The princess from the Northern European royal family quickly confirmed her itinerary.She would depart for Oskia in two days, and her itinerary plan was for her to stay at the Wade family mansion for a few days first. After that, she would then attend the ancestor worship ceremony with the Wade family on the day of the Tomb Sweeping Festival. When the other members of the royal family flew into Eastcliff, the princess would then stay at Shangri-La Hotel in Eastcliff together with the other members of the royal family. Besides that, her engagement ceremony with Felix would also be held at Shangri-La Hotel.So, Jeremiah called Stephen to discuss this matter as he spoke up and said, “Stephen, the princess from Northern Europe will be coming the day after tomorrow. So, you have to hurry up and get people to set up everything at home. Everything has to be prepared perfectly to the smallest detail, and there must not be any negligence in our etiquette either.”Stephen hurriedly said, “L
“Tell me, do you think that he is planning to live with Claire Wilson for the rest of his life?”Stephen hurriedly said, “Lord Wade, we cannot control or try to influence matters such as feelings. I think that you still have to respect Young Master Wade’s choice.”Jeremiah waved his hand and said seriously, “As the head of the Wade family, I really cannot accept my own grandson marrying a woman with such a bad origin!”As he spoke, Jeremiah was a little emotional as he said, “The reason why I say that Claire Wilson has a bad origin is not only because the Wilson family’s background is really too lowly, but it is even more so because that Claire Wilson’s grandfather was originally a slave who worked for the Wade family!”“Tell me, which big family would allow their own grandson to marry their own slave’s granddaughter and take her as his wife? Wouldn’t that be blatantly shaming and embarrassing our ancestors?!”“So, no matter what it is, Charlie must divorce that woman!”Stephen h
In Jeremiah’s eyes, during the ancestor worship ceremony this time, although he was really looking forward to Felix’s marriage, in the final analysis, what he really valued the most was Charlie. The royal family was really wealthy, and they also had status and reputation, but their property and status could only be considered at the medium to high level. So, as a whole, the royal family was a jack of all trade but master of none. They were good in all aspects, but there was nothing that was particularly outstanding or top-notch about them. If they really wanted to compare the overall strength, ten princesses from Northern Europe might not even be able to match up to Quinn.After all, although the members of the European royal family were not as large as the Middle East, they were all families with at least a few children. However, Quinn was the only rightful child of the Golding family. So, how could the royal princess possibly compare to her?Stephen has followed Jeremiah for
Moreover, he had always been a little worried about Charlie. He was worried that Charlie would be angry at him because of Charlie’s parents’ death. Therefore, getting Charlie back would actually do him more harm than good.He knew very well in his heart that he would most likely be bringing someone ungrateful back after finding Charlie and bringing him back.However, the main reason why he insisted on bringing Charlie back to acknowledge his own ancestors and the reason why he was willing to beg Charlie to come back to do so was all because of an experience that Jeremiah had had in Singapore three years ago.Three years ago, Jeremiah had gone to Sweden to attend an entrepreneurial summit. It was a global event for the top entrepreneurs in the world, and there were no more than five entrepreneurs in Oskia who were truly qualified to be invited, and he was one of them. The other people from other countries were all also representatives of top-notch families with trillions of dol
The matter of Porter returning to Eastcliff was not known to anyone else in the outside world aside from Cadfan alone.However, long before Porter returned to Eastcliff, he had already sent dozens of informants from Ten Thousand Armies to infiltrate Eastcliff. These informants had infiltrated all walks of life in Eastcliff, and they knew everything about the troubles and movements of all the big families in Eastcliff. When the princess from Northern Europe had finalized her itinerary, the news quickly spread in Eastcliff.Many big families were all envious of the Wade family’s upcoming marriage with the Northern European royal family. They thought that the Wade family had seized a good opportunity to enter Europe.Hunter, the White-Clothed Tiger King under Porter’s command, hurriedly came to Porter and said respectfully, “Lord, I just received news that the Wade family has a marriage alliance with the Northern European royal family. Their eldest grandson, Felix, will be marrying t
In order to cooperate with Charlie according to his plan, Nanako had also personally set up a joint venture with Sophie. Charlie then used both of their last names, and he named the company ‘Ito-Schulz Ocean Shipping Group’. On the surface, this joint venture company seemed to be jointly established by both the Ito family and Sophie with the Ito family holding 51% of the shares and Sophie holding 49% of the shares. However, in actual fact, the Ito family was actually holding 51% of the shares on behalf of Charlie.The Schulz family’s ocean shipping group had been sanctioned before, and all of its business qualifications had been revoked.However, since the Ito family was a foreign-funded enterprise and they had the complete qualification certificates and documents, the nature of Ito-Schulz Ocean Shipping Group also became a joint venture company dominated by foreign capital, thus bypassing all of the previous sanctions on the Schulz family. As Autumn had more experience in busine
Originally, in Charlie’s plan, it would be fine as long as he headed up to Mount Wintry early in the morning to participate in the ancestor worship ceremony on April 5th, which was the day of the Tomb Sweeping Festival. After participating in the ancestor worship ceremony, he would then return to Aurous Hill directly, and he would not need to have too much contact and interaction with the Wade family.However, since Stephen wanted him to go there early, it would not hurt Charlie to go there earlier. Although Charlie felt somewhat repulsed by the Wade family, he still trusted Stephen.When Charlie and Isaac arrived at the entrance of the VIP lounge together, Sophie was on a phone call as she stood outside the corridor. When Sophie saw Charlie coming over, both of their eyes met. Charlie could see that her brows were knitted tightly together as though she had something on her mind.After that, Sophie then said to the phone, “Grandpa, I have something to do now. I’ll contact you af
For Sophie, although she also criticized and felt bothered over many of her father’s actions, no matter what it was, they had a blood relationship, and she still had family affection for him. So, she was very worried about her father’s safety after finding out about the critical situation in Syria.When Charlie heard this, he could not help but ask curiously, “Where did you hear about Ten Thousand Armies wanting to set up a mercenary base in Syria?”Sophie hurriedly said, “I called my grandfather just now. I wanted to ask him how much he knew about the situation in Syria and Ten Thousand Armies. After all, this is the first time that I have ever heard of Ten Thousand Armies. He was the one who told me all these things.”Charlie asked in surprise, “Could it be that Cadfan Schulz has some connection with Ten Thousand Armies?”“I’m not too sure about that.” Sophie said, “I’ve never heard him talk about Ten Thousand Armies before, but when I was talking to him over the phone just now,
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
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