The receipt was the only way that he could get his reimbursement.Because of this, Max was very angry when he heard that Charlie had already taken the receipt away.He had been waiting for this receipt in order to claim for a reimbursement from his company. If Charlie refused to hand the receipt over to him, then he would not only be unable to earn money from this meal, but he would also lose one hundred thousand dollars. Wouldn’t he be making things worse in an already bad situation then?As he thought about this, Max hurried back to the table angrily. When he saw Charlie, he quickly asked, “Charlie, did you go to the front desk to secretly issue a receipt for yourself? Hurry up and give me the receipt now!”Charlie replied indifferently, “This meal was paid for by the two of us. What is wrong with me asking for a receipt from the front desk? After all, I paid one hundred thousand dollars for this meal. Did you forget that?”“You…” Max choked as he was completely speechless. Afte
He was originally planning to make one hundred thousand dollars. Unexpectedly, he had lost one hundred thousand dollars tonight instead. He had really made a big loss because of this meal!Max had the desire to die in his heart. He was initially doing quite well. He had bought a new Mercedes-Benz and he was pretending to look proper and decent. However, he really did not expect to lose so much money after meeting Charlie today.Therefore, he really could not wait to stab Charlie to death so he would be able to relieve his hatred.Charlie intended to provoke him even further at this time. Therefore, he poured him a glass of champagne as he held it out to Max before he smiled and said, “Come, Brother Max, let me give you a toast!”Max replied angrily, “I don’t want to drink with you!”Charlie smiled before he said, “Don’t be so angry. After all, you paid for this champagne with your own money too. Don’t you think that it would be a waste if you don’t drink it?”Max trembled with an
When Max heard that Charlie was going to donate one million dollars to the orphanage, he naturally did not believe it at all. He sneered before he said, “Charlie, you’re really good at bragging. You’re actually saying that you can donate one million dollars to the orphanage? You’re really trying hard to keep up your appearances to cover up your own predicament. Can you even afford to bring out a million dollars?”Charlie replied lightly, “Since I’ve said it, I’ll definitely honor my words. I won’t act like you and find a place to get into a car accident just to go back on my words!”When Max heard Charlie’s words, he knew that Charlie was deliberately ridiculing him. When he thought about the car crash earlier, he really hated Charlie to the core.If he had known that all of these would be happening, he would not have gone back on his words at all. It would have been better for him to donate his car. After all, it would be better for him compared to the situation now.Just look at
However, the point was that he could not bring out ten million dollars in such a rash manner. After all, it would be really difficult for him to explain himself since there were so many people watching him.Moreover, it would not be easy for Charlie to explain himself to Claire. After all, this was an astronomical figure. Therefore, Charlie felt that one million dollars was a much more reasonable amount of money.Charlie looked at Max before he smiled faintly and said, “If I can really afford to donate one million dollars to the orphanage, then will you really donate ten million dollars to the orphanage?”“Yes!” Max replied without any hesitations at all. After that, he said arrogantly, “If a pathetic jerk like you can afford to donate one million dollars, then I won’t even have a problem donating one hundred million dollars to the orphanage!”Charlie nodded before he smiled and said, “Wait a minute. I’d like to take a video as proof of our agreement!”After that, Charlie smiled b
Charlie really did not expect Paul to be willing to donate another one million dollars to the orphanage when he heard that Charlie was making a donation to the orphanage.He wanted to tell him that this would not be necessary. However, Paul had already hung up the phone on the other end of the line.When he realized that the phone call had already been disconnected, Charlie had no choice but to put away his cell phone in a helpless manner. At the same time, he felt that this young kid, Paul, was really an upright person. If he had the opportunity, he would like to guide him in the future.After hanging up the phone, Charlie said to Mrs. Lewis, “Mrs. Lewis, my friend will be transferring the money to the orphanage’s bank account immediately. Please inform the accounts and finance department at the orphanage to pay attention to the transfer. However, the amount will not be one million dollars.”Max did not wait for Charlie to finish speaking. He started laughing as he said, “Hahaha!
Max was even more stunned.What was happening? The two million dollars had arrived?Wasn’t Charlie, this pathetic jerk, simply a live-in son-in-law who was living off his wife? How did he get so much money?The others also realized that they had underestimated Charlie previously. They really did not expect Charlie to be so capable even though he was simply a live-in son-in-law.He did not only donate one million dollars as he said he would, but when his friend, who had no connection to the orphanage, heard that he was donating one million dollars to the orphanage, he was also willing to donate another one million to the orphanage. What kind of friend was this? How could he be so awesome?At this time, Charlie stood up before he looked at Max, who had a shocked and flustered expression on his face, before he said, “Max, everyone here might still be recording a video right now. Since my one million dollars have already arrived, where is your ten million dollars then? When will you b
When he saw that everyone was very interested about Max’s collision with the Phaeton, Scott eloquently told everyone about Max’s car crash.When everyone heard this, they were all too shocked to speak.Everyone could not imagine that Max would be so thick-skinned! He obviously hit someone else’s car but he could actually hold someone else’s car key in his hand and boast about the fact that he owned a Phaeton.This incident subverted everyone’s views and impressions of Max.However, Joey, who ran out to chase after Max, missed out on this wonderful story.He chased Max all the way out of the restaurant. When he saw Max walking towards the parking lot, he hurriedly chased after him.Max did not know that Joey had been chasing him all the way. At this time, he angrily opened Jayden’s Phaeton before he sat inside the car.At this time, a figure suddenly appeared outside the car window.Max was taken aback. However, upon taking a closer look, he realized that it was Joey, who had a
He realized that the interest rates for the loans from these online loan platforms were all very high. Some of the interest rates were simply insane. If he were to take out a loan of seventy thousand dollars from them, then he would have to pay back a hundred and thirty thousand dollars after just one week!The interest rate was nearly doubled! At this time, Joey could not help but asked Max with a worried expression on his face, “Brother Max, the interest rates on these loan platforms are simply too high. It’s almost equivalent to the amount of money that I can make from investing my money with you. If I were to borrow money from them to manage my financial affairs, then wouldn’t I be indirectly helping these online platforms to make money?”Max waved his hand indifferently as he smiled and said, “Don’t worry. These loan platforms that I’ve recommended to you are all operated by my friends. It might seem as though the interest rate is really high but they would be able to waive the
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
Mick inspected every video to see who was getting the most views, and he then paid out of his own pocket to use paid advertising to get the video viral.It cost five thousand and it hurt, but reaching the trending page was definitely worth it.Mick was quite shrewd too, making sure that the paid advertising was focused locally. After all, he knew all too well that five thousand didn't buy many clicks, and clicks from elsewhere might be too sporadic to gain any worthwhile attention.As he worked in Antique Street, he naturally had to come up with a plan to promote himself in this place, ideally presenting himself as a master appraiser.That way, his fame would slowly extend throughout the province and perhaps Eastern Oskia, and eventually the country.As such, focusing on Aurous Hill was the best idea.Moreover, he also had another idea—if Jasmine Moore happened to see this video, she would see him in a new light.When that happened, he could look forward to getting really rich!