Charlie first felt the soft, tender touch of Nanako’s lips, and then a slightly salty, bitter taste in his mouth.He knew very well that these were the taste of Nanako’s tears. At this moment, he felt an unceasing affection for her but also one of helplessness.Their lips parted softly a few seconds later. Nanako looked up at Charlie with reddened eyes and sobbed, “Charlie-kun, please don’t ever forget me…”Charlie nodded, gently replying with earnest, “I won’t. Don’t worry.”“If you ever need my help in the future, please just let me know!” replied Nanako solemnly.Charlie nodded. “I will; the same goes for you!”Nanako broke into a smile amid the stream of tears. “You better get going now, or you’ll miss the flight!”Charlie looked at her with a longing and soulful gaze, softly bidding the girl a final farewell. “Goodbye, Nanako. We shall meet again someday.”“Alright. Goodbye, Charlie-kun.”This time, Charlie turned around and never looked back.He didn’t want to see a tea
The ring was of the same style, and even its size was a perfect match.As soon as Nanako saw the ring, she burst with unexplainable joy, as if it was Charlie who had personally given her the ring.Seeing Nanako’s delight, Kawana Kurenai asked in bewilderment, “Miss, why would you be so interested in a brand like Tiffany? It is a very ordinary brand, and the ring is rather cheap. Their diamonds are like grains of sand…”Kurenai was right. A diamond ring worth one million dollars or less was, frankly speaking, for the averagely wealthy family. The real tycoons didn’t even bother wearing such rings.Ultra-wealthy tycoons of the East and West owned diamonds with the highest purity, ones that were precisely cut, and so clear, they could easily fetch ten million apiece.Those who were really wealthy would buy raw, precious diamonds and customize them into rings, the reason why it wasn’t rare that such rings were worth more than ten million.The rich Oskians had a wide preference wh
Rosalie’s original withdrawal plan was to ask her gang to spread themselves and then gather in Osaka. A private airplane would then be transferred from Raventon to Osaka and bring everyone back to Eastcliff.Nevertheless, if the Tokyo metropolitan police officers could not arrest her and the other assassins from the Schulz family, they might investigate all the previous exit records from the country. Any airplanes flown from Osaka to Eastcliff would surely become the suspicious target of the police officers.Therefore, Rosalie had decided that everyone should depart from Osaka to Raventon.The Japanese had the right to investigate all information regarding its flights from the country. Theoretically speaking, all flights which have departed from Japan could be investigated by the Japanese officers.Therefore, if everyone were to reach Raventon first and then transfer from Raventon to Eastcliff, that would no longer be related to Japan. With that, the Japanese would lose its trail.Logi
There were no secrets in civil aviation information, let alone private airplane routes. All this information was accessible by the airport staff and detectable by the flight schedule system. As such, Isaac could provide his findings to Charlie without any complications.In his reply to Charlie’s message, there were a total of four private airplanes departing from Osaka to Raventon.Among these four, there were two airplanes with very few passengers - about ten people in total. Since the Schulz family had sent plenty of assassins to Japan, it would be unlikely for them to travel back to their home country in these two airplanes. As such, Charlie excluded the two planes.Meanwhile, the remaining two private airplanes were modified from the Airbus A320. After the modification, the two airplanes would be able to accommodate about forty to fifty passengers. Therefore, Charlie had speculated that the Schulz family's assassins would take one of these two A320s to leave Japan.He then request
Despite feeling distasteful towards Charlie’s reaction, she let her guard down slightly.After a while, she walked closer to Charlie and sat down beside him.As soon as she sat down, Rosalie observed Charlie in silence.It was not because she felt suspicious towards Charlie. Instead, she did it out of her habitual vigilance.Whenever she came to a new environment, she would first gain a deeper understanding of her surroundings to obtain useful information.She observed Charlie and found that this man was actually quite good-looking. In fact, she would brand him as eye-candy.Nonetheless, it was the way he gazed at her body before that made her feel disgusted.Then, Rosalie smiled and asked, “Sir, are you an Oskian?”Charlie had never thought that the Schulz family’s female assassin would take the initiative to talk to him. He intentionally looked surprised and excited by her approach and replied, “Beauty, how do you know I am an Oskian? After all, this is not a flight to Oskia.”Rosali
Nevertheless, Rosalie was very curious about the piece of information that Charlie wanted to reveal. Therefore, she suppressed her disgust of him and edged her body closer to him. She then said coldly, “Hurry up then!”Charlie purposely moved closer to her and then whispered in her ear, “Not long ago, Donald’s brother-in-law, Nelson Bishop, who was the boss of the Beggar Clan of Sudbury, was killed. His wife and a gang of the Beggar clan also became deceased.”Upon hearing these, Rosalie immediately retreated from Charlie and kept a distance from him. She then answered coldly, “What is this? This was a hot topic before. Everyone knows about it.”Charlie shrugged and added, “I thought you might not have known.”Rosalie stared at him in disgust. She opined that Charlie deliberately did so in order to take advantage of her.Fortunately, he had not gained much from her. Thus, Rosalie did not explode in anger.After the incident, Rosalie had further let her guard down.Charlie noticed that
