As An Eight Year Old, I Went Into Financial Management Behind My Parents Back

Chapter 12: Money Comes Knocking On The Door

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Lance smiled faintly and calmly accepted Theodore’s praise.

Seeing this, Fred and Helen were also proud of their son.

However, before Theodore’s smile could dissipate, he remembered another difficult problem.

Their company had instructed him to interact with Fred and his family. Their original intention was to invite the stock market genius to be a consultant in the company with a monthly salary of 500,000 yuan. After all, he was a rare talent.

But the prerequisite for all of this was that Fred was the stock market genius.

Now that they realized that everything was operated by Lance, they were instantly at a loss.

Lance was only an eight-year-old kid. Would Fred and Helen agree to him coming to the company as a consultant?

Now Theodore had no idea where to start.

He couldn’t ask Lance to drop out of school and work at their office, could he?

Even if Lance agreed, his parents wouldn’t.

“Little kid, do you want to come to our company with Uncle to take a look at the Stock Market Center?” After some thought, Theodore once again showed his standard smile to Lance.

Theodore felt that this matter had to be done step by step. He would take Lance around the company first and wait for him to be satisfied with the company’s environment before thinking of a foolproof solution. That was also a good solution.

Hearing Theodore’s words, Lance raised his eyebrows.

He naturally realized that Theodore wanted him to work at the Stock Market Center, but because of his current age, he could not discuss it directly.

After Lance figured it out, he replied without hesitation, “Of course I do.”

There was no harm in strolling around the stock market.

As for the follow-up, if Theodore wanted to invite him to work at the company, he would find an excuse to evade.

Lance’s footsteps would not stop there.

Theodore didn’t know what Lance was thinking, but he was happy to see that Lance had agreed to go with him to the company for a visit.

Before Theodore could say more, Fred and Helen exchanged glances and frowned.

After a moment’s hesitation, Fred was the first to speak. “Sir, are you taking my son to the Stock Market Center? Are you sure you’re an employee of the Stock Market Center?”

As soon as Fred finished speaking, Helen immediately said, “That’s right. Lance is still young, after all. We have to ensure his safety.”

As the couple spoke, Theodore suddenly realized that he had not shown Fred and Helen his work pass.

Realizing that he had not thought it through, Theodore quickly took out his work pass and said seriously, “I’m an employee of the Stock Market Center. This is my work pass.”

With that, Theodore hurriedly added, “Our company is a legitimate company. The two of you can check it out.”

With Theodore’s explanation and Fred and Helen’s careful investigation, they finally agreed to let Lance go with Theodore to the Stock Market Center for a tour.

…

On the way to the Stock Market Center, Theodore began to chatter away in the car and tell Lance about their company’s glorious history.

Lance raised his eyebrows with a hint of helplessness as he was being nagged by Theodore.

Is this considered brainwashing?

As Theodore was almost done with the introduction, Lance was about to close his eyes and take a simple rest when he saw Theodore’s assistant speak.

“We’re here. The people at the company heard that the legendary figure was coming and gathered at the entrance. They said they wanted to meet young Lance.”

Lance instantly perked up.

Theodore smiled and said, “This is the enthusiasm of our company!”

With that, the assistant parked the car in front of the company’s main entrance. Theodore quickly got out and went around to Lance’s side to open the door for him.

Lance wanted to give him a thumbs up for this service.

When Lance got out of the car, the person-in-charge of the Stock Market Center, who had been waiting for a long time, hurried forward.

However, when he saw Lance beside Theodore, he stopped in his tracks.

“Is this… the Stock Market Genius?” the person-in-charge asked Theodore silently.

Theodore pulled him aside. After a simple exchange, the person-in-charge nodded with a complicated expression.

Then the person-in-charge went to Lance’s side with a smile.

“Little Lance, let me show you around the company now, okay?”

Lance was getting used to the coaxing tone for kids.

He responded politely. “Of course. Thank you, Uncle.”

The person-in-charge was about to be conquered by the polite Lance.

He served Lance from all angles. When he brought him to the first level of the company, the employees who had received the news and wanted to see what was going on, also appeared in Lance’s line of sight.

When they saw that the person-in-charge was accompanied by a child, the employees voiced their doubts.

“A kid? This… Did Theodore make a mistake?”

“I don’t believe he’s the stock market genius the higher-ups are looking for. He’s so young, he doesn’t even know what stocks are.”

“That’s not necessarily true. You haven’t seen the live broadcast that became popular some time ago, right? In it, Lance displayed his talent.”

“I saw that live broadcast too. Little Lance’s talent is one in a million.”

“…”

These employees expressed their thoughts. Lance did not pay much attention to their words and only listened to the person-in-charge introducing the company’s stock operations to him.

The person-in-charge was focused on the introductions. Lance casually glanced over and saw a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes, with balding hair, hurrying towards them.

“Manager Darren?”

The person-in-charge subconsciously spoke when he followed Lance’s gaze.

This hurried middle-aged man was the manager of their Stock Market Center, Mr. Darren.

When Darren saw Lance, he stopped in his tracks.

He walked up to the person-in-charge with a puzzled expression and asked directly, “Is this the stock market genius you found?”

Darren’s serious tone made the man-in-charge nervous.

He answered quickly. “Yes, Lance is the stock market genius the higher-ups are looking for.”

“…”

Darren instantly fell silent.

After a while, he carefully sized up Lance and revealed a disdainful expression.

“That’s him?”

The two short words showed Darren’s attitude to Lance.

Of course Lance knew that Darren disdained him because he was still young and didn’t look like a stock market genius in any way.

However, Lance did not refute immediately. Instead, he chose to wait and see.

When Lance said nothing, Darren looked even more disdainful.

He sneered and turned around to face the employees of the company.

“Everyone, you can disperse now.”

“I don’t believe that this little kid Lance is the so-called stock market genius. I also believe that you won’t be deceived by him. Now, return to your offices and do your work!”

Darren waved his hand. With that, he wanted to leave.

Before Darren could take a step, Lance spoke calmly.

“Mr. Darren, I think we can make a bet.”

“Since you don’t believe I’m the person you’re looking for, let’s compete—to see who earns more from buying stocks.”

“Of course, if you want to bet, of course you need to place your bet…”

“How about a million?”

As soon as he said this, there was an uproar.

They all focused on Lance again.

As soon as Lance finished speaking, a smile appeared on his face.

If Darren agreed, the million yuan would be his!

It would be a waste not to accept the benefits that were free.