Jonathan hurriedly replied, “Madam Elaine, that yacht has a maximum range of two thousand nautical miles, which is nearly four thousand kilometers. So, it will certainly be enough for you to travel from Aurous Hill to the estuary before heading all the way to Tokyo. However, since this will involve entry and exit from the country, you will have to report this matter to the immigration and customs in advance.”Elaine immediately said to Charlie excitedly, “My good son-in-law, why don’t we take some time to sail our yacht all the way to Japan for a vacation on our own? What do you think?”Charlie replied vaguely, “Well… we will talk about this when we have time.”Elaine hurriedly said, “Isn’t it easy to make time? Your dad and I do not go to work, and you do not report for work too. Claire is the only person who is running her own company. Since she is the boss of the company, wouldn’t she be able to take some days off from work to go for a holiday whenever she wants to?”Claire hurr
Charlie did not have many Rejuvenating Pills left.Moreover, as the saying goes, rare things were expensive. Travis spent two billion dollars just to purchase a Rejuvenating Pill, which proved that the Rejuvenating Pill was completely worth this price to the rich and wealthy. So, Charlie did not intend to give the Rejuvenating Pill as a gift to everyone.If this kind of item could be obtained so easily, then it would not appear to be so scarce or priceless, and its value would naturally fall.Therefore, Charlie planned to ask Graham to find some raw materials for him so that he could refine the first batch of pills that he had made at the very beginning. After that, he would give one of the magical pills to each of the guests who came here with gifts today.In fact, everyone simply came here to pay a New Year greeting to Charlie and give him some gifts for the New Year. However, they really did not expect that Charlie would give them a pill in return. Therefore, each and every one
Right then, Elaine persuaded her, “Oh, Claire! You don’t understand anything about Feng Shui, so you should not be interfering in Charlie’s work or telling him what to do.”After that, Elaine had a stern expression on her face as she said very seriously, “I do not expect you to be able to help Charlie in his career. However, I will never allow you to be a stumbling block in Charlie’s way! Our family’s future depends entirely on Charlie now!”“Mom…” Elaine had already rendered Claire completely speechless at this time.She could tell that her mother was already completely submissive toward Charlie, and nothing that she said would be of any use anymore.So, she could only sigh helplessly as she said, “Sigh. I am going to the company first…”Elaine hurriedly said, “Claire, aren’t you going to wait for me to open up all the gifts before you leave?”Claire shook her head and said, “I am already very late. Everyone is still waiting for me to hold a summary meeting.”Elaine said, “Alri
After returning to the bedroom that he shared with Claire, Charlie answered Quinn’s video call before he said, “Hello, Nana.”“Brother Charlie!” In the video call, Quinn, who was wearing a nightgown at home, waved excitedly at Charlie.Quinn had no makeup on in the video, and her long black hair was casually draped over her shoulders. She did not have the aura of a top celebrity at this time, but she looked more like an extremely beautiful girl next door.At this time, she asked happily in the video call, “Brother Charlie, what are you busy with?”Charlie smiled as he said, “I am not busy. Wouldn’t it be the New Year soon? I am simply preparing some New Year goods at home now.”Quinn smiled happily as she said, “Hehe! Me too! This year, we came back to the manor at Herrolls Bay to celebrate the New Year!”With that, Quinn switched to the phone’s front camera as she started showing Charlie her surrounding environment. She was indeed in the courtyard of the Golding family manor.C
Charlie smiled as he said, “Uncle Golding, everything is fine. What about you and Aunt Rachel? Are you doing well, too?”“Good! We are really good!” Yule replied as he nodded repeatedly. At this time, Rachel stood by Yule’s side as she looked at Charlie through the screen, and she smiled as she said, “Charlie, when will you be coming back to Eastcliff to spend a few days here? Your Uncle Golding has been thinking of you a lot recently. He basically talks about you several times a day! I am already tired of listening to him go on and on about you.”Charlie smiled before he said, “Uncle Golding and Aunt Rachel, I will definitely make time to come to Eastcliff to visit both of you when I am done with my work.”At this time, Quinn, who was standing on the other side of Yule, murmured in dissatisfaction, “What do you mean when you say that you are going to come here to visit the both of them? What about me? Don’t you have to come and see me too?”Charlie smiled as he hurriedly said, “Se
The Wade family’s ancestor worship ceremony was the grandest family ceremony that the Wade family had. All large families would always value ancestor worship, especially for large families with a long history such as the Wade family. As they had a profound history and many branches to their family, they attached great importance to the ancestor worship ceremony.In truth, a lot of wealthy families had always wanted to engage in special ancestor worship ceremonies. However, a real ancestor worship ceremony was not something that any ordinary family could just do.Some nouveau riche families who wanted to hold an ancestor worship ceremony might not be able to keep up with the appearance at all.This was because these people’s ancestral tombs might have the latest three to four generations of their ancestors in total. Moreover, when it came to their identities, most of their ancestors from the previous generations might be peasants with no high-end or amazing stories to be told to th
Therefore, as the main family, it was necessary for them to use the ancestor worship ceremony to gather people from the collateral family together at regular intervals.After getting to know each other, getting acquainted with one another, and worshipping their common ancestors together, the connection between the bloodlines would naturally be strengthened. This was also a necessary means for large families to maintain their strength.Therefore, the Wade family would not only hold an ancestor worship ceremony once every twelve years, but they would also revise their entire Wade family genealogy chart at the ancestor worship ceremony.During this period between the current twelve years and the past twelve years, each family would have already given birth to a new heir, an older generation would have died, and some young adults would have already gotten married.Therefore, every twelve years, the countless branches of the Wade family would have to report the population changes in t
Yule had initially thought that Charlie would not agree to it. However, he never expected Charlie to agree to it so readily. So, he immediately said, “If your grandfather finds out that you are willing to go back for the ancestor worship ceremony, he will certainly be very happy!”Charlie smiled as he thought in his heart, ‘Whether my grandfather is happy or not would probably not depend on whether I am back to attend the ancestor worship ceremony or not, but on whether I will follow his arrangements and become the Wade family’s tool for the family’s intermarriage with another family.’However, Charlie did not tell Yule those words.At this time, Quinn suddenly spoke again, “By the way, Brother Charlie, the time for my concert in Aurous Hill has already been set!”Charlie was very surprised, and he asked, “Concert? In Aurous Hill?”Quinn nodded as she smiled and said, “The next stop of my tour is already planned to be held in Aurous Hill. However, the specific time has not been de
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