The sudden change in his attitude stunned everyone and they no longer dared to be sharp-tongued.
Not even Laura could bring herself to butt in, already too ashamed to meet anyone’s eyes.
Kelsie knew the inspector would surely suggest this. But she stlll pretended to think about it for a moment before she nodding in agreement.
"You can. As long as I’ll be able to earn money from it, I don’t mind."
The man beamed brightly, reassuring her, "Of course you’ll be able to earn money from it. In fact, a genius like you shouldn’t be talking about earning money."
The other two inspectors hurriedly walked up to them to chime in, "Yes, with how talented you are, money should be the one earning you."
"My second child who’s about your age, programs and codes as well. Is it possible for you to give him a few pointers in the future?"
"I also have a young daughter who’s very intelligent and won’t give you much trouble if you decide to take her along with you."
The first inspector, who had spoken about getting the program copyrighted, instantly realized what they were doing and sighed heavily.
This was because unlike these other inspectors, his sons and daughters were in fields not in anyway related to his own career choice.
These cunning old men were clearly trying to use their children as an excuse to get closer to this young prodigy!
Maybe he should’ve insisted on having a child with the desire to follow his career path. That way, he wouldn’t be left out now.
One look at his sullen face and Kelsie could tell he seemed to be offended by what the other two inspectors were doing.
Her plan was to live a quiet life with her children, so suddenly being looked up to as a prodigy would certainly stand in her way.
Furthermore, it might bring her closer to being caught by Jett Adler.
With that, she sat up and politely declined the inspectors’ invitations, "I’m not as good as you think. I already told you I was able to come up with this program because I threw in a bunch of words together."
While she seemed persistent with this narrative, the inspectors knew better.
Although they couldn’t quite wrap a finger around it, they had the feeling she knew more than she was letting on.
The other inspector was overjoyed hearing Kelsie and quickly began talking when he saw one of the two inspectors part his lips to say something.
"This was supposed to be a three hours contest with three different tasks. Given that we’ve already spent the last three hours on one task, it’s too late for us to go on."
"Furthermore, because of the expertise that was shown tonight, we were able to come to a conclusion without the need to evaluate too much." fre.ewebnov el.com
He paused to glance at Kelsie, an amicable smile on his face as he inquired, "My young friend, do tell me what your name is."
Kelsie nodded and got on her feet. As she did, numerous flashes went off from the cameras of media outlets and reporters in the audience.
But she was an expert at evading cameras and knew better to keep her back to them as she got up. So they only got numerous shots of her back.
"I am Kelsie Sutton."
The inspector then turned to the audience enthusiastically, pointing at her, "Ladies and gentlemen, I am proud to announce that Kelsie Sutton’s has won this contest!"
Upstairs, the room which was filled with loud bragging just a moment ago, instantly fell silent.
When Jett said he’d triple whatever they bet, they grew greedy and withdrew their initial bets, then used hefty sums and numerous of their assets to place another, hoping to get three times of it in return.
A young man in their midst suddenly reached into his bag and slammed down heavy bundles of money one after the other.
Then he leaned back and crossed his leg ontop the other, staring up at Jett with an unbothered smile like he hadn’t just lost more than 500 million.
"You won, Mr. Adler. But I’m curious, did you know this was going to happen? It sounds so scripted that the person you placed your bet on just happened to throw in a bunch of words which turned out to be a copyright worthy program."
The other sponsors, already begrudged they were about to lose a lot of money and assets in one night, instantly turned to Jett for an answer.
They planned to hold onto anything that’d keep their bets intact. Even if it meant accusing Jett of trying to scam them.
Aware of the thoughts running through their minds, Jett smiled.
A cold, distant look settled in his eyes as he watched Eric move the money into a suitcase.
"You’re a businessman too, Mr. Rowland. So i take it you’re familiar with the words, ’a businessman doesn’t give away his trade secrets’, not so?"
Almost immekdatly, a smile broke out on Boyd Rowland’s face, a smile that didn’t quite reach his eyes as he nodded calmly.
"Or it could be she’s an expert you hired and snuck into the contest."
Jett chuckled, "Is this you saying you think I scammed you?"
Boyd Rowland shrugged nonchalantly, the smile on his face broadening, "I never said that, but if the shoe fits."
Jett briefly glanced down at the jubilating team below before he returned his eyes to Boyd.
"If she had failed the task and I had to triple everything every one of you bet, would you still be accusing me of scamming you?"
"No, you wouldn’t. You would be dancing around and mocking me in your hearts for being so foolish."
He stopped talking and proceeded to stare at everyone on the table in the face.
"Don’t let my debts in your hands exceed tonight. It’s not a good thing to be known as businessmen who don’t keep to their word."
Then he got up and left with Eric.
The sponsors were seething in rage right after he left and didn’t bother to stay for the acknowledgement of being the contest’s sponsors.
Downstairs, Kelsie’s team were rejoicing and gushing all over her when somsone walked up to them and snickered.
"What’s there to be happy about? What happened to you was just sheer luck!"
No one paid attention to her and just continued talking to each other.
It was at this moment that Zoe Derruci raised her eyes to look at Laura, who was being comforted by her teammates.
"So, uh, about the conditions you listed out earlier..."