Chapter 106: Chapter 106 - A Business Venture ?
After calling in many members of his cleaning service, Gasteria and his team quickly started cleaning the house as fast as they could. William observed the workers, who were cleaning at an unprecedented speed, and had few things to say about the situation.
"The power of money, people. It can make people do many things and also undo them as well. Whoever thought of creating the currency system either wanted to help humanity with a great purpose or just wanted to get himself rich by amassing shiny metals."
"Just look at these people straining their backs for only a few hundred dollars. I would never understand why they do that."
"Wow! That was quite egotistical of me, wasn't it? But truly, tell me, is what I am saying wrong, or is it the ultimate truth?"
William said, looking beside him at the being he had been having this conversation with. The being was a big white cat that was currently busy licking its paws but stopped as she looked toward her master and nodded heavily without actually understanding how wrong her master was.
'Yes, master. What you say is very true.'
William nodded at her and petted her head, which was the real reason why the huge cat was actually accepting whatever her master said.
The people who were cleaning heard what he said, not clearly but still understood its meaning and snickered quietly. Many of them even wanted to curse back at him. But none of them were brave enough as they looked at the big tiger who was eyeing them like they were her new prey.
So they weren't going to do something stupid enough to make that a reality for them and just shut their mouths as they looked at the cobwebs and other things that their life's journey amounted to.
After a few hours of William trying to intentionally agonize them and the cleaning crew trying to clean the place with clenched teeth, they finally finished the job and waited for their leader to deliver justice by writing them a bigger paycheck.
Gasteria understood the meaning of the faces his workers were giving him as he too wanted to write a bigger payment for all the nonsensical inside thoughts the Teenager/Boss gave them. But he withstood it as he thought about the future and saw a potential client in William. So he still kept up with the fake smile as he approached the VIP Boss.
"Mr. Trust, it is with a lot of happiness that I can tell you that our work here is done, and your villa now looks as good as new."
William looked at the guy who was actually angry but hid his anger behind a mask as he was thinking about the future of the company.
William tried to get one more jab at the person to see what he would do.
"What do you mean by that? My villa is already a new one. I just bought it today. Are you telling me that this new villa is actually an old one and has been refurbished to look like a new one?"
William said, and before Gasteria could say anything to deny the false accusation, William continued.
"Well, it isn't a complete loss as I only lost a few million dollars over it."
Gasteria was having a hard time trying to keep a straight face at William's words, but it only got a lot harder when he heard the next words.
"Yeah! I'll just demolish the place and sell the land for something… Maybe I'll sell it for the new FBox Gaming Console that was just released. Yeah, I'll do that."
Gasteria was literally biting his tongue from screaming out loud at the act of plutocracy that William was acting out. But he stopped himself as he took a few deep breaths and then he turned to him.
William was actually surprised at what the man was doing as it looked like he had turned into a new person who had forgotten all the madness and aggression he had in him just a moment ago.
Gasteria looked at his future boss with a very kind smile as he said:
"I'm sorry, sir, if you took what I said in a negative way, but my intentions were not that. I just wanted to say that the villa you bought had accumulated a lot of dirt, which can happen because of the open sea environment beside it, but now it looks as good as new and maybe even better."
William didn't know what to say as he heard what the man said. And he didn't even know that an open sea environment could do that; isn't it the opposite?
He couldn't think any further as the man before him handed him a cash memo. William looked at it and was shocked to see that there was a 30% discount written on it and looked at the man in confusion.
"Because it is your first time hiring us and also because you hired many of us, the company decided to give you a 30% discount on this job, and we also hope that you would consider us for future employment as well, sir."
William was stumped for a while before he gave a real smile and said, "Sure, from now on, you guys have me as one of your regular customers, and for any and all cleaning needs, I will call you."
Gasteria smiled, seeing that all of his recent hard work had paid off as he said, "Thank you, sir."
"Oh yes! Give me the number of your manager as well."
"Yes, sir, here it is… but can I ask why you also need that number?"
Gasteria asked, as not many customers, even VIP ones, ask for the number of the manager. He slightly started to fear as he thought that the kid in front of him might ask for the number so that he may complain to his manager about them and how badly they may have done the job.
Gasteria wouldn't be so concerned, as William had just said that he wanted to be their regular customer, but he started to have second thoughts as the kid in front of him had made a mockery of them just a few moments ago. But Gasteria still gave the number to him as he waited for an answer.
"I want to tell your manager how good of a job you guys did over here. And also wanted to rate you guys five stars." William answered him normally as he didn't know what the guy in front of him was thinking about.
Gasteria smiled as he heard what William said, and the fear that had accumulated inside him quickly went away.
"Oh! Thank you, sir. Thank you, that will be a huge help to us."
"Okay, but I also kind of want to buy your company, so I needed the number."
Gasteria heard what William said but couldn't register it completely. He wanted to take it as a joke, but looking at William's face, which didn't have any hint of jest, he could only say:
"Aah… Well, all I can say is that you won't be disappointed if you were to… do that."
After that, William gave them the payment as the cleaning service left his house with different expressions on their faces. As William saw them finally leaving, he smiled and closed the door.
"Well then, now that they are finally gone… it's time to LEVEL UP."