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.

after they left, the mall management sent someone to investigate the matter. The staff arrived at the music store and were shocked to see the owner, Goodyear, and Ced looking battered and bruised while surrounded by a blanket of

here?” one of

was so glad to see the calvary that he

at one another,

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

issues caused by the outsourced vendor,

outsourced vendor? I can’t

she felt entitled to a

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

manager invited the starlet to review the surveillance

around. Even through the screen, she could sense the arrogance of those two men by

me,” the starlet said bluntly. “It’s no wonder

flushed in embarrassment

the part where Casper stood up against Ced and the store owner. The starlet’s eyes widened when she saw the young man in the

rough understanding of the situation, the starlet turned to the manager. “I think the part-timers are responsible too… But that’s not

on the screen along with a group, surrounding the students

fact, the footage will show you that these students were the

watched on, curious now to see what

she watched the screen intently. Confusion morphed into surprise, then into amusement, and finally ended

if I’ve ever seen one,” she chuckled. It had been quite a while since she burst into