In the hotel.
Watching the sumptuous hall, Georgia was shocked.
At this moment, there were quite a lot of people in the hall. There were many tables round the hall. On the table were free food. Beside the table, there were cooks who specially cooked dishes.
In a corner, a band was playing lyric music. People who came to attend the charity dinner all looked very elegant.
Both Casey and Georgia wore rather casual clothes, so their appearance here was like a square peg in a round hole.
"Brother Casey, people here are too serious. We don't fit in when we stand among them." Georgia said.
Casey smiled at her and said, "Don't care about it. These so-called upper-class people are just pretending to be like that. What matters most is to make ourselves feel comfortable and at ease. Look at the women in evening dress. Many of them are pretending to be elegant. There is no need to suffer like that just to make others praise you."
Hearing it, Georgia thought that Casey was right. The reason why people attending the charity dinner were dressed up was that they wanted to make others feel that they were upper-class people.
They attached more importance to being nice than being wise.
"Brother Casey, you're probably more powerful than these people, but you're very different from them." Georgia said.
"Are you saying that I don't belong among these upper-class people?" Casey said with a smile.
"No. I'm saying that they aren't as wise as you are." Georgia smiled.
Casey smiled. Georgia was so shy. It never occurred to him that she knew how to praise someone.
"Come on. Let's have something to eat there." Casey went to the tables on which there was food.
Nancy stayed with several young people about her age. They were all acting like people of the upper class and were talking gracefully.
Judging from the fact that they were able to attend this charity dinner, people around Nancy were not ordinary people. However, they were all a little respectful to Nancy.
Nancy was a young lady from the Murray family, an old and famous family in S City. Therefore, she had a higher status than them all.
"Nancy, I heard that the company of your family is going to cooperate with Mr. Jeremiah. In this way, the company of your family would develop very fast."
"That's right, Nancy. If a company cooperates with Mr. Jeremiah, it is sure that that company would make great profits and suffers no losses. The Lee family had worked with Mr. Jeremiah a few years ago. Now, the company of their family is developing very well."
"In S City, everyone wants to cooperate with Mr. Jeremiah. They try hard, but still don't have such a chance. Nancy, your family is really enviable."
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Hearing the flatterer of people around her, Nancy was triumphant. She said, "In the cooperation between our family and Mr. Jeremiah, it's agreed that my family would go 50-50 with Mr. Jeremiah. According the contract between the Lee family and Mr. Jeremiah, the Lee family would go 40-60 with Mr. Jeremiah. The Lee family could only take 40% of the profits."
People around her were so shocked that their eyes were wide open. They never expected that Jeremiah would go 50-50 with the Murray family in this cooperation. It meant that Jeremiah treated the Murray family as an equal partner.
Jeremiah's going 50-50 with the Murray family meant that Jeremiah attached great importance to the Murray family. Besides, considering that Jeremiah did such a big business, by getting 50% of the profit instead of 40% of the profit, the Murray family would be able to earn much greater amount of money.
"Nancy, it seems that your family is going to achieve great success. At that time, you must treat us to a meal." People around her immediately began to flatter Nancy.
Nancy waved to them with a smile and said, "Of course, I will."
As she spoke, she took out her mobile phone and said, "Let me show you something funny. There is a prostitute in my dormitory. She seems to be a straight A student, but she is actually a slut. It's most ridiculous that she wants to attend this charity dinner by fooling the guard. I have photos taken when she was taking a bath. She was quite coquettish. Let me show you."
After hearing what Nancy said, people around all felt curious. They completely didn't think it inappropriate for the so-called "upper-class people" to watch the photos taken when one was taking a bath at a charity dinner.
"It never occurs to me that there will be such kind of people in your school. It's really an eye-opener."
"As a matter of fact, there are many such people, and they are always pretending. I've seen many of them."
"Why would a straight A student become a prostitute? She is really stupid."
They all came close to Nancy, planning to see what the roommate Nancy mentioned looked like.
Nancy looked for the photos taken when Georgia was taking a bath excitedly as if she could get a lot of fun by destroying the reputation of Georgia.
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