For martial arts cultivation, it had always been those who were at the top who could see the cultivation levels of those who were at the bottom, whereas those who were at the bottom could not see those who were at the top.Charlie could tell that he was a martial artist at first glance, but he could not see Charlie’s cultivation level. This meant that Charlie was most likely stronger than himself!If Charlie was a four-star martial artist, he would have the ability to act wildly.If Charlie was a five-star martial artist, he could counter him easily with a single move!When Charlie saw that Mr. Lanyon was flustered, he deliberately said, “I cannot see anything, but I’ve heard others talking about you. All of them said that you’re a three-star martial artist.”In truth, Charlie was simply making things up. He had never heard anyone talk about this person nor his cultivation level.Furthermore, the reason why he had said this was because he did not want Mr. Lanyon to give in so qui
“Call someone here?” Mr. Lanyon snorted coldly in disdain, “Why? You still want to call for help?!”Charlie laughed and said, “It’s not a helper. Don’t you want to know of Dillion’s whereabouts? I can make a call right now and arrange for someone to bring him in.”Solomon sneered and said, “Kid, you are really courting your own death. Do you think that you will be able to get out safely if you just make a phone call to bring your helpers here? Let me tell you that no one, not even God, will be able to take you away in my territory!”Charlie smiled and said, “I don’t need anyone to take me away. I will walk away from this place myself after I deal with you. You will be kneeling on the ground as you bark and crawl like a dog at that time.”“F*ck you!” Solomon was completely furious. He pointed at Charlie and yelled at Mr. Lanyon, “Kill him! Right now! Immediately!”Rudy, who was aside, panicked, and he hurriedly said to Solomon, “Godfather, you cannot act too rashly for the time bei
After he had finished speaking, he turned around and ran in, and he was panicking as he shouted, "Leader! Three people are coming in from outside... Oh, no, it's four people, and one person is carrying another person on his shoulder..."Solomon frowned, and he immediately guessed that the other party should be carrying his god-grandson, Dillion. So, he muttered, "Three people? Three people actually dare to come and mess with me? Don't they know that I have a hundred people here with me?! Let them in!" The subordinate hurriedly ran back to the door and said to Porter, "Please come in."Porter did not say a word and walked in with the two War Kings, Hunter and Zayne.At this time, Solomon had a smile on his face as if he had achieved success. He felt that Charlie was not only crazy but also extremely stupid. So, he looked at Charlie with a playful expression and smiled as he said, "Kid, you cannot pretend to be so forceful when you’ve just entered the arena. You have to use your
When Mr. Lanyon suddenly knelt on the ground, everyone present, except for Charlie and the rest of the people from Ten Thousand Armies, was stunned as if they had just been struck by lightning!After all, Mr. Lanyon was definitely a unique top existence in Hong Kong.The city of Hong Kong was not big, and the place itself had many underground gangs and societies. However, to many martial artists, this was simply not a qualified place to live.For example, the gang members in Hong Kong were far from being as awesome as they were in the movies. When it came to the real gangs in Hong Kong, they were just a bunch of thugs.When the gang members here committed a crime, they could take a one-hour boat ride, which would be considered as them running away. If this were to get exposed to the public, they would definitely become a laughingstock.This was also the reason why many Oskian gangs had gone to Japan or farther to North America to develop. One of the reasons was because there was r
Porter nodded and then looked at Mr. Lanyon as he asked the latter, “Do you know why I don’t allow members of Ten Thousand Armies to use banned drugs?”Mr. Lanyon cried and said, “I know... Although banned drugs are of great help to improve a person’s strength in a short period of time, their essence is to overdraw the potential in the human body ahead of time. It has great side effects on the users themselves. There is more harm than good, and the losses outweigh the benefits...”Porter looked at him and pointed his finger at Solomon, who was standing aside and consumed by fright, and he asked again, “Although you have been expelled by Ten Thousand Armies, you used to be a member of Ten Thousand Armies, after all. Every member of Ten Thousand Armies should be proud of themselves, but why did you degrade yourself to work for such unworthy trash?!”Mr. Lanyon cried out in repentance, “Lord, it was just because I was confused for a moment, and I lusted for profits. I was persuaded by
Solomon was frightened by Charlie’s words and he almost suffered a heart attack on the spot.If Charlie were to give him a dose of his own medicine and act according to his vicious words earlier, Charlie was bound to rip his mouth apart and tear his tongue off. Not to mention whether Solomon’s body would be able to stand this kind of torture, but after this experience, Solomon was afraid that he would lose half his life.As he thought of this, he was extremely terrified. He clutched tightly onto his chest and endured the severe pain in his heart as he cried out to Charlie, “Mr. Wade, I’m already old, and I cannot withstand this kind of hardship...”Charlie smiled and said casually, “Oh, it’s alright if you cannot withstand the hardship. You can just die here. Anyway, I don’t care whether you live or die.”Solomon’s eyes were swollen from crying, but he continued kneeling on the ground as he groveled before Charlie and cried out, “Mr. Wade, I really know that I am wrong... Please
