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Alex Rockefeller selectively told Dorothy Assex about what happened. “Honey, I need you to keep these things a secret for now so that John Rockefeller won’t be able to defend himself in advance,” he added.
“I’m not dumb.” Dorothy shook her head.
“Will Maya be going with you as well?” She suddenly asked.
“Er… yes,” Alex said.
“She suddenly resigned from my company a while ago. I knew there must have been a reason behind it. I’ve known for a long time that she has feelings for you. You mother likes her more than me too. I…” Dorothy suddenly appeared sad.
“All that matters is that I like you. Oh, right. I have something for you,” Alex said.
He retrieved a Blood Energy Pill.
“What is this?” Dorothy asked.
“This is… A gift from an elder. It’s a pill that strengthens your body and beautifies your skin too.”
Alex was ready to help Dorothy advance to Royal rank in martial arts so that she could defend herself when necessary.
However, before Alex could finish speaking, Claire Assex ran into the room.
“What on earth are you two doing? It’s broad daylight out there. Alex, let go of my daughter right now! ” Claire exclaimed.
Alex was trying to control his temper. After all, if a man loved his wife, he should love his mother-in-law too. It was a general kind of love.
However, it was hard to do so with a woman like Claire.
“Mother, I’m in my room with my husband. What’s wrong with that? I want to hug him, so what? I even want to kiss him!” Dorothy exclaimed before kissing Alex.
“No, get off. Get off right now! ” Claire shouted.
“I refuse. We’re going to make a baby too. What are you going to do about it?” Dorothy retorted.
“I… Fine. Alex, listen here. Didn’t you promise you’d make Dorothy the richest woman in California? Fine. Once you’ve accomplished that, I’ll allow her to give birth to your child. But you can’t touch a single hair of hers before then,” Claire said.
“Mother, isn’t that too much? Instead of the richest woman in town, why don’t you ask him to make me God? Do you want me to have children once I’m an old hag? We’re going to do it now. Come on, honey, let’s do it!” Dorothy yelled.
“Ahh!” Madame Claire shouted.
This was not the daughter she knew. Dorothy must have been possessed. Claire quickly ran over and tugged at Dorothy’s arm.
In the end, Claire accidentally pushed the chair over, and they all fell to the ground.
“Ouch! Alex, you’re going to crush me! You jerk!” She screamed.
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The trending topic about Brittany Rockefeller being a diva very soon cooled down.
Apart from making the headlines in some parts of California, not many people actually knew who she was. Most citizens immediately forgot about the news after reading it. It was just like any other entertainment news. Besides, Brittany wasn’t even a celebrity, she wasn’t all that well-known.
If most people didn’t even care about the major incidents that happened in the country, why would they care about a downtrodden woman from a rich family?
In fact, there were more people who thought of her as a joke than otherwise. For example, Claire was one of these people.
Alex, Brittany, Maya Howards and Hailey Lawson, drove into Hailey’s cosmetic pipeline factory in two cars.
To their surprise, more than fifty people surrounded them as soon as they got out of the car. Each of them were holding metal sticks, and seemed unfriendly.
The leader of the group was a one-eyed man in his thirties with yellowing teeth. He glanced past Maya and the others before whistling playfully. “Hey, look at what we’ve got here. Nice cars and pretty ladies. This is a lot of good stuff for us, brothers.”
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Alex Rockefeller and the rest couldn’t help but turn to look at Hailey Lawson.
‘She was the boss here. She should know what was going on, right?’
However, Hailey’s eyes were wide open. She seemed nervous and afraid. In fact, she was as clueless as the rest. Hailey had not been here for close to half a year.
“Who are you people? Where are the workers in the factory? Who’s the person in charge? Where did everyone go?” she asked in a shocked manner.
“I’m the person in charge. These are the people who work here. What’s the matter? Are you looking for men? There are lots of us here. Take your pick. Your satisfaction is guaranteed,” the one-eyed man said and started laughing.
“Watch your manners.” Alex glared.
The one-eyed man laughed even more wildly, as did the rest of the group of people behind him.
