The Strongest Man in the Universe

Chapter 171

After Zayne leaves, David pulls Celia to sit on the sofa.

“Good work, Hugo. I can't believe you managed to get used to a leading figure in the Capital business industry. I'll double your annual bonus!” david said casually.

“Thank you, Mr Lidell! I just did what I was supposed to do.” Hugo stood up to thank him.

With Zayne gone, Hugo did not dare to act arrogantly in front of David. Not when David was his boss and the boss of the trillions-dollar East League Capitals.

David is also the sole shareholder of East League Capitals, something very rare in the business industry. This is because companies with only one shareholder are usually demoted in large and old noble families.

“Sit, sit. No need to act with so many restrictions in front of me.”

“Yes, Mr Lidell!”

“Celia, East League Capitals is the company I told you about yesterday. The company is mine, and I am the sole owner!” david said to Celia.

Celia had already guessed that much when David brought her into the room, but it was still shocking to hear David say it himself. According to David, the company was only worth a few hundred billion yesterday, but is worth more than a trillion today.

“Hugo, do you know a woman named Mindy Graham?”

David asks Hugo after being forthright about his identity with Celia.

“Who is Mindy Graham?” Hugo asked.

“It's a company that sells makeup products. What's the name of the company?”

“Beautylish Group!” answer Cellia.

“Yes, there it is. He is the chairman of the Beautiful Group. I thought you bought the shares?” ask David.

“Beautylish Group? Ah, I remember now. I did buy the shares, at a very low price as well. I remember putting in extra billions or more, on condition that I would hold more shares of Beautiful Group if I didn't get my principal and interest in a year.” Hugo replied.

“Beautylish Group Chief is out now. Go and call him into.”

“Yes, Mr. Lidell.”

Hugo got up to leave.

“No need to really look for her, just stand outside and she will come to you. All you need to do is bring her here to this room.”

“Good, Mr Lidell!”

Hugo left the room to wait in the hall. Following David's instructions, Hugo stands in place and waits for Mindy to look for him. However, he did not stand for long as the crowd began to gather around him.

“Hello Mr. Carlos, I'm from XXX, this is my card. I want to talk to you whenever you're free.”

“Hello, Mr. Carlos, I'm from XX. Our company has a big project that needs partners. This is my business card, maybe we can discuss the details whenever you are free?”

“Halo, Mr. Carlos. Me...”

“Halo, Mr. Carlos. I'm from..”

Hugo felt speechless. If this was another day, he would be very interested in talking to these people. Especially when David's investment method is “anyone and everyone”, and "money is not a problem". However, David was waiting for him at this moment and he did not dare to make his boss wait in vain in the room.

While Mindy was talking to some of her acquaintances, she was also waiting for Hugo to come out. When he sees Hugo coming out, Mindy starts looking for David and Celia. Only to come empty-handed after looking around the hall.

She's pissed. He had told them to stay close, but they were not listening at all. Now they're gone when he needs them.

Still, he decided to greet Hugo first, lest he disappear again in an instant.

“Halo, Mr. Carlos, we meet again.” Mindy walked up to Hugo and greeted him.

Hugo looks at Mindy and quickly tries to remember her identity, then he makes sure that Mindy is indeed the chairman of the Beautiful Group and the person David wants her to bring along.

“Are you Mrs Graham of Beautiful Group?” Hugo asked.

He confirmed again, fearing he had mistaken him for someone from another company invested by the East League.

“That's me! Thank you for remembering me, Mr Carlos!” mindy said gladly.

“Perfect. There's something I need to talk to you about, Mrs Graham. Please follow me. Thanks for your business cards, everyone. I'll call you guys another day. Thank you for trusting East League Capitals.”

With that, the crowd disappeared after handing over their business cards to Hugo.

“Can you give me a minute, Mr Carlos? I'm with my daughter and daughter-in-law, let me look for them for a moment. I look forward to introducing them to you.”

“No need. Please follow me.”

After that, Hugo left. He couldn't keep David waiting too long. Mindy had no choice but to follow, while scolding David and Celia in her heart. They only continued to disappear during this great opportunity to meet someone strong.

Hugo brought Mindy to the back of the hall and passed through a deserted corridor. Mindy's heart stuttered, she had a bad feeling about this. He wonders if Hugo is planning to do something to her, in a way she refuses when she asks to wait and look for Celia and David.

Mindy is confident in her appearance, knowing that she had a thirty-year-old appearance when she was already in her forties. He knew he was very attractive among mature women and Hugo was also in his forties. He can develop feelings for her.

Mindy doesn't know what to do. He was afraid that Hugo would force himself onto him once he brought him into the empty room. Although it was impossible, they were all prominent figures in the industry, so it was not impossible.

Mindy refused to let anything like that happen. She was loyal to her husband. However, he was also unable to make a fuss and attract attention. Not when Hugo was a representative of East League Capitals, a company that was not only a major shareholder in Beautiful Group, but also a company that owed a billion dollars to the Beautiful Group.

If the Beautiful Group is unable to pay its debts within a year, East League Capitals will become the majority shareholder of the Beautiful Group. Mindy cannot make her creditor an enemy, nor will she betray her husband.

Mindy felt conflicted. Many people in the business industry offer bedroom services in exchange for an investment. If not for her husband and old boss relationship in the Capital, the Beautiful Group would not have developed so smoothly when she first started her business.

After all, Hugo would not have had the chance to do anything wrong if the two of them went along with him.

