In fact, this arrangement is very much in line with the appetite of other family members.

In the past, everyone encouraged the old man to check the accounts of the trading company, in essence, not because they were dissatisfied with Thomas occupying this position, but because they were worried that the old man would leave too much property to Thomas after his death. After all, although the latter is unlearned, he has been deeply favored by his grandfather since he was a child. If you want to avoid this kind of thing, you must catch an unjustifiable big mistake, so that he will leave a deep bad impression in the old man's heart, and lose a lot of points. In this way, even when the inheritance is distributed, the old man can't lean too much towards Thomas - no one wants to die and end up in the hands of a waste egg who has worked so hard to build and grow a business that has grown and grown, so he will not give valuable shares to the wrong people.

After all, what kind of character Thomas is, outsiders may not know, but can the family not know? After all, I grew up watching him.

This kind of person who is full of artist temperament is not a businessman at all, but is naturally suitable to be a journalist. When it comes to tracking scandals, discovering beauty, finding hot spots, or studying the paranormal (in short, things that sound cool but are actually useless), Thomas is proficient in everything, and full of enthusiasm and fighting spirit. If Thomas stays up all night chasing news targets, or staying in the wild for months to photograph wildlife or natural wonders, you're definitely in the right place. But if he were to run a company, especially to make a profit, Thomas would be completely blind. Thomas was a rough man, unenterprising, unambitious, unkeen-eyed, and uncourageous.

But I really didn't expect that swinger to be too lucky-business, in fact, it's also about luck. As the famous saying goes: you don't know who is swimming naked until the tide is low. If you encounter a wave of good market, let alone a prodigal child, even a donkey can make money.

Thomas encountered such a wave of market - everyone thinks so, or at least this is reflected on the books - so not only did he not lose points in front of the old man, but he scored a lot of points.

So although it seems that this international trading company is doing a good job, no one cares too much. All eyes are on something more authentic — their and other investments in China, at least seem to have a much bigger future than a new, third-rate company.

However, Thomas has now been able to independently establish a research center that is not very large, but it is also quite large...... And if you can actually have results in new materials (you know, it is rare to have results in scientific research), then the money spent will be lost. Where does the money come from? Even if the old man secretly gives it in private, he can't afford to hold up this kind of table? So obviously there is only one answer - the money comes from this trading company.

As the head of the company, Thomas is greedy for ink and embezzles something, which is naturally easy.

But why is it so profitable? This international trade is not as good as any new technology, it is a very mature market, and there is not much potential for development. In fact, the great powers have long been gathered here, and they have been divided, and there are overlords everywhere. Unless you rely on violent means (either the money is very large, or you have to have some private deal with the government) to break the game, it is basically just watching the big guys breathe and linger. Money-making? possible. Sorry, it's basically impossible. It's an unlikely thing to think about...... But the facts are in front of us, but people can't help but believe it.

Of course, surprise is surprise, doubt is doubt, but Thomas's embezzlement of public funds is absolutely not okay. Because in the end, even if Thomas is his own grandson, he is only a plenipotentiary agent, not a boss.

Thomas insisted that he had earned the money from another source, but no one believed him. In fact, if the old man was not present, it is estimated that this matter would most likely be resolved in court. But since the old man was still present and did not express his position, the matter was controlled within the scope of "family strife".

Everyone blamed Thomas, but Thomas couldn't explain it - if he told him where the money came from, that is, by using the supernatural abilities of the high factory director, then he would be finished. He was very sure that this level of pressure could not be withheld, and if the secret was leaked—let alone whether others believed it or not—then it would be impossible for Director Gao and Lu Wu to accept him as one of them.

Not to mention whether you have the talent to cultivate or not—this should require a series of exams to judge—it is estimated that you are not even qualified to take the exam.

Or rather, from the very beginning, this was some kind of trial, right? Because obviously, the power of the cultivation group was secret. At least from the information that Thomas came into contact with, it can be easily seen that whether it is Lu Wu, Amber, or Director Gao, they have no official status. The people around them (like Ren Jian or others) don't seem to know much about their superpowers. It's hard to imagine that government departments (especially powerful governments like China) would have no interest in such superpowers - not to mention the abilities and cultivation methods they possess, and the mysterious duties that have been passed since ancient times, the mysterious objects that have come from another world (which Thomas has seen and used to crack and study) are enough to shock the whole world and make all countries covet it. These are all black technologies!

To put it mildly, if any of these three people were to recommend themselves to the governments, it is estimated that officials at all levels would have to offer them as ancestors.

X's, this is a living immortal!

So Thomas can only endure the accusations of this group of ignorant relatives.

But the other relatives just did it. Thomas just doesn't care about money (relatively speaking), it's not that he doesn't understand the value of money. So he also knew that these relatives were actually eager to stab him in the back. In the face of money, those family affections are simply not worth mentioning. When encountering this kind of relative, even if Thomas was no longer in good opinion in the past, there is no emotion left now. But Old Nostalgia is special. It was his grandfather, who had taken care of him since he was a child, although there were also disagreements and quarrels (especially when he was in college), but when his grandfather, whom he really loved, actually began to accuse him, Thomas's inner contradictions and struggles can only be known by himself.

