Philip glared at the man.
"Don't ask what you shouldn't ask! Remember! You are the head of the White Family from now on! As
the family head, you need to show restraint and practice shrewdness.Compose yourself so as to avoid
others from realizing your thoughts.Understand?"
The man hurriedly lowered his head.
"Yes! Dad, I admit I was wrong!"
With a wave of his hand, Philip replied, "Get out! Remember, I want this matter handled well, and bear
in mind the reactions of the other family heads.Report them to me later!"
The man nodded vigorously before leaving in a hurry.
After that, with a glint in his eyes, Philip leaned back against the sofa before gritting his teeth and
mumbled, "Matthew Larson, I'll see just how long you can struggle against me!"
The reactions of the eight family heads varied when the man told them about Matthew's conditions.
Naturally, they were extremely furious.
Nevertheless, some of them wore their hearts on their sleeve, while some of them remained
composed.
The man bore in mind how each and every one of the family heads reacted and went on to report to
Philip.
Analyzing the man's report on the other family head's reaction, Philip understood just what their attitude
on the matter was.
"Hmph! Those old foxes.They're all waiting for someone else to make the first move.I'd like to see just
how long they can stay their hand!"
Waving his hand, he sneered.
"Vacate our storefronts.Tell Matthew that he is free to use those storefronts of ours.Regarding the
renovation, I don't want them to spend the money on it, so you'll have to personally handle it.You'll have
to handle this matter well.Do not allow Matthew to grow wary of us.Understand?"
The man immediately nodded.
"Understood!"
Meanwhile, in the eight other family houses, the other family heads were explaining things to their
respective family.
When afternoon came the next day, all nine family heads had respectively delivered a lease agreement
of their storefront to Matthew.
James and Helen were taken by surprise when they saw the number of agreements delivered.
After all, they had only finished viewing these storefronts yesterday afternoon.
Yet, they were already renting these spaces the next day.
There were already businesses renting these spaces when James and Helen viewed the storefronts.
Even if they were to negotiate for the space, they would've taken way longer than just a single day.
At the end of the day, they couldn't be vacating business off rental spaces just because they wanted
the spaces for themselves.
This was why the speed at which more than twenty storefronts were vacated and offered to them was a
huge surprise.
"Matthew, a-aren't things moving a little too fast?" Helen said in shock.
Matthew smiled.
"This is normal.If the nine great families of Eastshire worked together and couldn't even offer us this
much, then they would suffer a stain in their reputation."
James and Helen made eye contact with one another while thinking to themselves just how powerful
the nine great families were.They were definitely leaps ahead of any other ordinary man.
Regardless, James and Helen were once again amazed by Matthew's capability when they
remembered that it was him who had managed to get these great families to do his bidding.
James took a look at the agreements before he suddenly exclaimed, "Huh? Why isn't the rent amount
written here?"
At his question, one of the men smiled.
"For your information, Mr.Cunningham, most of these storefronts belong to the nine great
families.Though there were some that were not, they were bought by us as well last night.The nine
great families had stated that they would allow you all to rent these spaces without cost.No rent, no
expiry on the lease.This is a gift from the nine great families to Mr.and Mrs.Cunningham."
The couple looked at each other once more in shock.
These storefronts were some of the best locations in all of Eastshire.
The rental for these spaces would have been astronomical, yet now they were being offered to rent
them for free, and without expiration on the lease was truly a godsend to them.
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