Expense Half a Trillion In 48 Hours

In the sprawling city, residents are divided into multiple classes: the wealthy, the rich, the working class, and the poor. Each group's mindset is shaped by their circumstances and the work they do. One night, during a heavy storm, the lower-class neighborhoods flood because of poorly maintained streets and blocked drains. At the same time, the upper-class areas remain dry, with rainwater swiftly diverted through well-maintained drainage systems.

A recent accident on the major highway has blocked traffic in both directions as emergency vehicles rush to the scene. An elderly man is sitting in a limousine on his way back from a business meeting when he becomes stuck in traffic. His driver informs him about the accident and that it’s uncertain when the highway will reopen.

The old man uses the limousine's intercom to tell his driver to take a detour. The driver acknowledges and begins maneuvering the limousine to find an alternative route. After almost an hour, they finally exit the highway, only to enter the flooded streets of a poor neighborhood. Many other vehicles also try to navigate around the accident, causing congestion in the flooded areas.

As they drive through the inundated streets, the limousine hits heavy, rising water that damages several car engines, leaving them dead in the water. The water rises to the level of the limousine's doors. Many people from the stranded vehicles try to escape, running toward higher ground or any buildings that can provide shelter.

The limousine driver updates the old man on the flooding situation, advising him to seek higher ground. The old man agrees, and both he and the driver exit the limousine and begin searching for safety. As they leave the vehicle, the floodwater engulfs it, swallowing it beneath the surface.

A large group of stranded individuals gathers at an old building situated on higher ground, seeking refuge as the flooding worsens. Despite the worsening storm, there is no help from authorities for those trapped in their cars on the flooded streets. The stranded people gather what little they can carry from their vehicles before fleeing to the building.

Several hours pass as the storm intensifies, with bursts of heavy rain quickly submerging more streets. The worst of the storm has yet to arrive; strong winds pick up momentum, scattering loose objects across the streets. Moreover, the old neighborhood becomes increasingly unsafe as thieves and gangsters take advantage of the chaos in the heavy storm, viewing the stranded vehicles as easy targets amidst the turmoil, akin to fresh meat presented on a silver platter.

Outside on the street, the flooding is rising, covering up half the automobiles. From a distance, in the old building, there is a large group of gangsters on the seventh floor gathering, partying, drinking, listening to loud music, and laughing, high-fiving over beer bottles, drinking heavily. One gangster burst into the room, ran to the leader, and told him about a large group of strangers from outside the neighborhood, stranded by the heavy rain and taking shelter in the nearby building. The gangster's leader stopped drinking and started looking at his men and asked, "Hey...!!! Hey...!!! What do you know? There is fresh meat delivered to our doorsteps. Right? Men?"

All the gangsters stood up, holding their beers, and shouting, "Oh yeah!!! Let's go refresh our stocks and get fresh meat. Yeah!!!"

Immediately, all the gangsters ran, wrapping their guns, and headed straight to the old building nearby, where all the strange drivers were hiding from the rainstorm. The police patrolled on their boats, riding down the flooded streets, and they saw groups of gangsters outside, going through strange flooded cars to pick up their belongings.

When the police on their boats approaching to gangsters, and the gangsters saw the police on their patrol boats coming toward them. The gangsters started shooting the police out of panic and fear. The police patrol boats came under fire; bullets hit their boats, and the police on the patrol boats immediately returned fire, with their maneuvers avoiding the incoming fire from the gangsters.

Inside the old building where the strange families, including the wealthiest old man, were, they heard the gunshots outside the building, with the police on their megaphone calling the gangsters to drop their weapons and surrender, but the gunshots kept going. Many bullets hit the old building and the door's glasses broken by the bullets, and certainly the doors burst open by kicking with strong force.

Seven gangsters ran into the old building where the strange families were taking shelter from the flooding rain; they saw seven gangsters running into the building with their guns firing out into the street at the police, and many families shouting out of fear for their lives. After the seven gangsters ran inside the old building, they saw many people inside.

One of the seven gangsters shouted, "We hit the jackpot!!!"

The seven gangsters closed the door and immediately fired their guns into the air, shouting that everyone inside the old building must do what they say or will get shot. The children are crying; mothers are very frightened, holding their children, and most fathers are trying to calm their family members. But some parents are shouting at the gangsters, telling them not to scare their children, and that they will give whatever the gangsters want as their belongings.

The police are surrounding the area, and seven gangsters start collecting valuable belongings, cash, and jewelry. One gangster gets to the old man and demands that the old man give all his belongings. The old man takes out all his belongings, a silver watch and a wallet, but then the gangster sees the old man's necklace.

The gangster demands that the old man take off his necklace and give it to him. The old man looks at the gangster with fear in his eyes and begs him not to take the necklace because it is a gift from his late wife, with her picture inside the pendant. The old man shows his neckless pendant to the gangster, and begging for not take his neckless but the bad gangster hot temper hitting the old man.

The old man get struck by the gangster on his head, the gangster took the old man's neckless, and the old man knocked out by the bad gangster fall on the ground with his head bleeding. The gangster keeps searching for valuables belonging to the strange families in the old building.

