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
At this time, on the other end of the line, Janice suddenly let out a very strange scream. This made Max feel as though all the blood in his body was rushing straight down.This sound was very familiar to him. Wasn’t this the sound that a woman made when she was at her happiest because she was experiencing an orgasm?Joey felt very distressed at this time and he said, “My dear, you should stop twisting your body since you’re feeling so much discomfort now. You should stop practicing now. I will feel very distressed if your injury gets worse.”Janice groaned unbearably before she hurriedly asked, “Joey, is there anything else? If there’s nothing else, I’m going to hang up now. I…I’m still practicing and I can’t pause because I am at the most critical moment right now. Otherwise, everything would be in vain if I stopped right now…”Joey hurriedly said proudly, “Janice, I want to tell you a piece of good news! A good friend of mine is helping me to make some money. He can introduce me
Joey hurriedly replied, “We’ve known each other for three years and we’ve already been together for two years now.”Max asked again, “Then, how did you two meet each other?”Joey smiled before he said, “At that time, I wanted to join a company but I needed to ask someone to help me to do something so that I can get into the company. However, he wanted me to bring him two Treasurer Gold premium cigarettes.”“I found out that the Treasurer Gold cigarettes are really expensive. One of it would already cost a few hundred dollars and two of the Treasurer Gold premium cigarettes would already cost me more than one thousand dollars. Therefore, I decided to search online to see if I could find anyone selling it at a cheaper price. Who would have known that I would really find someone selling those cigarettes at a cheaper price! It was Janice! She sold her Treasurer Gold premium cigarettes for only two hundred dollars each!”Max could not help but feel extremely awkward after listening to J
Falling apart in both mind and spirit, Jacob was crying as he disembarked and took a cab to the hotel.Elaine, who had been lying around for 24 hours, was stunned speechless as she watched him enter, crying like a child.In contrast, Elaine looked like a mother to Jacob just then as he threw himself into her arms and bawled, "Darling… That prick Mr. Bay screwed me over… I have nothing left now…"Taken aback for a moment that Jacob would bawl in her arms like that, Elaine soon came to her senses and patted his back as she comforted him, "Oh, stop crying already. Who cares about some Calligraphy and Painting groupies? We certainly don't! Just hear me out and don't ever go there again!"Jacob kept sobbing, "But I care… I want to go…"Annoyed, Elaine's hand that had been patting Jacob a moment ago slid down to his hip and pinched him viciously before he noticed."Ow!" Jacob yelped in pain, and he demanded indignantly, "What was that for?!""Shut up!" Elaine snapped, glowering. "I wa
Jacob couldn't even be bothered by the looks others were giving him, and he called Mr. Bay immediately.Mr. Bay had already gone home and was seated on the couch with his wife, watching his phone and waiting for Jacob to call and demand an explanation.Mr. Bay knew that he had to answer for this and that if he avoided Jacob, it may well be a confession that he had screwed Jacob over.So, to avoid unnecessary trouble, he decided to come clean with Jacob.Naturally, by coming clean, he meant passing the buck as his wife had suggested.Hence, as he answered Jacob's call, he immediately sighed in embarrassment, "Hey, Jacob. I'm so sorry about that…"However, Jacob was so furious he immediately started bellowing, "Mr. Bay! Are you fucking with me here?! You said that the resignation letter was more of a formality, but you just made it public instead! So, all those things you said about helping me were just a trap, was it?! You're despicable! And to think I've been so good to you, even
The repeated flights had left Jacob tormented.Even before he actually had the time to enjoy Dubai, he had already gotten sick of the place and didn't want to ever return.And on the flight, he couldn't stop his thoughts from going astray.Now that he was not getting back the money he had lost, his only hope was Mr. Bay.Fortunately, Mr. Bay was serious about his promise that he would at least save him a job as department head. That was why, despite his thoughts running astray, he never considered the thought that he would be kicked out of the Calligraphy and Painting Association.As soon as his flight landed, he didn't wait to turn off his phone's flight mode, waiting for the internet connection to return so that he could ask Mr. Bay about the meeting.Once he did, he received a ton of messages from public accounts to acquaintances—many had already found out that he had resigned from the post of administrative vice-president and wanted to ask how he was doing.And Matilda was
