The secretary hurriedly said, “Vice Chairman Young, the young master is here, and he said he is here to find you for something, but...”Doris quickly waved her hand and said, “Okay, I got it. You can go ahead and get busy. I’ll go and see the young master after sending Chairman Wilson off.”Although the secretary felt that Doris’ attitude was a little strange, she did not ask Doris anything because of her professionalism. Instead, she immediately replied, “Okay, Vice Chairman Young. In that case, I will go and get busy first.”After saying that, the secretary turned around and left. Doris heaved a sigh of relief. After adjusting her own state of mind, she then said to Claire, “Chairman Wilson, let’s go first.”Claire then asked her in a low voice with a little curiosity, “Vice Chairman Young, the young master that Lynette mentioned just now should be the chairman of Emgrand Group, right?”Doris could only nod and said, “That’s right. It’s our chairman.” Claire then asked again
Just then, Doris knocked on the door outside the reception lounge. “Young Master, please come over to my office instead.”Charlie opened the door and asked, “Has Claire left already?”Doris nodded and said, “The young mistress has already gone downstairs. Don’t worry.”“Okay.” Charlie heaved a sigh of relief and went to Doris’ office with her as he asked, “What did Claire come to see you about?”Doris replied, “It’s about the progress of the Emgrand Hotel project. The second phase of the project undertaken by the young mistress has already been completed, and our supervisor will organize the acceptance in the next two days.”Charlie asked, “Claire is doing well on that end, right?”Doris nodded and said, “The young mistress is doing a great job. The quality of the project and the construction progress is even better than we had expected. She is the most ethical and professional B-party that has collaborated with Emgrand Group over the years. She did not cut any corners on the con
Charlie said in agreement, “I share the same views as you, and I also came to find you for this matter.”After saying that, Charlie asked her, “How much available capital does Emgrand Group have now?”Doris hurriedly said, “Our available funds are about thirteen billion dollars at present, but we can still borrow at least forty billion dollars from the bank at any time. The total capital that we have could be summed up to about fifty billion dollars.”Charlie nodded and said again, “I will transfer one hundred billion dollars in cash from the Wade family to you. I’ll also personally inject another fifty billion dollars to make up for two hundred billion dollars in cash. After that, you should use the fastest speed possible to buy up as much good land or any lands with development prospects in Aurous Hill!” Doris exclaimed, “Young Master, you want to invest two hundred billion dollars at one go?! Don’t you think that this will be a little too much?”Charlie smiled slightly and sai
Doris nodded again and again after hearing Charlie’s plan and said, “Young Master, I understand what you mean. When the time comes, I will get someone to come up with a professional business plan, and I will even look for an internationally renowned design studio to help us roughly design a blueprint that will definitely start from the grandest and highest direction.”“Mm.” Charlie said, “I will leave you in charge of this matter. I have three requirements for this. The first one is that it must be fast, secondly, it must be good, and thirdly, it must be complete! Do you know Dubai Mall? It is the world’s largest shopping center, and what I want is that kind of feeling, but I want it to be more high-end and refined compared to them.”“Understood!” Doris said immediately, “I will start working on this immediately.”Charlie nodded in satisfaction and said, “Other than that, there is also the matter of the high-end community.”After saying that, Charlie zoomed in on the map and looked
When the time came, he would just give her a piece of the gold bar as a gift and let her play with it.This way, he would not need to worry about Elaine taking the gold bars and selling them for cash. If this was in the past, it went without saying that Elaine definitely would have brought the gold bar out with her early in the morning tomorrow to sell it.And before she went out, she probably would have gone into Charlie and Claire’s room to steal the other remaining nine pieces of gold bars to sell them together.But now, Elaine was really much more honest, and her legs were not so convenient. It would not be very realistic for her to want to go out to sell the gold bar. What’s more, she also had to honestly keep the gold bar to prevent herself from being unable to produce the gold bar whenever Charlie wanted to check on it at a whim.Therefore, Charlie was giving her a very valuable gift that she could not exchange for money just to hold her state of mind.When Charlie retu
When Claire saw her mother’s excited and flattering appearance in front of Charlie, she immediately felt helpless, and she could not help but mutter, “Mom... Why are you suddenly feeling so refreshed and excited as soon as Charlie comes back?”Elaine hurriedly said, “Nonsense! I’m not suddenly feeling refreshed. It’s just because I’ve been going crazy out of boredom over the past few days, and I’ve been waiting for my good son-in-law to come back so that I can cook for him!”Claire sighed and said, “There’s not even an egg left in the kitchen. So, what are you going to cook for Charlie?”“Ahh? Is that so?” Elaine was surprised and asked, “Are there no vegetables left in the refrigerator either?”Claire rolled her eyes and said, “There were only two small cabbages left and so, I asked Dad to use it to cook his noodles in the morning.”Elaine cursed angrily, “That d*mn Jacob Wilson! Who gave him the right to eat the cabbages that I bought?! This is really outrageous!”Claire rubbed
