World Domination: My Rise To The Top

James took the last of the shopping bag out of the car trunk and nodded at the driver, who also nodded back before driving off.

James smiled as he opened the door, and walked into the house. He picked the shopping bags on the floor and started walking up to his room.

When he got to his room, the first thing he did was to take out all of his old wears from his wardrobe. This is to clear out the wardrobe and create space for the new stuffs he bought.

He put everything into trash bags and went to throw them in the trash.

James originally intended to give out his old stuffs but with how worn and old they are, he saw them having no value to whoever is going to get it.

After he was done taking out his old stuffs, he started taking out the contents of the shopping bags out, and arranging them in the wardrobe.

Everything took him over half an hour, and by the time he was done, his wardrobe that looks like it hasn't seen better days, was now full of colors.

As he buttoned up the crisp new shirt, James hardly recognized the man staring back at him.

"Not bad. Looking good," James smiled to himself in satisfaction at his wardrobe set up.

'I wonder what Patty and Leslie would say when they see me these new clothes on me?' he thought to himself.

Of course he knew that they would be curious. Though they won't pry as they trust him to know what he's doing, but they would definitely be curious.

This is even more Leslie. James knew without a doubt that she would say something and ask questions when she sees the new clothes.

As for Patty, if she's to say anything, it won't be more than telling him how good he's looking.

Though, James felt that maybe he should tell Patty and Leslie about a sum of money coming into his hand, and prepare them for the changes that will be coming.

Naturally, he won't tell them about the system and the 10x rebate, but instead make up a story of how he suddenly got a substantial amount of money through betting.

And he may or he may not tell them the amount, depending on how things plays out.

James trusts Patty and Leslie. He cares for them deeply and he would never do anything to worry them. It's for these reasons that he wants to tell them.

He doesn't want a situation where he would have enough to pay off the mortgage, he would then pay it, which would then make Patty and Leslie worried about the source of his money.

For this, it's better for him to tell them his perfectly fabricated story that has a little of truth in it. Than to leave them in the dark, and have them start worrying when things starts changing.

"I will do that tonight then." James said to himself, deciding to talk to Leslie and Patty after dinner.

"Well, onto the next thing. Fixing anything in the house that needs fixing."

James left his room, taking the shopping bags with him, with the intention to dispose them into the trash can.

After he did that, he scoured the house checking for anything that needs fixing but after looking around for half an hour, he got nothing.

He stood in the living room and took a quick look around the house. The house was in perfect condition. The only problem is that they are losing it to the bank. Though not anymore.

"Well, since I have nothing else to do and Ralph hasn't completed his research or whatever he's doing. I guess I can start rewatching the movies I love," James said, as he switched on the TV and sank into one of the sofas.

He went to one of the movie streaming platforms, clicked on it, allowed it to load, and after it that, selected the movie he wants to watch.

"Time to rewatch Andrew Garfield's Amazing Spiderman."

.....

Time flew as James was completely invested in the movie he was watching, that he was startled when his phone started ringing.

He picked it up and checked the caller ID: Ralph. And he immediately picked it up.

"Hey, man. How is it coming?" He asked.

"I've completed my research. We will go with memecoin. I talked to the traders in the group chat I'm in and they want in on the project. They will create sufficient buzz on Twitter and Reddit, before we launch it. Also, we will need some professional advertising to push it further," Ralph replied.

James nodded when he heard all this. Even though he wasn't a crypto guru, he understood at least this much as he has dabbled into it before.

"So, how much are we talking about for the total expenses?" He asked, as he sat up straight on the sofa.

There was a brief silent between the both of them, that was broken as Ralph sighed.

"Man, if we really want to push this project and give it the best chance of succeeding, honestly, $200k won't be enough. We will need to spend at least more than half a million bucks. But... my trader friends helps me out but we will still need to spend $20k."

James' eyes widened when he heard this. He actually didn't expect that so much actually goes into those things.

More than half a million bucks?! Wow! Just wow!

If it was any other person, James would had shut them down when they started talking about $200k not being enough, but this Ralph. And James trusts him very much.

He knew that if Ralph is saying this, then it's very much true.

"Wow. Damn. I never knew they cost so much." James said in disbelief.

"That's the thing. They cost very little to nothing to create. Especially the Solana memecoins but a lot of funds is funneled into making them profitable." Ralph sighed.

"So, what now? Should I send the money to you?" James asked.

"Don't you want to meet them first? I mean the influencers. And aren't you going to be here when I create the coin?" Ralph asked in surprise.

"No. Why would I want to do that? You know I don't know much about crypto and stuff, so I will leave everything to you and trust you to do a good job." James said.

"Oh, man. You're really crazy. You are undertaking a project that could potentially bring you hundreds of thousands of dollars to even millions, and you don't want to be involved directly? That's next level crazy." Ralph laughed.

"It's not like I'm going to be involved. I know I won't be able to do anything even if I get involved, so I'm leaving the very important things to you," James explained.

"Ok. If you say so. Today is Thursday, the memecoin will be created by the end of the week. I will create a wallet for the project, send you the passkeys so that you can access it too. Directly involved or not, it's your project, man. You're the one funding it."

"Sure. Like you said, I hope we finally achieve financial independence with this." James said, Ralph laughed before hanging up.

"I really hope it works out. And I also have to visit that betting platform again to gather some rebate-eligible funds." James sighed.

What Ralph said about the cost of promoting a memecoin before it can achieve profitability, made him realise that he still has a long way to go.

He was happy about having more than $100,000 in his account, but hearing about half a million was enough to get him up and doing.

That number echoed in his mind. Just days ago, he would have laughed at the thought of having a hundred thousand dollars. Now, it didn't feel like enough.

The world of money was a strange placenin a way that no matter how much you had, there was always a bigger number to chase.

"No more slacking. Time to face the grind and make more money. This time, I'm going in big."

Just as James was about to fund his betting account and continue his martingale journey, he got a system notification.

[Ding!]

[New Mission: Stable Source of Income.]

[Description: Have a source of income that earns you a minimum of $100,000 monthly. Increase networth to $1M. Reward(s): 2000 SP, +5 Charisma.]