Chapter 201: Highest Specification Of Romance
“Psht.”
Hearing how straightforward Jordan was, Victoria couldn’t help but laugh out loud.
Victoria’s sister was a flight attendant. She was very clear about the requirements that most flight attendants would have for the opposite sex.
Flight attendants were generally paid relatively high wages, especially those like Emily. Emily usually earned at least $6,000 a month, including her basic salary plus hourly wages and allowance.
Clearly, flight attendants don’t just earn a good income. They also had broad horizons, high standards of living, and exceptional taste for the things in life because most of them had been to numerous places across the globe and seen plenty of this world.
They must have also met plenty of wealthy men. Most of their suitors tend to also be wealthy men, and rarely would there be someone as ordinary as Wilson.
Most of the flight attendants were tall and beautiful.
Generally speaking, many of them couldn’t take a liking to men like Wilson, who can’t even afford a pre-nuptial gift of $40,000.
“Uh…”
Wilson was also slightly embarrassed as he felt that he had really read too much into things. He merely asked such a question because he thought that most flight attendants were beautiful.
As the sly old fox Russell guessed just now, Wilson had a thing for pretty girls even though he was average-looking.
At this moment, a female crew member came down from the yacht, holding up a white, feather-like Burberry shawl with both hands.
She walked towards Victoria and said, “Miss Clarke, it’s windy out there. Please put this on.”
Victoria did not expect the service on the yacht to be so excellent. It was simply like a five-star treatment. She immediately grabbed with joy and said, “Oh, thank you.”
The shawl was also of a limited edition, and Victoria had never seen it before.
Afterward, the female crew handed Victoria another bottle of VOSS mineral water.
VOSS is a top luxury mineral water brand that Victoria thought she had drunk before. Still, in fact, she had never consumed the type of VOSS water in the bottle that she was now holding.
The VOSS water that most people in the country had access to was produced in New York City.
However, the water contained in the bottle of VOSS mineral water that Victoria was holding was manufactured right in the Iveland municipality of Norway, the origin country of VOSS, which is also the world’s cleanest water source output.
Even in other countries, these bottles of water can only be bought in upscale places!
Victoria took a sip of water and immediately noticed that something was different. She remarked, “The taste is different. It’s better than what I had before!”
Since Victoria had become Jordan’s girlfriend, she had finally gotten the chance to enjoy surprises one after another!
At this moment, Wilson suddenly asked Jordan, “Jordan, will you go there later?”
“Where?” Jordan asked with a puzzled expression.
Wilson blushed and said, “To sleep with my girlfriend.”
After hearing Wilson’s words, Victoria immediately spat out the sip of water that she had just taken.
Victoria looked at Jordan with a dumbfounded gaze in his eyes, “Wow, Jordan, you’re really crazy with fooling around, huh? You’re even planning to sleep with someone else’s girlfriend?”
“No no, Victoria, listen to my explanation. It’s not what you think.”
Jordan was infuriated. ‘Wilson, you idiot. I should have just kicked you to the Hudson River and left you to your own devices. Why did I give you a bottle of red wine to let you harm me!?!’
“Hmph!”
With a furious look on her pretty face, Victoria walked straight towards the yacht.
“Victoria…”
Jordan was just about to chase after her, but he was stopped by the drunken Wilson who pulled him back. “Sir, you don’t have to care about my feelings. I’ve already broken up with her. Just toy with that bitch hard!”
Jordan pushed Wilson away and said, “Toy with her, my foot! I have a girlfriend, and even if I don’t, I won’t take a liking to that woman. if you want to take revenge on her, go get someone else to toy with her!”
As Jordan spoke, he quickly walked towards the yacht to chase after Victoria.
At this moment, Russell had already gotten into his Mercedes sedan. He had drunk a lot today but not over his limit.
Having been a businessman for years, he drank a lot of alcohol and got a high liquor level. There was no way he would let a young man beat him to drinking since he had always known when to stop.
After getting into the car, Russell, sitting in the backseat, asked the driver in front of him. “Where did you put the information about Jordan that I asked you to find out? Quickly let me take a look.”
In fact, since Russell knew that Victoria had a boyfriend, he had someone look up Jordan’s information.