He was placed in a difficult position now, unable to control the situation and stuck between a rock and a hard place.

After a while of conflict, Mindy decides that she will follow him first. If the bad gets worse, he can always get up and go.

She doesn't care if leaving will make Hugo an enemy of the Beautiful Group, but she won't betray her husband at any cost. Even if it harms her Beautiful Group.

With that decision, Mindy felt a lot more relaxed as she followed Hugo. But still, his body stiffened instinctively as he followed Hugo into a room.

Mindy follows Hugo into the room nervously only to be startled by what she sees.

David and Celia were chatting in the room. Mindy was confused by what she saw, she even thought something was wrong with

his eye. Mindy rubbed her eyes but met with the same sight.

“Mother!” Celia greeted when she saw Mindy.

“Please sit down, Lady Young!” greet David as well.

Mindy had not realized what was happening. What he saw next gave him another shock and he refused to believe his eyes. At that moment, Hugo walked over to stand respectfully behind David.

‘What's going on?’

Mindy feels her mind is running overboard and her understanding of the world is refreshed. This is Hugo Carlos, head of the East League Capitals Investment team. This man held a large amount of cash flow in his hands and spent over a hundred billion over the past month.

However, at this moment the man stood respectfully behind David, while David acted as if nothing was wrong. Mindy felt her mind empty and dizzy. After sitting there confused, he did not ask any questions before David explained.

“Mistress Young, I just asked you to come to tell you the truth about my identity, nothing else. I'm the owner and the real boss of East League Capitals. The letter ‘L’ in East League refers to ‘L’ in my last name, Lidell. I wanted to explain this for a long time, but I never really had a chance to say anything. Plus, even if I say something, I doubt you'll believe me and think that I'm just saying nonsense. So seeing Hugo here today, as the head of the East League Capitals Investment team, I believe my words are more likely to be trusted this time around. If there's anything you want to know, please ask."

Then, David stopped talking and waited for Mindy to speak. However, Mindy's mind is buffering right now. He doesn't believe what David said about him as the owner of East League Capitals.

If it wasn't for Hugo standing politely behind David, he would have thought of David as a lunatic. David was just a poor boy from a small area and now he has become the owner of a business worth trillions of dollars.

No one will believe this, certainly not Mindy, but he had no other choice when Hugo was still standing behind David. Mindy cannot understand any other reason that would force Hugo, head of the East League Capitals Investment team, to stand respectfully behind David other than the fact that he is Hugo's boss.

“Uh..”.

For a moment, Mindy didn't know how to call David.

It seems wrong to call him “David” casually but “Master Lidell” seems wrong too when he will be his son-in-law. So, he fell silent.

“Mrs Young, just call me David.” said David immediately. Because of the conflict that Celia's mother felt.

“D-David, are you really the owner of East League Capitals?” ask Mindy hesitatingly.

Even with the truth right before his eyes, everything still felt like a dream.

“It's true. I'm the one who founded East League Capitals. Of course, all I did was set a strategic approach to the business, while the execution was taken care of by Hugo and the others. So the company's achievements are also thanks to their hard work.”

“You're too good, Mr. Lidell. The success of the current East League Capitals is thanks to your leadership as well. We just follow orders, other employees will do the same if not better than me.” Hugo said.

“Stop, stop, no need to be too humble. All of you played an important role in making East League Capitals the business it is today, I will not forget the hard work. But remember that East League Capitals has just begun, we are still far from the goals I have set, so I hope you can continue to work well.”

“Yes, Mr Lidell!” Hugo replied respectfully.

Mindy doesn't know what else to say. If a trillions-dollar business is still far from David's set goals, then Mindy wonders just how high he wants to reach. Does he want to build a conglomerate that could affect the local economy?

Considering the current level of development of East League Capitals, such a goal can be achieved.

‘A conglomerate!'

Mindy began to look at David differently. He has always liked David, but it used to be because of his aura and appearance. However, the true value of a man is more than his aura and appearance. A man's true worth comes in the form of true success and achievement.

David is not yet twenty-two years old and has not graduated from university, but he has reached over 99% of the world's wealth population. No one could imagine how far he could go in the future. Celia does have good taste.

For many years, Celia had felt no interest in any aristocratic heirs or sons of wealthy families. It had always been poor boy David in his heart. Now, this poor boy has become the boss of the East League Capitals.

This is amazing.

It seems Celia is truly blessed. As her mother, Mindy was overjoyed. His former classmates would be green with envy if they learned of this.

“Mistress Young, by revealing my true identity to you today, I also want to tell you that I don't actually have time to take over the Beautiful Group, so I will leave it in your hands to manage and operate it. But, if you need my help, I will gladly give it to you and even make Beautiful Group the largest makeup products company in the world.”

Mindy shuddered and asked in surprise, “B-really?”

“Of course.you've seen for yourself the power of East League Capitals. As long as we think about it, nothing is impossible.”

“Then...Thank you, T-David!” Mindy still felt uncomfortable calling him that.

He had no qualms about calling her by that name before he knew her identity, but now that he knew she had East League Capitals, it felt wrong to call her too casually. After all, there was a huge difference in their status.

“Yes, so that's all I want to say. If there is anything to ask, it can be asked when we return later. We're going to go now, keep up the good work and do more investment, Hugo! I'll increase your annual gift.”

David said as he got up to leave. Celia got up and followed. Mindy saw them moving and stood up to follow as well.

“Yes, Mr Lidell! I won't let you down!” Hugo replied politely.