Sophia glanced at Robert and said, "If you want me to make your coffee more often, you should keep me as your assistant and pay me the salary of a deputy general manager."

"That won't work," Robert waved his handdismissively and said."If you take the money of a deputy general manager, you'd have to take on a similar work responsibility as well. Trying to slack off? No way! Besides, it'll be a waste if you don't fully utilize your capabilities. Come and sit down. There is one more thing I need to explain to you."

Upon hearing Robert's words, Sophia put away her joking face and wore a serious expression.

Robert took out a folder from the drawer and placed it in front of Sophia.

Sophia then opened the folder, noticing a few large wordings on the document.

"Zupiter Finance? What is this?" Sophia wasconfused.

"A secretly formed financial company registeredin Jacaster, with a worth of 1 billion dollars,"Robert explained calmly.

Sophia widened her eyes and opened her mouth."O-1 billion dollars!"

Sophia was now no longer a rookie after two months of training. By just taking a look at the figure, she knew that 1 billion dollars were all working capital!

Ignoring Sophia's shock, Robert continued, "Zupiter Finance is unknown to everyone in thecompany. Only three people know of its existence: you, me, and Charles, whom you have met before. I need you to run Zupiter Finance and enter Acocester. To be precise, it has to infiltrate the Zabel Group. Do you understand?"

Sophia's body trembled slightly. She understood what Robert meant. Sophia was given control of the 1 billion dollars and allowed to operate with a massive sum of money!

In spite of everyone's dreams of becoming rich overnight, Sophia's heart was filled with fear rather than excitement when she learned that she would be in control of such a huge sum of money.

"M-Mr. Zabinski, I…I can't do this." Sophia'spretty face turned pale, and she quickly put the documents back on the table, as if it was a time bomb.

"Are you scared?" Robert had expected Sophia'sresponse, as he had also experienced the feeling of being suddenly rich not long ago. Although he was excited, Robert's heart was also filled with trepidation and panic. Until now, fear and anxiety still plagued him, but it had diminished significantly ever since then.

Sophia nodded vigorously."Mr. Zabinski, I'm really scared. I know what I'm capable of, but I don't have your ways of handling things... Mr. Zabinski, I…"

Robert shook his head and said, "Zabel Group has been keeping tabs on me a lot. They will definitely be aware if I tried to pull anything off. The purpose of having you join Alacer Corporation is to divert Zabel Group's attention away from you. Let's go, I'm taking you somewhere else now. Put away the things on the table. You don't have to reject my offer right away. You can decide later once we're there."

An hour later, at the Epean restaurant in Grand Triumphant Hotel, Robert and Sophia sat across from each other, and each of them was served a plate of steak.

Sophia's face was full of doubt."Mr. Zabinski, I remember you don't like Epean cuisine, do you? And it's only around ten o'clock in the morning. It's still early for lunch."

Robert didn't answer Sophia's question. Instead, he asked, "How much do you think this meal costs?"

Sophia shook her head and smiled, "Mr. Zabinski, if you're asking me to guess the price, I don't think I'd be able to do so. However, since I am your assistant, I know a little more or less about the menu. These two sets of steak cost 260 dollars."

"That's right. It costs 260 dollars," Robert sighed."Do you think this meal is extravagant?"

Sophia nodded at first but then shook her head. "Intuitively, I feel that it's extravagant andluxurious. But when I think about it, this doesn't seem like it's unacceptable. With my previous salary, I wouldn't have thought of coming here at all, but now, I suppose I can try it once in a while."