Across the ocean...

It was 7:30 a.m.

Inside the hotel's luxurious presidential suite:

"Boss, this is a newly compiled table of Wall Street stock market data for the past three months."

"Okay, put it here, I'll look at it right away."

A stack of data sheets was placed on the table. The man at the head of the table wore frameless glasses and was using a mouse to operate a laptop.

The computer screen was covered with colorful lines, some high and some low, undulating.

"Boss, the banquet guest list is out. Mr. Jackson and his wife will be attending the banquet."

The man operating the computer didn't change his posture; he had already uttered clear and concise commands:

"Use our connections to get an invitation to this banquet so we can meet with Jackson."

"Yes, I will contact the governor immediately."

Just then, a man in a suit walked in from outside and whispered in the man's ear:

"Old Liu from the H Province Club called and said that a young master Gu came to the club and gave him a diamond card. However, it seems that young master Gu knows you, boss, and asked Old Liu to thank you on his behalf. Old Liu doesn't know young master Gu, so he asked me."

The man operating the laptop paused, reaching up to adjust the glasses perched on his face.

"Young Master Gu?"

"yes."

What is your full name?

"I couldn't find out anything about this Old Liu, so I'm a bit suspicious."

The man raised his eyebrows slightly a few times:

"Have him send me a photo."

Just then, the phone on the assistant's phone rang.

"Boss, it's here. It's a screenshot from the surveillance footage."

Within the Empire, surveillance is not yet widespread; it is almost exclusively used within important units and at intersections along national highways.

Since Blue is the empire's most luxurious entertainment club, and its big boss clearly has considerable wealth overseas, it's perfectly normal for the club to have surveillance cameras installed.

Even the cameras inside the Blue Club are high-definition, unlike the cameras at the national highway intersections which are only black and white and have very poor image quality.

The photo is a clear side view of Gu Ziling going upstairs.

"Boss, do you know this person?"

The man nodded: "The second young master of the Gu family in the capital, the department head of the management department."

Sure enough, his background is quite impressive.

"Have Lao Liu send over another black card."

"Boss?"

The assistant was shocked. There were only three black cards in total. The other two had already been given away. One was in the hands of the ambassador at the US consulate in the United States, and the other was in the hands of the young master of the Chen family, a top wealthy family in Hong Kong. The last one had always been kept. He really didn't expect that the boss would give the only remaining black card to the second young master of the Gu family as soon as he opened his mouth.

"Do you know what other identity Young Master Gu has?" the man suddenly asked.

The assistant shook his head. He had been sent abroad to study by his boss after graduating from high school, and after graduation, he stayed abroad to develop overseas markets for his boss. As for the situation in the capital, he only knew some information about the top families. He was completely clueless about the specific people and things. Otherwise, he would have known Gu Ziling’s name.

The man smiled, and the assistant was even more surprised. It was only a few years ago that the boss had shown such a relaxed smile.

"He is Xiao Shiyun's uncle."

Hmm? The second largest shareholder's uncle?

The assistant was naturally aware of the second largest shareholder.

After all, when the boss split the shares, I was abroad and my phone was almost ringing off the hook with calls from people back home.