This was how the process was recycling for every gemstone showcased on the stage, one at a time. The war of bidding was fierce and people kept trying to one-up each other for whichever gemstone caught their eyes.Unfortunately for Miles, he wasn’t interested in this session at all. He had only remained here because Lesley begged him to be here. He was starting to get seriously bored as time went on. He glanced at his father-in-law to find him also in a similar state of boredom. He then shifted his gaze to find Lesley in a much more thrilled emotional state. She was genuinely enjoying this session.Miles sighed, thinking he may have to come up with an excuse to get the heck out of this place, and that was when a particularly skinny and average-height man caught his eyes. Miles stared a little longer until he recalled who this person was.“What is Krone Dodge doing here?” Miles f owned as he recognized this man.“Krone Dodge? Who’s that?” Jonathan, who was seated right beside Miles, sco
Caleb Autumn was not happy about this situation at all. It was so sudden and there was very little option out of this conundrum he was suddenly put into. He glanced through the crowd and saw their eyes on him. At this point, he knew that he had no choiceThe main reason for his hesitance was the inclusion of the import channel rights owned by Dominion City. Years of control over this and he might lose it in the hands of that man because of a gamble. Sadly, he couldn’t turn away from the challenge, or else, his reputation as the jewelry industry leader was at great stake.Caleb cleared his throat before facing Krone Dodge. “Challenge accepted.”The crowd suddenly cheated and Miles and his in-laws, along with the rest of the crowd realized something. About 30% of this crowd were from Edgewood-Ave City, and they were here to support none other than Krone Dodge. This was a setup, which meant that they came fully prepared to win this gamble. If this ends up in their favor, not only does th
The older man with a goatee thought about it for a moment before quickly nodding his head. “I accept this prestigious choice, Mr. Caleb.” He got up from his seat.“Woah! Alright, I think Mr. Caleb made a good choice picking Justin Fallon.” Lesley praised in an excited but lowered voice.Miles became curious at his little sister-in-law’s excitement. “Is this Justin Fallon really that good as an appraisal expert?”Lesley looked at Miles with incredulity that he even asked that question. “You’ve never heard of Justin Fallon?! This guy is so good that he actually ranked seventh in the global gemstone gambling and antique appraisal.”Miles’s brows rose when he heard this. “I see.” He looked back on stage with a head nod.Krone Dodge chuckled on the stage when he saw who Caleb Autumn had picked. He then glanced to a section of the audience where Edgewood-Ave City’s merchants were seated. “I’m choosing Lincoln Park, as my representative.”“I accept as the chosen, Mr. Dodge!” A young man spok
The game was over. Justin Fallon had lost to Lincoln Park, and by extension, Caleb Autumn had lost this challenge to Krone Dodge. It was a painful sight to watch for those merchants and the overall audience from Dominion City felt a wave of immense shame wash over them. They looked to the side to find those merchants from Edgewood-Ave City roaring out praises at their victory and at Lincoln Park as the reason for this victory.“Fuck yeah! I knew he was going to beat that lowlife scum, Justin Fallon! Lincoln is far too brilliant for the likes of those from the degenerating city!”“Was there even a doubt about this victory? That Justin Fallon is a great representation of Dominion, old and weak. Watching this challenge, it's quite clear that Dominion City definitely doesn’t deserve to remain standing as the greatest in comparison to us! It’s time that we chop off their fucking roots and take our rightfully deserved power!”The rest of the merchants from Edgewood-Ave City roared in suppor
“Dad, did I just hear right?” Lesley shook slightly in her seat as she stared at the wide stage with dazed eyes. “Did I just hear Miles issue a challenge of gemstone appraising against Lincoln Park, of all people?!”“Calm down, my dear.” Jonathan placed a soothing palm on his daughter’s back as he could see the young lady being slightly frantic in her seat.“How can I possibly be calm about this, Dad?” Lesley's voice dropped below to a whisper, as she looked around with caution, hoping that no one would hear her. “Dad, if Miles fails to beat Lincoln Park, which is far more than likely to happen should Mr. Krone Dodge accept his challenge, Miles would not be the only one who ends up humiliated for the rest of his life. The angry netizens will also come for his family, which would definitely include us, his in-laws.”Jonathan sighed as he was a bit disappointed that Lesley was rather worried about herself and not even a tiny bit about Miles. He gazed back up on the stage and he squinted
Everyone then watched as Caleb made a call. In less than a minute, three women in formal wear walked up on the stage with the woman in the center holding a briefcase.“In here are the documents with the rights over the import channels of regional raw materials,” Caleb spoke with a defeated tone. “How about we finalize the transfer at this stage and just get it over with?”Every single Dominion City merchant has their head down in shame at the defeat. Meanwhile, the Edgewood-Ave City merchants wouldn’t stop throwing more insults at their rival merchants, as well as Miles, Justin Fallon, and even Caleb Autumn. Meanwhile, Caleb simply continued as if nothing was happening, as he began gathering the files after opening the briefcase.Miles frowned slightly at the scenery around him. He felt somewhat disappointed that Caleb couldn’t even bother to show a fighting spirit. He should have at least given Miles a chance, even if it was simply for his bravery and his will to show up in an attemp
Miles had been lying when he claimed that he suspected Lincoln Park of cheating. This was truly a blatant lie, told to pull out the reaction and result he wanted. He had been baiting the champion this whole time with his words. In truth, Miles knew fully well that Lincoln Park, indeed, didn’t cheat during the challenge, nor had he ever done something like this. Miles was also aware that despite the man’s arrogance, Lincoln was an upstanding challenger who deeply despised people using underhanded means during a task. This has been the exact reason that Miles had attacked him with such accusations in the first place. He was well aware that this young man hated cheating, and thus, he would immediately be susceptible to doing anything to prove that he wasn’t a cheater.If Miles hadn’t tried out this tactic, it would have been nearly impossible to get Lincoln Park to agree with him. More so since Krone Dodge had been looking at Miles with caution in his eyes. Miles was indeed very glad a
“Is Miles serious right now?” Lesley was in awe as he stared at his brother-in-law. The man stood there with the most confident stance that she had ever seen. She was much more impressed than she was concerned. “Where the heck is he supposed to get $60 billion though? Has he lost his mind?”“I doubt it; far from it, I could even bet.” Jonathan was calm as he kept his gaze on the stage. He trusted in his son-in-law, so he didn’t allow any words around him to shake his heart in the slightest. Instead, he was simply enjoying the show as it was unfolding. He knew for sure that something was cooking.Krone Dodge felt his heart shaking as well. Miles had just declared that he was willing to place $60 billion as the stake for his challenge against Lincoln. This man didn’t look dumb in the slightest, and thus, the jewelry tycoon from Edgewood-Ave City knew that there was a high chance that Miles wasn’t bluffing.Even Lincoln Park’s anger had been doused with Miles’s words. He knew that even K