927. It turned out to be a neighbor (1/5)
Cole introduced the two sides to the house, and the majority shareholders in the room were almost all in their fifties.
Among these people, Li Du has the third largest shareholding, the first Cole, who owns almost half of the shares, and the second named Calestan Fitz, who owns 14%.
The two of them, together with Li Du, make up most of the Winston Group, and the other eight people together only have about 20% of the shares.
The one Li Du felt hostile to himself was Calestan, an elegant middle-aged man who looked polite and wore glasses.
He didn't think much about it, thinking that it was because the amount of his equity threatened Calestan that the other party was not very interested in him.
On top of that, he's quite popular in the office, because he's pretty much saved the Harry Winston Group and the stake in everyone's hands.
If the Winston Group really fails, their losses will be in the tens of millions.
Everyone enjoyed themselves, but Calestan was detached, he didn't get involved in the topic much, but he didn't show much indifference, and occasionally said a few words.
This is his strength, when it comes to a rich man of their level, unless there is really a particularly unbearable contradiction, everyone will not attack each other head-on.
However, everyone is smart and has no sensory impairments or anything like that, so Calestan's performance quickly makes everyone realize that he doesn't like Li Du.
Cole is also aware of this, and he is worried that Li Du will be young and energetic and quarrel with Calestan.
So taking advantage of the free moment, he explained to Li Du in a low voice: "There was some misunderstanding between Carlisle and you, and now the misunderstanding has not been resolved, so you should be more generous to him." ”
Li Du didn't care about the relationship between the two, but after listening to Cole's words, he wondered: "Is there a misunderstanding between the two of us?" What misunderstanding? I didn't buy equity from him, did I? ”
From the standpoint of the Hai Jui-Winston Group, the only thing Li Du did that was not very authentic was to buy the shares in the hands of some shareholders of the Winston Group.
But this is too common in the capital market, the other party is willing to sell, he is willing to buy, this is a matter that no one can blame each other.
Cole shook his head and said, "It's a matter between neighbors, it's a coincidence, Carlis from Phoenix, his family stays in Phoenix, and his two sons live in a villa in the Green River Valley. ”
There is no need to say the rest, Li Du suddenly realized, and at the same time was dumbfounded.
That's a coincidence!
He has already experienced a lot of coincidences when he came to New York this time, but as the old saying goes, no coincidence makes a book, and he didn't expect so many coincidences to happen.
Cole explained: "His two sons insisted that you had kidnapped them, and Calle wanted to sue you, and I learned about it and mediated it. ”
Speaking of this, he smiled bitterly: "I thought that Kalai believed my words, this was a misunderstanding, but I didn't expect that he still has a problem in his heart." ”
After hearing these words, Li Du understood.
No wonder after he clashed with his neighbors, the other party was obviously quite powerful, but he did not hold them accountable.
Even, when the dog was lost, the grumpy neighbor boy did not come to look for it, but left the villa.
Based on Cole's words, he guessed that Calestan had dissuaded his son and took him from the villa in order to avoid conflict with him.
Li Du is at a loss on this point, although he can insist that the matter was not done by himself, anyway, the other party has no evidence.
However, he could insist on saying it in words, and in fact he knew in his heart.
Li Du felt a little depressed, but he did it, and Brother Wolf and Big Ivan's actions of teaching these young people were a bit excessive.
But the matter was caused by the young people, they were at fault in the past, and the parents and the police had no laws to persuade and educate, so in order to protect themselves, he could only educate each other with his own hands, what is there to say?
He insisted that he was not wrong about this matter, so since Calestan had an opinion about him, let him continue to have his opinion, Li Du didn't care.
He approached Cole for something more important and asked, "Does the group have diamond reserves now?" If there is, and the group is willing to sell, I can introduce a big customer. ”
Cole was more interested in the topic and asked, "Big customers?" How many diamonds does he need? ”
Li Du used the original words: "Han Xin ordered troops, the more the merrier, the more the merrier." ”
He said the first sentence in Chinese, and to Cole it was a chicken and a duck, but the second half of the sentence was in English, and he understood it, and the more the better.
"So much demand?" Cole was surprised, "Does he want to start a luxury company?" ”
Li Du shrugged and said, "Definitely not, I don't know what to do." ”
Cole hesitated for a moment and said, "The group started with diamonds, but as you know, the diamond reserves have now been reduced to an all-time low, and this is a security point......
What he meant was that Li Du understood that the Winston Group had no extra diamonds to sell.
After thinking about it, Cole said: "You tell your friend, if he is willing to accept some small diamonds, our group can provide it, the international price is about 2,000 US dollars per carat, the specific price, specific analysis." ”
Li Du asked, "How much can it provide?" ”
It's not expensive.
Cole said: "We still have a lot of inventory in this area, and the supply of tens of thousands of carats is no problem. ”
When it comes to the supply of tens of millions of goods, it needs to be known to shareholders, which is a large asset policy.
It just so happened that the major shareholders were there, and while they were drinking coffee, Cole talked about it.
As a result, as soon as his words fell, Calestan shook his head: "No, Cole, I respect your leadership authority, but this business is better not to be done." ”
Cole looked at him and smiled, "Carlis, my good fellow, what do you think?" ”
"We know that the global economy is not going well, and all the major diamond mines are reducing their mining volumes and increasing their reserves, and we shouldn't be reducing their inventories, otherwise we won't be able to deal with the market situation in the future," Kalestein said. ”
As he spoke, he smiled at the other shareholders, who knew what he meant and nodded their heads repeatedly.
Li Du thinks this is nonsense, it is true that the inventory of the Hai Rui-Winston Group is not enough, but they now need more capital injection.
These small bits and pieces of diamonds, for a giant like the Winston Group, are chicken ribs and can only be used to make some low-end jewelry, which is not even a luxury item.
He thinks that Calestan is targeting him, after all, Cole said before, this is a channel he introduced.
But he couldn't help it, apparently the shareholders were on better terms with Calestan and nodded their heads when they got his smile suggesting.