Yashiko looked down whenever he thought of his potential partnership with the Schulz family.In the car, he sighed, saying, “Tanaka, Japanese economic development has been in a slump for a decade. Not only our family but the fortunes of a few prestigious families have been affected and shrunk. Also, our heirs are not as capable…”Tanaka asked hurriedly, “Chairman, Japan was once the most developed country in the world for a few decades ever since the world war. Why hasn’t it kept up for the past ten years?”Yashiko replied regretfully. “There are many reasons contributing to this slowed-down economy. Firstly, there is a limited supply of natural resources and land in Japan. Secondly, there were no recent breakthroughs in the Japanese information technology industry.”Yashiko continued emotionally, “Look, gone are those years when many Japanese sectors were on top of the world. These sectors have gradually lost their significance in recent years.”“Back in those days, Sony, Panas
As Japan’s top financial magnate, Ito family had been continually losing its grip on the country’s economy.Another huge Japanese family, Takahashi family, also faced the same dilemma.Both families were actively seeking breakthroughs. So, both pinned all their hopes on the top Chinese families.As the top family in China, Schulz’s family’s influence had been on the rise for the past few years and as China rapidly developed, so did the strength of the Schulz family. Schulz family’s primary focus these past few years had been maintaining and consolidating the domestic market. In these past two years, they began turning their attention to the overseas market after securing its position as the top conglomerate in China.As a result, many Japanese families and tycoons were eager to develop in-depth collaborations with Schulz family. Over the past ten years, China’s import and export trade had continued to grow. The demand for shipping boomed, and the construction of new ports had been ex
In the afternoon, Charlie expelled and fired nearly half of the entire staff working for Kobayashi Pharma with incredible ease.These people from Kobayashi Pharma were originally thinking of using a strike to fight against Charlie. However, they never expected that Charlie would not be softhearted at all. Instead, he fired all of them directly without leaving even a single person behind. This incident caused a major commotion in the Japanese business community!First of all, no one would have thought that Kobayashi Pharma, which had been developing and growing so well, would experience a sudden change of ownership. Ninety percent of Kobayashi Pharma’s shares had already been transferred to an Oskian, and it was now officially an Oskian company. Secondly, no one would have thought that after Kobayashi Pharma became an Oskian company, it would fire more than half of its employees at one go!In Japan, apart from bankruptcies, very few companies would suddenly expel and fire so many
Charlie nodded in satisfaction as he said to Ichiro, “From today onward, you have to cooperate and work together with Liam to readjust all the production plans for Kobayashi Pharma. I want you to stop all of Kobayashi Pharma’s current and previous production, and you will switch to fully producing the Apothecary Stomach Pill on all production lines. Do you understand?”Ichiro hurriedly and sincerely replied, “Don’t worry, Mr. Wade. I will surely give my utmost cooperation to Mr. Weaver!”Liam spoke to Charlie at this time, “Mr. Wade, Kobayashi Pharma has a very strong production capacity. If we are going to start producing the Apothecary Stomach Pill at full scale, we will also be demanding a very huge amount of raw materials for the Apothecary Stomach Pill in advance. We should make sure that we are fully prepared for this. Otherwise, our production capacity will certainly be severely restricted when we have insufficient raw production materials.”Charlie nodded and said, “I will s
After Graham had hung up the phone, Aurora, who was next to him, asked curiously, “Dad, what did Master Wade say when he called you?”Graham, who was still lost in his excitement, was still unable to free himself from this excitement. He took a few seconds to recover and regain his composure before he said excitedly, “Aurora! The Quinton family has been given an extremely great opportunity!”Aurora asked in surprise, “Dad, what kind of extremely great opportunity are you talking about?”Graham was so excited that he was still trembling a little as he spoke, “It’s Master… It’s Master Wade… Master Wade has taken over Kobayashi Pharma in Japan. He said that he will appoint our Quinton family to supply him with all the raw medicinal herbs and materials in the future. The annual demand is almost one million tons!”“Oh, my God!” Aurora exclaimed in amazement, “One million tons? Our family is currently only supplying about two hundred thousand tons a year, right?”“That’s right…” Graham
Ninety percent of Kobayashi Pharma’s shares had been transferred under the Apothecary Pharmaceutical’s name now.As the production work and process at Kobayashi Pharma was very important now, Charlie could not leave Tokyo for the time being. He wanted to ensure that all of Kobayashi Pharma’s production lines had been successfully converted to fully produce the Apothecary Stomach Pill before he leaves Japan.So, the first production line that needed to be converted to produce the Apothecary Stomach Pill was Kobayashi Pharma’s production base in Tokyo.Charlie asked Liam to take an inventory of all the medicinal herbs and materials that were present at Kobayashi Pharma at this time. After that, he wanted Liam to count all of the medicinal herbs and materials that could be used to produce the Apothecary Stomach Pill. Next, Liam needed to calculate the quantity of other medicinal herbs and materials that would be needed based on the production capacity of the production lines in Tokyo.