However, when the information was delivered, Russell happened to be busy with business, so he didn’t read it and instead let his chauffeur do so instead. Thus, he told the chauffeur to explain it to him simply.
He thought that Jordan was just a nobody.
However, through today’s meeting, Russell realized that Jordan was either the most pretentious expert in the world or the most impressive one in the world!
“Since Jordan can get such a luxurious yacht and find out about a stranger’s job within a few minutes, and even make such a bold claim as to want to change the situation of society…”
“This guy is definitely not simple!”
The chauffeur slowed down and took out a stack of documents from the glove box on the passenger side before handing them to Russell.
After Russell took it, he turned on the lights in the back of the car and looked at it carefully.
“Jordan Steele, live-in son-in-law of the Camdens for three years, worked as a takeout deliverer but got sacked later. He then parachuted into the Ace Corporation as president. Cayden Huxley attacked Ace Corporation, and Jordan Steele spent billions to go against him!”
Seeing this, Russell could not help but be taken aback.
“That punk Jordan has spent a few billion dollars before!”
That just further proves that Jordan was not talking big when he said he would spend billions to get foreign women to marry the men here!
“After being expelled from the Steele family, he came to New York City with Victoria Clarke. All the expenses incurred so far were paid by Victoria.”
“Steeles… Which Steele family? Could it be that Steele family?”
There were countless people with the last name Steele in the country. Still, there were probably only one or two families that could let their descendants casually spend a few billion bucks.
Coincidentally, Russell knew of one!
In fact, the Steeles were a mysterious family that ran their businesses mainly in New York City and the capital. Only the businessmen in these two cities knew more about them.
As a businessman from Houston, Russell was clueless.
However, he happened to have investigated the Steele family because of some special matter!
Russell squinted with a complicated expression on his face that was difficult for anyone to decipher.
Russell then made a call to someone and asked, “Don, are you still in England? Help me investigate that mysterious Steele family. I want the information of all the members of the Steeles!”
“The entire United Kingdom is about 240,000 square kilometers, investigate every single square kilometer. I don’t believe that I can’t find out where the Steeles live!”
“Spend as much money as you need. Money is not a problem! I have to find out who Jordan Steele’s father is!”
On the other hand, Jordan quickly chased after Victoria and hugged her slender waist from behind. “Honey, are you angry?”
Victoria humped coldly. “What are you here for? Go sleep with that man’s girlfriend.”
Jordan told Victoria all about what had just happened.
After hearing his explanation, she lamented, “Wilson is so pitiful. Fortunately, you’ve seen his girlfriend before. Otherwise, it’ll be too late for regrets after he gets the $40,000 and marries her.”
Jordan chuckled and said, “Let’s not talk about them anymore. I’ll take you to a nice place.”
Jordan took Victoria’s hand and brought her to the top of the bow right in front of the yacht, where there was a bow-shaped observation deck. It was the best place on the yacht to enjoy the scenery.
“Oh my god, this place is wonderful. I want to spend the night here tonight!” Victoria said gleefully.
Jordan hugged Victoria and said, “Sweetie, this yacht is yours now. You can sleep anywhere you want on this yacht.”
Jordan had been freeloading off of Victoria during the past period.
Now, he had to compensate Victoria with the most upscale romantic gesture in the world!
Chapter 202: Meeting Gates!
Hand in hand, Jordan and Victoria lay on the exceptionally comfortable couch on the observation deck of the bow.
They were actually on an observation deck, not a rest area, so there was actually no bed. Still, Victoria liked the view from this place. Besides, the two of them had drunk quite a lot of wine, so he didn’t really care where they were going to sleep.
He would still be able to doze off and snore loudly even if they slept on the ground.
Victoria lay comfortably, looking at the Hudson River through the window and marveling in awe.
“If only we were at sea now, the feeling of lying here and enjoying the scenery must be way better!”
The Hudson River was still nowhere comparable to the vast sea. Only the boundless, blue, and magnificent sea is worthy of the world’s most luxurious yacht!
Jordan smiled calmly without saying anything. After kissing Victoria on the forehead, he said, “Go to sleep, Honey.”
“Okay.” Victoria held Jordan’s hand and quickly fell into a deep sleep.
At half-past seven in the following morning.
