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Linda curled her lips and gave a cold snort. “Taking on so many major projects at once–let’s see if they can swallow it all without choking.”
But even as she said that, she didn’t sound confident–if anything, her words came off as sour.
After all, if YodaVision dared to take on that many projects, chances are, they had the capacity to manage them.
Linda’s father, Luther Shaw, was also bitter.
Thinking about how both the Locket family’s tech company and InnovaTech were constantly hitting bottlenecks, while YodaVision seemed to be progressing without any setbacks, he couldn’t help but grumble, “I wonder how Matthias hires people–how does he keep finding such top–tier talent?” 63
Ever since YodaVision became widely known, both InnovaTech and the Locket family’s tech company had tried to poach people from them.
But after YodaVision gained fame, countless big–name companies–both domestic and international–started trying to recruit YodaVision’s tech staff.
The Locket family and InnovaTech had no real advantage in that competition. (8)
So, even though they offered decent packages, it was still incredibly hard to lure away truly outstanding talent.
And the fact that YodaVision, despite constantly being targeted by headhunters from major companies, still managed to roll out new innovations from time to time, proved that they had no shortage of creative and capable people. 4
Just that alone was enough to make others envious, jealous, and resentful.
Hearing all this, Wynn lowered her head, poking at the food on her plate without saying a word.
Although both the Lockets and the Shaws had hoped Wynn could help achieve a technical breakthrough, the more they learned about the industry, the more they realized how incredibly difficult such breakthroughs actually were.
So when Wynn didn’t respond, no one pressed her. They simply assumed she too was troubled over InnovaTech’s stalled progress. 6
The next day, Celeste headed to the conference room for a meeting. Shortly after she sat down, Matthias arrived as
well.
Before the meeting began, Matthias leaned in and said to her, “This morning my mom mentioned that a certain auction house has been quite lively lately. They’re about to auction off a rare, one–of–a–kind diamond. 1
“I remember you once mentioned that your mom really likes diamonds–do you want to go check it out?”
Celeste paused for a moment, then asked, “Are you sure?”
“Absolutely.”
The reason Matthias remembered this was because, back when he first met Celeste–they hadn’t even known each other that long–there had been a rare diamond up for auction, with a starting bid of over 200 million dollars.
Celeste had only been sixteen at the time. It was also when he first learned about her background.
She had told him then that she wanted to give her mother a diamond because her mother adored them–especially
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top–grade diamonds.
If she could get her hands on one, maybe, just maybe, it would help bring her mother out of her confused, unresponsive state. (4)
But such rare, top–tier diamonds were incredibly hard to come by.
Although the Rodriguez family was doing okay financially back then, they simply couldn’t afford to shell out hundreds of millions at once for a diamond.
Besides, believing a diamond could help Isabelle regain clarity had always been Celeste’s own wishful thinking.
There was no guarantee it would work.”
Who would dare bet their entire fortune on that?
At the time, her cousins were still very young, and the Rodriguez family business was struggling to stay profitable.
So in the end, Celeste had no choice but to watch that opportunity slip by.
More than ten years had passed since then. (3)
Now, another rare diamond had finally surfaced–this time released by a private collector. So, it held great historical value.
If they missed this chance, who knew how long they’d have to wait for another?
Hearing what Matthias said, Celeste’s heart stirred. She couldn’t help but say, “I want to go.”
Even if the diamond didn’t end up having the miraculous effect she hoped for, if her mother liked it—even just to hold or admire–it would be worth it. She wouldn’t regret it. (16
