Chapter 114: Buy or Not?

Michael and Kate both left the hotel, neither of them speaking.

Michael was busy browsing the system store, trying to see if it was possible to acquire the Price Point supermarket chain.

This was the supermarket chain that was owned by the Kingsley family.

Within the system store, Michael found that he could acquire the supermarket chain.

As for the price, it was 36,700 SP, which was an equivalent of $3.67 billion. With the current amount of SP that he had on him, it was impossible for Michael to be able to acquire this supermarket chain.

But still, as long as he went back and acquired another set of skills at the expert level, he should be able to have enough SP to be able to acquire the business.

But then, Michael thought of another possibility. For most of these big families, they definitely had to do some things in the dark, in order to be able to compete against their competitors.

So, there was a possibility that there might be something hidden, something that might affect the business later on, in case it was exploited by someone else.

Those kinds of risks, they were things that Michael did not want to take on. It was not that he did not have the ability of dealing with them, but he felt that it was just troublesome.

He might not be the one who had caused all that but it was all in the name of the business. So, it would be the reputation of the business that would be affected, leading to him suffering losses as well.

So, he decided, he would first of all go back, do some investigation about this business, and see if it was possible to take it over or not.

If it was impossible for him to take it over because of something else, he could as well just acquire a new supermarket chain, or start one of his own.

In any case, as long as there was money, it would not be much of a problem. He could acquire stores where the supermarkets would be located through the system store, making things quite more convenient.

So, if it was just about starting a business, it was not much of a problem for Michael, as he wasn’t the one that was going to handle the main activities of the business anyway.

Was Damian not there? Damian was the one that was going to be in charge of the business, and Adrian might give him a helping hand from time to time.

If necessary, they could just hire a batch of employees, as it was quite easy for them to be able to do scouting, especially considering the skills that they had in terms of computer.

They could easily hack into different databases, allowing them to be able to know which talent they could find useful, then poach them in case they were working somewhere else.

As he set aside the issue of the acquisition of the supermarket chain, the two of them walked out of the hotel, before they headed for the Audi A8.

“Where to? I will take you before going back.” Michael said.

“Huh?” It seemed that Kate was quite distracted with something else, that she did not hear what he had asked.

“I’m asking, where are you going to? I will take you there.” Michael repeated the question.

“Oh, I’m going back home. No, I’m going to see my friend.” Kate responded, though it seemed that she was quite indecisive on where to go.

Michael wanted to respond, but at this moment, there was a notification coming from his phone.

Taking it, Michael realized that it was an email that had been sent to him by Adrian. Without a doubt, it was the information related to this guy called David Kingsley.

“By the way, why are you so repulsed at being engaged to this guy called David?” Michael suddenly asked, making Kate’s expression shift.

“There are quite some rumors flying about. According to the rumors, it seems that he is quite used to assaulting women, torturing them and recording videos during the activity.

He then uses the videos to blackmail them, torturing young girls to the extent that some of them even end up committing suicide.

So far, according to what I know, it seemed that he was already involved with the death of three people, and those are what I heard about.

Who knows how many he might have tortured, ruining their lives completely. So, no matter what, I don’t want to get myself involved with this kind of person.” Kate responded with a grim expression on her face.

Michael could not help but raise his brows slightly when he heard that. He had actually not anticipated something like this.

“Do you have any proof of it? After all, if he has done all this, he should have already been arrested, right?” Michael asked, slightly puzzled.

“This guy is quite sneaky, hiding his traces. These stories that we heard, they came from some of the girls, but none of them could provide any evidence against David.

So, they are considered baseless, making it impossible to be able to do anything to him. But, with the rumors usually going around, it is clear that he is definitely involved in something like that.” Kate responded, seemingly frustrated.

Michael nodded, but did not say anything in return. Instead, he just opened the file that had been sent to him by Adrian.

Seemingly, Adrian had sent him the information not only related to David Kingsley, but related to the Kingsley family as a whole.

So basically, all the information related to the Kingsley family, about all the family members, the businesses that they were involved in, the kinds of relationships that they had with other families and so on.

Adrian was quite meticulous, collecting all this information within just minutes.

And in the information, there was also the information involving the situation of the family businesses.

Since the main issue here was about the business, Michael focused on the information related to price point supermarket chain.

In just a little while, his expression shifted slightly. It seemed, it was impossible for him to acquire this supermarket chain.

With all the dirty things related to the Kingsley family and the price point supermarket contained with him the document sent to him by Adrian, Michael decided that he would not buy.

If any of this was revealed, it was capable of completely ruining the Kingsley family, not to mention if all of the dirt was released.

This was how the Kingsley family operated the business? Then, the probability of this guy called David being as the rumors were spreading, it was quite high.

Kate looked at Michael’s phone, trying to see what it was that he was doing. But, she did not even manage to read much, only managing to see the name Kingsley family, and price point supermarket, before Michael switched off the screen.

“What is that?” Kate suddenly asked.

“Just a piece of information that I have acquired. It is quite interesting.

But from the looks of it, I will have to abandon the idea of acquiring this supermarket chain owned by the Kingsley family.” Michael responded without revealing the details.

“Huh? Why?” Kate was quite surprised by Michael’s decision. She wondered, was it possible that he could not acquire it because the Kingsley family was not willing?

But that seemed to be quite possible, considering that this business was quite good. The Kingsley family had already dominated the market for quite a few years now, so, it was almost impossible for the other supermarket chains to be able to overtake them.

The business itself had quite a lot of potential, and what they were currently lacking might only be the capital to expand the business further.

Otherwise, it was not impossible for them to be able to break into the other provinces, as long as they planned well.

“I think it is better if I just acquire another supermarket chain. It doesn’t necessarily have to be as big as the one owned by the Kingsley family, but at least, it should have a foundation.

This way, it would be easy for me to be able to expand it. And within this month, I can be sure that we can easily dominate the Kingsley family.” Michael explained.

But even then, Kate was still left confused. If Michael was not bragging, and they actually had the ability of boosting an unknown supermarket chain to overtake the Kingsley family’s, why not directly acquire the one owned by the Kingsley family?

“You don’t have to think too much about it. Just think it as though I just want some form of competition. So, I want to compete against the Kingsley family, nothing more than that.” Michael said before he began driving.

Kate was still confused, as she looked at Michael, remaining silent for quite a few minutes.

Michael, who had already been driving in the direction of his house, looked at Kate and asked, “Are you going to tell me where I am supposed to take you? Or, do you want me to take you to my place?”

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