The princess from the Northern European royal family quickly confirmed her itinerary.She would depart for Oskia in two days, and her itinerary plan was for her to stay at the Wade family mansion for a few days first. After that, she would then attend the ancestor worship ceremony with the Wade family on the day of the Tomb Sweeping Festival. When the other members of the royal family flew into Eastcliff, the princess would then stay at Shangri-La Hotel in Eastcliff together with the other members of the royal family. Besides that, her engagement ceremony with Felix would also be held at Shangri-La Hotel.So, Jeremiah called Stephen to discuss this matter as he spoke up and said, “Stephen, the princess from Northern Europe will be coming the day after tomorrow. So, you have to hurry up and get people to set up everything at home. Everything has to be prepared perfectly to the smallest detail, and there must not be any negligence in our etiquette either.”Stephen hurriedly said, “L
“Tell me, do you think that he is planning to live with Claire Wilson for the rest of his life?”Stephen hurriedly said, “Lord Wade, we cannot control or try to influence matters such as feelings. I think that you still have to respect Young Master Wade’s choice.”Jeremiah waved his hand and said seriously, “As the head of the Wade family, I really cannot accept my own grandson marrying a woman with such a bad origin!”As he spoke, Jeremiah was a little emotional as he said, “The reason why I say that Claire Wilson has a bad origin is not only because the Wilson family’s background is really too lowly, but it is even more so because that Claire Wilson’s grandfather was originally a slave who worked for the Wade family!”“Tell me, which big family would allow their own grandson to marry their own slave’s granddaughter and take her as his wife? Wouldn’t that be blatantly shaming and embarrassing our ancestors?!”“So, no matter what it is, Charlie must divorce that woman!”Stephen h
In Jeremiah’s eyes, during the ancestor worship ceremony this time, although he was really looking forward to Felix’s marriage, in the final analysis, what he really valued the most was Charlie. The royal family was really wealthy, and they also had status and reputation, but their property and status could only be considered at the medium to high level. So, as a whole, the royal family was a jack of all trade but master of none. They were good in all aspects, but there was nothing that was particularly outstanding or top-notch about them. If they really wanted to compare the overall strength, ten princesses from Northern Europe might not even be able to match up to Quinn.After all, although the members of the European royal family were not as large as the Middle East, they were all families with at least a few children. However, Quinn was the only rightful child of the Golding family. So, how could the royal princess possibly compare to her?Stephen has followed Jeremiah for
Moreover, he had always been a little worried about Charlie. He was worried that Charlie would be angry at him because of Charlie’s parents’ death. Therefore, getting Charlie back would actually do him more harm than good.He knew very well in his heart that he would most likely be bringing someone ungrateful back after finding Charlie and bringing him back.However, the main reason why he insisted on bringing Charlie back to acknowledge his own ancestors and the reason why he was willing to beg Charlie to come back to do so was all because of an experience that Jeremiah had had in Singapore three years ago.Three years ago, Jeremiah had gone to Sweden to attend an entrepreneurial summit. It was a global event for the top entrepreneurs in the world, and there were no more than five entrepreneurs in Oskia who were truly qualified to be invited, and he was one of them. The other people from other countries were all also representatives of top-notch families with trillions of dol
The matter of Porter returning to Eastcliff was not known to anyone else in the outside world aside from Cadfan alone.However, long before Porter returned to Eastcliff, he had already sent dozens of informants from Ten Thousand Armies to infiltrate Eastcliff. These informants had infiltrated all walks of life in Eastcliff, and they knew everything about the troubles and movements of all the big families in Eastcliff. When the princess from Northern Europe had finalized her itinerary, the news quickly spread in Eastcliff.Many big families were all envious of the Wade family’s upcoming marriage with the Northern European royal family. They thought that the Wade family had seized a good opportunity to enter Europe.Hunter, the White-Clothed Tiger King under Porter’s command, hurriedly came to Porter and said respectfully, “Lord, I just received news that the Wade family has a marriage alliance with the Northern European royal family. Their eldest grandson, Felix, will be marrying t
In order to cooperate with Charlie according to his plan, Nanako had also personally set up a joint venture with Sophie. Charlie then used both of their last names, and he named the company ‘Ito-Schulz Ocean Shipping Group’. On the surface, this joint venture company seemed to be jointly established by both the Ito family and Sophie with the Ito family holding 51% of the shares and Sophie holding 49% of the shares. However, in actual fact, the Ito family was actually holding 51% of the shares on behalf of Charlie.The Schulz family’s ocean shipping group had been sanctioned before, and all of its business qualifications had been revoked.However, since the Ito family was a foreign-funded enterprise and they had the complete qualification certificates and documents, the nature of Ito-Schulz Ocean Shipping Group also became a joint venture company dominated by foreign capital, thus bypassing all of the previous sanctions on the Schulz family. As Autumn had more experience in busine
