Along with hurried footsteps, the staff of FDA arrived in Third Southland General Hospital.Victor put his cup down and said with an unserious attitude, “Look, there is absolutely no problem with my list.”Before he finished his words, the door was opened, and a middle-aged man brought some people to walk into the room.“You guys are finally here.”“Why did you come so slowly this time? You’ve made me wait for a long time.“Do you believe that I’ll fire all of you later?”Facing the staff of FDA, Victor was similarly bad-tempered. He did not care about them at all.The middle-aged man took off his tophat, and he coldly asked, “Who do you want to fire?”When Victor heard the voice, he was immediately so shocked that he got up from the chair. He widened his eyes and carefully looked at the person before he instantly became stunned.“Dad?“Dad, why are you here?“You can just let Mr. Reid come to handle this kind of small matter.”When Victor saw that Timothy personally came,
Other people initially wanted to come forward and stop Timothy, but he angrily yelled, “Everyone, step back! I’ll beat whoever dares to come forward and stop me!”Slap! Slap! Slap!Again and again, he beat Victor very hard, and painful screams were heard in the room.Susan was totally dumbfounded.She pulled Thomas by the arm. “Wha-what’s happening?”Thomas smiled. “It’s simple. There is a problem with the list. Mr. Payne can’t bear it, so he punishes his son for justice.”“Is it so simple?”“Otherwise?”Susan pouted. “Why do I feel that you’re the one who secretly plays tricks?”Thomas smiled without saying anything.Timothy ruthlessly beat his son for twenty minutes. It made Victor faint because of the pain all over his body.“This is the hospital. Don’t need to be so troublesome. Just ask the nurses over to carry him out.”His subordinates looked at each other before they immediately called the nurses over to help out.Timothy threw the broom away. He gasped while walki
After Thomas sent Susan back home, he hurriedly had his dinner and slept.The next morning, Thomas woke up early and left the house. Then, he rushed to Swan Restaurant at 166 Jewel Road.As soon as he pushed open the door, he heard the boss asking, “May I take your order?”“Uncle Ben, it’s me.”“Young Master?”This restaurant was opened by Ben. Since he left Shalom Technology, Ben did not have any skills. He was quite good at cooking, so he used his savings to open a small restaurant.The restaurant was just opened three days ago.Ben immediately arranged Thomas’ seat. Then, he prepared a few side dishes and a dozen beers.He poured a cup for Thomas.“Young Master, why are you so free to come to my place today?”Thomas glanced around. “Uncle Ben, your restaurant seems pretty decent.”“It’s just so-so. I just earn a living.”Thomas took a sip of the beer, put the cup down, and spoke seriously, “Uncle Ben, based on your ability, you’re wasting your talent to run a restaurant
Ms. Floral casually moved a chair over and sat down. She took out an account book, and she flipped it through while saying, “You haven’t paid for this month, right?”Ben showed a bright smile. “I just opened this restaurant not long ago. We also agreed that I will start to pay next month.”Ms. Floral frowned slightly. “Next month? Haha! You can open the restaurant next month. Close it now.”“Don’t! Ms. Floral, we can talk about it. Please don’t close my restaurant. Don’t you just want the protection fee? I’ll give you. How much do you want?”Ms. Floral flipped through the account book. “The protection fee is 6000 dollars per month. Your restaurant is newly opened this month, so I’ll give you a 20% discount. You can just give me 4,800 dollars.”“Ms. Flora, there are less than five days remaining this month. Isn’t this too much?”“Why? Are you bargaining with me?”“No, I dare not.”Ben immediately went to the counter, took the money, and passed it to Ms. Floral. He dared not say
Ben looked depressed. He was very clear about Ms. Floral’s character. How could he just sit here and enjoy the meal?But, he also could tell that Thomas was angry.“Young Master, don’t make trouble. You don’t know who Ms. Floral is, but you can’t offend her.”Thomas looked aloof, and he asked, “Is she the owner?”Ben shook his head.Thomas asked again, “Is she the official management staff?”Ben continued shaking his head.Thomas smiled. “Why do you give her money without any reason?”Ben sighed. “You don’t know that this region is under her management. For whoever doesn’t give money, the shop will be immediately demolished. It’s also useless to call the police. Police chase them away today, but more people will come and make a fuss two days later. So, I can only spend some money for protection. I can’t just get away from this kind of person.”This meant that Ms. Floral was actually a person who collected protection fees.Meanwhile, Ms. Floral saw that Ben did not go to take
Ms. Floral took her phone out and made a call. The call was answered in a few seconds. Then, she kept crying while shouting that she was bullied, and she wanted Ballard to find justice for her. She even wanted to demolish the restaurant.After Ms. Floral hung up, she ruthlessly said, “Just wait. Within three minutes, my man will come and kill you!”However, Thomas just continued drinking and eating. He did not feel terrified at all.Ben felt so worked up.He had been in Southland City for many years. He was very clear about who Ballard was. His restaurant would definitely be demolished today. Whether he could live safely or not was still a problem.“Young Master, you’ve caused big trouble.“How could you still have the appetite?“Please run now. You’re the only member of the Mayo family. Don’t lose your life here.”Thomas smiled faintly without answering.Indeed, within three minutes, a big group of bald men walked over pridefully. Everyone was wearing a singlet and holding a
Thomas glanced around before he asked, “Why did you bring so many people here?”Ballard chuckled and said, “I saw that your restaurant has just opened recently, but the business is still not very good. So, I thought of showing you my loyalty by bringing my buddies here to eat and giving some business to your restaurant.”He was quite good at speaking good words.Thomas clearly knew that Ballard was bluffing. But, since Ballard had said that, nobody could continue feeling angry at him.However, Ms. Floral looked dumbfounded. She made a call and asked so many people to come, but all of them were as timid as tortoises. They dared not breathe loudly at all.Ms. Floral had initially thought of releasing her anger, but she felt madder now.She angrily walked over before she reached out to pinch Ballard’s ear.“How dare you, Ballard! I asked you to come here and find justice for me, but you came here and called him boss?“Could you be more shameless?“Is just a young jerk able to fri
Ballard forced a smile. “Boss, don’t make fun of me. I’m just doing some small business, so I can’t earn a lot.”Thomas asked, “Tell me honestly, how much can you earn from collecting debt and being a loan shark every month?”Ballard hesitated, but he was so frightened by Thomas’ gaze that he immediately spoke honestly. “I can earn about four hundred thousand dollars for debt collection every month. I use the money for loan sharks. If I’m lucky, I can earn one million dollars in a month. If I don’t have luck, I can’t earn a single cent.”Thomas nodded. “So, you mean you can earn about one and a half million dollars every month?”Ballard’s face darkened as he spoke, “Actually, it’s not that much. You can also see that about twenty buddies work under me. Besides, I have a few women, and they are so good at spending money. The income is not sufficient for me every month.”This was true.Other than Ms. Floral, Ballard still had other women. All of them were not easily dealt with, and