Charlie reassured with a firm expression, "Don't worry, Grandpa. I'll do my best to completely eradicate the Qing Eliminating Society." - Charlie was excited after the conversation. Seeing that it was late at night and Keith should have retired long ago, Charlie said to the crowd, "It's getting late. Grandpa, you should rest early. Uncle Christian, Uncle Kaeden, and Detective Lammy, please be with Grandpa to make the investment perfect. I'll return to Aurous Hill first." "Are you leaving now?" Keith asked in surprise. "Yes." Charlie explained, "I have some business to tend to when I get back, so I need to return now." "But you took more than ten hours to get here." Keith suggested, "Why don't you spend the night here and leave early tomorrow morning?" Charlie smiled and said, "It's already past 2 am. I'll head to the airport now, and by the time I fly to Aurous Hill, it'll almost be dawn. If I spend the night here, I probably won't get back to Aurous Hill until tomorrow aft
As soon as the call was answered, Charlie said to Helena, "You have to push Harrison on the AI model, the sooner the better." Helena said, "Okay, Mr. Wade. I'll call him right away." She then asked, "Have you read the latest technology news? The AI company controlled by the Rothschild family has just completed a new upgrade, and it has caused a sensation in European and American technology circles." "Really?" Charlie asked curiously, "What new functions have been upgraded?" Helena answered, "I looked it through, the upgraded new feature is video generation. Now, the computing power they open to enterprise users has supported the generation of a 60-second AI video through the specified text. Although the video effect has not yet reached the point of being real, it is much stronger than many animation effects that cost a lot of money to use virtual engine 3D modeling. It is very powerful." Charlie suddenly thought of what Vera had told him when he was in the United States two d
In his excitement, Charlie was very clear that this brilliant move did not come from him, but from Vera. Thinking of this, he felt particularly grateful to Vera. If it weren't for her reminder, he would never have thought to extort an AI model from Harrison. After all, his original intention was merely to use the Healing Pill to control Harrison and Julien. As for the money from the sale of the Healing Pill, he wanted to do a favor for Helena, which would be her reward and also help the Nordic royal family improve their strength. But now, the AI model he had unintentionally acquired might be his biggest reward from this trip to America. Hence, he immediately said to Helena, "Urge Harrison to speed up. If he can complete the setup of the AI model in the shortest possible time, I will give him the right to purchase half the pill. Once the AI model is up and running, he can pay and get the pill anytime." "Okay, Mr. Wade," Helena replied with a chuckle. "With your words, I thi
Harrison said with a smile, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for the acknowledgment. I never imagined that AI technology could have such a tremendous impact." Helena added, "By the way, regarding the AI model being implemented in Northern Europe, I hope you can expedite the process so that this model can be established and officially operational as soon as possible." Harrison agreed without hesitation, "Please rest assured. I have paid close attention to this matter and have instructed them to begin preparing the hardware. The team in charge of building the cloud server is ready to go to Northern Europe to choose a site. Everything is proceeding in an orderly manner." Helena asked, "How long do you think it will take to get everything done?" "Well..." Harrison said, "I talked to the person in charge of the AI project, and he said it could take at least two years." "Two years?!" Helena gasped in shock and asked with a frown, "Why would it take so long?" Harrison swiftly explained,
"O-One month?!" Harrison sucked a breath nervously and then snapped, "Your Highness, one month is simply impossible. As I just told you, we may have completed the site selection for our data center in Europe in a month, but not the design and setup. I can't let them build the hardware of the model in the open air, can I?" Helena suggested, "Mr. Rothschild, while I may not understand high-tech matters, I feel that if I wanted to settle in a place, there's no need to start entirely from scratch by selecting a site, designing, and building a new house, right? Wouldn't it be simpler to find an existing property that meets all my needs and just buy it directly?" She continued, "If you're worried about the cost, don't worry, I can cover it." Harrison's heart skipped a beat, and he quickly replied, "No, no! Money is not an issue at all! I'll take care of it. I'll have my team immediately look into what suitable data processing centers exist in the Nordic region. If we find one, we'll
Harrison's mind was filled with the purchase right of half the elixir. Even without Helena's urging, he wanted to send the AI model to her as soon as possible. If that didn't work, he could just take the model in Silicon Valley and give it to her. Hence, he respectfully and firmly promised, "Your Majesty, please rest assured. I'll oversee this matter throughout the entire process. If Nvidia doesn't have enough GPUs, I have other ways. The person in charge of the AI model told me that the Zuckerberg guy seems to have hundreds of thousands of H100s. If Nvidia can't give me that amount in three days, I'll go to Zuckerberg personally for the rest. I'm sure that young man won't refuse me." Helena finally put her mind at ease after hearing this and said with a smile, "I feel so relieved now. Since Zuckerberg has that many GPUs, I suggest that you try to get 40,000 from him. After all, the AI model will be updated frequently and quickly. Once it is updated, it will need more processing po