At Kyoto City, which was hundreds of kilometers away from Tokyo.The huge Ito family mansion with a century-old history was located in the center of Kyoto City.The Ito family mansion was located next to the Azuchi Castle, which was the residence of Oda Nobunaga, one of the three great unifiers during the Sengoku period in Japan. Although the surface area of the Ito family mansion was slightly smaller compared to the Azuchi Castle, the overall surface area was already much larger compared to the largest standalone family villa in Eastcliff.There was a moat that had been excavated during the war surrounding the mansion, and it bore the heavy responsibility of guarding the mansion.Three hundred and sixty degrees surveillance cameras were installed on the walls to capture all the blind spots and ensure that no one would be able to trespass and enter the mansion without any permission.Many bodyguards were armed with live ammunition behind the towering mansion walls.The buildings
As her thoughts were running wild, the cell phone in her pocket suddenly started ringing.When she took out her cell phone, she realized that it was a phone call from Tanaka-san. She hurriedly put her thoughts aside before she answered the call, and she smiled as she said, “Tanaka-san, why are you calling me so late at night?”Hiroshi sighed as he said, “Miss, something happened today. The chairman is very angry, and he smashed and destroyed a lot of antiques at home.”Nanako felt very nervous and anxious when she heard this, and she hurriedly asked, “Tanaka-san, what happened? Did my Eminent Father encounter some sort of trouble?”Hiroshi said, “The chairman brought me along with me to Kobayashi Pharma because he intended to sign a share transfer agreement with the board of directors of Kobayashi Pharma. After signing the agreement, the chairman asked the staff from the financial department to transfer four and a half billion US dollars over to Kobayashi Pharma’s account…”When N
Later, after Charlie told Jeremiah over the phone about the joint venture with the Ackers to establish Curtis Autos, the old man was awash with tears, especially after Charlie told him that it was Keith who suggested it. After all, Curtis was his favorite son whose death he could never really get over. Moreover, he once believed that only his family mourned Curtis while the Ackers never did, and he held a grudge over his son's passing. As such, he was surprised that Keith held such great respect toward his late son and didn't hesitate to say yes when Charlie invited him to Aurous Hill to sign an agreement with the Ackers.Still, Charlie wasn't in a hurry to arrange for a specific time, and he was going to let the Ackers sort out the human resources of Godot Autos over a few days. It still wouldn't be too late by then.Moreover, he was keen to allow the buzz to have time to grow so that the automotive industry would be astounded by the joint project between the Ackers and the Wade
Christian was the first to exclaim in approval, "Yes! Curtis Autos sounds wonderful! It has my vote!""Seconded!" Kaiden nodded, pumping the air with his right fist. "I've looked up to Curtis the most, and I absolutely agree with naming the company after him!"Jaxson was nodding too. "Me too!""Yes!" Lulu chirped.Yolden couldn't help agreeing as well. "Curtis Autos is definitely a good name!"Merlin raised his hand gingerly as well. "Quit it with your flattery already," Keith chuckled, and he turned toward Charlie solemnly. "In the end, Curtis is Charlie's father, and the final decision goes to him!"Charlie's eyes were welling up with tears—his parents had been gone for almost three decades, yet he had never thought of dedicating anything to their memory.As such, Keith's suggestion to use Curtis's name for the car company left him thrilled. After all, wouldn't his father's soul be honored if Curtis Autos rocked the country, maybe even the world?With that in mind, he nodd
Charlie also had to agree that this was an opportunity to formally reconcile the Wades and the Ackers.While he couldn't reveal himself just yet, the Wades and the Ackers had been in-laws for years. Even if they had had a dispute for the longest time, restoring good relations made sense now that the Ackers had come to Oskia, and it wouldn't arouse any suspicion.That was why Charlie agreed to it without hesitation, even making a mental note to invite his paternal grandfather, Jeremiah, to Aurous Hill.The old geezers could meet up and clear the air while deciding on the partnership.Yolden was prepared to resign as a professor as well so that he could help the Ackers and Charlie fully develop their automotive company.With a general direction planned, he asked everyone, "Since we're creating a new brand, has anyone come up with a name?"No one was feeling inspired at that moment, but that was when Lulu, who had been silent throughout, said, "Since Charlie and our family are worki
Neither Charlie nor the Ackers expected Yolden's insight to cover all corners.In fact, it felt like the man had a blueprint ready and was only waiting for the time to put it to use.That was why everyone was immensely approving of Yolden and wanted no other man for the job of CEO.Kaeden smiled, "Well, since everyone has agreed, let's put this to rest as soon as possible—this will be a joint investment between our family and the Wades, and Professor Hart will take the post of CEO. Let's all do our best to make this a good one!"Yolden also made up his mind, deciding that he didn't want to let slip a chance to realize his ambitions. "I'll resign from the university after my honeymoon trip. It probably shouldn't be long, and I can get involved in early preparations via teleconference."Charlie nodded. "Then, we can have Uncle Kaeden stay on schedule while I'll ask the Wades to send a representative over to sign a memorandum for the investment."Keith smiled and nodded. "You should