Victoria was awakened by the sunlight shining in through the window. They were on the observation deck where there were three glass windows, and the sunlight could shine unrestrainedly.
Victoria slowly opened her eyes, and the moment she raised her head and looked out the window, she leaped up in shock!
“Ah!!! The sea! It’s the sea!”
Victoria walked down barefooted while continuously smacking the window like a child and pointing at the vast, rippling sea outside while speaking to Jordan.
The scene at the moment was gorgeous!
The sea was boundless and of the same color as the sky. Meanwhile, Victoria and Jordan admired the beautiful scenery on the most luxurious yacht.
Yesterday, Victoria had been lamenting and finding it a pity that the scenery of the Hudson River was not splendid enough. She even said that she wanted to take the yacht out to sea.
As Victoria’s boyfriend, how could Jordan not satisfy her wishes!?
After Victoria fell asleep last night, Jordan went to the cockpit. It instructed the crew to steer away from the Hudson River and sail to the rippling sea!
Victoria asked excitedly, “Shouldn’t we be on the Hudson River? Where are we here?”
Jordan smiled and said, “We are no longer in New York.”
“What? We’re out of the city? Where are we going?”
Victoria was surprised. She had just gone to sleep, and when she opened her eyes again, she was away from the city at sea!
‘Jordan’s such a romantic boyfriend.’
Jordan said, “Do you not want to see the sea? I’ll have the crew drive us to Tokyo, where we can return the yacht to Gates and, at the same time, enjoy the scenery. I’ll also introduce you to the Gates family.”
Victoria was so happy that she was about to cry!
She leaped into Jordan’s arms and gave him a kiss. “Thank you, Honey!”
At this moment, she felt really blissful to be Jordan’s girlfriend!
When Jordan was broke after getting expelled from the family and had little money, she never asked Jordan for any romantic gestures.
In this regard, Victoria did not have any complaints and instead tried every way to coax Jordan.
But which girl does not need to be loved and cared for?
Jordan stroked Victoria’s hair. In fact, he didn’t bring her here just to enjoy the scenery.
After last night’s conversation with Russell, he realized that more and more women are becoming extremely materialistic!
He wanted to do something for ordinary and mediocre men.
Only with harmony will this society be peaceful.
Otherwise, society would be full of violence and crimes committed by angry individuals who take revenge on society! That would be detrimental to the entire country and society as a whole!
Last night, he also called his younger sister, whose company was already talking with Perry Express about the acquisition. She would probably become the new chairman of Perry Express in two days.
Jordan will then ask his sister to hire Victoria as deputy president and task her with recruiting foreign women to work as courier deliverers when the time comes.
Victoria did not stay in the observation deck. After having breakfast with Jordan in the dining room, she proceeded to the deck to enjoy the breeze.
The wind was so strong that Victoria’s long skirt and hair began swaying with it. However, she looked even more beautiful and alluring.
Jordan hugged Victoria from behind while propping himself against the railings, enjoying the stunning sea view with her.
“Honey, when will we arrive at the island?” Victoria’s eyes were a little glassed over.
“It will take some time. Anyway, you don’t have to go to work now, so take this as a vacation,” Jordan said.
“Alright.”
Victoria had also long wanted to go on a vacation with Jordan.
The yacht arrived in Tokyo.
“Victoria, let’s stay here for a few days.”
Jordan was ready to pack his suitcases and disembark the ship.
On the first night, he secretly returned to the villa to get his passport, clothes, and daily necessities while Victoria was sleeping.
Victoria was looking at her phone as she answered, “Sure.”
At this moment, Victoria received a notification on her phone.
“Young woman in her twenties steps up as the new chairman of Perry Express!”
Victoria thought to herself in surprise, ‘Are young women so impressive these days?’
She thought she was the youngest woman to become the CEO of a listed company!
Victoria tapped on the notification and then read it aloud to Jordan. “Jordan, there is a young woman named Audrey who has become the new chairman of Perry Express!”
“Is that so?”
Jordan received news long ago because Audrey was his younger sister, but she had deliberately chosen not to disclose her last name.
Jordan asked, “Didn’t you apply for a job at Perry Express before? Why don’t you try this company again?”
