Novel Palace
Chapter 365
"I was just asking casually. I was just checking on how an old classmate's family is doing." Zack waved his hand and laughed.
"I see," Cameron said while smiling warmly at Zack. His smile made Zack's expression become momentarily uneasy, as if his true intentions had been seen through.
Jane felt a surge of anger inside. She could clearly see through Zack's motives. It was nothing more than an excuse to belittle them and show off his own status.
Noticing her discomfort, Leonard laughed and tried to smooth things over. "It's been resolved, Zack."
"Is that so? Well, that's great," Zack said, but he was quite surprised.
He hadn't expected the Jennings family's significant debt crisis to be resolved.
Jane was nearly driven mad by Leonard's demeanor. She pinched Leonard hard under the table, signaling why he didn't let Cameron continue speaking and always had to be the nice guy.
"Dear. let it go. He's an old classmate, and it wouldn't be nice to embarrass him," Leonard whispered in her ear.
"Did they show you any respect?" Jane responded as she was clearly displeased.
"Let's just leave it at this," Leonard said, trying to calm her down.
He felt that it would not be good to offend someone like Zack, especially when he was a government official and an old friend.
Zack noticed the family whispering among themselves and chuckled. "Hey Leonard, Jane, what are you all chatting about?"
"Zack, it's nothing—" Leonard started to reply, but Jane cut in.
She said, "Nothing much. We were just discussing some recent developments at the company. We're considering acquiring two smaller companies." "Acquiring companies?" Zack appeared surprised. "Jane, are you saying the Jennings family business has been doing well recently?"
"Yes, Zack. Speaking of which, we owe a lot to my son-in-law here. Without him, we wouldn't have escaped our difficulties and secured a contract worth over a billion dollars," Jane said with a beaming smile.
A contract worth over a billion dollars?
Zack was inwardly shocked.
He knew that if it was managed well, a project of such scale could generate profits in the hundreds of millions of dollars-money that he could only ever dream of earning!
Indeed, as the Director of Taxation,
he could skim plenty off the top, and many business owners would bribe him with gifts. But he could still only make seven to eight million dollars a year, even with his rank.
Billions of dollars were beyond his wildest dreams. When wealth accumulated to a certain level, it could indeed make people envious.Published by Nôv'elD/rama.Org.
"Yes, over a billion dollars." Jane saw the jealousy in Zack's eyes and felt a wave of satisfaction.
"Dear, that's enough..." Leonard said in a low voice, not wanting his wife to provoke Zack.
"I'm just going to say it!" Jane glared at Leonard.
She wondered why she should continually suppress her spirit just to elevate others.
Leonard shrunk his neck and fell silent.
Thinking that the Jennings family was exaggerating and didn't want to be exposed, Zack felt reassured and said, "Leonard, that's a contract worth over a billion dollars. Do you even realize what you're saying?"
In Zack's view, a second-tier family like the Jennings couldn't possibly secure such a large contract. The idea that Cameron had helped them was even more far-fetched. He wondered what future Cameron, who was engaged in just a small business, could possibly have.
"Zack, it's actually true," Leonard said while forcing a smile.
This made Zack frown. "Leonard, we've known each other for over 20 years. I've always thought that you were a straightforward man. When did you start becoming so vain? A contract worth over a billion dollars, do you know what that implies?"
She thought it was laughable that a second-tier family claimed a billion-dollar project.
"Look at you, Leonard. You're still so concerned about pride at your age," Zack interrupted.
Zack shook his head and sighed. "Look at you. Even you can say that it sounds a little fantastical. How do you expect us to believe it?"