Ten Thousand Armies had already suffered extremely great losses in the Middle East.However, if he were to turn these fifteen thousand men into prisoners of war, Ten Thousand Armies’ loss would be even more unprecedented. It would definitely place Ten Thousand Armies in an even more passive and miserable state.Although Charlie did not have any direct grudge against Ten Thousand Armies, his intuition somehow made him feel that Ten Thousand Armies would definitely become his enemy in the future.Therefore, rather than simply retreating just like that, Charlie was more than willing to seize the opportunity to wipe out Ten Thousand Armies’ entire army in the Middle East!And the price for him to achieve this goal would cost him nothing more than one Rejuvenating Pill. Although a Rejuvenating Pill was very precious, Charlie might be able to wipe out Ten Thousand Armies’ entire army of fifteen thousand men with just one Rejuvenating Pill. So, this was still very worthwhile in Charl
Charlie said indifferently, “He almost killed you just now, and I was the one who saved your life. Aren’t you going to thank me for saving your life first?”The government supreme commander was not a fool, and he knew exactly what had happened to him just now.He also knew that he definitely would not have been able to survive at the moment when Zayne had attacked him.Unexpectedly, this Oskian man in front of him had actually saved his life. Moreover, even Zayne, who possessed incredible strength, was already under his control now.This proved that this man’s strength was far above that of Zayne’s strength. As he thought of this, he hurriedly said to Charlie with extreme gratefulness, “Master… Master Wade, thank you for your life-saving grace!”Charlie nodded with a little arrogance as he spoke up and asked, “I do not know what your name is yet?”The other party hurriedly said, “My name is Sayid.” Charlie hummed and said, “Sayid, you should already be able to see everythin
After hearing that Zayne was ready to show off their power to the negotiator that Hamed had sent over, the entire Ten Thousand Armies’ army of fifteen thousand soldiers was extremely energetic and excited as they immediately began making the preparations.Aside from a handful of middle and high-level officers from Ten Thousand Armies who were determined to avenge their dead brothers, the vast majority of the remaining soldiers from Ten Thousand Armies did not have feelings for things such as revenge. After all, they were all mercenaries, and they had gathered from all over the world to fight side by side in Ten Thousand Armies just so that they could make money. In truth, they would not feel touched or emotional even if anyone else died or got injured. What they really cared about were the issues that were closely related to themselves, such as how much money they would be given, whether the task would be dangerous or not, and whether the job would be tough and tedious. They wer
Just as everyone was at a loss for what to do, Zayne then said loudly, “All soldiers from Ten Thousand Armies should obey the order! I am commanding you to surrender unconditionally to the government and wait for the government to deal with you. No one should show any resistance, otherwise, you will have to bear the consequences!”At this time, all the soldiers from Ten Thousand Armies felt as though they were on the verge of collapse.They could barely justify it if a friendly force decided to suddenly turn on them, but if their own supreme commander were to also turn on them, what the hell was going on?! This was one of the Four War Kings of Ten Thousand Armies! Why would he be working in collusion with the government?!Yaron, who had the closest relationship with Zayne, could not help but ask offhandedly, “Commander, this… What the hell is going on here?!”Zayne said coldly, “I asked you to f*cking surrender. Don’t you understand human language?”Yaron was dumbfounded. He was u
The fifteen thousand elites from Ten Thousand Armies became prisoners of war in an instant.In order to keep them well under control, the government tied them up in batches, and when a batch of elites had already been tied up, they were sent to the trucks so that the trucks could send them to the capital.The top brass of the government had already determined how these fifteen thousand prisoners of war would be housed long before the army had arrived to support them. The trucks would transport them to military prisons, barracks, and municipal prisons in several multiple cities to be split and controlled.This way, they would be able to prevent these fifteen thousand soldiers from Ten Thousand Armies from uniting to resist or escape from these prisons to the maximum extent. Just as the soldiers from Ten Thousand Armies were being driven away in batches by the trucks, the government supreme commander, Sayid, approached Charlie and asked respectfully, “Master Wade, we have captured
“No.” Charlie said indifferently, “I still have some use for this person, and I want to take him away.”Sayid knew that with Charlie’s divine ability, it was impossible that he was merely Hamed’s military advisor. So, he felt that Charlie must be some divine figure with supernatural powers that Hamed had brought in from outside. So, Sayid hurriedly agreed and said, “Don’t worry. We will conduct a surprise interrogation for Zayne Carter immediately. I will also send him over to you at Hamed’s base personally after obtaining the evidence!”“Okay.” Charlie nodded and then said again, “Go and ask Zayne Carter to come over here. I will give him a few instructions.”“Okay, Master Wade. Please wait a moment!”***Meanwhile, Zayne was experiencing the greatest pain and torture in his life.He could only witness with his own eyes as he betrayed his brothers and watched them get tied up by the enemy before they were then brought away by the truckload. Their future was uncertain, and this w
