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 bellowed at the middle-aged man right then, "Then don't give me shit if you can't pay up! I only have one request, and that is I want off this plane right now!"Elaine came to a realization then, and she quickly asked, "Don't tell me… That thing we just saw online… you're the one who sold it yesterday?!"Jacob was on the verge of tears as he nodded. "Yes, it was me! That's why I want it back no matter what it takes!"Elaine became anxious as well. They were talking about twenty million, after all! Even if they lived off bank interest, they could still afford to spend ten grand per day for up to eight years!How could they let that slip through their grasp?!Pointing at the air stewardess, Elaine immediately snapped, "Hey, he's talking to you! Open the door, you hear?!"While the air stewardess was unable to handle both of them at once, a young man in a white collared shirt and black pants strode over, telling Jacob and Elaine, "Sorry to interrupt, but I'm the air marshal of
Seeing that comment, Elaine promptly turned to Jacob, "Dear, I don't think they made it up. It says the antique was treated like a Renaissance forgery and sold for 300 thousand to the dealer, but it actually was medieval and sold first thing this morning."Jacob's mind seemed to fade entirely in an instant, and he dropped his glass of champagne before he knew it, wetting his trousers.Elaine quickly pulled out a towel to wipe it, exclaiming, "What's wrong?! Why did you wet your pants?!"Then, realizing that Jacob's eyes and mouth were gaping wide while he sat frozen stiff almost as if he were dead, she promptly shook him, "What's gotten into you, Jacob? Are you alright?"As Jacob came to his senses, his eyes were suddenly blood-red.Suddenly on his feet, he bellowed in fury, "Fuck! My twenty million! Open the door! Open it right now! I'm getting off this plane!"The cabin crew and the other passengers were all shocked by his sudden bellow, and Elaine was just as confused. "Your t
While Zachary was caught feeling utterly helpless, the news that Raymond had made 20 million in a day was spreading like wildfire. Even though Zachary had already threatened Mick to not spill the beans, the problem was that all of Aurous Hill's Antique Street knew that over dozens of customers had come to Raymond's shop first thing in the morning.As such, everyone was curious—Raymond had supposedly made a blunder just yesterday yet now had dozens of people going to his shop? What on earth was he pulling?Hence, when most of the other collectors started to leave after failing to get the bronze sculpture, many gossipers came up to them to ask about it.For their part, the collectors were not hiding the truth, so they gave them a summary.Soon, all the antique dealers of Aurous Hill were left pondering the meaning of their existence.After all, they were told these collectors had prepared 20 million before rushing over to Aurous Hill in the night, yet they had all failed to buy th
Zachary was instantly relieved to hear that Jacob's flight was taking off soon.The issue at hand was troublesome, but he would at least have time to come up with a plan if he was given more time.Moreover, Jacob didn't know anything and would be in Dubai in a few hours. Most importantly, he wouldn't be bothered with Aurous Hill gossip when he arrived, giving Zachary more time to deal with this mess.As such, Zachary quickly said, "Oh, nothing, Mr. President. I was just calling to check on your flight, but since you're flying now, I'm sure the air stewardess will be asking you to turn the flight mode on. I shan't be a bother now—I wish you safe travels with the missus!" Seeing how cordial Zachary was, Jacob chuckled, "How nice of you. I'll definitely get you some local souvenirs!""Oh, then allow me to thank you ahead of time, Mr. President!" Zachary exclaimed, as subservient as ever."Uh-huh," Jacob replied. "Well, I'm hanging up now. Let's catch up later.""Yes, yes, yes, let
