Charlie nodded, keyed in her name, then clicked to confirm. Once the PayPal facial recognition was approved, a notification swiftly appeared stating that the transaction was successful. Xavia’s hand vibrated a little, and a prompt immediately showed on her phone: [Charlie has transferred five hundred thousand Oskian dollars to you!] Seeing this message, she was pleasantly surprised and emotional. She thought to herself, ‘Oh my! This money was so easy to earn! I would not have thought of earning money like this my entire life! If Mr. Lawry were to know this, he must at least reward me with one hundred thousand Oskian dollars!’ Besides feeling emotional, Xavia had changed her perception of Charlie, and she laughed, “I never thought that Mr. Wade is so ostentatious. To help your sister-in-law, you only needed to swipe with your fingers to take out five hundred thousand Oskian dollars. I think Mr. Wade’s financial strength is unlike the ordinary, right?” Cha
The strong men beside Xavia had been flexing their muscles since the beginning. This company specialized in profiting from grey areas, and they earned money based completely on achievements. Xavia’s achievements fully depended on the young ladies that she had cheated. These young ladies were then squeezed out for maximum value. As for the achievements of these thugs, it all depended on how many times they struck. In simple terms, if there was no opportunity to strike, they could only get a basic salary. However, if there were strikes daily this month, their salary would at least be tens of thousands. Today’s business was clear for them to see—there were five hundred thousand Oskian dollars in Xavia’s PayPal account. If they taught this retard in front of them a lesson, the five hundred thousand Oskian dollars would be shared with them, each receiving twenty or thirty thousand. Therefore, when they heard Xavia’s order, they immediately walked toward
Thinking of this, she immediately said respectfully, “Please wait a moment. I will make a phone call to my boss now!” Then, she swiftly took out her cell phone and dialed a number. Once the call went through, Xavia desperately said, “Mr. Lawry, please help me. I met with some trouble in Pearl River Point…” The person on the phone was Mr. Lawry, also known as Hebron Lawry. He was once a local thug and had had a little bit of fame. However, he later went outstation to gamble and lost a lot of money. So, he had used his arm as a bet, and in the end, he had also lost his right arm. With his right arm gone, he was not able to survive in the underground world where the strong preyed on the weak. Therefore, he had gathered a bunch of people and formed an etiquette company. The reason he chose to form an etiquette company was because he could approach hostesses, who were all girls. Moreover, these girls were all pretty and charming but without backgrounds.
Charlie waited patiently for fifteen minutes. After fifteen minutes, an S-class limousine finally arrived at Pearl River Point’s car park. Following the S-class limousine were two minibusses that carried eleven passengers each. Those two minibusses were filled with gangsters wielding machetes. The vehicles happened to come from behind Charlie’s back. Hebron, who was in the limousine, saw Xavia. Then, he quickly recognized that the man in front of Xavia, with his back facing him and sitting on the scooter, should be the one whom Xavia referred to as an arrogant fella. He sneered disdainfully, ‘A scooter-riding loser dares to f*cking mess with me?!’ However, once he remembered Xavia saying that this loser had defeated her six brothers, he became skeptical. He secretly thought to himself, “What if this fella can really fight and beat me up... what should I do?” Thinking of this, Hebron hurriedly turned to Jayden and said flatteringly, “Brother Jay
Hebron covered his face and felt extremely startled. He asked, “Brother Jayden, you… Why did you slap me?! You should be slapping that loser!” Jayden was so furious that he was trembling inside and out. He answered in a fit, “You… you are really f*cking looking for trouble! How dare you call Master Wade a loser! I think you are the one who is really f*cking bored with life!” Then, he immediately ordered his men, “Hold the motherf*cker down and beat the f*ck out of him!” Many of Jayden’s men had not met Charlie before. Despite that, they had heard of Master Wade’s name. After all, this was the saviour whom Don Albert talked about day and night. Moreover, Albert was arguably the godfather of the underworld in Aurous Hill. It could be said that his saviour was also the saviour of every member of the underworld in Aurous Hill. Of all people, Hebron had chosen to look for trouble with Master Wade. Wasn’t he looking for death?! Therefore, the men immediately ru
This was Hebron’s first time meeting a person like Charlie. On the outside, Charlie did not fight, did not scold, and was always smiling. He looked more civilized than anybody. But once he opened his mouth, one’s bones would be eaten. Fifteen and a half million Oskian dollars? How could he take out so much money?! Despite opening an etiquette company and earning lots of money due to his prostitution side business, people like him earned more and spent more too. Having blended with the dark underworld in the past, this kind of person carried a type of ‘today’s wine must be drunk till groggy, money earned must be spent today and not wait till tomorrow’ mentality. Therefore, despite earning a lot on normal days, Hebron spent a lot too. In a year, he could earn at least millions. However, he could not stop spending extravagantly. In the end, he was only left with eight hundred thousand. Hebron’s total savings amounted to around three to
Before Xavia could even come back to her senses, Jayden immediately pulled her hair and dragged her to the front of Hebron. Kicking her to Hebron’s side, Jayden coldly uttered, “That’s so capable of you to even dare to claim a moral high ground over Master Wade! He is the True Dragon who seldom beats women under normal circumstances! But I, Jayden, do not care for that! Any more crap from you, and I will disfigure your face!” Xavia instantly freaked out and stopped talking. Indeed, she had wanted to claim a morally higher ground over Charlie by showing to him that she was a woman and Charlie should not do anything toward her. However, she never would have thought that Charlie would not harm her. Instead, it was Jayden who cared less about these things! At this moment, Jayden looked at Charlie and said respectfully, “Master Wade, please give your orders on how to deal with these two b*stards!” Charlie answered faintly, “Let’s do this one at a time. Fi