As Charlie was returning to Hamed’s base by helicopter, Hamed, who had learned of Charlie’s return trip in advance, could not wait to come out and greet him. As soon as Charlie got off the helicopter, he could not wait any longer, and he came forward as he asked, “Brother! My scouts said that they seem to have seen the soldiers from the government capturing all of the people from Ten Thousand Armies through the drones. What is going on?”Charlie smiled faintly and said, “The government has already fallen out with Ten Thousand Armies. All of the soldiers from Ten Thousand Armies have already been captured, and the government has also agreed to a truce with you. In the future, you should try to mind your own business and maintain a neutral stance with them as much as possible if there are no special circumstances.”Hamed was suddenly a little dumbfounded, and he spoke up and asked, “Brother… why did the government suddenly have a fallout with Ten Thousand Armies? This… this is all to
Most of the infantry had already left in the vehicles, and the original artillery and armored vehicles had already withdrawn to the capital, leaving only a few soldiers behind to pack up the tents and materials such as the prefabricated modular homes. At this time, Hamed’s adjutant came to give a report, claiming that a helicopter was approaching the base. Hamed knew that it must be Sayid, who was coming to sign the armistice. So, he instructed his adjutant to bring the other party to his headquarters directly after his arrival.Very soon, a few soldiers brought both Sayid and Zayne into the headquarters.The first thing that Sayid did as soon as he saw Charlie was to bow respectfully and say, “Master Wade, sorry to keep you waiting!”Charlie smiled faintly. “It’s okay. How is the situation on your side?”Sayid hurriedly said, “Most of the officers from Ten Thousand Armies have already confessed. We have gathered a large amount of evidence, and we are handing this evidence to t
The lawyer then finished, "To be honest, cases of regretting a donation and seeking a lawsuit to get the money back? Law firms usually won't even get one per year, and that makes it especially newsworthy for the press."Also, court records are always public. That means anyone can access the verdict, and there's no hiding anything. So, if you want the lawsuit, you'd better be prepared."Jacob was already left in despair.All he wanted was to get his money back, but he didn't think that it would end up as public knowledge.And Mr. Bay had just told him over the phone that he would try to quell the scandal's pressure and try his best to protect Jacob's place as vice president.If Jacob's name was suddenly mentioned in a lawsuit attempting to reclaim an 'accidental' donation, even Mr. Bay couldn't save him at that point.Hence, after thinking long and hard about it, Jacob realized that he was not getting his 300 thousand back.The thought crushed him, and he burst into tears, "What
At this hour, most of the employees at Talbot Associates had already left.However, there were several lawyers who had just finished a meeting regarding a certain case, and they were just leaving when Jacob arrived.Seeing that they were packing up their bags and ready to leave, he asked, "Excuse me, are you still able to take cases?"The leader smiled, "Yes, but it's a little late now. Why don't you come again tomorrow morning?"Jacob shook his head impatiently. "This is very urgent—please help me and hear me out, then see if it will work. 300 thousand banks on this, so I'll give you twenty percent whether or not I get it back!"300 thousand was really neither here nor there.However, if it were an easy civil case, that twenty percent commission would still mean sixty thousand.The lawyer thought about it. "Fine. Tell us what your problem is, and we will assess the situation first. If it's easy, we can give you a general strategy right now. But if it proves difficult, we'll hav
The cabbie nodded. "Well, Talbot Associates, it is! They're said to be number two."-While Jacob was heading off to consult a law firm, Charlie was calling Julien Rothschild over the phone.The manchild had just had room service and was lounging on the couch, fiddling with his phone.After visiting the kennels with Charlie, he had been idling his days away at the hotel, waiting for Salem and his son to post that video of them being out at sea.Once that was done, Julien would return to the States, once more the heir apparent of the Rothschilds. Still, it was boring to simply lounge around in the hotel, and he would really like to strengthen his ties with Charlie.However, he was also afraid of being too forward as Charlie could be intimidating, and he could upset him—just like a fan eager to get close to their idol but was still worried about their idol getting disgusted with them.As such, he never expected Charlie to call him, and he immediately answered eagerly, "Good even
Pausing, Mr. Bay continued, "If they're not that upset with the idea, I'll bang my gavel and make the call so that you can at least stay as a vice president."If they keep refusing, I just have to promote Mr. Zonda to become a vice president while you take over his position of head-of-department as insurance. What do you think?"Jacob certainly wouldn't protest the idea of insurance, especially when he thought he would be forced to leave the Calligraphy and Painting Association altogether earlier. He quickly exclaimed gratefully, "Thank you so much, Mr. Bay!"Mr. Bay chuckled, clearly relieved as well. "Come on, Jacob—you don't have to be so formal. I'm like a brother to you! Don't you think that's what I should be doing?"Jacob laughed earnestly for once. "Well, brother, I'm honestly relieved…" He trailed off but soon pressed on, "But I have to ask, won't the other members have things to say even if you manage to persuade the other vice presidents? What if they remain unhappy?
