The Genuine Top G Alexander Davis

005 - A Man Without Formal Education

She doesn’t want this issue to tarnish her name, her family and the brand of her company. Not to mention the negative effect that her daughter would receive if she has to grow up while having such a scandal in her life.

  

“Didn’t we already give it to him?” asks Sofia desperately.

  

“After learning our situation, he changed his mind and asked for more,” explains Dylan.

  

“How much?”

  

“Five hundred grands, in cash. This time, he promised that he will give all the evidences he has to us.”

  

Sofia finds it hard to stay standing on her feet. She feels like the house is swaying like it is a ship on the sea.

  

She tries to reach a chair, and then takes a seat. She has paid that man Dylan mentioned before for $500k, and now she has to pay for more.

  

“I suggest you comply with his demand. It’s nothing compared to what will happen if he shares those pictures to the public,” suggests Dylan flatly. “Or, we can hire a hitman to kill that man.”

  

“A hitman?” grumbles Sofia with a disbelieving face. “Are you out of your mind? I’m trying to avoid any scandals here. And you talk about hiring a hitman? Your lunatic idea will only put me into more trouble.”

  

Dylan just keeps his flat face, while Sofia has only become even more impatient and frustrated because of that lunatic idea. But really, she doesn’t have that much choice and is not in a good condition to make a decision.

  

“Okay, I’ll prepare the money later,” she replies. “Now can you just leave me alone?!”

  

Dylan nods by showing his gloomy face like he sympathizes with what Sofia is suffering from. But soon after he gets out of that room, his face turns so bright despite the pain in his face.

  

Even by seeing his spirited face, Georgina and Giana know exactly what they are going to get. They rush to him expecting for a good news.

  

“So? What did she say? How much you asked?” whispers Giana after holding her giggles.

  

“Not here, you moron!” Dylan denies immediately. “Don't get too hyped yet! I haven't received the money, and she could just change her mind later.”

  

***

  

The next day, Alex visits EightG main office, Harry’s biscuit company. Nelson, that youngster who self labelled himself as The 2nd Top G in Sydney, welcomes Alex in place of his father.

  

Unlike in their previous meeting, Nelson treats Alex in a civilized manner considering his role as one of the Vice Presidents of the company.

  

“This is the meeting room of this department. They don’t have any meetings for this week, so you can use this place,” says Nelson.

  

Alex realizes there is already a stack of documents on the table. And there is one middle-age lady with glasses coming in by bringing another stack of that financial report.

  

She is Julia Henderson, the chief in charge of the finance department. She actually had ordered one of her men to deliver the documents to this room. But for this last one, she chooses to deliver it herself, only to show her displeasure at Alex's request directly.

  

She drops the document on the table hardly. She looks quite annoyed, deliberately standing straight toward Alex by showing her unfriendly gesture.

  

“That’s it! The finance report for the last 7 years. Anything else?” she asks.

  

“That’s it for now,” replies Alex by ignoring how annoyed that lady is. “I’ll call you later if I need something.”

  

The lady lifts her glasses slightly, takes one step forward and starts lecturing Alex. By putting her left hand on the waist, she keeps pointing a finger at Alex as she talks.

  

“I’m The Chief Financial Officer in this company! Not just simply a clerk whom you can just order around. And I’m much older than you!”

  

“Thank you for the introduction. But, it would be better if you start it by mentioning your name first, so I know how to call you when I need a cup of coffee,” replies Alex flatly.

  

“You?!”

  

The lady grumbles, but she finds it hard to utter a word. Alex quite understands why she is so annoyed by him, because he is going to examine the error in the financial report done by her department. But he doesn't seem too care that much.

  

“May I know your background, Mr…”

  

“Alexander Davis,” says Alex. “You can just call me Alex.”

  

“So, Mr. Alexanderrr!” grumbles Julia by holding her irritation. ”What graduate are you from? What's your educational background? Are you from a reputable consulting firm?”

  

“Nothing! I’m just Alex, and I’m here to represent myself. Have no educational background, and never take any formal school. Not even the elementary one,” explains Alex.

  

“Are you insulting me? Have no educational background you said. Yet you came here trying to find the error in my work like you have any competency and credibility to do so.”

  

That lady averts her attention to Nelson, and that youngster immediately tries to reason with her.

  

“Please, Julia! He came here based on my dad’s request. Just let him cook!”

  

Alex immediately averts his face to Nelson with a bit of cringed expression. 

  

“Hey, watch your words,” says Alex nonchalantly.

  

“I mean, let him do his job,” continues Nelson awkwardly.

  

Julia looks a bit curious with the change in Nelson’s attitude. So far, she always found him so rash and arrogant like common spoiled rich kids. But today, he suddenly becomes so well-mannered like he just received some kind of revelation.

  

It only adds her curiosity about Alex's identity. She then pulls a chair and simply takes a seat.

  

“If he is going to look for an error in that financial report, at least let me stay here and observe how he works.”

  

“Fine by me,” replies Alex.

  

Alex goes straight to the pile of financial reports. He takes a chair, and then starts flipping the first page of the report. Not knowing what to do there, Nelson just leaves them alone.

  

Julia looks so confused and curious with what Alex is doing. There’s no tool, no note. He doesn’t even hold any pen at all.

  

All Alex does is just examining the data. He doesn’t take too much time with one page, and then moves to the other page like a toddler playing with a photo album.

  

An hour, two hours, and all Alex does is just flipping pages. It only makes Mrs. Julia even more annoyed and frustrated.

  

“Scammer,” she grumbles with a restrained voice as she takes her leave.

  

However, not long after she leaves that room, she stops and turns back for a moment. Her face looks a bit worried by something, until one of her subordinates greets her.

  

“Mam?!”

  

“Oh, Alice!”

  

“Do you need anything?”

  

Julia shakes her head awkwardly before turning away. But soon after that, she immediately turns back and holds that female staff member.

  

“Could you prepare a cup of coffee for that man over there?”

  

Alice averts her attention to Alex who is currently occupied by his work. And then, Julia brings her face closer to Alice’s ear and starts whispering something.

  

“If possible, drop the coffee right onto the document he is working on.”

  

“But…”

  

“Just make it look like an accident.”

  

“But why?”

  

“Why not! He is trying to put a shame on our department. He is trying to look for an error in our financial report for the past 7 years. And he does it without even taking a note. So let him taste how hard it is to work with that report.”

  

“But then, he will just ask us to prepare another document,” complains the girl with a pitiful face.

  

“Then we have a reason to question his credibility to judge our work,” replies Julia confidently before she heads back to the meeting room.

  

She cancels her intention to get back to her office, and takes a seat back at that conference table again.