Wendy had successfully taken the first step to take over Mallow Stenhouse Etiquette Corporation with the support of all of the hostesses.Wendy continued getting busy at the company until very late at night before she reluctantly caught the last bus as she dragged her exhausted body back to the villa at Thompson First.Ever since Wendy had started working, the Wilson family had rarely had to go hungry. They finally had some rice at home. She could not afford to feed Lady Wilson and the useless Christopher and Harold any meat or vegetable, but they could at least steam a pot of white rice to eat and satisfy their hunger when they were hungry.When Wendy returned home, Lady Wilson had just finished serving both Christopher and Harold. She had made half a bowl of rice with boiling water for herself, and she sprinkled some salt into it before she started eating it alone.When she saw that Wendy was home, she could not help but complain a little. “Wendy, why did you come home so late to
Harold burst into tears. “Grandma, I can finally eat some meat every day…”“Yes…” Lady Wilson sighed before she said, “After you and your dad recover, the both of you should look for a job too. I do not dare to expect that the both of you will be making a lot of money, but if the both of you can earn five to six thousand dollars a month, that would be more than enough. When the time comes, our family will have an income of fifteen to sixteen thousand dollars a month. When that happens, we will have already gone through our toughest ordeal!”Wendy could not help but felt a little melancholic when she heard this.She thought to herself, ‘The Wilson family in the past were not extremely wealthy, but we had tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars in assets back then…’‘At that time, our family would spend at least tens of thousands of dollars or even more in a month just on food alone.’‘However, none of us were satisfied at all at that time. We always felt that life
Charlie added, “Remember to invite Doris, the vice-chairman of Emgrand Group too.”Graham immediately replied, “Okay, Master Wade. I will call Miss Young in a short while to inform her about it, then.”Charlie replied, “I will have to trouble you to make all the arrangements for me, then.”Graham immediately replied respectfully, “Master Wade, there is really no need for such formality between the both of us! You can just give me any instructions without any hesitation at all!”Charlie hummed slightly before he smiled and said, “When the time comes, I will drop by your house a few hours in advance to give Aurora some guidance. At the same time, I would also like to give you a small gift.”When Graham heard this, he was so excited that his voice was trembling in excitement. He speculated that Charlie might be thinking of giving him a Rejuvenating Pill. He was filled with uncontrollable excitement as he blurted out, “Thank you so much, Master Wade!”Charlie laughed slightly before
Charlie did not have many opinions about Wendy. Initially, he thought of helping her a bit by giving some money to solve her current difficult situation due to her sincere repentance. But after he realized that she was being bullied and had discovered the evil antics of Hebron and Xavia, Charlie had had this idea of helping society remove those evil people. Therefore, he went with the flow and passed Hebron’s Mallow Stenhouse Etiquette Corporation to Wendy for her to manage. However, Charlie was cautious and concerned for Wendy. Thus, he had specified that despite managing the entire company, she could only earn ten thousand Oskian dollars as her monthly salary. The reason for doing this was because besides limiting her income and authority, it was for her to be content with her lot and not become complacent. On the other hand, Wendy had never thought of all these. For Charlie to help her till this level now, she was already very satisfied.
