...Just as Sophie was being enlightened by Charlie’s well-thought-out intentions, Quinn had just finished her last dress rehearsal.Quinn, who was on stage, had already sung all the songs that she would be singing in the concert tomorrow night three times repeatedly. However, the good thing was that she would not need to sing too hard because the main purpose of the rehearsal was to confirm all the procedures and details of the performance, especially so for the lighting, sound, choreography, as well as the live accompaniment of the band and backup dancers.After all the processes had been determined without any flaws or mistakes, Quinn was already extremely confident about the concert tomorrow.Dorothy walked up onto the stage and handed a bottle of water to Quinn as she exclaimed, “Quinn, the stage visual and auditory effects this time is really great! It has not only surpassed all of your previous concerts, but in my memory, I don’t even remember ever seeing any concerts with s
Quinn did not know that the main reason why Charlie was punishing Jaime was actually because Jaime wanted to investigate Claire’s BMW.In her opinion, the reason why Charlie was punishing Jaime was because her beloved Brother Charlie must still be attaching great importance to her deep down in his heart. Therefore, Charlie must be protecting her as though she was his private property, and that was the reason why Charlie was naturally very unwilling to meddle in this matter.Quinn was originally a very independent young woman, and she had always been very scornful and full of ridicule for the chauvinistic male saying that stated that women were a man’s private property.However, ever since Quinn had been reunited with Charlie, that view of hers had suddenly dissipated.Her biggest wish now was to be able to stay by Charlie’s side so that she could be kept, cared for, and dominated by him, as though she was his precious private property. Therefore, even though deep down, she felt
When Charlie heard this, he could not help but feel a little moved in the depths of his heart.He was not moved because of Elaine’s attitude. After all, Elaine had always been the kind of person who was easily swayed, and she would do anything for anyone who could give her money.What really touched Charlie was Claire’s sincerity. It would certainly be much more tiring and tedious to celebrate his birthday at home as compared to going out to a restaurant to eat some ready-made food. The fact that his wife had this thought and intention proved that she truly placed utmost importance on his birthday.Moreover, over the past few years when he was not welcomed at home because he was not successful and did not have any future prospects at all, Claire would still remember his birthday. She would always secretly buy him a cake and bring him out to an affordable restaurant so that the both of them could enjoy a quiet meal together.Thinking back on these matters, Charlie was filled with
When Charlie saw that his wife, Claire, had not returned to the room yet even after he had come out of the shower, he put on his pajamas before he went to the living room again.The family of three were chatting happily in the living room.Jacob and Elaine, who were a pair of old enemies who had been arguing about getting separated, were surprisingly not dissing each other as they usually did at this time. When Charlie came down, he asked curiously, “Claire, Dad, Mom, why aren’t you guys going back to your rooms to rest?”Claire hurriedly stood up and ran over to grab hold of Charlie’s arm as she smiled and said, “Dad and Mom said that they want to stay up together with you. Your 27th birthday is less than two hours away. Everyone is waiting to say happy birthday to you first!”Charlie smiled knowingly and said, “Thank you, Wife. Thank you, Dad and Mom.”Elaine immediately said in a flattering manner, “Oh! My good son-in-law, why are you still being so polite to me? You’re treat
Elaine asked curiously, “Oh! That Calligraphy and Painting Association of yours will be paying you a salary now?”Jacob had an arrogant look on his face as he said, “It is not just paying me a salary, but it’s even a pretty substantial amount!”As he spoke, Jacob said again, “Look, I am the executive vice-president. So, from this month onward, my monthly base salary will be twelve thousand dollars. It is the second-highest salary that is being paid in the entire Calligraphy and Painting Association after the president, Mr. Bay!”After that, Jacob then said, “This is only the base salary that will be given to us by Aurous Hill city. In fact, there are many private enterprises that want to take up the business of cultural development. So, they have donated a lot of funds and docked a lot of resources to the Calligraphy and Painting Association. The Calligraphy and Painting Association has recently undertaken quite a lot of calligraphy and painting activities. So, the days in the Calli
The whole family had originally been happily waiting for the arrival of midnight. However, Jacob truly would not have expected that he would lose all of his future income to Elaine just because he could not hold back his own mood and had started showing off. As he was feeling extremely bitter and resentful in his heart, he began to reflect on why he would always be at a disadvantage in front of Elaine.He realized that Elaine seemed to have this ability. Although she was seemingly simple-minded and would always be relying on her shamelessness and violent energy, in actual fact, Elaine would always be able to find the most accurate point in him and hold onto him tightly all at once.As he thought back on his married life of more than twenty years, Jacob felt a sense of desperation. This was because he had never won in front of Elaine before over the past two decades. He would always be targeted and dealt with by Elaine for most of his life, and there was no room for any resistance a
