However, just as the number of likes on the video had exceeded one and a half million likes, there was suddenly a prompt on the TikTok account: ‘Your account has been permanently suspended for posting illegal contents!’Charlie frowned as soon as he saw the message.What the hell? Permanently suspended?Charlie immediately took out his own cell phone and tried to search for the stand-up comedy video between Cain and Marcus. At this time, he realized that the entire video had already been deleted from the internet!Charlie then realized that this must have been done by Donald. He must have spent some money to deal with his public relations crisis!Truth be told, Charlie had not expected Donald to use this method to curb the spread and circulation of this video. He could not help but feel a little annoyed at this time.After thinking about it, Charlie used his cell phone to call Stephen Thompson who was far away in Eastcliff.Isaac Cameron was one of the many spokesmen of the W
As Donald finally heaved a huge sigh of relief because the video on TikTok had already been deleted, he would never have dreamt that the TikTok video platform had already completed their transaction with the Wade family from Eastcliff. At this time, the Wade family from Eastcliff wholly owned the TikTok video platform which they had acquired for eighty-five billion dollars.Before the news was officially released, the Wade family had already begun to take over the operations of the TikTok video platform.The first thing they did was to restore Marcus’s deleted account. At the same time, they also restored the video that had been deleted.Immediately afterward, the technicians set it up so that this video would pop up directly on the home screen of all the users on the TikTok video platform across the entire country!Donald did not know that things had already taken a one-hundred-and-eighty-degree turn at this point. As he was waiting for the helicopter to arrive, he suddenly rece
Even though the Webb family also has an assets amounting to two hundred billion dollars, they did not have so much cash on hand. The amount of cash that they had on hand probably amounted to less than ten billion dollars. A household was like a family. If a family had two million dollars’ worth of assets, it did not necessarily mean that they had two million dollars in cash. They could own a house worth one million three hundred thousand dollars, a car worth two hundred thousand dollars, and certain other miscellaneous things worth two hundred thousand dollars. Finally, they would have about two hundred thousand dollars in cash.That way, all of their assets and cash would eventually add up to two million dollars.Therefore, even though the Webb family had a net worth of two hundred billion dollars, they did not have that much cash on hand.If they were to buy the TikTok video platform for eighty five billion dollars, they would have to sell almost half of their assets to do so.
Donald felt as though he was about to collapse!The helicopter was just hovering above their heads now. If Isaac would just allow the helicopter to land here, the person inside could help the father and son bring the five useless men into the helicopter with them. After that, they could take off and head back to Sudbury in less than ten minutes! He would be able to bring his son home then. However, Isaac was not even willing to give him this privilege at all!At this time, Donald quickly begged, “Mr. Cameron, my son and I are already in a very miserable state. Please be merciful and magnanimous. Please, could you just allow the helicopter to land so that we can get on the helicopter and return to Sudbury immediately? I will never forget your kindness!”Isaac snorted coldly, “Do you think you are so close to me? Do you really think you are worthy of my mercy and kindness at all?”After he was done speaking, Isaac waved his hand and said, “I have already said what I needed to say.
Isaac turned around and left as soon as he was done speaking.Donald squatted in place and covered his face as he cried silently.His dignity for this lifetime had been trampled all over today!What was the point of living like this?The main point was that he would never be able to defeat the Wade family. Even if he had a very deep hatred for them today, he would never be able to avenge himself or his family. He could not even think about it…Was there anything more painful than this?Yes, there was!The video of the stand-up comedy between Cain and his son, Marcus, was still circulating and spreading like wildfire online. The number of likes on the TikTok video had already exceeded more than three million likes. This was absolutely insane!About ten minutes later, the two pilots and the mechanic from the helicopter finally came over to Shangri-La.The second he saw them, Donald felt as though he had just seen his savior.The three people helped Donald and his son, Sean, get
Before Charlie was even done preparing dinner, Stephen called him to tell him that they have already bought over TikTok.Charlie turned on TikTok and he saw that the video has already been restored. Besides that, the video of the standup comedy was also the first video that would pop up on the home screen of all the TikTok users. The number of likes on the video has grown rapidly and it has already exceeded about five million likes at this time. Charlie felt very happy and satisfied.Did Donald really think that he would be able to use money to remove the video from TikTok? So, was Donald dumbfounded now that he has already bought over the TikTok video platform?This was exactly what he was aiming for!It seemed as though the Webb family was in a really uncomfortable position now.This video would definitely be on TikTok for a pretty long time. Even though the Webb family was very upset and distressed, they was absolutely nothing that they could do at all.After he was done pre
