Ch. 711..715: The Secretly Rich Man Chapter 711-715
Chapter 711
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 711 By then, Marven had already gotten up from his seat and was now approaching them.
He then shook hands with Alexander before saying, “Good day, Mr. Brookes! We’ve talked over the phone the day before. I tried calling you again earlier but you didn’t pick up!”
“I’m terribly sorry Mr. Wadley! I had to resolve some of my daughter’s school matters just now! Please forgive my tardiness!”
“Speaking of which, Mr. Wadley, you’ve told us to prepare a few documents the day before. Here’s the office area you were interested in and the 4D showroom model of the outlet,” said Mr. Brookes as he took a few documents out.
“Before proceeding any further, here’s a general breakdown regarding the payment. The outlet and the office area combined will cost around thirty-five million dollars since you’re paying the full lease upfront. I’ve made sure to give you a few discounts as well!”
“No problem. For now, let’s just have a seat first before discussing this any further!” replied Marven as he led Mr. Brookes to the side.
Meanwhile, Raquel was still standing at the same spot, though she was now hyperventilating. She felt as though her soul had just left her body.
‘How… How could this be? Why Marven? Since when did he become this powerful?!’
“Don’t be fooled by this fatty, Mr. Brookes. As if he could ever cough up thirty-five million dollars in cash!” said Jefferson looking extremely doubtful.
“Yeah, we know him well, Mr. Brookes! He definitely can’t pay that amount of money! You’re just wasting your time and energy talking to him!” added Raquel, visibly upset.
“Heh, you’re the ones who are mistaken. If you aren’t aware, Mr. Wadley’s Salford Star Travel Agency already has over two hundred projects signed! And the numbers keep on rising! We’ve checked their funding as well, and they have somewhere around eighty million dollars worth in capital!” explained Alexander as he smiled.
‘Do they honestly take me as a fool? As if I could ever make a mistake about something like this! What funny kids.’
The group then watched in pure horror as Marven signed the contract with Alexander. With that done, Alexander immediately bowed respectfully at Gerald who had been watching silently at the side this entire time.
Seeing this only amplified Raquel’s embarrassment.
She had only wanted to rent a place but she didn’t have the money to do so.
Marven, on the other hand, had just bought two whole units in one go! And to think that his travel agency had already signed over two hundred projects!
‘What is even happening anymore?’
With the contract signed, Gerald and Marven decided that it was high time to leave.
Jefferson didn’t even dare to look at him anymore, choosing instead to keep his head low. Raquel herself was reluctant to simply accept this colossal defeat.
She then ran after Marven before asking, “Marven… You… You started your own company? What is this? Why didn’t you tell me about any of this before?”
Raquel could feel her cheeks burning up as she asked the question.
“Oh, I just started it quite recently. We’ll officially be operating in a few days though we still have quite a few projects to prepare for!” replied Marven, not feeling any need to hide this.
“I… see… Then, regarding how rich you suddenly became…?”
“Quite frankly, that’s none of your business.”
After saying that, he immediately turned around and left her there. Marven hadn’t felt this satisfied and proud of himself in ages.
“…Y-you!”
Raquel was so upset that she was speechless. She could only stomp on the ground in anger as she watched the two leave her behind.
‘How could this be? How could any of this actually be happening?!’ Raquel thought to herself repeatedly as she felt her frustration well up in her chest. It almost felt like she was ready to burst into a million pieces.
Meanwhile, Gerald came to realize that after settling all those necessary procedures, it was already nearing noon.
With that, the two had a quick lunch before returning to campus together.
While they made their way back to school, the news about Gerald and Marven starting a new company had already spread like wildfire. There were even rumors that they already had multiple projects on hand!
Even though the two had yet to return to class, all their classmates were already talking about it, and all the noise made for a rather huge commotion.x
Chapter 712
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 712 The moment both of them opened the class door, they were immediately greeted by simultaneous screams and exclamations!
“Gerald! Marven! Where did both of you go?” asked a few pretty girls as they surrounded the duo while trying their hardest to spark a conversation. All of them had their eyes on Gerald as though they were trying to seduce him.
After all, everyone figured that it was Gerald who had given Marven a hand in this. While it was true that Marven was the director of the company, his main funds could only have come from Gerald. It was the reason why the girls were all trying to get into Gerald’s good books.
Marven’s status had heightened greatly as well, and quite a few of his classmates had already approached him to try their luck at striking a conversation with him.
While everyone was excitedly surrounding the two, Isabelle and Stella had completely opposite reactions. Both of them had darkened expressions on their faces. After all, they had bullied Gerald back when they didn’t know that he was rich.