Suddenly, the one-eyed man stared at Alex. “Manners? Stop acting. Favonius Bart asked you to come, didn’t he? Did all the men working for him die? Is that why he asked a gigolo to come here? What’s going on? Is he even using pretty women as a trap? Fine, the three ladies can stay. As for the guy, break his legs and throw him out of this place.”
A few of the men stepped forward with sticks in their hands.
Just as Alex was about to attack, Brittany Rockefeller stopped him. “I don’t know who you people are, and I don’t know who Favonius Bart is either. However, from now on, this factory belongs to me. Please leave right away. Otherwise, I’m going to call the cops.”
“Hah! The cops? I’m terrified!” The one-eyed man swerved his stick back and forth. He arrogantly reached out and touched Brittany’s face.
“Old hag, you don’t look too bad. I like mature women like you. Why don’t we go inside and figure out how to call the cops together?” The one-eyed man said.
Wham!
Brittany immediately slapped him across the face. Brittany never held back when she wanted to exert dominance, she used 100% of her Silver Frost strength.
To be honest, the one-eyed man was just a normal person. How could he withstand the attack of a Royal rank martial artist?
Besides, to protect Brittany, Alex had been eagerly increasing her capability with pills and by channeling his own Chi energy into her body. Although Brittany was still at Beginner-Royal rank, she was much stronger than normal Beginner-Royal rank martial artists. Her defensive ability was also very strong.
The man’s one-sided blindfold fell off as he was sent flying. Half of his face was visibly bruised, and the blood froze in the part of his face that was slapped. The one-eyed man fell to the ground and no longer made any sound.
“Boss, Boss!”
“Oh no! Boss passed out. What do we do?”
“Damn it. That woman is strong. Let’s attack her together.”
Alex instantly stepped forward, standing between Brittany and their foes. With a single kick, he knocked a row of them to the ground. He then grabbed one of their sticks. Just as Alex was about to dive in and cut them up like fruits, he was surprised to find Brittany doing the same when he turned around.
“Damn! Isn’t she fierce?”
Alex was dumbfounded.
From what he could recall, his mother was never really good at fighting. But Alex had never seen her in a fight. He didn’t expect her to be this powerful.
Maya Howards also felt tempted to join in the fight. She picked up a stick from the ground and started whacking their enemies. She was also at Beginner-Royal rank, and had significantly quicker reaction, speed and strength than normal people. Moreover, when she saw how fierce Brittany was, she also got excited. While attacking her enemies, she was cheering out loud.
At this point, Hailey Lawson was completely shocked. She kneeled on the ground and was in a state of disbelief.
Very soon, half of the group of fifty men fell to the ground. The rest of them quickly surrendered.
Brittany held onto a stick. She tapped it against one of the men’s forehead imposingly. “You, tell me, why are you here?” she asked.
The man’s face was badly bruised and he was terrified of getting hit again. “We really do work here.”
“Hailey, do you recognize these people?” Brittany asked Hailey.
“I don’t recognize a single one of them,” Hailey said while shaking her head.
Right then, Alex had already run into the factory to look around. When he returned, there was an extremely odd expression on his face.
“How are things on the inside?” Hailey asked him.
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“Have a look at it yourself!” Alex Rockefeller said. Hailey Lawson immediately ran over to have a look. She immediately became furious.
There wasn’t a single person inside. What’s more ridiculous was the fact that the pipeline machines, desks, and everything else were all disorganized and stacked on top of each other. There were a lot of mattresses lying among trash on the ground.
It almost looked like a refugee camp.
“Where is Terry Golan?” She asked one of the men.
“Who is Terry Golan?” The man replied.
“Terry Golan is the old factory manager. He ran away a long time ago.” Someone whispered.
Things seemed even more odd now.
Hailey had just transferred money to Terry last month!
She immediately called Terry on the phone. “Terry Golan, where are you?”
“Ms. Lawson, I’m at the factory!” He said respectfully.
“I’m also in the factory. Come and see me right now.” Hailey uttered angrily.
Terry immediately hung up the phone.
When Hailey tried calling Terry again, her call didn’t get through.
“What’s going on? How dare he hang up on me and even block me? Does he not want his job anymore?”
