Though President Leacock didn’t truly believe that Leo had fifty million, he was more than willing to let Leo leave now. This man was simply insane!
Leo retracted his hand from President Leacock’s head and said, “Since you’ve sincerely admitted your mistake, I’ll give you a chance to make amends.”
“My Mercedes, you send it to the 4S shop for repairs. After it’s fixed, have the 4S shop inform me. Besides, I need a car to pick up my wife today. So, you compensate me a million dollars, and I’ll buy a new car. That should settle things quite nicely.”
Leo’s words once again stunned all the executives in the room. They all turned their gaze toward Leo, with expressions of surprise. They couldn’t help but wonder, why did Leo’s mindset seem so peculiar?
A Mercedes-Benz E300L costs a little over one hundred thousand dollars at most. How could he dare to demand one million in compensation? This was extortion!
This freeloading son-in-law must be absolutely obsessed with money!
President Leacock’s life was still hanging by a thread in Leo’s hands, so a million dollars didn’t matter to him. Right now, the most important thing was to placate this freeloaderiing lunatic, and President Leacock immediately agreed, “Alright, I’ll give you one million.”
For Leo, a million dollars was inconsequential at this point in his life. He did it to make President Leacock understand the consequences of crossing him. After all, anyone whose car got smashed would be unhappy.
Seeing Leo’s expression relax a bit, President Leacock cursed inwardly, “This guy is really a cheapskate. It’s just a million dollars. I’ll give it to you!”
Leo took out his wallet and pulled out his bank card, placing it in front of President Leacock, saying, “President Leacock, transfer the money.”
“Cherry, transfer one million to him!” President Leacock couldn’t move his hand; it was still pinned to the desk.
Secretary Cherry took Leo’s bank card and swiftly made the transfer using her palm-sized computer. The million dollars were now in Leo’s account.
Seeing the bank’s incoming message, Leo instructed Cherry, “Hurry up and process my qualification certification. My time is precious, and I can’t afford to waste it picking up my wife from work.”
This statement drew even more disdainful looks from the men in the room. It seemed that this guy had made a habit out of living off women. For him, the most important thing each day was picking up and dropping off his wife at work, essentially parasitizing off her.
He not only extorted one million dollars from President Leacock but shamelessly wanted to get his qualification certified. Now they would see what had given him such confidence.
Cherry, nervous, looked at President Leacock, who nodded and gritted his teeth, saying, “Process his qualification certification!”
“Alright,” Cherry replied and turned to Leo. “Is all your savings in this bank card?”
Leo nodded.
Cherry inserted Leo’s bank card into the card reader and started to work on her palm-sized computer. The atmosphere in the office turned eerie, and all eyes were fixed on Cherry’s computer screen, especially the executives who were now brimming with anticipation.
How could a freeloader like him possibly have five million dollars? As soon as the result came out, it would be the perfect time to humiliate him.
Soon, Cherry stopped her actions, staring at the computer screen in a daze. Everyone watched her closely, and when they saw her strange expression, Mr. Church, who was holding a cigar, asked hastily, “How much is on his card? Don’t tell me it’s just the one million President Leacock gave him earlier?”
Cherry’s gaze lifted, but she seemed lost in thought, completely ignoring Mr. Church’s question.
Seeing his secretary in a daze, President Leacock called out, “Cherry, are you mute? How much money does he have?”
Cherry finally snapped out of it and brought the palm-sized computer over to President Leacock.
Seeing a long string of numbers on the screen, the first digit being a five, President Leacock was utterly stunned. He even forgot about the pain in his hand.
The other four rushed over, but when they saw the numbers on the screen, they were completely petrified. This freeloading son-in-law actually had fifty million dollars!
After a good while, they withdrew their gazes from the palm-sized computer’s display, and they felt bitter.
“Never expected a second-rate family to be this rich. He actually dared to bring in fifty million as a useless son-in-law!”
“This guy is so good at pretending that I have nothing to say.”
“Mr. Church, what I said earlier stands. I won’t bid at the villa auction on the 18th next month,” Mr. Hudson declared first.
Others followed suit, “Mr. Church, we’re true to our word too. The villa auction on the 18th is all yours.”
Mr. Church heard these words and felt bitter. He really wanted that villa and had prepared a budget of 150 million for it. If it went beyond that, he didn’t plan to buy it. After all, he was a businessman, and jeopardizing his financial stability for a villa didn’t make sense.
Mr. Church didn’t say a word, just sat down heavily on the sofa and smoked his cigar in silence.
Leo looked at President Leacock with a sneer, “President Leacock, can I participate in the villa auction now?”
President Leacock nodded vigorously, forcing a smile onto his face. “Mr. Bloomer, you’re welcome to join the villa auction on the 18th next month.”
“Remember this well, everyone. What happened today and my identity must not be leaked by anyone. Otherwise, I’ll make them spend the rest of their lives in a wheelchair!” Leo scanned the entire room, his powerful words piercing into each person’s heart.
After retrieving his bank card and receiving a certification membership card for the auction from Cherry, who was trembling, Leo left the room.
He first went to the parking lot, retrieved the Blue Phantom sword concealed in the car’s trunk, and prepared to leave the Cloud Dream Mountain villa area.
However, he soon encountered a problem: there were no taxis here, and getting back to the city was going to be inconvenient.
Just as Leo was about to return to the sales center to ask President Leacock to arrange transportation, Cherry, with her tall and shapely figure, ran over.
She was about to reach Leo when, with one foot wearing high heels, she stumbled and fell into Leo’s arms.
Leo quickly steadied her.
“Mr. Bloomer, thank you,” Cherry said with a seductive smile.
“Miss, is there anything wrong?”
“Mr. Bloomer, my name is Cherry. I’d like to get to know you better. Could I add you on Facebook?” Cherry plucked up the courage and asked Leo directly.
Leo looked at Cherry’s expression and understood her intentions. It seemed this beautiful woman was interested in him.