Too Late to Hold Me Back novel Chapter 254

As long as one diligently completed all the review packets handed out by the teachers, it wasn't overly challenging. They had practiced these exact problem types in class; only the formatting had been tweaked.

In fact, the added difficulty was a good thing—it would naturally widen the score gap.

Stepping through the school gates, she was surprised to find Bella and Declan, reporters from the Melvion City Educational Channel, waiting outside to conduct interviews.

"Mira, it's wonderful to see you again.

You're our reigning academic star, and a lot of eyes are on you for this exam.

Some say you'll take first place in the state, while others think the top fifty is a safer bet. What's your take on it?"

"That 'academic star' title is really just something people generously bestowed on me. Just like every other student here, I'm just studying hard day by day.

As for the state rankings, I honestly have no idea how it'll shake out.

As a student, my only job is to perform to the best of my normal abilities."

"Then do you feel you successfully performed to your usual standard on today's two subjects?"

"I did."

"Which means no tragic slip-ups in the exam room?"

"Exactly. If my scores end up being less than ideal, it just means I didn't prepare well enough."

"What kind of scores are you expecting for today's subjects?"

"I can't give you an exact number, but I should definitely break the one-hundred-mark on each."

"You're far too modest.

We just heard from several other students that the math section was incredibly brutal today. What are your thoughts? Were there any questions you couldn't answer?"

"It was definitely tougher than our usual monthly exams.

However, I managed to finish the entire paper. As for whether my answers were right or wrong, that's up to the graders to decide."

The second the broadcast went live, Harvey Rivers called her. "You launched a massive restaurant chain and didn't even say a word? You could have at least offered me a few shares."

"You're already getting a cut of those two massive entertainment deals. Don't be too greedy."

Both of those companies were pulling in hundreds of millions of dollars a month.

Over the next two days, the restaurants continued to sell through their entire daily inventory before noon.

On the fifth day, when prices finally returned to normal for the official launch, Mira instructed the team to double their daily prep. Even then, they sold out in half a day.

A massive factor was Solflare Express. With countless customers ordering delivery to their homes, the sheer volume of food required had skyrocketed.

They had to ramp up operations once more, expanding each branch's capacity to serve three hundred tables a day just to stretch through dinner service, yet demand still massively outpaced supply.

At this rate, across more than thirty locations, their daily revenue was surging into the millions of dollars.

By the end of a single month, they would be staring at nearly three hundred million dollars in revenue, with a net profit easily clearing a hundred million.