Face-Slapping System

"Roland, where did you get such a lot of money?"

Gustav looked at Roland with a scrutinizing gaze. He knew Roland's situation more than anyone else.

He knew how poor the kid was so knowing him being able to buy an expensive phone like this, he could not but feel suspicious.

"Did you go to the dark side?" Gustav said with an apologetic tone.

He suspected him of selling drugs or he might be doing something illegal.

After all, the only way to quick riches was to win in a lotto or do illegal and dangerous activities. He has not heard of any person winning the lotto these past few days so it could only be the latter.

If what he claimed was indeed true, then he was partly to blame for Roland ending up that way as he was the one who fired Roland and even left him to fend on his own.

Hearing what Gustav claimed, Roland could not help but be taken aback in surprise. Even Stacey at the side could not help but giggle. After all, she 'knew' that Roland was actually rich and was only pretending to be poor before.

"What? No, it's not something like that. Actually, I got adopted by a rich mysterious person a few days ago and now he wants me to inherit his wealth so I'm now living extremely well," Roland lied with a straight face.

He knew that sooner or later, someone would question his sudden wealth. He thought about this before and decided to just tell a half lie for others to know.

On one hand, the System was indeed like a mysterious rich person giving him benefits from behind the scenes. And on the other hand, it could also be considered that he got adopted by the System during that fateful day.

In a sense, Roland did not lie at all. It's just a matter of how the party would imagine and define what a rich mysterious person was.

For Roland, the rich mysterious person was the System.

For others, they might think of it as an old-grandpa's soul inside a ring or something.

On the other hand, hearing what he said, Stacey's breathing immediately quickened as her face turned rosy all of a sudden. Her hand grasped Roland's thigh even more, indicating how excited she was upon learning that piece of valuable information.

Although her initial guess was wrong, what Roland described was still the same as having a secret identity to her. Her fantasy was being fulfilled right in front of her and her heart could not help but flutter in excitement.

In fact, if there were no other people around or if they were not in a public place, perhaps… Stacey might have already pounced on Roland already.

Meanwhile, noticing the tight grabbing motion of Stacey on his thigh, Roland could not help but to turn to look at her only to see her rosy face. Roland did not know what happened, but he could not help but feel strange at how she was looking at him.

In the end, he could only put his hands at the top of her and held it tightly as if to console her raging emotions.

Gustav looked straight at Roland upon hearing that. If what Roland stated was the truth, then it was for the better.

But if he was indeed dealing in illegal trade… perhaps… he should guide him a little so that he doesn't get caught?

"Actually, this is part of the reason why we are here," Roland paused for a moment as he faced Gustav.

"As a previous employee of this restaurant, and from our previous interactions, I know how capable, and I know how dissatisfied you are with this restaurant's minimum wages for managers like you."

Gustav nodded his head, indicating that what he said was the truth.

"So, in this regard, with the wealth given to me by that mysterious person, I built a fast-food restaurant a few blocks away from here. I won't hide anything from you considering our relationship, but I plan to compete directly with this Mark Jonald's brand of fast-food restaurant.

Currently, the restaurant is still being built but I expect that it will be finished in a week or so.

If nothing goes wrong, the opening of the restaurant is also set to be before New Year's Eve.

As a new restaurant, we are lacking manpower at the moment, so we came here to poach you and be the direct head of the crew or the assistant manager.

As for your salary, how much are you earning right now in Mark Jonald? I'll see what I can offer if you move over."

Currently, Gustav was a manager in Mark Jonald fast food restaurant. Although it may seem a downgrade for him to just land in an assistant position if he moved places, it was only in name as his salary would be much higher compared to his time here.

Roland planned to treat his employees better compared to other restaurants in exchange for their trust and diligent work.

As for his mention of them being short in manpower, of course, it was not real.

He could have left everything to Butler Frank to settle them, but he especially left some positions vacant so that he could especially invite reliable people over.

Now, two of the three most important positions were already filled and if Gustav moved over, it would be three over three.

At this time, Gustav had still not fully believed Roland's claim of him getting adopted by a rich person as it was too sudden, especially the part where he was given enormous wealth by the other party.

Hearing Roland's 'too-good-to-be true' offer, he was even more doubtful about this matter.

A few days ago, he saw Roland leaving the restaurant in a heavy-hearted manner. Now, he came back offering him a job with a lower position but higher income? How good was that if it was the truth?

However, Roland seemed to be talking seriously so he could not help but hesitate, "This… My monthly salary is just 250 Global Dollars."

For a small family with little to no expenses, 250 Global Dollars per month was already a lot.

However, for a managerial position in a popular restaurant brand that has probably already reached overseas, 250 Global Dollar wage was indeed too little.

"I'll offer you 500, be Stacey's assistant manager!"

After dropping the huge bomb, the skeptical Gustav already has his mouth wide open in shock.

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