“Ahh!” Claire exclaimed and realized that Charlie had just given her a sudden attack. She quickly pretended to be frightened and said, “Ah! I am so kind to feed the little puppy, but I got bitten instead!” Charlie opened his mouth. As he ate the strawberry, he mumbled, “If I am the little puppy, what are you?” Claire gave a lighthearted hum and answered, “Since I am the one who fed the little puppy, surely I am the little puppy’s owner!” Charlie laughed, “If I am the little puppy, then you are the bone which I hold in my mouth.” Claire laughed, “That’s so ‘nice’ of you to describe me as a bone…” Charlie replied seriously, “Don’t you know that bones are most protected by little puppies? Even if the sky drops, the little puppy would not let go. If anyone dares to snatch the bone, the little puppy will go all out to defend it!” Seeing Charlie’s serious expression, Claire was touched. She said shyly, “If that is the case, I will forcefully be the bon
The one thing Charlie was most grateful about Claire was that ever since she had gotten married to him, she had never despised his background.After all, a person who had lost both parents since he was eight years old, grew up in the orphanage with a high school level of education, and a loser who had nothing, would surely not be an ideal candidate for a marriage partner.However, Claire, who was the prettiest woman in Aurorus Hill, had decided to marry him without any complaints. To date, it had been four years.Throughout these four years, many people had instigated and tried to force Claire to divorce him. Nonetheless, she had not been influenced, not even once.Just from this point alone, Charlie was very grateful to her.Most recently, Charlie also thought of finding opportunities to tell Claire about his background. Nevertheless, he hesitated for quite some time whenever he thought of his unfulfilled revenge for his parents and the undiscovered reasons for his parents’ death
For the past hundreds of years, there were hearsays of the Rothschild family in Europe and North America.Some said that they ruled half of Europe, while others said that they ruled not only half of Europe, but even half of America.Their presence in Europe and America was almost everywhere—the most profitable bank was theirs, the most profitable oil refinery enterprise was theirs, the largest shipping consortium was theirs, even the largest military group was theirs.During the Industrial Revolution, this family was the one who had pushed for and controlled the railway transport in Europe and America. As for gold, diamond, and other important mineral resources, those were their traditional areas of strength.Based on rough estimates, the entire family’s asset value was worth at least trillions and above.This meant that based on the asset scale, one Rothschild was ten times of the Wade family. Even more terrifying was that as an established Jew, Rothschild had strong politic
This time, Charlie wanted to give them the medicinal pills, so for sure, they would be very happy. Once Travis, who was from Lancaster, heard of the news that Charlie was inviting guests, he immediately asked Harvey, Charlie’s friend from the orphanage, to drive him to Aurous Hill. Travis had quite a lot of properties in Aurous Hill. Thus, he planned to stay a night in Aurous Hill just in case any unforeseen circumstances might delay his journey. The reason for prioritizing this was mainly because, in his eyes, this opportunity was too rare. Emgrand Group’s Doris was the only one who had not received Graham’s notification.It was not that Graham had forgotten about her. The main reason was that Graham did not have Doris’s contact information. Before Charlie had taken over Emgrand Group, Doris had been the Vice President of Emgrand Group all this while. She was not a young lady from some big family nor was she a rich kid with power. Instead, it w
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
Fuming, Jimmy snapped at Julien, "If you insist on playing it like that, I will call my boss, and you can talk to him yourself!"Julien chuckled. "That's unnecessary. I've never met him. He would never recognize my voice."Jimmy laughed and nodded despite himself. "Impressive—you can really come up with anything! You don't have his number because he's beneath you, you refuse to call him because he's beneath you, and when I say I'll call him for you, you say he won't recognize your voice. Well, how do you suppose we should sort this out? At least prove you're a Rothschild, or anyone could claim that they are—"Julien held up a hand to stop him. "Then, how about this? I'll ask my butler to talk to your boss."Jimmy laughed even more loudly as if it were the best joke ever. "Hahaha!!! Butler, you say?! You really know how to talk! Alright, I'll wait and see what your 'butler' can do… I mean, what you can do. We'll see whether my boss calls me!"Julien ignored him and whipped out his
Naturally, Jimmy couldn't care less about Julien's suggestion, even looking at him pointedly from head to toe while smirking in contempt, "What, do you think I'd just do what any nutjob tells me to do just because they're claiming to be the Rothschilds' heir apparent?"Julien nodded, still smiling. "Good point, but don't worry—it's the same whether you call him or he calls you."Jimmy laughed. "I was offering you a way out, but you want to keep pressing your luck? Since you don't care to back off, let's see how you're going to finish this fight."Then, he shrugged while pointing at Yolden. "Well, it's the perfect chance to measure Matilda's husband, I guess."Based on what he saw of Yolden, there was no way he would buy Julien's claims, and thus labeled him an impostor in his mind.An ordinary lecturer in Aurous Hill, being friends with the Rothschilds' heir apparent? Not to mention that there had been plenty of fraudulent cases outside the States where the Rothschild name was use
Jimmy was taken aback since he didn't recognize Julien at all, mainly because the Rothschilds had always kept out of the public eye.In fact, it was basically impossible to gather genuine information about the Rothschilds online, as it was a mix of press releases and gossip. Most online biographies would only be about the older generations or certain frivolous figures. Any information about key members like Steve would never be searchable online.Matilda was confused as well, not quite understanding who Julien was since he wasn't on the list of guests invited.Seeing that she was confused, Julien turned and smiled at Yolden, "So, Professor, shouldn't you introduce me to the bride?"Yolden finally remembered that and quickly nodded, "Sorry, it slipped my mind."Turning toward Matilda, he smiled, "Darling, this is Julien Rothschild… A friend of mine from the states…"Julien's full name left everyone within earshot gaping as the Rothschild name was way too famous across the globe.
