The Man in Power After Being Married into Her Family
Chapter 3496

Charlie had long thought of a full set of plans to deal with these treacherous members from the Wade family's collateral families. This was also the reason why he had rushed all the way back from Northern Europe directly without stopping. He wanted to deal with all these collateral families at one go. When Stephen heard of Charlie's series of plans, he was shocked, but he also felt extraordinarily relieved at the same time.

Although Stephen was not a member of the Wade family, he was also very angry when he saw the members of the Wade family's collateral families, who usually relied on the Wade family's help, flee in the night when the Wade family's life and death were at stake. Therefore, Stephen naturally agreed with Charlie now that he wanted to teach them a lesson.

However, Stephen did not expect that Charlie would actually be so ruthless. According to this situation, it seemed as though Charlie was really going to cut the Wade family's collateral families assets by half.

When Charlie saw the complicated expression on Stephen's face, he asked him, "Mr. Thompson, do you think that I'm being too hard on them?"

Stephen thought for a moment and spoke up, "Young Master, it is indeed a little harsh if we were to talk about the intensity of the punishment alone. After all, i

t would be hard for any person to accept it when it involves half of the family's assets..."

After saying that, Stephen paused for a moment and then said, "But Young Master, I also think that what you're doing is justified at the same time. After all, basically, a large portion of their assets in itself was accumulated by relying on the Wade family. Since they could betray the Wade family's trust at the most critical moment, it is only justifiable for the Wade family to take over a part of their assets. It would also be an excellent supplement to the Wade family."

Charlie smiled slightly and said seriously, "Mr. Thompson, in truth, the reason why I am punishing them this time is not really for the assets in their hands, but it is mainly because I think that these people's loyalty to the Wade family is really too low. It's so low to the point that it's outrageous. So, I have to take advantage of this opportunity to rectify this issue."

As Charlie spoke of this, he had a serious expression on his face as he said, "This time, I will have to let them understand that if they want to rely on the Wade family, they should have a strong sense of loyalty toward the Wade family just like how those ancient vassals were loyal to the kind! I will make sure that anyone who dares to make use of the Wade family only to betray the Wade family pays a painful price for their actions!"

Stephen nodded in agreement and sighed as he said," Lord Wade has been too indulgent toward these

collateral families. He always felt that they were already loyal enough toward the Wade family on a general basis and so, he would always give them a share of benefits and profits. However, in the final analysis, it was all just an illusion of peace and prosperity. When something bad happens, their true colors are instantly shown. They really need to be properly restrained."

Charlie said indifferently, "They are equivalent to the vassal kings raised by the ancient king in the various fiefs. If they want to be a qualified vassal king, they must have the basic consciousness to share in the king's worries if they are relying on the king to make their profits Moreover, they should also grasp the scale of measure and not threaten the sovereign monarch's ruling position and dominance nor impose a retreat when the monarch needs them. Such rules need to be set for the Wade family's collateral families."

As he spoke, Charlie then said again, "Each of their situations is all similar, and their cash can only account for up to 20% of all of their assets. Some of the collateral families might even have cash reserves that are less than 10% of their total

assets. Even if they were to hand all of their cash over, it would still be a far cry from the 50% that require. So, this time, I will let Ten Thousand Armies take action and force them into signing an installment agreement first. After that, I will use this installment agreement to bind them deeply."

"However, I will not force them into a dead-end either. As long as they hand over their cash assets and sign the installment agreement that I ask for, the Wade family can still give them some resources so that they can also continue following the Wade family to make money."

"At that time, they will not only be

putting in the effort to follow the Wade family to make money but in essence, they will also be trying hard to repay their debt to me. So, as they bleed, will be giving them a blood transfusion while also taking blood out of this. In this case, it will be a cycle where they will not be able to leave us but at the same time, they will never be able to get stronger. This is the only way for us to have full and utter control over them."

When Stephen heard this, he had an expression full of admiration as he exclaimed, "Young Master, this move of yours is indeed amazing! These collateral families will no longer be prodigal sons who would only reach out to the family asking for things, but they will be forced to also make some contributions to the Wade family, then!"

"That's right." Charlie sneered and said, "That's why, to put it bluntly, I want to take advantage of this opportunity to take down the power of these vassal kings this time. This way, their lives will be very difficult in the future, but it will be just the beginning of our good days!" Just as Charlie was about to arrive at Mount Wintry, a group of Porter's subordinates had already collected more than two hundred billion dollars from the hands of more than seven hundred of the Wade family's collateral families.

However, this was only one-fifth of all the net assets of the Wade family's collateral families.