When the gangster walks up to a group by the door at the restroom door, there is a young kid dressed like a beggar, and this young boy is not belong to any family but somehow sitting with many groups of families. The young boy stands up give his fake gold ring to the gangster, and at the same time he picks pocket the collection bag of the old man's necklace out of the gangster's collecting bag. The police outside surrounded the old building tightly. Seven gangsters collected all the valuables belonging to the strange families from the old building, then two gangsters talked about how they were getting out of the building because the police were surrounding them, and they had no way out.

The old man is very sad, sitting on the floor, and the young boy moves toward him. When the young boy got to the old man sitting on the floor, the young boy put his hand on the old man's shoulder and said, "Sir, don't worry. Give me your hand, and I have a surprise for you."

The old man's eyes are tearing, and says very softly, "All I have is a most valuable of my late wife's gift to me a pendant had my wife picture in it. She gave me on my birthday, that I told her I missed her so much when I am on business travel for weeks, and on my very first birthday after I told my wife how I missed her. She immediately packed a gift box with a note saying she hoped what she picked out for my birthday would help me during my business travel and solve my business travel problem. Hihi... Oh, how I missed my wife so much, and now even my only most precious memory gift of her is gone."

The young boy looks at the old man, slowly grabbing the old man's hand, looking around to make sure no one is looking at them, and slowly puts the old man's gold pendant on his hand, then says, "Here, I believe this pendant belongs to you, and it has returned to the rightful owner."

The old man looked at his hand, saw his gold pendant in his palm right after the young man's hand placed the gold pendant into his palm, and the old man's eyes were very bright, wide open, looking at his gold pendant in his hand. When the old man looked at the gold pendant in his hand, he looked up at the young man and wanted to say thank you to the young man.

The young man quickly put his hand on the old man's lips and said, "Don't say anything; keep your pendant in a safe place, and don't say anything. All right? Sir? Hihi..."

While the police outside are getting ready to forcing into the old building where the hostages are under control by the thieves, there are several family men carried conshield gun, and they are signaling to each other of asked who carried weapon on them. Several men replied that they had guns on them to protect their families, but they were very hesitant to act because of their families, and others were in the same boat.

Family men have guns, talk to each other, and tell all others to get on the floor when they start to fire at the thieves. The words spread very quietly to all others, but a few family men with their children are frightened and voice their objection, strongly disagreeing with shooting the thieves. Some of the cowardly family men tell others they are protecting their family by listening to the thieves and doing whatever they tell them to do.

Six family men who have guns are signaling to each other that they must act soon, and if they wait a little longer then the Coward family men will breaking out their silent told the thieves about their plan to take out the thieves. The thieves are gathering outside the doors and talking about taking hostages out to negotiate with the police to let them go.

The family men with guns have signal all the people to get ready to hit flat on the floor when they signal, and gun fires. One of the cowardly family men saw what the family men with guns were about to do; then he quickly shouted out to the thieves to call them, and to let the thieves know about the plan of the family men with guns.

When the thieves were standing by the front doors, hearing the cowardly family man calling out to them, they started to turn and look at the cowardly family man calling them. The family men with guns started to take action, shouting out to everyone to get on the flat floor, and the guns started firing at the thieves from the family men with guns.

The thieves were taking by surprise, bullets are fiercing at them, and hitting them one by one from the family men with guns opened fire at the thieves with full clips. The police outside, in the rain, heard the guns firing inside the old building, and the police started taking action by firing smoke guns into the old building through the windows.

With the smoke guns fired into the old building, the thieves were being fired on by the brave family gunmen. All the thieves were lying on the floor, bleeding, and the police, quickly storming into the old building, saw that all the thieves were lying on the floor, bleeding very badly.

After the police secured the scene and took full control, they found that several brave family men, armed with guns, had taken action to take out the thieves. Everyone is safe because the police secured the scene inside the old building, and the thieves have been taken into custody by the police, with some of them not making it due to the bullets hitting their heads.

Police and special rescue teams stormed into the old building and immediately secured it, with all the thieves either dead or lying on the floor near death. The police commander quickly ordered all the hostages to relocate to secure, safe ground for interviews and to be treated with hot food.

At the rescue drama center, all the hostages have been taken their interview by the police, and the old man with the young man are being interviewed by the police released to the waiting area where they can be release back into the society.

While sitting in the waiting area, the old man saw the young boy who saved his priceless pendant from his wife's gift. The old man quickly told his limousine driver to go call the young boy and bring the young boy to him. The old man sitting on the chair, looking at his pendant of his wife picture, smiling, and tearing coming out his eyes.

When the young boy comes to the old man, the old man smiling looking at his wife's pendant of picture his wife. The young boy looked at the old man for a few seconds and said softly, "Sir, are you all right? Your driver told me that you are looking for me?"

The old man smiled, slowly closed his wife's pendant, put it in his pocket, and looked at the young boy, then said gently, "Yes, I want to see you. Come, sit next to me. I want to talk to you if you don't mind. It would be quick, if you have some place else to go."

The young boy looked at the old man and smiled at him, then said softly, "Sure, I have plenty of time, and I'm not in a hurry right now."