When Hebron and Xavia heard that Charlie liked to carve words on people’s forehead, they immediately thought of the infamous Cain and Marcus Lloyd!What happened to them had become a piece of viral news in Aurous Hill and even the whole country.First, Marcus had offended a mysterious big shot, and the consequence was the two words ‘Pathetic Jerk’ being engraved on his forehead.Then, Cain, Marcus’s father, had wanted to avenge Marcus, but he had ended up offending the same mysterious big shot. Thus, the words ‘Father of Pathetic Jerk’ had been engraved on his forehead.Yet, this was not the end of their story.What had really made them famous nationwide was actually the comical debate video they had made about Donald and Sean Webb.Back then, the debate completely drove the Webb family up the wall. Rumors had it that the Lloyds didn’t have the nerve to offend the Webb family, but they had recorded the video because they were coerced by a mysterious man.Previously, no one knew
The other antique traders who were keeping tabs on the situation were left confused by Trippy's message.[Maybe even those out-of-towners know that Raymond is a sucker? So they traveled overnight just to see what happens?][I know Raymond is in trouble, but is it really worth traveling hundreds of miles just to watch?][Maybe they know he's a sucker, so they came to sell him more counterfeits?][Shit, that must be it! Suckers are rare these days, after all!][Damn straight! Just knowing that there's one in Aurous Hill, you'd be eager to come over.]Even Mick Crane who had just woken up and saw the message immediately sent a voice message: "Those conmen are just like flies flocking around shit as soon as they smell it.""Oh, but what they don't know is that Raymond has no more money! I heard he only had a few hundred thousand for the startup, and the bronze sculpture must have cost most of it. I'm afraid those people won't even get their gas money and toll costs back after travel
Trippy rolled his eyes as he texted back: [Hell no. I need to start my business instead of wasting my time. You morons can come get a number yourself if you like. Haha!]Still, Trippy had just sent his text when a trio arrived in a hurry outside Treasure Measure.Seeing that the doors were closed, the leader asked Trippy, "Excuse me, can I ask if this is Treasure Measure? Owned by a man named Mr. Cole?"Trippy was at once surprised. "You mean Raymond Cole?"The leader quickly said, "We don't know his first name, only that his last name is Cole, and his handle name was Treasure Measure's Mr. Cole."Trippy chuckled. "That'd be him. Has to be, since he hand wrote that shop sign."Pausing, he then asked in curiosity, "So, you've come to see him being a sucker?"The leader was naturally curious as to what Trippy was talking about. However, he was also reluctant to reveal why he had come since there was a killer bargain at stake. In fact, every other collector who was coming was k
Raymond also added that the 20 million price tag wouldn't be cut or increased. To put it simply, the bronze sculpture was right there in Aurous Hill and waiting—it was a race.Hence, many reputable collectors contacted expert appraisers throughout the night, some even booking night flights straight to Aurous Hill.The best amongst them was a fanatic collector of bronze items in Eastcliff.Following a brief exchange with Raymond online, he immediately called an expert who was also a close friend. As soon as his call was answered, he asked the other man if he had time to travel to Aurous Hill so that no one else would beat them to it—and they would drive out in the night if at all possible.After all, the earliest flight was at six in the morning, and it'd be eight by the time they made it to Aurous Hill Airport and nine by the time they got to Antique Street in a cab.Therefore, the ideal way to get there was by driving over six hundred miles at top speed, and that meant reaching A
While Jacob was feeling delighted after pulling off his con, Raymond had posted details of the bronze sculpture online.The website he was using was the biggest platform for antique collectors and the antique trade where each user could set a favorite tag in the antique category and era. If a user who preferred canvas art pieces of the Tudor dynasty set that label as their favorite, they would immediately be notified with text or desktop notifications in regards to any item with the same label.As medieval bronze sculptures were rare in the first place, most who were interested had already set that label on their favorites and were immediately notified soon after Raymond posted pictures of the bronze sculpture online.The collectors were naturally eager to check it out as gilded sculptures of the medieval era were really rare, and most collectors would go a lifetime without picking one up for their collection.On top of that, the seller had even listed a major flaw and was only ask
"Nope," Jacob chuckled. "We were both working separately and just happened to get back in at the same time."Then, he immediately became smug and excited, "Guess what, dear? I made 200 thousand out of the deal! In net profits!""For real?!" Elaine gaped. "200 thousand in just one night?! That's amazing! How did you do that?"Claire was surprised to hear that too, and she came over to ask, "What deal was it, Dad?"Jacob grinned, "Oh, it's nothing to brag about. It's just that I managed to pick up a nice antique item thanks to my wisdom and then sold it for 200 thousand."Pausing, he then sighed in dismay, "However, the buyer wasn't too rich—I would have squeezed him for 400 thousand, but he couldn't afford more, so I had to settle for less."Elaine quickly exclaimed, "Shit, we're talking about a loss of 200 thousand! People would work a year and still never earn that much…"She trailed off for a moment before asking, "By the way, dear—are we still flying out first thing tomorrow?
