Chapter 390
James and Helen cooked a table of dishes and called the rest of the family members for dinner when
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they were done. James even pulled out a bottle of fine wine that he had treasured for a long time. This
wine was drunk once when Liam’s parents came by so Liam had tasted it before, but Matthew didn’t
even know he had it. It was obvious that James was really giving his all.
After three rounds of toasting, James sensed that they had chatted enough so he smiled and said,
“Matthew, I didn’t expect you to be so close with Dr. Ellis. No wonder you dared to make an investment
of more than 10 billion. This time, the wealthy men of Eastcliff that invested with you all earned a ton of
money. Sasha really has good foresight and didn’t choose the wrong man to marry. Matthew, Helen
and I are really proud of you!”
Helen nodded in agreement. “He’s right! Jefford and the others even called to congratte us. I
estimate that Jefford probably made hundreds of millions this time. How about you, Matthew? How
much did you earn?”
Hearing this, Liam and Demi instantly turned to look at Matthew. Just when Matthew was about to
speak, Sasha interrupted him and said, “He didn’t earn anything because he didn’t invest any money
after all. The people who earned money are the men that invested. Matthew is just a middle man.”
Hearing this, James and Helen’s expressions immediately changed.
“How could you not make any money? They’ve invested over 10 billion and the profit earned is a few
times more than that. However, you’re saying that you didn’t earn anything. Matthew, did you secretly
stash the money away behind our backs?” Helen asked anxiously.
James hurriedly coughed a few times. It was then only Helen realized that she was a little too anxious,
so she put on a smile at once and said, “Matthew, we are not greedy for your money. We’re just worried
about you! Besides, we are family. There’s nothing that you can’t tell us.”
In a soft voice, Matthew replied, “Helen, I really didn’t earn much. I only received some bonuses from
the investors so I only have a few million.”
A look of disbelief appeared on Helen’s face. “How is that possible? Their investments have tripled or
even quadrupled! The 10 billion has turned into tens of billions but they only gave you a few million? Do
they see you as a beggar? Matthew, you… you’re kidding me, right?”
James was frowning as well. He felt that Matthew was hiding a secret from them.
Just then, Sasha pouted and said, “Mom, do you think it’s easy to earn a few million? Those wealthy
men took huge risks. Besides, do you really think that Dr. Ellis would help without asking for anything in
return? Even though it looks like those men had only invested around 10 billion, they secretly spent
way more money than that! Isn’t this money considered an investment? They are already nice enough
by giving Matthew a few million. The person who made the most money out of this is Dr. Ellis,
understand?”
James and Helen nced at each other and the both of them looked extremely upset. They had
worked hard to please Matthew and made dinner just for the money. Now that they found out Matthew
had no money at all, how could they ept it?
Helen anxiously said, “But it still shouldn’t be so little! You were the one who started this and made it
work. Can’t you ask them for more? If you asked them for more, I’m sure they would give it to you. Why
were you stupid enough to only take whatever they offered?”
Hearing this, Sasha immediately said, “How could he ask them? At the beginning, we said that we
would invest 200 million but in the end, we changed our minds when the conference was about to start.
Because of this, Stanley bought a lot of ourpany’s shares and took a great risk. If we invested the
200 million back then, we would’ve earned more than one billion. It was you two who forced me to
withdraw the investment. However, right now, you’re asking Matthew to ask Stanley for money. Dad,
Mom, if you were in Stanley’s shoes, would you give Matthew money? Wouldn’t you hate people who
go back on their word?”