The young boy slowly sat next to the old man, looking at him, and the old man smiled and told his driver to give him privacy. The limousine's driver nodded his head and walked away. The old man turned, looking at the young boy, and said, "First, I want to thank you for all your work in getting my priceless pendant, which belonged to my wife, gifted to me on my birthday. After my wife passed away, I remember her only through this priceless pendant she left for me as a birthday gift. For that, I owe you a lot. So, I want to reward you for saved my priceless pendant returned to me, and you just name what you want or need. I will grant it to you, no matter what, as long as it's in my power. All right?"

The young boy looks at the old man without blinking his eyes for a few seconds, then smiles and says softly, "No, it's all right. I don't want anything; I know I look like a person who does need something to survive through the day or through my life. But I am all right; it's the right thing to do. Those thieves are wrong, they shouldn't take things are not belong to them. I guess that's why they paid the price. I am fine, and I'm glad you got back what's important to you."

The old man looks at the young boy, smiling, and said gently, "All right, but first, can you tell me what your name is? I am Titian, and I own one of the largest businesses in the world. I am not saying that to make myself look good, but it's true, and what I told you is that you just tell me what you need. I will make it happen for you, as long as it's in my power. I can give you anything you want, as long as I have it, or it's in my power. Yes? So, tell me about you, and I want to know who my savior is. Hihi..."

The young boy looks at the old man, Titian, and smiles, then says softly, "Benny, Benny is my name. Don't ask me my full name, and I don't recall my last name much, because I haven't used it for a very long time."

The old man, Titian, smiled, looking at the young boy, Benny, and one eye twitched as he smiled. Both the young boy, Benny, and the old man, Rich, started smiling and looking at each other for a minute. The old man, Titian, smiled and said softly, "Yeah, I don't use my last name either, but in my business, my full name is required; therefore, I will tell you once. I am Titian Rich, and I am one of the wealthiest business people in this world. I had planned to live with my wife in this life, with all the extra requirements ready once my wife and I wanted to use them, but my plan has been overtaken by nature. Nature has overtaken my plan, and my plan has fallen apart. My wife took one step earlier to the other side, and I am the only one left behind. I know my wife is waiting for me on the other side, and once I finish what's left of my plan, then I will go see my wife."

The young boy, Benny, is very surprised, looking at the old man, Titian, without blinking his eyes, with thoughts floating in his mind. The old man, Titian, looks at Benny and gives a tiny smile, then says softly, "My boy, I know what you are thinking, but I assure you that I am fine and normal. It's just that my health has not been so good to me recently, and I know my physical body is aging. I know and I can see everyone is going same as I am but in very much different way by the green backs that if you know what I mean. Benny, you do know what I mean by what I just told you. Right? Benny?"

The young boy, Benny, looks at the old man, Titian, and looks down at the ground, then smiles and says, "I am still young, but my mind has jumped forward much faster than I can imagine or catch up. I... I believe I do understand what you told me. Mr. Titian."

The old man, Titian, looks at Benny, slowly puts his hand on Benny's shoulder, and says, "Right, well... I think it's getting very late, and what we just went through. I say you come with me to my place, and I'll treat you to all the food you can eat. How's that sound to you, unless you do have a place to go, and an important thing you must do? Uhm...?"

The young boy, Benny, slowly looked at the old man, Titian, for a few seconds, and said gently, "I... I have no place to go; the only place where it's flooding, and the only place I'm looking for a dry floor to stay. I have no kitchen, no bed, only a dry floor and walls that help me stay through the night. I hope, because my area is all flooded, as you saw earlier."

While the old man, Titian, and Benny are talking, the limousine driver walked in, looking at the young boy, Benny, and the boss, Titian, and said, "Mr. Titian, the new limousine is here, and ready to take you back home. Your schedules have been cleared for today and for the next two days. If you wish to change it, do please let us know, and your secretary will update your schedule."

The old man, Titian, slowly stood up and grabbed Benny's hand. After Benny stood up with him, Titian said to Benny, "My boy, you come with me, and you and I will have a home buffet. I will make a call to my chefs to make all the food ready before we get home. Come with me; you are my special guest from now on. Come..."

Both Titian and Benny walk to the new limousine waiting outside, and the old man, Titian, makes his call to his chefs at home to make the buffet ready. Benny compliments the limousine, as he is riding in Titian's new limousine for the first time. When Benny and Titian arrived at the huge mansion of the old man, Titian. Benny cannot believe what he saw: a huge mansion like in the movie, and all the mansion's staff quickly running to stand straight in line, waiting and greeting the old man, Titian, of their boss coming up.

The young boy, Benny, walks out of the new limousine with the old man, Titian, as they walk into the huge mansion. All the mansion's staff are bowing and greeting both Benny and the old man, Titian. Benny is very overwhelmed by surprise when he walked into the old man, Titian's huge mansion, and immediately the old man, Titian orders his staffs to take Benny to the guest room for cleaning with change into new cloth for buffet.

After Benny was taken to his room and changed into new clothing. Benny gets escorted to the dining room and inside the dining room. The old man, Titian is sitting at the end of the table with his staffs are servicing him, and his staff escorts Benny to sit next to him. Benny's eyes are on the table full of plates of food, and Benny sits down in his chair. Benny looks at a bowl of hot soup right in front of him with his hungry eyes.

The old man, Titian, smiling, and said, "Benny, go head take your soup while is hot. This soup is good; I like it, and I asked my chef to prepare this bowl for you to try it out. Go ahead, and let me know how it tastes. Yeah? Go ahead."

