Jarvis bowed respectfully and said, “Master Wade, you’re welcome. This is my job.”Kathleen told Jarvis, “Master Yant, keep an eye on Madien and make sure to hand him over to the FBI yourself.”Claire glanced at Amily at this time and wanted to say something, but she hesitated for a long time and finally did not speak.Charlie took Claire’s behavior to heart and knew that she seemed to have compassion for Amily.However, when he saw that Claire still did not say anything in the end, he acted as if he had not noticed it.When the three arrived at the banquet hall, Kathleen instantly attracted the attention of countless people. So, the three simply found an empty corner and sat down temporarily. After sitting down, Kathleen looked at Claire, who was next to Charlie, and said a little embarrassedly, “Claire, congratulations on your graduation and the successful completion of your studies! I’m really sorry for what happened before. I really had too many inconvenient hardships, so I
After all, when Kathleen had been pursued by her uncle, he was the one who had helped her to adjust her Feng Shui and fight back to take back the position as the head of the Fox family.With this premise, it was still a reasonable explanation as to why Kathleen was so respectful to him.A few minutes later, the FBI helicopter landed in the square outside the auditorium. Several FBI agents wearing sunglasses rushed into the scene and took Madien, who was being guarded by Jarvis, out. Madien had already completely given up any resistance, and he did not struggle at all as two FBI agents put him into the helicopter.Countless people were shocked when they saw him being taken away by the FBI, and at the same time, they could not help but whisper among themselves as they tried to figure out why this big shot in the design industry was suddenly being taken away by the FBI.Jarvis watched the helicopter take off before he returned to the venue to report to Kathleen.After hearing this,
When the burly man heard Vera say that she wanted to meet their master, he instantly frowned and asked coldly, “Who are you?!”Vera said indifferently, “I already told you, I’m Vera Lavor. You don’t need to ask me so many questions. I know that this place is heavily guarded, and I know that there are an unknown number of guns aiming at me from every direction. I’m just here today to pay a visit, so you only need to pass the message on, and your master will naturally come out to meet me in person.”The burly man said angrily, “Young girl, you must be crazy! Do you know who lives here?!”Vera raised her brows involuntarily but said in a calm tone, “You don’t need to waste time speaking in front of me. I just need you to pass the message on my behalf. My name, Vera Lavor, is neither poison nor a bomb, and it will not have any impact on your duty to protect him, but if you delayed business because you refused to pass the message, can you afford to bear the consequences as a mere bodygua
Only after one entered this gate could one see that the inside of this courtyard was incredibly large. The courtyard which was neatly paved with emerald stones was at least several thousand square meters.The old man led Vera all the way to his study room and then ordered everyone to leave the study room and stay about fifty meters away. Therefore, all the family members and servants retreated to the backyard. In the study room, the old man invited Vera to sit on the Lexington chair respectfully before he asked, “Miss, where did you come from? Why didn’t you inform me in advance so that I could have arranged for someone to pick you up?!”Vera said indifferently, “My journey was quite tumultuous. I set out from Northern Europe and then arrived in Murmansk in Russia by boat first. After that, I transferred to land from Murmansk and took a car and a train to Moscow before I took a flight from Moscow to Vietnam. I finally entered Oskia by land from Vietnam and then took a plane from
Ten minutes later, the old man knocked on the door and only opened the door and walked in slowly after getting Vera’s consent. He was holding a laptop in his hand, and he placed the laptop in front of Vera as he said, “Miss, I’ve already found all the information you asked me to investigate. There are a total of five hundred and forty males named ‘Charlie Wade’ in the whole country, and a total of two hundred and thirteen of them are males under the age of thirty.” After he was done speaking, he added, “All the information about Charlie Wade is here. Please take a look.” “Okay.” Vera nodded and then placed her finger on the arrow keys as she quickly browsed through every piece of information related to each Charlie Wade.Over the past few days, she had already remembered Charlie’s appearance clearly by watching the footage of the surveillance video repeatedly. Therefore, the main method of comparison at the moment was to check whether the information that she saw through the ide
As she spoke of this, Vera suddenly raised her head somewhat unwillingly and asked the old man, “Is there a possibility that his identity has been encrypted within the system?”“Encrypted?” The old man frowned and thought about it, then spoke up and said, “There are indeed cases of encryption. The relevant information for people with special identities will be encrypted, but the system itself is unable to access the encrypted content directly in order to ensure that this encrypted information will not be found out.”Vera asked him, “What is the general encryption logic?”The old man said, “As far as I know, there are two kinds of encryption logic. The first is that his identity information is completely erased from the system and his information is stored in another system that is mutually isolated. The latter will not have any connection with the network, which means that his real information only exists in the latter system and no one outside will be able to find out any clues abo
