Porter’s sudden ruthless words made Tony tremble out of shock and fear.He really did not expect that Porter would be so relentless that he would want to make his whole family go completely extinct just because he had not said the right words.Moreover, Tony did not doubt Porter’s attitude in the slightest. After all, this man was the lord of Ten Thousand Armies, and he would not be carelessly saying these words in the presence of so many soldiers as well as the members of the Wade family.What’s more, all of Tony’s information about his identity and even his family’s information was all recorded in detail in the Wade family’s genealogy. He would not even be able to run away. As he thought of this, he immediately said in incomparable horror, “Lord Waldron, I’m willing to cooperate! I will give up half of my family’s assets! Please be merciful...”Porter snorted coldly and questioned him, “Why? You’re afraid now? Didn’t you say that your family’s assets are all your hard-earned mo
Tony choked up and said, “Lord Waldron, I will not hide this from you, but many of our industries are actually long-term investments. We have invested in some of our projects for many years now, and we are finally beginning to see returns after investing a lot of funds. If we were to sell our investments at this time, it would be tantamount to killing the entire business just to get our hands on the money at the moment. It would be a very heavy loss for us...”Tony’s words resonated with the other members of the Wade family’s collateral families. They were already all willing to take out half of their assets at this point, but if they were to kill off their business and investments to get the money, the loss that they suffered would definitely be even greater than them taking out half of their assets. Porter also could not make up his mind and decide at this time. If it was only to complete the task that Charlie had given to him, Porter would not even be bothered about the consequ
Charlie had long thought of a full set of plans to deal with these treacherous members from the Wade family’s collateral families. This was also the reason why he had rushed all the way back from Northern Europe directly without stopping. He wanted to deal with all these collateral families at one go.When Stephen heard of Charlie’s series of plans, he was shocked, but he also felt extraordinarily relieved at the same time.Although Stephen was not a member of the Wade family, he was also very angry when he saw the members of the Wade family’s collateral families, who usually relied on the Wade family’s help, flee in the night when the Wade family’s life and death were at stake. Therefore, Stephen naturally agreed with Charlie now that he wanted to teach them a lesson.However, Stephen did not expect that Charlie would actually be so ruthless. According to this situation, it seemed as though Charlie was really going to cut the Wade family’s collateral families assets by half. When
According to the statistics, the total assets of all the Wade family’s collateral families combined would be almost a trillion dollars or so.This way, even when almost all of the Wade family’s collateral families had already taken out all of their cash on hand, they still owed at least 30% of their assets to Ten Thousand Armies. Just as these people were still at a loss for what to do to make up for this remaining portion of money, Porter had already received Charlie’s instructions, and he spoke up, “I see that all of you still have a big gap in cash. How are you planning to pay up for the remaining portion of money, then?”The crowd instantly fell silent. No one dared to say anything to him because everyone knew that there was only one way left, and that would be for them to sell their assets to raise money to save their own lives.It was easy to say that they could sell their assets, but it was actually the least cost-effective method. This was because as long as an asset w
Porter’s words instantly caused a commotion amongst more than seven hundred or so members of the Wade family’s collateral families!Although these members of the Wade family’s collateral families were not top entrepreneurs, they were still much more astute compared to those brainless young people who would swipe and use credit card installments indiscriminately. Those brainless young people thought that paying in installments would be a very cost-effective thing, but what they did not know was that the bank had already seen right through their mindset to the core. The interest rate for each installment was 0.006%, and if ten thousand dollars was divided into twelve installments, they would only need to pay an extra sixty dollars a month. However, the amount for twelve installments would be seven hundred and twenty dollars a year! Compared to the principal amount of ten thousand dollars, the annual interest rate for one year would be 7.2%!This was also just a rough calculation.
These members of the Wade family’s collateral families recognized Charlie, and someone cursed out loud immediately, “D*mn it, Charlie Wade! What the hell do you mean by this?! You’re uniting with others to trap your own family members?”“F*ck! I would never have thought that as Curtis Wade’s son, you would actually end up being someone else’s lapdog!” “Charlie Wade! Are you a f*cking member of the Wade family or not?! You’re even setting up a member of your own family! Who the hell do you think you are?!” It was no wonder why these members of the Wade family’s collateral families were angry. They had originally wanted to solve the problem using two or three installments and, in that case, the interest would not be too much.However, as soon as Charlie spoke up, he actually suggested for Porter to start with sixty installment periods, which was basically equivalent to taking their lives!The interest rate for one installment was 0.006%, so it would be 36% for sixty installments
Charlie’s rhetorical question left Tony speechless.The other people who had also been filled with righteous indignation just now instantly quietened down at this moment.They knew very well in their hearts that when they fled Eastcliff the day before yesterday, they had completely disregarded their kinship as they did not want to be dragged down and implicated by the Wade family at all. So, they could only bear with it and endure it now that Charlie was plotting against them in front of Porter.However, they already felt extreme hatred for Charlie in their hearts at this time. Charlie did not feel awkward at all even when he saw the expressions on the faces of this group of his fellow family members but instead, his happy face made this group of people even angrier. Many people were even secretly plotting in their hearts to find a way to teach Charlie a lesson when this incident had passed!At this time, Porter spoke up and said, “I think that sixty installment payments is a
“That’s not all. When the time comes, I can also apply to the court for enforcement. At that time, all of their assets will be seized directly for auction, and the money will then be returned to Ten Thousand Armies.”“As the saying goes, there is no harm in being prepared. This way, we can basically ensure that nothing will go wrong.”All the members of the Wade family’s collateral families turned pale. They did not expect that Charlie would plot against them like this. Moreover, with all these demands of his, Charlie was hardly giving the members of the Wade family’s collateral families any way out at all.Once they signed the agreement, it would be tantamount to them signing a harsh contract to sell their bodies with no hope of turning things around in the future! It was only then that Porter realized that Charlie had thought about the problem more comprehensively as compared to him. So, he did not hesitate as he said, “No problem. We will do as you’ve said.” Charlie added, “S
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