After taking a deep breath, Gael still pretended to be happy and said, “I didn’t expect you to know about this, Mr. Mayo. Yes, I plan to sell all my collections. I’m old. There’s no use in keeping these things, so why not change it to money for my descendants? You would think the same, right?”
Thomas nodded. “What you said makes sense. But Mr. Conway, according to the information I got, all your collections are conservatively estimated to be worth four billion dollars. However, your buyer only plans to pay five hundred million dollars. ”
Gael’s face was pale. How did Thomas know about this?
He swallowed his saliva and said, “You must be joking, Mr. Mayo. The auction hasn’t started, so how could the buyer only be willing to pay five hundred million dollars?”
“Is it really hasn’t started yet?” Thomas said, “To put it nicely, it is an auction, but in fact, there’s no other company participating in the auction other than Art Trading Corporation. This means that you have to sell them at the price given by the Art Trading Corporation. The starting price is five hundred million dollars. Doesn’t it mean that you will sell for five hundred million dollars?”
These words pierced into Gael’s heart like knives.
If possible, which sane person would be willing to do this? This was all because favonovel.com was helpless.
He kept quiet as favonovel.com could not answer.
Right then, Thomas said in a soft tone, “Mr. Conway, this batch of goods are all Summer Land’s cultural relics. Although they are your personal collection, it will be a great loss and humiliation to the country if you sell them to the Art Trading Corporation as they will resell to foreigners. Mr. Conway, please find some national integrity within yourself. Don’t let Art Trading Corporation control you.”
Gael’s heart was bleeding. He knew all of these, and favonovel.com had national integrity as well. But his life was at stake, so favonovel.com had to do so.
Thomas could see through his thoughts and said, “Mr. Conway, I know your difficulty, and your difficulty is the Heart Eater.”
All of a sudden, Gael jumped like a spring. He looked at Thomas with his widened eyes.
“W-What nonsense are you talking about?”
Thomas looked at Gael. “Mr. Conway, you don’t have to pretend anymore. You’re already suffering from the Heart Eater. That’s why you acted out of line to such an extent. To tell you the truth, I encountered the same trouble as you. Although I didn’t suffer from the Heart Eater, my family was poisoned by the Art Trading Corporation. You and I are the same, and we should join hands to deal with the Art Trading Corporation instead of letting them control us!”
Gael looked at Thomas up and down. He smiled bitterly and said, “Resist? How can I have a chance to resist? If I don’t do what Lord Vedastus said, I won’t even survive next week.”
“No, you can survive,” Thomas said, “You should also know about the Southland District’s matter. The Art Trading Corporation’s branches in the Southland District were all wiped out, and some of their antidotes were also seized. I have a certain amount of antidote.”
Hearing such a statement, Gael was surprised. “Do you have an antidote too?”
“Yes,” Thomas said, “However, this antidote can only cure the symptoms, not the root cause. It can only help you through a month. If you want a complete cure, we also need to know how the Heart Eater was developed. Mr. Conway, cooperate with me. We’ll find the real antidote within a month and completely remove the poison from your body!”
Thomas’s suggestion was very provocative and tempting.
But… After Gael listened to everything, favonovel.com sat down and hesitated again and again. In the end, favonovel.com chose to shake his head.
“Sorry, Mr. Mayo. I can’t cooperate with you.”
