Chapter 3009: Paving the Way for You

Howard's stance made Jenny Hogwitz cry and bow repeatedly in gratitude: "Thank you, respected patriarch! Thank you!"

For Jenny, she had long been at her wit's end, but had no good way to solve it. Originally, she didn't dare to ask the Rothschild family for help. After all, she knew clearly that the Rothschild family actually looked down on these distant relatives.

But isn't it a coincidence today?

Howard suddenly threw an olive branch to the collateral families, which immediately made Jenny realize that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Other collateral families, seeing Howard's sense of responsibility towards the collateral families, were naturally very grateful and excited.

Howard stood up at this time and smiled: "In the future, if there are similar things, everyone can go to the Clan Liaison Office for the first time. I will arrange for my most trusted subordinates to be stationed there to focus on handling the difficulties you encounter."

When Howard said the words "subordinates," all his sons realized one thing: the old master was guarding against them.

Generally speaking, if you really want to do clan liaison, it is naturally most suitable to choose your own family members, and it can also make these collateral families feel valued.

But the old master bypassed so many sons and grandsons and chose to let his subordinates take on this role, which meant that although he wanted to enhance contact with the collateral families, he also wanted to make a cut between his children and grandchildren and the collateral families.

In this way, his real purpose of drawing in the collateral families was self-evident: it was to guard against these children and grandchildren.

At this moment, the eldest son Steve was even more depressed.

He scolded secretly in his heart: "The old master is afraid that I will unite with the maternal relatives to rebel in the future. Now he is directly attacking me from the inside and outside. I can't break through from the inside, and I can't borrow strength from the outside. In this way, I can be pressed in the position of heir by him and unable to move..."

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh: "Fortunately, Ye Chen only extended the old master's life for a few years. Even if the old master tosses, he can't toss for a few years. When his body fails, he will have to let go even if he doesn't want to..."

Immediately, Steve suddenly felt panicked and sighed: "If it turns out like Helena said, that Ye Chen can make the old master live longer than me, then it's over! If Ye Chen keeps extending the old master's life, I definitely won't outlive the old master who has opened the cheat..."

At this moment, Steve was already terrified to the extreme.

He knew that with the old master's current state, he would definitely try every means to live longer, and would definitely hold the position of patriarch tightly, never easily letting him succeed. Therefore, his future was entirely in Ye Chen's hands.

Thinking of this, he wished he could go to Ye Chen tomorrow to pay his respects and repent, and by the way, express his loyalty.

And at this time, Howard's attitude moved the collateral families to the extreme, giving them a tangible sense of sincerity.

For Howard, he wanted to win over these collateral families and was planning to find a typical example to set up. He didn't expect that Jenny Hogwitz would cry and put forward her appeal in front of so many people. In his opinion, this was the best opportunity to reflect his courage, strength, and credibility as a patriarch.

Moreover, this matter didn't seem to be a difficult one.

It was nothing more than the disappearance of the Hogwitz father and son in China.

Disappearance, after all, had three results: either the person was dead, or the person was alive but hid themselves, or the person was alive but was hidden by someone else.

If it was the first, it was the simplest. Just find the body and give the woman an explanation;

If it was the second or third, then find the two of them, no matter if they were hiding voluntarily or passively, just bring them back to the United States, and it would be considered a great success.

Therefore, he looked at the direct members of the Rothschild family on both sides of the conference table and asked: "Who among you is willing to volunteer to go to China and help Jenny bring her husband and son back?"

A group of children and grandchildren looked at each other.

At this time, who wanted to leave New York?

What if something happened in New York during this period? If they were in China, wouldn't they completely lose the opportunity to compete?

Seeing that no one answered, Howard felt a bit angry in his heart. These children and grandchildren usually looked like people, and they were obedient to him, but when it was time for them to volunteer, they were all dogs, one by one. If no one answered, where would he put his face?

Just when Howard felt he was riding a tiger and couldn't get off, the eldest son Steve suddenly stood up and said: "Father, I'll go! It concerns the personal safety of two clansmen, so we must pay enough attention. You are old, so naturally, you can't go to China yourself. Then please allow me, this eldest son, to go to China on your behalf!"

"Holy shit!"

Howard was ecstatic in his heart and praised Steve's performance even more.

He sighed in his heart:

"What is called vision?"

"This is what is called vision!"

"You guys who aren't the eldest son, none of you are willing to leave New York, but my eldest son took the initiative to ask for it!"

"It seems that Steve is indeed my good eldest son! A filial good eldest son!"

