When the bell sound of the door was heard, both of their faces froze and their gazes shifted to the entrance.
The woman's face reddened in embarrassment as she saw Alex and the others standing there.
On the other hand, the man just stood there with a dismissive expression, as if nothing embarrassing had happened there.
Seeing Jessica hurriedly adjusting her blouse and skirt, Alex clenched his fist in anger but didn't say anything.
"Please follow me..."
He led Eren and his friends into the room.
CoughCough
As they followed Alex, Eren noticed all of his friends' lips were quivering crazily as they tried their best not to burst out laughing until they entered the room.
Even Eren himself had a very hard time controlling himself.
The moment everyone entered the room and closed the door, everyone stopped restraining themselves.
Everyone burst into crazy laughter at the same time.
"Pfff—Hahahaha..."
"Pff-haha... guys, that woman just got ogled by that ugly man... Hahaha."
"Yow, that was so funny to watch..."
"Damn, she really is ready to do whatever it takes to sell properties..."
"So this is the treatment between rich and poor, huh? Wow, I really want to be rich..."
Eren looked at Alex, who had an ashen face and was facepalming himself in utter embarrassment.
Eren asked in a polite tone, "Is 'that' allowed here?"
"OF COURSE NOT!" Alex's face revealed utter disgust.
"Then you should make a complaint to your higher-ups..."
"It's no use... This is exactly how she became one of the leading executives of our branch. Even the branch chairman was seduced by her... All of this just for commission... Tch... And she will soon become the head of this branch due to her high sales records... There is nothing I can do..."
Alex's face was full of unwillingness and helplessness, with a tired expression.
Everyone immediately understood what was going on.
Eren himself had seen a lot of incidents similar to this in his past life.
'Corruption is everywhere in this world...'
"Huh... Mr. Alex, you said she was doing this for commissions, right? How much do you get per sale?" asked Kael.
"2.5% of the selling price. Each workshop you guys are planning to buy is 20 million, and my commission upon confirming the final payment is 500,000 for each."
Alex didn't hide anything and said it openly, receiving a series of gasps.
"500,000?! Whoa!... No wonder she chose this job instead of becoming a hooker, she gets more money for less work... Wait a sec! If we are going to buy anyways, we can also get the same treatment, right?! Eren, how about— Ouch!"
Lyra didn't let Kael finish his words and straight up punched his face.
"What the hell did you mean 'we'? I am also a woman!"
"W-wait! I didn't really mean that! It's just a joke... And why did you suddenly care about being a wom— Augh!"
Lyra gave another punch, an uppercut, and completely knocked him down clean.
Eren smiled wearily at Alex, who was watching all this with a darkened face.
"Mr. Alex, let's proceed with the contract..."
It only took Alex ten minutes to draft a contract, with the details of Eren, who was going to be the owner, as his friends refused to be owners, the initial amount, last payment deadline, and everything.
"Please send the initial payment to this account."
When Eren took out his phone for the payment transaction, he heard countless notifications flooding his mobile.
Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!...
"Mm?"
When he opened the lock, he noticed all of them were about the results of the auction items he placed.
"...!"
Not only were all the Elixirs he placed sold for more than he hoped already, but he also received many messages requesting collaborations from guilds and other inquiries.
When he took a glimpse at the forum page of trading, all the messages were focused on the sudden surge of Lesser Elixir at a cheaper price.
The news of numerous Elixirs being sold had become headline news.
His balance had already gone up to 1.25 billion.
Gulp
His mind completely went blank for a moment.
"Is there any problem?"
Eren snapped back into reality hearing Alex's voice.
"...No... It's just..."
Eren's mind had a hard time coping with reality. His hands were trembling seeing such a huge number on the phone screen suddenly once again in a same day.
A sudden idea appeared in his mind.
"Mr. Alex, do you have a service option for making rental contracts and providing legal support on behalf of land owners?"
Alex was puzzled by the sudden unrelated question, but he nodded his head.
"Yes, we do. There are a lot of land owners registered in our Property Management program. Not only do we provide contract making and legal support, we also take care of advertisements, but we will take 20% of the initial payment as commission."
