Book2:KigdomIteDreams (第52/246页)

anunfivableact.Couldthisbuyingupofsomuchgoldfrommarketsallovertheworldandbuildingthispaceoldbeherpre-meditatedandmaliciousplottogethimintrouble?Orcouldthereevenbeamoresinisterandvilinousschemeofrevenge?JustthinkingofEileen,withherdeceptivebeautyandserpentineing,gaveKingDimitritheshiversandbroughtonafeelingoffear.Iy,whatKingDimitrihadtofacewassomuchmoreperilousandprecariousthahought.

    EversinceOliverKaffeegrabbedholdofthetrolofWorldBank,hedeliberatelysabotagedtheordersingfromtheKingdomofDreams.KingDimitri’sbuildingofthepuregoldpahisKingdomrequiredalotofcapitaltopayfortheshipmentshebroughtinfromworldmarkets.OliverKaffee’smaneuveringstributedtothedryingupofKingDimitri’sresources.Whatwasinallymerelyatemporaryshe,whichcouldeasilybedealtwith,becameahailstormwhenrumorsspreadbyOliverKaffeebroughtdoubtsonKingDimitri’ssolvensinuatingthatthefihemysterioustrillionaireDimitriJawereindisarraythatthecrahisfinancialempirewerespreadinganddeepening.OliverKaffeeusedthesemomentsifinstabilitytoapproagDimitri’semissariesallovertheworld,tellihattheKingdomwasunderviciousattabarbariansandwouldsoonbeannihited.Soooldthem,theKingdomwouldceasetoexist,andthattheyhadbetterthinkofapntosavethemselves.TheseemissarieswereallloyalsubjectsofKingDimitriandwerealltrustedwithimmensecapitaltheywerefreetoiastheythoughtfit.TheywereproudthattheywerethecustodiansofKingDimitri’sunfathomablewealth.ButuhepresentcircumstaheycouldnotstanduptotheseveretestandfellvictimtoOliverKaffee’stemptation.Theybecamesemi-indepeandtooka‘wait-atitude,feigningpliaheordersfromtheKingdombutactuallyresisting.SomeevenopenlybrokewiththeKingdomandrebelledagainstKingDimitri.Psuchtumultuouscircumstances,KingDimitri’sfinancialempirebegantocradshowedsignsofdisiion.KingDimitristoodaloweenheaveh.Hefeltlonelyandhelpless.Couldheoverethehurdleandtriumphoverthistempest?Hewasnotsure.

    Ninegonswerepcedatdifferentstrategicpositionsaroundthefountainsothatthewaterthatsproutedfromtheirmouthscrisscrossedandformedaravagantwebofwaterdispy.KingDimitristoodtherelookingatthebrilliant,shimmeringdiamondsthatcoveredthebottomofthefountain.HerememberedthatitwastheformermainadministratoroftheKingdom,Eileen,whoorderedthemtobepouredthere,allfiftykilosofthefi,purestqualityAfridiamonds.KingDimitristaredatthemulticoloredsparkihatdecoratedthebottomofthewaterfountainandthought,

    “Whatdoeswealthandrichesmean?Tosome,itwastheultimategoaloflifeandtheywerewillingtodowhateverittakestogettheirhandsonthembyfairmeansorfoul.Insatiablegreedpushesthemtoriskeventheirownlives.Buttome,Dimitri,wealthandrichesareonlytheorsoflife,likethesesparklingdiamondsatthebottomofthefountain.IfIwao,thewholeworldcouldbetainedinmybrain.AlthoughwhenIinthemundaneworldIwillonceagainbeapennilessvagabond,ablindman.Butwhatofit?Solongastherearedreamsi,IfeesifIpossessedlimitlesswealthandtakethehardshipanddifficultiesoflifeinmystride.”

    Feelingalotmorerexedafterhecametothisclusion,KingDimitriquicklywalkedupthestepsandgotintothesolidgoldelevatortotakehimtothetopfloor.No