Yashita spoke up and asked, "Dad, do you have any general plans now?”
Holden said, "I thought about it a little. It would be better for us to look for a main family that we can collaborate with within Eastcliff. There are many other wealthy and big families in Eastcliff. Aside from the Schulz family, there is also the Wade family and the Golding family. If that cannot work out for us, we can also choose to collaborate with the Dunn family. After all, the enemy of our enemy is our friend. I believe that the Dunn family would also have the same intentions. Helen Dunn's life and death are still unknown, and I do not believe that the Dunn family will keep their grievances to themselves.”
Yashita nodded. After forcing herself to think about it for a moment, she spoke up, "Dad, all three of these families are very strong. It would be great if we could collaborate with them. However, I would not recommend the collaboration with the Dunn family."
Holden hurriedly asked, "Why?"
Yashita said, "The Dunn family is in a special situation. It is not only their future generation who are doing very well in the business world, but they also hold high positions. So, even if they are extremely
dissatisfied with the Schulz family, it would be very unlikely for them to choose to collaborate with a martial arts family like ours. If word about this were t o get out to the public, it would certainly affect their reputation. Moreover, it would not be easy for them to explain this matter to the public." 5
Holden suddenly came to a realization as he blurted out, "It's no wonder! I've always felt that the Schulz family was a little unlucky. Their ocean shipping business was so large and strong, but their shipping license suddenly got revoked. It seems as though this was probably the work of the Dunn family, then."
"That's right.” Yashita said, "The Dunn family would certainly choose to employ reasonable and legal methods to deal with them. Even if they were to abide by the rules of the game, it would have to be within the reasonable and legal scope of limits. But in their eyes, martial arts families like ours are treading on the gray area in society. So, they will certainly want to draw a clear line with us."
Holden nodded before he said, "I understand now. It seems as though we will have to find a breakthrough point from the Wade family and the Golding family!"
After he was done speaking, Holden stood up and said, "Yashita, why don't we do this? I’ll transfer another ten million dollars to you privately. You can head to the Johnstul Peninsula to try and look for Rosalie there. If you cannot find her this time, I would suggest that you have to face reality too. You cannot possibly watch yourself and the Harker family end up weakened just because Rosalie's whereabouts are still unknown!"
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