Now that Gerald had a sudden popularity spike, Isabelle was starting to panic as she turned to look at Fabian.
Back then, lots of people tended to surround Fabian when recess came. Today, however, nobody was even standing near him. Seeing that, Isabelle took the chance to walk over to him before patting him gently on the shoulder.
Fabian was obviously still slightly traumatized by the embarrassment from the donor appreciation event, so Isabelle was standing close to him to ensure that he remained calm.
“Umm… Is Fabian here?” asked a girl who stood at the door out of the blue.
“He is. What’s the matter?” asked Isabelle.
“Oh, Mrs. South told me to invite him to participate in the competition this evening! She wants Fabian to perform as well!” replied the girl.
“Oh? That’s great! Did you catch that, Fabian? The school’s asking for you!” cheered Isabelle cheerily.
The only response she got out of him was a slight nod.
Seeing his lack of response, Isabelle then slammed on her desk before exclaiming, “Hey, everyone! Fabian’s participating in the Taekwondo match this evening! Let’s be sure to go there later to cheer him on!”
“Oh wow, congratulations Fabian!” shouted most of their classmates.
After all, while Gerald clearly had the money, Fabian was still a very influential figure in their university.
Since everyone wanted to see him perform as well, all of them began heading to the school’s stadium.
“Let’s go too, Gerald! Classes usually head to and sit together in the stadium!”
“Sure thing!” replied Gerald. After all, he honestly wanted to watch as well. He had always dreamed of becoming a martial arts master when he was younger.
Though Gerald slowly matured as he grew older, in turn giving up on his childhood dream, he still enjoyed watching martial arts performances.
Besides, even if Fabian had something against Gerald, Gerald didn’t really hold any grudges against him. All these reasons were why Gerald was still willing to follow the rest of the class to support him.
By the time they arrived there, the stadium was already fairly crowded. However, since Fabian had been invited to join, Gerald and his classmates were given front row seats so that they could cheer even harder for him.
After all, it was honestly a pretty grand occasion, and such occasions required large audiences and loud cheers for champions like Fabian.
As Gerald walked toward the row of seats that had been reserved for his class, he noticed the sheer amount of competitors who were participating. Even Maia and Warren were present.
A surprising thing for most of the students in the stadium was the fact that both Warren and Wyatt were standing side by side, each wearing Taekwondo uniforms.
Even more surprising was the fact that while everyone from Warren’s class was holding on to signs while loudly cheering him on, not many were actually cheering for Wyatt.
That made it quite obvious that their class was well aware of how skilled Warren truly was.
While Fabian was warming up, he caught a glimpse of Warren, resulting in him getting instantly startled.
“He… He’s here?” said Fabian in shock.
Chapter 713
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 712 The moment both of them opened the class door, they were immediately greeted by simultaneous screams and exclamations!
“Gerald! Marven! Where did both of you go?” asked a few pretty girls as they surrounded the duo while trying their hardest to spark a conversation. All of them had their eyes on Gerald as though they were trying to seduce him.
After all, everyone figured that it was Gerald who had given Marven a hand in this. While it was true that Marven was the director of the company, his main funds could only have come from Gerald. It was the reason why the girls were all trying to get into Gerald’s good books.
Marven’s status had heightened greatly as well, and quite a few of his classmates had already approached him to try their luck at striking a conversation with him.
While everyone was excitedly surrounding the two, Isabelle and Stella had completely opposite reactions. Both of them had darkened expressions on their faces. After all, they had bullied Gerald back when they didn’t know that he was rich.
Now that Gerald had a sudden popularity spike, Isabelle was starting to panic as she turned to look at Fabian.
Back then, lots of people tended to surround Fabian when recess came. Today, however, nobody was even standing near him. Seeing that, Isabelle took the chance to walk over to him before patting him gently on the shoulder.
Fabian was obviously still slightly traumatized by the embarrassment from the donor appreciation event, so Isabelle was standing close to him to ensure that he remained calm.
“Umm… Is Fabian here?” asked a girl who stood at the door out of the blue.
“He is. What’s the matter?” asked Isabelle.
“Oh, Mrs. South told me to invite him to participate in the competition this evening! She wants Fabian to perform as well!” replied the girl.
“Oh? That’s great! Did you catch that, Fabian? The school’s asking for you!” cheered Isabelle cheerily.
The only response she got out of him was a slight nod.
Seeing his lack of response, Isabelle then slammed on her desk before exclaiming, “Hey, everyone! Fabian’s participating in the Taekwondo match this evening! Let’s be sure to go there later to cheer him on!”
