Just as Sheldon was expecting to rely on his own power to turn the Schulz family’s turmoil around on his own, he did not know that a big net had been wrapped tightly around him at this time.Charlie already had two different plans in mind.If the person next door was Sheldon, he had a special plan in mind for Sheldon. However, if the person next door was not Sheldon but someone else from the Schulz family instead, he would send this person directly to Albert’s dog farm so that he could be Steven’s companion there.Isaac screened out the other rooms in Shangri-La that had been booked before and after the time the room next door was booked but had not been checked out yet at this moment. After that, he carried out a further screening, and he could basically conclude that there were at least four other subordinates who were staying in Shangri-La this time in addition to the person in the room next to Charlie. Out of these four people, two of them were living in the rooms directly opp
At the same time, the signal jammer had already been activated, and all of the surrounding cell phones had lost their service and connection because they could not detect any signal at all.Although Sheldon’s cell phone was still connected to the hotel’s wireless network, the wireless network itself had already been cut off. In other words, although he was still connected to the WIFI, he was no longer connected to the internet.However, Sheldon did not pay any attention to all these things.He tidied up his suit and tie in front of the mirror. After making sure he was dressed appropriately, he took out a fake mustache before sticking it under his nose.Then, he also took out a pair of golden-framed glasses from his pocket. After putting it on, he looked like an Oskian who had just returned from abroad.Immediately afterward, he wore a top hat of the same color as his suit on his head. He felt that it would certainly be even more foolproof this way.After he was done with all of h
When Sheldon heard this, he was extremely shocked, and he stood motionless in front of Charlie.He never would have expected that Curtis’s son would still be alive!He also would not have expected that Curtis’s son would suddenly appear in front of him!At this time, in addition to his nervousness, Sheldon was also feeling a little angry!‘Curtis Wade! Curtis Wade again! Ever since I got to know Helen, these words, ‘Curtis Wade’, have always been my nightmare. It was only until Helen’s whereabouts were completely unknown after she met with a car accident a few days ago that I was finally free from Curtis Wade’s shadow. But now, Curtis Wade’s son is actually here?! Where did this guy come from?!’When Sheldon saw that Charlie’s features and temperament were very similar to Curtis’s, Sheldon hardly had any doubts about his words at all.He simply stared at Charlie before he asked in a cold voice, “Even if you are Curtis Wade’s son, what do you mean by appearing in my room now?”“W
At this time, Charlie smiled as he asked him, “Do you know the answer now? If you do not know it, I can answer you once again.”After getting slapped twice by Charlie, Sheldon already felt very dizzy and confused.The severe pain made him feel as though he was on the verge of collapse. The only person who had ever hit him in his entire life was Lord Schulz, but even Lord Schulz had never hit him so hard before!He yelled at Charlie angrily, “Do you know of the Schulz family’s power and capabilities? Do you believe that I would be able to kill you in just a few minutes?!”Charlie waved his hand as he said disdainfully, “Stop it, Sheldon Schulz. You have already fallen into my hands, so you don’t need to continue pretending to be so powerful or vicious in front of me anymore. Also, you should not think that you will be able to use the Schulz family to overwhelm me. That is because my goal is not as simple as just giving you two slaps.”Sheldon asked nervously, “What is your goal?!”
As the eldest son of the Schulz family, Sheldon had already witnessed and experienced many different big scenes throughout the many years. However, at this time, when he was facing Charlie, who was in his twenties, he was in an unprecedented state of panic.He could not understand why this descendant of the Wade family in front of him would actually be so vicious. He actually dared to attack the members of the Schulz family, one after the other, without any scruples.Even back then when the competition between the Schulz family and the Wade family was at its fiercest, no one had dared to come up with such an unscrupulous tactic. After all, both sides were very strong and powerful. This was equivalent to two countries with nuclear weapons. Neither one of them would actually dare to go all out to fight the other.However, Curtis’s son, who was in front of him, did not seem to care about all this.He had even kidnapped Steven directly, and this in itself was already sufficient to prov
Charlie scoffed as he said, “What a piece of trash!”Sheldon blurted out, “What do you mean?!”Charlie yelled out loud, “I said that you’re a piece of trash! A complete piece of trash!”Having said that, Charlie pointed at Sheldon’s swollen face before he said coldly, “Rosalie is your illegitimate daughter, but instead of showing her love and care as her father, you used her as a tool to commit murder, and you instigated her to wantonly kill the innocent. The evil deed that she committed in Japan, annihilating the entire Matsumoto family, was all because she was acting under your order! You do not have any family affection! You are utterly shameless, cruel, unjust, and you are a useless father!”“Not only that, but Rosalie’s biological mother had stayed by your side for so many years, always doing her best to protect you. She even lost one of her arms because of you. After that, she gave birth to Rosalie for you. Yet, how did you treat her in the end? Have you ever openly acknowled
Every single one of Charlie’s words struck deep in Sheldon’s heart.At this moment, when he imagined walking up on the bloody throne with Jaime, Sophie, and Rosalie’s heads in both of his hands, he felt that his heart was about to instantly explode.His tears started gushing out as he blurted out loudly, “No! It’s not like that! I’ve never thought of using any of their lives in exchange for wealth and status! I’ve always been helpless and forced to do so! It was not my own will”As he spoke, Sheldon became even more emotional as he continued speaking, “My father was the one who had been doing all this! Moreover, every time he would make this kind of decision or whenever he would issue this kind of order, he would never tell me about it. I’m also in a lot of pain, but there is nothing else that I can do!”Charlie asked coldly, “Was there truly nothing else that you could have done, or did you choose to turn a blind eye to it?!”Sheldon knelt on the ground with a thump as he cried b
After he was done speaking, he hurriedly said respectfully, “If you let me go today, I can give you a huge sum of money as compensation. How about ten billion dollars? If that is not enough for you, I can give you more!”Charlie waved his hand. “Sheldon Schulz, you’re overthinking things. Anything else can probably be easily resolved with money, but in regards to this matter today, it’ll be completely useless even if you were to hand the entire Schulz family over to me.”After he was done speaking, Charlie sneered before he said again, “However, you can rest assured that I’ll not release this video to the public.”Sheldon asked in disbelief, “Are you sure that you’re not going to release the video to the public?!”Charlie nodded before he smiled and said, “At the very least, I have no intentions to release this video at the moment.”After he was done speaking, he looked at the time before he smiled and said, “It is about time. Come, let’s go. I’ll take you to meet some old friends
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