Chapter 180
The monthly quota would shrink to simply replacing damaged inventory.
If he overextended now, he’d be left with millions in idle, rusting equipment when the gold rush ended.
Mira had made this painfully clear to Mr. Blake before they even signed the contract.
At school, Mira couldn’t walk down a hallway without being cornered by classmates asking about the new bikes. As the face of the brand, she was the ultimate insider.
Naturally, there was still widespread skepticism. A tech startup asking for upfront cash? People were terrified it was a massive Ponzi scheme. What if the app vanished one day and took everyone’s deposits with it?
“You can trust it,” Mira promised the crowd around her desk. “Green Ride is aggressively scaling to four hundred thousand units. We have a dedicated maintenance fleet repairing and replacing them constantly.
If you ever decide you’re done, just hit the ‘Refund Deposit’ button on the homepage, and the money drops right back into your account.
I give you my personal guarantee if they ever freeze your deposits, you can come to me, and I’ll pay you out of my own pocket p>
That bold promise instantly shattered the tension in the senior homeroom.
Word spread like wildfire through the other classrooms, and with Mira’s reputation backing it, the student body eagerly downloaded the app.
Watching everyone fawn over Mira triggered a sickeningly familiar burn of jealousy in Mara’s chest.
She was still frail and gaunt following her recent medical crisis. Usually, she could mask it with makeup, but when her features twisted in pure hatred, she looked genuinely demonic.
The lackeys hovering around her flinched, an instinctual urge to back away rippling through them.
But they quickly suppressed it, realizing this was a prime opportunity to score points with the mean girl.
After all, that was the only reason they hung around her to leach off her family’s wealth.
The sharpest of the group shot a dirty look at Mira and sneered.
“She’s just a spokesperson. Big deal p>
“Right? Why is she acting like she owns the place? Her little modeling check isn’t
even half of Mara’s weekly allowance. Isn’t that right, Mara p>
The shameless flattery instantly soothed Mara’s fractured ego.
She offered a stiff, condescending smile. “I’ll bring you guys some imported liqueur chocolates tomorrow p>
“Thanks, Mara p>
But if Mara’s dark, vicious heart could truly be placated that easily, Mira wouldn’t have met such a brutal end in her past life.
The smile was purely a reflex to maintain her aristocratic facade in front of her sycophants.
The moment she looked down, her expression warped into something ugly and
venomous.
*Mira was exiled. Stripped of all her wealth and status. So why does she still look so radiant? Why do these pathetic people still worship her p>
*I’m going to grind her into the dirt one day,* she vowed, grinding her teeth as she plotted her next strike.
During lunch, Mira stood in the center of the cafeteria, raising her voice to address the packed hall. “You can absolutely trust Green Ride.
If there’s ever a single issue with your deposits, I will personally refund you p>
A concerned faculty member pulled her aside. “Mira, you’re just the face of the company. Don’t make promises you can’t keep.
If the company defaults and a thousand students demand their money, how are you supposed to pay for that p>
“Don’t worry,” Mira replied with unwavering confidence. “Green Ride is never going to default.
And even if every user demanded a refund tomorrow, I have the capital to cover it p>
Right after lunch, she called the operations center. “Divert a truck and saturate the main gates of Melvion Central High School immediately p>
Mira had a massive cult following at the school, and she was going to weaponize them into a walking, pedaling billboard for the brand.
Simultaneously, she had the marketing team tweak their television spots running across the city network:
*Green Ride and Solflare
Entertainment operate under the
unified banner of the Selflare Group.
Solflåre Entertainment provides
financial backing and assumes
absolute liability for all user
deposits p>
*Ride with confidence. The Green Ride fleet will continue expanding until total market coverage is achieved p>
It was one thing for a high schooler to trust Mira’s word in a cafeteria.
But for the millions of cynical adults in Melvion City? They would take one look at a teenage pop star and ask: *Can a kid really cover millions in liabilities p>
That was when you brought out the big guns. Solflare Entertainment was a rapidly rising juggernaut, and tying its prestigious reputation to the bikes provided the ultimate corporate guarantee.
As far as the public knew, Mira was just a hugely successful recording
artist. Her true identity as the ruthless mastermind behind the entire Soffiare Group would main buried for as long as possible.
On the walk back to class from the cafeteria, Elara nudged her shoulder and whispered, “Hey, Mira, since you’re the official ambassador and. everything, is there any way you can get me a promo code to waive the deposit p>