Hailey was so angry that she wanted to smash her phone to the ground.
Brittany Rockefeller shook her head. “Hailey, when was the last time you were here? I think your factory has stopped working a long time ago.”
No factory could operate like this.
Alex kicked the one-eyed man until he woke up. After being tortured with Soul Banishing Touch, the one-eyed man immediately told them everything he knew. It appeared that this factory had been abandoned half a year ago.
Terry was the factory manager, but he secretly loved to gamble. Half a year ago, he lost all his wealth through gambling and even piled up a huge amount of debt. He decided to use funds from the factory, fire the employees, and sell off assets in the factory. In the end, he even thought of a way to continue pretending as if the cosmetic product research and development was ongoing. He continued to operate the company and cheated money from Hailey. But in reality, he had fled a long time ago and nobody had any idea where he had gone.
After this factory was abandoned, some of the bad employees from before occupied it. In the end, it fell into the hands of the one-eyed man. The factory became a mafia’s camp.
After hearing this, Alex couldn’t help but laugh loudly. “Hailey, I don’t think anyone has ever been fooled as badly as you’ve been.”
At this point, these fellows looked completely dumbfounded. This pretty lady in front of them was actually the owner of this factory.
“Stand up, all of you! ” Alex suddenly shouted. “Line up in one row,” he added. Alex hit those who refused to listen with the stick.
Very soon, over fifty of these men had lined up in an organized manner.
“Brother, what are you doing?” Maya Howards was shocked.
“Look around. The grass here is taller than you. Things are broken and there is trash everywhere. The biggest problem is that we don’t have a single employee. Didn’t these people say they work in the factory? In that case, I want them to work I want all this grass cut and all the trash cleared within a day,” Alex said while pointing at the area around him.
“Are you sure they can do it?” Hailey gasped in surprise.
Alex scoffed coldly. “They’ll have to find a way. Otherwise, I’ll break their legs!”
“Hey, didn’t you hear me? Hurry up and get moving. Quickly!” Alex shouted at the group of men.
The men felt helpless. Since they were weaker in combat, they had no choice but to do as they were told.
Half an hour later, Alex frowned. “Fifty men aren’t enough. This place has been abandoned for far too long. These walls need to be reconstructed. At this rate, getting rid of Rockefeller Group within three months will be quite challenging.”
Just as he was speaking, around eight vans sped into the compound.
Close to one hundred people got out of those vans.
“One-eyed man, get your ass out here. I’m here for revenge!” One of them shouted.
Alex’s eyes lit up.
‘Heh, I was just getting worried about there not being enough manpower. Now, you’ve delivered yourself to us.’ He thought.
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“Have a look at it yourself!” Alex Rockefeller said. Hailey Lawson immediately ran over to have a look. She immediately became furious.
There wasn’t a single person inside. What’s more ridiculous was the fact that the pipeline machines, desks, and everything else were all disorganized and stacked on top of each other. There were a lot of mattresses lying among trash on the ground.
It almost looked like a refugee camp.
“Where is Terry Golan?” She asked one of the men.
“Who is Terry Golan?” The man replied.
“Terry Golan is the old factory manager. He ran away a long time ago.” Someone whispered.
Things seemed even more odd now.
Hailey had just transferred money to Terry last month!
She immediately called Terry on the phone. “Terry Golan, where are you?”
“Ms. Lawson, I’m at the factory!” He said respectfully.
“I’m also in the factory. Come and see me right now.” Hailey uttered angrily.
Terry immediately hung up the phone.
When Hailey tried calling Terry again, her call didn’t get through.
“What’s going on? How dare he hang up on me and even block me? Does he not want his job anymore?”
Hailey was so angry that she wanted to smash her phone to the ground.
Brittany Rockefeller shook her head. “Hailey, when was the last time you were here? I think your factory has stopped working a long time ago.”
No factory could operate like this.
Alex kicked the one-eyed man until he woke up. After being tortured with Soul Banishing Touch, the one-eyed man immediately told them everything he knew. It appeared that this factory had been abandoned half a year ago.
