Chapter 899: Chapter 899: This Is a Huge Trap
Kevin glanced at Philip and spoke.
"We can give back the diamonds, but you need to pay the price."
"The price?"
Owen calmed down significantly; indeed, they wouldn’t help for no reason: "How much do you want!"
If they could retrieve that batch of diamonds, paying a price was bearable.
"Five billion Federation Coins!"
"Five billion Federation Coins?"
"Are you joking?" Owen couldn’t hold back, directly slammed the table, and looked at Kevin.
The real value of this batch of diamonds was far less than five billion Federation Coins; after all, auction prices were generally inflated. Moreover, Li Feng packed them in bulk and quoted several times higher for some diamonds.
Only later when everyone else gave up bidding did Li Feng win a batch of diamonds at the bottom price, but even so, this batch of diamonds still let Owen earn at least two billion Federation Coins.
Kevin leaned back on the sofa, looking at Owen.
"Mr. Owen, as far as I know, you auctioned this batch of diamonds for a price of five billion Federation Coins; that’s why we’re asking for this price."
"Moreover, being able to get back this batch of diamonds is not a loss for Mr. Owen. After all, if you can’t get this batch of diamonds, you’ll have to compensate a large sum, and the reputation of the Oppenheimer family would be severely damaged."
Kevin said.
Owen gritted his teeth and said, "I also paid an additional billion Federation Coins."
Kevin looked at Owen: "Lord Owen, this matter you’re talking about cannot be mixed with our current discussion; we are now only discussing the diamond transaction."
"Five billion is impossible; the real value of this batch of diamonds is at most three billion Federation Coins. We can buy them from you at this price."
Owen knew it was impossible not to bleed a bit today.
"Lord Owen, you’ve just given a 40% discount; you’re making it very difficult for me!"
"Three billion, you’re practically getting them for nothing; is there a better deal than this?"
Kevin looked at Owen: "Three billion is impossible; we paid a huge price for this operation, and we failed to kill Dragon King Li Feng."
"After this operation, we might face the other’s crazy retaliation, and once war breaks out, the cost will be enormous; tens of billions might not even be enough to cover our losses."
"Mr. Kevin, fifty billion is indeed difficult, especially since our auctions also have taxes and various miscellaneous fees, estimated that the final amount isn’t fifty billion, plus the other party’s deception using the Gods Temple’s name took away another billion from us. We’ve already suffered significant losses."
"How about we both make a concession?"
Kevin raised his eyes to look at the old butler Philip: "Then you name a figure."
"Three and a half billion Federation Coins."
"No way, four billion is my bottom line; you get the diamonds back and not only avoid losses but also make a profit. We’re bearing the risks, it seems we take a lot, but ultimately we don’t know how much we’ll lose; if it weren’t for being in the Southern Federation, we couldn’t watch Li Feng be so rampant, otherwise, we wouldn’t have interfered in this matter."
Kevin looked serious when facing Owen and Philip.
Owen and Philip naturally continued to bargain, but Kevin stuck firmly to four billion Federation Coins.
"Gentlemen, if you’re not sincere, I’ll have no choice but to go through our own channels to dispose of them."
Kevin stood up, pretending to leave.
"Wait."
"Forty billion it is."
Owen gritted his teeth and said, he had been quite unlucky these past few days: "But let’s exchange the goods and money simultaneously."
"Of course."
Kevin nodded: "I’ll have someone bring up the items, and Mr. Owen can have someone verify the goods on the spot; if there’s any fraud, you can halt the transaction anytime."
Kevin was not at all worried about Owen reneging and immediately made a call. Soon, a group of people came up carrying heavy boxes.
As the boxes opened, a dazzling array of diamond jewelry revealed their brilliance. Philip immediately called in diamond jewelry experts to authenticate these diamonds one by one for authenticity.
After half an hour.
The diamond jewelry experts completed their assessments and nodded, confirming that this batch of diamonds was indeed the missing batch.
Kevin looked at Owen.
"Mr. Owen, can you pay now? I don’t want to carry these boxes around again."
"Pay."
Owen said painfully.
Sold for fifty billion; bought back for forty billion; counting the previous billion Federation Coins lost to fraud, it felt like a complete waste.
No, they also lost quite a bit on taxes and various miscellaneous fees.
Luckily, the diamonds were back; he could sell them again later and still make some profit.
Kevin received the transfer and stood up: "Mr. Owen, it was a pleasure doing business; I’ll take my leave now!"
Kevin said this and left with his people.
Driving down the highway to the airport, Annie could hardly believe Li Feng’s plan; was this even possible?
Didn’t everyone say that the Gods Temple and Li Feng had deep-seated grudges, almost driving each other crazy?
But Li Feng seized that batch of diamonds and instantly sold them for thirty-five billion Federation Coins to the Gods Temple, and the Gods Temple then resold them to Owen.
This maneuver was simply bone-deep slick.
"Even if you did this maneuver, you’re still down five billion." Annie knew Li Feng spent fifty billion Federation Coins in hard cash to buy this batch of diamonds, though Li Feng got back forty-five billion using this method, he still took a loss.
"Did I lose?"
Li Feng’s mouth curled up as he looked at Annie.
Annie hmm’ed: "Didn’t you lose?"
Li Feng chuckled: "I spent fifty billion buying that batch of diamonds, and many people witnessed it, plus I have evidence of the transaction."
"So the owner of that batch of diamonds is still me, isn’t it?"
Annie was dumbfounded as she heard Li Feng say this: "You still want that batch of diamonds?"
Are you even human?
Li Feng shrugged: "I bought these diamonds, why shouldn’t I take them."
Annie gulped down her saliva. In her established thinking, Li Feng was the orchestrator of all this, he bought diamonds, stole diamonds, and sold them to the Oppenheimer family; that would be the end.
After all, given Li Feng’s identity, shouldn’t he be more restrained when doing such things?
But now Li Feng says he still wants the diamonds.
Li Feng looked at Annie: "Ha, you all thought I wouldn’t want these diamonds, but who knew this was all my plan? Even if they knew, do they have any evidence?"
"Without evidence, they have to give me the diamonds."
"If they don’t, hahaha."
Li Feng let out a chilling laugh; those daring to cheat him still hadn’t been born.
Annie sat next to Li Feng, who was smiling, feeling she was facing some demon. He must be a devil sent by Satan to punish her.