Chapter 5

Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation

While waiting for the call to be connected, Thomson was very nervous. He did not know what to do. If he hung up now and Gates saw it, then the latter would definitely think that he was done with him or some sort.

It would not be good if the matter blew up.

“No matter how unwilling I am, I can only wait for the call to get through now.” At the thought of this, Thomson could not help but sigh.

At the same time, Alice was also worried about her hasty behavior. She was afraid that she had called some big shot and affected her husband’s future.

However, this thought did not last long as Alice thought about the situation again. Her husband was a worker who worked from six in the morning to nine at night, and he received a negligible salary every month, so there was no way he knew any big shots.

Moreover, the person she was calling was listed down as Little Gates. He was obviously her husband’s colleague.

Even if he was not a colleague, he could not be her husband’s boss. If he was, his name would not have been listed down as such. Without thinking too much about it, she quietly waited for the call to be connected.

While waiting, the audience was also discussing among themselves. They looked at Little Gates’s name and knew that he was not a big shot. After all, who would name someone important like that?

“I’m the technical director of a company. The names I give to my subordinates all start with ‘little’. Even I know that if I want to borrow money, I have to find someone reliable.”

“What a coincidence, brother. I just opened a restaurant in the city, and I name our waiters this way too. He has been looking through his contacts for a long time, so I thought he would find some big shot. Now it seems that I was overthinking. In my opinion, it’s difficult for this brother to borrow money.”

“Hahaha! Friends, I’m not saying this, but I bet 1000 dollars today that if he can borrow money this time, I’ll pay on the spot.”

Just as the audience was happily discussing, the phone call connected.

“Hello, may I know why you’re looking for the Chairman, Mr. Gates? He’s currently in a meeting right now, but I’ll have him call you after his meeting is over. Is that okay?”

This sentence stunned the crowd. However, after a while, they could not help but laugh out loud. 

“Chairman, Mr. Gates. Hahahaha, was this guy cheated by a shell company? Sigh, it’s not his fault. In this day and age, anyone can be cheated. This guy is such a pity. He looked for so long only to borrow money from a swindler.”

“This guy’s life isn’t easy. Naming a fake chairman as Little Gates and he thinks he’s above everyone else. Not only did he cheat others but himself too. He’s ruthless.”

During their discussion, the audience unanimously believed that this Chairman, Mr. Gates was a swindler.

On the other hand, Alice was not affected by the audience. She thought to herself, “Oh no, this is my bad. I just randomly picked one and didn’t expect to pick my husband’s boss. What should I do? If he were to ask his boss for money, he’ll definitely get scolded. Sigh, I’m too rash.”

However, Thomson thought otherwise. When he heard that it was a woman who answered the phone, he thought to himself, ‘I’ve escaped a disaster.’

Once Thomson calmed down, he said, “Hello, I’m a friend of Mr. Gates. I recently encountered some financial problems and I’d like to borrow some money from Mr. Gates. If you have time, could you pass on this message to Mr. Gates for me?”

The hall fell silent again. Everyone was waiting for a reply from the other end of the phone.

After a while, there was still no reply. All that could be heard was a series of beeping sounds. The other party had hung up the phone without saying a word! 

A burst of laughter suddenly broke out in the venue.

“Hahaha, you’re not friends with him, yet you’re thick-skinned enough to borrow money from him. This guy is out of his mind!”

“Are you sure this guy isn’t delusional? He’s not even close to him and he’s fantasizing about borrowing money from people like this? What a joke.”

In the meantime, in an office building, a woman put down her phone and mumbled, “There are too many scammers around these days. To borrow money from Mr. Gates, I’m afraid he must have a loose screw in his brain. How can the Chairman be so careless as to give away his own phone number? He might be scammed by swindlers if he isn’t careful.”

At this moment, Mr. Gates was discussing the next step of the investment plan with his partners in a conference room in the same building.

He did not know what was happening outside, that Mr. Thomson had called him. He also did not know that his assistant had hung up on him like that. If he knew, he would be very angry.

This was because Thomson had helped him grown from an unknown young man who sold things on the street to an elite in the business world.

Thomson had given his all to help him. Others might not know this, but in his heart, he knew he owed it to Thomson. Hence, to look down on Thomson was equivalent to slapping himself.

Back at the competition venue, Alice was faced with an awkward situation. She wanted to help her husband by making a call, but she did not expect it to turn out like that.

The host stood by the side and thought, ‘Too many weird things have happened today. What’s going on?”

Alice looked at her husband, her eyes filled with guilt. She thought that it was all her fault that her husband was humiliated. If she had not been rash, this situation would not have happened.

Thomson looked at the guilty Alice with no signs of blame in his eyes and said to her, “It’s okay, my dear. I want to thank you for doing this for us. There are still twenty minutes left in the competition, so there’s no need to rush. There’s still time.”

As time passed, the contestants hastened the speed of calling, working hard for the final victory. When Thomson looked up at the countdown, he realized there was still twenty minutes to turn things around!