There were times when making a person despair to some extent could be a people-strategy.For example, when your distant acquaintance asked for a ten grand loan but you could only lend him one, you couldn't tell him directly that. It would make them think you were being insincere.The better option would be to tell them how you were worse off than they were and had a debt yourself, or that some other friend had borrowed money for three years and never repaid it.And when that mere acquaintance was in despair, you could tell them that if it was really important, you could lend them one thousand with a credit card loan.That way, while the mere acquaintance wouldn't exactly be awash with gratitude, they at least wouldn't complain about your lack of sincerity.That was exactly what Mr. Bay was doing.He had no intention of offending Jacob, but he also couldn't directly tell him to give up on claiming the position as president of the Calligraphy and Painting Association. Otherwise, Ja
Jacob felt absolutely horrible just then, and he certainly did not expect Don Albert to give him the cold shoulder.If he had known, he would have just stayed content with the 200 thousand he had made and enjoyed his trip to Dubai! If he had, the Calligraphy and Painting Association wouldn't have found out about the bronze sculpture plot, and Don Albert would still be on friendly terms with him.Absolutely regretting everything, Jacob got in the backseat of the cab, tears of grief almost welling up and out of his eyes.Then, noticing that the cabbie was quietly watching him from the rearview mirror, he turned his face aside, whipped out his phone, and called Mr. Bay.As soon as Mr. Bay answered, he asked, "How did things go over there? Have you sorted out Zachary Evans yet?"He was waiting for Jacob to ask Don Albert for help so that the latter would pressure Zachary into posting a statement retracting his previous claims.However, Jacob knew full well that there was no hope for
Ramond replied, "I'm not planning on getting my name out there—I was just thinking I could start slow from one shop, but now, I'm suddenly so popular everyone's consulting me for appraisals, so I guess that's the short end of this."Either way, I'm planning to let things cool off by opening the shop late and closing early. That way, I'd receive fewer customers, and the hype will die down in a month."Once it does, I'll lead a slow life, which is perfect in Aurous Hill since it's how things are here. I'm not aiming to get rich or expand my business, and it's a comfortable life, so I plan to retire here."Charlie nodded. "The Rothschilds are relatively manageable, but I'm not sure if the Qing Eliminating Society is still looking for you and the Four-Sided Treasure Tower. You'll be completely free once they are wiped out.""And I'm sure with your abilities, Mr. Wade, that day will soon arrive." Raymond smiled and soon remembered. "By the way, you probably haven't had dinner yet, right
Charlie was never one who covered up misdeeds, and what Jacob had done reflected his corrupted character and clear refusal to feel remorse.As such, Charlie naturally refused to offer any help, completely giving up and allowing Jacob to keep going off on his own tangent, tearing himself apart in the process.Still, Raymond did put a good word in for Jacob. "Actually, one can understand Mr. Wilson's motives from a certain point of view. I was the one who set him up so that he broke that vase, and had him beaten up so that we didn't arouse suspicion. He has every reason to bear a grudge."Charlie sighed, nodding. "There's no issue with holding a grudge or getting revenge—in fact, I have no problem with him trying to salvage some pride. However, what he did was unseemly, and he doesn't know when to stop."He didn't lose anything before Zachary exposed everything. Even if he had missed a killer deal, he bought it off someone's hand in the first place and made two hundred grand in clean
With those words, Jacob didn't wait any further as he turned and left Antique Street, intent on seeking legal counsel.Raymond watched him leave before returning to Treasure Measure.He wasn't going to leave, but he had said so because he didn't want to waste much time with Jacob.Still, to avoid any trouble, he turned the sign outside to 'closed' before locking the door from the inside.That was when a man suddenly arrived, asking through the glass door, "Can I still take a look inside, sir?"Raymond was ready to refuse without even turning around when he realized that it was Charlie.He turned around and saw him standing outside just as expected.Smiling, he hurried over to open the door for him. "It's been a while, Mr. Wade!"Charlie was aware that Raymond was sticking to his identity of 'Raymond Cole' who had not been in touch since Raymond had been fired from Vintage Deluxe.Charlie chuckled in turn. "It has indeed. And you're a business owner yourself now, too.""It's j