"Does the mistress of Wayne Manor also care about my little trouble?" Harley asked.
"I don't know yet, but I must tell her about this. I said it was to suspend your scholarship, not to revoke it."
Mrs. White looked at Harry gently and said softly: "You are a treasure that is about to bloom brilliantly, I will not destroy you.
In fact, after watching this videotape, I understand you better and appreciate you more.
This is not your fault, it's all because of your father's greed and gambling.
I want to help you, but a mere scholarship cannot solve your current predicament."
"So?" Harley asked.
"Go find Martha Wayne! She is a gentle and kind person, and I will help you explain to her."
Harry could feel Principal White's kindness.
But she was a little hesitant to ask the young master's mother for help...
First of all, the proud character she developed in her previous life as a winner, and her status as a time traveler with a plug-in in this life, do not allow her to beg for money.
Asking Martha Wayne to help solve a 200,000-yuan loan shark, what is it if it’s not begging?
They don't owe you anything either.
This is not the same as a scholarship.
Harry doesn't think the scholarship is begging.
Like she said before, how many honors has she won for her studies?
That's what she deserves!
Secondly, she felt from beginning to end that she was completely equal to Bruce in terms of personality and status.
If she goes to find Martha now and meets Bruce at school in the future, can she still face him with a confident and natural attitude?
She is not a white lotus without green lotus, she can't do it.
Finally, as a time traveler, she has more trump cards than ordinary people imagine.
Heibang's usurious loans are not borrowed today and have to be repaid tomorrow. The money Andy borrowed last Saturday has a term of at least half a month, and today is only Monday.
$200,000 in half a month would be fatal to most ordinary people, but it might not kill her.
Otherwise, if she knew about the loan sharking last Saturday, why would she still be able to come to school with a smile on Monday?
But Principal White had good intentions after all, and she couldn't refuse directly.
"I understand, thank you, Mrs. White!" She bowed to the old principal and prepared to leave.
Before leaving, she asked one last question: "Madam, who is the person who reported me?"
"A contestant, I don't know who she is, but she can get surveillance video from a metropolitan university, so her identity and background must be unusual."
Speaking of this, Mrs. White couldn't help but sigh, "You are careless. The door of the lounge is not completely soundproof. There is such a loud noise inside and it is such a sensitive topic. You yourself -"
"As beautiful as a tree is in the forest, the wind is going to destroy me! Those little bitches can't defeat me with normal means!" Harley sighed with emotion.
As soon as I went out, I saw several taut beards plastered on my forehead in the corridor.
Wearing a blue and white sportswear, a tall man with broad shoulders and a round waist was huddled in the corner like a coward, smoking a cigarette with a blank expression.
Harley's dad, Andy Quinn.
"You know it too."
This is not a question.
Without waiting for Harley to answer, he threw the cigarette butt out of the window, covered his face and said in frustration: "We are done, I am done.
Without a stable and decent job, those vampire bank managers will no longer provide us with loans.
If I don’t pay back the money in half a month, Nicola will tear me apart and then arrest you and your mother... God, how did we end up in this situation!"
"It's all your doing." Harley said coldly.
"It's all my fault? You know how to shirk responsibility." Andy raised his head sharply and glared at her with bloodshot eyes, "Our family almost went bankrupt last year. Who was it all because of?"
Harry's pretty face was a little hot, she turned her head and argued: "If you are not addicted to gambling, then the debt is nothing at all."
Just last year, in 2004, Google went public on Nasdaq.
Any time traveler with some "brain" will not miss this golden opportunity, and Harley is no exception.
At that time, she had already shown her talents, and her status in the Quinn family was no lower than Andy's.
After her strong persuasion, the Quinn family chose Stud - their savings from previous years, plus a large loan from the National Bank of the United States (an international bank in the fictional DC Universe), totaling over $100,000, were used to buy Google stocks.
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But after going public, Google's stock price continued to fall. Just one week later, the stock price halved.
Harley thinks this is a technical adjustment.
After all, she was very good at Google in her previous life, so she couldn't remember it wrong.
She was even upset that she had no ammunition and couldn't buy the bottom at this time.
A month and a half later, Google delisted...
Faced with her hysterical "Why is this happening?", her classmates and friends were very puzzled.
"Isn't it just a small broken company? Why can't it be delisted? Look at the financial section of Gotham Gazette. This kind of thing happens every day." They said calmly.
"But Google is different!" Harley was still stubborn.
It wasn't until a few days later that a dizzy Harley figured out the reason from Bruce: the 'hello' browser, which currently holds the largest market share, was not founded by Wayne Group, but was controlled by Wayne Group.
