SWNOVELS Chapter 17
Chapter 17
Adrien considered for a moment. He had less than 1.5 million dollars in his pocket now and would need money for relocating the
locals and upgrading the System.
“Can I get back to you later, Sylvia? I’m not sure if I’ll have time for that.”
“Sure. Mr. Higgins. Please let me know before the 8th day of next month.”
Meanwhile, Lilianne also received invitation letters for the auction.
“Ms. Olson, all the rich people in Reburg will attend this auction. The host also reserved two seats for Corestar Group. So, what
do you think?” Celia reminded.
“You can come with me. I’ll take the chance and catch up with my friends. The last few days have been rough for me.”
“What about Mr. Higgins...”
“He doesn’t know anybody there. Just forget about him.”
“O... okay.”
Things went well for the next few days. Adrien thought his ordinary commercial car might not be decent enough if he took it to
the auction. He took Sylvia’s advice and bought a Bentley commercial car with seven seats that was worth more than 600
thousand dollars. That would make Adrien look good on the auction!
April was drawing near.
Adrien had been expecting to hear the relocation news on April 4. Unexpectedly, people of Education Block reached out to Sylvia
on April 1.
“Hello, may I speak to Mr. Adrien Higgins?”
“Hello. This is Mr. Adrien’s butler. May I ask who I am speaking to?”
“I’m calling on behalf of the Development Department of Reburg Education Block. We understand Mr. Higgins owns 6318 houses
in the Orchard Apartment in the 3rd Street, 4th Street, and 5th Street of the Cutural Avenue, Education Block. We just received a
notification that those who live in the above–mentioned areas will be relocated. Mr. Higgins is the actual owner of those houses.
Therefore, we would like to meet with Mr. Higgins sometime to discuss this matter.”
“Okay. I’ll tell him. Please wait a moment.”
Sylvia went to Adrien and reported the good news. Adrien was pleased. He didn’t expect to hear it so soon.
The meeting was set for 10:30 am. on April 2 at a coffee house at Reburg International Hotel.
On the big day, Darneil drove the new Bentley commercial car. Adrien was accompanied by his butler Sylvia, assistant Darcy,
and his two bodyguards, Ethan and Anthony.
When Adrien arrived at the coffee house, he saw two people sitting there. They were representing the Planning Department of
Education Block to negotiate with Adrien. It was clear Adrien was a bigwig as he owned over six thousand houses and was
surrounded by a group of people when he came in here. The two people sitting there immediately stood up and greeted Adrien
warmly.
You must be Mr. Higgins, I didn’t expect you to be so young, handsome, and rich! I’m Caspar Amos, and this is Derek Nash I’m
the leading negotiant today
Hello. Adrien nodded. Everyone sat down. Caspar began to speak
Mr. Higgins, we can’t offer you a large sum of compensation as the government didn’t give us enough funds Plus, there to many
buildings in those areas, and they are all shaky and old
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“Mr. Amos, let’s get to the price. I don’t have time for negotiation. I know the buildings are old, but that will help save you a lot of
money in demolishing them. My company is also in the real estate business. I know how things work. Therefore, I hope we can
be sincere and offer a better price.”
“Of course, Mr. Higgins. To be honest, my boss told me that the best offer would be 1,000 dollars per square feet. It’s high
enough for buildings like yours.”
“I don’t think you are being sincere here, Mr. Amos. 1,000 dollars per square foot may seem good enough for a shabby old
house. However, the current policy states that the compensation offer must be based on the average house price of Reburg at
least! It doesn’t matter how much my houses are worth. The average house price in Reburg is about 2070 dollars per square
foot. Therefore, I hope you can make me another offer, Mr. Amos.”
“Mr. Higgins...” Caspar looked at Derek, who was also helpless. The highest price their boss could bear was 2100 dollars per
square foot. The lower the price they offered, the better it would be.
“That’s too much, Mr. Higgins. What about 1,100 dollars per square feet?”
“Good call, Mr. Amos”
Sylvia and Darcy were pleased by the new offer. They were impressed that their boss could get the news in advance and buy all
those houses beforehand. They wouldn’t dare to do business with a hard case like this man. Luckily, this man was Mr. Higgins,
their boss!
“Mr. Higgins, how about 1.300 dollars? I can’t offer anything higher than that!”
“Mr. Amos, Mr. Nash, I’ll give you a price, 2,000 dollars per square foot, period. It’s okay if you don’t want to pay me this much. I
have my own real estate company, meaning I can develop the land and build houses myself. There are antiques.
buried under these areas, and must know it as well. That’s why you came to me. However, if we fail to make a deal today,
I’ll invest more money in the land and turn it into a shopping mall. That’s also what the areas need urgently. I’ll invite you two over
to the opening ceremony of my shopping mall!” As Adrien spoke, he stood up and began to leave.
“Please hold on, Mr. Higgins. Let me make a call. I have to consult my boss about your proposal, Mr. Higgins.”
“Fine. I’ll wait.”
“Thank you. Mr. Higgins. One moment please.” Caspar left to make the call. Derek was left alone to sweat over and butter up
Adrien. However, Adrien ignored Derek completely. He just closed his eyes and did some math. Another 150 thousand dollars
would help him upgrade the System. He could buy a watch with that kind of money!
After a couple of minutes. Caspar came back with a sour face.
“Mr. Higgins. I know you are no ordinary person. But I didn’t expect you to be the boss of Corestar Group.”
“So, what’s the deal?” Adrien asked casually.
“My boss agreed with your price. I just did the calculations. You have 6,318 houses, which is eight million square feet in total. If
we compensate you 2,000 dollars per square foot, you will earn 1.6 billion dollars. Mr. Higgins, you will be the richest man in
Reburg!”
Is that right? When will you give the money?”
“How about now, Mr. Higgins?”
I would love that. Let’s go.”
Caspar and Derek also got in Adrien’s Bentley commercial car. Soon, they all arrived at the trading hall. Everything went
smoothly. 1.6 billion dollars were transferred to Adrien’s bank card in Treasury Bank. With the money left in that card. Adrien now
possessed more than 1.6 billion dollars!
Mr. Higgins, we will have an auction in Reburg next week. Perhaps you can come and check it out. Caspar smiled and took out
three invitation letters. Adrien took them and passed them to Sylvia, who opened them and said Mr. Higgins its the VIP seats in
the middle of the first row