Once Isaac heard Charlie say that he wanted to keep Steven as well as Salem in Aurous Hill, he immediately exclaimed, “Young Master, Salem is still manageable as he would not have brought many people from the United States. However, Steven hired dozens of security personnel on the surface, and as for the experts hidden behind the scenes, we do not know how many there are. To catch him would be slightly more difficult…” Charlie blandly said, "It does not matter. There are no impermeable parts in this world. To catch Steven and Edmund, I alone will be enough.” As he said that, a person’s image suddenly flashed through his mind. So, he immediately changed his stance, "No, it would be better to add one more person.” Isaac immediately stood up and said without hesitation, "Young Master, I am willing to join you!” Charlie smiled and said seriously, "Sir Cameron, your courage is commendable, but your strength is still a little weak. Before you can come close to Steven, his
Isaac asked again, "Then, when are you going to make a move against Steven and Salem?” Charlie thought about it and spoke, "I will first observe the two of them and see what they are up to for a day or two.” Charlie further instructed, "Isaac, you have the most extensive contacts in Aurous Hill. You must assist me. Keep a close eye on the two of them—no matter where the two of them have been, who they have seen, report all of this to me immediately!” Without hesitation, Isaac said, "Young Master, do not worry. I will arrange for it!” Charlie nodded and said with a little regret, "Why didn’t they both choose to stay at your hotel.” Isaac laughed, "Young Master, that Edmund stayed in Aurous International Hotel before he disappeared. It's normal for his father to go there to stay. As for Steven, the Schulz family knows very well that this is the property of the Wade family, there is no way he would come here to stay.” Charlie asked curiously, "The Schulz family
The moment Isaac heard that Charlie wanted to use Rosalie, he immediately asked with some concern, "Young Master, we are still not sure whether Rosalie is controllable or not. She has been under our house arrest. If we let her out, won’t she take the opportunity to escape?” Charlie shook his head, “Based on my understanding of her, she surely won’t.” Isaac asked in confusion, "Young Master, how are you so sure? This woman has always been ruthless. She is not an easy person to deal with!” Charlie laughed. "She was betrayed too cruelly by the Schulz family. Now, there is a chance to capture Steven first, and also a chance for her to take revenge. Based on this, it is impossible for her to betray us.” Charlie continued, “From the Schulz family's point of view, Rosalie is missing. Once she is truly free from my control and shelter, the Schulz family will likely find out at that time, and they will definitely want her life.” “I'll take another step back and say that even
Just when she was practicing until she was covered in sweat, the doorbell suddenly rang. Rosalie became a little excited all of a sudden. She had lived here for some time and understood the service routine of the service staff here. Three meals were served regularly here every day, and the service staff would prepare food and drinks as well as daily necessities before sending them over. Other times, the service staff would generally not take the initiative to come over to disturb. Seeing as now was not the time for any meals, it was very likely that Charlie had come!Thinking of this, Rosalie hurriedly and joyfully ran to the door. Through the display screen, she saw at a glance that Charlie was standing at the door of her room at this moment. Her heart burst with joy. She then remembered that she had not tidied her clothes and was currently wearing the most basic sports bra. Rosalie hesitated for a while and did not know whether she should change her
At this moment, Aurous International Hotel. Steven’s motorcade was parked in a row directly in front of the hotel. Before he could get out of the car, security had rushed down and purged all the people around him. The manager of the hotel along with dozens of security guards also greeted him at this time, and they respectfully said to Steven's assistant, "May I ask, what does Mr. Schulz need from us? As long as we have it, Mr. Schulz is free to ask. We will definitely do our best!" Steven’s assistant said in a cold voice, "There is nothing we need for now. Tell all your people to stand back and don't let any of your staff, without permission, to bump into Mr. Schulz! As for the other guests, they must not come within ten meters of Mr. Schulz!" The hotel manager nodded without hesitation and said with unparalleled politeness, "If there is anything I can do for you, please feel free to ask!" Then, Steven and Salem came down from the car together. After Steve
Hence, he said with great gratitude, "Thank you, Mr. Schulz! You have really taken care of me so much! With a superior posture, Steven smiled faintly and said to Salem, "In Oskia, as long as you befriend the Schulz family, you will be guaranteed a smooth-sailing trip no matter where you are.” After that, he asked Salem, "Do you know the name of that college classmate of your son in Aurous Hill? I'll have someone look up information about her right now.” Salem hurriedly said, "I once heard my son talk about her. She seems to be called Doris Young. It is said that this woman's ability is quite strong. She is the chairman of a very large listed company in Aurous Hill." Steven looked to his assistant and ordered in a serious tone, "I give you five minutes to check the background of this Doris Young!" “Okay, boss!” After five minutes. Steven had just stepped into his presidential suite when his assistant hurriedly ran over and said, "Boss, I have investigat
