Chapitre 27: Buying some Class
The next day Michael decided to spend some time shopping. He could not keep driving a truck and wear cheap clothes. If he was going to hire people then he needed to look presentable. Michael realized he never got a car to replace his Subaru.
Michael first headed to an Audi dealership. This time the salesman did not mistreat him and accompanied him as he bought an Audi R8 V10 for $250,000. He then went to a Tesla dealership and ordered a Model S, after all, he made his first profit from Tesla stocks so he wanted to support the company. Michael ended up visiting nearly all the luxury car dealerships in town and got an Aston Martin Vanquish, Nissan GTR, and a Porsche Macan.
All in all, Michael ended up blowing nearly a million dollars on cars until he was finally happy. If anyone touched his cars again he would send them to drink grandma meng's soup in the yellow springs road. Michael then headed to get new clothes. He stopped by some luxury clothing store but was appalled by the ridiculous clothes. Fashion just seemed to be a way for designers to rip people off. Why would anyone pay more for jeans that had holes in it?
Michael ended up just buying khakis and dress shirts. He was going to dress business casual in his office anyway. He decided to visit a tailor to get a bespoke suit.
Michael was astonished by the complexity of suits. There were different suits to wear to each occasion. There was a suit to wear during night time and daytime. There were different button styles that distinguished different eras. One one hand he was repulsed by the elitist culture surrounding suits but he knew that it was necessary to wear a good suit during Business deals. He found a small tailor shop that was family operated and ordered five suits. The suits cost $5000 each and took one month to make.
Michael finally finished shopping and headed to the University for classes. He got a lot of looks when he parked in an Audi R8. Well, it was mostly guys trying to take pictures. Whoever said that you can pick up chicks in supercars was very wrong. He decided to stop by the cafeteria for some lunch before going to classes.
Cafeteria
Jennifer was having a stressful day. She had to submit the final name list for the participants in the MMA tournament within a month. The girl's team was decided and had a great chance of winning. However, the Men's team was pitiful; although the current men's team liked to pretend to be martial arts experts, their actual skill level was so low that they never even qualified for finals.
Jennifer was proud of her achievements. She grew up in a normal middle-class family; her father owned a small flower shop so she learned the basics of running a business in her childhood. Jennifer performed well in school and even graduated four years early. She got a full scholarship and finished college with a perfect score.
Jennifer was hired as a low-level manager at TI instruments and she quickly proved her worth. She came up with new project ideas that had tremendous success and handled problems by thinking outside the box. People always presumed that she was just another second generation heir born with a silver spoon. However, she proved them all wrong with her hard work and discipline.
She thought back to the boy that turned down her invitation. If he had joined she was absolutely sure that the team could make it to the finals and win. Jennifer did not understand why he would not participate. There were hordes of men who would try to get on her good side when she asked for favors.
She decided to ask him again. She really could not stand to lose to Texas A&M again this year. Texas A&M is the rival college of the University of Texas; the Aggies (A&M) and the Longhorns have been fighting since time immemorial. The most humiliating thing for a club at UT is to be defeated by Aggies; the club would lose reputation and sponsors. Jennifer decided to let her pride go and ask Michael again.
Jennifer was still making plans in her head when she noticed Michael walking into the cafeteria. He grabbed the food and sat in a corner.
" God he really is a total shut-in." she muttered under her breath and went to join him. "Hey Michael, mind if I join?" she sat down without waiting for the answer.
" Umm… I guess not. Why are you here?" He asked with suspicion.
" Oh, I was just eating lunch when I saw you, so I decided to join you. So how are your classes? Do you like college so far? " Jennifer struck up a casual conversation. She did not want to start asking about the tournament and decided to ease into her request.
They exchanged pleasantries and held a casual conversation. Michael did not really say anything except respond to her questions.
" So I learned from Allen that you are an entrepreneur, what sort of business are you trying to start?" Jennifer could not believe that this rigid and quiet man wanted to start a business. Businessman needed to socialize and build connections; they needed to be able to network among peers and negotiate deals.
"Well, I intend to do business in multiple industries. However, I want to start with Games." Michael explained.
" Well, do you have any funding?" Jennifer asked the golden question. After all, you need money to make money. If Michael did not have any funding then he could not do anything. She might be able to use her connections to introduce him to Venture capital firms. Jennifer was hoping that she could use her connections as bait to get Michael to agree to participate in the tournament.
" Yes, I have ample funding from an Investment Firm. I am ready to invest $50 million in the near future and can secure more capital in the future." Michael explained. He was naturally referring to his personal funds but there was no need to tell her that yet.
Jennifer was astonished; Finding a stable funding source is the biggest obstacle most companies had when starting out. However, he already had $50 million and could acquire more in the future? Was he from some rich family?
Before she could ask her question. Michael abruptly got up and pushed her away and turned the table towards the entrance. He pulled her in behind the table and placed his finger on his lips telling her to be quiet.
It took Jennifer a couple of seconds to process everything and when she did she immediately blushed. This guy was hugging her tightly. She never had intimate contact with a guy before.
" YOU PERVERT!!! Let me go" She screamed out loud.
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