Harrison was truly being manipulated by Helena now. He had originally thought that securing a second pill within the next three to five years would be the best possible outcome he could hope for. But who would have thought that out of nowhere, such a huge opportunity would land right in his lap? Getting another half of the Healing Pill—forget whether it would add two or three more years to his life. The key was that the effect of the pill was immediate. He already felt like he had regained the physical state he had had years ago. If he were to get another half of the pill, wouldn't his health improve even further? Once money was no longer a problem, the only thing left to worry about was how to live longer and better. And the pill Helena offered could address both of these issues at once. So, that half of the pill? He was determined to get it! Thus, after ending Helena's call, Harrison immediately called the person in charge at Nvidia. As soon as the call was answered, th
Normally, the number of graphics cards that could be shipped each day was about 4,000 to 5,000 according to the current production capacity. The key was that many companies had a strong demand for this graphics card. They didn't need to be notified to pick up the goods. They usually went to the delivery center of the assembly plant two to three days in advance to wait for the delivery date. Some even took a helicopter to the assembly plant to wait. As soon as the graphics cards were delivered, they would immediately take the helicopter to their own company. After all, AI was currently the biggest trend in the global tech industry without question. Not only were the world's top companies racing to procure H100 graphics cards to train their AI models, but even small and medium-sized enterprises in Silicon Valley were tightening their belts to purchase them. Some companies had even announced they were going all in on AI, leading to unprecedented demand for this particular graphics car
Ares LLP was the biggest law firm in the States, and only the best of the best were recruited as associates.If Jimmy got to pick ten of their partners, he was basically taking a huge chunk out of their human resources.Moreover, the partners' salaries would be very expensive. With Jimmy included, eleven of them meant over a hundred million US dollars at minimum. Ares would definitely be maimed if they had to pay that much money while losing ten of their elites! Naturally, Jimmy didn't feel confident about achieving that, and he asked Charlie, "Mr. Wade… Don't you think it's too much? Would Nate even agree to that?"Charlie shrugged. "Of course he won't agree if you're the one asking, but he would definitely say yes if it were Julien."Julien almost rolled his eyes.The man was truly ruthless, ready to inflict so much damage at the drop of a hat.Worst of all, he was going to play the villain for Charlie.Still, he said confidently, "Don't worry, Mr. Wade! I will pressure him
However, Jimmy realized something important even as he sighed in relief. "Wait, Mr. Wade… I know I should settle things in the family Stateside, but won't I be arrested upon arrival?""That's Julien's department," Charlie chuckled and turned toward the man. "Tell your butler not to send the evidence to the feds. If it has reached them already, ask to have it back and tell the feds they saw nothing."Julien promptly nodded. "I'll text him right now. You have nothing to worry about, Mr. Wade."Jimmy remained worried. "But sir, I think Nate's not going to let this slide. The man is cunning—he deliberately dug a pit so we'd fall into it, and he gathered all the dirt he could on us to be used as leverage when necessary."Charlie shook his head. "That's no big deal. Julien can make sure that you're fine even if the feds get the evidence."Julien nodded nearby. "Don't worry, Mr. Wade. The decision remains in your hands, either way. Just say the word, and it's 25 to life… otherwise, not e
The fact that Jimmy was a partner in Ares LLP already meant he had skill, while Matilda had herself been retired for years and definitely had lost her touch a little. So, having someone like Jimmy who had stayed on the frontlines all this while would definitely be no issue.And in turn, it was a good thing for Jimmy as it was better than the kennels either way.Charlie then asked Jimmy pointedly, "You say you're interested, but are you sincere about it?"Jimmy nodded without hesitation. "Yes, absolutely!""No regrets? We're talking about ten years here.""None, absolutely none!""Do you know what to say if anyone asks?""Yes, of course! I chose to further my career here in Oskia, and it was absolutely voluntary! That's what I'd say even if my family asked!"Charlie nodded. "Good. Then, you will have two weeks. Go home and set your affairs in order and report in for work afterward.""No problem!" Jimmy nodded repeatedly, actually surprised and grateful that Charlie would let hi
