Becoming the Richest Man Alive

Chapter 253

Upon hearing that, Casper sneered internally. Evidently, Old Mrs. Yaeger is trying to put the blame on me. All rich people have this kind of mindset. When ordinary people make mistakes, they will be judged. When rich people make mistakes, they would define it otherwise, especially when the other party has less money than them. In short, the rich will always justify their deeds regardless of how wrong they are.

“Old Mrs. Yaeger, Casper is my friend despite our difference in age. He is a straightforward person, so I hope you can be more tolerant with him.” Tony opened his mouth to speak.

Old Mrs. Yaeger was stunned momentarily as she did not expect Casper to have the Lanes’ support behind him. Right away, her attitude softened a lot. “So he’s Mr. Lane’s friend. It’s normal for young people to speak their minds.”

The two elders exchanged looks and smiled. No one knew what was on their minds. Victoria grabbed the opportunity and found an excuse to leave. “You two and Mr. Simpson are my honorable guests. Please make peace with each other. Let’s take a seat first. I’ve already prepared your seats for you.”

After leading the two elders to their seats, she brought Casper along and left the scene.

“Who was that?” Casper asked right away. What bad luck to run into such a fool!

“He’s a typical spoiled rich heir. He is proud, and he thinks money can solve everything. He’s the most useless and yet the most troublesome silver-spooned kid in Horington.”

Victoria did not have a great impression of him. It was evident that she somehow detested him. “Indeed, the Yaeger family has some influence here. He must have Old Mrs. Yaeger behind his back. That’s why he dares to be such domineering and lawless in Horington.”

“A brainless guy won’t stand long wherever he goes,” Casper uttered disdainfully. He’s even worse than Sawyer. At least Sawyer knows some schemes and tactics.

Just then, Victoria reminded with a soft voice, “Here he comes again.”

As expected, Ryan came back after taking a walk. His wife followed behind him. This content © Nôv/elDr(a)m/a.Org.

Without Catherine around, Ryan’s attitude turned utterly arrogant. “Let go of her! What makes you think you can touch Victoria?”

Casper had never met someone as harsh as Ryan. Without hesitation, he wrapped his hand around Victoria’s waist. “I’m touching her. What are you going to do about it?”

Overwhelmed with rage, Ryan was about to cast a slap on Casper’s face. Not long ago, he had just suffered a loss from Casper. Yet, he still dared to make a move on the latter. His foolishness was beyond imagination.

Taking a step back slightly, Casper evaded Ryan’s slap. The latter exclaimed wrathfully, “How dare you avoid my hand?”

Casper let out a laugh. “Do you expect me to stand still and let you hit me?”

“Of course!” Ryan said matter-of-factly.

Casper was utterly disgusted with this kind of person. Does he really think he’s the center of the world? My dad had always taught me not to become a spoiled brat like this. In fact, I’ve never thought such retarded people really exist.

Never did he expect he would come across one. This time, he chose not to endure as he scolded back, “Get lost!”

“You…” Ryan did not expect Casper would talk back to him. “Do you know who I am? I’m the son of the Yaeger family! You don’t even deserve to wipe my shoes. How dare you try to snatch my woman?”

Casper pointed at Ryan’s wife beside the latter. “Isn’t your wife here? Who would want to snatch your woman from you? Stop having persecutory delusions and fantasizing about cuckolding yourself.”

The crowd burst into laughter upon hearing that. It seems Ryan has a strange quirk.

“Bullsh*t!” Ryan still wanted to act violently, but he finally realize the gap of strength between them. As such, he did not dare to make a move.

“Mr. Yaeger, this Antique Fair is personally organized by me. Could you please show some respect for me? Casper is my friend. Please stop troubling him.” Finally, Victoria voiced her thoughts.

Ryan displayed a cold smile. “Victoria, if you come with me, I can give you something ten times more valuable than everything in this Antique Fair. You won’t need to make a living in this small Pine Street.”

Casper could not hold his laughter anymore as he stood up. “Mr. Yaeger, you’re so generous! I’m utterly humbled, but I wonder what can be ten times more valuable than everything in here?”

He pointed to the exhibits at the main venue and said, “This Claude Monet painting from the Lanes alone is worth fifteen million. Even though the other tiny stuff doesn’t deserve your attention, they should add up to at least five million. Is there anything? Twenty million times ten is two hundred million. I wonder what national treasure you possess? Is it porcelain or some kind of masterpiece?”

Ryan’s expression darkened. “Do you have a death wish? How dare you provoke me to the face?”

Casper pointed his thumb behind him. “Since Old Mrs. Yaeger said that she didn’t educate you well, I will treat it like nothing had happened. However, if you continue to misbehave, I will school you on her behalf!”

In fact, he had learned to talk like that after watching the video that Jeremy showed him.

Considering that Catherine was still nearby, Ryan spat a harsh statement and left. “No one dares to talk to me like this. You wait and see!”

Victoria smiled at Casper. “You’re in deep trouble now. Whoever crosses Mr. Yaeger won’t end well.”

“How do they usually end?” Casper questioned. “With his intelligence, I doubt if he has other moves other than hiring people to beat me up.”

“But he is wealthy. He can solve eighty percent of his problems with his money,” she responded.

“Then I’ll be the twenty percent problems that can’t be solved.” Ever since Casper put the Williams in their place, his attitude had somehow changed. He would not give in to anyone who offended him.

A great man will know when to yield and when to attack. However, why would I yield if I can attack?

After pissing Ryan off, Casper had nothing to do. With that, he made sure that his allies of the Firewolf Chamber of Commerce were hiding nearby.

Based on Victoria’s words, there were two more prominent families which had not yet shown up. These were the four major families in Horington. The antique business was controlled by them. With the capital earned from antiques, they controlled the lifeline of many organizations. Nonetheless, one should not put all one’s eggs into one basket. Even though antiques were more suitable for storage than gold, they had the risk of breaking. Thus, they would also invest in other aspects and do proper financial management.

The Lanes involved themselves in the local real estate and automobile industries. However, different from the other three families, they still treated the antique business as their priority. Therefore, they would not participate too much in other industries.

Meanwhile, the other three families were different. They had investments in various industries. They had even established a venture capital fund in cooperation with banks, which brought them hundreds of millions of fortune every year.

In this internet era, anyone could earn money without leaving home. Casper was also wondering if he could make some deals with the bank and earn some extra money that way.

However, Alfred was known for not trusting the banks. He always said, “The banks will only cooperate when they have all the advantages. They care about nothing but money.”

Hence, Alfred had never been willing to save money in the bank. He preferred using the money to buy shares in the bank or even open his own bank.