Terry was the factory manager, but he secretly loved to gamble. Half a year ago, he lost all his wealth through gambling and even piled up a huge amount of debt. He decided to use funds from the factory, fire the employees, and sell off assets in the factory. In the end, he even thought of a way to continue pretending as if the cosmetic product research and development was ongoing. He continued to operate the company and cheated money from Hailey. But in reality, he had fled a long time ago and nobody had any idea where he had gone.
After this factory was abandoned, some of the bad employees from before occupied it. In the end, it fell into the hands of the one-eyed man. The factory became a mafia’s camp.
After hearing this, Alex couldn’t help but laugh loudly. “Hailey, I don’t think anyone has ever been fooled as badly as you’ve been.”
At this point, these fellows looked completely dumbfounded. This pretty lady in front of them was actually the owner of this factory.
“Stand up, all of you! ” Alex suddenly shouted. “Line up in one row,” he added. Alex hit those who refused to listen with the stick.
Very soon, over fifty of these men had lined up in an organized manner.
“Brother, what are you doing?” Maya Howards was shocked.
“Look around. The grass here is taller than you. Things are broken and there is trash everywhere. The biggest problem is that we don’t have a single employee. Didn’t these people say they work in the factory? In that case, I want them to work I want all this grass cut and all the trash cleared within a day,” Alex said while pointing at the area around him.
“Are you sure they can do it?” Hailey gasped in surprise.
Alex scoffed coldly. “They’ll have to find a way. Otherwise, I’ll break their legs!”
“Hey, didn’t you hear me? Hurry up and get moving. Quickly!” Alex shouted at the group of men.
The men felt helpless. Since they were weaker in combat, they had no choice but to do as they were told.
Half an hour later, Alex frowned. “Fifty men aren’t enough. This place has been abandoned for far too long. These walls need to be reconstructed. At this rate, getting rid of Rockefeller Group within three months will be quite challenging.”
Just as he was speaking, around eight vans sped into the compound.
Close to one hundred people got out of those vans.
“One-eyed man, get your ass out here. I’m here for revenge!” One of them shouted.
Alex’s eyes lit up.
‘Heh, I was just getting worried about there not being enough manpower. Now, you’ve delivered yourself to us.’ He thought.
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Alex Rockefeller was very good at controlling the angle of the swing.
Favonius Bart ended up taking all the brunt of the knife attack instead of Alex. It looked quite painful. Within a short period of time, Favonius had suffered countless knife wounds. The most affected part was his butt. It was covered in blood.
“Stop, stop! Don’t use your knives! Stop slashing me!” Favonius cried out pitifully.
Over a hundred of these men put their weapons down and looked at each other.
After deciding that Favonius had bled enough, Alex helped heal his wounds a little before tossing him to the ground. Then, he dashed into the group of men and activated Mystic Armor. Normal knife attacks were ineffective on him. Alex was like a tiger in a group of sheep, and it was nearly an effortless fight for him.
The one-eyed man and the rest of the people were all stunned silent. Although the men had been beaten up, their nerves and bones weren’t injured. That was because Alex needed them as free labor.
Someone noticed Brittany Rockefeller and the others were standing out in the open, and he thought of capturing the ladies to turn the situation around.
However, as soon as he got close, Brittany and Maya Howards beat him up badly.
“Get up. All of you, get back to work. That‘s the only way you’ll earn your riches, got it?”
“You guys, clear up the trash over there.”
“And you, move that pile of bricks away. Leave them in the corner. Remember to arrange them neatly. I’ll break one of your fingers for every brick that’s damaged.”
Alex held onto a metal stick as he gave out instructions. He looked very much like a supervisor.
The newcomers and the one-eyed man’s gang looked at each other.
“One-eyed man, who are these people? They’re way too cruel. I can’t believe they’re actually making us move bricks.” Someone commented with a sob.
“Don’t ask. You’d be a fool to ask. They’re the bosses here,” the one-eyed man said with a bitter expression.
“What kind of bosses?”
“This factory’s bosses,” the one-eyed man said.
The man who asked the question was stunned for a long moment before cursing.
