Life at the Top

Jasper picked up a piece of fish and placed it into his mouth. He looked at Samuel who was furious and spoke in a shocked tone, “Why are you still here, Mr. Ray? Did you want to eat with us too? Oh, why didn’t you say so earlier, Mr. Ray? We would’ve prepared a set of utensils for you too.”

Kai almost laughed aloud. Although he was joyful, he pretended to look sad. “That’s right. I would’ve brought you to a large hotel for a meal if I knew you were eating with us, Mr. Ray.

“How could someone as formidable as Mr. Ray eat take-out with people like us?”

John asked Samuel mirthfully, “Are you hungry from watching us eat, Mr. Ray? While I do want to let you sit, we don’t have another chair or another set of cutleries. If you don’t mind, Mr. Ray, you could wait until I’m done to use my chair and cutleries?”

Bang!

Samuel slammed a palm on the table and glared at the three of them furiously. He was seething, and he spat out the words from the gaps in his teeth. “Have your fun now, but I’d like to see if you three can still smile this afternoon!

“There’s no way you can earn six million. I’ve been investing for more than a decade and there has never been a time since I started working in this line of business that I’ve seen a seven-fold increase in prices! You’re going to screw yourselves over, just you wait!”

“If you don’t welcome me here, fine! I can leave. But I will be back when the market reopens in the afternoon. I’m gonna claim that six million Somer Dollars from you!”

a furious expression,

“Hold on, Mr. Ray.”

Jasper’s voice sounded.

halted and turned his head to sneer at Jasper. “What’s this, begging for mercy now? Sure, it’s not too late yet. Kneel before me and beg and then hand me the six million. I can consider leaving you alone if you

“You’ve misunderstood, Mr. Ray. I wanted to remind you to bring your checkbook when you come back in

as his gaze grew cold. His furious

about yourself first?! You’d better be able to take that

then turned and

asked Jasper after Samuel left, “Mr. Laine, are you certain

calmly as he ate, “Why,

my life on the line here, but I won’t doubt you anymore, Mr. Laine. This is just

probably thought that it’d be impossible to earn six million with

embarrassment, “Indeed. After all,

800,000 into six million was nothing. In two years, a venerable master would appear in the futures market, turning 1.2 million into 40 million in the