"Thank you for the invitation letter, Mr. Amos. I'll see you at the auction."
"Great, see you then, Mr. Higgins."
Adrien left the trading hall and got back to his Bentley car. He was smiling.
"I'm impressed, Mr. Higgins."
Darcy complemented Adrien sincerely.
"That was nothing." Adrien smiled. "Darneil, let's go to Blackpool shopping mall. I need to buy a watch."
"Yes, Mr. Higgins."
A piece of news hit the Reburg in the afternoon!
Lilianne stared at the news and said, "What? The Orchard Apartment, the largest shabby house in Reburg, will be demolished, and 6,300 houses will be relocated!"
"Ms. Olson, didn't Mr. Higgins purchase that land? Wow, he will earn a fortune!"
"Yeah, he will!" Lilianne has realized that she had underestimated Adrien. She suddenly recalled what she had said to Adrien when he bought the houses. Lilianne had been obstructive all this time, but Adrien had everything under control. She felt ashamed of her short-sightedness.
Just as Lilianne was immersed in her own thought, someone barged in.
"Bad news, Ms. Olson!" Nicole the director of Trade department, entered in panic.
"What's up?"
"Ms. Olson, the two cargo ships loaded with the goods from Ocasta Country sank in the Eden Ocean. Our direct loss will be over 400 million dollars!"
"What? How did it happen?"
"It's true, we just got the information. The marine bureau is already investigating the shipwrecks, there seem to be casualties this time. We usually purchase a large quantity of goods from overseas in one go and then supply them to other places. Now that the goods are gone, how will we make money? Plus, we got those 400 million dollars from the bank!"
"Celia, go to the accounting department and check how much cash we have in our corporate account! Contact all the media, and stop them from reporting it!"
"Yes, Ms. Olson!"
"Nicole, follow up on the ship accident! Find out the cause and see if we can salvage the wreck. We must reduce our loss as much as possible!"
"Yes, Ms. Olson."
Nicole and Celia left. Lilianne sat in the chair, unable to think!
Adrien bought a dark blue Vacheron Constatin watch at the Blackpool shopping mall. Adrien had 200,000 dollars endowed by the system in his Reburg bank card. However, that wasn't enough to buy a watch. He had to draw some money from the Treasury bank.
Adrien sat in the back seat of his Bentley car with his new watch on his wrist and listened to the system prompt!
[Ding! You have reached the standard for upgrading, Host. The system will be upgraded to level 4. It will take a few minutes to upgrade. Please wait a moment. The system is being upgraded now…]
Sylvia saw a piece of news. The ships that carried goods imported by Corestar Trading Company, a subsidiary company of the Corestar Group, sank in the Eden Ocean. The company will suffer the direct loss of 400 million dollars. Sylvia wanted to tell Adrien about the news, but Adrien seemed to be sleeping. Darcy and Sylvia thought he must be tired now. Therefore, they didn't disturb Adrien.
However, as the president of the Corestar Group, Adrien seemed to have no idea what had happened. That news was appeared for a second and was gone!
They had no choice but to wait and tell Mr. Higgins when he woke up.
[Ding! The system has upgraded to level 4!]
[Ding! Host's Reburg bank account has received 10 million dollars.]
Adrien checked the system control panel. He was happy to see more keys available! Besides, the keys of Predictions, Blessing, and Skills he previously unlocked, a new key of Raffle could be used now!
"I have a question, system. I didn't even use the function keys of Blessings and Predictions when it was level 3. Why can't I use them now?" Adrien noticed a problem.
[Ding! Host, if you don't use the function keys in time, you won't be able to use them later.]
"What the hell! Why didn't you tell me before?"
[Ding! Please watch your language, Host.]
"Fine!"
Adrien opened his eyes sullenly.
"How are you holding up, Mr. Higgins?" Sylvia thought Adrien was upset because he had discovered what had happened to his company.
"I'm ok, just a bit tired. What's up, Sylvia?"
"I just learned some news about your Corestar Group, Mr. Higgins. However, the news is gone now. I suppose someone retracted it."
"What is it?"
"A subsidiary company of Corestar Group, Corestar Trading Company, has imported goods worth 400 million dollars and put them on two cargo ships, but they sank in the Eden Ocean. The direct loss will be 400 million dollars, and the money was the loan from the bank. Therefore, the related company will suffer more loss."
Adrien listened silently and thought of Lilianne.
"Don't worry. Lilianne will take care of it. If she can't handle it she will come to me."
"Okay, Mr. Higgins, are we heading home?"
"Yes, I need to rest for a while."
Adrien had been busy all day. He barely checked his phone. It was almost 3'o clock in the afternoon when Adrien finished predicting and sending the message to the whatsapp. Then, he logged in to his account and checked. Everything went as he expected.