However, the one person that Charlie did not expect to wish him, was his grandfather, Jeremiah. Even an old man in his sixties was actually keeping track of the time to send him a text message to wish him a happy birthday at 12.00 am. This was something that Charlie truly did not expect.And his aunt, Carmen, who had suffered various sufferings in front of Charlie, also surprisingly sent him a text message wishing him a happy birthday. She even apologized for what she had done before, hoping that she would be able to get Charlie’s forgiveness.When Claire saw Charlie receiving various text messages continuously, she could not help but feel a little surprised. She did not look at the content of these text messages, but she simply guessed that the people who had sent these text messages should all be Charlie’s customers.When Elaine, who was sitting opposite them, saw Charlie receiving all kinds of text messages continuously, she could not help but smile as she said emotionally, “Si
Early the next morning.After Charlie and Claire had had their breakfast, Charlie drove Claire to the old mansion in the old town, just as he had yesterday. Charlie heard Claire saying that Helen had put in a lot of effort into repairing this house. She would even strive for perfection in many small details regardless of the cost.In the car, Claire said emotionally to Charlie, “That client that you saw yesterday, Aunt Dunn, I originally gave her a plan that would cost more than two million dollars. In truth, that would already be more than sufficient to repair her old mansion. However, she kept adjusting the plan yesterday, and the budget was increased to ten million dollars directly…”As she spoke, Claire then said, “I realized that rich people really do things regardless of the cost. The actual selling price of this house was estimated to be no more than one million dollars. Moreover, the government does not even allow any major renovation and changes to be done to the exterior
Later, after Charlie told Jeremiah over the phone about the joint venture with the Ackers to establish Curtis Autos, the old man was awash with tears, especially after Charlie told him that it was Keith who suggested it. After all, Curtis was his favorite son whose death he could never really get over. Moreover, he once believed that only his family mourned Curtis while the Ackers never did, and he held a grudge over his son's passing. As such, he was surprised that Keith held such great respect toward his late son and didn't hesitate to say yes when Charlie invited him to Aurous Hill to sign an agreement with the Ackers.Still, Charlie wasn't in a hurry to arrange for a specific time, and he was going to let the Ackers sort out the human resources of Godot Autos over a few days. It still wouldn't be too late by then.Moreover, he was keen to allow the buzz to have time to grow so that the automotive industry would be astounded by the joint project between the Ackers and the Wade
Christian was the first to exclaim in approval, "Yes! Curtis Autos sounds wonderful! It has my vote!""Seconded!" Kaiden nodded, pumping the air with his right fist. "I've looked up to Curtis the most, and I absolutely agree with naming the company after him!"Jaxson was nodding too. "Me too!""Yes!" Lulu chirped.Yolden couldn't help agreeing as well. "Curtis Autos is definitely a good name!"Merlin raised his hand gingerly as well. "Quit it with your flattery already," Keith chuckled, and he turned toward Charlie solemnly. "In the end, Curtis is Charlie's father, and the final decision goes to him!"Charlie's eyes were welling up with tears—his parents had been gone for almost three decades, yet he had never thought of dedicating anything to their memory.As such, Keith's suggestion to use Curtis's name for the car company left him thrilled. After all, wouldn't his father's soul be honored if Curtis Autos rocked the country, maybe even the world?With that in mind, he nodd
Charlie also had to agree that this was an opportunity to formally reconcile the Wades and the Ackers.While he couldn't reveal himself just yet, the Wades and the Ackers had been in-laws for years. Even if they had had a dispute for the longest time, restoring good relations made sense now that the Ackers had come to Oskia, and it wouldn't arouse any suspicion.That was why Charlie agreed to it without hesitation, even making a mental note to invite his paternal grandfather, Jeremiah, to Aurous Hill.The old geezers could meet up and clear the air while deciding on the partnership.Yolden was prepared to resign as a professor as well so that he could help the Ackers and Charlie fully develop their automotive company.With a general direction planned, he asked everyone, "Since we're creating a new brand, has anyone come up with a name?"No one was feeling inspired at that moment, but that was when Lulu, who had been silent throughout, said, "Since Charlie and our family are worki
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