Chapter 12

On the weekend, Adrien drove to his shabby house and moved out from there. He had complicated feelings when he saw the house, he had lived in for so many years. After moving out from the orphanage, he lived here for four years when he worked during college. In the end, Adrien wanted to keep these memories of his past. He spent 80,000 dollars to buy this room so that he could go back when he had time.

On Monday noon, before Adrien went to Corestar Group, he received a call from Lilianne.

"Mr. Higgins, we went to Orchard Apartment, and we were very welcome. All the owners of the 117 buildings wanted to sell their house. They were worried that we were short of money, so they said they will reduce 10 dollars per square foot. In the end, the price of the 117 buildings was about 130 million dollars. Besides, we applied for a joined property ownership certificate, which had your name and the address and ownership of all the houses. What do you think?"

"That's great!"

"Mr. Higgins, when will you have time to go to the real estate building in Education Block?"

"Now!"

"I'll make an appointment with them at 1:30 in the afternoon. Mr. Higgins, you can go there."

"Okay, see you then!"

Adrien was very excited. He didn't expect that things go so smoothly. After he had a meal in restaurant, he drove to the real estate building in Education Block.

At 1:30 in the afternoon, Adrien met Lilianne. Adrien had thought that Lilianne was a fierce, capable, and professional women. However, when Adrien met her, he found the Lilianne was a Gentlewomen, but she would show her serious and oppressive aura as soon as she spoke.

 Lilianne was more surprised by the handsome man in front of her. Adrien was tall, and his smile was very warm, which was very different from the playboy who was in poor health and weak Lilianne had expected.

"Ms. Olson," Adrien said as he stretched out his right hand.

"Mr. Higgins, nice to meet you!" Lilianne felt a little embarrassed.

"Are they here? We can go in now." Adrien said to Lilianne with a smile.

"Okay, this way, please."

Adrien walked in front, and behind him, Celia whispered to Lilianne, "I didn't expect Mr. Higgins to be so handsome. I like his smile very much! But why he had such a bad eye for investment?"

"Shut up, Mr. Higgins will hear you!"

Adrien pretended not to hear it. Since he had system with him, how could he have a same eyes as ordinary people?

"This is Mr. Higgins the boss of Corestar Group. He is the one who made the deal today. The investment is not from the company, and it's his personal money." Lilianne explained clearly.

Lilianne turned to Adrien and said, "Mr. Higgins the company has returned your money. Because it's your personal behavior, it's not included in the company's bill."

What Lilianne meant was they would make or lose money had nothing to do with Corestar Group.

"Okay, thank you!"

Under the witness of the notarization staff, the personnel from the real estate transaction Center, and the representative of owners, it took nearly 2 hours to complete the formality. The 130 million dollars were given to the real estate transaction Center, and then it would give the money to more than 6000 families one by one.

After completing the formality, Adrien stood at the door of transaction hall with the joint property ownership certificate and said, "Ms. Olson, how about I treat you to a meal? You have helped me a lot."

"Thank you, Mr. Higgins but I still have something to do at the company," Lilanne refused. In her opinion, Adrien was an idiot who had spent 130 million dollars buying a lot of dilapidated buildings.

Adrien guessed what was on Lilianne's mind. As Adrien smiled, he shook the property certificate and said, "It will be taken away in a few days. Well, since you are busy, go back. I also have something else to do. I'll go to the company other day, and we can talk then."

After finishing speaking, Adrien got in to the car. Lilianne and Celia were confused. What did Adrien mean?

When Adrien got home, he looked at the joint property ownership certificate and finally understood what it meant.

Because of the massive amount of money and the large number of the owners, it was conducted in a single transaction. In the end, on the property ownership certificate tat Adrien got, there was a total area of 117 buildings.

Adrien didn't expect it to done so quickly.

[Ding! Host, you haven't upgraded yet!]

"I'll do it right away!" Adrien went to Palisades shopping mall near his home. He still needed 52,000 EXP to update the system, and he had a watch he liked, so he chose the Nautilus of Patek Philippe which was worth 52,000 dollars.

Adrien liked watches more than cars. He thought the design of the watches was more exquisite and meticulous. Everyone who wore a watch was punctual, but not everyone with the luxury car was a good driver.

After Adrien finished the payment, the voice he had been expecting for a long time sounded again.

[Ding! The System is upgrading. Please wait for a moment!] 

After the control panel was quickly upgraded from 1% to 100%, the backlit indicator of the third function key, Skills, lit up.

The level changed from 2 to 3, and the EXP changed from 150,000 to 1.5 million.

[Ding! Host has upgraded to level 3. The account of Reburg Bank has received 1.5 million dollars.]

Feeling excited, Adrien walked back to the car happily. Sitting in the car, he began to communicate with the system again.

"System, can you tell me what the skills for? Is it good for you if I upgrade continuously? Can I use the 1.5 million dollars to run a company or make investment?"

[Ding! Host, the Skills contain many skills, all of which are powerful. You will know when you use it. As for the bonus gained from EXP, you must use it in daily expenses.]

"I see. The skills Is very magical! System, I'm going to use it now."

[Ding! Host, please press the key!]

Adrien pressed a Skills lightly.

[Ding! Host, you have acquired a stock market prediction skill! Skill time: forever!]

Adrien was stunned. Stock market prediction skill! Did it mean he had the skill to make money permanently?

Adrien thought the system was the most profitable thing for him.

"System, you're awesome! Can I kiss you?"

[Ding! No! Host, this prediction skill can only be used once a day. You can have a try today.]

"Okay! how can I use it?"