"The transaction of these diamonds amounted to 350 million US dollars, and I transferred that money to Miss Huo’s Swiss bank account the next day. Therefore, I dare to stand up and swear that the funds for Miss Huo’s purchase of the Beast Head are absolutely clean in origin and have nothing to do with the Huaxia Government."

To make people who watch this video believe his words, Windsor Reed went all out this time, even going so far as to present the contract between him and Huo Sining, with close-ups on the first and last pages of the video.

Therefore, viewers can clearly see that on the last page of the contract, there are indeed handwritten signatures and private seals of Windsor Reed and Huo Sining, proving the authenticity of this contract.

Of course, Windsor Reed’s sacrifice wasn’t entirely without purpose. This old man made sure to promote himself at the end of the clarification video:

"I am very grateful for Miss Huo Sining’s generous assistance. I’ve been struggling to organize this year’s Diamond Trade Show in May due to a lack of diamond materials, and I’ve been at my wit’s end. Unexpectedly, Miss Huo came to my aid, sending me a batch of very beautiful high-quality jadeite. With this batch of jadeite, it seems likely that the companies under the Windsor Family will stand out in the upcoming diamond exhibition."

"If anyone still doubts my clarification video, you can wait for the Diamond Trade Show in May and come to London to see for yourselves."

Windsor Reed’s latter words, of course, reek of heavy advertising intent; however, at this moment, Clayflo has no intention of thinking about those. His face turned dark, unable to comprehend how the originally controlled storyline could take such a dramatic turn with Windsor Reed stepping forward, indicating that this time, things are entirely out of his control.

Clayflo’s heart sank deeply, with an original sense of unease becoming increasingly intense, reaching a point where he could no longer ignore it.

Over there, Semiya was also taken aback, murmuring in bewilderment and confusion:

"Brother, why is this happening? 350 million US dollars, Windsor Reed, that old man isn’t a fool. He couldn’t have just given that much money to that Huo woman for nothing, right? But didn’t your people say that the woman came to Philadelphia empty-handed? Where did she produce such valuable diamonds from?"

As soon as Semiya asked this question, Clayflo, who had been bowing his head, seemed suddenly enlightened, a scene flashed through his mind. He quickly lifted his head in shock and disbelief, looking at Semiya.

It’s as if Semiya had telepathy, both simultaneously thinking about when Clayflo’s subordinate reported the tracking investigation concerning Huo Sining’s two-day vacation in Oregon.

Seeming to guess what Clayflo was about to say, Semiya’s lips trembled, her mouth opened wide in disbelief, shaking her head vigorously:

"Impossible, no, that’s absolutely impossible! I’ve been to that blasted place before, not to mention digging up such valuable diamonds, even there aren’t many diamond fragments!"

Yet, the shock in Clayflo’s eyes couldn’t be concealed: "Aside from that, I can’t find any other reasonable explanation!"

Previously, when the subordinate came to report, learning that Huo Sining and her party went straight to Polante Volcano Park upon arriving in Oregon, Clayflo didn’t pay any attention to it, just listened as a joke.

But he did not expect, as the saying goes, a moment’s negligence can lead to utter defeat. Because of this careless oversight, Clayton’s originally assured game was instantly overturned, and he even vaguely had a premonition that a storm was coming.

As if to confirm Clayflo’s guess, deep in the night in Philadelphia, around two or three in the morning, a piece of news suddenly broke out.

At this moment, in the afternoon, receiving Windsor Reed’s clarification video, Huo Sining made her first public appearance after these few days of tumult, preparing to hold a press conference to share her acquisitions from her trip to America with broad public.

This was something Huo Sining had arranged long ago; the venue was booked early by Gu Xu. Located in the Imperial Capital, Chaoyang District, the Sheng Tang Grand Hotel is one of Shengtang’s properties, and the press conference was held in the hotel’s large meeting hall.

That afternoon, the Sheng Tang Grand Hotel was cleared, the meeting hall meticulously arranged. Additionally, the Cultural Relics Bureau and the publicity department also contributed, with Chief Lu directly speaking with the heads of major online platforms.

After top-level mandatory intervention, four major portal websites, along with Weibo, were invited to this press conference and agreed to live stream the event online.

The heads of the four major portal websites were utterly stunned upon receiving a personal call from Chief Lu.

It’s known that they, while also regarded as domestic celebrities and frequent figures on wealthy lists, aren’t low-profile individuals. But after all, they’re merely businessmen. How could they have the privilege to converse with the nation’s top leader?

However, what they didn’t expect was that now the top leader personally called them, which left these heads both honored and awed, nowhere daring to refuse Chief Lu’s request. Following his instructions, these heads immediately agreed without hesitation.

Concerning Huo Sining’s purchase of the Beast Head, they have, during this period, persistently monitored this event closely, afraid to inadvertently be swept into the whirlpool of the incident and ultimately invite disaster.

Due to keen perspective and intuition, they also faintly perceived the unusual nature of this event. Yet, because the situation was unclear and the publicity department hadn’t expressed any stance, they dared not speak out easily.

Now that the top leader is speaking for Huo Sining, they clearly get the message: with direct intervention from above, surely Huo Sining won’t be scapegoated, and very likely, all of this was arranged by authorities from the start, and Huo Sining is merely a piece in this chess game.

At this realization, those responsible suddenly grasped the gravity of the situation, keeping their own mouths shut tightly, cautious not to disclose a single word of Chief Lu’s phone call, instead closely supervising their subordinates’ tasks, wary of missteps leading to opportunistic disruptions by any hidden agendas that could spoil the outcome.