Gold Experience の小説・ストーリー

" 'What she gave me?' I thought, annoyed. The watch she gave me was a cheap fake, rusted and gone for who knew how many years. This watch was from my wife, Rowena Smith, who knew I loved that collection. She designed it herself and had it custom-made half a year in advance, a one-of-a-kind in the world. I was at a loss for words. "Take a good look at these diamonds. You think you can afford any of them? "This is a gift from my wife, and it's got nothing to do with you." The diamonds sparkled with an unmistakable high-end shine. Then, Henry yanked the watch off my wrist, his sneer widening.

Don't bother me again. Tessa looked defiant as she took out a wrapped gift. It was an accessory from a luxury brand that was favored by men in the upper class. When I was young, I had once imagined that I would be able to own such jewelry in the future if I worked hard. In the past two days, two women had presented me with them. Tessa held the gift box and said seriously, "Ethan, let's get married. I'll spend the rest of my life making it up to you. Give me another chance."

Suddenly, my hand feels the dragon-type toy. Oh, the G-Dragon. I took it halfway and checked its head. It's beautiful. I smile before pushing it back right at the end. I have done some research about it and found out that a big company actually sells them for a limited time. The linings and the dragon itself are gold. It was solid gold. I was shocked when Canor told me about it. He is a gold expert. He was a miner hunting for gold in Victoria Ballarat when he was young and knew a lot about them. He even knows the company that made this design, and he reckons that this one I'm holding belongs to a royalty.

“Don’t worry about anything, baby. I’ve got everything figured out.” And I did. This was easy. I’d already greased the palms of every security guy following my Rhodium. Bought and paid for. Loyalty always came with a price tag—and I paid well. Rhodium was smaller than gold, the bars more compact, easier to move even with large quantities. I had no doubt this was going to pay off. Tenfold. Silver and I had planned this for days. The people moving the crates were already on standby. After a while, Kaylee broke the silence. “Are you sure we’re on the right path?”

Which meant the easiest way to kill them was in wolf form, when our superior strength could simply rip them apart. Alpha Lord Grizzle must've really needed this victory if he was willing to use up a significant supply of our most precious resourse. But it was no concern of mine, not realy, and so I let it slip from my mind as I listened to the rest of his presentation. And by the time he dismissed class, he never once mentioned the Silver Myst.

It was strange. "I was honestly afraid of the answer," I admitted. "So what is it you're trying to get abuelo to sign over?" "Okay then," he rubbed the side of his face, "in less complicated terms I'm in the precious materials and gem industry." "Like gold and diamonds?" I asked. "Gold," yes he nodded, "rhodium," he cleared his throat. "Rhodium?" "It's the most expensive metal there is out there." "I thought that was platinum."

After saying that, Elaine quickly came back to her senses, and she blurted out, “The price of gold seems to be around four hundred dollars. So, this piece is only worth 400,000 dollars...” Charlie then took out another gold bar and stacked it on top of the previous one as he said, “It’s not like he only gave me one piece.” Elaine clapped her hands happily and said, “Oh! There’s more!” Charlie then took out another piece of gold bar, and Elaine grew even more excited. “Oh, my goodness! Three pieces!” Immediately after that... “Oh! Four pieces...” “Oh, my God! There’s more?! This is already the fifth piece, right?”

With how Lily has treated me, I would rather let someone else earn that money than let her scam a single cent of me. Lily was not the least bit flustered. Instead, she looked at me with a faint smile as she said, “All sales are final. Such is the unspoken rule in the industry. But given the unique liquidity of gold, we can offer you a buyback based on its value as scrap gold.” She tapped on the calculator again. “The current market price is $946 per gram. For the buyback, we deduct $100 per gram for loss. For 1,314g, it would be $1,111,644, which rounds up to $1,110,000.”