Harvey was a lot freer after letting Castiel handle the front desk. As such, he started planning on how to lure in Evermore.While he was taking a few sips of his tea, Thomas approached him with two other people in tow.At a closer look, the two were actually Saul and Lola—the two people who should’ve been trying for a baby at home.Harvey invited the three to sit in Leona’s favorite gazebo.After pouring them each a cup of tea, he smiled at them.“Why the long faces? Did something happen?”Saul quickly slammed his knees to the ground, kneeling. “I’m sorry, Sir York,” he began in a trembling voice.Harvey quickly lifted him up, frowning. “What’s going on? Why are all three of you here?”Harvey felt it strange to see such an odd group together.“This isn’t about Thomas. I got the wrong person on my side…”The usually graceful Lola let out a bitter chuckle.“After Golden Estate fired Thomas’ ex-girlfriend, that woman sold every single detail about the company to our compet
Harvey frowned and reorganized all the information he just got.“To put it simply, the geomancy expert picked out the lands for us to buy, and that information is strictly confidential.”“And after Sydney leaked all that, competitors like Blazer Estate are trying to raise the prices of those lands and make things harder for us.”“Under these circumstances, the expansion of our company will be at a full stop. Is that what you’re saying?”“Yes!”Saul nodded, his eyes cold.“I sorted out the whole process before getting here.”“Ronnie and us had exchanged blows quite a lot of times before, but this is just completely shameless.”“He’ll skin us alive if we make a wrong move.”Harvey nodded.“Ronnie Lee…”Lola looked at Harvey with an apologetic look.“I heard rumors that Golden Estate’s competitors are banding together under Ronnie’s lead.”“They’re trying to scalp the lands we’re buying while also forcing us to sell our lands for half the price.”“If they actually do all thi
“Everything’s out of the bag at this point. Since Ronnie raised the price of the lands we were supposed to buy, the government wouldn’t just lower it back for no reason.”Harvey poured himself a cup of tea and took a sip.“I need to know one thing: how do we solve the entire situation with Ronnie and the others at a complete loss?”Golden Sands was given to Harvey, but this was still his first business in the city.He decided to put in a little more effort. It’d be bad if people talked about his first business here being a flop.“First, we need Ronnie and the others to give up on attacking Golden Estate. When the government turns a blind eye to the increasing prices, everything will be back to square one.”Lola gripped her cup, but she couldn’t take a sip of her tea at all.“That’s impossible. People like Ronnie won’t give up so easily after finding such a good opportunity.”“Second, we must quickly find better land and change our ways to market our products, giving us a better
Harvey pondered for a moment before pointing at the junkyard.“Here.”“As long as we have that land, our real estate business will flourish, We’ll become tycoons of Golden Sands in an instant!”Saul chuckled helplessly.He knew that Harvey was well-versed in geomancy, but he didn’t think that Harvey was all that good at appraising land.Many geomancy experts had already been to the land. Everything was completely ruined because of all the trash surrounding the place.Harvey would turn into the joke of the city if he chose that place impulsively.That said, Saul wouldn’t dare speak his mind since he owed Harvey a huge favor. It’d be too disrespectful if he said anything.“What do you mean by that?” he asked after pondering for a moment.“Simply put, after this, we’ll be the only ones who can sell houses,” Harvey replied.‘What did he just say?’Upon hearing those words, Saul chuckled inwardly, feeling bitter.He quietly cursed Harvey for choosing a land like that so irrespon
Lola wasn’t that serious about Golden Estate, but she didn’t want her failure to turn Saul into the upper social circle’s laughingstock.Thus, she wanted to stop Ronnie no matter what.Everyone in the meeting room felt a cold chill run down their spine. They wanted to speak up, but they dared not utter a single word.Lola glared at the higher-ups, disappointed.They had been given high pay despite never lifting a finger, yet they couldn’t even function properly at such a crucial moment.Lola then glanced at a newly-hired consultant—the chief geomancy expert, Franklin Failes.With his experience, helping a few high officials in a single year would allow him to live the rest of his life in glory and riches.He came to be the chief geomancy expert since nobody was able to replace the previous one who had quit.The Robbins family used a lot of connections to get Franklin here.Even though he had just got into the company, he enjoyed a high status.“Do you have any ideas, Master
Lola felt relieved after hearing Franklin’s honest words.As long as the company was still standing, it wouldn’t be embarrassing to let Harvey handle everything.Since Saul wouldn’t turn into the talk of the city because of this mess, perhaps this was an opportunity to strategize.After thinking about all this, Lola came to a decision and nodded.That said, she felt extremely resentful after thinking about just how arrogant Ronnie would be after the situation.He had been constantly harassing her ever since they were children, swearing that he’d get back at her sooner or later.He’d surely grow a lot more arrogant if he did manage to force the company to change markets.Lola could probably use her connections with the Hoffman family to crush Ronnie…However, the family would look down on her if she decided to use one of the top ten families to deal with such a small matter.So, Lola quickly dropped the thought soon after.The Hermit Families were discreet for their own reason
Franklin stood up, though his legs were wobbling.“CEO Hoffman! You need to tell me who you got the drawing from!”“I want to see the person who did this!”“This is insane!”“This is simply amazing!”“The strokes are enough to reveal the city’s true colors! Nobody has been able to do that for the past few decades!”“He even pointed out exactly where the Golden Garden is!”“If we can get this and find evidence of the legendary place…”“Golden Estate will flourish!”“I need to meet this person, CEO Hoffman!”Franklin’s professional facade was completely gone; now, he was exactly like a child hopping around in joy.After seeing the look on his face and hearing his words…The higher-ups’ minds were blown.They all froze in place.Nobody expected a random piece of paper to be so invaluable!‘This is insane!’‘Everyone in the real estate industry will definitely go crazy for this!’They were all in the same business, so they naturally knew just how important the map is.Cou
“It’s just that…”Franklin showed an odd expression while looking at the paper.“The most important part of the place is stained with tea. I can’t see it properly…”“This must be the historic site of the Golden Garden.”“Without the markings, we won’t be able to find anything to prove that this place is real.”After hearing Franklin’s regretful words, the higher-ups looked at the beautiful CEO with disappointment.“I’ll…I’ll give Sir York a call…”Lola lowered her head awkwardly.…Early in the morning the next day, Harvey got a call from Saul and Lola while he was supervising Fortune Hall’s renovation. They invited him to have lunch together, saying that there was something important they needed to talk to him about.Harvey didn’t decline since he figured that it was about Golden Estate. After passing on the matters to Reece, he got ready to leave.Before he could step out of the front door, Castiel ran to him with a panicked look.“This is bad, Master! Someone passed out!