Benny looks at the old man, Titian, and his staff are standing ready to serve them. Benny slowly take the spoon, and take few spoons of the hot soup in the bowl and expressing his good tasting. Benny saw the old man, Titian is watching having his soup, and after few spoons.

Benny smiled, looking at the old man, Titian, and said gently, "This soup is very good. I like it. I have never had this kind of good soup before, and I like this soup a lot. Hihi..."

The old man, Titian, smiled, took his spoon, and started having his hot soup. Benny looked at the old man, Titian, and took a few more spoonfuls of his soup, then said, "Mr. Titian, you have all this food on the table by yourself like this every day? It's a lot."

The old man, Titian, smiled and took one spoonful of his hot soup, then slowly put his spoon down on the table. He turned, looking at Benny, and said softly, "Well, only the food I like to eat that day, and I marked for my chef to prepare it for me. After my wife went, I am the only one eating at this table by myself, and I do miss companionship. I guess you do have some companionship in your early life? Right? Benny?"

Benny looks sad, looking at his hot bowl of soup, and said softly, "It's so long, and I forgot what companionship feels like. I guess you have gone through missing companionship feelings, and we both have the same experience. I guess..."

The old man, Titian, looked at Benny and said, "All right, no talk. You go ahead and enjoy the food on the table. All this food has been prepared for you. Enjoy it, and rest. You and I have been spending time out on the street for a very long time. After we fill up our stomachs, we get to our room and rest for the next day. You and I have a long day ahead, and I have a proposal that I want to talk to you about. Yeah? Benny? So, no more talk, just eat, and rest."

After the young boy, Benny, and the old man, Titian, have their dinner, they go to their room to rest for the rest of the day until the next morning. Benny spends most of the night lying on the supper bed, and he does not believe that he is in a heavenly place, according to him, due to his whole life living as the lowest human being walking on the ground. He never thought that one day, like in the present that he would be feeling, he would be sleeping on a super wonder bed that comforts him warmly throughout the night, sleeping, and no bad dreams, with hunger in his stomach calling every time.

Early next morning, Benny woke up early, he walking around the mansion, and he saw many beautiful of the mansion. Especially, the environment of the mansion is so peaceful, and a tight security team is fully patrolling the place. Benny walked back from the huge backyard of the mansion. The old man, Titian, was waiting inside the mansion, and his staff was waiting for Benny to come back inside and escort him to see the old man, Titian, for breakfast.

The old man, Titian, was sitting at the breakfast table, and the mansion security team walked Benny to the chair at the breakfast table to sit next to the old man, Titian. The old man, Titian, smiled and said to Benny, "Come, have breakfast with me, and I need to talk to you about your future. All right? I know you have many questions, but keep hold on it, and after we finish breakfast. You come with me to my study, and we will talk. Yeah? Hihi..."

The old man, Titian, quickly ordered his staff to bring out breakfast, and both Benny and the old man, Titian, had their breakfast. During the breakfast, Benny expressing all the good food on the table that he never seen it before. The most expensive breakfast that he had ever afforded was the cheapest small hamburger. The old man, Titian, smiled and told Benny that he would have breakfast all he wanted, to his liking.

After the old man, Titian and Benny have their breakfast, they both went into the study room, and the study room is huge that making Benny in his stunning mode of surprises seeing the huge study room. The old man, Titian, told Benny to come with him, and both walked to the big desk and sat down. The old man, Titian, sat behind the big desk, and Benny sat in front of the big desk, looking at the old man, Titian.

The old man, Titian, poured tea into Benny's teacup, and after Benny drank his tea, the old man, Titian, said, "Well, Benny. I want to ask you about this place: do you like it, and would you like to have it? I mean it."

Benny, holding his teacup, was drinking and immediately stopped when he heard the old man, Titian, ask him if he liked his place. Benny was holding his teacup, drinking, but he did not swallow the tea in his mouth and looked at the old man, Titian. Benny slowly swallowed the tea in his mouth and asked gently, "Mr. Titian, did I hear you correctly? What did you just ask me? You know this place is your place and it so huge with full equiped very wonderful bed, and the foods are so awesome that in my dream. I never had it, and you made my dream come true yesterday and today. Right? Mr. Titian?"

The old man, Titian, looks at the young boy, Benny, smiling at him, and said gently, "You heard me correctly, and in here. Only you and I can talk freely, and I will let you know my secret and my will."

Benny looks at the old man, Titian, slowly puts down his teacup on the desk, and, looking at the old man, Titian, smiling at him, says softly, "You know, in this world, any secret is better kept secret. You don't have to tell me, and I do like your place very much. I don't know if this lifetime of mine I ever had any place like this one of yours. Hihi... But still, I do want to say thank you for giving me an experience of my lifetime of being here in this place of yours. Mr. Titian."

The old man, Titian, slowly took his teacup and took a few sips, then said to Benny, "It's all my pleasure, and I have been thinking that I now do believe in fate that brought you to me."

