Chapter 239: Take Out Eight Million Dollars
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Eight million dollars was not a small amount for any family, let alone Lucas, whom Calvin thought was a good-for-nothing the Carters had kicked out.
In Calvin’s opinion, it would be an impressive feat if Lucas could even take out 80,000 dollars in cash.
He was certain that Lucas would never be able to fork out the ma.s.sive sum of eight million dollars!
He firmly believed that Lucas was just deliberately putting on an act and pretending to be impressive. He wanted to see how this good-for-nothing could afford to take out eight million dollars!
If he couldn’t, Calvin would definitely make sure Lucas got on his knees and crawled out of the bathhouse!
After Lucas heard the price Calvin named, his expression remained unchanged. Instead, he smirked calmly. “Everyone, you heard him clearly. Calvin Pearce said that if I can take out eight million dollars in cash, he will immediately sell the Ocean Bathhouse to me. All of you are witnesses.”
Then he turned to look at Calvin. “Give me your bank account number. I’ll transfer the money to you now.”
Calvin’s face twitched a little, and he sneered. “Hmph, go on, keep pretending. I’ll see how long you can keep at it!”
He pulled out a bank card from his pocket and dropped it on the front desk next to him. “My card is right here. Do the transfer now!”
Their actions immediately piqued the curiosity of the customers surrounding them and watching.
Since ancient times, it had been human nature to enjoy gossip and watch dramatic commotions, especially since the one taking place in front of them now was so rare and exciting!
Everyone was wondering whether Lucas could afford to take out eight million dollars or if he was just putting on a front.
There were also a few who were secretly speculating and making guesses among themselves, wondering whether or not Calvin would really sell the bathhouse if Lucas could really afford the eight million dollars.
Just as everyone was watching curiously, Lucas took out his phone and typed a series of digits. Soon, a text message notification popped up on Calvin’s phone screen.
Everyone immediately looked at Calvin intently.
Some who were eager and impatient even urged him, “Mr. Pearce, hurry up and check. Has he transferred the money?”
“Did this person really fork out eight million in cash?”
“Wow, no way can a live-in son-in-law really take out so much money? That’s terrifying!”
“Everyone, don’t worry. It might be spam!”
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Everyone began discussing, and Calvin began to get the chills.
But he didn’t believe that Lucas would really transfer eight million dollars to him. He took out his phone from his pocket and opened the text message while saying contemptuously, “Hmph, who knows how much money this punk actually transferred to me? He might have only transferred a dollar! Let’s not be fooled…”
Before he could finish, his eyes suddenly widened in horror as he stared in disbelief at the string of numbers in the text message on his cell phone.
[A sum of $8,000,000 has been credited to your savings account (ending with 9291). Your account balance is now $8,041,000. Please verify as soon as possible.]
Calvin looked at the string of numbers several times in disbelief. He even rubbed his eyes vigorously, wondering if he had counted the wrong number of zeros or had read the message wrongly.
Seeing Calvin stand rooted to the ground for a long time without saying anything, the surrounding customers began to get impatient.
A few bolder ones even went up to Calvin and craned their necks to take a look at the screen of his phone. “Wow, he really transferred eight million dollars! I saw it! This person really transferred eight million to Calvin’s bank account!”
The customers gathered around immediately exclaimed in astonishment.
There were many families in the county who had a.s.sets worth more than 15 million dollars, but there were very few who had enough liquid funds to casually take out 8 million dollars.
Even the direct descendants of the top families in Orange County were not that financially powerful!
The vast majority of people would have invested most of their money in their family businesses or in stocks, funds, or other financial products. They wouldn’t leave it in the bank and accrue a meager amount of interest.
Besides, the fact that Lucas could casually take out that sum of money was enough to show that they were just an insignificant portion of his savings account.
There were only two possibilities. One was that Lucas had terrible financial sense and didn’t know how to make his money grow itself. The other was that he was incredibly wealthy, so much so that he had more than enough not to bother about the eight million dollars!
With these thoughts in mind, Calvin couldn’t help but inhale sharply as a wave of chilliness struck his teeth.
He didn’t think that such a wealthy person would have such bad financial literacy. So the truth should be that Lucas’s wealth was unimaginable!
In fact, Calvin had really read too much into this.
The 8 million dollars were actually a portion of the 24 million that Lucas had recently won from Tony at Little Atlantis City.
Not to mention eight million dollars, even if Calvin asked for twice the amount, Lucas would have transferred the money to him without hesitation.
After seeing that Lucas had transferred eight million dollars to Calvin, Charlotte and Cheyenne didn’t seem to be surprised at all.
They had already known for a long time that Lucas had a powerful background and a ma.s.sive amount of wealth. Although eight million dollars wasn’t a small sum, it was indeed insignificant to Lucas.
However, William reacted much more differently. He widened his eyes in shock, unable to believe what he just heard!
His son-in-law, whom he had always thought was penniless, actually managed to casually transfer eight million dollars in cash. This was beyond imaginable for him!
The stranger thing was that Lucas had decided to use that money to buy the bathhouse all because William had been bullied and humiliated by the staff here!
This was such a generous move!
At this moment, William really wondered if he was dreaming because everything happening in front of him was too bizarre, outrageous, and unbelievable!
The crowd of onlookers was naturally amazed. On the other hand, Calvin, the person involved, turned as pale as a sheet.