The two opposing gangs were here to fight over this plot of land. They didn’t expect the real landowner to be the big boss.
When Alex turned to Favonius, he knew that Favonius wouldn’t be able to work. Favonius had lost too much blood, and his face was looking pale.
“Hey, get more people to come!” Alex exclaimed.
“Brother, there really aren’t any more people. Please forgive me! ” Favonius quickly said depressedly.
“Are you sure?” Alex asked.
“I’m sure… Oh, wait. There are some more people. D-Do you really want me to get them?” Favonius asked.
“Of course. Look at this huge factory. We need more people!” Alex said.
Favonius couldn’t believe it. Alex really did think of them as free labor.
However, Favonius had someone else in mind, Big Sis. As long as Big Sis showed up, she would definitely be able to kill this jerk.
Favonius immediately made a call. “Big Sis, our men… They are being held against their will. Can you bring some people to save us?”
“What did you say? How are you held against your will? Can you people be any more useless?”
“Wait there. I’ll be right over.”
Half an hour later, a vehicle appeared.
Alex thought more free labor was arriving. However, it only turned out to be a single person riding on a motorcycle. Upon taking a closer look, Alex was stunned.
He kicked Favonius once. “Is this the person you asked to come?”
It was a woman dressed in a sailor’s uniform.
Before Favonius could speak, the woman in a sailor’s uniform charged over to Alex. “Are you the one who captured my men and forced them to work as free labor here?” she asked.
Alex looked her up and down. “Have you even graduated from high school? How do you have the guts to lead a gang?”
“That’s none of your business. I’ll beat you up. Then, we’ll talk.” The young lady cut to the chase. After leaving her motorcycle behind, she threw a punch at Alex.
Her fist emanated a fire-based energy.
Alex’s eyes widened. “Oh, it’s actually Chi energy.”
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What was Chi energy?
It was fundamentally different from a martial artist’s inner force. Hence, like Alex Rockefeller, this woman dressed in a sailor’s uniform was also a cultivator.
However…
Alex didn’t back down in the face of her fierce punch. Instead, he stood still and allowed her to punch his chest.
Upon impact, he could clearly hear the young lady grunting coldly. However, the Chi energy in her fist diminished by half.
She was probably afraid that she might kill him with a single punch. That was why she held back half of her might.
Bang!
A loud collision could be heard.
Apart from his shirt being slightly burned in front, Alex appeared calm and unaffected.
His body was like a wall that didn’t even move.
“What? How are you still fine?” asked the woman in a clear and crisp voice, clearly confused.
At this moment, everyone dropped what they were doing and observed the fight.
The one-eyed man seemed dumbfounded. He turned to someone next to him and softly asked, “Who’s this little girl? Has Favonius gone mad? Why did he ask a schoolgirl to come here? What could she possibly do?”
“One-eyed man, do you have a death wish? This is our Big Sis, Holly Yates. How could you not recognize her when you’ve been in this business for so long? I’m telling you, Holly is an invincible fighter from the northern suburbs. That fellow is going to get beaten up badly,” answered the guy next to him.
“Holly Yates? Do you mean the Holly Yates from Fire Guild? I never would have thought that Favonius would actually get in Fire Guild.” The one-eyed man’s facial expression changed.
In reality, Fire Guild was established very recently. However, Holly had become extremely well-known in the underground circle of the northern suburbs. Two months ago, she suddenly appeared and challenged the underground circle of the northern suburbs of Michigan.
She won all thirteen fights.
In fact, it was a one-sided victory. Rumor had it that Holly only threw at most three punches to defeat her enemies.
After that, she united all thirteen circles to establish Fire Guild.
The one-eyed man’s jaw dropped.
Favonius was equally stunned.
Since he was located very close to Alex and Holly, he had a clear view of what went down. The invincible Holly who didn’t lose in any of the thirteen intense fights still couldn’t even make Alex budge an inch.
Alex looked at Holly’s pretty face and smiled. “If that’s all you’ve got, you won’t be able to beat me,” he said.
“Is that so? I haven’t even used my full force! Since you asked for it, I’ll give it to you!” Holly felt slightly embarrassed. In the next second, she channeled 100% of her energy to her fist and attacked Alex.
