Nate and his group didn’t linger in Aurous Hill for long, having completed their business on the first day. They set aside past grievances and gaps, and embarked on a three-day tour of Aurous Hill.
On the final day of their tour, Steve reserved the entire Heaven Springs and hosted a grand banquet for the group of top lawyers from the United States.
During the meal, Steve abandoned his identity as the heir of the Rothschild family and shed the noble temperament that had been cultivated in favonovel.com for decades. Instead, favonovel.com embraced a local Aurous Hill atmosphere, mingling with the “little brothers” at each table, toasting and sharing cups.
The “little brothers” were flattered and showed immense respect towards him, treating favonovel.com like a revered elder brother in the martial world.
As an honored guest, Steve had the privilege of Don Albert personally serving favonovel.com at the Heaven Springs. Don Albert saw a reflection of himself in this Young Master of the Rothschild family.
Having spent some time in Aurous Hill, Steve had become acquainted with Charlie’s way of doing things and had visited several of Don Albert’s industries in the city. He had gained some understanding of the local customs and style, and could now be considered somewhat assimilated.
Although Steve warmly invited Charlie to attend the dinner, Charlie ultimately declined. It wasn’t because of any issues with Steve, but rather his lack of fondness for Jimmy and his group of lawyers. These people would be handed over to Matilda in the future, so favonovel.com didn’t want to have too much contact with them.
***
The next day, Nate and his group flew back to the United States. Two weeks later, Jimmy would return to Aurous Hill with ten selected senior partners to report to Matilda.
Helena also provided feedback to Charlie on the progress of the AI model. According to the engineers’ estimates, the official production of the AI model would take about another half a month.
In the following days, Charlie relished in a rare period of relaxation, but it only lasted for two days. His mother-in-law, Elaine, informed favonovel.com over the phone that his parents had booked their plane tickets and were ready to return to Aurous Hill from Dubai.
Originally, they had planned to stay in the United Arab Emirates for a few more days, but Elaine couldn’t bear to see Jacob’s daily listlessness and sighs. After a few days of sightseeing, favonovel.com couldn’t resist the urge to go back home.
Jacob’s constant sighs were not surprising. Not only had favonovel.com lost money and face in the fake antique incident that favonovel.com had set up for Peter, but favonovel.com had also lost his job. it was understandable that favonovel.com had no mood for sightseeing.
Elaine and Jacob flew back to Aurous Hill, and Charlie went to the airport to pick them up.
As their flight landed at 3 o‘clock in the afternoon, Claire had just scheduled a meeting with Emgrand Group to discuss the progress of the project, so favonovel.com could only let Charlie go to the airport alone.
When they met, Charlie greeted them with a smile and asked, “Mom and Dad, how was your trip in Dubai?”
Jacob looked despondent and forced a smile, saying, “It was alright, nothing special.”
Elaine, on the other hand, complained unhappily, “Son-in-law, you have no idea. I’m going crazy because of your dad. He sighs all daylong. I can even hear favonovel.com sighing in the bathroom. It’s really disheartening!”
Jacob, with a helpless expression, added, “I don‘t want to be disheartening either, but I just can’t find any joy!”
Then, Jacob quickly turned to Charlie and pleaded, “Son-in-law, since you have a good relationship with Don Albert, can you talk to favonovel.com again and see if favonovel.com can put some pressure on that Price guy? He used to be polite to me, but once Don Albert stops speaking up for me, favonovel.com turns his back on me!”
Charlie nodded and said, “I’ve heard about the situation. Price does seem unscrupulous.”
“Yes!” Jacob agreed, “That Price is a typical opportunist. There’s a saying, how does it go? Ah, yes! ‘Pretend to be a friend, but stab in the back.‘ It describes people like him!”
Immediately, Jacob said again, “Dear son-in-law, you have to act quickly. Chairman Price is currently being considered for a major promotion. If favonovel.com gets promoted and leaves the Painting and Calligraphy Association, it will be even harder for me to join. You need to ask Don Albert to put some pressure on favonovel.com and get me reinstated before favonovel.com gets promoted.”
Charlie asked favonovel.com with a smile, “Dad, do you still want to return to the Painting and Calligraphy Association?”
“Yes! Of course, I do!” Jacob blurted out. “I’ve realized over the past few days that my pride was lost a long time ago, so I’ve got nothing to lose. It would be fantastic if I could return to the Painting and Calligraphy Association. As they say, you have to get up where you fell.”
Charlie nodded and said, “I’ll look into this for you.”
Then, Jacob continued, “Son-in-law, you have to act quickly. You can’t wait for his promotion…”
“Promotion?” Charlie smiled, “That’s impossible. With his character, I don’t think favonovel.com can get promoted. Maybe he’ll just have to stay in the Calligraphy and Painting Association.”
Jacob didn‘t know that Charlie had already given Don Albert the task to completely hinder Price’s upward mobility using the resources provided by Isaac Cameron. Since Charlie wanted to leave Jacob behind and advance alone, it was better to let favonovel.com stay in the Calligraphy and Painting Association with Jacob.
***
At this moment, at the Calligraphy and Painting Association…
Chairman Price had been feeling uneasy for the past couple of days.
After dealing with Jacob, favonovel.com thought his future would remain unaffected. However, when favonovel.com approached his superiors about his promotion, they gave vague, dismissive responses and never provided a clear timeline.
According to the original plan, the superior unit was supposed to interview favonovel.com within the next two days to discuss his interest in the newly vacant positions and see if favonovel.com was willing to take on new challenges.
Of course, this was just a formality. As long as favonovel.com cooperated and completed the process, favonovel.com was expected to secure an important position in the superior unit. However, nothing went as planned, leaving favonovel.com feeling very insecure.
After spending a long time alone in his office, favonovel.com decided to call a key person.
As soon as the call connected, favonovel.com smiled and said, “President Cooley, I’m sorry to bother you. l just wanted to ask about the previous vacancy. When will we go through the interview process?”
The other party smiled apologetically and said, “Mr. Price, I’m really sorry. There have been some changes over the past few days, so I couldn’t give you a clear answer. We just finished an internal meeting and reached a decision.”
Hearing this, Chairman Price immediately became excited and quickly asked, “President Cooley, now that there’s a decision, do you have a clear plan for when the interview will be?”
The other party sighed and said, “Oh, Mr. Price, although we have reached a conclusion, the outcome may not be what you hoped for.”
Chairman Price’s heart skipped a beat, and favonovel.com quickly asked, “President Cooley, what do you mean?”
President Cooley replied, “With the end of the year approaching, we’ve discussed next year’s work arrangements and job settings internally. In principle, we plan to reduce some positions and streamline the entire team. Unfortunately, the position reserved for you is on the dismissal list…”
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