The old man's decision now is to let Thomas stay on the American side first. He personally led a team to check the accounts of the foreign trade company. It is not a more ordinary inspection as before, but a team of professional auditors should be brought to check the company's accounts well. Of course, as a major shareholder and investor, this is his rightful right. Thomas couldn't stop it. Because he really loved his grandfather, he couldn't refuse the request of his grandfather, who was a parent.

This kind of thing doesn't happen overnight, and it always takes a few days to prepare. So Thomas can only be trapped here sullenly for the time being, patiently waiting for the end of this matter. Of course, he didn't need to worry about this matter, even if he didn't know anything about the details of the trading company (it was true, people like Thomas didn't have the slightest interest in that kind of trivial trade accounts or anything, and they all lost to Director Gao), but he could also trust Director Gao.

Even if he doesn't believe in the other party's character, he can at least believe in the other party's strength.

So all he could do was stay depressed and stay in his accommodation.

Fortunately, there is an Internet here, so Thomas chatted with Director Gao while doing his own foreign exchange speculation.

That's right, now he has come out of the original futures market and is concentrating on foreign exchange speculation.

The foreign exchange market is the largest financial market in the world, and the daily trading volume is trillions of dollars, yes, trillions, or dollars.

And the foreign exchange market has a second benefit, that is, 24 hours uninterrupted, almost never rest, even if most countries have Saturday and Sunday holidays, but some countries are not the case, such as Arab countries, Dubai foreign exchange trading center is closed on Friday.

In short, in the face of this financial market, the amount of hundreds of thousands of millions of dollars, let alone a wave, is estimated to not even have a sense of existence. Thomas is not greedy (by observing Director Gao and Lu Wu, he knows that the cultivators are the same as the legend, although they have great power, they are actually very restrained, and they will not abuse their abilities to make money), nor do they use any too outrageous leverage, that is, in and out, making tens of thousands of dollars at a time.

In fact, he has always restrained himself from not making too much in one go.

This kind of thing is not the incredible way of thinking and superb financial means that he has learned from Director Gao, but he has worked hard to ask Director Gao. Because of the supernatural ability possessed by the factory manager, he was able to make a brief prediction of this kind of thing - not 100% accurate, but the odds were extremely high. It's just that because of the rules that have been handed down from ancient times by cultivators, or simply because of their arrogant nature, Director Gao disdains to make money by this means. But although he disdains to do it himself, it does not affect him to guide Thomas to make a little money.

It is important to note that although Thomas is the kind of person who does not care much about money, he is only "not very concerned", not really "not very concerned". After all, he was born and raised in this world where money is paramount. Not to mention that he still has an entire research center that he needs to support and maintain.

"So Lu Wu must be arrested?" Thomas asked through the chat software, he couldn't do anything else for the time being, but he had always been very concerned about Lu Wu's affairs. After all, this was the first time he had seen the so-called "Heavenly Tribulation".

Originally, I thought that the so-called Heavenly Tribulation would be something like a thunderstorm, but now it doesn't seem to be like that at all. Of course, this is also normal. If in the eyes of the ancients, thunder and lightning were irresistible natural disasters by manpower, in the eyes of modern people, it is actually the same thing. In this era, people have long understood what thunder and lightning are and invented such a thing as a lightning rod.

In fact, many things that the ancients feared, such as plagues, violent diseases, thunder and lightning, fires, floods, volcanoes, etc., are already predictable, avoidable, and even directly confronted in modern times.

"yes, it's inevitable. The other party, that is, Director Gao, typed back. "It has to be. After all, prisons are arguably the safest place to be found. ”

In a sense, prisons deprive people of their freedom, but they are heavily armed and heavily guarded, with thick walls forming a strong defensive force. It's a rare place of safety. It's hard to imagine any force that could storm a prison except in a chaotic country.

Thomas already understood the plan of the master and Lu Wu - they intended to send Lu Wu to prison. The specific external conditions of "prison" are borrowed to protect the safety of Lu Wu. Of course, although this method is simple and practical, it has a relatively big problem. That is, when everything is over, Lu Wu will be a little embarrassed when he comes out.

With their strength, it is obviously not a problem to forcibly escape from prison or something. But there must be a lot of inconvenience, at least he has to be put on a wanted warrant, and he can't even stay in China anymore (Thomas is a little skeptical that Director Gao is also based on this reason, and has to stay alone in a foreign country, and leave a lot of things to the two juniors). So Thomas is going to help in this regard - to help Lu Wu get out of prison.

However, from some verbal hints, Thomas sensed that things were not so simple. In fact, he wasn't sure if this was a deliberate act by the director or an inadvertent outpouring. Director Gao seems to feel that something big is about to happen.