Victoria thought of Arnold, her fervent suitor, and shook her head. “Forget it. I’d better go to another place.”
“Why?” Jordan was curious for a while. His plan was to give Perry Express to Victoria, so of course, she had to try applying for a job there.
At this moment, the crew knocked on the door and entered. “Mr. Steele, Miss Clarke, you may disembark now. Mr. Gates is waiting for you outside.”
“Oh my God, Mr. Gates is here?”
Victoria was excited. They had already arrived.
Without further delay, Victoria and Jordan hurriedly got off the ship. As expected, they saw the bigwig who often appeared in the news.
Bill Gates, the founder of Microsoft, was once the richest man in the world.
“It’s been a while, Jordan!”
Gates hugged Jordan affectionately.
“It’s been a long while, Mr. Gates. Allow me to introduce to you my girlfriend Victoria,” Jordan said to Gates.
“Miss Clarke, it’s a pleasure to meet you.”
Gates took the initiative to walk towards Victoria and kissed her on the cheek as a greeting!
Chapter 203: Jordan Is A Pretty Boy?
Victoria was surprised and flattered. She had always imagined that Gates would at most just symbolically shake her hand, and so she didn’t expect him to greet her in such an intimate way.
That just proves that he really shared a close relationship with Jordan, so much so that he didn’t treat her as an outsider.
Victoria was a little nervous because she had never been so up close to such a famous big shot.
Victoria quickly returned the greeting with a courteous kiss and a smile on her face.
“Mr. Gates, it’s a pleasure to meet you. You’ve made a great contribution to the world, and I’ve been looking forward to meeting you.”
Victoria was a little excited, too, because the Windows software developed by Gates had long become a household name, which was used by almost everyone.
Gates could tell that Victoria was a little nervous, so he patted her on the shoulder and said, “Young lady, you don’t have to be nervous. You two are no outsiders to me.”
He then took the initiative to introduce Victoria to his daughter. “This is my daughter Jennifer, and the gentleman next to her is her fiancé, Nayel.”
Victoria and Jennifer also exchanged kisses to greet each other. Jennifer was only 25 years old, which was about Jordan’s age.
However, Victoria didn’t know that Gates had intended for Jennifer to marry Jordan because they had known each other since they were children. Besides, Jennifer had always liked Jordan, who often traveled around the world. She found his lifestyle really cool.
Jordan’s grandfather forced him to marry Hailey three years ago, causing the matter to be put on hold. Since then, Jennifer started dating other men.
“Let’s go. I’ll take you guys to dinner.”
Since they had arrived at the island, they naturally had to enjoy the local cuisine.
Gates took Jordan and Victoria to Anchor Bay, which was the best restaurant on the island.
While enjoying the food, Victoria felt that it was a rare opportunity to dine with the man who used to be the richest man in the world.
Hence, she asked Gates, “Mr. Gates, can I take a picture with you and post it on Instagram?”
Victoria wanted to take a photo of herself having dinner with Gates and then upload it to Instagram.
Many people think that genuinely wealthy people would prefer to keep a low profile and avoid flaunting their wealth. At the same time, those who show off their fancy cars and designer bags are actually just pretending to be wealthy second-generation heirs. Those who were genuinely rich wouldn’t care for these.
It was a complete misunderstanding!
Those who are well-to-do are a group of people who have higher material requirements and prefer to flaunt their riches.
They do not show off their luxury cars, not sun designer bags, because to them, those goods are just designer bags that are not worth flaunting.
In the past, Victoria had never shown off her purses and cars on Instagram. Her followers were all people who could afford these luxury items, so no one would be envious of her even if she did.
However, a photo with Bill Gates would be different!
There are many rich people in the world, but who can have the opportunity to have dinner with the famous Bill Gates?
Gates said with a smile, “Of course, it’s my honor to appear on your Instagram feed.”
Jordan was also glad to satisfy Victoria’s little need for vanity. He took out his cell phone to take a photo.
He then uploaded the photo to Instagram for Victoria.
Soon, her post was liked by many people, and she even received private messages.
“Victoria, there is a message.” Jordan reminded Victoria while holding her phone.
Victoria was chatting with Gates gleefully, so she said, “Help me take a look at it. I’ll reply later if it’s nothing urgent.
