Chapter 83
Beside him, his father also nodded, but it was mostly perfunctory, as he believed that his wife would never cheat on him.
That's how much he trusted her. After all, they had gone through a lot and experienced much in their years together. He knew her character well, so he didn't take Jonas words seriously.
However, he agreed with the idea that 'relationships must be on equal terms' because that's how he and his wife operated as a husband and wife.
"Anyway, shall we start the business?" Shaking his head as if wanting to change the topic, Jonas asked.
"Sure, sure," Edward and his father nodded in agreement, not wanting to delve further into the matter.
Looking at the clock not far away, they felt they had wasted enough time, and it was finally time to begin the business.
"Very good, I believe that you already know the specifics of the shop. It's 6×5 square meters with tiled floors, except for the paint on the walls, which is a bit faded, there are no other complications..." Jonas described the shop in a single breath and then moved on to the topic. "Carlos and I have already discussed the price before, ₱170,000... is that right?"
"Yes," his dad nodded in agreement, and a visible smile spread across Jonas' face.
"Very well... Then, let's talk about the specifics of the deal, shall we?" Jonas nodded in satisfaction and then continued to discuss the specifics of the deal.
An hour later, the two party finished their discussion and soon headed to the nearest law firm from their location to finalize the deal.
It took a while before the contract was drafted, and the specifics are as follows below.
1. The total purchase price of the store is hereby established at ₱170,000.
2. The payment terms for the aforementioned purchase price shall be divided into six equal monthly installments. The payer is obligated to remit ₱28,333 on a monthly basis.
3. In the event that the terms specified above are not adhered to, this contract shall be automatically terminated, and the buyer shall forfeit any and all monies paid, which shall not be subject to refund.
There are dozens of minor terms below, but they are more or less insignificant compared to the first three mentioned above.
The second term of the contract was something he had considered carefully. After all, he couldn't pay in cash all at once, given his current earnings. He could only make periodic payments.
The third part... It seemed a bit harsh, as it could render all the payments in vain if any of the terms mentioned earlier failed to be implemented. However, Edward didn't take it seriously because he believed he could afford it.
As they examined the contract, the father and son had smiles on their face, nodding at each other as they felt that the contract was fair and reasonable enough.
After the lawyers conducted a thorough review and confirmed that nothing was wrong, the two parties finally signed it.
With smiles on their faces, they sealed the deal with a firm handshake.
A while later, after a brief chat and exchanging pleasantries, they went their separate ways.
With smiles on both of their faces, Edward and his father made their way to the main road to hail a taxi when suddenly his father halted, as if remembering something.
"Is there something wrong Dad?" Edward asked curiously.
"Don't you think, it's strange?" His father asked with dazed expression on his face.
"What's strange?"
"The whole thing, it goes too smoothly..." His father muttered, at lost for words.
"Smoothly?"
"Yes, I feel like the entire time, it was only Jonas who was talking, and we just agreed to everything he said," his dad explained with a furrowed brow, and Edward's eyes widened in realization.
"So that's why..." Edward couldn't help but sigh as he understood what his father was saying. If it hadn't been for him.. he might not have noticed it at all.
That's right, from the beginning, the other party had always been polite, warm, and cooperative. However, if one were to look closely, it wasn't the case...
From the very start, the other party began talking about his life and how he used to be as broke as them, as if trying to make them feel more relatable.
Next, he proceeded to tell them how his wife had cheated on him, despite everything that he had given to her, and he acted both saddened and angry to enhance the realism of his story.
Then, finally, he give them an advice that made them feel real... which made them pity him and unkowingly let down their guard.
Afterward, the rhythm of the entire negotiation was controlled by the other party. Throughout the meeting, they found themselves asking questions and nodding in agreement with the other party's explanations.
Thinking about this, Edward couldn't help but feel embarrassed and tried to reason after calming down. "Well... It's like we're at a disadvantage, isn't it?"
"We're not... the deal was still fair, I think..."
"T-then, do you think what he told before is true?"
"It should be real... at the very least, I also heard from a friend of mine that he really broke up with his wife and sued her. As for whether the rest of what he said is true... I'm not sure either," his father sighed and shrugged helplessly.
"Or Maybe, we're just overthinking?"
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The next Day.
At around ten in the evening, in the dimly lit music room of a certain apartment unit, a young man could be seen serious staring in front of a computer.
As his gaze remained fixed on the monitor, a manic smile slowly spread across the young man's lips until, eventually, he erupted into a joyful laugh.
This young man, was of course Edward.
In front of him was a statistical graph and various data, with the price of BTC at the center... looking at this, he couldn't help but break into a smile, thinking that he could take a shot.
Purchased at a price of $0.19, the value dropped over the following day but then increased until the price reached $0.20 today.
Sell it now? or wait until the value increase more before selling it?
Edward wasn't sure whether the value could still increase in the following days, as he couldn't predict the short-term market... Well, technically no one can, not even the god of stocks, Warren Buffett.
Even himself, as a time traveler with knowledge of the future, couldn't as he was very busy with work, and he really don't care about cryptocurrency until its explosion later own.
"Sell it!" Edward sighed and decided after pondering for a while.
Anyway, it was the first time he's doing it and it doesn't matter wether he would earned more or earned less.
After all, its not like there won't be more in the future... For him, the most important thing to do now is to fammiliarized himself in the trading operation.
Also, its not like he won't earned more if sell it now, it just that, it's just a probability that he would earned less if he sold it now..
Shaking his head, Edward put away this messy thoughts and without hesitation, place the sell orders and clicked the amount of how much he would sell.
Of course, he won't sell at one go, after all, It would attract a lot of attention and it may affect the current market value of BTC, so he can only sold it per batch.
This process lasted for half an hour, as every orders he sold, it was immediately grab someone and when every last bit of Bitcoin was finally sold, only then did he let out a sighed.
"How much did I earned this time?" Edward mumbled and made a quick calculation in his mind.
If BTC was purchased at $0.19 and sold at $0.20, the profit per BTC is equal to $0.01.
If $1000 worth of BTC was bought, you can calculate the earnings by dividing $1000 by the purchase price per BTC:
$1000 / $0.19 = 5263.16 BTC (approximately)
Now, to find the earnings, multiply the number of BTC by the profit per BTC.. which is 5263.16 BTC × 0.01.
"$52.63!!" Edward's muttered as his eyes lit up.
He only bought about $1000 of BTC and to earned $52.63, means that the returns was almost 5% of the invested...
"Hisss... So high?" Edward couldn't help but gasp in excitement as he thought about it. If he had invested more, wouldn't that mean he would have earned more?
$52 is not very big, especially considering it had only been more than a week since he started trading, not to mention that it was his first time.