Charlie hadn't been born and raised in Aurous Hill, but he still started living here at the age of eight and was more attached to this place than Eastcliff.If he was going to take part in this automotive investment with the Ackers, he naturally found Aurous Hill the ideal location.Not only would it create a huge number of jobs for Aurous Hill, but it would also rake in much economic flow for the region.Yolden also nodded at his suggestion. "If the first plant is meant to cover the demand of the entire local market, there's no reason for a coastal plant. Aurous Hill stands at an intersection between the north and the south, so transportation is convenient. It's also killing two birds with one stone, as Mr. Wade is fond of the city."Charlie couldn't help but agree. "I won't lie—Aurous Hill has been good to me, and I hope to give back. Nothing's better than succeeding in that respect."Yolden spread his hands, "Heavy industries are certainly ideal to contribute to Aurous Hill's e
Yolden had actually been researching new energy for a while—in fact, it was when Tesla's first car models were produced.He was passionate about the subject and had his own opinions as well as ambitions, but he was busy teaching, so he couldn't realize any of it.But was this not a golden opportunity tailor-made for him?Seeing that Yolden was clearly interested, Charlie turned toward Kaeden, "Actually, the professor is getting married soon. There's no way we'd split up newlyweds so soon after the wedding, right? So, is it possible to set up base in Aurous Hill instead?""Not a problem!" Kaeden replied without hesitation. "Our family is planning to return to Oskia anyway, and everyone knows about Ashley and Curtis. So, why don't we invest in this enterprise alongside the Wades and have the base set up in Aurous Hill? And then bring Godot under as a subsidiary?"Turning to Yolden, he continued, "By the way, Godot's plant is already in the province—barely 100 miles from Aurous Hill,
Pausing, Yolden continued, "Moreover, the greatest advantage of AI is that it is self-conscious and has the processing power to analyze astronomical proportions of data. As car sales grow, every car owner's driving data will add precious new data to our data vault, and it will be processed by AI for even greater space of imagination."For example, kst's say I experienced a bumpiness along a certain road, and when the sensors pick up on that anomaly, the data will be uploaded to the servers along with images of the road condition in real time. The processing AI module would determine in no time at all that there was damage and label said location on the map, and then forward the data to other vehicles close to that location, sending notifications when they are close enough and providing the appropriate advice for countermeasures."Naturally, the AI can even be refined further so that it immediately warns us to slow down while uploading the data to the servers and informing any cars cl
Yolden's mind short-circuited at those words. "The most advanced AI module?!"He had been working on Wall Street for years, having invested in substantial startup tech companies as well as assisting plenty of Nasdaq tech enterprises with their IPO. That was why he especially had a sharp six sense for cutting-edge technology.It had been a while since he had gotten up the saddle, and AI had just become the trend recently, but he still paid close attention. He was well aware what applications were possible for AI modules, but he was shocked that Charlie already possessed what all the online giants were coveting!Thrilled, he quickly asked Charlie, "Can the Rothschilds resolve all the hardware and software issues? High-processing power display cards are a dime a dozen these days, and local enterprises are all planning to sell them one by one. The demand is just that high!"Charlie chuckled. "Don't worry—the Rothschilds will handle both issues for me, even the data centers. We bought i
Keith, who had been silent throughout, waved him off as he said solemnly, "Please don't sell yourself short, Professor Hart. I'm sure you can do well in this position, but it's still a matter of will."If your heart is truly set on educating future generations, then I'm sure you'd reject our offer no matter what we say."However, if you felt the slightest interest, even anticipation, for such a major project, then you really should consider our offer."We've already invested in Godot Autos for 3 billion USD and over 10 billion if we're counting in Ricebolt. But we still have 30 billion more in capital available—and that means it's 40 billion USD at play."I doubt any other global car maker can afford that much, let alone a new car maker. So, I dare say that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"Keith's words spoke to Yolden's very soul—a startup capital of forty billion US dollars was certainly unprecedented for electric-powered vehicles. Even Ricebolt had barely garnered ove