Bang.

Mr. Jones accidentally knocked over the glass, and the goblet fell to the ground and shattered.

Mrs. Jones, Jane, and Mack all scrambled to clean up, and the four of them hurriedly cleaned the floor and sat back down at the table, almost writing the word "weakness" on their faces.

People's psychological defenses are crushed little by little like this.

Originally, Mike's incident before was enough to make everyone scared.

Now I heard Jamie tell such a story again.

Although Jamie said at the beginning that it was a coincidence that even he found unbelievable, it was reasonable for the coincidences to occur once, and if they still regarded it as a coincidence the second time, the Jones family would be really foolish.

There was an eerie silence at the table.

A playful smile appeared on Jamie's lips as he looked at the Jones family with interest.

"Could it be that the ending of my story is too depressing, why don't everyone speak?"

The Jones family, you look at me, I look at you, and in the end, for the first time, it was Mr. Jones, who looked the most calm.

"Mr. Dutton, maybe the end of your story is to show the ugliness of human nature, but I think it's a little too unfair to that family, they didn't do anything wrong, and the vanity of the other people in the town is asking them to bear the consequences, which I really can't accept."

Jamie shook his head and explained that Mr. Jones had completely misunderstood.

His purpose is not to expose the ugliness of human nature, but to warn people not to fall into the trap of unbridled consumerism because of the excessive pursuit of material pleasures and vanity satisfaction, while ignoring their own real needs and values.

Mr. Jones asked reluctantly.

"So that model family has become a symbol of the consumerist trap?"

Jamie nodded and acknowledged.

Mr. Jones suddenly lost control of his emotions and threw down his napkin and stood up.

"That family didn't let everyone imitate their family's consumption, it was their own vanity that hurt them!"

Jamie looked at Mr. Jones with a serious expression.

"So Mr. Jones really thinks the family is completely innocent? Aren't they enjoying the vanity of being imitated by others? ”

Mr. Jones suddenly calmed down.

He apologizes to Jamie, saying that he has just lost his temper.

Mrs. Jones, Jane, and Mike also woke up from a dream, and they did get a little too involved in the story Jamie was telling.

Of course, the main thing is that there is still a fluke in the bottom of my heart, thinking that this story is really just a coincidence as Jamie said at the beginning.

"Mr. Jones, you really don't need to apologize, I can completely understand your feelings, after all, this story is really similar to your family, and I am even considering whether to share a royalty with you if this story is really published."

With that, Jamie's eyes turned around the Jones family's face again.

The Jones family had tried hard to hide their weakness, but the evasive gaze still betrayed their true thoughts.

"If it's really a coincidence, you say?"

Mike couldn't take the pressure at first, and got up to leave the table.

Mrs. Jones called him softly, and her eyes motioned for him not to be impulsive.

However, it was this move that made Mike completely explode.

He pointed at Jamie and yelled at the other three people at the table:

"How long are you going to continue acting? Our self-righteous performance, in the eyes of this guy, is like the king's new clothes, what coincidences, it's all a lie, he already knows everything, but we are still deceiving ourselves! ”

Jane covered her head in despair and turned her head to the side.

Mrs. Jones' eyes widened, and she couldn't believe that the boy in front of her was the same Mike she had known before.

Only Mr. Jones was calm.

"Mike, calm down, will you sit down first?"

Mr. Jones stood up and stopped Mike, who was leaving.

Then he turned to look at Jamie.

"Mr. Dutton, I don't know how you know the true identities of several of us, but I'm sure you didn't come to expose us, did you?"

Jamie looked at Mr. Jones with a bit of curiosity and inquiry in his eyes.

"Can I interpret this as your death throes?"

It was obviously a contemptuous and mocking remark, but Mr. Jones's eyes lit up.

"Nope! I don't think so! ”

He replied confidently and firmly:

The curiosity in Jamie's eyes was a little stronger.

"Why?"

"Because we are inconsequential little people, it's not worth Mr. Dutton's time wasting dinner to play a game of cat and mouse with us!"

Mr. Jones said this not so much to Jamie as to remind his three companions.

The point is that he succeeded.

Mrs. Jones, Jane, and Mike all looked up, their eyes rekindled with hope.

Under the hopeful gaze of the Jones family, Jamie shrugged his shoulders.

"So now you can tell me your real names and identities, right?"