And yet, Julien was suddenly clapping his hands, and exclaiming excitedly, "Yes, right! We should get his wife and son over too for a happy reunion!"He then paused and quickly corrected himself, "Wait, no! I mean, they should each be caged with one empty cage separating each of their cages. They can see each other and talk, but there will be no touching. How dare he flex on me—I gotta teach him a lesson to remember!"Jimmy dropped limply on his rump, and Matilda beckoned for Paul to help him up while turning toward Julien as she pursed her lips. "Please, Mr. Rothschild… Even if you don't accept his apology, don't bring his family into this. It's against Oskian tradition—you'd insult your family's name!"Julien shrugged, not hesitating to retort, "What do your traditions have to do with me? If I mean to hurt him, forget his family—I'll drag his dogs over too!"Seeing that Julien was so furious, Charlie decided to stop him, or he might actually go through with it."That's enough, J
Holding up a thumb at Charlie, Julien exclaimed in approval, "You're right, my friend! That's far more exciting than having him jailed!"Just hearing that he would be sent to a kennel, Jimmy knew nothing would come of it—even if he didn't know the details, it was so obvious that Julien was thrilled by the very idea!Turning nervously toward Charlie, he was sobbing as he asked, "Mr. Wade…? What's this about a kennel…?"Julien chuckled coolly even before Charlie said a word. "A kennel is where you keep dogs, of course. Though there are literal dogs and metaphorical dogs, and you are the latter."Oh, don't worry. It's a really nice place where you get your own cage, and you'll be fed every day. You don't even have to work, so just sit tight and keep eating until the day you die."Jimmy's soul left his body in that instant.He was going to be locked in a cage?! That was way worse than being locked up and sent to jail! Where was the humanity around here?!Even as the thought struck h
Matilda was actually caught off guard by Jimmy's pleas, and even Paul found it hard to watch.Turning to Charlie, he said, "Please, Mr. Wade—my uncle can be a little despicable, but he is my father's brother. Please, let him have a chance to turn over a new leaf, seeing that he's earnestly repenting."While Paul spoke with Charlie, Jimmy was still confused and wondered why Paul would plead his case with Charlie instead of Julien. If there was anyone Paul should ask, it was Yolden since he was Julien's friend. So, why would he ask some young man instead of Yolden?That was when Charlie asked in curiosity, "You want to let him off? After he tried to take away your parents' legacy?"Paul smiled awkwardly. "I mean, I know the guy. He made sure to travel all this way to make a scene because he had nothing legal that could help him claim Smith Group Corporate Law from us. Otherwise, he'd have already filed the lawsuit in the States. Sure, it's a dirty move, but that's basically a des
As Julien finished, he realized something was wrong and turned toward Charlie before he knew it.Charlie held his gaze in turn, his expression quizzical and amused.Julien cleared his throat right then. "See, there are people who can order me around, but they have my utmost respect. However, a third-rate lawyer like you? Who do you think you are?"That was when Julien's butler called, and he reported respectfully as soon as the call was answered, "Sir, I've spoken with Nate Ellis, the owner of Ares LLC. He has since agreed to fire Jimmy Smith right away as well as disbar him nationwide."Julien asked, "Good. Anything else?""Well, Mr. Ellis also delivered some documents that can be used as evidence against Jimmy Smith, which he claims is enough for a lifetime sentence. If you deem it necessary, we can have it sent to the FBI.""Yes, let's go with that!" Julien replied, his tone satisfied. "And ask the director to handle it personally—I want this prick to never set foot stateside
Jimmy was sweating profusely in fear, but he argued back before he knew it, "That's impossible! Everything you say is bullshit! Gaiman simply thought he had a fair chance of winning and didn't want to pay Ares that much, and I have no idea who he partnered with, and I'm certainly not involved. Don't you try to slander me!"Nate chuckled. "Come on, Jimmy. We're all adults here, so there are things we shouldn't have to be so direct about. Mills Gaiman and your old classmate met in private many times, not to mention the private conferences you three had in secret, discussing your overall strategy and decisive points. Just so you know, Gaiman recorded every conversation, and I have the tapes with me."Jimmy's heart was left pounding as he blurted, "B-Bullshit! That's impossible!""Grow up, Jimmy," Mr.Goodman chuckled. "Every partner in every law firm always strives to rise higher, so I'm going to need as much leverage as I can. Otherwise, I'm not about to let them advance any further, e
Although the ringtone and vibration frequency were the ones Jimmy always used, this call somehow felt more urgent, leaving him exceedingly uneasy.When it abruptly stopped and left a missed call on his log, Nate Ellis soon sent a text: [Answer your damn phone this instant!]Just seeing the text left Jimmy feeling like his throat had gone dry, and as he gulped, it felt like his throat was being ripped, leaving him hurting.Still, he couldn't care less as his boss called again.Having seen the text, Jimmy didn't hesitate this time and promptly answered, watching Julien's smug face as he started tentatively, "Y-Yes, boss...?"Nate immediately yelled at him hysterically, "What the hell did you do?! Why did the Rothschilds call to complain about you?! And the complaint was from their heir apparent, at that! I worked hard for them and always toed the line for years, and I still haven't gotten a chance to meet the man, so how the fuck did you upset him?!"Jimmy's heart sank to rock bott