Holden clasped one of his hands over the other as he looked at Charlie and said, “Mr. Wade, Rosalie is still training in seclusion, and Yashita and Sheldon are not in Aurous Hill. I hope you won’t mind that their family of three has failed to come out to greet you.”Charlie nodded and asked him, “Aunt Yashita and Sheldon went out together?”Holden said, “Yes. The two of them left for Europe for their honeymoon a few days ago, and it will be a few days before they will be back.”After saying that, Holden added, “Rosalie is still training in the basement, and I haven’t had the time to inform her yet.”Charlie smiled and said, “Lord Harker, please get someone to call Rosalie to come up. I have something to tell you and Rosalie today.”Holden immediately called one of his grandchildren and said, “Go and ask Rosalie to come up to the living room. Tell her that Mr. Wade is here!”After saying that, Holden said to Charlie respectfully, “Please come with me to the living room, Mr. Wade!”
Rosalie understood what Charlie meant. Although eight-star martial artists were extremely rare, this was just one of the stops where Charlie’s fast train had stopped briefly. She was lucky enough to board this train, but she would not have much time to appreciate the scenery at this station because the train would be quickly moving on to the next stop.The next stop would be the Great Perfection Realm of the Illuminating Realm!Rosalie knew that she had said too many words of gratitude, but she also turned pale and weak in front of the favor Charlie was showing to her, so she knelt on one knee, clasped one of her hands over the other firmly, and said determinedly, “I’ll definitely do my best, Mr. Wade!”Charlie nodded with a smile. Holden’s eyes had already turned red with excitement at the side.He could understand from Charlie’s words that Rosalie’s cultivation would continue to improve. Rosalie was very young, so with Charlie’s continuous help and support, it would not be lo
Albert had taken on the job as the director of the admissions office at Champs Elys Resort. He made full preparations in order to do a good job of welcoming the new students. He not only prepared complete daily necessities for each student, but he even prepared training uniforms and stationeries for everyone to aid in their studies. The training uniforms prepared by Albert were made out of very sophisticated materials that were very comfortable when worn. In order to highlight the consistency, Albert even asked someone to handmake an embroidery of a leaf on the upper left of the training uniform.When considering the logo for the embroidery, Albert took the characteristics of Oskian culture into consideration. He felt that there was nothing that was more suitable than a ginkgo leaf to represent Oskian traditional culture. After all, the overall feeling of this kind of training uniform that was embroidered with a ginkgo leaf was indeed very unique to Oskian culture. In addition to
As the soldiers of Ten Thousand Armies arrived one after the other, the members of the Harkers also arrived to report at Champs Elys Resort under Rosalie’s lead. Nanako and Aurora also arrived on the same day and were in the same group as Rosalie.Moreover, since the three of them checked-in at almost the same time, their rooms were also next to each other. Albert reserved a room for him next to Isaac in advance for the sake of convenience. The reason why they wanted to live next to each other was because they knew each other very well. On one hand, they shared a good relationship and were familiar with each other. On the other hand, they might both be the only novices in this training without any martial arts foundation, so if they lived closer together, they could communicate more often and even comfort each other.In Albert’s words, they were good friends even if they ranked the last two in any group.This was an eternal truth. The same applied to him and Isaac.Once the stu
The medicine cauldron could not only improve the efficacy of the medication, but it could also sublimate it, increasing the actual refining efficiency by at least five times. This way, Charlie’s own physical cost and Reiki cost could be greatly reduced. After filling up the liquids, Charlie temporarily stored the liquids in the mid-level villas and planned to drive back to the city.Unexpectedly, he received a call from Caden just as he was about to go out. Caden said respectfully over the other end of the line, “Master Wade, I have something to report to you. I wonder if I’m disturbing you now?”Charlie said casually, “Master Howton, just speak up if you have anything to say.”Caden said, “Master Wade, my disciple, Sonia, has arrived in Aurous Hill with more than two hundred people from the Taoist Sect…”Charlie smiled and asked, “Is that so? When did they arrive?”Caden hurriedly said, “Master Wade, Sonia just called me, and they have just settled in at the hotel. The first
On the way up the mountain, Caden asked her, “Sonia, what did you say to your fellow members of the Taoist Sect? How did you get all of them to agree to come here so quickly?”In fact, what Caden meant was that Sonia had just taken over as the leader of the Taoist Sect, so it might not be possible for everyone in the Taoist Sect to fully accept her identity as the leader of the Taoist Sect in just a few days, let alone be convinced and obey her orders. Sonia was not a fool, so she said directly, “Master, when I went back, I didn’t tell them that you had passed on the position as the leader of the Taoist Sect to me.”Caden asked in surprise, “What? You didn’t tell them?”Sonia pouted and said, “Why should I tell them? If I told them, would I still be able to influence them?”Caden blurted out, “My goodness! Don’t tell me that you told them that it was my idea to move the Taoist Sect to Aurous Hill?!”Sonia nodded and said, “That’s right! That’s exactly what I said! You’re the onl
Sonia’s words left Caden speechless for a moment.In fact, he knew very well that even if he had worked hard for the entire Taoist Sect over the past few decades, he still could not get rid of the responsibility of losing the medicine cauldron.After all, it was a treasure that had been passed down for thousands of years and thirty-nine generations. It would be okay if it had disappeared quietly. He would feel a bit sorry and guilty for a while, but he would gradually feel relieved after a long time had passed. However, the problem was that his disciple had known about the medicine cauldron for a long time, and if she were to tell the other members of the Taoist Sect the truth, he would really become the eternal sinner of the sect.Therefore, Caden understood why Sonia refused to take the blame for him.However, Caden was indeed in a difficult situation now. Sonia denied that she was the fortieth leader of the Taoist Sect, and there was no doubt that he was still the leader of th
Caden had a somewhat ashamed expression as he said, “I told you before that the reason why I lost the medicine cauldron is mainly because of my impure motives. In fact, there is another matter that I didn’t tell you…”Sonia asked, “What is it?”Caden lowered his head and said dejectedly, “Master Wade originally intended to accept me as his disciple, and he wanted me to follow his command. He even gave me a pill sincerely, which allowed my cultivation to breakthrough to the Great Perfection Realm of the Illuminating Realm…”Sonia exclaimed, “The Great Perfection Realm of the Illuminating Realm?! Master, you… you’ve reached the Great Perfection Realm of the Illuminating Realm?! Why didn’t I hear you mention it last time?”“Well…” Caden said with great embarrassment, “I indeed reached the Great Perfection Realm of the Illuminating Realm before you came. Master Wade wanted me to reveal the Taoist Sect’s martial arts mental cultivation method, but I judged him unfairly because of my own
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