Originally, in Charlie’s plan, it would be fine as long as he headed up to Mount Wintry early in the morning to participate in the ancestor worship ceremony on April 5th, which was the day of the Tomb Sweeping Festival. After participating in the ancestor worship ceremony, he would then return to Aurous Hill directly, and he would not need to have too much contact and interaction with the Wade family.However, since Stephen wanted him to go there early, it would not hurt Charlie to go there earlier. Although Charlie felt somewhat repulsed by the Wade family, he still trusted Stephen.When Charlie and Isaac arrived at the entrance of the VIP lounge together, Sophie was on a phone call as she stood outside the corridor. When Sophie saw Charlie coming over, both of their eyes met. Charlie could see that her brows were knitted tightly together as though she had something on her mind.After that, Sophie then said to the phone, “Grandpa, I have something to do now. I’ll contact you af
For Sophie, although she also criticized and felt bothered over many of her father’s actions, no matter what it was, they had a blood relationship, and she still had family affection for him. So, she was very worried about her father’s safety after finding out about the critical situation in Syria.When Charlie heard this, he could not help but ask curiously, “Where did you hear about Ten Thousand Armies wanting to set up a mercenary base in Syria?”Sophie hurriedly said, “I called my grandfather just now. I wanted to ask him how much he knew about the situation in Syria and Ten Thousand Armies. After all, this is the first time that I have ever heard of Ten Thousand Armies. He was the one who told me all these things.”Charlie asked in surprise, “Could it be that Cadfan Schulz has some connection with Ten Thousand Armies?”“I’m not too sure about that.” Sophie said, “I’ve never heard him talk about Ten Thousand Armies before, but when I was talking to him over the phone just now,
Jacob zipped toward Raymond, his attitude immediately subservient, "I'm sure you've seen what Zachary Evans posted on his Twitter page, and to be honest, it's so terrible that my position in the Calligraphy and Painting Association has been affected too. I mean, you've made a lot of money, right?"Hell, even if you donated ten million, you'd still have another ten million and 970 thousand in net profits. So, all I'd like to ask is for you to post something to disclaim Zachary's post.Jacob's words left Raymond in thought.For Jacob, just being suspected of fraud would definitely be terrible. In fact, his position in the Calligraphy and Painting Association would definitely be threatened—if not dismissed altogether—if he wasn't cleared of suspicion.Since Jacob was Charlie Wade's father-in-law, Raymond had reason not to drive Jacob over the brink.But that also begged another question—it must be under Charlie's intention for Zachary to post his confession, and that meant Charlie in
Raymond couldn't help chuckling just as Jacob finished—he had honestly never heard of anyone who demanded a refund after donating to charity, but he was certainly seeing one now.Still, the receptionist was clearly experienced and slowly explained, "Sir, it's a legal clause of the country that all donations for philanthropy purposes can not be refunded under most circumstances—""It truly was a mistake," Jacob quickly said, cutting the receptionist off. "I was going to donate thirty thousand but pressed an extra zero by mistake. Please discuss this with your management—you just have to refund 27 thousand, see?""Sorry, sir," the receptionist apologized. "But it's a strict rule that we ourselves do not get to access the funds that have been donated into our accounts. Every donation will be screened extensively, and if you consider that there was a major oversight on your part, you may seek legal counsel to appeal for a refund. If the courts back your appeal, our organization will the
Nonetheless, Jacob darted into Treasure Measure and plucked off his mask, asking nervously, "Excuse me, Mr. Cole? It's me… Jacob Wilson…"Raymond looked up, pausing for a moment before acting as if he was actually curious, "Mr. Wilson! What brings you here? Don't tell me—you want that bronze sculpture back too?""No, no, no…" Jacob quickly shook his head. "I would never… I returned all the way from Dubai to apologize!""Apologize?" Raymond smiled faintly, and he did not play dumb this time as he asked bluntly, "Did you come back because of Zachary Evan's post?"Knowing he couldn't deny it any longer, Jacob nodded, "Yeah…"Raymond nodded and said calmly, "That's unnecessary. I was the one who benefited in the end."Jacob wasn't quite keeping up—thinking that Raymond was just trying to be nice by telling him he didn't have to apologize, he quickly pulled out his phone.Tapping on it and bringing up his transaction records, he handed it to Raymond reverently, "Mr. Cole, I understan
