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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