Benny looked at the old man, Titian, and said, "For me, I started to learn and understand the destiny that has been set for me. When I have learned how to drink milk since I was born, everything happening to me that I have no control of it, and later I have learned what I went through are so call my destiny. If you stop and look at it what happened to you in your life, and everything have it purposes. You would see and understand that it is destiny, and no one can escape your destiny. Whatever you do, hide, or avoid is coming to the end of your road intersection, and it's on you, right in front. That's destiny, and each person has their own destiny. They just don't want to see or recognize it, only try to deny it, and make up what they want to believe by not accepting the reality right in front of them."

The old man, Titian, looks at the little boy, Benny, with a smile, takes his refill, and takes a long sip of his tea. The little boy, Benny, looks at the old man, Titian, drinking his tea with a smile, and Titian fills up Benny teacup, telling him to drink it. After Benny drink his tea, and gently put down his teacup on the desk, and looking straight into the old man, Titian's eyes then said, "All right, Mr. Titian. I am here, and I am all ears to listen to what you have to say. Do you need me to do something for you? You just tell me, and I will do it for you without questions. As long as it's in my power. Hihi..."

The old man, Titian, smiling, looked straight into Benny's eyes and said gently, "All right, I see now. You are very young, and you have super potential experience in life. You and I sitting here, to me, is fate, and you did something for me that is very precious and cannot be lost in my life while I am still breathing. Let me go straight to the point: we are here. You see... I am dying, and I don't have much time left. I know what is running in your mind right now, and let me say what I need to say; then you can ask me later in the end. All right?"

The little boy, Benny, looking at the old man, Titian's eyes, slowly picked up his teacup, drank a few sips, slowly put his teacup on the table, and said softly, "All right, I just want to let you know that I do have many questions, and more. I will wait until you finish what you must say to me. Do please go ahead and tell me what is on your mind. Mr. Titian."

The old man, Titian, looks at the little boy, Benny, smiling at him, and starts telling his life story in summary to Benny. The old man, Titian, told his full life story in a direct point summary to Benny, and he told Benny how many months left that he will going into very ill stage of his current condition illness.

The old man, Titian, told Benny that he wants Benny to inherit his entire fortune with a condition that comes with it, and if he passes the condition of examination, then Benny will inherit everything he owns. After the young boy, Benny, heard the life story of the old man, Titian, Benny said, "Mr. Titian, are you saying that you are going to give me all your fortune before you depart this world? All your fortunes and money you having are still cannot extend your life or even cure your illness? Did I hear you correctly? Mr. Titian?"

The old man, Titian, smiling and pointing his finger at Benny, then said gently, "Oh... Benny, I like how you call me Mr. Titian. The way you address me as Mr. Titian, that of your voices sound are perfectly sound, and I like to hear from you calling me Mr. Titian. I like that, and a lot. Hihi..."

After Benny listened to Mr. Titian's story and the three conditions of the exam that Benny must pass to inherit everything that Mr. Titian owned. Benny slowly reached for the teapot and started pouring the tea into Mr. Titian's cup and refilling his teacup. Benny took a few sips of his tea, looked at Mr. Titian, and then asked, "Mr. Titian, you told me that your current illness condition is manageable, but you are running out of time, and your money, searching for the best medical doctor in the world, still cannot extend your lifespan. Please forgive me for asking you this silly question of mine, but you are not playing tricks on me, are you? Mr. Titian. I know I nobody, but I rather go back to the street where I came from, and I don't mind say this about your hospitality foods you gave me. I have never had such good food in my life, and you provided it to me. For that, I want to thank you from all my heart in this lifetime of mine. I have no value in this life to give you back, but if you need me to do something for you. I will do it, no questions asked, as long as I can do it within my capability."

Mr. Titian smiles, and told Benny that long time ago that before he become wealthy. He did too, to take the condition exam from his family of five conditions must pass back then for him, and now the conditions of exam is three for Benny is the best deal he could do for Benny of after all the little boy, Benny, did save his pendant from the thieves.

Benny looks at Mr. Titian for a few seconds and said, "What are the three conditions, and are you sure that the doctors you have don't have any cure for your illness? You can search the world for the best of the best doctor, you have money, plenty of it, and I am sure you can find one or two doctor can cure your illness? Right? Mr. Titian?"

Mr. Titian smiling, taking few sips of his tea, slowly put down his teacup, and looking at Benny's eyes then said, "I have combed this world, and I only find doctors who told they can try to cure my illness. But that's all right; no more talking about my health. I want to focus on you for the time I have left in this world, and provide you with all the necessary experience to handle my fortune. You know, everyone out there is aiming at my fortune, and waiting for me to pass away from this world so they can take my fortune because I don't have any bloodline to pass on. Hihi... Now, I have you. My little Benny... Hihi..."

Benny looks at Mr. Titian, picks up his teacup, and takes a few sips, then says softly to Mr. Titian, "I kind of understand that, when I have something that valuable, all other people see what I hold in my hands; they immediately try to get it in one way or another. I have been there and went through what you just described. I fully understand, what is your most valuable, then don't give it away, and you try hold on it. You need it, and it's yours. You earned it with all your efforts to make it happen. I don't want things that do not belong to me."

Mr. Titian smiles, looking at Benny for a few seconds in silence, and says gently, "All right, I know you are a good boy, and you did something for me. Now, I want to give you everything I have, because where I go next, I cannot bring all that I have with me. So, you cannot try to work your way out of this, and it's final. I will have my counselors come in and go through all the requirements of this exam, and you pass then you will become a next most wealthiest in this world carrying on my footsteps. All right? My boy, Benny? Hihi..."