Bang!
This time, the collision was even louder.
However, Alex still didn’t take a single step back. He withstood the attack with his body.
Holly was truly shocked now. Until now, nobody had been able to resist 100% of her power.
This fellow was a true expert!
However, instead of getting discouraged, she became very excited. “Very well. I finally met a more interesting opponent. Now, I’m going to be very serious! If you can take my next punch, I’ll admit that you’re stronger than me,” Holly said.
“What then?” Alex asked.
“What do you mean?”
“If I beat you, you’ll have to stay here and sweep the floor!” Alex said bluntly.
“What? You want me to sweep the floor?”
“What’s the matter? Are you going to give up?” Alex taunted.
“Who said I was giving up? Fine. I agree!”
She focused her Chi energy and her imposing aura began to increase. Her two pigtails began to sway on their own. In fact, Alex could see a red glow in the depths of her eyes.
“Flaming Clouds!” Holly yelled.
Her fair arms started emitting flames. The might she possessed was shocking.
Alex’s pupils contracted. This was the first time he met such a strong opponent.
Hence, he wasn’t going to take any risks. Instead of bracing the attack with his chest, he stretched his arm forward to activate Mystic Armor with his palm. Beneath the skin of his palm, a texture similar to a tortoise shell began to form. He caught Holly’s fist in his palm.
Buzz!
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The ground below their feet started shaking from the Chi energy’s vibration. With nowhere to disperse the energy, cracks finally appeared on the surface of the ground, and crackling sounds could be heard.
Holly Yates was very shocked.
Alex Rockefeller actually withstood her punch.
“You should also try taking a punch from me,” Alex said.
Dragon-Tusk Punch!
Boom!
Alex clenched his fist and threw a punch at Holly.
Holly quickly channeled her Chi energy to receive his punch.
After a loud explosion, Holly stumbled seven steps backward. Finally, she managed to stand still with a terrible expression on her face. She suddenly threw up a mouthful of vomit.
When Alex’s Chi energy had rushed into her body, it messed with her internal organs and caused her to feel nauseous.
Holly was surprised, but Alex was even more so.
He could tell much earlier that Holly was suffering from prior wounds. That was why her capability was affected. If she wasn’t injured beforehand, Alex might not have been able to win today.
Moreover, Holly was still very young. What about her family or her master? Wouldn’t they be far stronger than Alex himself?
At this moment, Alex began to feel wary. Back when he received the inheritance of his ancestors, his capabilities increased significantly. He was able to defeat anyone with ease. Now, he finally realized that there were other people who were much stronger than he was. He couldn’t afford to look down on everyone.
If he wasn’t careful, he might end up getting into deep trouble. Although he could still find ways to save himself, what about Brittany Rockefeller and the other ladies?
“You lost!” Alex exclaimed.
“You won,” Holly said while she wiped her mouth with a depressed look on her face.
Favonius Bart and the one-eyed man finally came back to their senses. Holly, who had never lost in a fight, actually lost to Alex.
Who was this fellow?
Wasn’t he the son of this factory’s owner? D*mn. If he was this powerful, why did he even bother running a run-down factory?
“Hey, you. What are you looking at? Get back to work!” Alex yelled.
The group of people shuddered. They had no choice but to obey the stronger person’s command.
Alex turned to look at Holly. “You have existing wounds,” he said.
“How did you know?” Holly looked up and asked in surprise.
“Your energy core was harmed. Your chakra veins are misaligned.”
“You… You were able to tell.” Holly seemed even more surprised.
“I can even help you recover,” Alex said and placed his hands behind him.
“Really?” Holly jumped up in shock. Her eyes were glistening.
Alex began to consider taking her under his wings. Holly was a female cultivator of a very young age. In fact, her body contained a very odd blood energy. Furthermore, she was still malleable at the tender age of fifteen. She would be of great help to Alex in the future.
However, Holly quickly shook her head, and her eyes dimmed. “You can’t fix me. Even the best doctor in the world couldn’t fix me,” she said.
“Is that so?” Alex asked.