Seeing that Jimmy was getting a little nervous, Charlie smiled and assured him, "Please, you have nothing to worry about. No one's going to do anything to you, but if you feel threatened in any way, you can call the cops. The Oskian emergency hotline is 110, by the way."Jimmy was slightly relieved as he could see that Charlie really wasn't trying to make things awkward for him, and he straightened his collar as he said, "Actually, I didn't mean to cause trouble—I'm pleased that Matilda has found true love once more, and if we can be friends, I can set aside my claim and stay for the rest of this wedding, offering the newlyweds our best wishes as a representative of my family."Still, his expression showed contempt as he turned toward Yolden. "Also, I'm really curious and looking forward to seeing what connections Professor Hart might have that you say could be better than Bill.""You'll see soon enough," Charlie smiled and nodded.Jimmy remained skeptical and scoffed, "I really do
If Charlie really did get Jimmy to stay, who knew what other rubbish Jimmy would spout.As for Jimmy, he was actually surprised Charlie was asking him to stay, and his instincts told him that Charlie definitely didn't mean well.Not only that, he was on foreign soil—wouldn't he be defenseless if Charlie called in his friends to beat him up?Hence, he shook his head without hesitation as he said, "I'm sorry, but my sister-in-law is quite keen for me to leave, so I have no reason to stay and add to her problems. And it is her big day. I can afford to let her save face instead of spilling the beans on her all at once.""Oh, but you were complaining about the lack of important people just now!" Charlie quickly interjected. "It just so happens that we have a big-shot on his way here, and he's a good friend of the groom. When I told him about you over the phone, he said to keep you here no matter what it took, since he would like to talk to you face to face."Jimmy frowned. "What, are y
And with those words, Jimmy turned to leave.Despite threatening Matilda, there was no such agreement, and he knew that Matilda was well aware of that.Regardless, the only strategy he had in mind when he came to Oskia was harassment. As such, he simply came up with a lie to make Matilda look bad in public. All it took from there was just for one person to relay what he had said—even if it were all lies, Matilda's character would still be called into question.He made himself very clear so that Matilda would understand that if she didn't give in, his family would keep hounding her to take their two pounds of flesh. Even if she wouldn't surrender the stateside estates and human resources of Smith Group Corporate Law, they would still claim a sizable chunk.But if that failed too, they would just have to destroy Matilda's reputation along with Smith Group Corporate Law.Either way, they were not letting her off easy!And reading that much from Jimmy's behavior, Matilda snapped co
Jimmy didn't expect Matilda to break down the share ownership of Smith Group Corporate Law to such detail, and he hollered as he was starting to feel embarrassed, "Now, you're just being irresponsible, Matilda. My father gave my brother a million to start the law firm in the first place, and they had agreed that the family would have a stake, albeit only at 49%, to not deny your decision-making as a startup. Or are you denying it?"Matilda immediately became furious and snapped, "Bullshit! That was just a loan of one million, and the agreed term was three years. However, your brother returned it in one! I even asked him to return the money with every single one of his siblings watching, since you might all get skeptical, yet suddenly, you're calling it an investment?""You said he's returned it? Well, what proof do you have?" Jimmy quickly shot back. "Our entire family can testify that the money hasn't come back to us!""So, this is how you're going to play it?" Matilda smirked. "Th