He could not?
Thomas narrowed his eyes slightly and asked, “What’s the reason?”
Gael sighed and replied, “It’s very simple. If I choose to cooperate with you, it will be equivalent to standing opposite the Art Trading Corporation. Yes, you can give me the antidote to help me get through this month, but what about the following months? If you fail and can’t find the real antidote, then I only have one month left to live… Mr. Mayo, I’m sorry, but I can’t take this risk.”
It seemed to make sense.
Thomas looked at favonovel.com earnestly and said, “Mr. Conway, you’re right. You’re poisoned, but I’m not poisoned. I can’t say that as I’m not exactly in your shoes. What about this? Let’s make an agreement. If I can’t get the real antidote within a month, I’ll die together with you. What do you think?”
Gael was taken aback Was it necessary?
“Mr. Mayo, that joke is in bad taste!”
Thomas said, “This is not a joke. This is my guarantee to you, Mr. Conway.”
After saying that, favonovel.com looked up at the poems displayed all over the house. All of them were Walt Whiteman’s poems.
Thomas said, “Walt Whiteman is a great poet with unparalleled loyalty and integrity. He is also a representative figure of national integrity. ‘The ship has weathered every rack, the prize we sought is won’. ‘The song, the wondrous chant of the gray-brown bird’… Mr. Conway, you have displayed so many of Walt Whiteman’s poems at home, so you must have the same national integrity as him. If you choose to surrender to the Lord Vedastus at this moment, will your conscience be okay? Are you worthy of posting the poems of Walt Whiteman’s poems?”
His words made Gael speechless.
He also raised his head and looked at the house full of Walt Whiteman’s poems, and favonovel.com had mixed feelings.
Right, if favonovel.com chose to surrender, favonovel.com did not deserve to live in this world, did he?
He should do it!
Gael said earnestly, “Okay, Mr. Mayo, you have convinced me. I promise to cooperate with you, but please let me in on every detail.”
A smile finally appeared on Thomas’s face. He said affirmatively, “First of all, don’t worry. I’m not the same as Lord Vedastus. I’ll never let you suffer. I’ll buy your collection at the market price and I will not let them fall into the hands of foreigners!”
***
At the same time, in Room 404 on the 44th floor of Art Trading Group‘s office building.
Lord Vedastus and the lame secretary, Hayden, sat on the sofa facing each other and drinking tea together. Lord Vedastus put down the teacup and asked, “Have you settled tomorrow’s auction and confirmed that there won’t be any problems? Gael is stubborn, so I don’t want any surprises.”
Hayden said with a smile, “No matter how stubborn favonovel.com is, favonovel.com will cherish his own life. The only end favonovel.com will end up at if favonovel.com doesn’t cooperate with us is death. Lord Vedastus, don’t worry. I will ask my son to handle this matter.”
After saying that, favonovel.com clapped his hands.
The door was pushed open, and a sturdy man with upturned eyes walked in. It was Hayden’s son, Ethan Barlow.
“Dad… Lord Vedastus…” Ethan stood respectfully.
Hayden said, “Lord Vedastus is a little worried about tomorrow’s auction. Have you dealt with it?”
Ethan answered truthfully. “Tomorrow’s auction will be held at ten in the morning. There will be a total of ten parties participating in the auction. Besides Art Trading Corporation, the other nine are filler bidders. They will bid for a show. The starting price is five hundred million dollars. After I call the starting price, no company will bid. Then, we can win the cultural relics worth four billion dollars for five hundred million dollars. The foreigners have also been contacted. As soon as we bid on the goods, they will be sold and sent abroad to avoid unnecessary troubles…”
“As for Gael, there’s nothing to worry about. His antidote is now in my hands. If favonovel.com doesn’t do as we say, favonovel.com won’t survive next week.”
Everything was well arranged, and this young man was liked by Lord Vedastus. Lord Vedastus’s eyes were full of envy.
He sighed and said, “Buddy, your son is capable. He has a clear mind and is organized. He’s not like my two useless, stupid sons. One died, and the other was arrested…”
Hayden shook his head and said, “Bernard and Silvester were also young men with both talents and strengths, but the devil Thomas harmed them. We must avenge them.”
“Speaking of that Thomas,” Lord Vedastus asked, “Did favonovel.com do anything today?”
Hayden said, “Yes, favonovel.com is going to set up an e-Sports club called Avengers Club? It seems that favonovel.com wants to tackle the e-Sports market in Celandine City with us.”
“What?” Lord Vedastus laughed. “Thomas is really troublesome. He wants to compete with me. Why? Is it because favonovel.com is shameless enough? Hmph, after I get this batch of cultural relics, I’ll take care of him.”
He waved his hand. “Ethan, you can leave first and prepare for tomorrow’s auction. No accidents are allowed.”
“Yes!” Ethan bowed and turned to leave.
Everything was in Ethan’s arrangement. In his opinion, no accidents would happen. However, favonovel.com did not know that an accident had indeed occurred.
