"Ms. Olson, if I were you, I would leave quietly and think about the next step. Mr. Higgins is generous enough to give you dozens of million dollars. You may irritate him if you keep making trouble here. Then I'm sure Corestar group will go bankrupt faster if so." Sylvia's words calmed Lilianne down.
"May I know who Mr. Higgins really is?"
Sylvia shook her head and refused to answer.
After leaving Adrien's house, Lilianne cried for a long time in her car. She blamed herself for looking down upon Adrien. She should have realized that the person who could buy her company must be extraordinary. But she was so stupid that she didn't take such a powerful man seriously and even mocked him.
"Ring!" Lilianne's phone rang, it was from Roland.
"Hello, Dad." Lilianne answered the phone in crying voice.
"Lilianne, where are you?"
"I just got out of Mr. Higgins' house."
"Are you crying? Mr. Higgins refused to help us, right?"
"Yes."
"Alas, I have expected this. You have made a big mistake. Those shareholders keep pestering me. I'm so tired of them."
"Dad, what should I do?"
"Huh! It's all your fault. Now we have to sell the property of the family and try our best to get money. Then ask a bank for a postponement. Some industries of the company should be given up, too."
"I'm sorry, Dad. I'm really sorry."
Lilianne cried sadly.
"My poor daughter, I hope you will learn something from this. Never look down upon anyone."
In the next few days, Adrien did everything according to the plan for the upgrade of the system, so he was not impatient when the system urged him. He learned the knowledge and sold a small amount of share of Corestar group every day.
However, he had too many shares. It took three days for him to sell 30 percent of the shares. Now, the share price was still falling.
In the three days, Corestar group sold some profitable industries like Reburg Paradise, Amusement Park, Reburg Corestar Hotel, and Corestar Cultural Tourism. With 60 million dollars from Adrien and the assets of the company, Corestar group finally got 340 million dollars.
Lilianne and her father had sold all their property and got 36 million dollars more. They spent half of the money paying back the bank and the other half importing goods from Ocasta Country. After all, foreign trade was the most profitable business of Corestar group.
Until April 19th, the stock price of Corestar group had been falling for five days. Adrien had sold 44 percent of shares and still have 35 percent. He got 1.08 billion dollars from it. Now, he had 3.1 billion dollars in total counting in the money he saved in Treasury bank and interest.
"Mr. Higgins, we'll set off tomorrow. I've prepared everything well. You just need to take your driver's license, the bank card, and other valid documents."
"Thank you, Sylvia."
"Everything is ready in Post port. We'll go to post port Hotel after we get off the plane. Post port security Exchange is just next to the Hotel. A big client like you will have a private VIP room there."
"Thanks."
The next morning, Adrien flew to Post port directly. He spent the journey with a sweet sleep on the plane.
The person who picked them up at the airport were two natives. They introduce the situation to Adrien in the local dialect.
"Mr. Higgins, we got the news that you want to spend 2 billion dollars on the stocks. This is the big deal in the last seven years to the company."
"Which stock are you interested in?"
"Sorry, sir. We won't expose the news about such a big deal in advance." Adrien said unhappily.
"Oh, I'm sorry, Mr. Higgins. Please don't mind it."
"It doesn't matter."
"Mr. Higgins, please come with us to the trading hall. Let me open an account for you. You need to sign the contract with the bank today, and the bank will transfer the money to your account tomorrow. Mr. Brooks especially sent Ms. Wilson and Ms. Jones to help you. People of the Notary offices will also witness the contract at 9'o clock in the morning that day."
"Mr. Brooks?"
"Yes, Mr. Higgins, you…"
"Sir, it was me who contacted Mr. Brooks." Sylvia hurriedly explained it to Adrien.
"Well, I get it. Let's open the account first."
After a busy day, Adrien talked to Sylvia when they went back to the Hotel.
"Sylvia, you should tell me the reason why you left the Brooks family."
"Sir, are you worried that…"
"I'm not worried about anything. I just want to know more about you. We are friends, After all. Perhaps I'll help you if you are in trouble." Adrien trusted Sylvia very much, but he didn't trust Mr. Brooks at all. He didn't know that guy, and if that guy played tricks when they made a deal, Adrien would suffer a lot.
"Sir." Sylvia hesitated for a while then said, "We actually escaped from the Brooks family."
"Escape?" Adrien was surprised.
"Yes, sir. The Brooks family is a huge noble family. The former head of it, Glen Brooks is almost 100 years old. He has two sons and three daughters, but only his second son is alive. He has a lot of descendants, almost seventy. They are all good businessman. Now, the head is Glen's eldest son second son, Elliott Brooks, who is also the father of my previous master."
"It's too complicated. There must be a lot of trouble in such a huge family."
"No, they are in charge of different industries, so there are few fights. We escaped because Elliott's little brother wanted my niece, Darcy. To be his mistress. My brother was dead, so only Harold could help us to escape from the family. Then we met you."