Charlie then said again, “Secondly, your group of subordinates here today already know of my identity. I’m a relatively low-key person, and I do not like my identity to be leaked out. So, it stands to reason that these people should be silenced.”As soon as Charlie said this, all the subordinates who were at the scene were scared out of their wits. Many people wanted to run, but at this time, a figure at the door threw all those who wanted to run out back into the room directly. A five-star War General from Ten Thousand Armies was standing at the door. Porter had asked him to guard the door just to make sure that no one would escape.With him alone, these thugs had no chance of escaping at all. Many people were severely injured by his punches as soon as they ran to the door.At this time, Charlie said coldly, “Kill all those who intend to escape!”As soon as these words came out, no one dared to act rashly again.More than a hundred members from the Order of the Star knelt on th
At this time, although Rudy was already so scared that his legs had gone weak, he still had a certain thought in his heart. He was hoping that Charlie would kill Solomon today or even send Solomon to Syria. In that case, he would be able to completely get rid of Solomon, who was a ticking time bomb.Rudy had been under a lot of stress and pressure over the years in order to get rid of Solomon.Although he also had a net worth of tens of billions of Hong Kong dollars, there was nothing that he could do to get rid of Solomon.There were up to thousands of members of the Order of the Star in such a small place as Hong Kong. If Rudy really wanted to fall out with Solomon, he simply could not defend himself against Solomon at all.What’s more, Solomon also had his hands on a lot of his unspeakable history. He would actually be the biggest winner if Solomon were to die today.However, Rudy never would have dreamt that Charlie did not have any intentions to let him off at all.Ten bil
Neither Charlie nor the Ackers expected Yolden's insight to cover all corners.In fact, it felt like the man had a blueprint ready and was only waiting for the time to put it to use.That was why everyone was immensely approving of Yolden and wanted no other man for the job of CEO.Kaeden smiled, "Well, since everyone has agreed, let's put this to rest as soon as possible—this will be a joint investment between our family and the Wades, and Professor Hart will take the post of CEO. Let's all do our best to make this a good one!"Yolden also made up his mind, deciding that he didn't want to let slip a chance to realize his ambitions. "I'll resign from the university after my honeymoon trip. It probably shouldn't be long, and I can get involved in early preparations via teleconference."Charlie nodded. "Then, we can have Uncle Kaeden stay on schedule while I'll ask the Wades to send a representative over to sign a memorandum for the investment."Keith smiled and nodded. "You should
Charlie hadn't been born and raised in Aurous Hill, but he still started living here at the age of eight and was more attached to this place than Eastcliff.If he was going to take part in this automotive investment with the Ackers, he naturally found Aurous Hill the ideal location.Not only would it create a huge number of jobs for Aurous Hill, but it would also rake in much economic flow for the region.Yolden also nodded at his suggestion. "If the first plant is meant to cover the demand of the entire local market, there's no reason for a coastal plant. Aurous Hill stands at an intersection between the north and the south, so transportation is convenient. It's also killing two birds with one stone, as Mr. Wade is fond of the city."Charlie couldn't help but agree. "I won't lie—Aurous Hill has been good to me, and I hope to give back. Nothing's better than succeeding in that respect."Yolden spread his hands, "Heavy industries are certainly ideal to contribute to Aurous Hill's e
Yolden had actually been researching new energy for a while—in fact, it was when Tesla's first car models were produced.He was passionate about the subject and had his own opinions as well as ambitions, but he was busy teaching, so he couldn't realize any of it.But was this not a golden opportunity tailor-made for him?Seeing that Yolden was clearly interested, Charlie turned toward Kaeden, "Actually, the professor is getting married soon. There's no way we'd split up newlyweds so soon after the wedding, right? So, is it possible to set up base in Aurous Hill instead?""Not a problem!" Kaeden replied without hesitation. "Our family is planning to return to Oskia anyway, and everyone knows about Ashley and Curtis. So, why don't we invest in this enterprise alongside the Wades and have the base set up in Aurous Hill? And then bring Godot under as a subsidiary?"Turning to Yolden, he continued, "By the way, Godot's plant is already in the province—barely 100 miles from Aurous Hill,