The Jones family was ecstatic to survive the desperate situation, and Mike spoke first:

"We are employed by a company called—"

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by a cough from Mr. Jones.

"Mike, don't forget the non-disclosure agreement we signed."

Under Mike's bewildered gaze, Mr. Jones insisted that he could not reveal the name of the company to Jamie, as it was a matter of professional ethics.

Mrs. Jones and Jane were also on Mr. Jones's side this time.

Even if Jamie's identity is revealed, the most they can do is lose the prize money this time, and then start over in another place.

But if the company's information is leaked, they will not only lose their jobs completely, but also face huge compensation.

With no money to repay, the company's lawyers will unceremoniously send them all to jail.

After the family agreed, Mr. Jones looked at Jamie again, apologetically explaining that they were willing to answer all of Jamie's questions except for leaking company information.

Of course, Jamie's main interest is the identity of their family.

Mr. Jones took the lead and pulled his driver's license out of his wallet.

Others followed suit.

Four driver's licenses are placed in front of Jamie, and the names on them are Steve, Kate, Mike, and Jane.

Mr. Jones then explained that all four of them had real driver's licenses, so so the names were also true.

Including their family relationships are also real.

Mr. Jones and Mrs. Jones are a legally registered couple, and Mike and Jane are their children, of course, only adopted.

But it was all arranged by the company behind them.

The family's relationship is only nominal, in reality their real relationship is nothing more than colleagues.

Mr. Jones also introduced the scope of their respective businesses.

"I am responsible for middle-aged men's consumer products, including but not limited to golf, automobiles, real estate, wealth management products, and various men's daily consumer goods."

"Kate is responsible for housewife-related products, clothing, beauty, fitness, because the ostensible relationship is husband and wife, so there is often some overlap in the scope of our business."

"Mike is in charge of electronics, and Jane is in charge of cosmetics."

"Including the house we live in now, it is also a model house designed and renovated by real estate developers."

"Our job is to be a model family for the whole community, and to stimulate consumption with the envy and admiration of everyone."

Speaking of this, Mr. Jones also glanced at Jamie with some concern, for fear that a sentence would come out of Jamie's mouth.

"Doesn't your conscience hurt when you deceive and trust those who worship you like this?"

But in fact, Jamie had the opposite idea in his heart at this time, and he admired the people in the company behind the Jones family who came up with this way of bringing goods.

Picking on the rich community is really conscientious.

"So in other places, there are a lot of families like you who bring goods, right?"

Jamie asked.

Mr. Jones did not deny it, but he did not know the specifics either.

These are all company secrets, and it is impossible for the top management to tell them about these workers.

"Can you give me a message to your supervisor?"

The Jones family quickly exchanged glances, and finally Mr. Jones laughed to himself, "Can we say no?" ”

Jamie shrugged and replied regretfully:

"I hope your directors will be as smart as you are, otherwise I'll have to actually write and publish your story and not pay any royalties."

When he was done, he suddenly changed his words, and his tone became extremely tough.

"Tell your supervisor that you can completely interpret what I just said as a threat, and if you don't meet my requirements, I will expose you and make the company behind you completely finished!"

Mr. Jones immediately stated that they had made every effort to convince the supervisor to agree to Jamie's terms.

That's when Jane suddenly spoke.

"What the hell do you want us to do?"

Jamie took out his phone, typed the URL of WeHouse with a text message, asked for the mobile phone number of the Jones family, and sent a bulk text message to all of their phones.

"This is a travel home sharing site that my friend and I set up, and if you want to maintain a life that is the envy of the people around you, you must go out on vacation often, right? Go back and ask your supervisor to contact me, all the houses on WeHouse can be provided for free to model families like you, of course, don't think too much, just let you go in and take pictures and bring them back to the neighbors to see. ”

This result was not as expected by the Joneses.

The point is that they now have a handle in Jamie's hand, and they can't agree to it if they want to.

Mr. Jones immediately stood up and prepared to call the company's supervisor to report.

Just then, the doorbell rang.

Jane gets up and goes to open the door, only to find Collins, the daughter of her neighbor's Taussy family, standing outside the door.

Without waiting for Jane to ask Collins what was the matter, Collins offered to show his intentions.

She's here to find Jamie.

After saying that, without waiting for Jane to invite her in, he walked into the house.

(End of chapter)