Nanako said happily, “It’s a deal, then!”Yahiko asked, “Since we will be staying longer, should we buy a mansion in Aurous Hill? I’m afraid it will be too boring if we stay in the hotel for a long time.”Nanako asked him with wide-opened eyes, “Is that possible, Otou-san? Can we buy a mansion in Aurous Hill?”Yahiko shook his head helplessly and said, “You’re the head of the Ito family, so you have the final say on how money is spent, right?”“That’s great!” Nanako said to Hiroshi, “Tanaka-san, if you’re free tomorrow, why don’t you leave for Aurous Hill early in the morning to find a suitable mansion first, then?!”Hiroshi said without hesitation, “No problem, Miss. I will leave early in the morning tomorrow.”Having said that, he asked again, “By the way, Miss, do you have any requirements for the mansion?”Nanako thought for a while and said, “Bigger, quieter, and it doesn’t matter if it’s remote. It will certainly be impossible to find a Japanese-style mansion in Aurous Hil
When Charlie returned to the villa at Thompson First, Claire was still cleaning up the house with several cleaning staff.The cleaning company even used professional odor-purifying equipment to clean the entire first floor thoroughly because the smell of tobacco, alcohol, moldy food, and vomit on the first floor was really too strong.Jacob, who was one of the sources of the stench, had been invited to the courtyard by Claire at this time.After Jacob had been enlightened by Charlie, he did not drink too much alcohol all day, but he was still a little disheveled. He was wearing a pair of boxers and a basketball vest as he smoked a cigarette and sighed as he sat in the courtyard. Only then did Charlie realize that his old father-in-law’s body had become puffier, especially when he was sitting there. His belly was piled into a large lump, and coupled with his scruffy beard, he suddenly looked much filthier.Jacob’s eyes suddenly lit up when he saw that Charlie was back. He quickly
Hannah nodded and snapped her fingers in a chic manner. “I’m going first, bye.”After saying that, she stepped on the accelerator and drove the car away. Elaine walked home with Jacob’s support as she cursed, “Damn Hannah, she managed to show off in front of me today. I think she doesn’t even remember who she is anymore! Damn! God must really be blind to let this kind of woman make money!” Jacob said casually, “Since you can’t accept it, just stay away from her in the future and don’t pay attention to her anymore. Just don’t give her the chance to show off in front of you, then.”“What do you know?!” Elaine said very seriously, “When I was rich, Hannah also hated me very much, but she always followed me and flattered me. Do you know why?”Jacob nodded. “Yes. Because it’d be a waste for her not to take advantage of you. Although the two of you are not born from the same mother, your temper and personality are the same. The both of you would definitely go even if your enemies invi
As Charlie, Claire, and Jacob were eating in the dining room, Elaine hid in her room and quietly opened the short video platform.In this era where everyone could be an anchor, even a dog could start a live broadcast online. The only difference was whether there would be an audience or not.Elaine fumbled to create her own live broadcast room and then entered the words ‘Elaine’s live broadcast’ in the column for the name of the live broadcast room.After that, she completed the creation of her live broadcast room and started the first online live broadcast of her life.As soon as the live broadcast started, Elaine began looking for ways to add the shopping cart because she had watched Hannah’s live broadcast and knew that the most important thing in a live broadcast was to sell goods. Therefore, one must have a shopping cart in order to sell goods. Consumers would only be able to place the order after the product link was posted.However, Elaine could not find the shopping cart op
After the order was created, Elaine immediately returned to her live broadcast room and waited for users to come.As long as the money was spent, the effect was really there immediately. Soon, the number of viewers in the live broadcast room changed from zero to one.At this moment, Elaine was very excited and hurriedly said, “Oh, welcome to my live broadcast room!”The other party dropped a comment. “Pfft.”After that, he left the live broadcast room immediately. When Elaine saw her first viewer leaving after leaving a word, she cursed angrily, “What do you mean by ‘Pfft’? You really do not know any better, do you?!”As soon as she was done speaking, another viewer came in. Elaine quickly put her angry expression away and said with a smile, “Welcome, new...”The number of viewers in the live broadcast room returned to zero after she had spoken two words. Immediately afterward, a series of people came in. They all retreated immediately, as soon as they came in. At least, th
Elaine almost went berserk the moment she saw the system prompt!She never expected that her live broadcast debut would start so low as this!This caused her self-esteem to be greatly hurt.She was so furious that she contacted the short video platform’s customer service directly, and the customer service consultant then said, “Hello, how can I help you?”Elaine immediately cursed angrily, “Why did you ban my live broadcast room?! Who gave you the right to do so?! Do you believe that I will call the police now?!”The customer service consultant quickly comforted her, “Hello, please calm down first. Can you tell me the reason why you were banned?”Elaine said angrily, “A prompt suddenly popped up, saying that I insulted others. What does this mean?”The customer service consultant asked politely, “Madam, please provide me with your platform ID number of the cell phone number when you registered the account.”Elaine replied angrily, “It’s the number that I’m using to call you!”
Elaine was so angry with the other party that she felt all the blood rushing to her head in an instant. She could feel buzzing in her head. The extreme anger and grievance made her hands tremble involuntarily, and her upper and lower teeth could not stop shaking and making a clattering sound.Unexpectedly, the customer service consultant spoke up again and said, “Madam, how about this? Although it is indeed wrong for you to swear, I can understand your feelings to a certain extent. In order to make up for your bad experience, I can give you a coupon for a five-dollar discount when you spend more than two thousand dollars. The coupon has already been sent to your account. You can use it if you create promotional orders next time as long as the amount for the single transaction exceeds two thousand dollars.”Elaine could not hold back anymore at this moment, and her whole body shook angrily like a volcanic eruption as she yelled angrily, “Who wants your d*mn coupon?! Who cares about th
Claire did not expect that she was clearly here to comfort her mother but was misunderstood by her mother in the end. She was helpless and could only explain to Elaine, “Mom, that’s not what I meant...”Elaine waved her hand dejectedly and said, “Forget it, you don’t need to explain anything to me. Your explanation is just a cover-up. I know that you think that I don’t have the ability to do a live broadcast!”Claire sighed and said, “What do you think, then? I’ll support you if you feel that you still have a chance and you want to continue with the live broadcast, but there is one thing you should understand. You have to control your emotions well regardless of whether your live broadcast finally succeeds or fails. You cannot get angry just because you failed to accomplish something, otherwise, if your health suffers because of your anger, wouldn’t the loss outweigh the gain, then?”Although Elaine was aggressive and unreasonable, she could still distinguish the good and bad someti
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