Mr. Cardensky's forgery syndicate had made the bronze sculpture—all Zachary had done was talk Jacob into buying it, and Jacob himself had made some money after Raymond bought it.That meant the entire plot had nothing to do with Zachary as he was just a mediator at best.In other words, if the bronze sculpture was worth nothing, he didn't lose anything… although he wouldn't make a cent even if it was worth a hundred million.However, he also knew all too well what Jacob Wilson was like.In fact, in this world, he was only second to Charlie when it came to knowing what type of man Jacob Wilson really was—not even Claire or Elaine would win against them.He was a dead man.That was Zachary's immediate thought on the matter, should Jacob ever find out.After all, Jacob was precisely one of those people who didn't play by any rules—no buyer's regret? No seller's remorse? None of that applied to him.Not even the Gods could make Jacob offer a refund if he scalped them. And vice vers
As Mick Crane had established a corrupted hierarchy in Vintage Deluxe, he had to make sure his position was never threatened by Raymond Cole.That was why he wanted Raymond gone, and it was obvious from that how important self-gain was to him.However, though he plotted to protect this job with a salary of several hundred grand per annum and incentives worth just as much, he didn't think that doing so meant he had missed out on 20 million.And to add insult to injury, that 20 million had ended up in Raymond's pocket.Mick wasn't just thunderstruck—he wished he was dead.Hanging up on Trippy right then, he called Zachary directly since Zachary had told him earlier that text notifications from his number would be silenced.Zachary was just about to fall asleep when his phone began buzzing.Already annoyed when he picked up his phone, he immediately snapped at Mick when he saw who the caller was. "I told you! Text me if you have any updates, and I'll check it when I wake up! Why ar
As Ian Cash's trio turned and left Treasure Measure, Trippy was still standing there, staring blankly as they headed off to the distance, utterly dispirited.Seeing that, Raymond returned his phone and said coolly, "We had agreed on some ground rules, but not only did you break them, you even tried to sabotage me.""Since you refuse to be honorable, you can't blame me for being cold—starting now, we shall have nothing to do with each other. We'll be strangers even if we bump into each other."Trippy was already choking, and he snatched his phone back before dashing out of Treasure Measure, calling Mick Crane as soon as he left.Mick had just arrived at Vintage Deluxe and hadn't even sat down when Trippy called, and he asked as soon as he answered, "How did it go? What did you find out?"However, Trippy was so exasperated he burst into tears right then, "M-Mr. Crane… My dear Mr. Crane…"Mick was left reeling from shock, and he promptly snapped, "Can't you fucking talk? Why are you
Seeing that the transaction was complete and that the bargain deal had been taken, the other collectors all excused themselves and left.As for Ian, once he had bagged the bronze sculpture, he nodded at Raymond. "I apologize for leaving early, Mr. Cole, but I must return to Eastcliff. However, you can contact me again should you pick up another treasure. I'm quite a spendthrift, and I pay up right away if the item is good and the price is right."Raymond smiled. "Very well. I shall contact you first the next time I get something good."Ian nodded and was ready to leave with his two friends when Trippy chased after them."Please, Mr. Cash!" He cried urgently, his anxiety overcoming him. "You shouldn't buy that! It's a forgery!"Ian frowned at him. "Are you trying to sabotage Mr. Cole? Aren't you supposed to be his friend?""Hell, no!" Trippy promptly replied. "I'm no friend of his—I'm just here to watch, but I didn't think he dared to trick you for 20 million! I can't bear to see
No one except Raymond expected that the terms would be agreed upon so quickly.He was utterly confident in his judgment and even more so in his value appraisal.He was convinced that once they had a good look, any one of these collectors who could afford twenty million wouldn't miss this bargain.After all, an opportunity to secure an item worth millions more than the price they paid was very rare.In fact, when the other nine collectors heard that the first collector was buying it, it was only to be expected even if it left them all gloomy. They had all held the bronze sculpture in their hands—they knew it was definitely worth that much.However, no one in the room was more shocked than Trippy.He looked utterly flabbergasted, his eyes wide and bulging as he stared at the bronze sculpture while asking himself the same question repeatedly.Was that crap really worth twenty million? How?!While Trippy was still stunned, Raymond had already sent his payment details to the first