Chapter 19 Mount Bright

It has been three days since Jack met with his two half siblings. During these past two days, he had already completed the payment for the logo design, then, he handed it to the clothes and cars shop.

This way, all of his orders would begin to be processed. At the same time, he didn't stop purchasing grocery stores. And since there were several of them and were at different parts of the city, Jack had no choice but to get a manager.

Well, he got more than one manager, to be precise. It was just that, there was a single one that had authority over the other seven.

Jack had decided that the groceries would be divided into zones depending on their location in the city. He had decided on the eight compass directions.

North, East, West, South, North East, North West, South East and finally South West. Each direction matched the city in that, the northern zone was found in the northern part of the city.

But of course, there was another zone that he hadn't selected a manager yet. He had promised Agnes, George and Charles that he may make them the leaders of the grocery stores in two or three streets. He was going to fulfill that.

But, that would have to wait to the time that they were going to move to the new shop that he'd bought in yellow street. Not only was it spacious, it had a good parking space too.

They had yet to move in and it would need two more days before the renovation would be completed. He was doing the same with the other stores that he'd bought around the city.

Of course, the renovation that he was doing on the other stores that had business running was just painting and adding the logo that had been designed by the best designer of Canvas Graphics Arts Designers.

They had completed and sent him the logo via his email this morning. Immediately after that, he had sent this to the managers of each region to get someone, a professional in painting of course, to insert the logo during the time that the business was low.

All the groceries under him were now painted, being painted or would be painted lime green. This was going to be the color of his grocery department.

During these past days, the income coming from the grocery department had been increasing and so was the amount that he was spending. But all the same, he was making sure to clear all the debts.

Currently, the only debt on him was the one for the prince and princess palace. He still had a debt of over ten million, that would be repaid soon as the projects that had been consuming money were at their final periods.

As for the supply contract that he'd signed, the condition that was decided on was one of COD. With every delivery, Jack would have to make the payments within a day. This would go on until the $30M order was completed.

As for the staff uniforms, some had already been completed. A lime green top with a matching blazer, black bottoms. The logo of Jackson Enterprise was also printed on the left chest.

And since this was the grocery department, there was a G.D added below the logo. Now, the only thing that he needed to do was ask a manager to go and collect them.

The clothes were ready before, only needing the logo. Now that Jack had sent them the logo in the morning, they had printed them on a few of them.

On the first night, he received $ 301,458. On the second night, he received $789,532. And on this night, Jack wasn't sure how much he was going to receive as he had made further purchases of the stores.

Now, if these two were multiplied by a hundred times, it would bring a total of $109,089,000. With this amount of money, Jack had no problem in paying for the stores that he purchased the previous day and today.

Then, there was the issue about the first income reward. Jack had been told by the system that he could save them and receive all of them at the same time in the form of a higher quality reward. As a result, since Jack didn't want so many sports cars or motorcycles, he agreed to this.

Currently, there were a total of forty seven stores that Jack owned. He was going to make the final purchase the following day and he would be closing the chapter about purchasing grocery stores in Inchoate city.

The total expenses till this moment was approximately $72M. This included the payment for the uniform, buying eight more freightliners, paying for renovation of the stores, buying an apartment for Agnes, Charles and George, buying a few pairs of clothes and paying for the stock purchase.

He had also bought a total of eight freightliners. All of them were still undergoing repainting at this time before they get delivered so that the stores in the eight zones can start using them.

As for the one that he'd bought before, that would be used by the central zone, located at the center of the city. If course, there were no stores that he'd purchased there just yet. He would do so after buying an office building for Jackson Enterprise.

Currently, there was no store under his name that lacked stock. The only things that would need refreshing would be those that were needed fresh. But for those that had a long shelf life, there were enough for a month or two.

[Flyers Bank Account Balance is $29,840,607.]

Jack was currently standing on the bridge while looking at the setting sun. The horizon was already painted orange as the sun had already sunk but its hue was still being displayed.

As the orange color of the horizon reflected on his blue eyes, a complicated feeling was rising with his heart and flooding to his eyes.

For some reason, every night, he would either think of her before sleeping or he would dream about her. This was the first time that a stranger had occupied his mind in such a manner.

He didn't know what to do about the strange feelings. He was getting an urge to go out and meet her, to at least see her face again so that his heart that had began beating out of rhythm could calm down.

He let out a slightly frustrated sigh. He was wondering what was going on with him. He knew well that, the city was big and there was no way that he could find her unless he had connections. But still, the connections that he'd built do far were just smaller ones and couldn't do much.

He took a look at his newly bought watch and saw that it was already ten minutes past five in the evening. This was the last day of the time that the system had given him to complete the task.

Since today was July 17th, the temperatures were already at 19°C. It was summer after all.

He had previously asked George where there could be some rich young masters of Inchoate city that liked racing. George had told him that most nigh time car racing occurred at a mountainous called Mount Bright.

This mountain was mainly made of bare rocks and had little vegetation on it. But still, the roads that were made below the mountain or on some of the lower parts of the mountain were good.

After looking at it in Google, Jack had seen that it was true. Furthermore, it seemed that the person who had planned the construction of the roads there had the intention of creating a place for racing.

After all, the roads in the area around the mountain were rarely used and what's more, they were in such a way that a person might think that they were race tracks due to the bends.

Furthermore, they were in such a way that one could go several laps as long as he/she doesn't take the road that led back to the city.

The special feature of this mountain was that, it had a low altitude and didn't have snow. So, it didn't affect the temperatures around the city that much during winter but the effects could be seen during summer.

The temperatures at night were high on the western part of the city, closer to the mountain. Maybe that's why they called it Mount Bright? Jack wasn't sure about it.

Jack went back to the prince's palace mansion. After taking his early supper, he got prepared for the race. He wore a white t-shirt, a pair of black jeans and white sneakers.

This outfit immediately outlined his well sculpted body. With a matching handsome face, he really looked dashing.

He got out of the mansion and headed for the parking lot. There, he found George waiting for him. Since it was going to be Jack's first time there, he needed a person to introduce him.

George had been going there before. That was when he was still racing, before he began delivery work.

"Good evening boss!" As soon as George, who was adorned in a pair of casual blue jeans, a black t-shirt and a pair of Polo shoes, saw Jack, he immediately greeted him enthusiastically.

Since he was hired by Jack, the quality of his life had drastically improved and it wasn't a week yet. Jack had gotten them an apartment where they stayed. Of course, this was the privilege that only the three of them enjoyed.

Even in terms of transportation, they were using the Bentley Bentayga in case they were going to and from the store and the apartment.

"Let's get going. You said that racing begins at seven?" Jack asked as he entered the Bentley Continental GT.

George got into the Bentley with a slight hint of hesitation on his face -remembering Jack's crazy driving- and replied, "Yes boss. The racing will begin at seven and registration will end at 6.45pm."

"Okay, put on that seatbelt. We're going. Currently, it's forty five minutes past five. To get there, we'll need at least thirty minutes. So, sit tight." As Jack said this, he immediately began driving out of the palace before speeding towards Mount Bright.

George who was already shaking within couldn't help but let out a slight smile while thinking to himself, 'You guys think that you're professional drivers? Here comes a real pro in driving, hehehe.'