Immediately, Mr. Titian hit the button on the phone on his desk and called his staff to let his counselors come into his private study room. When three counselors walked into Mr. Benny's private study room, Benny turned and looked at the three counselors, and the three counselors walked up to Mr. Titian to pay respects and get ready to go to work.

Mr. Titian told Benny to go with his three counselors, and Benny looked at Mr. Titian, then asked, "Mr. Titian, you are not coming with us?"

Mr. Titian looked at Benny and smiled, then said gently, "My counselors don't need me with you. You will get a full briefing from these counselors, and you can ask any questions until you fully understand what these counselors are going to tell you. Remember, you can ask any questions, and don't let any puzzling questions or doubts stay in your mind. If you have questions, then shoot them all out to these three counselors. Yes? My boy? Benny? Hihihi... Now, go with these three counselors. Remember what I just told you."

Benny looks at Mr. Titian, nods his head, and walks away with Mr. Titian's three counselors to a private room. All four, Benny and three counselors of Mr. Titian go sat at the table with Benny, and when all four sat down at the table. One of the three counselors said to Benny, "Young master Benny. Don't be nervous, we all here is to give you full briefing about of what coming up exam that you are going to do, and all the rules in the exam you must know so you can decide your actions to take in order pass this exam from Mr. Titian laid out for specially only you. All right?"

Ben sat in a very comfortable chair; he leaned back, feeling the chair, then smiling and looking at all three counselors. A female counselor smiled and said to Benny, "All right, let's start the briefing, and I would like to go first and introduce myself and my two colleagues. I am counselor Beth; the people sitting next to me are counselor Jim and counselor Tom. We three are working for Mr. Titian, and we are here because Mr. Titian instructed us to give you a full briefing about the exam that you are going to take with passing overconfidence."

Benny sat in the chair, looking at all three counselors, and all three counselors looked at each other. Then counselor Jim, sitting next to counselor Beth, said to Benny, "May I call you Benny? I know the correct address to you at this time is, or I may say should be, young master Benny, but I would like to be more friendly, talking in this private room, calling Benny or Mr. Benny if you prefer. All right? Mr Benny? Hihi..."

Benny looks at all three counselors looking at each other, then Benny smiles and shakes his head. Benny moves close to the table and puts his hands on the table, then says to the three counselors while looking at all three of them, "All right, let's cut straight to the point here. I kind of know in general what type of exam this is that Mr. Titian wanted me to do, but since you three counselors are here by instruction from Mr. Titian. I am sitting here and willingly listening to your instructions, and I am all ears. I will hold on to my questions until the end, when you three counselors have finished briefing me on my exam. How does that sound to you three counselors? Uhmm...?"

All three counselors looked at each other and nodded their heads. Counselor Tom, sitting next to Benny, smiled, turned to look at Benny, and said, "All right, let's get straight to the point. Since you are young, I will call you young Benny. This calling I only call you or address in this room only. Once we step outside of this room, I will address you as young master Benny or Mr. Benny. For others, I don't speak for them, and I will let them decide how they address you. All right? Young Benny? Hihi..."

All three counselors are looking at each other and nodding their heads with smiles. Benny looks at all three counselors, turns to look at Counselor Tom, and says softly, "I don't mind how you call me; all you know is my name, Benny, and you can call me Benny. No need for any formality, and that's fine with me. Please tell me ahead of time what I can do or must not do during my exam."

Counselor Tom smiled and said to Benny, "All right, that's out of the way. Now, let me start to tell you what the three conditions in your exam are. Young Benny. As you know, or not yet. There are only three rules or conditions that you must not break during your exam, but first, you will have a lot of cash, and that is money. You will have a lot of money to spending in certain days, and by the end of the period of exam of yours. You must spend all your cash, and you only have ZERO cash on you or in any way that can be translated or converted to cash. It means you must be broke, and you don't have or own ONE CENT on you."

Counselor Jim looks at Benny and asks, "Young Benny, do you know what it means to be broke, and what important condition Counselor Tom just told you? Young Benny?"

All three counselors are looking at Benny, and Benny is thinking with his finger tapping softly on the table. After a few seconds of thinking, Benny looks at all three counselors, turns to look at Counselor Tom, and says gently, "I think I got the word broke, have no money on me, and not even one cent I owned by the end of my exam. Am I correct on this condition at the end of my exam?"

Counselor Beth smiles, looking at Benny, and says, "Yes, that's correct, young Benny. That's the most important condition of this exam, and let me give you three rules in detail. Uhm... Rule number one: you will have a huge amount of cash, and you must spend all of it. That's your golden goal in this exam, but you cannot use your cash to purchase stocks. No stocks are allowed for you to purchase; you can only spend your cash one-way and not return. For example, like use your cash purchase an expensive dinner or food, go on your vacations, and spend all your cashes out of your pocket in one-way out. Yeah? Do you understand what I just told you? Young Benny?'

Benny thought, looked at all three counselors, and nodded his head, then said to the three counselors, "I understand. I only spend one-way out of my possession, and no take in cash, like no income. Am I right?"