In the evening, when Charlie returned home, the ten experts of the Schulz family split into five teams and began to thoroughly search every hospital in Aurous Hill.Meanwhile, Steven had a sumptuous dinner prepared to entertain Salem in the dining room of his presidential suite.Although the economic strength of Salem's family was nowhere near as good as the Schulz family, in Steven’s opinion, Salem's mother was, after all, from the Rothschild family. So, there was no harm in maintaining a friendship with him.Salem's heart was naturally excited.Although it was true that his mother was a woman from the Rothschild family, he knew very well in his heart that there were at least hundreds of women like his mother in the Rothschild family.His mother, as well as his grandfather's line, wouldn't have ranked much in the Rothschild family.He, a relative of the Rothschild family, was, frankly speaking, just rubbing popularity.Now, he had the opportunity to befriend the Schulz family,
The assistant hastily said respectfully, "Boss, the experts sent out have surveyed all the hospitals in the whole of Aurous Hill, but the two of them could not be found." "What?!" Steven frowned and opened his mouth to ask, "Are you sure that every hospital has been investigated?" "Yes, I’m sure." The assistant nodded and said seriously, "Not only the tertiary hospitals, but even the ordinary small clinics have also been searched, and they were nowhere to be found." Steven immediately smacked his lips and said, "Tsk... This is too f*cking strange! They are not in the hospitals, could it be that they have died?!" After saying that, he immediately spoke, "Go and observe the progress of the current police investigation. Are there any breakthroughs?"The assistant said truthfully, "Boss, I have inquired about the police’s situation. They also do not have any clues now. They are now investigating the bullet casings collected at the tunnel site, and are trying to find clue
Pausing, Charlie then said, "I'll call Steve to drop by later too. I'm sure folks in Aurous Hill won't know him, but your potential troublemaker might.""I-Is that really fine?" Yolden blurted."What's not fine about it?" Charlie chuckled. "He has been treated like a tool ever since he came to Aurous Hill, and now that he has a chance to strut about, he wouldn't ask for more."Yolden appeared slightly relieved at that, and Charlie asked, "By the way, where's Paul, Matilda, and Autumn?""Getting their makeup done," Yolden replied. "Paul's my best man while Autumn's the maid of honor.""Good," Charlie nodded with a grin. "Don't worry—the wedding's going to be a success."As they spoke, Matilda stepped out of the dressing room in a stark-white wedding dress, flanked by Autumn and Paul.Seeing Charlie, Autumn nodded politely, "Good morning, Mr. Wade."As Charlie nodded in turn, Paul started, "G-Good morning… Mr. Wade…"Seeing that he was nervous and tentative, Charlie knew that he
As Yolden and Matilda were remarrying after living abroad for years, the wedding ceremony was much simpler, skipping Oskian customs and having a simple wedding reception for their guests at the hotel hall.There weren't that many guests either—aside from their children and close friends, only a handful of Yolden's colleagues at Aurous Hill University were invited.As the celebrant, Charlie didn't have much to do and was mainly the emcee.He brought along his jacket as he headed out to Shangri-La, not wearing it immediately so that Claire wouldn't guess that he was attending Matilda's wedding.Arriving at the Hanging Gardens before the guests were supposed to arrive, he found Yolden working with the staff to finalize the preparations.Seeing Charlie, Yolden approached him and said, "Thanks for coming this early, Charlie."Noticing that he was a little tired, Charlie asked in concern, "Had a bad night?"Yolden nodded, sighing, "Paul's uncle caused a huge mess. Both Matilda and I a
Tarlon nodded. "How do you suggest we find them?"Fleur scowled. "There's no rush. There are things which I'm still confused about, so just keep a close eye on the Ackers and the Wades for the time being. Report to me right away if anything important comes up—don't afford our enemies any opportunities to exploit.""Yes, milady!" -The next day, more news outlets were covering the joint project between the Ackers and the Wades as word continued to spread.However, neither family revealed too many details, be it the name of the company, who was the CEO, or the scale of their business.While the public was dying with curiosity, nothing else was known.Still, Aurous Hill's officials were especially interested, with the town hall visiting the Ackers the next day and showing utmost sincerity by leasing a whopping 2-million-square-meter land along the southern highway. Still, the condition was for the Ackers to come true on their promise to propel the city's economy to 15 billion US d
