Next To Trillion Novels & Stories

tanong ni Zack sa bata. “Ten thousand,” mabilis na sagot ni Trina at nagningning naman ang kanyang mga mata. Mabilis siyang kumapit sa braso ni Zack. “Sige bibigyan kita ng ten thousand.” sabi ni Zack. “Talaga po?” nakangiti na tanong ni Trina. “Oo, bibigyan kita kaya bitiwan mo na ako.” “Ayaw ko, baka kasi mamaya nagsisinungaling ka lang sa akin.” sambit ni Trina at mas humigpit pa ang kapit niya sa braso ni Zack.

One click, one contract signed by a man she had never even spoken to, and everything—her father’s dream, her years of sacrifice, her sleepless nights drawing blueprints—was gone. “Hindi… hindi puwede,” she whispered, shaking her head as tears burned the corner of her eyes. She scrolled down frantically, hoping, praying that this was a mistake. Pero lahat malinaw, every project she had poured her soul into, the low-cost housing plan for displaced families, the eco-friendly school her father once dreamed of building… all under one name. Adrian Veylen. The world’s first trillionaire. A man who built empires of glass. A man untouchable by laws, governments, and—apparently—dreams that weren’t his

Napalingon siya kay Juliana. "Tsss.." tanging tugon niya at napairap lang dito. "Sa tingin ko, ito ata ang camping na nakaka-excite. Imagine? Circle of friends, that hiding something with each other? Betraying one another, because a man?" sabi nito at tahimik na natawa. "Then, what about you? What's really your relationship with Truce?" napataas-kilay niyang tanong dito.

But it's a lie, I mean walang trilyonaryo, hanggang bilyonaryo lamang ang yaman na naabot ng tao sa mundo. Napangiwi ako ng mabasa ko ang isang nobela ukol sa zillionare, those exaggerating writers are faking it. There's no such thing as trillionare, zillionare pa kaya? Ayon sa isang pang- mayamang babasahin, there's no trillionaire yet, but we're likely to see one soon. According to Oxfam International, the world's first trillionaire is predicted to emerge within the next decade. A trillion dollars is equivalent to 1,000 billion dollars, roughly the same as the GDP of the Netherlands or Indonesia. So, mag-imagine na lang tayo sa Pilipinas.