As he spoke, Charlie said again, “So, don’t you think that it is completely impossible for the young lady of the Moore family to be interested in a useless person like me?”Claire could not help but say, “But… but I feel that she really respects you! She even took the initiative to get off the car just to open the car door for you!”Charlie snorted before he said, “The only reason why she respects me is simply because her grandfather truly believes in me. Her grandfather is already aging and getting older. Therefore, he is starting to believe in Feng Shui and fate more and more. Since he really trusts me, he naturally respects me. That is the reason why his granddaughter is also very polite and respectful toward me. If she neglects me, her grandfather will blame her for it. At that time, she will definitely be the unlucky one.”Claire nodded gently. It seemed as though there was nothing wrong with Charlie’s explanation.Moreover, everything could be explained, and everything made
In fact, the reason why Jacob asked about the villa was because he wanted to help Charlie.He knew all about his wife’s temperament lately and he felt as though Elaine was attacking Charlie more lately. Therefore, Jacob was afraid that Elaine would continue being sarcastic as she continued attacking Charlie.In Jacob’s eyes, this son-in-law of his really saved his life many times. Therefore, he really treated Charlie as his precious son-in-law now.As the saying goes, a son-in-law was also half a biological son. Jacob could not help but feel a little sorry towards his son-in-law when he saw Charlie getting scolded. However, when Jacob suddenly talked about the villa, Elaine was also immediately distracted!Elaine looked at Charlie before she blurted out, “Yeah, when will the renovation for the villa finally be completed? When can we move into the villa? After we move into the villa, I want to leave an empty room so that I can put an automated mahjong machine inside. After that, I
The cabbie chuckled. "You're a local yet you're heading to Antique Street right away as soon as you land instead of going home? And you're still saying you're not trying to pick up a killer bargain deal?"Come on, man—it's not just you, I want that too. We cabbies work ourselves to death only for ten thousand per month at best while our friend over there made twenty million in one night. I could keep driving cabs for the rest of my life and still not make that much money."Jacob knew that the cabbie must be talking about Raymond and became even more miserable then, grumbling unhappily, "I'm going to Antique Street for business—I'm not trying to pick up some missed bargain.""No? Then you didn't hear what happened yesterday?"The cabbie was immediately curious, and without waiting for Jacob's answer, he exclaimed happily, "Look, man—it was so ridiculous not even Hollywood would put it in their script. There were these fools who were trying to sell an antique trader a replica, but th
It was nighttime in Dubai as Jacob dragged his weary body from the hotel back to the airport.As he was flying economy this time, he was left sitting at the hard bench near the boarding terminal, waiting for it to open.While he waited, his heart was torn as he tapped into the website of the Aurous Hill Charity Fund, found their donation account, and wired the entire 300 thousand he had made over to them.He had picked the Aurous Hill Charity Fund because the circles of antique collectors in Aurous Hill were all discussing how Raymond had donated half of the 20 million he had made to that same charity fund.After Raymond skyrocketed to prominence in Antique Street and became a star, it could not be denied that people admired his profound ability.However, there were also people who envied his skill in turning the tables just as there were those who were jealous he had made twenty million in a single night.Still, Raymond moved fast—soon after word spread that he had made twenty m
Elaine quickly asked, "Well, what if you can't get it done?"Jacob was apprehensive even as he sighed. "If they really pressed the issue, guess I can't even stay at the Calligraphy and Painting Association now… We will see. If things get bad, I'll just resign. I won't ask for much right now, just as long as I don't have to go to jail."Elaine nodded. "Then you should try to reason things out with Raymond Cole or ask for Charlie's help if push comes to shove. Being humiliated is still better than prison.""Okay!"-It was nighttime at Aurous Hill by the time Elaine and Jacob arrived at their hotel.Charlie and Claire had just had dinner, and Claire pulled out her phone, saying, "I just checked my flight app, and it says my parents should have landed two hours ago. They are probably at the hotel, so I'll check in on them with a video call."She had yet to open her WhatsApp when Elaine called her on a video call.Jacob was planning to check in with Claire and Charlie to put their