“No more.” Charlie said indifferently, “He gave me a total of ten pieces, and I estimate that it should be worth about four million dollars.”“Oh, my God!” Elaine exclaimed happily, “If you were to ask me, the four million dollars seem to be a pretty moderate amount. It’s not too little, but not too much either...”As she spoke of this, her eyes looked like they were smiling as she held up a piece of the gold bar and said, “Still, I feel that it’s pretty shocking to exchange these gold bars for four million dollars in cash. This gold and glittering look of the gold bar is really too festive!”Charlie nodded and said, “I originally planned to exchange the gold bars for cash before bringing it back. However, after thinking about it, we do not have any precious metal reserves at home. So, we might as well store these ten gold bars as a deposit at home as it can also bear the inflation.”Elaine nodded repeatedly and said in agreement, “That’s right! The prices of houses are not going u
That night, Elaine’s hands never left the two gold bars that Charlie had given to her.And because the Emgrand Hotel project had entered a critical stage, Claire had also been very busy these days.Since Charlie was already back, he took the initiative to take up the job of driving Claire to and back from work again. The next morning, Charlie sent Claire to the Emgrand Group Hotel’s construction site. After that, he received a phone call from Isaac, Over the phone, Isaac told Charlie that Porter had already brought close to one hundred soldiers from Ten Thousand Armies to Shangri-La. After Charlie heard this, he asked Isaac, “Mr. Cameron, has the administrative building been emptied?”Isaac hurriedly said, “Young Master, it has already been emptied overnight last night. The guests who were originally there have been compensated with twice the room fees, and we have arranged for them to be located in another building.”“That’s good.” Charlie was satisfied and he instructed, “W
Jacob's brain blanked out, leaving only a dull hum as soon as Walker mentioned 'Professor Hall'.Already feeling nervous in the first place, he quickly said, "Okay, okay—I got it. Anyway, I'm hanging up if there's nothing else!"With that, he promptly pressed the button to hang up.Nonetheless, Elaine was soon asking in curiosity, "Who's Professor Hall?"If Jacob had any semblance of composure, he would have said 'a colleague at Senior University' as if it was perfectly natural, and the matter would have been forgotten.But the reality was that he didn't—in fact, he was the champion when it came to dropping the ball as a casual question from Elaine left him sweating all over his brow.Even as he slid nervous glances at her face, he stammered uncontrollably, "N-Nobody…"Elaine promptly noticed his strange reaction and frowned. "I'm talking about Professor Hall. What do you mean, nobody? Who are they? And what's this about an invitation? Inviting you for what?"Seeing that he was
Jacob had really had too much to drink and couldn't remember the later parts of what had happened last night—even how he had gotten home was a blur.Naturally, he also forgot that Walker had brought Matilda's wedding invitation, and therefore didn't hesitate to answer the in-car answer button.Over the phone, Walker was positively fawning as he asked, "Mr. Wilson? It's Walker. Why didn't you come in today? Had too much to drink last night?""Uh-huh," Jacob grunted, lethargic. "I did—my head still hurts now… Anyway, what's up? Trouble at the association?""No, of course not," Walker quickly said. "I was just worried you're still hungover, so I called to ask. If you need a driver or anything, you just need to ask!"Then, before Jacob could answer, he continued, "By the way, my wife is somewhat knowledgable in Oskian medicine, and she has recipes for brews that cure hangovers and nourish the liver. I'm sure you'll need the latter since you're always drinking at social events, so I as
Fortunately, Elaine and Jacob's bickering never escalated.Even though Elaine was winning, Jacob found it tolerable.After Jacob finished his lunch and cleaned up, he never looked up as he said, "Charlie sent a text, saying Claire's flight would touch down earlier at three. We will leave at two."Elaine grumbled. "Why leave so early? She's coming back from abroad, and there'd be checkpoints she has to clear—she'd be lucky if she could leave by half past three. I'm sleeping a few winks now, and we'll leave at half past two."As she left the dining room, she didn't even look back as she said, "Clean up for me too."Jacob had a million complaints but said nothing as he kept his head down, throwing Elaine's lunchbox in the trash can as well.With Elaine gone, he sat on the couch as her hangover slowly cleared while his mood soured with the lack of alcohol.In the end, the pleasure of being fawned over at the Diamond Room was but temporary—the pain of his beloved leaving with someone
