The Kids Made Me A Billionaire; The Cashback System

The Return

2:00 PM. The exact same conference room.

This time, I wasn't sweating.

The doors opened and every head turned. The chatter died instantly.

I walked in wearing a $3,000 suit the hotel stylist picked for me; dark blue, tailored perfectly. My shoes were Italian leather. On my wrist was a watch I didn't even know the price of because the system just gave it to me as a bonus reward.

And holding my hands were four kids.

Lily in her new Gucci dress, holding a Dior shopping bag bigger than her. Grace with her new pink backpack, swinging it like a weapon. Tom pushing a mini Mercedes toy car that cost more than Davis's monthly salary. And little Ben, asleep on my shoulder again, wearing a tiny suit that matched mine.

Mr. Davis's jaw literally dropped. Mark's smile froze. Sarah... Sarah stood up so fast her chair fell.

"What... what is this?" Davis stammered. "You were fired! And you can't bring children to a corporate meeting!"

"Oh, I'm not here for the meeting," I said calmly. I pulled out the big chair at the head of the table (His chair), and sat down. Lily sat on my lap like a little queen.

"I'm here because my children wanted to see where Daddy used to work before he bought the building."

Silence. Then Mark laughed, trying to recover. "Bought the building? Buddy, what did you do, rob a bank? Those clothes are rented, right?"

He walked over to me, trying to be the alpha. He tapped my watch. "Nice fake. How much? Fifty bucks?"

Before I could answer, the conference room doors burst open again.

The General Manager of The Grand Palace Hotel and three men in even more expensive suits walked in, looking panicked.

"Mr. Smith! Sir! We finally found you! We've been calling!" The GM was sweating. "The ownership transfer documents for the hotel and this business plaza need your signature urgently! The lawyers are waiting downstairs!"

He placed a thick black folder in front of me. On the cover, in gold letters:

TRANSFER OF 100% OWNERSHIP - GRAND BUSINESS PLAZA & TOWER

This entire building. The one where we were sitting. My company only rented two floors in it.

Davis made a weird choking noise.

I didn't even open the folder. "Not now, John. I'm in a meeting with my old boss. He's explaining how to be successful."

John, the GM, looked at Davis like he was looking at a cockroach. "This... person... was your boss? Sir, with all due respect, this man couldn't manage a lemonade stand."

I patted Lily's head. Lily looked right at Sarah.

"Are you the lady who said my Daddy is a loser?" Lily said, loud and clear. Her voice was shaking but she was angry. "My Daddy is not a loser. My Daddy bought us a hotel. And a toy store. What did you ever buy us?"

Grace added, "Yeah! And Daddy bought me 10 dolls! You only ever bought us nothing!"

Sarah's face went from white to red. "Kids, you don't understand..."

"I understand," I said, standing up. Ben woke up and hugged my neck.

I looked at Davis. "You said to bring something impressive. I brought my kids. And I brought your eviction notice. This building has new rules. No losers allowed."

I turned to Mark. "And you. You said my watch is fake."

I took off the watch and handed it to John.

"John, how much is this?"

John held it like it was holy. "Sir, this is a Patek Philippe Grandmaster Chime. $2.2 million. There are only 7 in the world."

Mark stumbled back into a chair.

I picked up Tom's little toy Mercedes.

"Oh, and one more thing," I said, looking at Davis one last time. "You fired me this morning. I accept. I don't work here anymore."

I walked to the door, my four kids following me like little ducklings. At the door, I stopped.

"But you all still work for me. The rent for this floor is due next week. It's going up by 200%."

Then we left. Behind us, I could hear Sarah crying, Davis shouting "NO NO NO," and the whole office erupting.

In the elevator, Lily hugged me. "Daddy, were we good?"

"You were perfect, baby. You were perfect."

My phone buzzed.

[DING! FACE-SLAP MISSION: PERFECT EXECUTION!]

[REWARD: $500,000 CASHBACK + "CRUSH" SKILL UNLOCKED]

[NEW MISSION: Your children want a pet. A big one. Spend $1,000,000 in 3 days.]

$1,000,000 in 3 days? On my kids?

I looked at my four angels pressing all the elevator buttons at once.

"Who wants a lion?" I whispered.

"ME!" they all screamed.

The elevator doors opened to the lobby, where my new lawyers were waiting.

Billionaire life had just started.

TO BE CONTINUED...