At this time, Nanako had just returned from Kyoto to Tokyo.A few days ago, she had temporarily accompanied her father to stay in Kyoto for a few days. She wanted to give him a change of environment to lighten his mood so that he could relax. However, since she had to deal with many family affairs, she could only stay in Kyoto for three days before returning to Tokyo.Nanako was a little surprised when she received a phone call from Charlie. After all, the time in Tokyo was one hour earlier compared to the time in Oskia. Since it was 10.30 pm in Oskia, it was already 11.30 pm in Tokyo.So, Nanako was very excited, and she asked in surprise, “Charlie-kun, why are you calling me at this time?”Charlie hurriedly asked, “Nanako, are you in Tokyo now?”“Yes.” Nanako replied, “My father and I came back earlier in the afternoon today. Charlie-kun, you sound a little anxious. Is something wrong?”Charlie replied, “A good friend of mine has suddenly disappeared in Tokyo. Based on the last
On the winding road in Nishitama District, in the western suburbs of Tokyo.Several men dressed in black were looking down at the spot where Jasmine had fallen off from the cliff.They could see a fire burning below from the distance. One of them whispered, “The people inside the car should already be dead now, right?”Another person sneered as he said, “They fell from such a high altitude, and there is such a big fire. If they are not dead, I will chop off my head and hand it over to you.”The man laughed before he said, “If that is the case, we can get back to Mr. Hashimoto now.”The person beside him nodded before he said, “We should hurry up and clean up the scene first. We must remove all of the debris, glass shards, and tire friction marks on the ground from the collision earlier to ensure that no one will realize that there was an accident here after dawn.”“Okay!”The several men in black began to clean up the scene immediately.At this time, the leader took out his cel
She thought to herself, ‘This strength that I have right now must be derived from the magical medicine that Master Wade had given to me… Master Wade gave me this medicine and told me to carry it with me at any time in case of an emergency. Unexpectedly, this medicine has truly saved my life at the most critical moment!’As she thought about Charlie, Jasmine felt as though her mental and spiritual level had been inspired to an unprecedented level.She kept encouraging herself deep inside, ‘Since Master Wade has given me an opportunity to continue living, I will have to make it back to Aurous Hill alive!’***Aurous Hill.The ancient capital.Although it was not as prosperous as Eastcliff or Raventon, nor was it as affluent as the new first-tier cities in the South Region, it had its own charms and heritage after all.The people who lived here truly loved this land and river.Just as Jasmine vowed that she would definitely make it back to Aurous Hill alive, a private jet had alre
The Ito family was second to none among the leading families in Tokyo currently. Moreover, this was Charlie’s first time requesting Nanako's help. As such, Nanako prioritized this event and had exerted all of her influence and network. Tens of thousands of people searched intensively in Tokyo. Very soon, they managed to trace Jasmine at the entrance of a mountain in Nishitama district. The road to the mountain had very little traffic. Therefore, there were no surveillance systems along the road. The moment the clues were lost at the foot of the mountain in Nishitama district, the ever-alert Nanako immediately realized that Jasmine’s accident must have occurred along the road to the mountain.Not only was the roadway sparsely populated, but so was the gradient of the road, which was very high. Should there be anyone who deliberately wanted to harm Jasmine, this would be the perfect location. As such, Nanako instructed her people to halt the large-scale search, an
Mountain roads were much more dangerous than any ordinary roads regardless of their country. Falling off the cliff would be the most dangerous accident along the mountain roads. This was because the fall from a one hundred meters high cliff, followed by a roll-over along the steep mountains, would lead to very small chances of survival. In the rally race, those rally cars were equipped with a robust roll cage to ensure the safety of its drivers in the event that the rally car fell off the cliff while racing on the highway. Nonetheless, an ordinary civilian car, including a Rolls Royce which cost ten million, would not be equipped with any roll cages. If these cars were to fall off the cliff, even the Rolls Royce would turn into junk metal! Thinking of this, Charlie immediately said to Nanako, “Nanako, I beg you for one thing. You must let your ninjas find out Jasmine’s whereabouts. As long as she’s still breathing, you all must rescue her from the mountain and deliver
