Leni helped Charlie pick up the ground mat and sleeping bag, saying, “I'll carry these for you.”Charlie didn't refuse his offer. The four of them walked together toward the direction out of the mountains.As they descended Mount Turtle Back, there was no one else on this small section of the mountain road except the four of them. Charlie then spoke up and said to Leni and Shermaine, “By the way, Helron and Shermaine, you were talking about Apothecary Pharmaceutical yesterday. This is a rather sensitive matter, so I didn't want to mention it in front of everyone.”Leni asked curiously, “What's so sensitive about it?”Charlie explained, “I have some connections to Apothecary Pharmaceutical. I'm actually quite familiar with their person-in-charge, so if you want to strive for the opportunity to participate in the clinical trial of the Apothecary Restoration Pill, I can help to put in a word for you.”Both Leni and Shermaine were extremely surprised. Leni blurted out, “Charles, are
Charlie originally felt no sympathy for Jameson at all. There were so many parents of children who had cancer in this world, and Jameson was just one of the millions, which was nothing special at all. Most importantly, Jameson originally had the opportunity to save his son’s life, but he gave up on this opportunity because of his own ignorance and arrogance. In that case, he no longer deserved anyone’s sympathy. Charlie never thought about giving Jameson or his son a chance.However, Charlie was surprised when Leni mentioned that Jameson had actually resigned from his position and job as the head of the FDA after Charlie met him last time and told him that he would have to pay back first if he wanted something. Jameson had then sold his property and brought his son with him to Aurous Hill to do charity. Although Charlie was well aware that the reason why Jameson did this was probably to fight for a chance for his son, Charlie appreciated the fact that he really tried hard in the
Leni said seriously, “I don’t know whether he is trustworthy or not, but I can verify indirectly from other aspects that he is a trustworthy person.”Shermaine asked doubtfully, “How can you verify it indirectly?”Leni looked at her and asked, “Do you think Charles is a bad person?”Shermaine pondered for a moment, then shook her head and said, “I think he shouldn’t be a bad person, and I don’t think that he’s a rich heir who only knows how to spend money either. I have this feeling that he’s a little profound, but I don’t know if it’s just my misconception.”Leni smiled faintly and said, “I dare not say whether he’s a profound person or not, but like you, I don’t think that he’s a bad person.”Leni then added, “What I meant by indirect verification is through our feeling that Charles is not a bad person. If he gives off the feeling that he is a bad person, then we shouldn’t believe in anything he says at all. However, since the two of us think that he is not a bad person, we have
Charlie no longer cared about Fleur’s whereabouts.After all, since Fleur had appeared on Mount Turtle Back this time, this could only mean that she had completely integrated into the secular world this time. Since she had completely integrated into the secular world, she would definitely be recorded by various surveillance monitoring systems. As long as Emmett could help him retrieve the surveillance videos, he would be able to restore and gauge Fleur’s approximate movement route in the country. Therefore, Charlie felt that there was no need for him to pay attention to Fleur at the moment. With Fleur’s strength, he would only be making things worse if he were to approach her rashly. It would be better for him to let her go wherever she wanted to go first, then wait until she had gone where she wanted to before following the clues to sort out her route. As long as Charlie could finally lock down on the spot where she entered Mount Tason, he would be able to basically pinpoint
“Go to Apothecary Pharmaceutical?” Jameson instinctively asked, then exclaimed, “Why are we going to Apothecary Pharmaceutical?”Leni's voice was somewhat excited as he said, “I have a friend who helped me and Shermaine secure spots for the clinical trial of the Apothecary Restoration Pill. It seems like he really has connections with the top brass of Apothecary Pharmaceutical. I asked him to get a spot for little Jimmy, and he agreed. We're rushing over to coordinate with them. You should hurry up and bring little Jimmy over!”Jameson could hardly believe his ears and asked doubtfully, “Weren't both of you already rejected by them? Jimmy doesn't meet their point standards as well. Who exactly is your friend? How does he have such great influence?”Leni replied, “I don't know much about his background either. He said he has a good relationship with Liam from Apothecary Pharmaceutical. Although there's no solid proof that he really knows Mr. Weaver, I feel that he's not joking with u
Leni sighed softly and asked him, “Mr. Smith, will you be bringing Jimmy over, then? If you're coming together with us, I'll wait for you at the entrance of Apothecary Pharmaceutical.”Jameson pondered for a moment and clenched his teeth, saying, “There's a saying in Oskia that ‘it’s better to have faith than none at all’. Okay, I'll go to the hospital now to pick Jimmy up. I’ll then meet you at the entrance of Apothecary Pharmaceutical.”Leni replied, “No problem. Let’s meet at the entrance of Apothecary Pharmaceutical.”Leni added, “By the way, Mr. Smith, my friend said this is somewhat of a special operation, so let's keep it low-key.”Jameson immediately said without hesitation, “I understand!”-After hanging up the phone, Jameson said to his church friends, “I have something to attend to, so I'll leave everything here to you guys.”Most of Jameson’s church friends were from the United States just like him. Some of them had arrived in Aurous Hill earlier, and due to their r
Some people were unlucky and could not find any target points in their genes, so they could not use targeted drugs for treatment. Without available targeted drugs, only traditional chemotherapy and radiation therapy were left.Jimmy's current situation was that chemotherapy was already the final barrier. However, Jameson was well aware that this last barrier was now on the verge of collapse, and it could probably only sustain Jimmy for a few months, at most.Jameson came to the hospital's day ward as if he was on autopilot. At this moment, every bed in the ward had a cancer patient undergoing chemotherapy. Among these cancer patients, Jimmy was the youngest. Originally, there was also a child of only five years old here who was terminally ill with leukemia. The child had recently passed the approval of Apothecary Pharmaceutical and obtained a quota for clinical trials, so he was transferred to the internal laboratory of Apothecary Pharmaceutical for treatment.At that time, Jameso
Jenny couldn't understand why her husband suddenly wanted to take their son out. Even though their son was critically ill, she still regarded chemotherapy as her son's last lifeline. When she saw her husband wanting to take their son out before the chemotherapy was finished, she quickly stopped him and said, “Are you crazy? No matter what it is, we have to wait until the chemotherapy is over!”Jameson waved his hand and said, “There's no time to wait. I'm taking him out now.”Jameson then took a step forward without waiting for Jenny to press the call button, removed the infusion needle from his son, and then carried his son, who was asleep, and walked out.Jenny, who was both shocked and angry, followed him and scolded him from the back, “Jameson! Put Jimmy down now! He still has half of his chemotherapy drugs left. You'll kill him if you do this!” Jameson didn't say anything, but his pace quickened, and he ran out of the hospital as if he were fleeing.Jenny hurriedly chased
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