Alex walked up to Holly and raised one finger before quickly placing it at the center of her chest.
His healing Chi energy began to flow into her body.
“What are you doing?” Holly became enraged.
However, she soon sensed that something was amiss. Her seemingly failing energy core suddenly vibrated a little. It felt as if water was flowing into a dry well. Holly had previously tried many ways to activate her energy core, but nothing worked.
Now, she felt overjoyed.
However, Alex very soon pulled away and smiled. “Do you believe me now?”
Holly immediately nodded. She had a hopeful look in her eyes.
However, Alex suddenly said,. “I can fix it, though it’s going to be a little troublesome. However…”
“What’s the condition?” Holly asked. She understood social etiquette very well.
Alex chuckled to himself. He felt like he was going to kidnap a young girl. “What condition…”
Before he could finish speaking, Holly hugged herself. “I won’t sell my body,” she cried out.
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Alex Rockefeller’s face turned dark. “I’m not interested in kids,” he said.
Holly Yates snorted. “I knew it. Men like you are interested in women like Boa Hancock. What’s good about her? Her body is shaped so oddly. It’s troublesome to even walk.”
Alex was stunned for a moment.
Who was Boa Hancock? .
But it didn’t matter.
“Come. We’ll talk elsewhere,” Alex said. Alex pulled Holly to a corner to negotiate.
“Mom, what is he doing? Is he trying to kidnap a young girl?” Maya Howards whispered softly to Brittany Rockefeller.
Brittany looked at the group of working fellows before nodding. “Looks like Alex has grown a lot throughout this period,” she said.
“Your issue is on the serious side of things. It’s not something that can be fixed in a short amount of time. That’s why, the reward I want isn’t something you can decide on. I need to see your parents,” Alex said to Holly after pondering for a while.
Holly was surprised. “I don’t have parents,” she said while shaking her head.
Alex was secretly happy that she didn’t have parents. “Well, you must have a caretaker. Perhaps a master, or someone like that.” Alex asked.
“No, I don’t have a master either,” Holly said.
That was even better. Orphans were the easiest to educate.
“Alright. In that case, you will stay here to clean up and work as a part time manager of security guards,” Alex said.
“What? I have money. Can’t I just give you money?” Holly asked.
Alex looked at Holly’s worn out motorcycle. “I’m probably richer than you. You can either agree to my condition to become part of the security team until I help you recover, or you can leave,” he said.
Alex could tell from the beginning that Holly cared about her wound a lot.
Indeed, Holly agreed without much consideration.
Alex laughed in his heart. His plan to kidnap her had succeeded!
After that, they talked for a while.
He found out that Holly Yates was an orphan, but she had very ‘big’ dreams. She actually wanted to unify all the underground forces before expanding the territory so that she could become the underworld queen. After that she would make enough money to buy a pirate ship for her sea explorations.
Alex asked Holly why she had such thoughts.
Holly told him that these ideas were actually inspired by an animation she watched, One Piece.
Young ladies these days were truly strange.
However, the only forces Holly managed to unite recently were the inferior goons in the northern suburbs. In the current golden era of America, there was no space for these kinds of people to live in. Any major boss in the underworld these days possessed billions in wealth and major business empires.
For example, people like the one-eyed man had to live in a tiny, cramped, cosmetic pipeline factory. Even then, Holly’s subordinates still came to fight for the land. It was very pitiful.
“Maya, come here and explain to her why being involved in the underworld won’t make her enough money to get a pirate ship. If she wants to make money, she has to be involved in business,” Alex called over to Maya.
Since Maya worked in sales, she can be very persuasive.
Very soon, she convinced Holly to accept an entirely different worldview.
“Holly, come here. How many more subordinates do you have? Get all of them to come over. We’ll hold a group meeting with everyone. I promise you will be able to acquire the largest and most luxurious pirate ship within a year. You’ll be the captain,” Alex said persuasively.
When Favonius Bart and the one-eyed man saw Holly behaving like an obedient girl in front of Alex and his family, they felt very upset.
