"Forgive me for being te Mr. Charles," Bryan said while shaking Charles Olivera's hand, "There was an unfortunate accident on the highway and I was forced to abandon my car midway to make a run here just to make it."

  "Haha... Maybe you should take the chopper next time you leave the city," Charles felt amused after sensing how Bryan wasn't comfortable in being te for their meeting and decided to say nothing about the matter, "Come my friend let me introduce you to-"

  "Madam Sofia." Bryan said once Charles pointed towards the dy who looks to be in her te thirties or early forties but she's actually fifty-one years old then offered his hand to shake hers while adding : "I know because I was inspired by the story of the mother who built a textile empire with her two hands in twenty years, pleasure meeting you."

  "Oh~ What else do you know about me young man?" Sofia smiled while raising an eyebrow as she studied this handsome young man with her eyes and asked while refusing to let go of his hand.

  Bryan smiled before replying : "I know to tread carefully around your area of expertise in the next few weeks since it's going to be dry and arid everywhere around you but madam's nd is still green."

  Sofia squinted her eyes slightly then let go of Bryan's hand quickly while smiling as if nothing just shook her deep down to her core, "Hoh~ I like this one Charles, do you mind if I keep him for my eldest daughter?" She turned to look at her old friend and asked in a joking manner.

  Charles shook his head while starting to sweat after seeing this woman daring to tease Bryan, "Mr. Bryan doesn't take orders from me or anybody Sofia so I'd be careful if I were you," Charles's face hardened while taking a side-gnce at a person in the group, "Let's not forget that a simple piece of advice from Mr. Bryan a few days ago did save me from losing more than a hundred million in liquid funds plus a lot more trouble which certainly would've followed to knock on my doors."

  All eyes fell on Bryan who shrugged after sensing the atmosphere becoming gloomy then looked towards Charles and gave him a look full of bme while saying : "Even if I'm already familiar with most of the dies and gentlemen here... You're still supposed to make the introductions or it'd be awkward for me to keep breaking the ice!"

  "Oh! Yes... Of course, how silly of me," Charles palmed his forehead before gesturing towards Bryan and said to the group : "This handsome young man is Mr. Bryan O'Neal, we met a few days ago in my dealership and I was immediately charmed by his unique character and... His generous paycheck."

  "Hahaha... Of course what pulled you to befriend Mr. Bryan was his excellent decision making when choosing a car, right!" A grey-haired man said while smiling as he took the initiative to offer his hand to Bryan.

  Bryan accepted it with a smile while replying : "I guess I did alright for myself Mr. Derek, but I still ended up being outdone by some dies while Mr. Charles now has to figure a way to have the manufacturers resupply him with new stock since his dealership must be empty once the three of them were done choosing." Then winked while adding : "How's the traffic on your end? I bet things are calming down in the harbor since yesterday's lightning strike but don't worry a single bit because once I puff my cheeks and blow, tailwind would be the only thing coming your way for a long while! So... Try to keep up, I'll be counting on your good service."

  Derek frowned slightly once Bryan touched that sensitive topic and considered the following words as empty words of encouragement from this junior since all predictions are expecting a bleak and gloomy weather for a while and stillwater for the import-export business especially the import aspect since those with funds are afraid to make a loss by buying products which wouldn't be distributed at all or distributed at a loss instead, however... Once Bryan leaned to whisper these words while squeezing Derek's hands a few times until he almost groaned from pain he realized that this kid is being serious!

  Derek looked at Bryan in the eye and nodded before turning to look at Charles and smiled while saying : "You're one lucky son of a gun Charles, it seems like you owe Mr. Bryan and his dies a lot."

  Charles scratched his cheek before saying : "That's actually true... Hahaha." Then he exploded in joyful ughter.

  "This insensitive fellow has been in an annoyingly good mood since yesterday because of you Mr. Bryan!" Another man approached Bryan while saying that as he gred at Charles, "While for me it's like the doors of hell just opened and a bunch of demons are on the loose."

