Meizong Wealth Life

Chapter 86: Extreme pressure, finally the show can’t go on anymore
Bang.

Mr. Jones accidentally knocked over his wine glass, and the goblet fell to the ground and shattered.

One person could have cleaned it up, but Mrs. Jones, Jane, and Mike were all scrambling to clean it up. The four of them hurriedly cleaned the floor and sat back at the dining table, with guilt written all over their faces.

People's psychological defenses are broken down bit by bit in this way.

Originally, what happened with Mike before was enough to make everyone fearful.

Now I heard Jamie tell such a story again.

Although Jamie said from the beginning that this was a coincidence that even he found unbelievable, it would make sense if the coincidence happened once. If they still regard it as a coincidence if it happens a second time, the Jones family would really be fools.

There was an eerie silence at the dinner table.

A joking smile appeared on Jamie's lips, looking at the Jones family with interest.

"Is it because the ending of my story is too depressing, why is everyone silent?"

The Jones family looked at each other. In the end, the one who lost his composure for the first time was Mr. Jones, who seemed the calmest.

"Mr. Dutton, maybe the ending of your story is to show the ugliness of human nature, but I think it is a bit unfair to that family. They have done nothing wrong, but the vanity of other people in the town is I really can't accept that they have to bear the consequences."

Jamie shook his head and explained that Mr. Jones had gotten it all wrong.

His novel is not to expose the ugliness of human nature, but to warn people not to fall into the trap of unrestrained consumerism because of their excessive pursuit of material enjoyment and vanity satisfaction, while ignoring their own real needs and values.

Mr. Jones asked reluctantly.

“So the model family in the novel becomes a symbol of the trap of consumerism?”

Jamie nodded, acknowledging this.

Mr. Jones suddenly lost his temper, dropped his napkin and stood up.

"That family didn't let everyone imitate their family's traveling and consumption. What harmed them was their own vanity!"

Jamie looked at Mr. Jones seriously.

"So Mr. Jones really thinks that family is completely innocent? Don't they enjoy the vanity of being imitated by others?"

Mr. Jones suddenly calmed down.

He apologized to Jamie, saying that he had just lost his temper.

Mrs. Jones, Jane and Mike also woke up from their dreams. They had indeed been a little too involved in the story Jamie told.

Of course, the more important thing is that I still have a sense of luck in my heart, thinking that this story is really just a coincidence as Jamie said at the beginning.

"Mr. Jones, you really don't need to apologize. I can completely understand your feelings. After all, this story is very similar to your family. I am even considering whether to share the copyright fee with you if this story is really published. "

Having said this, Jamie turned his eyes around the faces of the Jones family again.

The Jones family had tried very hard to hide their guilty conscience, but their evasive eyes still betrayed their true inner thoughts.

"The premise is that this is really a coincidence, what do you think?"

Mike couldn't bear the pressure at first and stood up to leave the table.

Mrs. Jones called to him softly, her eyes warning him not to act impulsively.

However, it was this move that made Mike completely explode.

He pointed at Jamie and yelled to the other three people at the table:
"How long are you going to continue acting? Our self-righteous performance is like the king's new clothes in this guy's eyes. Any coincidences are all lies. He already knows everything, but we are still deceiving ourselves. Own!"

Jane covered her forehead in despair and turned her head to the side.

Mrs. Jones's eyes widened, and she couldn't believe that the hysterical boy in front of her was really the Mike she knew before.

Only Mr. Jones remained calm.

"Mike, calm down and sit down first, okay?"

Mr. Jones stood up and called to Mike who was about to leave.

Follow him and turn to look at Jamie.

"Mr. Dutton, although I don't know how you know our true identities, I believe you are not here specifically to expose us, right?"

Jamie looked at Mr. Jones with some curiosity and inquiry in his eyes.

"Can I interpret this as your death throes?"

It was obviously a contemptuous and mocking remark, but Mr. Jones's eyes lit up.

"No! I don't think so!"

He answered confidently and firmly:

The curiosity in Jamie's eyes became more intense.

"What's the reason?"

"Because we are insignificant little people and it is not worth Mr. Dutton to waste a dinner time to play cat and mouse games with us!"

Mr. Jones said this not to Jamie, but to remind his three companions.

The key is that he succeeded.

Mrs. Jones, Jane, and Mike all looked up with renewed hope in their eyes.