Holly was a young girl, and she was easily deceived. However, Alex, Brittany Rockefeller and the rest seemed like very difficult people. These people were going to suffer a lot.
Very soon, Holly asked another sixty of her subordinates over. These were all the people who worked for her.
As soon as these people arrived, Holly ordered them to clear up trash and paint walls in the factory. Immediately, everyone had a bitter expression on their faces.
The Pinnacle of Life Chapter 310
They were members of the underworld, not janitors! With over two hundred people working together, they soon managed to transform the factory. However, the collapsed walls, rusty gates, uneven floors and damaged buildings weren’t things that could be fixed immediately.
They still needed to work on cementing, sanding and getting doors and windows from suppliers, among other things.
Now, it was getting close to dusk.
The group of people had been working hard, and they hadn’t even had a drop of water to drink. Many of them even held their pee in. They were afraid that if Alex Rockefeller caught them slacking, he’d beat them up. That would have been very unfortunate indeed.
As these people endured their hunger and pent up anger, a truck drove into the compound. Everyone immediately smelled fragrant food in the air and they began to salivate.
Alex summoned these goons to move dozens of tables over to form a single row of tables.
In the next moment, people began unloading countless delicious looking dishes from the truck.
These dishes included braised pork, grilled chicken, beef stew, roasted lamb, lobsters, crabs and abalone soup.
Of course, Brittany Rockefeller was the one who had pre-ordered these dishes earlier. As the woman who founded Rockefeller Group, now worth three hundred billion dollars, why wouldn’t she be able to afford this? She was doing this both to reward the people who worked for her, as well as showing them what she was capable of.
Everyone here came from poor families.
‘Which rich kid was retarded enough to spend their wealth in the outskirts of the underworld?’ they wondered.
These men began to drool and their eyes glistened. They had never seen anything like this before.
Even Holly Yates was moving her fingers and licking her lips furiously.
“M-Madame… Are all these foods for us?” asked the one-eyed man as he gulped.
Brittany chuckled. “Thanks for all the hard work, everyone. We’ve had to fight it out to get to know each other. Come, let’s eat before we talk.”
Everyone started moving. It was a very exciting moment.
Holly liked watching One Piece a lot. She was filled with a passion for adventure, and she naturally liked moments like this. Although she managed to unite thirteen minor forces, she didn’t have the mind of a business person. Over the last two months, she didn’t manage to make much money, and life had been very difficult Hence, a scene like this made her feel ecstatic.
Holly picked up a bottle of red wine.
That’s right. Brittany even ordered alcohol.
How could there not be alcohol for such an occasion?
“Alex Rockefeller, I raise my glass to you! Since you managed to defeat me, I’ll acknowledge you as my boss!” Holly exclaimed.
This was what Alex wanted to hear. He raised his glass too without hesitation.
After that, Brittany started to give out money. She pointed at the one-eyed man first. “I’m giving you two million dollars. Tomorrow. I want you to buy the materials needed and find the right people to fix this factory up. I want this entire place looking brand new within two days,” she said.
After that, she pointed at Favonius Bart. “I’m giving you five million dollars. You’ll help me to buy some materials. I have the prices and the address for all of it.”
“Since you people have messed with me, I want you to work here for two days. After these two days, you are free to go. Those who want to stay and get rich with me, you are welcome to do so. Those who want to leave, do as you wish.
“However, my initial investment in this factory will be 50 million dollars. I’m hoping to spend all of this within a month.”
“Three months later, I want to be making a thousand times more! When the time comes, without fail, each of you will get your own house.” Brittany gave a convincing speech imposingly. She emanated a strong sense of confidence, and it was very infectious. These goons were initially awed by the amount of money she mentioned. After that, they were fully convinced by Brittany, and they started cheering, howling like wolves.
This was an unusual feast. Undoubtedly, it invoked a lot of passion.
Madame Brittany ordered another truck-load of alcohol. This was considered an opening ceremony for their new venture.
Alex also had a little too much to drink. His head began to feel heavy, and he forgot what happened after he got drunk. When he woke up, it was already the morning of the following day. To his surprise, a woman was lying next to him.
Alex was extremely shocked when he saw the woman’s face.