Charlie walked around Steerlain Island, and he felt that this place really had a unique geographical location.The density of luxury mansions on the winding road was not high on Steerlain Island even though land was scarce in Hong Kong. Each villa had a manor and one courtyard on its own. Coupled with the warm and humid climate in the south, it would not only be quiet but also comfortable to live here.Charlie then saw the Halbert Mansion that Marianne had mentioned. The door was closed, and it seemed like no one had lived there for a long time. Although the front of the house was a little old, its overall look was still stylish and grand. Charlie strolled around, and when he returned to the Long family’s villa, Marianna had just come out. When she saw Charlie, her pretty face flushed red, and she asked, “Mr. Wade, how was it?”Charlie smiled and said, “Very good. Are you ready to go out?”“Yes.” Marianne smiled and said, “I will try to finish up earlier today and pick you up a
Jenna, who was aside, smiled and said, “Oh, Shawn, your idea is really good. Mr. Wade must usually have his own businesses to attend to in Oskia, but he can definitely rest on weekends. Why don’t you buy the Halbert Mansion next door, renovate it, and give it to Mr. Wade? You can send a plane to pick Mr. Wade up and bring him to Hong Kong for a vacation every Friday, then.”Charlie smiled and said, “Thank you for your kindness. This matter does not sound very suitable for me, but it seems to be rather suitable for one of my elders.”Having said that, he changed the subject and said to Shawn, “Mr. Long, shall we head to your company for a chat later?”“No problem!” Shawn said excitedly, “I’ll get someone to prepare the car now!”Jenna, who was aside, asked, “Shawn, will you and Mr. Wade be coming back for lunch? Would you like me to prepare lunch in advance?”Shawn waved his hand and said, “I’ll not be coming back. I’m planning to take Mr. Wade to Alkova Dining at noon so that he c
At this moment, Charlie saw the relief on Shawn’s face.However, he simply smiled slightly and asked Shawn, “Mr. Long, you look very happy. Is anything special happening today?”Shawn waved his hand and smiled as he said, “Haha! Everything else is all trivial matters aside from my collaboration with you, Mr. Wade! It’s nothing to worry about!”Charlie did not point it out either. He looked at the scenery outside the window and said indifferently, “It rained heavily last night, and the sun is shining brightly. It seems as though something good is going to happen today.”“Yes, that’s right.” Shawn smiled and said, “I specially asked Master Yaleman to draw up a divination for me this morning, and he said my hexagram shows positive energy coming from the east. He said that this means that something good is going to happen.”“Master Yaleman from Mystery Court?” Charlie asked with some surprise, “I wonder what is the name of this Master Yaleman? What is his relationship with Jack Yalema
Shawn had two office buildings in Central. The total value of the buildings had already exceeded twenty billion Hong Kong dollars now, and this was considered to be the largest component of Shawn’s assets.However, Shawn was not considered the real big boss in Central. The real big boss in Central was actually the Laine family who had faded out of Hong Kong. The price of the Laine family’s building in the center of Central was approaching forty billion Hong Kong dollars. After the team entered Central, Shawn introduced to Charlie proudly, “Mr. Wade, this is Central, the financial center of Hong Kong. You haven’t been in Hong Kong for a long time, and you might not know much about Hong Kong. The price of land in Central is really high.”He smiled as he said, “Mr. Wade, the rental for Grade-A office buildings here is almost the highest in the world, and it is sixty percent more expensive than the famous Manhattan in New York. Those who can set up their companies here are Fortune 500
When Shawn heard Charlie’s question, he smiled and said, “Mr. Wade, Marianne’s biggest problem is that she has never been in love.”Charlie frowned and said, “What has the fact that Marianne has never been in love have anything to do with you wanting to demolish the food street?”Shawn hurriedly said, “Look, this child is already twenty-four years old this year, and she is already of marriageable age. However, she has never been in love before and is always in a blank emotional state in terms of her relationship. She has also been particularly nostalgic. She is in her twenties, but she still goes to the food street to eat and hang out with those vendors every day as if she was still a child. This proves that she is using the nostalgia of her time with her mother in the past to fill her emotional void.”Having said that, Shawn looked at Charlie and said meaningfully, “In truth, the best way at the moment is to let her mature quickly and get into a relationship. Once she falls in love
Charlie smiled and gestured at them. After that, he followed Shawn all the way to his office. What was interesting was that Charlie had met at least another seven or eight employees with the same dressing and temperament along the way. Aside from that, there were hardly any male employees that could be seen on this floor.So, Charlie asked with great interest, “Why are there only female employees here, Mr. Long?”“Eye candy!” Shawn smiled and said, “My employees are basically all air stewardesses. All of them are more than 1.75 meters tall and below twenty-eight years old. I pay them twice the salary, but they do not need to hold any important positions. It is enough for them to dress up like this to greet me every day and serve me well at the same time.”Having said that, Shawn was afraid that Charlie would misunderstand him, so he quickly explained, “Mr. Wade, the kind of service that I’m talking about is not anything unsavory. It’s just simple, normal, and healthy daily service
