did not need to pay at all. But, did Thomas not just pay $30,000,000 today?Naturally, he already earned a lot with the rock-bottom price of $30,000,000. So, Zach did not mean to antagonize Thomas. He just wanted to tease him.Meanwhile, Thomas leisurely picked up his teacup and calmly said, “Mr. Quinn, although we spent $30,000,000 this time, I didn’t go through the company’s account and use the money from the company. This means that I didn’t use your money. Therefore, it’s still free for you.”“Oh?” Zach curiously asked, “Did you just fork out your own money and pay $30,000,000 to buy me a ‘gift?’ I’ll be embarrassed if that’s really the case.”Thomas shook his head. “I’m not that generous either.”Zach was confused. “So, where did you get $30,000,000 from?”Thomas reminded, “Do you still remember Benjamin and his gang?”His words woke Zach up. Of course, he remembered them. The main purpose of hol
He was actually able to achieve that.Thomas continued, “Based on our chairman’s request, Stellar Jewelers also plans to organize a live stream cutting session. We will cut open the remaining stock and share our happiness with all of you.”Everyone scoffed.The trash pile had been bought by Weiss, so the remaining stock would definitely be top-grade. The cutting show had to be very interesting.Thomas and Zach were really smart.Everyone felt slightly unhappy. After all, they had collaborated with Thomas to boycott Oswin, but Thomas alone had gained all the advantages. Nobody would be happy about that.However, due to Thomas’ status, they dared not voice out their opinions.They suppressed the anger in their hearts and felt terrible.Thomas went on to say, “Today, I’ve gathered all of you here mainly because I want to discuss two things with you. All of you must already know about the first thing. I want to ask you to reconcile with Oswin and the other two suppliers. Please don
The call for the meeting today had vividly taught everyone a lesson about strategic vision.Normal businessmen would have kept all the rough stones for themselves and kicked these so-called partners away. But, Thomas could take out nine portions of rough stones and share the stones with them. As a result, he was respected and loved by everyone.His generosity and judgment were not present in normal people.It was also an important reason why Thomas could become the God of War, while they could just be lame businessmen.After the meeting ended, Thomas went backstage.His wife Emma had been waiting for him backstage for a long time. When she saw Thomas walking over, she clapped her hands while she said, “Awesome! After your meeting today, all the jewelers in the Southland District have been bribed by you.”Thomas chuckled. “The term ‘bribe’ sounds so bad. You’re the general manager of Stellar Jewelers now. I did this to help you clear a lot of obstacles.”Emma said, “So, when are
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