“Arguing with the police?!”Charlie asked in surprise, “How did Mom end up arguing with the police?”Claire said in a panic, “I don’t know either. Mom said that she had to go to the toilet, so I helped her in before I came out. After that, I heard her talking to someone on the phone, and the tone of her voice seemed to be getting more and more agitated. She finally started arguing with the other party and even said that he does not deserve to be a police officer...”Charlie hurriedly said, “I’ll go and take a look.”After saying that, he looked at Jacob and said seriously, “Dad, you should digest what I’ve just said. If you still feel upset, I’ll come and talk to you again later.”Jacob was incomparably depressed as he muttered, “Forget it... Stop sprinkling salt on my wounds. No... You’re not even sprinkling salt, it’s sulfuric acid!”Charlie shook his head helplessly. “In that case, you can figure it out for yourself. I’ll go up and have a look first.”After that, Charlie and
“Otherwise, if it’s just one person making a phone call to say that another person is involved in a crime without any evidence and is asking us to arrest the other party, how many people would we have to arrest every day to solve such a problem? What’s more, if we really file a case and find out that the other party has been wrongly accused, we will not let the person who made the false police report off. We will also pursue the other party’s legal responsibility when the time comes.”As soon as Elaine heard that she might be held accountable, she panicked immediately. She had been in prison several times, and she had also been to prison in the United States. In all fairness, she was the Ferocious Ghost of Bedford Hills Correctional Institute, but she really did not want to end up in prison again. So, she could only sneer bitterly and say, “I think you’re just trying to cover up for that bitch, Hannah Queen! I will definitely report this matter to your higher authorities when I fi
Elaine’s description of Hannah surprised Charlie.He really did not expect that Hannah would seize the biggest trend of the internet to imitate others to start a live broadcast to sell goods. What’s more, Charlie did not expect that Hannah knew how to set up a persona on the internet. There were tens of thousands of people doing live broadcasts, but there were very few people who knew how to set up a good persona to make profits. Some people packaged themselves as a success guru and would teach others how to turn ten thousand dollars into ten billion dollars on the internet every day. They would also advertise and boast about how many star companies and entrepreneurs they had built up. In fact, he might not have even finished high school and only sold meat skewers every day, but the city management did not allow him to set up his stall, and his project fell through because he did not have a sanitation permit. When the short videos trend came up, his life suddenly turned around,
At this time, Hannah, who was on the live broadcast, picked up another cell phone and said, “Everyone, I’m going to make the shopping cart go online now, so everyone needs to hurry up and grab the towels! Three, two, one, go!”Elaine muttered, “This towel is not even branded but she is selling five pieces of towels for ninety-nine dollars. I think that’s the price for a good towel made of high-grade cotton. Only a fool would buy the towels she’s selling!”After that, she muttered again, “Let me see how many orders she can get for these towels.”With that said, she clicked on the shopping cart icon on Hannah’s live broadcast room and clicked in to see that the link that was ranked first was this towel—Buy three, get two free, ninety-nine dollars, free shipping. The real-time sales even showed that there were already more than one thousand and eight hundred orders. Elaine was shocked and blurted out, “Damn it, there are actually people who are buying it?! There are even more than on
The speed at which Hannah was making money made Elaine feel extremely angry and jealous.It was at this moment that she came to a realization that Hannah had turned her life around completely, and she was doing it in a fast and hard manner.At this rate of earning tens of thousands of dollars a day, Hannah’s annual income was at least ten to twenty million dollars. Although Elaine was living in a villa that cost more than one hundred million dollars, she would never be able to earn so much money even in eight lifetimes. Moreover, even if Elaine did not understand the internet, she also perceived the trend. She said with flushed red eyes, “Hannah has really discovered a gold mine this time. Based on this trend, I’m afraid that her earnings will only get bigger and bigger over time... She might be earning tens of thousands of dollars a day now, but she might be able to earn hundreds of thousands of dollars after a while, and she might even be able to earn a hundred million dollars
What’s more, they were not rich heirs, and it was all just completely a script created by the internet celebrity brokerage company.As the owner of the short video platform, although Charlie felt that people like Hannah and these kinds of things were indeed relatively low as well, he also knew very well that this represented the direction of the market as well as the laws of business.After all, the vast majority of people in the country were all ordinary working class or even peasants. All companies were not competing for the sinking market, and it was also the object of these internet celebrity anchors. If he did not allow such people and things to appear on their own platforms, these anchors would then change platforms to fabricate the same story.This way, the anchors and traffic from his own short video platform would be divided among his other competitors, which would then be followed by the overall collapse of the whole short video platform.Many well-known internet companie
After pondering for a moment, she said helplessly, “There are times when I feel that my father and mother are not compatible at all, but there are also times when I feel the two of them seem to be a match made in heaven. I only hope that when my father has passed this hurdle in his heart, both of them will be able to live peacefully, then...”***Meanwhile, in Penang, Malaysia. Vera had obtained a full set of identity documents signed by Veron Lavor as well as birth certificates and personnel files from elementary school to high school. It was easy to create this set of documents, but it was definitely not an easy task to synchronize these documents fully with the official information of the Malaysian government. However, Logan did it easily.Moreover, he specifically asked his distant relatives to memorize a whole set of scripts related to Veron, and they even memorized the script of all the teachers and principals of every school that Veron had studied at in the files by hea
The night that Charlie and Claire just returned to Oskia was not a good night.Jacob’s heart, which was already riddled with holes, seemed to be hurt even more by Charlie’s words. He stayed in the living room all night without moving.On the other hand, Elaine watched Hannah’s live broadcast in the first half of the night until midnight, then kept holding onto her cell phone during the second half of the night to use the search engine to find a way to destroy Hannah.According to what Charlie had said, her commission rate was about twenty percent. Based on the sales of the small yellow car in Hannah’s live broadcast room, she calculated the total commission that Hannah would make during a live broadcast for one night and came up with a set of figures that left her dumbfounded.Hannah had sold a total of ten items with her sales volume reaching up to 1.1 million dollars. Based on this rough calculation, the commission would be around two hundred and twenty thousand dollars. If she
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