He was rather annoyed by his innocence back then.
Now that his peculiar parenting was over and he had spent so much money,
he was still being scolded
by his sister!
Gerald felt that his
life was quite dramatic,
almost as if it was a dream.
“Hey,
I’ve checked the transactions of your card. You have spent all the money! Haha,
great job! I heard from Zack that
you have improved a lot. You even learned to use our company funds to invest in
a small company! I did a background
check on the company you helped. Did you fall in love with that girl? Are you getting me a
sister-in-law?” Jessica asked playfully.
It was true that Gerald had been
keeping in touch with Mila over these past few days and they were indeed growing fond of each other. Mila
chatted with him about almost everything, and he was very happy
to chat about anything with her.
However, the closer they got, the
more Gerald became reluctant to take the first step in pursuing her. He did
not expect his sister to find out about this.
“No, I’m not!” Gerald said bitterly.
“Okay, I will stop teasing you. I just want to tell you that since
you have started investing, you reminded me
of my plan to build some schools or shopping complexes in Mayberry. Why don’t
you try to do it for me instead?” Jessica gave him an unforgiving challenge.
“What?! But Sister, I know nothing
about investment!”
“That’s
why I want you to learn. It will be alright. Zack will form an exceptional team
to help you do this. You can take
this chance to learn how to make use of the assets. Otherwise, if you cannot
pass the last test in the future, Daddy will not…”
“What test?”
Gerald sensed
something strange from his sister’s words.
Since the day his sister had sent
him the money, she had been acting strangely. She forced him to spend at least
two hundred thousand dollars at a time, and then,
she told him to
spend the whole twenty
million dollars.
It didn’t seem like she
did it just because they had plenty of money.
She seemed to have
a motive behind this.
Judging from
what she had said just now, he must
have guessed it right!
“It’s nothing. It’s not something you should know, and don’t ask
for now. Just do as I said. Starting from now,
focus on your investment. You can invest in any industry that you think will
earn a profit, whether it is business, education, entertainment, or anything. You can
invest in the name of Mayberry
International Inc., and they will provide
you the funds.”
After Jessica had reminded him to
get started as soon as possible, she hung up the phone. Gerald scratched
his head helplessly.
He knew nothing about all
these things.
Right then, the phone rang once more.
It was Zack. He called just at the right time.
“Are you busy, Mr. Crawford? If you
are not, can you come to the manor for a bit? Mr. Harrison from the
Bureau of Commerce, Mr. Armstrong from the Bureau
of Education, along with many influential people
in the
city wish to meet with you!” “I’m not busy. Okay,
I will go now.”
Gerald refused to let Zack send a car to fetch him and just took a taxi.
Gerald had always hoped to meet with more
people and build a strong network. This would help him improve himself.
As he sat in the car, Gerald thought of him
getting a driving license. Once he got his driving license, he would
be able to drive his own
car. He was anticipating the arrival of that day.
Soon, he arrived at the manor in Wayfair
Mountain. Gerald walked
into the lobby casually.
“Mister, did you make an appointment?”
Unexpectedly, Gerald was stopped
by a receptionist from getting in.
The receptionist did not think he
was someone who could afford
the expenses here.
However, the voice of the receptionist was
very familiar to Gerald. Gerald shuddered and turned to look at her.
As their eyes met, the receptionist opened her mouth in shock.
“Why
are you here?” “Why are you here?!”