“Oh wow, congratulations Fabian!” shouted most of their classmates.
After all, while Gerald clearly had the money, Fabian was still a very influential figure in their university.
Since everyone wanted to see him perform as well, all of them began heading to the school’s stadium.
“Let’s go too, Gerald! Classes usually head to and sit together in the stadium!”
“Sure thing!” replied Gerald. After all, he honestly wanted to watch as well. He had always dreamed of becoming a martial arts master when he was younger.
Though Gerald slowly matured as he grew older, in turn giving up on his childhood dream, he still enjoyed watching martial arts performances.
Besides, even if Fabian had something against Gerald, Gerald didn’t really hold any grudges against him. All these reasons were why Gerald was still willing to follow the rest of the class to support him.
By the time they arrived there, the stadium was already fairly crowded. However, since Fabian had been invited to join, Gerald and his classmates were given front row seats so that they could cheer even harder for him.
After all, it was honestly a pretty grand occasion, and such occasions required large audiences and loud cheers for champions like Fabian.
As Gerald walked toward the row of seats that had been reserved for his class, he noticed the sheer amount of competitors who were participating. Even Maia and Warren were present.
A surprising thing for most of the students in the stadium was the fact that both Warren and Wyatt were standing side by side, each wearing Taekwondo uniforms.
Even more surprising was the fact that while everyone from Warren’s class was holding on to signs while loudly cheering him on, not many were actually cheering for Wyatt.
That made it quite obvious that their class was well aware of how skilled Warren truly was.
While Fabian was warming up, he caught a glimpse of Warren, resulting in him getting instantly startled.
“He… He’s here?” said Fabian in shock.
Chapter 714
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 714 Even though the event was about to end, the crowd only seemed to have grown larger. Everyone wanted to watch the match between Warren and Fabian.
The entire stadium was now so filled to the brim that in a way, it resembled a busy beehive.
Warren and Fabian themselves were currently warming up.
“Both of them are equally amazing! You know, Fabian’s the first runner up in our county while Warren’s the champion of Sunnydale! Their reputations are sky high!”
“Oh? Well this is definitely going to be interesting then! I’m still supporting Fabian though! Let’s hope he brings honor to the Salford Province!”
“I personally support Warren! He just looks so experienced!”
Almost all of the audience members were discussing the lively event among themselves, and that included Gerald’s classmates.
“Say Gerald, who do you think will win?” asked a few girls curiously as they surrounded him.
“I think they’re both equally great! I really can’t say!”
“Aww, come on! Don’t you know Warren too?” added one of the girls as she nudged his arm.
Gerald was definitely familiar with who he was. He was also all too clear that Warren’s fighting capability wasn’t limited to Taekwondo.
If he was going to be honest, Warren was most definitely going to come out on top. However, he didn’t feel the need to reveal his personal opinion.
“Why are you even asking him? As if he’d know anything about Taekwondo! You just have an extra dollar or two in hand, stop trying to push your opinions on others!” growled Isabelle as she turned around to glare at Gerald out of the blue.
It was as though she had a screw loose or something. Regardless of what Gerald did, she seemed to be completely against it. Gerald himself didn’t want to escalate the situation.
While he was well aware that it was slightly cruel of him to take the spotlight away from Fabian during the earlier donor appreciation event, constantly verbally abusing him definitely felt a bit too much.
Once the match began, Isabelle kept moving around, clearly blocking his view on purpose. She was definitely trying her hardest to make it hard for him to enjoy the competition, and understanding her motive only served to make Gerald’s blood boil even hotter.
It wasn’t long after before the match reached its peak moment.
Fabian had been on the attack from the very beginning of the match, striking both swiftly and relentlessly.
Warren himself focused much more on defense, barely even attacking at all.
Over time, Fabian’s attacks slowly began weakening. Though to the untrained eye his movements remained swift, his efficiency in attacking Warren was slowly depleting.
“He’s already lost,” said Jasmine emotionlessly.
“…Huh? Who’s lost? Warren? I mean Fabian attacks have been pretty swift and amazing! Warren’s, on the other hand, have so far been pretty simple. Is he really a champion or was it all just a bluff?” said
Mindy.
While she hadn’t talked to Fabian before, she was still his classmate. Even if they weren’t remotely close, Mindy was still going to be more inclined to support him.
“Heh, I’ll make it simple. While Fabian’s attacks and movements may look cool, he’s already exposed all his fighting patterns to Warren throughout their spar together. Warren’s a pretty smart guy to hold on to his moves. He’ll be the champion, just wait and see!” explained Jasmine.
