"I think if we build a garden here, it will be so amazing. I don’t know if the view will be better than in the photo. Angeline’s design will also be so beautiful, but I want a tropical touch in this part. Because in this part, we can see the beach directly. What do you think, Riki?" asked Evan.
At that mont, Riki was already at the mansion, together with Evan, Deva, Sean, Angeline, and Liz. Unexpectedly, Angeline knew Deva, because the two of them had once worked as a model for a children’s clothing brand.
"Riki?" Evan called out, "are you listening to ?" he added.
Riki sighed deeply, "Y-yeah, I heard you, Evan. You can do whatever you want in that spot. Sorry, I was just thinking about Sofie. She went back to her house by taxi, and I gave her so money."
Evan sat down in the gazebo with Riki, watching Deva and the others walking along the beach.
"Then why are you still thinking about her?" asked Evan.
"I don’t know, I just know that there will be problems in the future. I don’t mind helping Sofie, I just don’t want to deal with my uncle’s family anymore. I’m glad they know I have a lot of money, but I also know they will say anything to get to give them money afterwards," replied Riki.
Like Sandra, who would do anything to get Riki to give so of his wealth to Sandra and Anton.
Those people are selfish, only wanting to profit. They won’t care when Riki is in trouble and needs help. They will only laugh at Riki and insult him.
But when Riki is on top, they will make it seem like Riki is a bad person who doesn’t want to help them.
Like that morning.
Sofie said before getting into the taxi that Riki was very cruel for not helping her at all.
The girl deliberately said it when there were many people passing by.
Riki didn’t care how they viewed him.
"Oh, I know that feeling, because I’ve experienced it myself. Those people who don’t care suddenly pretend to be nice after they find out we have money. They don’t understand how we suffered before," Evan muttered.
Riki sighed heavily again, staring at the bright blue sky, decorated with thin white clouds like cotton candy.
There was silence between the two of them for a mont. They just enjoyed the gentle breeze blowing slowly. The view in front of them was beautiful.
The four people walking on the beach suddenly beca three, with one person left behind, who then turned around to et Riki and Evan.
"Why did you co back here, Deva?" asked Evan.
"There’s still ti to walk around here before the eting at Hayper Entertainnt," added Riki.
Deva, who had been wearing a sour expression, smiled wryly, then sat down between them.
"The three of them suddenly beca close, and I, being introverted, was left out. So, it’s better for to co here," he muttered.
Riki turned to him, "What do you think, will you win the lawsuit against Vicky and David?" asked Riki.
Deva smiled slightly, "I hope so. But, according to Arvin, we will most likely win. Especially if Hayper is willing to cooperate with us, but..."
Evan patted Deva on the back, "Devano, I’m sure everything will be fine," said Evan.
Deva smiled again, a smile that cast doubt on everything.
It wasn’t that he didn’t believe in Arvin’s abilities or anything. It was just that... all this ti, Deva had grown up hearing bad things from the people around him.
Like, "My mother died because she saved you, you’re just a jinx! How are you going to take responsibility for all this?"
"Because you rejected that girl, Deva! Mom’s job isn’t going well, what’s so hard about just dating a girl?"
"Deva, it’s okay even if you’re a jinx, because we’ll always be there for you."
"You jinx, I know that if you’re here, bad things will always happen."
Well, Deva always thought that his presence, wherever it was, would bring bad luck to the people around him.
Like Sean, he got bad luck because of Deva.
Deva woke up from his reverie when Riki patted his shoulder.
"Deva, what are you staring at? We have to leave for Hayper Entertainnt right away, they’re waiting for us," said Riki.
"Oh? Y-yes... let’s go."
***
Thanks to Riki, who owned many shares in Hayper Entertainnt, the company welcod them warmly. Riki was even greeted by the CEO himself.
She was a young CEO nad Celine, a woman who was only 25 years old and very enthusiastic.
Celine welcod all the plans presented by Arvin to help Deva and Sean. Celine was also very happy that two talented new actors had joined her company.
After reaching an agreent, they signed a contract, and everything went well.
But that was only the beginning.
"Does Mr. Riki have ti to talk with privately?" asked Celine.
Riki knew this would happen, because Celine saw Riki as if he were walking money. Riki could feel it.
Riki nodded, "Of course, Miss Celine."
"Then, we’ll excuse ourselves," said Arvin, and he left with Deva and Sean.
Only Riki and Celine remained in the room.
Celine cleared her throat briefly before showing him a docunt.
"Well, Mr. Riki, actually, we would like to make a few requests of you, because you may be the only one who can help us with this matter. So, we need the help of several investors for so of our future projects."
After that, Celine showed him several projects that the company would be working on.
[Your first mission for today is to invest in the company’s projects]
[You can choose from two or one of the options that the system will turn green]
[If you have invested, the system will give you a B-level detection skill as a reward]
[If you refuse to invest, your trust rating will drop drastically]
Then, among the several project options, five out of ten turned green. Celine probably couldn’t see that.
"Can you explain these projects? I’m quite interested in these two," said Riki.
Celine’s face turned confused.
"Are you sure about that? Because the two you pointed out are projects that so people think will fail—I an, that... you can invest in more promising projects with greater profits," said Celine.
Riki raised an eyebrow, "Tell why you’re not sure about these two projects? Didn’t you ask to choose them? What if I say I’m sure these two projects will be successful, and I’m going to invest a lot of money in them?"
Celine beca very nervous. She was just a puppet CEO who had to obey the orders of the company’s top brass. Even though she was confident that both projects would be successful, just like Riki said. However, she had to prioritize other projects that were more promising—wait, Riki owned a large number of shares in Hayper Entertainnt. Didn’t that an she had to obey him? If Riki withdrew all his shares, they could suffer huge losses.
"In that case, I will work on the project, Mr. Riki Khaizer."
Riki nodded, "Alright, I will invest a lot of money in these two projects. If they fail, I will never invest again."
Celine beca very nervous upon hearing this.
She couldn’t afford to lose such a valuable investor.
"You don’t need to worry, we are a team of professionals who will do everything well."
Riki smiled slightly, "In that case, how much is needed?"
"For now, we need about four million dollars, sir," said Celine hesitantly, afraid that the amount would be too much for Riki. After all, Riki was a new investor.
However, Riki’s next answer was very surprising.
"Oh, is that all? I’ll invest five million dollars, make sure it’s put to good use."
Celine swallowed hard because she was too nervous.
"O-okay, sir."
[You have invested in two projects that will be hugely successful!]
[You have successfully completed your mission. Your reward is a B-level detection skill.]
[The detection skill allows you to detect anything you want, such as diseases, enemies, a person’s sincerity, and more.]
[However, at the B level, you can only detect diseases and a person’s sincerity.]
[You can upgrade this skill to detect other things that are more useful to you.]
[You earn 5 points]
Oh, it seems like this skill has many uses.
After that conversation, Riki left the place.
He felt suffocated in crowded places.
Since it was an entertainnt company, it was no surprise that there were many famous people passing by. Although Riki couldn’t recognize all of them.
All this ti, he had been too busy with his part-ti job, with no ti even to watch television or scroll through his smartphone screen.
Because ti is money.
[Your second mission today is to help soone being bullied]
Riki looked at the watch on his wrist.
It seed there was still ti before lunch.
"Alright, where should I go?"
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