Becoming the Richest Man Alive

Some were amused by what was happening, while others appeared slightly alarmed and wondered if they should make a call to the police.

As if sensing their thoughts, Colton stepped forward. “Everyone, please do not be alarmed. We’re doing a flash mob! This is part of the performance.”

The onlookers ooh-ed in realization. Those who seemed concerned earlier relaxed visibly.

“No, don’t listen to him!” Ced cried out. “Can’t you see we’re being stoned here?”

One shopper nodded in understanding. “Yeah, aren’t we all by capitalism?” she called to Ced before turning to her friend beside her. “I can see it now—the performance is about the evils of capitalism. Not bad for an artistic expression,” she said appreciatively.

“I want to get hit by money too,” another shopper muttered, oblivious to just how much it would hurt to get pelted by coins.

As the students were nearing the end of the stash of coins, Godfrey turned to Casper. “You said you’d take care of the show… It’s about to start soon. What do you plan to do now?”

Mischief flashed in Casper’s eyes. “We run, of course.”

He grinned devilishly. “We’re hired by Vamanos Manpower, so they are the ones who need to answer to the management if anything happens. Anyway, even if Vamanos Manpower comes after us for compensation, I’ll just give them whatever amount they demand in coins.”

The rest sucked in a breath in unison, impressed by Casper’s devil-may-care attitude and blatant intention to play dirty.

When Casper and the gang vamoosed, all the BU students recruited by Vamanos Manpower followed suit, leaving the mall severely short-handed to set up the performance.

investigate the matter. The staff arrived at the music store and

here?”

to see the calvary that he was close to tears.

staff looked at one another,

Casper and Colton expected, the show arranged by the mall management met a significant delay. The performing starlet was made to wait for more than an hour. Incensed, she approached the management after

her that the delay was due to issues caused by the outsourced vendor, and as a result, they could

an outsourced vendor? I can’t believe how irresponsible you are as

a proper explanation and apology from the management. She was

aren’t lying, ma’am.” The manager was practically wringing his hands now. “The student part-timers provided by the vendor had a conflict with some of our people. The situation got out of hand and all the part-timers left, which resulted in the

invited the starlet to review the surveillance

and the students around. Even through the screen, she could sense

seem like a**holes to me,” the starlet said bluntly. “It’s no wonder the part-timers

flushed in embarrassment and

up against Ced and the store owner. The starlet’s eyes widened when she saw the young man in the video smashing

the starlet turned to the manager. “I think the part-timers are responsible too… But that’s not to say that the manpower vendor and you guys are

saw Goodyear appear on the screen along with a group, surrounding the students threateningly.

will show you that these students were the ones who caused the

on, curious now to see what

watched the screen intently. Confusion morphed into surprise,

at someone, if I’ve ever seen one,”