Pausing, Yolden continued, "Moreover, the greatest advantage of AI is that it is self-conscious and has the processing power to analyze astronomical proportions of data. As car sales grow, every car owner's driving data will add precious new data to our data vault, and it will be processed by AI for even greater space of imagination."For example, kst's say I experienced a bumpiness along a certain road, and when the sensors pick up on that anomaly, the data will be uploaded to the servers along with images of the road condition in real time. The processing AI module would determine in no time at all that there was damage and label said location on the map, and then forward the data to other vehicles close to that location, sending notifications when they are close enough and providing the appropriate advice for countermeasures."Naturally, the AI can even be refined further so that it immediately warns us to slow down while uploading the data to the servers and informing any cars cl
Yolden's mind short-circuited at those words. "The most advanced AI module?!"He had been working on Wall Street for years, having invested in substantial startup tech companies as well as assisting plenty of Nasdaq tech enterprises with their IPO. That was why he especially had a sharp six sense for cutting-edge technology.It had been a while since he had gotten up the saddle, and AI had just become the trend recently, but he still paid close attention. He was well aware what applications were possible for AI modules, but he was shocked that Charlie already possessed what all the online giants were coveting!Thrilled, he quickly asked Charlie, "Can the Rothschilds resolve all the hardware and software issues? High-processing power display cards are a dime a dozen these days, and local enterprises are all planning to sell them one by one. The demand is just that high!"Charlie chuckled. "Don't worry—the Rothschilds will handle both issues for me, even the data centers. We bought i
Keith, who had been silent throughout, waved him off as he said solemnly, "Please don't sell yourself short, Professor Hart. I'm sure you can do well in this position, but it's still a matter of will."If your heart is truly set on educating future generations, then I'm sure you'd reject our offer no matter what we say."However, if you felt the slightest interest, even anticipation, for such a major project, then you really should consider our offer."We've already invested in Godot Autos for 3 billion USD and over 10 billion if we're counting in Ricebolt. But we still have 30 billion more in capital available—and that means it's 40 billion USD at play."I doubt any other global car maker can afford that much, let alone a new car maker. So, I dare say that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"Keith's words spoke to Yolden's very soul—a startup capital of forty billion US dollars was certainly unprecedented for electric-powered vehicles. Even Ricebolt had barely garnered ove
Charlie smiled. "Who, me? You'd laugh at me, but it was only after Steven found me that I learned to drive. I never bought my own car either and only had the two supercars gifted to me, and I only drove those a handful of times at best. Even now, I'm driving the BMW 5-series I bought for my father-in-law."Then, he remembered Marianne Long and said, "I did drive a friend's Tesla back to Hong Kong, but it was only for a short time, and I didn't manage to look into their so-called assisted driving system."Yolden thought about it and smiled, "But y'know… how would I describe the car, specifically? Have you heard of Mario Balotelli, the soccer player?"Every man present aside from Keith nodded—Mario had been a philosopher on the soccer field, and even those who didn't watch soccer were familiar with his name.Nodding, Yolden continued, "The way I see it, Mario has been a player with top-class hardware but third-rate software. Give him Messi or Ronaldinho's intelligence, and he'd be a
Kaeden then asked, "Well, professor, how do you suppose we overtake the competition at turning points? Or indeed, what qualifies as succeeding in that respect?"Yolden thought about it, formulating his words before explaining, "My personal understanding of the matter isn't simply to aim for turning points. Instead, it's things like staying on the inner lane of the race track and reaching the finish line faster by going where no other race car had gone before—or indeed where people never thought to go before."That's the case for new energy cars. Our fossil fuel energies have constantly lost to other countries and would always come up short. But with new energy cars, we can change the rules altogether."We can't catch up to their engine tech? Then we won't—there's no way they are masters in electric-powered engines, are they? They've spent decades on internal combustion engines and haven't the first clue about electric-powered engines."So, while everyone hasn't turned all their foc
The Ackers were really interested in Yolden's perspective.For their family, investing in the new energy automotive industry wasn't meant to make money—they simply intended to add to Oskia's strength as a manufacturer.But with Yolden's input, they had new things to look forward to.If they really could propel their business to giants like Tesla, opportunities and profits would go without saying—there was also no question that it supported and improved Oskia's local car industry and manufacturing sector.Giants in the manufacturing sector were different from online giants, as the latter often enforced a stranglehold monopoly. Before they had the monopoly, they would be offering perks and subsidies to the market, and when they gained sufficient customers and consumer faith, they would start choking the market for profits.To put it in perspective, a five-mile Uber ride would cost five bucks before, and the driver would be paid ten for it. But after Uber got the monopoly, the rider