Inside a mountain in Nishitama. Jasmine walked slowly and carefully through the valley. Despite it being winter, evergreen plants such as pines and cypresses were growing densely along the valley. Moreover, the valley was dark and cold. There was no trace of any human beings, not even a lonely pathway. Therefore, it was very challenging to walk through these pathways. It was taxing for the experts at expeditions to walk swiftly through the valleys, let alone an amateur like Jasmine. Fortunately, it was winter, and Jasmine had wrapped herself warmly in a thick cashmere windbreaker paired with a black midi skirt with black corset leggings as well as a pair of black leather boots. Therefore, her skin would not be exposed to those pine needles, dry branches, and leaves. At the moment, Jasmine had adapted to the darkness inside the valley. She could have used her mobile phone’s torchlight, with its broken screen, to light up her surroundings, which could sa
Tyler then continued, “How’s the work done by Hashimoto? Is he competent?”Reuben sneered and said, “Quite good. According to him, the car rolled down a few hundred meters from a cliff. After that, it was burned into a pile of scrap metal. Presumably, everyone involved has turned into ashes.” Tyler said in satisfaction, “Very good!” He then continued, “By the way, before your departure, did your grandpa suspect anything?” Reuben replied, “I don’t think so. However, I’m not sure if he will be suspicious later.” Tyler snorted, “Good. He won’t have many days left.” Reuben’s heart skipped a beat, then he asked hurriedly, “Father, are you going to take action against grandpa?” Tyler answered, “No, not so soon.”Reuben said worriedly, “Father, don’t forget that the old man has spoken on the day when Jasmine was announced to take over as the head of the Moore family. In the event that Jasmine has no descendants, the leadership role will be taken over by Charlie. S
When Charlie left, Claire was still soaking in the hot springs. She didn't even know that her husband, who had excused himself to grab a drink and left the hot springs in a bathrobe, had, in fact, sat in a helicopter, flown straight to the airport, and then boarded an airplane that was bound for Tokyo. She had been waiting patiently for Charlie. When she came out of the hot springs and went to the lobby, she still failed to find Charlie’s. She could not help but feel suspicious. She made a call to Charlie, but it showed that his phone was switched off. This made her even more worried. She went back to the bedroom and still saw no signs of Charlie. However, she spied a piece of note left behind by Charlie on the cabinet. On the note, a line stated, “Darling, a friend’s life is in danger. I need to rush over to rescue that person.” After reading the note, Claire felt alarmed and exclaimed, “Rescue?! The person must’ve met with a terrible incident?!” T
No one except Raymond expected that the terms would be agreed upon so quickly.He was utterly confident in his judgment and even more so in his value appraisal.He was convinced that once they had a good look, any one of these collectors who could afford twenty million wouldn't miss this bargain.After all, an opportunity to secure an item worth millions more than the price they paid was very rare.In fact, when the other nine collectors heard that the first collector was buying it, it was only to be expected even if it left them all gloomy. They had all held the bronze sculpture in their hands—they knew it was definitely worth that much.However, no one in the room was more shocked than Trippy.He looked utterly flabbergasted, his eyes wide and bulging as he stared at the bronze sculpture while asking himself the same question repeatedly.Was that crap really worth twenty million? How?!While Trippy was still stunned, Raymond had already sent his payment details to the first
Unable to nitpick on the air stewardess' response, Elaine pouted, "Well, try to ask management to improve on your first-class cabins anyway. Maybe even make a premium-class or something since it's not like we can't afford it."The air stewardess quickly said, "We will definitely relay your message to the management."Nodding in satisfaction, Elaine waved her off. "Alright. You can go back to work now."Clearly relieved, the air stewardess bowed her head respectfully. "Always happy to be of service."After the air stewardess left, Jacob asked Elaine in curiosity, "Was the private jet that good?"Elaine rolled her eyes. "Didn't you see the stuff I posted in the chat group?""Not really," Jacob blurted. Elaine was ready to snap at him for not caring, but considering that they had made up now and she shouldn't fuss too much over the little things, she snorted, "Just remember to like and comment on all my posts in the chat group, otherwise, I will make you regret it!""No problem!"