Thinking of this, he exhaled all his turbid air, stood up excitedly, and said loudly: "Good! Very good! Steve, you are worthy of being my eldest son, Howard Rothschild! Your vision is far beyond others! Since you have this heart, then this task is handed to you!"

Steve decided to go to China in person, not really wanting to find the Hogwitz father and son, but just wanting to take this opportunity to go to China to pay his respects to Ye Chen.

But in Howard's view, his son took the initiative to ask for it, which meant he was wholeheartedly sharing his worries.

In fact, Howard and his son Steve had an information gap.

Howard didn't know the true owner of the medicinal pill. He only knew that the medicinal pill belonged to the Nordic Queen, and didn't know the hidden story behind it.

But Steve knew it clearly. The Nordic Queen was just Ye Chen's white glove. Whether his old man could get the medicinal pill in the future depended entirely on Ye Chen alone.

Therefore, he had to take this opportunity to go to China to see Ye Chen.

Howard first thought that the Nordic Queen sending the medicinal pill was his son Steve's filial piety, so now that Steve took the initiative to ask for it, he was naturally extremely satisfied. He then looked at everyone and said loudly: "In addition, I want to announce one thing here. From today on, Steve Rothschild will officially become the next heir of the Rothschild family! In the future, after I retire, he will be the one leading the Rothschild family forward!"

As soon as this was said, the collateral members at the scene applauded one after another, but Steve's younger brothers and nephews were expressionless.

They knew very well that since the old master announced this decision in front of so many people, there was basically no possibility of change.

That also meant that after the old master passed away and Steve served as the patriarch, they would also slowly become collateral families, and their descendants would have to sit in the listening seats like the collateral families behind them and be grateful for some small favors from the main family.

Interestingly, Steve himself didn't look very happy at this time.

This is not surprising, because he is the only one at the scene besides Howard who knows that he might not be able to succeed.

Therefore, he was even more eager to go to China to see Ye Chen.

After the meeting, these collateral family members left Rothschild Manor one after another in high spirits. Howard called Steve alone to his study and exhorted him: "Steve, this time you go to China, you must try every means to bring back that pair of father and son from the Hogwitz family. Those collateral families are all waiting for your success."

Steve said respectfully: "Father, don't worry, I will do my best!"

Howard nodded lightly and continued: "These maternal relatives, I usually look down on them, but they are an indispensable force for you to consolidate your position as patriarch after you take office in the future. So I established the Clan Liaison Office this time to let them unite around the Rothschild family from now on!"

"With the favors given to them by this Clan Liaison Office, they will do their best to maintain the orthodoxy of the Rothschild family in the future. Maintaining the orthodoxy of the family is maintaining their interests. Your father is the orthodoxy of this generation of the Rothschild family, and you, as my eldest son and the first heir I have confirmed and made public, are the orthodoxy of the next generation of the Rothschild family. So everything I do today is paving the way for you, do you understand?"

Steve sneered in his heart: "Paving the way for me? My road is almost broken by you, and you are still paving the way for me? You are dismantling the road for me!"

If it were before knowing Ye Chen, Steve would have believed at least seventy percent of Howard's words.

However, given the inside story he already knew, Steve's trust in his words was completely zero.

By comparison, he knew more than Howard, so he could conclude that everything his father did today was to consolidate his own position as patriarch. The reason he spoke so grandly was nothing more than wanting to fool himself, continue to draw cakes for himself, and let himself be a stupid crown prince.

The simplest point is, if the old master really wanted to pave the way for him, then the person in charge of this Clan Liaison Office should naturally be him.

However, he deliberately bypassed all direct members of the family and designated his most trusted professional manager to manage this office. Isn't this just because he is afraid that the favors made by the Clan Liaison Office to the collateral families will be wrongly recorded under his name, or the names of other younger brothers?

The office established by the old master himself, managed by the old master's confidant, if the collateral families get benefits through this office in the future, the one they are grateful for will naturally be the old master.

Imagine, when a person is not sure whether the boss's son will lay off staff, change blood, or cut wages after taking over, and his boss suddenly wants to raise his salary by 50%, and also releases words to help him solve his wife's work, children's insurance, family mortgage, and parents' medical care, will he hope for the boss's son to take over?

No.

He will only pray to Bodhisattva or God every day to let his boss live a few more years, because if his son comes up one day, his good days might come to an end.

However, although Steve knew everything, he still bowed respectfully to Howard and said: "Thank you, Father, for your cultivation! I will definitely not live up to your expectations!" ===== CHAPTER 3010 =====