  "I believe you can give him a lot of trouble Mr. Lawrence, just push for setting new tax ws on dealerships who sell cars worth more than so and so in the next parliament's legistive assembly... Just make sure to punish the seller more than the buyer because I happen to own a bunch of these!" Bryan answered while giving the parliament member a wink and the man suddenly had a lightbulb moment.

  Lawrence smiled while squinting his eyes towards Charles and said while shaking Bryan's hand with an extra doze of enthusiasm : "That's one hell of a great idea Mr. Bryan, it's about time the people of my district realize that their champion is one who knows where and when to bite."

  "Don't you dare Lawrence! Mr. Bryan... How could you? I thought we were friends?" Charles Olivera said while feeling truly betrayed when Bryan gave Lawrence this advice which does have a good chance of actually getting approved considering the current state of the country's economy.

  'Certainly these maddened officials would redirect their attention towards us and do everything to squeeze us for more.' Charles thought while seeing Sofia and Derek looking towards Bryan while having simir expressions on their faces.

  Bryan just smiled and opened his hands while replying : "Do you expect me to just sit there and watch while more than 79% of the people in our country suffer? Of course I'm going to roll up my sleeves and do something about it but... My actions alone wouldn't be enough, which is why I'm going to drag as much as I can of you guys to make sure this crises is over sooner than ter." After seeing the hostile gazes within most of the eyes he shrugged and added : "Of course I'm not her to fight or to pressure you people to do anything... I'm here to give advice if you think the words of this junior are worth the waste of time you spend listening to them."

  "Are you done with your little ceremony little fellow?" These words rang when the silence stretched following Bryan's words and all eyes turned to look at the bald old man who pushed the ball in the hole with a gentle hit of his metal golf club, "I believe it's time for you to stand aside and watch while we continue our game, I didn't come here to talk I came here today to py."

  Bryan saw different expressions in the eyes of the men and women when they heard this sour old man insulting the young man openly and twisted their necks to look back at him while mostly having amusement and curiosity within their eyes since they're studying Bryan and this is a good chance to see which type of person he really is which is why they waited to see what is he going to do next.

  "Apologies for interrupting your game Dr. Jeffery, it's my first time in a golf course after all... Please continue everyone." After saying that Bryan moved aside and watched as if nothing happened at all.

  He was able to notice the scorn, disappointment, and doubt within the eyes of the group plus Charles's dagger-like gre which was directed at the bald geology expert who dared to be rude to his friend.

  Another man was whispering words in Jeffrey's ears while seeming like he's urgently stressing something but Jeffrey Hall kept shaking his head which caused the man to sigh before going to Charles and whispered a few words while showing an apologetic expression on his face but Charles was shaking from anger instead, even David was able to notice that his uncle is almost a push a way from going berserk for some reason and asked if he should go calm Charles but Bryan stopped him from intervening.

  For the next thirty minutes or so Jessica and David spent their time bantering while Bryan did as he was told and watched every one of these people take their turns at this hole from different positions while keeping count of how many times it took each one to complete the hole before shifting their attention to the next one and getting in their carts.

  Charles Olivera invited Bryan to ride with him while David and Jessica walked together to follow behind them.

  "That fucking prick!" Charles swore, "He thinks he's a big deal now that he got the governor support huh... Fucking ingrate dares to bite the hand that once fed him, let's see how far he can keep that attitude then." Charles's fingers squeezed the wheel and veins on his neck and forehead felt like they're almost going to burst.

  "Hey now Mr. Charles, calm down! This is actually an opportunity so forget about it and have fun for today, just... Let me handle this and try to completely ignore Dr. Jeffrey's existence." Bryan said while patting the man on the shoulder before adding while having a sly smile on his face : "Remember, no matter what happens don't engage whenever that man tries to annoy you by doing anything to rile you up or say anything outright offensive. Promise to ignore him completely."

  Charles took a few deep breathes to calm himself down after seeing the confidence within Bryan's eyes then nodded and said : "I promise Mr. Bryan." The reason he agreed and made that promise is simply because the only other time he saw Brian giving him that look was when he gave Charles that valuable advice.