Vera kept her plan to investigate the identity of the abbess deep in her mind and told Charlie nothing.Instead, she smiled as she said, "It seems that it's both yours and Ms. Ito's good fortune that she has attained enlightenment. You've never had anyone who could attain enlightenment and master Reiki at the same time, so Ms. Ito will definitely be a great help to you in the future."Charlie chuckled and said calmly, "I'm not hoping for her to help. I'm simply happy for her with her enlightenment and excited to have another comrade in my solo ventures into the dark forests."Vera nodded in understanding, and she murmured emotionally, "I've lived for so long, and it's only when I opened my heart to you that I felt that sensation you described."There was a flicker of wistfulness in her eyes.She really did not expect to attain enlightenment before meeting Charlie.Years ago, she thought that she would eventually avenge her father.Now, she no longer hoped to murder Fleur Griffi
Vera was inwardly disappointed to hear that Claire was returning.That meant there were fewer chances of Charlie visiting the Scarlet Pinnacle Manor, as were her chances of seeing him again.Still, she didn't let it show, instead asking casually, "How are things at Champs Elys? Are the warriors improving at a rate to your satisfaction?""Well, most of everyone's improvement is within expectations…" Charlie explained, just as he remembered a certain someone. "By the way, there's something I haven't told you yet. Are you perhaps acquainted with the name Ito Nanako?""Yes," Vera smiled. "The Japanese lady who was with you. What about her?""She attained enlightenment days ago.""Enlightenment?" Vera did a double take and soon pressed, "Enlightenment in what sense? Essential Qi or Reiki?"After all, the former was the path to enlightenment in martial arts, while the latter meant enlightenment in cultivation.But despite the distinction between both domains, enlightenment was a comm
While Charlie had long since gotten used to Elaine and Jacob's bizarre marriage, being near the heart of the storm still took a toll on his senses—to the point that he felt physically sick.Leaving right away was therefore his best solution.Once he left, however, he realized he didn't have anywhere to go. Champs Elys was quite far, and it would take a lot of time.As he started to feel bored stiff, he remembered Vera for some reason and called her.Once Vera answered, she quickly asked in curiosity, "To what do I owe the pleasure? Lunch, perhaps?"Charlie chuckled. "Since you've put it that way… I haven't eaten either, so lunch it is!"Vera giggled. "Come over to my place, then. It's cold outside, and I was just lighting up a hot pot. I'll have Madam Marilyn prepare an additional portion.""Okay!" Charlie agreed to it without hesitation. "I can return her car too. Just wait, I'll be right there!"Once he hung up, he got on the Rolls Roycs he had borrowed from Scarlet Pinnacl
Charlie shook his head. "It's alright, Dad. You can go ahead if you're busy—I can pick up Claire on my own.""No way!" Elaine promptly snapped. "It's been so long since she came back. We are all going to the airport!"Jacob sighed in exasperation. "Well, I'm sticking to my schedule—first the Calligraphy and Painting Association, then I'll be back an hour before to pick you guys up before going together to the airport."Elaine was left fuming. "Is there no getting through to you? You really have to go to that stupid association, don't you? Okay, fine. If you must go, I will be going with you!""You're their honored vice president who will be promoted to president soon, no? As Mrs. Vice President and the future Mrs. President, is there an issue if I went for a look?"Jacob shuddered at the thought of Elaine going to the Calligraphy and Painting Association as he absolutely didn't want her to humiliate him with her antics. People would talk, asking how a proper gentleman like him c
Jacob yawned, stretching his arms and smacking his cheeks, before finally retorting in contempt, "For Pete's sake, woman—don't make dissing me a habit. Or does it please you so much?"Elaine pursed her lips. "You call that dissing? It's all facts—do you think I don't know you? Tell me, what qualifications do you have? Your knowledge about calligraphy is skin-deep, and even the frauds working on Antique Street could beat you.""Only you would have the audacity to take the role of vice president at the Calligraphy and Painting Association—heaven's above, how blind is the president to appoint you as his second fiddle? Still, you'll be packing your things as soon as he realizes the truth.""Oh, Elaine, poor Elaine…" Jacob grinned smugly at her right then. "I'm afraid things won't go the way you want. Mr. Bay's been chasing a promotion lately, and once he gets it, I will take his place as president. That means I'll be the top dog instead of second fiddle!""Bullshit!" Elaine snapped in
Jacob slept in the next day while Elaine got out of bed past ten as well.However, in the case of the latter, she wasn't drunk and was simply watching livestreams and video clips on her phone—a hobby she had picked up recently.As for Charlie, he had initially planned to visit the Champs Elys hot spring villa and train Nanako in her Reiki control. However, since Claire would be arriving in the afternoon, he stayed home, planning to leave for the airport when it was time.Elaine appeared groggy as she emerged from the elevator, rubbing her eyes while holding her phone in the other hand.Seeing Charlie cleaning the living room, she asked in curiosity, "Not going out today, Charlie? Aren't you usually going out to meet clients?"Then, she became concerned in an instant, "Wait, don't tell me—the Feng Shui business is falling off? Are we going to be affected altogether?"Charlie laughed. "You're just getting paranoid now. Things are going fine—I'm just giving myself a day's leave.""