While the ten collectors were taking turns studying the bronze sculpture, Jacob and Elaine were boarding their flight.As they were flying first-class, they had priority over the other passengers and boarded from the separate plug door at the first-class section.The capacity of the Boeing 777 was huge, and the wide-body aircraft could be connected to a special double corridor bridge where first class and business class passengers boarded separately from the economy class passengers.As the terminals to economy class and business class were connected, Elaine and Jacob were able to get through the first-class terminal unimpeded, but the passengers in economy class had a queue of over two hundred passengers. Even as she walked, Elaine was looking over her shoulder and exclaiming at Jacob, "Must be nice being rich! We used to have to queue like the rest of them, waiting for over thirty minutes just to board our flight." "In first class, we may be in the same plane, but we don't hav
Meanwhile, once Raymond had briefed everyone about the rules, he opened the door and invited everyone into Treasure Measure.It was not that wide but appeared spacious since the interior was mostly empty—it was not really crowded even with thirty-ish people.Then, locking the door from the inside, Raymond told them, "I can tell from everyone's faces that we are all veterans here, so I'm sure you understand the rules while appraising: no photos or videos, thank you very much."Indeed, there were many rules that governed the hobby, the most important being respecting the seller's requests and privacy.As the collectors listened, they knew that Raymond was selling but did not want the public to know too much about him.They all nodded, and those who had their phones out slid them back into their pockets.With that, Raymond took out the bronze sculpture that he had brought, leaving Trippy a little surprised.He had never seen the bronze sculpture with his own eyes before, only from
"Alright!" Trippy was at once fawning, tagging along behind Raymond like a little child.Around thirty people were waiting in front of Treasure Measure by now. The collectors came in twos or threes, and all ten numbers had since been taken.Before Raymond arrived, he had a brief look at the collectors' faces through the security cameras before walking over, and he was really relieved to see no familiar faces.Having traded Oskian antiques for years abroad, it was only natural that he was acquainted with some of the elite collectors in the country.He also knew that they were especially demanding with the quality of their collection and wanted almost flawless items. As such, the bronze sculpture which had been completely lost wouldn't interest them.Still, he was also a little concerned that amongst the elite collectors he knew, there might be some who were losing money and losing purchasing power in turn. If they happened to take an interest in the bronze sculpture on top of that,
Trippy grinned. "I mean, just look at my stall—ain't no way I'm getting any business here. Why not let me check out this item of yours? And see how interested they are? I'm really interested in learning and upping my game."Then, as if worried that Raymond would refuse, he quickly added, "Don't worry—I promise to stay in a corner and just watch."Still, Raymond could guess right then that someone must have sent Trippy to spy on him.It didn't matter whether it was Mick, Jacob, or Zachary either—they were all in this plot together, and one knowing meant all three knowing.Trippy was a gossiper in nature. If he was allowed to witness the whole process, everyone down Antique Street would definitely know before long.In fact, he could use someone like that right now, and Trippy had come straight to his doorstep.With that in mind, Raymond smiled, "Come join me if you're interested. It's not like there's anything to hide…"Pausing, he then warned Trippy, "But since you're going in my
After watching Mick's video, Jasmine's opinion of the man improved considerably.She was actually well aware that the decline of Vintage Deluxe was mostly due to Mick's incompetence.However, as Jasmine was now managing a billion-dollar company, she couldn't spare any time to ask many questions about Vintage Deluxe's performance. In her opinion, as long as Vintage Deluxe didn't lose too much money or ruin the reputation they had worked so hard to build, she wasn't interested in a regime change.It was the same mindset as Marianne Long, who begged her father to keep that lane full of food stalls in Hong Kong over sentiment.As such, seeing that Mick actually had some skill pleased her considerably.She couldn't resist checking out the comments of the video too.She saw that many were praising the manager of Vintage Deluxe for taking a tough stand against the scammer as well as how Vintage Deluxe's reputation was long-standing and without comparison.She soon noticed Jacob's comme
Soon, more collectors had gathered outside Treasure Measure even before Raymond showed up at Antique Street, with over ten of them gathered outside in no time at all.Since Raymond had only prepared ten slips, the rest left in disappointment seeing that they had no chance.Even so, the ten collectors who had gotten a number were nervous—save for the first man who had arrived.The details on the online sales post insisted that the price was fixed, and that first-come first-serve applies.If he bought the bronze sculpture, the other nine would have come all this way for nothing.However, if the seller decided to make it an auction, they would have a chance too, although their net profit would thin in turn. After all, they could have acquired the bronze sculpture for just 20 million, and that meant a solid 8 million in profit.An auction would at least raise the price to 27 million, and more would make it chicken feed.If they gave up at that point, it was a waste of a trip.If
Trippy naturally wasn't going to tell Mick everything word-for-word, so he said vaguely, "Uh, they were just being stubborn and refused to listen to anything I said. They kept saying that they wouldn't know until they saw the actual item."Mick got out of bed, staring at his phone as he mused to himself.This was getting a little ridiculous, was it not? A fool who was scammed, actually able to scam someone else? But if he really could sell it, wouldn't all their work be for nothing?With that in mind, he promptly called Zachary, who wasn't even up yet.Ever since he had started working for Don Albert, his daily routine was no longer the same as the days when he was a humble stall owner working on Antique Street, but a man of importance who slept late and woke up late.In the evening, he would be spending his time patrolling Don Albert's night entertainment properties as well as holding meetings with subordinates to decide on management policies and the like. That was why he wo