Counselor Jim, smiling, looking at everyone, and looking at Benny, then said, "Young Benny, you are correct on that first rule. Now the second rule is that you have only ninety days to spend all your cash, and by the last day of ninety days. You must have zero cents on you, or you own cash of zero cents. If you know what I mean by that. At the end of ninety days, you will have nothing worth one cent; that means you are broke, and you still don't have even one cent. You should have zero cents and own nothing that is worth one cent on you. Am I clear on rule number two? Young Benny?"

Benny smiled at the three counselors and said, "Understood. Are there any more surprises in the three rules?"

Counselor Beth smiled, looking at Benny, and said in her soft voice, "Yes, there are several tiny conditions in the third rule that you must comply with during your exam. This last third rule is that you must do this alone, and no one can help you. You can do whatever you want with your huge cash in your hands, but you cannot get any help spending your cash, and you are free to travel anywhere on this planet to spend your cash until you reach zero cents on you or zero cents cash as a beggar of zero value. If you understand what I mean by that, and I say again. By the end of ninety days, you must net worth of your live is zero cent, and I meant your life is only worth zero cent. Then, you will pass your exam dictated by Mr. Titian. Another word, you will get what Mr. Titian give you when you passed his exam. All right? Young Benny? Hihi..."

All three counselors looked at Benny, and young Benny did a quick look at the three counselors, tapping his fingers on the table very softly, and looking up at the three counselors, then said softly, "Yes, I believe that I understand what you three counselors told me. I have only two questions: one, how much cash will I have to spend? Second, when I start my exam, are you three counselors watching how I spend my huge cash? Anyone watching over me?"

Counselor Tom looks at Benny, smiling at him, and said gently, "Of course, there will be three separate groups watching you closely and making sure you are spending cash correctly by the rules. The groups are from us, Counselor Beth's group, Counselor Jim's group, and my group that all three groups are watching you very closely without you notices. All three groups will audit how you spend your cash to make sure your spending complies with the rules. That's all, and we will not interfere with your daily activities during the ninety-day exam. In the ninety days of your exam, you do whatever you want, and you do it alone. By the rules. Hihi..."

Benny looks at three counselors, smiling at them, and says gently, "Three exam rules, I understand now, and now I want to know how much cash I need to spend until I run out of cash in my ninety days of my exam? I guess, maybe a few hundred thousand spent in ninety days? Right?"

Benny looked at all three counselors, and all three counselors smiled, looking at each other. Counselor Beth smiled, looking at Benny, and said softly, "We do know the figure of cash amount you would have, but the decision is going to be made by Mr. Titian, and then we will confirm that is the cash amount. Right now, we cannot say for certain, but if we do here, and you understand all three rules. Then, we will go see Mr. Titian for the final exam contract, and the cash amount you will hear from Mr. Titian."

Benny looks at the three counselors, and Counselor Tom smiles, looking at Benny and waving his hand, then says gently, "All right, young Benny. If you don't have any more questions and you do understand your exam three rules. We will go see Mr. Titian. Yes?"

Benny smiles, looking at the three counselors for ten seconds, then slowly stands up, and all three counselors quickly stand up and go with Benny to see Mr. Titian. Benny and the three counselors are on their way to see Mr. Titian. In the hallway of Mr. Titian's mansion, the staff walked up to the three counselors and told them to go with them to see Mr. Titian because Mr. Titian's health had an issue moved to the medical room.

Mr. Titian is lying on his bed with all medical machines' wires connected to his body, with many doctors and nurses attending to him. Benny and three counselors walked into the room; they saw Mr. Titian lying on his bed with the medical team surrounding him and taking care of him.

Mr. Titian saw Benny walk into the room with his three counselors, then immediately called Benny to come to his bedside. Benny walks up to see Mr. Titian, and he is standing by his bed looking at him. Mr. Titian smiles, looking at Benny, and says, "Don't worry, only the medical machine's wires. It's monitoring my health, and doctors and nurses are here taking care of me. I am still all right, don't worry, and I must stay healthy to watch you do your exam. Right? My boy? Benny?"

Benny looks at Mr. Titian with his worried eyes, then Mr. Titian smiles, turns, looks at his medical staff, and immediately the doctors tell all the nurses to go out of the room. One doctor said to Mr. Titian, "Sir, everything is looking good for now. The doctors and medical team will leave the room to give privacy to you and your counselors. You just hit the button when you're done or when you need us."

The doctors look at Mr. Titian, give their bows, and all the doctors and the nurses walk out of the room. Only Benny and three counselors are staying in the room surrounding Mr. Titian's bed. Benny looks at Mr. Titian, seeing him lying on the bed with all the medical wires connected to his body, then Benny slowly moves his hand, wrapping Mr. Titian's hand, and says, "I wish you well soon, and we'll go out to have good food at the restaurant? Yes? Mr. Titian?"

All three counselors looked at Titian and turned to look at Mr. Titian. Mr. Titian, smiling, looked at Benny for a few seconds and said softly, "No promises, but I will go out with you as a date to the best restaurant, best food, you pick, and we go enjoy the food. Yeah? Benny?"

Benny smiled, nodding, looking at Mr. Titian, and said softly, "Absolutely, that's a deal, and I am looking forward to our restaurant date. Hihi..."

