Chapter 136 Heated Discussions
"Luckily, I ran fast. Otherwise, I wouldn't have been able to choose whose water to drink!" Charles patted his chest, looking relieved. "It seems that being too handsome isn't good either. There are always so many women eyeing my looks!" Charles shook his head with a face full of melancholy.
After lunch, Charles took a shower and changed his clothes, feeling great after he had played basketball.
Charles walked around the dorm room in just his shorts, picked up his phone, and opened the Seattle Rich Kids group.
For the past few days, Charles had been contacting agents to look at houses.
But all these agents were a bunch of scammers.
The house would be either subpar or significantly overpriced, and these agents didn't even allow him to speak directly with the homeowner. On top of charging exorbitant agency fees, there might be a slew of issues after purchasing the house. In short, it was a big problem, and Charles was quite dissatisfied.
'Instead of dealing with these agents, it would be better to ask the rich kids in the group about this. Maybe they have some connections. At least these rich kids would be more reliable than the agents, right?' he thought.
As soon as Charles opened the group, he found that people seemed to be discussing him.
[Do you know? I heard that Oceanic Trade Ventures, which was about to go bankrupt, has made some new moves recently. Not only did they pay off their bank loans, but they also made a series of expansions. They even started acquiring other near-bankrupt trading companies. I just don't get it, where did the Mitchellng Family get such a large sum of money?]
[Wasn't Donna borrowing money everywhere a while ago? She even wanted to marry her daughter to Orlando to get financial support from the Hank Family. Could the Mitchellng Family and the Hank Family have already formed an alliance? The Hank Family wants to enter the foreign trade market, taking advantage of the market slump to acquire other trading companies at super low prices, then merge them and wait for the market to recover to make a big profit. This is a very well thought out plan!]
[Bullshit, although the head of the Hank Family is shrewd, he is extremely stingy. And with the market slump, everyone can see the bleak prospects of foreign trade. Trying to take over the Seattle foreign trade market could shake the foundation of the Hank Family's real estate business. Henry would never do that!]
[So the question is, where did the Mitchellng Family get the money? In such a critical time when the global market is sluggish, who would lend such a large sum of money to the Mitchellng Family?]
As the group discussion heated up, Gordon finally stepped in.
[Alright, I'll come clean. Actually, when the Hank Family and the Mitchellng Family were about to form an alliance, I reported the situation to Mr. Smoke. Then the alliance fell through, and the Mitchellng Family suddenly had money!]
Gordon's revelation caused a huge stir!
All the rich kids were shocked.
[So that was Mr. Smoke!]
[Mr. Smoke is incredible! As far as I know, the Mitchellng Family's situation was quite dire. It would take at least a hundred million dollars to completely turn things around, resolve the bankruptcy crisis, and still have the ambition to expand. Donna wouldn't have the guts to do that without an injection of funds!]
Seeing the discussions in the group, Charles was somewhat shocked.
'I don't expect these rich kids to analyze how much I invested in the Mitchellng Family just from some scattered information. They can even pinpoint the exact amount.' he thought.
Some of them had much sharper market sense and judgment than ordinary people, and seemed to be competent.
On the contrary, the cultural education they had received from a young age were more comprehensive than those of ordinary people, and they had higher personal qualities as well.
The probability of these people becoming social elites was also much higher than that of children from ordinary working-class families!
The reason why the general public had a bad impression of rich kids might be because some second-generation members from nouveau riche families tarnished the reputation of the circle, making people subconsciously think that all rich kids were wastrels.
'But that isn't the case!' Charles thought.
After interacting with this group, Charles found that very few of them were true wastrels.
Even Alfonso, whom he didn't think highly of, had his own abilities. Even if you didn't take into account his family background, he was better than ordinary students in some aspects.
Charles knew very well that the reason this group of rich kids had shown him respect was largely because they had respected Gordon.
But after the Mitchellng Family incident, they would respect Mr. Smoke even more.
Mr. Smoke's immense financial power commanded respect!
At this moment, Charles edited a message and sent it out.
[I'm looking to buy a house, preferably on Friendship Avenue. Does anyone have any resources to recommend?]
As soon as he sent that message was sent, the whole group exploded!
[Mr. Smoke is here!]
[Does he still need a house?]
[You don't know anything. Mr. Smoke definitely doesn't need a house. He even gave a girl a sixty-million-dollar villa as a gift last time!]
[@Mr. Smoke, my sister has a townhouse in Waterfront International Villas near Friendship Avenue. She might be moving to Nuw Yark soon. Would you be interested?] A rich kid named 'Romantic Wanderer' sent a message.
[@Romantic Wanderer, let's talk privately then!] Charles replied.
As Charles added Romantic Wanderer's contact, the group chat was still buzzing.
[Has Matthew already connected with Mr. Smoke?]
[Impressive, this guy is a newcomer to the group, right? I heard Matthew's sister, Grace Anderson, is very beautiful and a celebrity in the entertainment industry!]
[Grace Anderson? I think I've heard that name, but I don't really remember her.]
[Grace? I remember now. She was the rising star who made a name for herself with a TV series last year. I heard she offended a big director and got blacklisted. She had a promising future, but now there's hardly any news about her!]
With the endless gossip in the entertainment industry, Grace's reputation didn't seem very good.
It was said that she acted arrogantly on set, causing a famous director to replace her on the spot.
Later, rumors spread that Grace seduced a married man, leading to a public spat with the wife of the man on Twitter.
Her reputation plummeted.
The advertisers she endorsed sued her for breach of contract, and she had to pay $5 million in damages.
Charles had a vague impression of Grace. She was a very talented actress with solid acting skills and was a graduate of the Nuw Yark Drama Academy.
She had a proper academic background, and had also been known as the Campus Princess, even in the beauty-filled Nuw Yark Drama Academy
If nothing had happened, she should have become a big star in the entertainment industry.
Who would have thought her career would suddenly take a downturn! And so rapidly!
Surprisingly, Charles's decision to buy a house now seemed to be leading him to the female celebrity.
[Romantic Wanderer has accepted your friend request!]
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