Hearing what Jacob had said, Elaine became anxious and pressed him as he hung up, "What's going on? You're leaving? But we just got here! My shoes have just caught Dubai dirt, so why are we leaving so soon—"However, Jacob was wiping the sweat off his brow as he mumbled quietly, "Well, at this point, I have to leave or I won't be vice president anymore."Elaine immediately fumed. "We've been married for half our lives, and this is supposed to be our honeymoon, yet we're just leaving? I've posted about this on social media too—there are plenty of people who're waiting for more posts on our trip!"And don't forget—we spent a lot on our flight tickets and our hotels! The hotel bookings can't be refunded either!"Jacob scowled dolefully. "Well, what can we do? Why don't you stay? I'll go home and get this sorted out first….""Well, how long would that take?" Elaine asked."How should I know?" Jacob sighed, uneasy and annoyed. "Don Albert is saying I have to go back and donate the 300
"But I spent 98 thousand on that bronze sculpture!" Jacob exclaimed in agitation before he knew it. "I made 300 thousand from it, and that means my profit was 200 thousand at best, but I'm supposed to return that to him as well?! That means I'd have lost my own capital too!""I can't help you if you can't bear to part with that money, Mr. Wilson," Don Albert said quietly. "In that case, you'll just have to handle it yourself.""Wait, wait, wait!" Jacob immediately became antsy and cried out right then, "Please, Don Albert! I'll return the money! I'll return it, alright?! The entirety of my profits—202 thousand, okay? At least let me keep the money I spent, okay?""By that reasoning, Mr. Wilson, when a phone scammer is told by the cops to return the money they've made from defrauding, should he be allowed to keep the money he spent on telco charges? ""Oh, I…" Jacob was left stumped and could not come up with an answer.Don Albert then pressed on, "Mr. Wilson, I've offered a prom
"Mr. Wilson, what you boys did was truly heinous!" Don Arnold growled. "I scolded Zachary myself when I found out, and I was the one who told him to post that statement!"Jacob was shocked. "But why, Don Arnold? Are you friends with Raymond Cole?""Never met the guy," Don Arnold replied.That left Jacob even more confused. "Then why are you taking his side?""I've been doing my best to clean up my image over the past couple of years," Don Albert replied coolly. "I rarely get involved in mob business or anything illicit, and everyone in Aurous Hill knows that Zachary is my right-hand man, yet he confessed to committing such a heinous crime behind my back. What is that if not sullying my reputation?"Jacob was left reeling as he didn't expect Don Albert to be so serious, but he quickly explained, "I'm sorry. I didn't expect it to affect you so terribly… It's all Zachary's fault! I wouldn't have been aware that Raymond had returned at all, but he just had to tell me and come up with
At this point, Don Albert could very well be Jacob's personal messiah.Even if he did threaten Zachary with calling Charlie persistently, he actually wouldn't dare call Charlie.After all, how would he start explaining that he was involved in a crime? And telling Charlie was basically telling his daughter—what would they think of him after this? Would he ever be able to hold his head high in the family again?As such, his only option now was to ask Don Albert and see if he would help.What he didn't know was that Don Albert was with Charlie, who had already anticipated Jacob's move.When Jacob realized he couldn't stop Zachary, Jacob would find someone who could, and Don Albert was the best man for the job!To no surprise, Don Albert's phone soon started ringing with a call from Jacob.Don Albert didn't answer right away, however, instead turning toward Charlie as he asked gingerly, "So, shall I stick to your script, Master Wade?"Seeing Charlie nod, he pressed on, "Should I
As soon as Jacob sent the voice message, Mr. Bay called.Jacob quickly answered, asking nervously, "How are things over there, Mr. Bay?""How, you ask…?" Mr. Bay sighed in exasperation. "The entire Calligraphy and Painting Association was demanding your dismissal as soon as Zachary Evans posted his statement, thinking that you have no business being the administrative vice president let alone have a place in the association."Even those officials came asking me questions, and you know how they are—gossipers, every last one of them, always finding out about the juicy stuff instantly even if it's really no big deal. The only excuse I have to stop them is that we don't have the facts, but this issue still needs to be taken care of."So, be straight with me. Were you a part of this? If you don't, do you have any definitive evidence that can refute Zachary's claims?""I… Uh…" Jacob stammered, unable to answer.He certainly wanted to say no, but he had no evidence to back himself up.
Jacob bellowed furiously, "Raymond Cole made over 19 million dollars! From my bronze sculpture! Yet you're telling me to refund that 300 thousand too?! You're just fucking with me, aren't you?!""Well, if you don't like it, just do what you like, then," Zachary replied calmly and quickly hung up before Jacob could answer.Jacob was left twitching and shaking endlessly, and there was no telling if it was from rage or fear.Beside him, Elaine quickly asked, "What did Zachary say, dear? Can he get that bronze sculpture back?"Caught by surprise at her question, Jacob flinched, and his phone slipped out of his grasp.As it seemed to hover in the air, he tried to catch it twice but failed, but Elaine managed to grab it.It was then that she noticed that he was sweating all over his face, and she promptly asked, "What's wrong, dear?"Coming to his senses, Jacob's eyes went wide with rage. "Zachary is trying to kill me! He leaked the whole thing to his Twitter page—it's like he's pulli