When the old man heard Vera’s question, he pursed his lips and sighed. “Miss, there is actually a very troublesome underlying logic behind this matter.” Vera said, “Tell me about it.” The old man said, “Whether it’s the first or second kind, the number of people who are hidden is not small. Some special talents, military experts, intelligence personnel, and secret service personnel have their identities encrypted. This adds up to tens of thousands of people in the country.” As the old man said this, he added, “But the trouble is that although there is a database for these two kinds of hidden people, the vast majority of people who have access to this database do not have the highest authority over this database.” “That is to say that even if I used these two methods to hide the information of these two people back then, and even if I have access to the database, I would only be able to access information related to these two people and I have no right to access information of o
So, she hurriedly told the old man, “I’ll review the information about the missing persons first. If I still can’t find anything, you should help me retrieve information about the relevant persons who have died.” The old man nodded. “No problem!” Vera looked at the laptop again and returned to the information about the first person before she began screening them one by one. Soon, a black and white photo appeared in front of her eyes, causing her eyes to widen. The boy in this black and white photo looked just about six or seven years old. The boy looked handsome, and his features and charm seemed familiar to Vera. She then looked at the boy’s information and muttered, “Charlie Wade, a native of Eastcliff, the son of Curtis Wade and Ashley Acker…” “Charlie studied in Eastcliff Second Experimental Primary School twenty-one years ago, then transferred to Aurous Hill First Primary School twenty years ago. He then disappeared, and information in his file was never updated agai
Pausing, Julien then said, "I mostly drink wine and the occasional whiskey.""How much are those, usually?" Raymond asked.Julien thought about it. "If it's table wine, 10,000 to 50,000 USD. For bigger occasions, it'd be something over a hundred thousand."Raymond nodded and pointed at the bottle of Oskian vodka he had bought. "Guess how much that is?"Julein shook his head. "I don't usually drink Oskian alcohol, so I'm not too sure…""Come on," Charlie chuckled. "We're not asking if you know—we're just asking you to take a guess.""Then…" Julien quickly said. "I'm guessing, three thousand?""Three thousand?" Raymond chuckled and shook his head. "That's way too flattering. It's around 7 USD.""Seven bucks?!" Julien exclaimed, and he blurted, "You usually drink something that cheap, Mr. Cole?""Well, not stateside," Raymond smiled. "But I liked it after I ordered one from a diner yesterday. It's cheap, and it has quality."Julien gulped as he stared at his own cup filled to th
Julien flinched and promptly threw his hands up. "No, no, no… please don't say that, Mr. Wade! That's not what I mean—as a son, it's only right that I hope my father lives long and prospers. Why wouldn't I want him to?"Charlie pointed out, "Then why'd you say that I've screwed you over repeatedly?""Oh. I, uh…" Julien wasn't sure how to respond to that, and he groaned unhappily, "I was not being mindful with words. I take that back…" Charlie nodded. "Then, I'll give you another chance.""Huh?" Julien was left confused, and he quickly asked, "Another chance… for what?"Charlie clapped him on the shoulder again, smiling, "We're old friends, aren't we? Why would I screw you over? Anyway, your turn."Julien was left utterly aggrieved as he read through Charlie's intention—that was precisely the definition of screwing him over!If his father knew he had come to Aurous Hill to hang out with these two, especially Biden Cole, he would definitely be removed as heir! And yet, Charlie
Having seen a sliver of the common folk's plight, Julien turned back to the journey at hand.Soon, his MPV arrived at Aurous Hill's Antique Street.As it was closing hours, the place appeared bleak, almost as though it had been completely abandoned. It was only during opening hours and the few hours before closing that the place became most alive anyway.Most of the time, the vendors and employees outnumbered the guests, and during closing hours, it would get very quiet. One wouldn't even find strays here as there weren't scraps around.Still, Julien had no idea what the hell the place was, even as he arrived outside Treasure Measure following the location Charlie had sent.Once he was sure he was at the right place, he called Charlie, immediately sounding respectful and flattering, "I'm here, Mr. Wade. If you don't mind opening the door…""Alright, just hang on," Charlie said and put down the phone while turning to Raymond, who was putting the food on a folding table, "Our frien