A few seconds after saying that, Warren made an incredibly rapid kick while Fabian was about to attack again. All it took was a single skilled and cool looking kick for Fabian to be knocked right out of the fighting area!
Seeing this, the crowd went wild with cheers, the noise amplified by the echoes caused by the stadium’s walls.
While everyone was in high spirits, Isabelle was the only one who looked incredibly worried.
After all, she had been cheering for him all this time! To think that he would lose to a simple kick! It made her feel slightly disappointed.
“What an amazing spar!” cheered Gerald, unable to hold back his own excitement.
Upon hearing that, Isabelle immediately turned around and glared daggers at Gerald.
“How is that amazing? Like you’d even know what amazing means!” shouted Isabelle in a very high pitch.
It was so loud that it immediately caught the attention of several people standing around them. They were all now looking at Gerald.
Chapter 715
Gerald Crawford:The Secretly Rich Man Novel (Invisible or Poorest) Chapter 715 “What exactly is your problem?” huffed Gerald.
“Humph! So Fabian lost, big deal! If you think you’re that good then why don’t you get on that stage and fight instead?!” yelled Isabelle.
It was crystal clear that she was simply directing all her anger and frustration on Gerald. She even picked her bottle up and tried splashing water all over Gerald!
Thankfully, he was able to avoid getting drenched in time. However, he was now extremely tempted to give her a tight slap across the face for doing that.
Luckily, their classmates stepped in and pulled Isabelle aside to prevent the situation from further escalating.
Maia herself simply glanced at Gerald for a brief moment before returning her gaze to Warren who seemed to be exuding a radiant aura. She knew he wouldn’t let anyone down.
At that moment, a judge walked up the stage and approached Warren before saying, “I’ve honestly never met someone your age to hold that much skill and grace! You truly are the champion of Sunnydale!”
The judge himself looked to be in his early forties, and he was most likely a famous figure in the field.
Hearing that, Warren simply smiled subtly as he shook his head.
“Hah, you call him skilled and graceful? You folk don’t even know the meaning of those words if you’re using them to describe him!” yelled a female voice from the audience, sounding extremely annoyed.
The statement made everyone go silent, and all the members of the audience simultaneously began seeking out the source of that voice.
It wasn’t just anybody who had made that bold claim. The owner of that voice was none other than Mindy!
While the two girls had initially wanted to leave immediately once the match ended, hearing the judge kissing Warren’s as* alongside the scores of loud cheers made Mindy incredibly annoyed.
Her intention wasn’t really to insult Warren just for Fabian’s sake either.
She just couldn’t stand all the compliments Warren was getting just for that minor feat. To her, the audiences’ and the judge’s responses were simply pushing it a bit too much for her taste.
Since everyone was well aware of who the two were, they simply remained silent and observed.
“Alright, that’s quite enough!” said Jasmine as she began dragging Mindy by the elbow toward the exit.
“So I’m assuming you’ve seen true skill then? If you haven’t, I really don’t know why you’re being so bitter!” shouted Maia in response.
While she really wasn’t happy hearing someone insult Warren like that, Maia watched her tongue since she had no idea what the two were truly capable of yet.
“But of course! Screw your county champion! You’re all novices compared to her!” boasted Mindy as she pointed at Jasmine.
She then whispered to her, “Jasmine, just go fight him already and put him in his place!”
Mindy was clearly only acting this way because she was caught in the heat of the moment.
Jasmine herself didn’t like the idea. She didn’t really enjoy competing with others. If she had wanted to participate in this event, she would’ve signed up for it a long time ago. However, she simply hadn’t found any worthy opponents to spar as of yet.
Not wanting to escalate the situation any further, Jasmine simply shook her head and began to leave.
“Don’t just leave after your friend said that! Come on, fight him if you dare!” said Maia with a smug grin on her face.
“It’s alright, Maia. I won’t fight her. You should know pretty well that I don’t hit women!” replied Warren as he chuckled softly.
Upon hearing that statement, Jasmine stopped dead in her tracks.
“Fine then, let’s fight!” she shouted as she looked Warren right in the eye.
She had only agreed because Warren had said that statement.
‘Are all men really like this? Do they just expect women to be weaker than them in every aspect?’
She was especially irked by this since it was also the reason why she and Mindy weren’t able to partake in any important matters within her family.
This was the last straw for her.
“Hell yeah!” exclaimed Mindy excitedly.
“Oh? Our Queen is going to fight?”
“Holy! What a treat!”
After hearing their conversation, the audience immediately began cheering again.
Warren simply shrugged at their response as though he didn’t really care. After all, he knew he wasn’t going to need much effort to win against her!