Victoria was open and aboveboard. She had nothing to hide from Jordan.
Jordan also looked at the contents of the message Victoria had received.
The first one was from Stella. “Girl, what are you doing in Tokyo? You’re even having a meal with Bill Gates. Your social circle is so high-end.”
“When will you come back? When you do, join my company again. I’m sorry for what happened in the past!”
Jordan humphed coldly. Russell had already made peace with the Huxleys on Victoria’s behalf. Now that Victoria had met and befriended Bill Gates, it seemed a little too late for Stella to say that she wanted to be on Victoria’s side!
A short while later, a man named Arnold also sent Victoria a text— “Victoria, are you in Tokyo with your boyfriend? Are you two there to watch the Olympics?”
“I’m also going to accompany my wife and children to Tokyo to watch the Olympics in a few days. Can we meet then?”
Jordan did not know who Arnold was or what he did for a living. Moreover, Victoria had many friends.
At this moment, Victoria’s sister, Emily, also sent a message.
“Vicky! You’re living the high life now, huh!?! You’re actually hanging out with Bill Gates! When will you take me with you? Ahhhh, I don’t even dare to say hello to these megrich bigwigs when I’m serving passengers.”
“Also, now that our parents are no longer around, I’m counting on you for my marriage. Quickly set me up with a guy!”
“Pretty boys like your boyfriend would be great. Guys like him are just my type. Hahaha!”
“Pretty boy?”
Hearing Emily’s description of him, Jordan was speechless. ‘I’m a masculine man, since when did I become a pretty boy?’
Jordan was younger than Victoria and did seem like a meek pretty boy who’d be obedient and know to coax her well.
However, in reality, Victoria was the one who often acted coquettishly. In front of Jordan, she was just like a little girl.
Jordan replied directly with Victoria’s cell phone.
[Jordan is not a pretty boy! Show some respect to your brother-in-law!]
To his surprise, Emily quickly replied: [My sister never uses exclamation marks when texting me, who are you!?!]
Jordan was dumbfounded. ‘This pair of sisters are so familiar with each other.’ Jordan had merely used a few more exclamation marks, yet Emily knew that it wasn’t Victoria who replied.
[Are you a *milk* *boy*? *evil laughter*]
Emily sent another text with three emojis.
She was obviously trying to say, “Are you a young pretty boy?”
Emily already guessed that it was Jordan who was replying.
[What’s your number? I’ll add you.]
Emily asked without waiting for Jordan to confirm anything.
Jordan locked the phone and stopped replying, not daring to give away his number to Emily without Victoria’s permission.
After all, Emily was a pretty girl with a good temperament and figure. She was about the same age as Jordan, too, and it would easily lead to a misunderstanding.
Jordan didn’t know that his ex-wife, Hailey, had seen Victoria’s Instagram post!
When the Camdens cooperated with the Ace Corporation to develop Hailey Residences, Hailey and Victoria followed each other on Instagram. Still, they didn’t unfollow each other despite all the incidents.
In Jade Villa, New York.
When Hailey saw Victoria’s Instagram, she was hopping mad. “What is she doing having dinner with a wealthy man like Bill Gates? I’m so jealous!”
“She must have gotten to know him through that old man who’s her sugar daddy!”
“I wonder if Jordan has gone to Tokyo with her. I have to call him to find out!”
Chapter 204: Victoria Becomes Deputy President Again!
In fact, Hailey had called Jordan twice in the past two days.
However, Jordan had been at sea for the past two days, so there was no signal reception for his cell phone.
Gates was strange enough to have lent Jordan the yacht without informing him of the WiFi password on board.
Hence, Hailey hadn’t been able to reach Jordan on his cell phone.
Jordan suddenly received a text.
[Are you there? Is it convenient for you to answer a call?]
After seeing the text, Jordan put on his shoes and pretended to go to the washroom.
When he reached the washroom, he replied, “What’s the matter?”
Hailey returned the call very quickly.
“Where are you now?” Hailey asked immediately.
“Tokyo,” Jordan answered truthfully without hiding anything.
Hailey was surprised to hear his answer. “You went to Tokyo with Victoria? Were you having dinner with Bill Gates?”
“Yes, why?”