Very soon, a middle-aged man wearing glasses who looked very civilized and gentlemanly walked in with two young girls.The two young girls kept their heads lowered, and they looked very restrained, probably because they were nervous. As soon as Tyson came in, he saw Shawn, who was sitting on the sofa facing the door. So, he smiled very familiarly and said, “Shawn! Let me introduce two newcomers who have just signed a contract with me to you!”Shawn waved his hand, smiled, and said delightfully, “Don’t be so anxious to introduce them to me first. Come, let me introduce my young and promising new friend to you.”Having said that, he said respectfully to Charlie, “Mr. Wade, let me introduce someone to you if it’s convenient for you!”Tyson had simply seen the back of Charlie’s head, and he was originally wondering why this person had been so rude and not even turned his head when a guest had come in. This made him feel a little unhappy. However, when Tyson heard Shawn addressing C
Shawn took Charlie’s reaction to heart, and he knew that Charlie must not like this kind of girl. So, he immediately said to the second girl, “You, come forward and greet Charlie.”The girl was a little cowardly, but Tyson, who was aside, let out a cough, and her whole body then trembled slightly. She could only bite the bullet and walk in front of Charlie as she said timidly, “Mr. Wade... I... My name is Zara Kayford...”Shawn was a little dissatisfied and said coldly, “I asked you to greet Mr. Wade, but you did not even dare to look Mr. Wade in the eyes. Do you know how to be polite or not?!”The girl was frightened, and she instantly looked up at Charlie. At this moment, she instantly had an extremely shocked expression on her face as she subconsciously blurted out, “Ah! How is it you?!”Charlie also recognized the girl.He did not expect that it would be the Oskian girl whom he had seen singing on the street near the University of Tokyo when he had gone to Japan previously.
Unable to nitpick on the air stewardess' response, Elaine pouted, "Well, try to ask management to improve on your first-class cabins anyway. Maybe even make a premium-class or something since it's not like we can't afford it."The air stewardess quickly said, "We will definitely relay your message to the management."Nodding in satisfaction, Elaine waved her off. "Alright. You can go back to work now."Clearly relieved, the air stewardess bowed her head respectfully. "Always happy to be of service."After the air stewardess left, Jacob asked Elaine in curiosity, "Was the private jet that good?"Elaine rolled her eyes. "Didn't you see the stuff I posted in the chat group?""Not really," Jacob blurted. Elaine was ready to snap at him for not caring, but considering that they had made up now and she shouldn't fuss too much over the little things, she snorted, "Just remember to like and comment on all my posts in the chat group, otherwise, I will make you regret it!""No problem!"
While the ten collectors were taking turns studying the bronze sculpture, Jacob and Elaine were boarding their flight.As they were flying first-class, they had priority over the other passengers and boarded from the separate plug door at the first-class section.The capacity of the Boeing 777 was huge, and the wide-body aircraft could be connected to a special double corridor bridge where first class and business class passengers boarded separately from the economy class passengers.As the terminals to economy class and business class were connected, Elaine and Jacob were able to get through the first-class terminal unimpeded, but the passengers in economy class had a queue of over two hundred passengers. Even as she walked, Elaine was looking over her shoulder and exclaiming at Jacob, "Must be nice being rich! We used to have to queue like the rest of them, waiting for over thirty minutes just to board our flight." "In first class, we may be in the same plane, but we don't hav
Meanwhile, once Raymond had briefed everyone about the rules, he opened the door and invited everyone into Treasure Measure.It was not that wide but appeared spacious since the interior was mostly empty—it was not really crowded even with thirty-ish people.Then, locking the door from the inside, Raymond told them, "I can tell from everyone's faces that we are all veterans here, so I'm sure you understand the rules while appraising: no photos or videos, thank you very much."Indeed, there were many rules that governed the hobby, the most important being respecting the seller's requests and privacy.As the collectors listened, they knew that Raymond was selling but did not want the public to know too much about him.They all nodded, and those who had their phones out slid them back into their pockets.With that, Raymond took out the bronze sculpture that he had brought, leaving Trippy a little surprised.He had never seen the bronze sculpture with his own eyes before, only from
