They couldn’t believe that a mere female Oskian singer would have such a strong fan base in the United States. After all, they’ve always felt that American singers were the global leaders of pop music.They were arrogant and were convinced that a female Oskian singer couldn’t possibly have such a huge influence.Some local media even deliberately wondered if the fans at the airport were group performers hired by Quinn’s agency at their own expense.Quinn used her strength to respond to the Western media’s scathing doubts.Her New York and Boston concert tickets were opened for sale on time, three hours after her arrival in the United States. The two concerts, selling a total of ninety thousand tickets, were instantly snapped up in less than a minute and generated a sales volume of over a billion US dollars!The performance market in the United States was well developed, but the celebrity base was also very large. Thus, it was difficult to sell out most performances. Even if th
Fisher was so frightened that he almost burst into tears. He had no time to mourn for the tragic death of his nanny, despite his sorrow. He begged bitterly over the phone like a madman, “I beg you, don’t hurt my family! I’ll agree with all your terms…!”The other party was satisfied. “I hope you’ll be as cooperative as you say. Play any tricks on us, and I guarantee you won’t even see your family members’ corpses!”Fisher cried, “I will cooperate… I will cooperate! Please tell me what you need me to do!”The other party said indifferently, “Open the door now. My leader will communicate with you face-to-face in person.”Fisher was slightly taken aback by this. Then, he heard the doorbell immediately after.He panicked and said into the phone, “I…I’m going to open the door now…”The other party snapped coldly, “Fisher Charles, remember what I told you. All of your family members will die a miserable death if you try anything funny!”Just like that, the call was cut short.Fishe
Fisher replied in a shaky voice, almost weeping, “If you guys want to do something bad and I take you in, the authorities won’t let me go afterwards…”Kazuo smiled. “Then maybe you should sacrifice yourself for the safety of your family.”Fisher barked back, “Even if I did as you said, how will you guarantee my family’s safety?!” Kazuo’s smile remained. “Well, you can only choose to trust me. I can’t give you any other guarantee aside from my promise.”He growled threateningly, “Firstly, your family will surely die if you don’t do what I say!”After that, Kazuo’s expression instantly softened and he said seriously, “Fisher Charles, I’m not a psychopathic murderer. I just want to finish my mission and leave the United States safely with my money. I don’t need or want to kill your family.”Fisher was guarded. He retorted in disbelief, “Who knows if you’ll kill them after the mission is completed? In most kidnapping cases, the perpetrators will still kill the hostages in order to a
Very soon, it was already the eleventh.Under the bustling morning rush hour in New York was an undercurrent surging at an extremely fast speed. More than a thousand soldiers from the Ten Thousand Armies had already arrived there, and many were hidden in every corner of the city.Finley and Homer were also beside themselves with impatience.Early in the morning, Homer called Finley to his study. He sounded both excited and nervous. “Finley, these days, the media headlines are all about Quinn Golding. If she disappears tonight, it might trigger a global sensation. Are you sure you and I won’t be implicated?”Finley nodded confidently, smiling. “Young Master Fox, the Iga ninjas have already taken care of Fisher’s end. Today, they’ll enter the hotel ballroom as temporary workers under Fisher’s arrangements. Fisher will also use their lack of experience as a reason to keep them behind to help out, while taking the others away from Quinn Golding’s lounge. All the tools they needed hav
Quinn smiled. “I freed up my schedule today. I’ll accompany you for lunch and take a stroll with you after that. I’ve already booked the restaurant, too.”She then added delicately, “You should pack up now, Brother Charlie. I'll get the helicopter to arrive at the tarmac on the roof of your hotel in ten minutes.”Charlie could only agree. “Okay, I’ll change first.”Ten minutes later, a medium-sized helicopter from a general aviation company landed on the tarmac on the roof of the hotel, just as Quinn had said.After Charlie boarded, the plane quickly took off and flew towards New York.The distance from Providence to New York was only two hundred and thirty kilometers, so the helicopter only took an hour to fly to New York.The helicopter soon landed on a small navigational site near Oskiatown in New York. A woman with black sunglasses approached Charlie, who had just gotten off the plane. “Mr. Wade, Quinn is waiting for you at the restaurant. Please follow me.”Charlie realized
Charlie was stunned, too shocked to react.Immediately after, Charlie quickly helped the man back up. Puzzled, he asked politely, “May I ask who you are?”The middle-aged man replied respectfully, “Young Master Wade, my name is Janus Campbell. Originally, I should’ve ended up as a ghost. Luckily, Master Curtis saved me. That’s why I was able to survive until today.”When Charlie heard that Janus was his father’s old acquaintance, he clasped one of his hands over the other in a respectful manner. Bowing, he said, “Greetings, Uncle Campbell. I am Charlie Wade.”His gesture served to further excite the already ecstatic Janus. Janus’s eyes flushed red as he said, “I knew it… I knew it. When I saw you at first glance, I immediately knew: you must be Young Master Charlie! At first, I thought that I must be hallucinating. But when I recalled Miss Golding was telling me about her mysterious guest, I instantly concluded that you must be him!”Quinn, sitting next to them, smiled as she said