Jordan knew that Hailey must be jealous because ultrrich tycoons like Bill Gates were her favorite.
The Camdens were already a top-notch family in Orlando, and Hailey had already married the wealthy Cayden Huxley, but she still wasn’t fit enough to hang out with someone like Bill Gates!
Hailey asked, “Didn’t Victoria break up with you?”
Jordan laughed and said, “Why would she initiate a breakup for no reason?”
Hailey said, “Don’t be too confident, Jordan. If Russell wants to marry Victoria, she’ll definitely choose him over you. Well, any woman would do so!”
“Are you in Tokyo to watch the Olympic games? I guess she’s going to dump you at the end of the games. This trip is probably meant to be compensation for dumping you!”
If Hailey was in Victoria’s place, she would have chosen Russell and broken up with Jordan.
To make it up to Jordan, she might even take him on a trip abroad together and enjoy a vacation before doing so.
Mercenary women are all selfish.
Jordan couldn’t but help but sneer, “Thank you for your concern, but you don’t have to worry about Victoria and me. If there’s nothing else, I’m hanging up.”
Jordan hung up right away.
“That idiot, Jordan!”
Hailey was furious. She was sure that Hailey had Jordan wrapped around her finger, just like how she had Jordan wrapped around hers in the past.
She wasn’t a good woman, so she decided that all other women in the world were the same as herself.
Hence, Hailey called her husband, Cayden, and said, “Hubby, I want to go to Tokyo to watch the Olympic games!”
At 12pm, in Aman Tokyo hotel.
It was the most luxurious hotel in Tokyo, which was known as a resort in the sky. The lobby, corridor between rooms, and other areas didn’t seem like a typical hotel.
Jordan and Victoria checked into a luxurious suite, a minimalist style that both Jordan and Victoria liked very much.
All the bathrooms had Japanese-style decors. One may take a nerve-calming bath in a bathtub full of warm water while enjoying the magnificent view through the floor-to-ceiling window.
Of course, Mr. Gates was the one who treated them to these excellent amenities.
For the next few days, Jordan and Victoria planned to take a tour in Tokyo with the Gates while waiting for the Olympic games to begin.
However, they felt that taking a tour alone was too boring. Jordan wanted to settle matters while having fun.
That was to recruit women in Japan and bring them back to the US to work as courier deliverers to rival the Huxleys’ Breezy Express.
After Victoria finished her bath and came out of the bathroom, Jordan said, “Victoria, you received a call just now.”
“Oh.”
Victoria picked up her phone and looked at it, only to see that it was a call from Arnold.
“Who was it? Aren’t you going to call him back?” Jordan asked when he noticed that Victoria seemed to have no intention of returning the call.
Victoria said, “Oh, it’s from Perry Express. I’ve been to Perry Express for a job interview before.”
Jordan thought that Arnold might be the person his younger sister had sent to arrange for Victoria to start working in Perry Express, so he quickly said, “Hurry up and return the call then.”
Victoria shook her head and said, “I applied for the department manager position previously, but they refused to hire me, so I do not want to apply for jobs at that company anymore.”
In fact, the most crucial reason that Victoria didn’t want to go to Perry Express was Arnold, who had always harbored designs on her.
Jordan was not aware of that so he was convinced further, “Perry Express is quite a good company. They have a new president now, and I think they’ll do a good job in the future. Consider this company.”
Victoria thought about it and asked, “Do you really want me to go to Perry Express?”
Jordan nodded. Of course, he wanted Victoria to work at Perry Express. He had already acquired the entire company for her. He was just waiting for her to assume the position!
“Let me ask him about it then.”
Victoria picked up her phone and called Arnold back.
“Mr. Decker, I’m sorry, I was in the shower just now, and I didn’t hear my phone ringing. It’s so late. Is there something important?” Victoria asked politely.
Arnold was elated to receive a call from her. “Good news, good news! Victoria, you may begin working for Perry Express as the deputy CEO cum secretary of the board of directors!”
“What? I can start working as the deputy CEO cum secretary of the board of directors of Perry Express?”
Victoria was really astounded. Although she had guessed that Arnold would offer her a role in Perry Express, she didn’t expect to be given the position of deputy CEO.
