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Capitalizing on annual returns was a commonly used trading strategy in the stock market, but Russell did not follow such frequently-used techniques employed by the masses.He used high-risk trading techniques throughout the day and managed to earn 1.1 million dollars within 6 hours. And then he spent the next eight hours doing things that were a hundred times riskier. If his earlier approach was like a professional hunter tracking down a deer and killing it with an arrow or a bullet. This next approach was more along the lines of tracking down tigers and snatching the prey from their jaws like crazy-hungry scavengers would. In doing so, he angered some reputed brands, but he earned a whopping 13 million dollars.Tom was proud of Russell, but he didn’t praise him. Instead, he said, “Normally, earning such huge sums involve illegal or unethical activities. So, you should accumulate your wealth with careful planning so that nobody will be able to ever put you behind bars. Now, what are y
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 371
The four thugs that ran away from Tom’s house at four in the morning were not some random thugs. They were called the Four Perils, known to make even the crying children and ranting grandmothers shut their unbearable mouths. However, right now, they looked ashamed because they were scared away by a mere dog. The only relief was that this happened at a time when nobody had seen them, or they would have suffered a greater loss of face.Nevertheless, they were still frustrated for having failed the mission.“We took the advance. We said we’d kill the two of them,” one of the guys said. “If we don’t finish our jobs before the sun rises, then we might lose our heads.”Since their task was given by a bigger gangster, they felt anxious right now.Just then, a limousine went past their car at a slow pace. Naturally, their eyes focused on that luxury blue car with golden painting at its edges. “Which rich fuck is driving around in this shitty neighborhood at this hour?”“Perhaps, they must be
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 372
“Teacher, it’s almost time. The students will come any moment,” Russell tried to give Tom coconut water and a painkiller. “You can’t stay drunk like this.”“Tell me, how many weasels did you meet in your life?” Tom asked, his eyes half-closed. He was also burping every now and then. Because he didn’t sleep much, whatever he had eaten the other night didn’t digest well, so his burps smelled really bad. “Answer me. How many weasels did you meet?”“Unfortunately, I didn’t meet any.”“That’s odd…because the world is full of weasels,” Tom said and sipped on the coconut water. “They do nothing but, burp, deceive those around them. Whether it’s your average shop owner that tries to make extra profit with every good he sells without caring for his customers, or the middle men that rip and leech off of the businesses of the poor, or the politicians that are masters at saying good things on TV while doing bad things behind people’s backs… they’re everywhere. The weasels… you can’t escape from t
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 373
Max, the big german shepherd, firmly grabbed onto the officer’s ass so hard his eyes bulged out. His scream traveled far more than a hundred feet.“Max! Let go of him!” Simon wrestled with the dog, but his strength wasn’t proving effective.“Stop it, Max!” Tom shouted. And Max immediately let go of the officer.“Urgh,” the officer bore the pain and took his gun out, but before he could shoot, Max jumped and bit on his wrist this time.Tom couldn’t tell Max to stop again because he was afraid that the officer might kill the dog. But if the dog were to keep on worsening the officer’s injuries, then they would definitely get revenge on the dog and even Tom and everybody related to the dog.As the dog wrestled, the officer ended up shooting the gun multiple times, hoping at least one of the bullets would hit the dog.And one bullet did hit Max in the ribs. Max squealed and collapsed on his belly as if he was electrocuted.The officer put the gun in his other hand to shoot at the dog. Russ
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 374
Max survived.Tom and Russell carefully took him back home after Russell paid for the expenses.Though Russell insisted that the dog be kept in the hospital for a couple of days, Tom was against it. He was afraid of all the bad things that happened to his wife at the hospitals, and so he didn’t want his dog to be in a hospital for long, either.After coming home, Russell asked Tom, “Why didn’t you take the tablets and injections the doctor gave? Don’t you want Max to be healed fast?”“I can heal Max faster on my own,” Tom said and turned on a certain type of music.“This…” Russell was surprised because this was the same music Tom had played after Rachel died. “Why are you playing a tune? What good will it do?”“Music vibrates with the body,” Tom said. “Depending on the frequencies, you can heal almost any type of disease or illness. You can also harm with wrong frequencies. For instance, if you tune the music to 432hz, it heals us on all levels. But 440hz is bad for us.”Russell pause
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 375
Jessica, while working, had noticed one thing. The top shareholders of the company were having regular discussions multiple times a day, and some of them looked tense. She didn’t know what it was about, but she knew that it was some very important information because Regan didn’t allow her to be by his side as they discussed it.Jessica’s curiosity didn’t let her do nothing. She went to Marlon’s office and asked him about it.“I’m not allowed to tell you or anyone about it,” Marlon said, speaking a bit professionally, “but I think it’s okay to tell you this much. We are currently being threatened and bullied by the federal government to listen to their demands and use the VR game to steal people’s data and send it to them.”“W-What?” Jessica was stunned. “By data, you mean…”“Everything. From personal details such as fingerprint, retina, and DNA to the patterns of thoughts the players will have…” Marlon said. “They want all that data.”“I-Isn’t that criminal?” Jessica couldn’t believe
The Secret Successor CHAPTER 376
“What are you talking about?” Marlon quickly denied. “I never proposed to you. I don’t even know you.”“Hmph, just because you deny it, it doesn’t become the truth!” Irene snorted at him. She poured coffee and then sat down next to Jessica. “Men really are men. They think of women as nothing but tools that can be used and thrown away.”“M-Miss, I think you’re mistaken about me,” Marlon couldn’t sit straight. “You’re definitely good-looking, but I really don’t know you.” He didn’t want Jessica’s perspective on him to be affected by this stranger.“It seems at least your eyes are still working since you can see that I’m beautiful,” Irene sipped on the coffee before the other could. “However, that doesn’t erase the bad things you’ve done to me.”“B-Bad things? Now, you’re pushing it,” Marlon’s voice contained a bit of anger and frustration.“Are you saying you’ve done not a single bad thing in your life?” Irene asked. “Not even when you were drunk? Do you expect me to believe that?”Marl
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Regan Creed and Lucas Blake just happened to come to Tuna Waves to talk. Jessica saw them and briefly greeted them before returning back to the table where Irene and Marlon were.“Lucas Blake… he’s a real estate giant,” Marlon said as soon as Jessica sat down. “He’s received a nice offer from the feds, if you know what I mean.” Because Irene was around, he couldn’t speak as straightforwardly as he wanted.“What kind of offer?”“Tax exemption for the lands he’s going to buy,” Marlon said. “It’s the best offer he can get, so I think he’s going to be difficult to handle for Mr. Regan.”“So, they’re trying to divide us and make us fight each other,” Jessica’s blood boiled. “Why can’t they just let us be?”“They don’t want anyone to gain too much power,” Marlon said, appearing to be calm. “Even though they may allow Lucas to buy thousands of acres in important spots across the world, I’m sure they’re going to use those lands to achieve their goals.”“What kind of goals are we talking about