The Man in Power After Being Married into Her Family by Adela

She was wearing a deep V-neck low-cut halter nightgown. It was very comfortable to wear by itself in her own room, but it was a little too sexy, so she had to cover it up. 7 After the video call was connected, Sheldon asked," Jaime, Sophie, have you two arrived at the hotel?" "Yes." Sophie and Janodded in unison.

Sheldon asked again, "Have you met the Takahashi family?" "Not yet," Sophie answered. "Originally, we planned to meet in the conference room of the hotel this evening to talk about the collaboration, but the Takahashi family encountered saccidents. Takahashi Eikichi was injured, and his father, Machi, should still be in the hospital with him." Sheldon frowned and asked, "What happened? Will it affect our collaboration with them?" Sophie answered, "He was beaten up by a passerby, but the incident was a random blip, so it shouldn't affect our deal." 3 "That's good," Sheldon said with relief. "You should go through the detailed investigation of both families and then pick the best one." With that, Sheldon continued with a somewhat vicious look on his face, "You must find the strongest and most ruthless family to work with. Whether it's the Takahashi family or the Ito family, as long as we choose one of them, we will join forces with them to take out the other one!" s Sophie asked in astonishment, "Dad, shouldn't we just focus on the collaboration after we choose which family to cooperate with? Do we really need to help them fight another family?" Sheldon said, "I went to see your grandfather today. He said that the Wade family wants a piece of the ocean transportation pie too. So, if we choose the Takahashi family, they will definitely choose the Ito family, and vice versa." Sheldon made a slight pause and said, "What your grandfather meant was that we must not leave any chance for the Wade family! So, if we choose the Takahashi family, we have to join hands with them to take out the Ito family, and we do the swith the Ito family too." 7 Sophie gaped in bewilderment. "The Wade family also wants a piece of that pie?!" 4 "Yes." Sheldon nodded and said, "I guess they want to follow suit because they see us starting to get involved in this industry." Sophie said in a cold voice, "The Wade family is biting off more than they can chew. They haven't even figured out their domestic business, and now, they want to cand snatch the overseas market from u 8?" Sheldon laughed. "It's very normal, actually. The big families and big companies are the same. They will do everything possible to steal other people's business." 2 Then, Sheldon added, "Just look at Tencent and Alibaba. One fellow is doing so well in the social network but desperately wants to do e-commerce while the other fellow is doing so well in e-commerce and wants to squeeze its head into the social network. Alibaba created Alipay, Tencent produced their own e-wallet. Then, they both ventured into take-out apps simultaneously. These two giants are always like playing Go. You block my route, I block yours. It's the sbetween us and the Wade family. Years ago, when the Wade family engaged in a new business, we united many people to go against them. They can't sit idly by now that we have engaged in a new business." 4 Sophie smiled and said, "Dad, as far as I remember, there was not a single brilliant or talented person in the current generation of the Wade family. In fact, they seem to have becidler and idler over the past few years. I bet it will be hard for them to get into the business of ocean shipping and port operations for now." Sheldon said, "We share the sthought, but your grandfather wants us to play safe." Jalaughed. "Dad, Grandpa is old, it's normal for him to be conservative and cautious, but we don't need to worry about it. I share the sthought as Sophie. The Wade family will not be able to catch up with us for a while, and the gap between them and us will definitely grow larger and larger." 6

Sheldon sighed and said, "That's how your grandfather looked at the Wade family forty years ago. He always Ο thought that the Wade family had no caliber successor and would fall out of favor before long, but never in his wildest dream did he think that the Wade family would produce a wise and brilliant Curtis, who brought the Wade family up to the next level..." s

Then, Sheldon donned an extremely solemn expression as he advised Sophie and Jaime, "You guys must remember that big families like ours are often the sas the country. In ve the long history of the country's m development, many times they actually gambled the luck of the nation. Just like when Germany attacked the Soviet Union, it was a gamble on national luck. Entire Eastern Europe belonged to Hitler. The Soviet Union's massive oil, natural gas, and iron ore resources were sufficient to support Germany's rule of the entire Europe. However, if they lose the bet, they will fall into the quagmire of two-front warfare and the ultimate failure." 8 "Our main focus is on ocean transportation. The Wade family wants to chase after us, meaning they want to gamble on their luck!" "If they gamble, they still have a chance to keep the close gap between two families, but if they don't, we will be further ahead of them!"

"So, even if there is no one talentedenough from the Wade family to strike the deal, they will still march toward us and fight us! And we will deal! have to cut them off first whether they will catch up or not!" X