Victoria asked in shock, “That can’t be true, can it? I’ll need the approval of the newly appointed CEO of the company before I can be the deputy CEO, right? Did you mention me to the young lady who’s the newly appointed CEO?”
In fact, at the board meeting that Perry Express had just conducted, Jordan’s younger sister decided to appoint Victoria as the vice CEO.
This matter had nothing to do with Arnold at all.
However, Arnold said, “Yes, I took the initiative to mention you to our newly appointed CEO, Miss Audrey! Coincidentally, Miss Audrey also wants a woman as independent and capable as her to assist her. So, I recommended you immediately!”
“Victoria, to allow you to become the vice CEO directly, I put in lots of effort and begged Miss Audrey for a long time. I even gave a lot of benefits to the other board members before they agreed.”
Victoria was touched to hear that. She knew that Arnold liked her, so his actions didn’t come off as surprising to her.
However, Victoria was put in a difficult spot. “Mr. Decker, the position of deputy CEO of Perry Express is lovely to me but…”
Victoria wanted to say that she had a boyfriend, so she wouldn’t agree to the lewd deal of cheating with Arnold on their respective significant others during the trip!
Hearing the tone of Victoria’s voice, Arnold said, “Victoria, don’t worry, I won’t ask anything of you, and you don’t need to promise me anything.”
“Really? In that case, I’m willing to work for Perry Express!” Victoria agreed immediately.
Arnold said, “Okay, then I’ll give you Miss Audrey’s number, you may take the initiative to contact her.”
Victoria then texted Jordan’s younger sister, Audrey. As soon as she did, Audrey sent her a video call request.
“Hello, Miss Audrey,” Victoria quickly greeted her young boss, feeling a little surprised.
Audrey’s looks were not as outstanding as Hailey’s and Victoria’s, but she had the elegance of a noble lady too.
Audrey waved affectionately at Victoria before she suddenly exclaimed, “Hey, who’s that man beside you?”
Chapter 205: Recruiting In Japan
Audrey was thrilled to see her brother, Jordan, but she had to pretend that she didn’t know him in Victoria’s presence.
However, after not seeing him for such a long time, she couldn’t bring herself to pretend like he was invisible. Hence, as soon as she came forth, she cued Jordan a little.
Victoria hurriedly introduced, “Oh, he’s my boyfriend, Jordan Steele. He’s very young, isn’t he? Haha.”
Audrey shook her head and said, “He’s indeed young, but his looks are average. He’s somewhat not worthy of you, Miss Clarke.”
‘Audrey you mischievous girl…’
Audrey and Jordan were half-siblings who shared the same father. Since their age difference was slight, they often played with each other when they were kids. Hence, they were pretty close to each other.
However, in the last three years, Jordan has been almost out of touch with her. He would occasionally chat with his sister and show her some concern.
Jordan didn’t expect Audrey to mock him as soon as they met.
Jordan replied hostilely, “You’re not that good-looking yourself!”
Anyway, they were born to the same father, so if she said he was ugly, it meant that she was ugly too.
Victoria never thought that the two of them would insult each other as soon as they met, so she was so frightened that she turned pale and sat up straight immediately.
“Calm down! Calm down! Let’s not argue. Jordan, simmer down. Miss Audrey, it seems a little inappropriate for you to bluntly make such comments about my boyfriend’s looks, isn’t it?”
It appeared to Victoria that this young woman in her early twenties was too insensible to say it out loud, even if she thought Jordan was ugly.
Besides, Jordan wasn’t ugly either.
Audrey laughed and said, “Look how nervous you’re getting. I was just teasing your boyfriend on purpose. I know he’s very dashing. Hey hunk, my apologies.”
Audrey took the initiative to admit her mistake to Jordan.
Glad to hear that, Victoria patted Jordan’s shoulder and said, “Miss Audrey has apologized to you.”
“Hmph!”
Jordan turned his head to the side arrogantly.
Victoria didn’t realize that it was an act staged by the siblings. Perhaps because there were too many people around her who wanted to find trouble with Jordan, she was paranoid and worried all the time.
Victoria walked to the side and asked, “Miss Audrey, you called at such a late hour. Do you have any important instructions for me?”
