Using reiki to brainwash a person was Charlie’s tried and tested method.If he could brainwash the Section Ambassador of Cyprus and make him his own puppet, he would be able to seize the opportunity to detoxify the bodies of all the dead soldiers and the members of the Armed Calvary Guards. He would then be able to get these dead soldiers and the members of the Armed Calvary Guards to join his command while asking them to remain in the base in Cyprus with the Section Ambassador, who was already his puppet, to continue acting as if everything was normal in front of the organization.This way, not only would one of their bases be disintegrated, but they could even place spies under their noses. Once the organization assigned a mission to Cyprus, they would know about it immediately.As Charlie thought about this, he asked them, “If these dead soldiers and members of the Armed Calvary Guards are really so eager to break the shackles that the organization has over them, I swear that I w
When Porter heard that Charlie wanted to act on his own, he hurriedly said, “Mr. Wade, there are still many uncertainties regarding the other party’s situation. They are numerous and heavily guarded. Why don’t I select a few elite soldiers to go along with you and fight by your side?”Charlie waved his hand and said seriously, “This kind of thing only has the greatest success rate when one person acts alone. Even if the mission fails, one person can easily retreat unscathed. If there are more people, the chances of being exposed will also increase greatly. I not only want to ensure that this matter is as successful as possible, but I also want to ensure that I can leave as few clues as possible behind if this matter is unsuccessful.”Merlin also agreed and said, “I support Young Master Wade’s point of view. Based on my experience as a police officer for so many years, most of the major cases that have not been solved in the true sense are usually cases involving a single suspect. As
Merlin, who was aside, thought of something at this moment and spoke up, “By the way, I have a question. You just said that you would need to take the antidote after five days, but the antidote will only be sent to your base in four days. Wouldn’t the manager of the organization worry that everyone might be killed if something goes wrong during the transportation and the antidote is not delivered in time?”The leader of the Armed Calvary Guard shook his head and said, “This is just the daily transportation process. Under normal circumstances, the antidote will be delivered one day in advance. As long as there are no accidents, it will not affect the time for us to take the antidote. It does not matter if there is an accident as the Section Ambassador has reserves to last two months. However, these reserves will only be activated in case of an emergency.”With that said, he continued, “A few years ago, for some unknown reason, the antidote did not come for three consecutive weeks. Tho
Charlie’s initial attitude toward this mysterious organization was to try to maintain restraint as much as possible and only do precise sniping on the global dispatch of its six planes. However, after learning about the other party’s residence in Cyprus, Charlie suddenly realized that the management model of the dead soldiers’ residence seemed impenetrable, but there was actually a breakthrough point for him.As long as he could secretly control the Section Ambassador in Cyprus and then detoxify the regular onset of the poison in the bodies of all the dead soldiers and the members of the Armed Calvary Guards in Cyprus, he would be able to destroy the mysterious organization directly without bloodshed or alerting this mysterious organization.Moreover, the whole thing was very feasible. First of all, it was not difficult for him to make an antidote. If he wanted to remove the severe poison in these people’s bodies, he only needed to use a small amount of Reiki to achieve that. It
Once he was given such an opportunity, he would certainly be confident enough to bring the Section Ambassador under his control.However, Charlie also had two plans in mind.If everything went smoothly, he would naturally be able to take down the entire base without any bloodshed. However, if he could not control the Section Ambassador, he could simply finish him off silently and then distribute the antidote to all the dead soldiers and the members of the Armed Calvary Guards. He would not have to worry about anything else, and he could let the dead soldiers and members of the Armed Calvary Guards play freely. The organization would certainly have a lot to worry about when thousands of people suddenly escaped from its control.Moreover, as Charlie was acting alone for both plans, he was absolutely certain that he would not leave any clues behind. Therefore, no matter whether he succeeded or failed, he would not let that mysterious organization follow any clues to find him.After
“Acquire a company?”Hugo was taken aback by Charlie’s words and spoke up, “Mr. Wade, it would cost at least one billion US dollars if you want to acquire a communication company with a sufficient foundation. Wouldn’t the investment be too high? I’m afraid that it’d be difficult to achieve profitability...”Charlie shook his head and said, “Profit is not the most important thing. How we can solve our immediate needs is the most important thing.”With that said, Charlie said again, “Our biggest pain at present is that we are short of time. Not to mention a year or a month, but even if it is a day or an hour, we have to try our best to fight for it. Time is far more important than money.”Charlie paused for a moment and continued, “If you want to develop at a speed beyond ordinary people, it’s necessary to change the mode of thinking that only solves the immediate needs. It is basically difficult to achieve great things if you’re stuck on how to solve the problem of recruiting people
Hugo hurriedly said, “It’s an old communication company in the United States.”Charlie asked again, “What is the current market value of the company?”Hugo thought for a moment and said, “The company was very prosperous a few years ago, and its market value exceeded ten billion dollars when it was at its peak. However, as the bubble continued to burst and its performance continued to decline, the market value should only be more than a billion US dollars when I was fired.”Charlie nodded and asked him, “How is the foundation of this company?”Hugo said, “The technical foundation of its hardware and software technology is very good, but the reason why it went downhill over the years was mainly because the market direction has not been found correctly. The person in charge made the wrong judgment in the direction of the development of communications in the market and gradually killed his own to-C side of the business. He turned to rely on his old capital to provide hardware equipment
A few hours later, Charlie and Hugo returned to the United States together. The plane landed in Providence first, and after Charlie had gotten off the plane, it took off again immediately, carrying Hugo, Albert, and Isaac to Silicon Valley.The reason why Albert and Isaac were accompanying Hugo was mainly to protect Hugo’s personal safety. After all, the purpose of his visit was to discuss a billion-dollar business deal. Moreover, it was not known whether Martha had any other unknown accomplices in the United States. Charlie felt relatively relieved with Albert and Isaac accompanying Hugo. Charlie got off the plane alone and then drove back to the hotel where he was staying with Claire.Over the next few days, he asked Kathleen to help deliver a batch of medicinal materials to him. He then refined a new batch of Healing Pills while Claire was attending classes during the day.After that, he mixed one Cultivating Pill and two Rejuvenating Pills into it and added in a large number
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
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