Very soon, the airplane departed from Tokyo airport.And after just an hour, the airplane was ready to touch down at Osaka airport.Once the airplane was on the ground, as usual, the first-class passengers would be given priority to deplane.Since Rosalie did not bring any luggage bags with her and was seated along the aisle, she could immediately get to her feet and walk towards the cabin door as soon as the airplane had landed.The Schulz family had already arranged for the next airplane that would depart after half an hour. As such, as soon as the cabin door had been disarmed, Rosalie stepped out and went straight to the business terminal. She had to go through another round of security checks before she could arrive at the private airplane hangar.The airplane workflow for private airplanes and civil aviation was different. Passengers of civil aviation would have to go to the ordinary terminal. In contrast, passengers of private airplanes or business jets would have to go through s
The captain picked up the communicator and made a cabin broadcast, “Mr. Wade, we have obtained permission from the tower officer to line up behind the airplane to Raventon from hangar no. 12. It will take about forty minutes before we can depart due to the number of airplanes queuing up in Osaka airport right now.”The moment Charlie heard that his airplane would line up behind that of the Schulz family, he immediately said to Isaac, “Come, let’s go to the cockpit!”Isaac hurriedly followed behind Charlie as they squeezed into a narrow cockpit. As soon as Isaac had entered, he asked the captain, “Where is the airplane to Raventon?”The captain pointed to a hangar next to theirs where there was an airplane that had just made a turn. Then, the captain said, “Mr. Cameron, this is the one.”Isaac nodded his head. When he saw that the airplane, which had just made a turn, move towards the runway, he immediately said to the captain, “Quick, follow it!”Without a moment of hesitation, the ca
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
Charlie smiled. "Who, me? You'd laugh at me, but it was only after Steven found me that I learned to drive. I never bought my own car either and only had the two supercars gifted to me, and I only drove those a handful of times at best. Even now, I'm driving the BMW 5-series I bought for my father-in-law."Then, he remembered Marianne Long and said, "I did drive a friend's Tesla back to Hong Kong, but it was only for a short time, and I didn't manage to look into their so-called assisted driving system."Yolden thought about it and smiled, "But y'know… how would I describe the car, specifically? Have you heard of Mario Balotelli, the soccer player?"Every man present aside from Keith nodded—Mario had been a philosopher on the soccer field, and even those who didn't watch soccer were familiar with his name.Nodding, Yolden continued, "The way I see it, Mario has been a player with top-class hardware but third-rate software. Give him Messi or Ronaldinho's intelligence, and he'd be a
Kaeden then asked, "Well, professor, how do you suppose we overtake the competition at turning points? Or indeed, what qualifies as succeeding in that respect?"Yolden thought about it, formulating his words before explaining, "My personal understanding of the matter isn't simply to aim for turning points. Instead, it's things like staying on the inner lane of the race track and reaching the finish line faster by going where no other race car had gone before—or indeed where people never thought to go before."That's the case for new energy cars. Our fossil fuel energies have constantly lost to other countries and would always come up short. But with new energy cars, we can change the rules altogether."We can't catch up to their engine tech? Then we won't—there's no way they are masters in electric-powered engines, are they? They've spent decades on internal combustion engines and haven't the first clue about electric-powered engines."So, while everyone hasn't turned all their foc
The Ackers were really interested in Yolden's perspective.For their family, investing in the new energy automotive industry wasn't meant to make money—they simply intended to add to Oskia's strength as a manufacturer.But with Yolden's input, they had new things to look forward to.If they really could propel their business to giants like Tesla, opportunities and profits would go without saying—there was also no question that it supported and improved Oskia's local car industry and manufacturing sector.Giants in the manufacturing sector were different from online giants, as the latter often enforced a stranglehold monopoly. Before they had the monopoly, they would be offering perks and subsidies to the market, and when they gained sufficient customers and consumer faith, they would start choking the market for profits.To put it in perspective, a five-mile Uber ride would cost five bucks before, and the driver would be paid ten for it. But after Uber got the monopoly, the rider