The lawyer then finished, "To be honest, cases of regretting a donation and seeking a lawsuit to get the money back? Law firms usually won't even get one per year, and that makes it especially newsworthy for the press."Also, court records are always public. That means anyone can access the verdict, and there's no hiding anything. So, if you want the lawsuit, you'd better be prepared."Jacob was already left in despair.All he wanted was to get his money back, but he didn't think that it would end up as public knowledge.And Mr. Bay had just told him over the phone that he would try to quell the scandal's pressure and try his best to protect Jacob's place as vice president.If Jacob's name was suddenly mentioned in a lawsuit attempting to reclaim an 'accidental' donation, even Mr. Bay couldn't save him at that point.Hence, after thinking long and hard about it, Jacob realized that he was not getting his 300 thousand back.The thought crushed him, and he burst into tears, "What
At this hour, most of the employees at Talbot Associates had already left.However, there were several lawyers who had just finished a meeting regarding a certain case, and they were just leaving when Jacob arrived.Seeing that they were packing up their bags and ready to leave, he asked, "Excuse me, are you still able to take cases?"The leader smiled, "Yes, but it's a little late now. Why don't you come again tomorrow morning?"Jacob shook his head impatiently. "This is very urgent—please help me and hear me out, then see if it will work. 300 thousand banks on this, so I'll give you twenty percent whether or not I get it back!"300 thousand was really neither here nor there.However, if it were an easy civil case, that twenty percent commission would still mean sixty thousand.The lawyer thought about it. "Fine. Tell us what your problem is, and we will assess the situation first. If it's easy, we can give you a general strategy right now. But if it proves difficult, we'll hav
The cabbie nodded. "Well, Talbot Associates, it is! They're said to be number two."-While Jacob was heading off to consult a law firm, Charlie was calling Julien Rothschild over the phone.The manchild had just had room service and was lounging on the couch, fiddling with his phone.After visiting the kennels with Charlie, he had been idling his days away at the hotel, waiting for Salem and his son to post that video of them being out at sea.Once that was done, Julien would return to the States, once more the heir apparent of the Rothschilds. Still, it was boring to simply lounge around in the hotel, and he would really like to strengthen his ties with Charlie.However, he was also afraid of being too forward as Charlie could be intimidating, and he could upset him—just like a fan eager to get close to their idol but was still worried about their idol getting disgusted with them.As such, he never expected Charlie to call him, and he immediately answered eagerly, "Good even
Pausing, Mr. Bay continued, "If they're not that upset with the idea, I'll bang my gavel and make the call so that you can at least stay as a vice president."If they keep refusing, I just have to promote Mr. Zonda to become a vice president while you take over his position of head-of-department as insurance. What do you think?"Jacob certainly wouldn't protest the idea of insurance, especially when he thought he would be forced to leave the Calligraphy and Painting Association altogether earlier. He quickly exclaimed gratefully, "Thank you so much, Mr. Bay!"Mr. Bay chuckled, clearly relieved as well. "Come on, Jacob—you don't have to be so formal. I'm like a brother to you! Don't you think that's what I should be doing?"Jacob laughed earnestly for once. "Well, brother, I'm honestly relieved…" He trailed off but soon pressed on, "But I have to ask, won't the other members have things to say even if you manage to persuade the other vice presidents? What if they remain unhappy?
There were times when making a person despair to some extent could be a people-strategy.For example, when your distant acquaintance asked for a ten grand loan but you could only lend him one, you couldn't tell him directly that. It would make them think you were being insincere.The better option would be to tell them how you were worse off than they were and had a debt yourself, or that some other friend had borrowed money for three years and never repaid it.And when that mere acquaintance was in despair, you could tell them that if it was really important, you could lend them one thousand with a credit card loan.That way, while the mere acquaintance wouldn't exactly be awash with gratitude, they at least wouldn't complain about your lack of sincerity.That was exactly what Mr. Bay was doing.He had no intention of offending Jacob, but he also couldn't directly tell him to give up on claiming the position as president of the Calligraphy and Painting Association. Otherwise, Ja
Jacob felt absolutely horrible just then, and he certainly did not expect Don Albert to give him the cold shoulder.If he had known, he would have just stayed content with the 200 thousand he had made and enjoyed his trip to Dubai! If he had, the Calligraphy and Painting Association wouldn't have found out about the bronze sculpture plot, and Don Albert would still be on friendly terms with him.Absolutely regretting everything, Jacob got in the backseat of the cab, tears of grief almost welling up and out of his eyes.Then, noticing that the cabbie was quietly watching him from the rearview mirror, he turned his face aside, whipped out his phone, and called Mr. Bay.As soon as Mr. Bay answered, he asked, "How did things go over there? Have you sorted out Zachary Evans yet?"He was waiting for Jacob to ask Don Albert for help so that the latter would pressure Zachary into posting a statement retracting his previous claims.However, Jacob knew full well that there was no hope for