The Wayne Group has already developed a more mature and comprehensive search engine technology, but in order to maximize profits, it has been squeezing out toothpaste and has not released more advanced technologies.
In other words, the patents that can allow Google to continue to advance have long been controlled by the Wayne Group, and Google has almost no future.
Therefore, investors who know some inside information have never been optimistic about this "little broken company", so Harry is stubborn and insists on the "superiority of time travellers".
Not long after, Bruce told her that after his father met the founders of Google at a cocktail party, he thought they had great ideas and acquired Google.
Harley......
After receiving this blow, she no longer dared to touch the stock market.
Even if Bitcoin appears again in 2009, she will not be crazy about mining or hoarding like she did in her previous life.
In this hellish fantasy world, it’s better to keep your feet on the ground and do your duty.
...
"Don't worry too much about the money, I will find a way to solve it." Harley's expression was helpless, but her tone softened.
"Unless you can hook up with Bruce Wayne immediately, what else can you do?" Andy glared.
Harley rolled her eyes at him and said calmly: "In addition to being an all-around athlete, I am also a talented writer. I can write a song or write a novel and I should be able to sell a lot of money."
You can't trade stocks in this other world, but you'll definitely be fine as a copycat.
But when she told the truth, Andy didn't believe it at all.
"I thought I could become a rock singer back then!" he said sarcastically.
"Well, making a debut as an artist seems to be a way..." Harley tilted her head, looking thoughtful.
She became the most popular person in high school not only because of her unparalleled sports talent, but also because she was proficient in playing multiple musical instruments.
Well, in her previous life, she had a good family and participated in various interest classes.
In fact, Hallie formed a rock band called "Roaring Satan" with several classmates. From time to time, she wore a wig and smoky makeup and "roared" loudly in the school square.
American celebrity, athlete, music expert, thinking ahead of the trends, beautiful, with perfect figure, cheerful personality, good at talking, able to make things happen... When these qualities are combined together, she is not a campus queen.
,Who is?
As for grades... In the United States, where education is a joy, all those with good grades are weirdos!
Seeing his daughter in a daze, Andy said with a struggling expression: "Actually, we can go to Wayne Manor on Long Island after school..."
"What advice did Ms. White give you?" Harry raised an eyebrow.
"Well, she said Mrs. Martha is a gentle and good person. You know Sun Yan from our school, right?"
It's rare to see a Chinese person in an American high school. Although she can't even speak Mandarin, Harley definitely knows her.
Andy thought to himself: "Sun Yan's father is the gardener of Wayne Manor. She got leukemia when she was a child. Thomas Wayne personally nursed her back to health. Martha set up a private scholarship fund specifically for her so that she can continue to study in college safely.
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The Wayne Group has done all kinds of evil, but the Waynes are really rare good people in Gotham. I think they should help us."
"You seemed to be hesitating before?" Harley asked curiously.
"This is like begging, but I don't want to beg from others! How about you go alone? I'm a bastard anyway, and Mrs. Wayne will definitely be more willing to receive you." Andy said distressedly.
"I will never be less dignified than you! I have my own methods." Harley shook her head and refused.
The father in this life is most similar to her in character, his pride.
Thinking that Andy's creditor was Heibang, and writing books and copying songs may not necessarily be able to turn into cash quickly, Harley added: "Of course it would be better if we could add insurance.
It's you who lost your job, so my scholarship should be fine.
Anyway, this year’s scholarship has been credited, next year...next year I will become a best-selling author.
So, go to Mrs. Martha alone. If she is willing to show mercy, write an IOU and pay her back with interest in the future."
"Writing an IOU...that's all I can do to comfort myself." Andy nodded helplessly.
"By the way, after meeting Mrs. Martha, find a suitable opportunity to tell her that Gotham is very chaotic recently and you should bring more bodyguards when you go out at night.
When entering this topic, don't be too abrupt, be natural, and obviously mean well, but don't offend others."
"When will Gotham not be in chaos?" Andy looked puzzled, "Besides, when the Waynes go out, they must have bodyguards. Rich guys, who would not hesitate to die?"
Harry was a little at a loss for words.
She really had good intentions, but she didn't know how to explain it.
After getting to know Bruce last year, she also told him.
But the Wayne family is still living the same nightlife as before, and living peacefully until now...
The Waynes are not new money, they are old money, the very old kind, who have ruled Gotham for hundreds of years.
Theoretically, they have their own way of survival in Gotham, and there is no need for her, a novice who has only been in Gotham for a year, to tell them what to do.
But in the "Batman plot", the Waynes and his wife did die in a very aggrieved manner, even a little hastily.