Jacob laughed. "Put that issue behind us? Sure, but we're not becoming friends. Hell, I can't even hold a grudge now that you're shit out of luck."Then, his tone changed sharply and suddenly became icy, "But you see, Aurous Hill is not a place you can stay just because you want to. No… After this, you're not going to be able to make a living in the antique trade.""If I were you, I'd be running a thousand miles away, far away from Aurous Hill where no one would know my face to start over. That way, you just might be able to make a living."Raymond simply kept smiling, "You need not be concerned about how I'm going to survive here, Mr. Wilson. I'd be very grateful if you'd cease any form of harassment once you leave my premises."Jacob pursed his lips, staring at Raymond in disappointment. "I'm plenty magnanimous, so I won't stoop to such pettiness. Just do whatever you like!"Clicking his tongue, he huffed, "Tut, tut… And here I'd thought you're tough, but you're just yet another
Raymond chuckled at the title, humble as ever, "The Duke of Wastage? Now, that's quite the royal title, and I don't think I deserve such an honor…"Trailing off, he then made an especially curious look, "By the way, how'd you know they were calling me that?"Seeing that he was still so ignorant, Jacob scoffed. "You bought a Renaissance-era bronze sculpture earlier, didn't you?"Raymond nodded. "I did. But technically, it's medieval and not Renaissance, along with a Renaissance-era base."Jacob clutched his stomach as he laughed, "Oh, please! Medieval? Hahaha… You're killing me, Mr. Cole!"Raymond kept a serious look on his face. "It's really medieval. Why don't you take a look?""No way," Jacob snorted, pursing his lips. "Anyway, word has already spread that someone was selling a counterfeit bronze sculpture to defraud Antique Street for some serious dough. He went first to Vintage Deluxe, but their manager, Mr. Crane, saw through it and didn't buy it… and then he came to you, an
That was why most of the collectors only knew that such an item existed but they did not know in whose possession it was.After registering a new account and paying the ten thousand registration fee, Raymond got in.It was very safe as it was anonymous, and he posted a photo of the bronze sculpture and an announcement with an asking price of twenty million.In his opinion, it wasn't that expensive—if it was still gilded, it would be worth around a hundred million. Without it, it was plenty reasonable to cut the price down to just thirty million.And Raymond was cutting another ten million off that, so twenty million was plenty reasonable.Moreover, medieval bronze sculptures were exceedingly rare, and less than one specimen showed up annually at times. Collectors who desired it would therefore be willing to break the bank for it, and that was why Raymond was sure that someone would put in an order once he posted it.As he wrote the summary of the item, someone knocked on his door
Jacob frowned in disdain. "Why would I be worried? He's no longer the manager of Vintage Deluxe, and he just lost a shit ton of money for messing up his appraisal. I am also the vice president of the Calligraphy and Painting Association, so why would I be worried about some loser who will soon be kicked out of Antique Street?"Straightening his collar, he snorted coldly, "I am now going to see Raymond Cole and humiliate him face-to-face! He thinks he's impressive, doesn't he? Let's see how he will keep up that facade!"Zachary chuckled, "Yes, exactly! People like him need to be given a slap in the face! As hard as you can! Don't worry—I'll be right behind you. If he gets physical, I'll rush in to help. If he doesn't dare to start a fight, you just insult him as much as possible!""Good plan!" Jacob nodded since he was concerned that Raymond might get physical when pushed too far.And with his body, there was no way he could beat anyone…Spreading his arms, he exclaimed, "Come! I'l