Audrey nodded and asked, “You’re in Tokyo now, right?”
Victoria nodded and asked, “Yes, my boyfriend and I are here to watch the Olympic games. Can I report to work in a few days?”
Audrey said, “Yes, that’s fine. It just so happens that I have a job for you to complete in Japan.”
“Please go ahead, Miss Audrey.”
“We have to recruit a new group of couriers from Japan for our company.”
“Huh?”
Victoria was confused as to why Audrey wanted to recruit people from Japan.
Everyone knows that the labor isn’t that expensive in the country, but hiring foreign labor would be relatively high.
Besides, Japan was a developed country where wages were relatively high. Even an elderly bus driver would typically make several thousand a month.
It was rare for people from Japan to go to the U.S. to work low-level jobs.
Generally, wages in Japan are higher compared to many countries. For instance, back in the ’90s, the average person’s monthly salary in China was only about forty dollars. In Japan, it was a few thousand dollars!
At that time, it was common for stowaways to sneak across to Japan and work for a couple of years before returning to their home country to buy real estate properties.
With no education and a lack of intelligence, many of them managed to earn millions just from real estate, allowing them to live carefree for the rest of their lives.
Even in recent years, people would still sneak to Japan to work, usually on cruises. It was commonplace for tourists to find a couple of extra passengers on the ship…
Although Victoria had never run a logistics company, she was well aware that the costs of recruiting employees from Japan would be relatively high.
Despite having her doubts about this, Victoria didn’t retort immediately and instead asked, “What kind of people are you looking to recruit, Miss Audrey?”
Audrey replied, “I’m looking for unmarried women who don’t have to be too good-looking or speak fluent English, but they must like our country and the men in our country. They must also be willing to marry American men. Let’s start by recruiting a thousand of them.”
This requirement was obviously set by Jordan.
He had told Audrey of his plans after that argument with Russell the other day.
After hearing Jordan’s crazy idea, Audrey said to him, “How noble of you.”
Jordan was distraught for the men in the country who couldn’t find a woman to marry!
However, a more important rationale behind his plan was to lower the self-confidence of beautiful women like Hailey.
Women with different charms from different countries who are open to dating men in the U.S. The men might stop lowering themselves to second-class status when there is more competition.
Beautiful women like Hailey would no longer dare to disrespect love as unrestrainedly as she does now!
Victoria began to get a headache, so she asked, “Miss Audrey, the costs of recruiting a thousand young Japanese women to work as couriers in the U.S. might be very high. Why do you want to do this?”
Audrey said, “One is to share the pressure for the country, and the other is to use this approach to compete with Breezy Express.”
“You don’t have to worry about the money. Just try to keep the costs to the minimum.”
Because it was her first task at Perry Express and Audrey had clearly stated her reasons for doing so, Victoria agreed immediately.
After ending the video call, Victoria looked at Jordan and said, “Honey, I’ll have to trouble you to come along with me to recruit some women from Japan. We have to recruit a thousand of them while keeping the costs as low as possible. God knows how long it will take to reach the quota.”
Jordan laughed and said, “It’s okay. We have plenty of time anyway. We can recruit while watching the games.”
In the next few days, Jordan and Victoria went to other cities for a tour and to facilitate people’s recruitment.
Soon, five days passed, and the Olympic Games officially began.
The opening ceremony of the Olympic Games was spectacular.
Hailey and Cayden had also arrived in Tokyo on this day, but Jordan didn’t run into them.
Two days later, the Olympic men’s basketball tournament ushered in the first match. It was the United States vs Greece.
The U.S. men’s basketball team had formed a star-studded team with players like LeBron James, Kevin Durant, Stephen Curry, Leonard, Paul George, Kyrie Irving, Russell Westbrook, Damian Lillard…
They were all top basketball stars in the world!
The U.S. men’s basketball game was one of the must-see events of the Olympic games.
The seats were all filled!
Jordan and Victoria appeared at the venue of the games. They had bought first-row VIP tickets.
However, to their surprise, Cayden and Hailey also bought the first-row VIP tickets. Their seats were coincidentally right next to Jordan and Victoria too!
“Hey, Aunt Victoria, what a coincidence!”
When Cayden saw Victoria, he actually called her ‘Aunt’!
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