The Man in Power After Being Married into Her Family
Chapter 2612

Yolden suddenly came to a realization, and he blurted out, "Is that the reason why you want to venture into the ocean shipping business?"

"Yes." Charlie nodded and said, "I do not know how much you know about the Schulz family, but back then, the Schulz family and my father did not get along very well. The Schulz family even set up the Anti- Wade Alliance, and they colluded with many other families to deal with and go against my father.

Therefore, in my eyes, the Schulz family is also my enemy. Since the Schulz family's ocean shipping business has been completely halted at the moment, I think that it is the perfect time for me to take advantage of this opportunity and step into the ocean shipping industry. That is how this idea came to me."

As he spoke, Charlie said, "I was originally planning for Doris to help me start up this business. However, she told me that if she were to venture into this business, she would have to possess a very thorough understanding of international trade, the laws and regulations, and the tax policies of major trading countries in the world. She felt as though she was not competent enough to handle this, and that is the reason why she recommended you to me..."

"It was such a coincidence that the both of us met just last night. So, I decided to come and pay you a visit today so that I could ask you to step up and help me

out. I never would have expected that you would actually be my mother's former classmate."

Yolden was silent for a moment before he said," Charlie, you made the right judgment by choosing the ocean shipping industry as your entry point."

"The proportion of global trade will definitely become larger and larger in the future. More and more large-scale manufacturing companies have already begun engaging in global supply chains. Take the automobile industry as an example. A car uses steel made out of iron ore from Brazil and Australia, rubber that is originally produced in Southeast Asia, and high-precision electronic devices and control modules from the United States, Germany and Japan, before using Oskia's upstream and downstream industrial chains and labor force to put everything together."

"Amongst these, most of the transportation of the raw materials, spare parts, and even the completed vehicles would have to rely on ocean shipping."

"Even if we did not mention the automobile industry, the clothing industry is now a global supply chain. If you were to buy a random coat for two to three hundred dollars, the coat might be made out of cotton from the United States, fabrics from Oskia, and zippers that were made in Japan, using the labor forces from Vietnam, Bangladesh, and Romania. After that, these items would finally be shipped out from the producing countries and imported into your country before being sold to you."

"With more and more global supply chains like this, the ocean shipping industry will certainly get even better and better. Since the Schulz family's shipping license has already been revoked, this would be the key to speeding up the reshuffling of the domestic ocean shipping industry."

Charlie nodded before he asked, "Professor Hart, I wonder if you would be willing to do me this favor, then? Please feel free to raise any conditions that you want!" 4

Yolden suddenly became a little melancholic as he sighed and said, "Charlie, let me be frank with you. If I had not given up on my job, I might have already become the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, or even be like Apple's CEO, Tim Cook, who easily makes more than one hundred million US dollars a year. However, the reason why I chose to give up on my high-income job and teach in a university instead is because I made a promise in front of my wife's grave that I would only teach for the second half of my life. I would no longer get into the commercial business industry, nor will I work so hard just for money anymore..."

Charlie asked in surprise, "Professor Hart, your wife has already passed away?!"

"Yes..." Yolden sighed as he said, "Sigh. Back then, my so-called entrepreneurial ambition was simply too strong. All of the classmates around us became executives and even partners of many large groups and corporations, and many others successfully started their own businesses, eventually becoming rich billionaires. I was not willing to fall behind anyone else, so, I worked very hard, and the time that I spent at home amounted to less than a month throughout the whole year..."

"At that time, I was flying all around the world in the first-class cabin every day, and I did not even have time to care about my wife and children's lives at all." 2

"There was once when I was on a business trip in Japan to discuss a project, and my wife called me to tell me that she had been having frequent headaches recently. I did not have time to worry about all this, and I simply asked her to take some ibuprofen or to go to the hospital and see a doctor on her own..."

"Who would have known that after half a year, my wife would leave me because of a malignant brain tumor..."

Having said that, Yolden's eyes were flushed red, and he was filled with self-reproach as he said, "Ever since the day she was diagnosed, I finally realized the fatal mistakes that I have been making over the past many years."

"Money is important, but money is by no means all-powerful. Money can never replace love, family affection, kinship, or health..." 4

"No matter how much money I earn, I cannot use money in exchange for my wife's life, nor will I ever be able to use money to gain my daughter's true

forgiveness..."

"So, ever since that moment, I swore to my wife that I, Yolden Hart, would only teach and educate people in the future and that I will never become a slave to money again!" 9