Steve immediately replied respectfully, “No problem, Mr. Wade. We have a lot of business and employees in Miami. I will immediately arrange for someone to take good care of Miss Lin!”
Ten minutes later, a luxury cruise ship docked at the largest pier. Steve called Charlie and told him that it was this cruise ship that he had arranged to pick up Maria. The Rothschilds will take Maria to their island, where there is a professional security team, and her safety is absolutely guaranteed.
After Charlie took Maria on the yacht, he walked on the sea at night, heading straight to the Getty family residence.
Meanwhile, Rachel Getty and Robert drive back to Stanford together.
On the way home, Robert said with a surprised expression, “I thought about it all night, but I still don’t understand why my great grandfather invited me to dinner, or what the background of the brothers surnamed Chen was tonight.”
Rachel immediately reminded him, “Didn’t your great-grandfather tell you not to talk nonsense when you come home, and not to discuss any details with your parents?”
Robert shook his head very seriously and said, “All he cares about is what he says. Basically, I am closest to my parents. He is just my grandfather’s older brother.”
Rachel shook her head and said seriously, “If you think like that, then in the future you will be like your grandfather in your bloodline, a side branch of your family, and the right to inherit your family will definitely not fall to you.”
Robert immediately asked him in surprise, “Why?”
Rachel said seriously, “Because you don’t know how to choose sides!”
Rachel continued, “Whether you can become the heir to your bloodline doesn’t depend on your parents, but your grandfather. First, your father must win among his brothers for you to have a chance to inherit the bloodline. And even if your father wins, you still have to compete with your brothers. If there is even the slightest deviation, you will be eliminated!”
Robert’s expression immediately froze. Carefully he asked Rachel, “Honey, what do you mean?”
Rachel said seriously, “First, you have to ensure that you have a competitive advantage over your brothers that no one can surpass. This way, you can secure your position as your father’s first heir. This way, you can maintain a base of support, and whatever inheritance your father receives from your grandfather, you can get 80% of it.”
At that moment, Rachel’s expression became increasingly serious, and she said, word by word, “Secondly, if you are capable enough, you should try to help your father become your grandfather’s first heir. If your father can also inherit 80% of your grandfather, you will get 64% of your grandfather’s assets, which will be the best situation for you.”
Rachel changed the subject and continued, “But if you only inherited your father’s rights and your father didn’t, he might only get 10% of your grandfather’s assets. Then you would only get 8% of your grandfather’s assets, which is a worse situation for you.”
Rachel’s tone grew colder, and she said in a way that would definitely shock everyone: “If you yourself fail to become your father’s first heir, then you will most likely only receive 10% of your father’s estate. Your father will then only receive 10% of your grandfather’s estate. So you can estimate that the worst case scenario is that you will only inherit 1% of your grandfather’s estate in the future.”
Robert’s face turned pale when he heard the number 1%.
He is not a business-oriented person; in fact, he is more naive than the average rich kid. Because he was still young, he only thought about studying, dating, exercising, and enjoying life, without starting to plan his future.
But now, after hearing Rachel read out this series of cold and hard numbers, he immediately realized the huge gap between the numbers.
Regardless of whether you work hard or not, your future net worth could differ by up to ten or eight times.
Regardless of whether a father works hard or not, his future net worth can differ by ten or eight times.
Although the Rothschild family is very rich, the core interests have always been enjoyed only by the core members. My grandfather had lost his chance to seize the throne, so there was a similar problem to be solved in the next level. My grandfather would be lucky if he got at most one hundred billion US dollars in assets.
If I could only get 1% of these hundreds of billions of assets, it would only be one billion US dollars. In Silicon Valley, where billionaires are everywhere, that amount of money would be a disgrace to the Rothschild name.
However, if his father could become his grandfather’s first heir, and he could also become his father’s first heir, then he could receive assets of up to 64 billion US dollars.
Sixty-four times! That’s a huge difference!
FAQ Novel
Q: Where is the Getty family’s luxurious home located?
A: Their home is on the most expensive artificial island in Miami, occupying nearly one-third of the island’s area.
Q: What is Charlie’s immediate plan for reaching the island?
A: Charlie plans to travel alone to the island, using his abilities to walk on water.
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