The Calligraphy and Painting Association was certainly efficient—soon after the meeting was dismissed, the news that the administrative vice-president had resigned was posted on their official page and social media.The notice was simple and never mentioned what Jacob had done, only that the administrative vice-president had asked to resign for personal reasons. The request had since been voted upon, and all members had agreed to it.And that was how a simple and short message kicked Jacob out of the Calligraphy and Painting Association entirely.In the city, other associations closely connected with the Calligraphy and Painting Association were the various cultural societies and circles of antique enthusiasts and the Senior University. In fact, most fans of the public page of the Calligraphy and Painting Association were from the Senior City, and every lecturer, student, and even guest lecturer were subscribed.As a matter of fact, that was entirely Jacob's doing. After his lect
There weren't that many members in the Calligraphy and Painting Association—just a handful over twenty.Hence, at Mr. Bay's request, everyone showed up at the conference at 1 pm.He chose the afternoon as there were a handful who were away on outreach, including Walker, who was subbing for Jacob's lectures.Once the entire Calligraphy and Painting Association save for Jacob was informed of the mandatory meeting, every member was there on the hour, seated primly and in attention in the huge conference room.Mr. Bay didn't waste his breath on the preamble either—as soon as he saw that everyone had arrived, he announced, "Everyone, I've gathered you here today because our administrative vice-president, Jacob Wilson, has been alleged to be involved in a certain malicious scheme."Last night, Mr. Wilson submitted his resignation to me, and after a discussion with my vice-presidents, we've all decided to hold a vote. It will be open to every member in the association as we will be decid
Having sent his resignation letter, Jacob had no idea that it would be the catalyst for his dismissal.He didn't sleep well at the rundown motel either and had dark circles under his eyes as he rushed to the airport early the next morning.Clearing the checkpoint and boarding his flight, everything went smoothly until his flight to Dubai lifted off at 10 am.-Meanwhile, the other vice-presidents of the Calligraphy and Painting Association had arrived at Mr. Bay's office.They all had the same goal—pressure Mr. Bay and get Jacob kicked out of the association no matter what it took.Naturally, they knew that Mr. Bay most definitely would have to help Jacob since Jacob was close with Don Albert. If Mr. Bay insisted on protecting Jacob, they shouldn't insist, or Jacob would hear about it, and the man would bear a grudge.Even so, as the vice-presidents entered Mr. Bay's office and closed the door behind them, one of them couldn't help asking, "So, Mr. Bay—how do you intend to deal
Hence, Mr. Bay sent a reply in under five minutes after Jacob sent his resignation letter.As Jacob tapped on it, he immediately saw Mr. Bay's reply: Mr. Wilson's resignation is a huge loss to the association. However, we should also respect his individual situation and opinion. As such, to discuss our direction forward, all vice-presidents are required to attend a meeting at 10am tomorrow to discuss this matter.Jacob was still perplexed as to why Mr. Bay would reply to his mail and even summon the other vice-presidents for a meeting, and when he had a closer look, he saw that Mr. Bay had forwarded his mail to everyone else.Seeing that, Jacob thought to himself that Mr. Bay could just stick to a discussion involving just Mr. Bay and the vice-presidents instead of the entire association.As such, he sent a voice message on WhatsApp: "Mr. Bay, did you make a mistake and forward my mail to everyone else?"Mr. Bay soon replied, "Everyone already knows about your situation, so there'
Mr. Bay was left pursing his lips awkwardly. "T-That's way too despicable, don't you think? I'm the one who asked him to write a resignation and give up his place as vice-president while I handle the other vice-presidents and resolve the entire matter internally. Everyone can take a step back from escalation, and it's a solution that could please everyone."If I take that resignation at face value, won't it be like a bank goading a client into taking a scam loan? Won't he hate me to the bone if he finds out I screwed him over?""What are you worried about?" Mrs. Bay shot back in annoyance. "Are you that scared of Jacob Wilson turning against you? Hell, my own sister hates me to the bone—but what did you think I told her? That I'm never lending her the money no matter how much she hates me!"What do you think would have happened if I were worried about her feelings and loaned her the money she asked for? She wouldn't have to use a single cent to get herself a new house! She would say
"Don Albert… is giving up on Jacob Wilson?!"Mr. Bay exclaimed in shock. "B-But he was so respectful toward Jacob just the other day when we had dinner at the Heaven Springs… He gave us the best private room and even offered his best wine, filling our glasses personally…"Mrs. Bay waved him off. "You've been stuck with the retirees of the Calligraphy and Painting Association for so long that you've lost your nose for danger! Just think about it—married couples who were just sharing a bed one night could pull a knife on their partner the very next day. And these are men with priorities we're talking about."Also, you should take into account that Zachary Evans is Don Albert's right-hand man, and Jacob somehow dragged him into a fraud scheme. So, do you think Don Albert would be happy with that?"And according to Zachary's public statement, all the money they got went straight into Jacob's pocket—and what does that mean? It means Zachary is an accessory to a crime—at worst, an accomp