Behind the Bottom Line James Schofield

Find out the origin story of 'Seven Continents':


Who were the real life characters the fictional ones are based on?
Where is Kazbakistan and the other locations?
How much of the background detail about the diamond industry is accurate?

Learn something about the creation of this podcast, the creative process and what happens when characters start to develop their own ideas of what they want to do, whether the writer wants it or not.



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Music: ‘Tri martolod’ Breton folk song, Albin Gogh at ⁠⁠Pixabay⁠⁠.

💎It's show-down time! Kirill, Irina and Macey have organised a meeting with Sir Gilbert Villiers and Roy Marsden, who has no idea what the three of them have found out about him and his connection with Piet Hoodjink, the London director of Durban Diamonds.

But what on earth possessed Marsden to work with Hoodjink? And how is Villiers going to react when he finds his best friend has betrayed him? And let’s not forget, Villiers has a date with the United Nations General Assembly to try to persuade them to let Seven Continents mine for diamonds in Antarctica. How is that going to go down?

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💎 Kirill and Irina are now back in England. After comparing notes about what they have uncovered with Macey’s research in London, they are all now convinced that Roy Marsden, Head of ECO Warriors and Piet Hoodjink, Director of the London branch
of Durban Diamonds, are behind the murder of Sergei Vasilyev in Dhosk. But why would Marsden and Hoodjink be working together? And can they prove it? This might be the moment for Macey to step forward …


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Sergei Vasilyev, the source of the threatening messages and packages being sent to Gilbert Villiers, the CEO of Seven Continents, has been murdered, thrown off his 12th floor balcony by persons unknown. But before his killers struck, he sent Kirill Solokov an email. Could that contain a clue about who is behind his death? And could that person perhaps be Gilbert Villiers?




Macey
is also dealing with a tricky situation. How much can she rely on what Eammon
Fitzroy, the CFO for Seven Continents says? 🙄



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Music: Oleksii Kaplunskyi from Pixabay

Kirill and Irina have told Sergei Vasilyev what they found at the diamond mine at the Tuv oasis. His story of what happened to him and his family is going to shock the two of them - and provide an explanation for the sinister events that have been troubling Gilbert Villiers.

In London, Roy Marsden is not pleased to find out that Macey has been visiting Piet Hoodjink, London director of Durban Diamonds, or that she has been lying to him about Kirill being ill. In return, he has a little surprise for her ...



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Kirill and Irina head back to Dhosk and civilization after their adventures underground. Their next visit is to Sergei Vasilyev, a colleague of Irina's at the University of Dhosk who used to work at the mine. What has he got to tell them?

Macey has decided to drop in and see Piet Hoodjink, the director of Durban Diamonds in London and a fierce business rival of Sir Gilbert Villiers. Could he be at the root of the problem?




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Music: ‘Tri martolod’ Breton folk song, Albin Gogh at ⁠⁠Pixabay