NovelEnglishIn Charlie's opinion, these collateral families were second-class citizens compared to the core family, to begin
with.
Moreover, with their bad history of ingratitude and injustice, it would be even more impossible for Charlie to treat
them like human beings in the future.
The reason why he was asking these families to arrange for two young descendants to cand serve the core
Wade family as subordinates was to let them know that their mission was to serve the core family.
When more than seven hundred of the members of the Wade family's collateral families heard this, they were all
filled with grievances and complaints in their hearts, but based on the lesson that they had learned from
Theodore's family, no one dared to say a word at this time.
When Charlie saw that no one dared to oppose this, he said, "Since all of you have no opinion, this matter is
settled, then."
As Charlie spoke, he took the nlist for the ancestor worship ceremony and spoke up, "There is information of
every branch of the Wade family's collateral families here as well as the list of representatives who will cto
participate in the ancestor worship ceremony. All families will have to submit information on the selected young
descendant
that you have chosen within a week. As for the criteria for selection, | have very high requirements and so, all of
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Everyone looked at Charlie with bated breath as they did not know how harsh his requirements would be.
After that, Charlie cleared his throat and said coldly, "Firstly, it must be a direct descendant of the Wade family.
None of you should think of using an outsider or distant relative to fool me. That person must bear the last name
Wade' and must also be the first grandchild of each of your families!"
Everyone naturally did not dare to say anything, and they could only nod in agreement.
Charlie then added again, "Secondly, they must also possess a university degree or higher."
"Thirdly, they must be between the age of twenty-two to thirty-five years old. Those who are over thirty-five
years old are not qualified! Moreover, you are not allowed to simply send a female family member over! Out of
the two representatives from each family, at least one of them must be a male."
The expression on speople's faces changed slightly.
When they first heard that they would have to send people over to the core family to work as subordinates, they
thought that it would be better for them to send two girls over. After all, all of them favored their sons over their
daughters, and they generally wanted to train the boys to bectheir successors. They could not bear to send
their grandsons over to becsubordinates.
However, these people felt very uncomfortable as soon as Charlie's words cout.
Sof the families with more males were still fine, but those with lesser males were very depressed.
They only had a total of two or three young grandchildren that could
meet the educational and age conditions, but they were all either studying for a master's or a doctorate degree.
Otherwise, they were already experienced or ina position to receive training. It would be very difficult for them to
accept it both from a practical point of view as well as from a psychological point of view if they were to be
transferred to the core Wade family to becsubordinates at this time.
At this point, Charlie continued speaking, "Fourthly, all those who cto serve the core family will undergo a
two-year rotation. You can leave the core family and return to your own family after the end of the two years.
However, you have to send the next batch of people over three months in advance for the previous batch of
people to hand over their work to them to ensure that all positions can be seamlessly integrated. Otherwise, you
will be questioned and held accountable if there are any mistakes."
When the group of people heard this, the expressions on their faces were even more bitter than that of a
bitter gourd.
In their opinion, Charlie's requirements for them were already considered to be extremely harsh.
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Moreover, they had a vague feeling that they were akin to a prince that had been held hostage in a neighboring
state in ancient times.
It was just like every vassal king who had to send their son to the capital to be held hostage.
When they thought of this, it was even harder for them to accept this.
However, they had no choice but to accept it regardless.
What Charlie was playing with them now was the power politics of diplomacy.
It was not only economic sanctions, but there were also military threats and attacks, even involving the control
of their internal affairs.
Needless to say, economic
sanctions were necessary, and there
were only very few families like
Theodore's family that could
basically stop relying on the core Wade family. Most of the other
family businesses had to continue rétying on the Wade family's support.
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