Emotions welled up in his chest as he lamented that fact. He asked Janus, “Uncle Janus, how did you end up in New York afterwards?”Janus flashed Charlie a wry smile. “After Master Curtis’s death, I secretly went to Aurous Hill to mourn. When I was about to return to Hong Kong, the man who wanted to kill me before happened to catch wind of his death as well. He immediately issued another order to take my life. I realized I couldn’t return to Hong Kong, so I could smuggle myself from Oskia to the United States. I’ve been staying here ever since…”Janus then asked Charlie, “Where have you been all these years, Young Master Wade? Mr. Golding traveled to almost every corner of the world in order to find you. He even came to the United States several times. I also helped him to look for you here, but to no avail…”Quinn added her two cents. “Brother Charlie! When my father and I came to New York to look for you, Uncle Janus was the one who welcomed us. Right here in this restaurant!”Ha
Charlie was surprised upon listening to Yule’s voice message.If things were really as Yule had said, then combined with his father’s recognition of Janus back then, it was already more than enough for Charlie to see that Janus had very strong abilities.Charlie also knew very well in his heart that his current biggest development constraint was the scarcity of talent.Although Ten Thousand Armies was strong, it could not be seen out in the open. Moreover, Ten Thousand Armies could only solve problems involving force.In the future, force would only be a very small part if Charlie wanted to increase the Wade family’s strength. What was even more important was operation and management.Even Charlie himself was far behind in this point.The Wade family would not only need a leader to point out the course when the time came, but they would also need an experienced trader with the safest and most efficient methods to help the Wade family, which was a huge ship, to sail even more stab
Bitterness swelled in Elaine's heart as she really didn't think that Matilda was doing so well for herself.The fact that Matilda was worth millions alone made her far superior.At the same time, she was also rejoicing that she had never actually met Matilda. If Matilda asked how she was doing directly, how would she respond?In the end, Matilda was no Hannah Queen.Elaine would actually feel accomplished if she compared herself to Hannah.On the other hand, Matilda eclipsed Elaine in every way—she was more beautiful, kind, smart, and knowledgeable. Even her figure left Elaine dead in the water!It was as pointless as comparing a hen to a peacock!Whenever she thought of her, she could comfort herself that she had stolen her man even if she couldn't measure up in any way.But now, Jacob was completely insignificant to Matilda while Elaine still treated Jacob like a trophy.Even as a sense of inferiority seized her, Charlie sighed. "Come on, you should understand where Jacob is
"Exactly!"Charlie agreed, striking the metal while it was hot. "To be honest, the years Matilda spent in the States would be wasted if she was actually still interested!" "She's a Wall Street veteran who'd definitely have met so many successful men! Why would she be interested in a loser like Jacbo Wilson? It's not like she returned from the States after thirty years to help the poor, don't you agree?"Charlie then finished with a sigh. "The way I see it? You're the only one who'd be interested in him."Jacob heard that from behind the wall and was left absolutely fuming and humiliated.He was the only one who knew that Matilda had come back for him—even if she was worth millions now.However, he just didn't have the spine to divorce Elaine and get together with Matilda.He presumed that it was no rush and that he could just give Elaine the silent treatment—who knew, she might just give in and ask for a divorce herself, and then, he would have no issues getting together with M
"Her real lover?!" Elaine exclaimed in shock. "What are you talking about?"Charlie put on a serious face as she said, "Matilda came back to Oskia for her one true love, who is now her fiance. His name is Yolden Hart, a top economist who's now a lecturer at Aurous Hill University, who was invited all the way from the States. He's a professional manager and used to work in Wall Street, so he'd be qualified to be a CEO in any Fortune 500 company…""Professional manager?" Elaine pouted. "That still means he's a wage slave!"Charlie laughed. "Don't underestimate professional managers now. Just look at Apple Inc.'s CEO—the man earns around a hundred million USD per year, and that's over seven hundred million in Oskian dollars!"Elaine was left gaping, unable to imagine how a wage slave could earn so much.At the same time, Charlie continued, "To be fair, Professor Hart wouldn't earn that much, but 50 million per year is still no sweat for him. Do you get the amount of money we're talki
Elaine appeared taken aback, and she promptly demanded, "You've met Matilda too?!"It was only then that Claire realized she had let the cat out of the bag, and she suddenly didn't know what to say. "Oh… Uh… Mom… I, uh… didn't?"Nonetheless, Elaine was suddenly pressing her menacingly, "If you've never met her, how would you know she's a serious person?!"As Claire stayed silent, Elaine broke down in tears. "No… You're lying to me too! Aren't you?!"While Claire was left at a loss of how she should salvage this mess, Charlie suddenly entered and said, "Claire didn't—but I did.""What?!" Elaine was left staring at Charlie, stunned.Still, she soon demanded, "Y-You've met Matilda?! Did Jacob take you with him to see her?""Yes," Charlie admitted, nodding.Elaine snapped right then, and she bellowed, "Then why didn't you tell me?! To think that I've always done right by you, treating you like my own son, but you wouldn't tell me that Jacob is cheating on me! Y-You disappoint me!"