"Alright!" Trippy was at once fawning, tagging along behind Raymond like a little child.Around thirty people were waiting in front of Treasure Measure by now. The collectors came in twos or threes, and all ten numbers had since been taken.Before Raymond arrived, he had a brief look at the collectors' faces through the security cameras before walking over, and he was really relieved to see no familiar faces.Having traded Oskian antiques for years abroad, it was only natural that he was acquainted with some of the elite collectors in the country.He also knew that they were especially demanding with the quality of their collection and wanted almost flawless items. As such, the bronze sculpture which had been completely lost wouldn't interest them.Still, he was also a little concerned that amongst the elite collectors he knew, there might be some who were losing money and losing purchasing power in turn. If they happened to take an interest in the bronze sculpture on top of that,
Trippy grinned. "I mean, just look at my stall—ain't no way I'm getting any business here. Why not let me check out this item of yours? And see how interested they are? I'm really interested in learning and upping my game."Then, as if worried that Raymond would refuse, he quickly added, "Don't worry—I promise to stay in a corner and just watch."Still, Raymond could guess right then that someone must have sent Trippy to spy on him.It didn't matter whether it was Mick, Jacob, or Zachary either—they were all in this plot together, and one knowing meant all three knowing.Trippy was a gossiper in nature. If he was allowed to witness the whole process, everyone down Antique Street would definitely know before long.In fact, he could use someone like that right now, and Trippy had come straight to his doorstep.With that in mind, Raymond smiled, "Come join me if you're interested. It's not like there's anything to hide…"Pausing, he then warned Trippy, "But since you're going in my
After watching Mick's video, Jasmine's opinion of the man improved considerably.She was actually well aware that the decline of Vintage Deluxe was mostly due to Mick's incompetence.However, as Jasmine was now managing a billion-dollar company, she couldn't spare any time to ask many questions about Vintage Deluxe's performance. In her opinion, as long as Vintage Deluxe didn't lose too much money or ruin the reputation they had worked so hard to build, she wasn't interested in a regime change.It was the same mindset as Marianne Long, who begged her father to keep that lane full of food stalls in Hong Kong over sentiment.As such, seeing that Mick actually had some skill pleased her considerably.She couldn't resist checking out the comments of the video too.She saw that many were praising the manager of Vintage Deluxe for taking a tough stand against the scammer as well as how Vintage Deluxe's reputation was long-standing and without comparison.She soon noticed Jacob's comme
Soon, more collectors had gathered outside Treasure Measure even before Raymond showed up at Antique Street, with over ten of them gathered outside in no time at all.Since Raymond had only prepared ten slips, the rest left in disappointment seeing that they had no chance.Even so, the ten collectors who had gotten a number were nervous—save for the first man who had arrived.The details on the online sales post insisted that the price was fixed, and that first-come first-serve applies.If he bought the bronze sculpture, the other nine would have come all this way for nothing.However, if the seller decided to make it an auction, they would have a chance too, although their net profit would thin in turn. After all, they could have acquired the bronze sculpture for just 20 million, and that meant a solid 8 million in profit.An auction would at least raise the price to 27 million, and more would make it chicken feed.If they gave up at that point, it was a waste of a trip.If
Trippy naturally wasn't going to tell Mick everything word-for-word, so he said vaguely, "Uh, they were just being stubborn and refused to listen to anything I said. They kept saying that they wouldn't know until they saw the actual item."Mick got out of bed, staring at his phone as he mused to himself.This was getting a little ridiculous, was it not? A fool who was scammed, actually able to scam someone else? But if he really could sell it, wouldn't all their work be for nothing?With that in mind, he promptly called Zachary, who wasn't even up yet.Ever since he had started working for Don Albert, his daily routine was no longer the same as the days when he was a humble stall owner working on Antique Street, but a man of importance who slept late and woke up late.In the evening, he would be spending his time patrolling Don Albert's night entertainment properties as well as holding meetings with subordinates to decide on management policies and the like. That was why he wo
Seeing that Mick had a favor to ask, Trippy was naturally eager to seize the opportunity to get in his good graces."Don't worry, Mr. Crane!" He promptly replied. "Just leave it to me!"Returning to Treasure Measure, he went up to the first man who had come and said, "Hey, brother… Did you come to buy the bronze sculpture from Mr. Cole?"The man asked warily, "You know about the bronze sculpture?""Of course!" Trippy grinned. "I know all too well—it's actually famous here in Aurous Hill."Whipping out his phone, he played the short video that Mick had spent five grand promoting, saying, "Here—check this out!"Curious, the man took the phone and watched the video solemnly.The other latecomer soon hurried over as well and stared fixedly at the screen too.They watched as Bill entered a room with the bronze sculpture with Mick, the latter who checked it out and started commenting on it.The first man exclaimed in surprise, "Oh, it really is that bronze sculpture."The second ma