Mr. Titian looked at Benny, smiling at him, tapping his hand on Benny's hand, then turned to look at his three counselors and asked, "All right, my three counselors. Have three of you talked to my boy, Benny, about all three special conditions of his exam? I hope you three counselors clearly detailed all three special conditions in my exam that I planned for Benny. Right?"

All three counselors looked at Mr. Titian, and counselor Beth said to Mr. Titian, "Yes, Sir. All three of us explained the details of the three rules in the exam, and Mr. Benny asked us questions until he understood the special rules in the exam."

Mr. Titian smiled, turned, looked at Benny, and asked, "Well, my boy, Benny. Did you understand all three special conditions I put in your exam? I just want you to understand clearly and do your exam well. Since we have three counselors here with us, you can ask them if you still have some doubts about the rules, or if you do not fully understand them."

Benny looks at Mr. Titian, smiling at him, and says softly, "Yes, I got three special rules, and I understand. The only thing left is that I don't know how much cash I'm going to have for my spending in ninety days. Hihi... That's the only thing left."

All three counselors looked at Benny and turned to look at Mr. Titian. Benny looked at everyone, and then Mr. Titian smiled and said, "All right, my three counselors can wait outside; I have something I need to tell Benny before he can start his exam."

All three counselors looked at each other, then Counselor Tom looked at Mr. Titian and asked, "Sir, can you give us the cash amount in the exam for Mr. Benny? We would like to have the number before we go out, and we need to make the preparation funding for the exam, Sir?"

Benny looks at Mr. Titian, and Mr. Titian, smiling, looks at the three counselors, then says softly, "Oh yeah, don't worry. It's all in the package outside. When you three get out there, my staff will give you the package that contains the cash funding the exam for my boy Benny."

All three counselors looked at Mr. Titian, smiled at him, gave him their bow, and all three counselors turned around to walk out of the room. In the room were only Benny and Mr. Titian, and Benny said to Mr. Titian, "Sir, is what you told me all true? I don't want your wealth; I only want to be with you and have good food, and that is good enough. I have been living my life as nobody, and I still can. I guess I have gotten used to it for a very long time, and it won't be any matter of differences."

Mr. Titian held Benny's hand, pulled his hand toward him, and told Benny to sit on his bed. Then Mr. Titian said, "My boy, Benny. You are wrong; now is very different, and your life is going to change starting now. You will have your life change to something much more wonderful than before, and your way of life will become the one I use to be free of everything. I only want you to be free of worries and live the richest life while you can in this world. I have nobody left who deceives me in the way I see you, and have feelings toward you as one of my family that I don't have."

Benny looks at Mr. Titian for a few seconds in silence, and says to him, "Mr. Titian, may I ask you a question?"

Mr. Titian looks at Benny, tapping his hand on Benny's hand, and says, "Go ahead, ask me many questions as you want. I am here, all ears. Hihi..."

Benny looks straight into Mr. Titian's eyes and asks gently, "Well... Mr. Titian, you know that all my life I never went to school or took any exams. What if I failed the exam that you give me? Then what next? Will I still go on to have our date at the restaurant before I go back to my previous life before I met you?"

Mr. Titian looked at Benny, smiling at him, and said gently to Benny, "Oh well... Haha... My boy, Benny. Don't worry about the exam; just do what in your heart and feelings guide you to do, and you just be yourself. You and I will have our date at the best restaurant, and for that date. I am sure I will try to keep my health good to go out on the restaurant date with you. Hihi..."

Benny smiles, looking at Mr. Titian for a few seconds, and says softly, "Absolutely, I am thrilled and looking forward to that restaurant date, and we will have our stomachs full of all the good food. Uhm... I... I do have one eager question that I want to know since I talked to three counselors. Uhm... How... How much cash am I going to have to spend in ninety days? I would like to know, and I will spend all the cash you provide to me. I do not have to pay you back, right? Am I? Mr. Titian?"

Mr. Titian cannot hold back his inner laughter, which starts expanding very rapidly inside him. Then he looks at Benny, grabs him close, and Mr. Titian gives the young boy Benny a warm, great hug. After a minute hug from Mr. Titian gives to Benny, then Mr. Titian looks straight into Benny's eyes, and said softly, "You don't have worry anything, I will take care everything for you, and all you can do that just use the cash wisely. Don't make any extra cash; you just spend all the cash from those three counselors of mine, going to give it to you. You must spend it all in ninety days, and you pass the exam. All right? You just enjoy the cash, do whatever you want, eat whatever your taste and stomach desire, and before the last of the ninety days ends. You must have zero cents of worth on you; another word that you must have nothing on you. Just a plain cloth on you and zero cents' worth. Hihi... You can do it, I know you can do it. Right? My boy, Benny?"

Benny looks at Mr. Titian for a few seconds, smiles, and says softly, "Well, Mr. Titian, as long as I pay you back the cash you provide me in the exam, then I think I will do fine on this exam you're giving me. Hihi..."

Mr. Titian, smiling, gave Benny another hug, and then he told Benny to go out and enjoy spending the cash, but he must follow the three rules. Before Benny walks out the room, Benny did ask about what consequences if he failed the exam, and Mr. Titian only smiled at him with words telling him to go out enjoy spending cash to zero cents.

To Be Continued………