Under the hopeful gaze of the Jones family, Jamie shrugged.

"So now can you tell me your real names and identities?" The Jones family was overjoyed to be saved from a desperate situation, and Mike was the first to speak:
"We are employed by a company called—"

Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Mr. Jones coughing.

"Mike, don't forget the confidentiality agreement we signed."

Under Mike's puzzled gaze, Mr. Jones insisted not to reveal the name of the company to Jamie because it was a matter of professional ethics.

Mrs. Jones and Jane also sided with Mr. Jones this time.

Even if their identity is revealed by Jamie, the most they can do is lose their bonus and start over in another place.

But if the company's information is leaked, not only will they lose their jobs completely, but they will also face huge compensation payments.

If they don't have the money to repay, the company's lawyers will send them all to jail without mercy.

After the family reached an agreement, Mr. Jones looked at Jamie again and apologized and explained that except for leaking company information, they were willing to answer all Jamie's questions.

Of course, what Jamie is most interested in is their identity as a family.

Mr. Jones took the lead, taking his driver's license out of his wallet.

Others followed suit.

Four driver's licenses were placed in front of Jamie, and the names on them were Steve, Kate, Mike and Jane.

Mr. Jones then explained that all four of their driver's licenses were real, so the names were also real.

Including their family relationship is also true.

Mr. and Mrs. Jones were a legally registered couple, and Mike and Jane were their children, of course only adopted.

But all this was arranged by the company behind them.

The relationship between a family is only nominal. In fact, their real relationship is just that of colleagues.

Following Mr. Jones, he also introduced their respective business scope.

"I am responsible for consumer products related to middle-aged men, including but not limited to golf, cars, real estate, financial products and various daily consumer products for men."

"Kate is responsible for housewife-related products, clothing, beauty, and fitness. Because our relationship is superficially as a couple, there is often some overlap in our business scope."

"Mike does the electronics and Jen does the cosmetics."

"Including the house we live in now, it is also a model house designed and decorated by the real estate developer."

“Our job is to be a model family for the entire community, and use everyone’s admiration and admiration to stimulate everyone’s consumption.”

At this point, Mr. Jones glanced at Jamie a little worriedly, fearing that something would come out of Jamie's mouth.

"You deceive the people who trust and worship you like this, won't your conscience hurt?"

But in fact, Jamie's thoughts at this time were exactly the opposite. He quite admired the people in the company behind the Jones family who came up with this way of bringing goods.

To be honest, it is quite conscientious to specifically target wealthy communities.

"So in other places, there are many families like you who bring goods, right?"

Jamie asked.

Mr. Jones did not deny this, but he did not know the specific circumstances.

These are company secrets, and there is no way the senior management can tell them to these workers.

"Can you give me a message to your supervisor?"

The Jones family exchanged quick glances, and finally Mr. Jones laughed to himself: "Can we say no?"

Jamie shrugged and replied regretfully:
"I hope your supervisor can be as smart as you, otherwise I will have to actually write your story into a novel and publish it without paying any royalties."

After that, the conversation suddenly changed, and his tone became particularly tough.

"Tell your supervisor that you can interpret what I just said as a threat. If you don't meet my demands, I will expose you and destroy the company behind you!"

Mr. Jones immediately said that they would make every effort to convince the supervisor to agree to Jamie's conditions.

Then Jane suddenly spoke.

"What do you want us to do?"

Jamie took out his mobile phone, typed out the WeHouse website address via text message, asked for the Jones family’s mobile phone numbers, and then sent a group text message to all their mobile phones.

"This is a travel home sharing website established by my friends and I. If you want to maintain a life that is envied by people around you, you must go on vacation frequently, right? Ask your supervisor to contact me later, and all the houses on WeHouse can be like yours. The model family provides it for free. Of course, don’t think too much about it. It’s just for you to go in and take photos to show to the neighbors.”

This result was within the expectations of the Jones family.

The key is that they now have the leverage in Jamie's hands, and they can't agree to it even if they don't agree.

Mr. Jones stood up immediately and prepared to call the company supervisor to report.

Just then, the doorbell rang.

Jane got up and went to open the door, but unexpectedly found that standing outside the door was Collins, the daughter of her neighbor Tao Xi's family.

Before Jane could ask Collins what happened, Collins took the initiative to express his intention.

She came to see Jamie.

After saying that, she walked into the house without waiting for Jane to invite her in.

(End of this chapter)