"Okay... How long will it take to register the land in my name if I have the money to pay right away?"
A strange glint appeared in Alex's eyes.
"It will only take few seconds for payment confirmation, and we will proceed with the land registration in a few minutes."
"Okay..."
Eren kept nodding his head as he processed it all and said with a serious expression on his face.
"How many workshops are available for buying right now?"
"Uh... 37 in the Artisan Quarter... and 8 in the center area of town, each costing 10 million more... Why are you asking?"
"I would like to buy all your available workshops and am ready to pay right away at this instant... Please redraft the contract..."
"Ha... W-what?"
Alex clearly didn't believe what he just heard.
When he looked at Eren's friends, he noticed they also had similar expressions on their faces as him.
Utter disbelief.
"Are you... serious?"
Seeing that speaking more would be useless, Eren directly transferred 980 million into the account without wasting time.
"Mr. Alex, I already sent the money to the account, please check it..."
Still doubtful, Alex hurriedly logged into his laptop and started checking the recent payments they had received.
His eyes landed on the 980 million that the company's branch account had received a few seconds before.
"...!"
Alex abruptly stood up from his seat and bowed ninety degrees straight towards Eren.
"Mr. Eren, I am really sorry for treating you poorly all this time. Please forgive me."
"Huh?!"
Eren didn't expect that sudden shift in attitude at all.
"Treating us poorly? What are you talking about? And why are you bowing like that? Please stop it."
"No, I can't. I really didn't realize that Mr. Eren is from such a standing and didn't even offer proper hospitality. Please forgive my insolence..."
Eren clearly had no idea what Alex was talking about.
From the moment he and his friends entered this building, Alex hadn't mistreated them at all.
He had done his job very well, even though he mistook them for students who came for a rental agreement.
But that itself tells everything about this man.
Hearing such an unwavering tone, he just went along with the flow.
"Uhh... O-okay..."
Alex hurriedly made a call using the telephone, and fresh juices and desserts arrived on the table before them.
While Eren and his friends were eating desserts with blank expressions on their faces, Alex completed the whole transaction.
Printing out all the documents with extreme precision, he presented them in front of Eren.
"Once you sign here, all procedures will be completed."
Eren signed the bunch of documents one by one.
Alex then took them to the scanner, made digital copies, and finished all the registrations.
He even sent five copies of ownership to Eren and his friends.
"Mr. Eren, please take this..."
With another overly polite bow, Alex extended a golden-colored card that had the name of Golden Plains Agency.
"What is this?"
"It's our VVIP account card that we give only to people of extreme importance. It also has a 20% flat discount offer for any purchase from any branch of our company. I also put 196 million that was saved due to the discount from your current purchase into it."
"..."
Eren and his friends exchanged glances with bewildered faces.
This was the first time in their lives they were all treated like this.
Eren carefully took the card and put it into his inventory, afraid of losing it.
"I want to register the other workshops which were not selected by my friends for the Property Management program."
"Please be assured, Mr. Eren, I have already done all the registrations since you asked about our rental service."
Eren blinked at the man in front of him for a moment, registering what he said.
"You... already did it?"
"Yes, please forgive me if I have overstepped..."
Alex gave another polite bow as he said that.
"No... It's okay, you have done a very good job..."
Outside, Eren maintained a calm face, but inside he was shocked to the core.
'What the hell is this?! What kind of treatment is this?! This is completely different from how he behaved before.'
At that moment, Eren truly realized the difference between being rich and being treated like the rich.
"Ha... finally you came out..."
When Alex led everyone out with a polite gesture, they were blocked by Jessica.
"Why did you take so much time with those poor students?"
She wore a sly smile on her face as she approached Alex.
"My client wants to buy three alchemy workshops right away. Depending on the discount we can give, he wouldn't mind buying another one."
The bald man behind her looked at everyone with a proud expression, looking down on them.
"He's asking for the best ones from the Artisan Quarter. I want you to drive the car so we can take our time looking around the location from the backseat."