The cabbie chuckled. "You're a local yet you're heading to Antique Street right away as soon as you land instead of going home? And you're still saying you're not trying to pick up a killer bargain deal?"Come on, man—it's not just you, I want that too. We cabbies work ourselves to death only for ten thousand per month at best while our friend over there made twenty million in one night. I could keep driving cabs for the rest of my life and still not make that much money."Jacob knew that the cabbie must be talking about Raymond and became even more miserable then, grumbling unhappily, "I'm going to Antique Street for business—I'm not trying to pick up some missed bargain.""No? Then you didn't hear what happened yesterday?"The cabbie was immediately curious, and without waiting for Jacob's answer, he exclaimed happily, "Look, man—it was so ridiculous not even Hollywood would put it in their script. There were these fools who were trying to sell an antique trader a replica, but th
It was nighttime in Dubai as Jacob dragged his weary body from the hotel back to the airport.As he was flying economy this time, he was left sitting at the hard bench near the boarding terminal, waiting for it to open.While he waited, his heart was torn as he tapped into the website of the Aurous Hill Charity Fund, found their donation account, and wired the entire 300 thousand he had made over to them.He had picked the Aurous Hill Charity Fund because the circles of antique collectors in Aurous Hill were all discussing how Raymond had donated half of the 20 million he had made to that same charity fund.After Raymond skyrocketed to prominence in Antique Street and became a star, it could not be denied that people admired his profound ability.However, there were also people who envied his skill in turning the tables just as there were those who were jealous he had made twenty million in a single night.Still, Raymond moved fast—soon after word spread that he had made twenty m
Elaine quickly asked, "Well, what if you can't get it done?"Jacob was apprehensive even as he sighed. "If they really pressed the issue, guess I can't even stay at the Calligraphy and Painting Association now… We will see. If things get bad, I'll just resign. I won't ask for much right now, just as long as I don't have to go to jail."Elaine nodded. "Then you should try to reason things out with Raymond Cole or ask for Charlie's help if push comes to shove. Being humiliated is still better than prison.""Okay!"-It was nighttime at Aurous Hill by the time Elaine and Jacob arrived at their hotel.Charlie and Claire had just had dinner, and Claire pulled out her phone, saying, "I just checked my flight app, and it says my parents should have landed two hours ago. They are probably at the hotel, so I'll check in on them with a video call."She had yet to open her WhatsApp when Elaine called her on a video call.Jacob was planning to check in with Claire and Charlie to put their
Hearing what Jacob had said, Elaine became anxious and pressed him as he hung up, "What's going on? You're leaving? But we just got here! My shoes have just caught Dubai dirt, so why are we leaving so soon—"However, Jacob was wiping the sweat off his brow as he mumbled quietly, "Well, at this point, I have to leave or I won't be vice president anymore."Elaine immediately fumed. "We've been married for half our lives, and this is supposed to be our honeymoon, yet we're just leaving? I've posted about this on social media too—there are plenty of people who're waiting for more posts on our trip!"And don't forget—we spent a lot on our flight tickets and our hotels! The hotel bookings can't be refunded either!"Jacob scowled dolefully. "Well, what can we do? Why don't you stay? I'll go home and get this sorted out first….""Well, how long would that take?" Elaine asked."How should I know?" Jacob sighed, uneasy and annoyed. "Don Albert is saying I have to go back and donate the 300
"But I spent 98 thousand on that bronze sculpture!" Jacob exclaimed in agitation before he knew it. "I made 300 thousand from it, and that means my profit was 200 thousand at best, but I'm supposed to return that to him as well?! That means I'd have lost my own capital too!""I can't help you if you can't bear to part with that money, Mr. Wilson," Don Albert said quietly. "In that case, you'll just have to handle it yourself.""Wait, wait, wait!" Jacob immediately became antsy and cried out right then, "Please, Don Albert! I'll return the money! I'll return it, alright?! The entirety of my profits—202 thousand, okay? At least let me keep the money I spent, okay?""By that reasoning, Mr. Wilson, when a phone scammer is told by the cops to return the money they've made from defrauding, should he be allowed to keep the money he spent on telco charges? ""Oh, I…" Jacob was left stumped and could not come up with an answer.Don Albert then pressed on, "Mr. Wilson, I've offered a prom
"Mr. Wilson, what you boys did was truly heinous!" Don Arnold growled. "I scolded Zachary myself when I found out, and I was the one who told him to post that statement!"Jacob was shocked. "But why, Don Arnold? Are you friends with Raymond Cole?""Never met the guy," Don Arnold replied.That left Jacob even more confused. "Then why are you taking his side?""I've been doing my best to clean up my image over the past couple of years," Don Albert replied coolly. "I rarely get involved in mob business or anything illicit, and everyone in Aurous Hill knows that Zachary is my right-hand man, yet he confessed to committing such a heinous crime behind my back. What is that if not sullying my reputation?"Jacob was left reeling as he didn't expect Don Albert to be so serious, but he quickly explained, "I'm sorry. I didn't expect it to affect you so terribly… It's all Zachary's fault! I wouldn't have been aware that Raymond had returned at all, but he just had to tell me and come up with