Fleur had repeatedly mentioned the conspiracy theory of Ashley using a body double over the last twenty years.Tarlon had investigated from many different angles, but everything from the gender, age, dental records, to body figure pointed to the fact that the deceased was Ashley Acker.And yet, Fleur had never bought it, insisting that Curtis was prepared for them just because Curtis' son had gone missing soon after.There was no way Curtis would save his son but not his wife, and the disfigured corpse only added fuel to Fleur's suspicion.Thus, over the last twenty years, Fleur had kept a close eye on the Ackers, arranging for two 'scholars' to be embedded amongst their ranks as sleeper agents. She went that far all to determine if Ashley was dead or had faked her death.However, the scholars had since been killed in action, and they had no spies within the Ackers left.As for Tarlon, he still doubted Fleur's theory even now, but he remained respectful as he spoke, "Milady, I mu
Meanwhile, on the edge of the South Pole, Tarlon Griffin rushed outside of Fleur Griffin's room, knocking the door gingerly as he announced, "I have news, my lady!"Fleur didn't respond, but the thick wooden door between them slowly opened as if pushed by an invisible force.Tarlon entered to find Fleur seated on the floor with her legs crossed at the ankles. Her eyes remained closed as she molded her Reiki, asking, "What is it?"Tarlon quickly answered, "News from Oskia. The Ackers are partnering with the Wades on a joint venture into electric-powered vehicles."Fleur slowly opened her eyes, asking quietly, "And you're telling me because?"Tarlon quickly explained, "It just came out of the blue, so I thought I should report it to you right away."Fleur sighed. "After I tried and failed to wipe out the Ackers so many times, they wouldn't dare set foot stateside. If anything, they must have decided to seek asylum in Oskia by offering a substantial investment, and it's a base whe
Silent for a while, Matilda then asked Yolden, "Do you think I can do it?""Yes!" Yolden nodded without hesitation. "You definitely won't have any problems!"Matilda sighed, shaking her head. "We traveled far abroad to study while we were young, but we didn't return to Oskia to help the country's development. It's been thirty years since, and now that we have returned to the country at the same time, I definitely wouldn't turn down such an opportunity to help."Pausing, she then said, "That said, major corporations make it a point to not hire family members. Forget spouses—employees aren't allowed to date, and one of the two will be asked to resign if necessary."Don't you think it's inappropriate since we are legally married, having gotten our certificate and all? And if we set these precedents, we would have trouble asking other employees to follow that policy. You are going to be a CEO, so you need a very clear answer on this issue."Yolden shrugged. "In the first place, that p
Yolden nodded slightly. "He does.""My gosh…" Matilda murmured. "That's too much… Ashley's son? A member of the Acker family and the Wades?!"Pausing, she then asked in confusion, "Wait, if Charlie has so much power and influence, why would he permanently reside in Aurous Hill… No, why would he be content as Jacob Wilson's son-in-law? Does Jacob know who he really is?""Definitely not," Yolden shook his head. "There were some compelling circumstances, and his identity is a sensitive one. That's why I'm asking you to tell no one except Paul—and even then, you should only tell him if he can keep the secret."Matilda was sharp enough to pick up on the reasoning, too. "Charlie's hiding because of his parents' accident, isn't he?""Yes," Yolden sighed. "He has his plans, but I didn't pry since I can only do that much, let alone help him on that.""Got it," Matilda nodded repeatedly. "Don't worry. My lips are sealed… And you just said you're resigning? Are you going to help with this e
"That would be Ashley Layna Acker," Matilda replied without hesitation. "She was our age, as well as a major investor in Silicon Valley, while we were only starting to get our first clients. It's no exaggeration to say that she's the shining example in many case studies when it comes to business."Pausing, she then continued, "And she used to be your classmate, right? I remember you mentioning that in our conversations before.""Yes," Yolden sighed emotionally. "She was a classmate and the star of our generation."Matilda nodded but soon shook her head, "Wait, weren't we talking about Charlie's car company? What does that have to do with Ashley Acker?" "Here's where I let you in on a secret," Yolden said. "But first, you have to promise me that you won't tell anyone except Paul."Matilda nodded without hesitation. "Don't worry—if it's a secret, I won't tell Paul either."Yolden scratched his head. "Actually, Paul should know. We are going to marry soon, and he's my stepson, lega
In fact, the legal department of major enterprises covered many responsibilities, the chief of which concerned intellectual property, which was why veterans were needed to lead.Additionally, Charlie trusted Matilda's accomplishments in the legal field, especially since she had worked in the United States for years.With Curtis Autos' intended expansion worldwide, that meant the legal department should also know the laws of countries abroad, ready to file or respond to lawsuits at any time. After all, competitors may use the law to impede their growth, along with the government applying unfair policies to impede their development and impact on local businesses.Moreover, Charlie considered Paul young and therefore lacking in experience, not to mention that it was not likely he would abandon his family's law firm. As such, the ideal solution was to poach Matilda for now.As for Matilda, she was still in the dark and had no idea what she was in for, asking Charlie in confusion, "Lega