The Man in Power After Being Married into Her Family by Adela

Albert also usually treated this place as his office, and he would always stay here as long as he did not need to

go out.

Smith was soon brought to Albert's tea room. As soon as he saw Albert, who had a strong presence, he hurried

up to him and said politely, "Hello, Mr. Albert! My nis Jameson Smith, and | cfrom Washington in the

United States!" Albert shook his hand and invited him to sit down opposite the tea set. He smiled and said,

"Please sit down, Mr. Smith. Try our Oskian tea!"

Smith hurriedly sat down and accepted the cup of tea that Albert had handed over to him. He did not bother to

taste the tea, and he simply said impatiently, "Mr. Albert, | would like to ask you to helpto make an

appointment with Liam Weaver from The Apothecary Pharmaceutical. | wonder if it would be convenient for you

to do so?"

Albert smiled and said, "Of course it's convenient! As long as the public relations fee is in place, | will give you an

appointment immediately. When the tcomes, | will arrange for you to meet with him in the Diamond Room in

The Heaven Springs. It will definitely be presentable, then."

Smith was overjoyed, but as soon as he thought about how Albert would be charging a fee, he asked

tentatively, "Mr. Albert, | wonder how much would the public relations fee be?"

Albert smiled. He looked at Smith as if he was looking at a lamb that was about to get slaughtered, and he

laughed as he said, "The current public relations fee to ask Mr. Weaver out for dinner is five million US dollars!"

"How much?!"

Smith was so shocked that he could not sit still at all.

Five million US dollars? This price was too outrageous, right?!

The public relations company that he was working with previously had only quoted Liam fifty thousand US

dollars.

Why had Liam raised the price by a hundred times now that he had chere to Oskia?!

Smith had previously spent much of his savings to treat his son. So, how could he afford to fork out as much

money as five million US dollars?!

As he thought of this, he cried out miserably and said," Mr. Albert, I'm not going to lie to you, but my financial

situation is far from as good as you think it is. Not to mention five million US dollars, but | might even face some

difficulties to cup with fifty thousand US dollars now..."

Albert shrugged and said helplessly,

"There is no other way then, Mr.

Smith. The price is five million US dollars, and there is no room for any concessions at all. I'm not going to lie to

you. This price will also be going up by one million US dollars every day from now on. That means that if you do

not pay up by

midnight, the price will then be six

million dollars after midnight."

Smith was frustrated.

He thought to himself, 'Liam Weaver's revenge mentality is too strong, right? Even if | really did something

wrong, there's no need for him to raise the public relations fee by a hundred times, right?!"

When Albert saw that he was not saying anything, he took out one of his business cards, handed it over to

Smith, and said indifferently, "Mr. Smith, you can think about it. Callat this number when you're ready."

Smith knew that Albert was giving

him an expulsion order. Therefore, it

ooo

would not be too good for him to continue staying here. Hence, he could only say helplessly, "Mr. Albert,

I will discuss this matter with my family first. | will contact you immediately after | have the results."

Smith had mixed feelings in his heart after coming out from The Heaven Springs.

The more he hit a wall in Oskia, the more he felt extrregret for his attitude toward Liam.

Unfortunately, regret was regret. Smith knew very well that he could not just give up right now.

Therefore, the only way was for him to meet with Liam first through Albert.

However, the cost of this meeting was also really high. Five million US dollars was not at all an affordable sum of

money!

Just when Smith was at a loss, he suddenly remembered that the Minister of Health had greeted him before and

so, he picked up his cell phone immediately and called the other party back.

As soon as the call was connected, the other party could not wait to ask, "Smith, have you met with the person-

in-charge of that pharmaceutical company?"

Smith sighed and said, "Not yet. The person-in-charge said that | would need to go through a middleman to have

that meeting, and that middleman asked for five million US dollars for the intermediary fees..."

"Five million US dollars?!" The other party was also dumbfounded when he heard this, and he blurted out," Are

they insane? Do they really think that money can fall from the sky?!"

Smith said helplessly, "This is the

attitude on their end now, and | have

no other way. | cannot possibly

cup with so much money. If you can givea solution to this fee, | will be able to meet with the person-in-

charge again. If you cannot givea solution for this, | cannot do anything either, then."

The person at the other end of the line was silent for a moment, and Smith could even hear the sound of his

clenched teeth. After that, the other party then said angrily, "D*mn it! Five million US dollars it is, then! The

money will cfrom the budget for the Ministry of

Health!"