Jacob certainly left Charlie speechless—the man might get kicked out of the house, but he was more worried about his car.Sighing in exasperation, he told Jacob, "Look, if it fails, I won't be able to get you a nice place, let alone leave the Cullinan with you."Jacob blurted out, "But why—""Don't forget—I'm still living in this house even if you're gone!" Charlie explained, his expression dead serious. "If I let you have a nice place and the Cullinan, God knows how terrible a grudge your wife would hold against me. I need to have a sense of self-preservation too!""If I got you a rundown apartment, I could at least defend myself even if she gets upset about that. I mean, I can't let you sleep in the streets, can I? Claire and I would be guilty of abandoning our elders."Seeing the serious look on Charlie's face, Jacob breathed a long sigh as he clapped him on the shoulder, groaning mournfully, "Oh, I get it. I wouldn't want to upset Elaine if I were in your shoes too…"Charlie
Charlie sighed. "I told you it'd blow up, Dad, but you had to doubt me.""I wasn't doubting you," Jacob promptly defended himself. "I thought I might catch a lucky break—"Charlie cut him short, "Fair enough. Then, how are you going to handle this? I can try to stop Mom from going to that wedding and prevent her from getting in the hall even if she went, but what's going to happen to the both of you? Do you want a divorce or do you want to stay with her?"The light in Jacob's faded as he shrugged and sighed. "If I could divorce her, I would've—and I would be living happily with Matilda now. What company would I have if I did it now? Do you think Elaine would let me stay in Thompson First, with that attitude of hers?""In the end, I'd be chased out without a place to stay, and I can't suffer the humiliation of moving back with my mom and brother, can I? Hell, they might not even take me back!""So, that's a no?" Charlie pressed.Jacob smiled wryly. "At my age, even if I could, I w
Hearing that Elaine was threatening suicide, Claire exclaimed urgently, "Take me to her now!"The traffic police officer quickly nodded. "Come on!"As the traffic police officer quickly led Claire to Elaine, Charlie arrived just then and gave chase after leaving the luggage by the entrance.Stopping them, he asked, "Excuse me, officer—where's the gentleman who came with Madam Parker? May I see him?""And who are you?" The traffic police officer asked."I'm his son-in-law," Charlier replied. "I was thinking that while my wife talks to her mom, I can talk to my father-in-law, make peace, and take them both home.""Oh, that'd be great!"The traffic police officer exclaimed and quickly beckoned at a colleague, "Come over. Take this gentleman to Jacob Wilson!""Okay!" The other traffic police officer was also quite enthusiastic.Charlie entered the room where Jacob was first, immediately seeing a disfigured Jacob taking deep puffs of his cigarette.Another traffic police officer w
Charlie frowned in thought for a while, before saying, "Well, there is a plan, but I can't vouch for the chances. I also need you to cooperate with me and not let anything slip, or everything will go to waste. Can you do that?""I can!" Claire nodded, determined, before quickly asking, "So? What's the plan?""Well, it's not specific," Charlie replied. "We just have to improvise as we go along. Let's just head in for now!"-They left the airport and took a cab to the traffic police's headquarters. Just as she entered, they saw their Cullinan parked outside.Charlie sent Claire in first while he carried her luggage before following.Meanwhile, Elaine was wailing in her room, "I've been married to him for years! Suffering so much pain and humiliation, only for him to hook up with an old flame behind my back! Is it wrong if I struck out?"The traffic police officer was on the verge of a breakdown, but he still said patiently, "Ma'am, I've told you many times—what he did was wrong
Claire wasn't all that experienced in love and hence didn't know how a person caught in a love triangle would think or why they would experience such terrible mood swings.Still, Charlie's explanation gave her a general idea, and she sighed, "Actually, Dad looked really bad when Matilda came back. He was so obsessed with her that he didn't care if Mom was alive—even bringing her home for dinner. I'd be seething if I was Mom."Charlie sighed in exasperation. "Well, let's not loiter about. Let's go to the traffic police station.""Yeah!" Claire nodded, before holding his arm, "If they're there, that means they're safe, and they won't be fighting with those officers around. So, let's not head over so quickly."Charlie raised a brow. "What are you getting at?"Claire sighed, clearly troubled. "We have to think—how are we going to alleviate this crisis? If it's really as you say and Mom has mostly guessed it right, this fight might just be the start. At best, that fight on the highway