"Hasn't he had a fever yet?"

"No, sir. ”

"Did you give him an aspirin?"

"I've eaten it. ”

"What about the priest?"

"The priest has already been here and has just left. ”

It is a lavishly decorated room, with heavy goose-down curtains hanging from the sides, intricately crafted crystal lamps hanging from the ceiling, reflecting the tiny rays of sunlight streaming in from the windows, and priceless paintings hanging haphazardly on the walls, luxurious from top to bottom.

And this is not a castle palace, but just a bedroom in the home of a capitalist in the early 20th century, which is not a special case, and most of the homes of the upper class of the era are like this, with the same bright colors and the same preference for hardwood and ivory.

"What the hell is going on, how did he suddenly have a fever? How did you take care of him! If he didn't get rid of his fever today, I would definitely fire you—" The emaciated middle-aged man in a suit turned to the rest of the maids who were standing against the wall trying to pretend to be wallpaper, and added fiercely, "And you! So, do you understand?"

"All right, Father. Lying on the bed, the young man who had just woken up from his sleep interrupted the man's words, "I feel much better today, don't be difficult for them anymore." ”

No one can know his physical condition better than himself, but it is a unique rejection reaction in the early stage of the crossing, and it will be normal in a few days.

The middle-aged man, who had been full of anger before, immediately put away the anger on his face after hearing the young man speak. "How do you feel better?" "Thank God, if you continue to have a fever, I will consider having the priest blet you." ”

"Phlebotomy? I don't believe that. ”

Qiao Heng sat up from the bed, pointed to the clothes hanging on the hanger, and beckoned to the maid, who took off the clothes knowingly and brought them to him. Under the service of the maid, he quickly got dressed.

"Carl, won't you rest for a while?"

The middle-aged man who got a negative answer sighed helplessly, "I have an appointment to go, if you are not feeling well, remember to call your family doctor." ”

He turned around again and instructed the maid who had spoken to him earlier, "Take good care of Carl, and if anything happens again, inform me immediately." His tone reverted to his previous sternness.

The maid nodded vigorously, then lowered her head to the hem of her skirt that hung down to her feet, and did not dare to speak again.

Qiao Heng frowned and said, "I will take care of myself, father." ”

The middle-aged man nodded noncommittally, straightened his tie, and strode away.

At this time, the maid handed Qiao Heng another coat.

Qiao Heng changed the man's posture of accepting the maid's help to dress at this time, he took his coat and said politely: "I'll come by myself." ”

The maid was stunned, a little unresponsive.

"I'll do it myself. The young man repeated the words patiently, and without a trace he pushed away the maid's hand and put on his coat.

The maid stepped aside tremblingly.

The man who left before was named Nathan Hawkley, whose ancestors immigrated to the Americas during the Age of Discovery, and later started in the footsteps of the industrial revolution, relying on heavy industry to make a complete fortune, and became a steel tycoon in Pittsburgh, USA.

Not long ago, Nathan took his son Carl to London, England to discuss business, but he didn't expect his son to be ill. The high fever did not go away for several days, and it was not until today that there were some signs of improvement, and his hanging heart was let go a little.

After that, he continued to observe for several days, and after he was sure that Carl was completely recovered, he finally relaxed completely. For this, he also went to thank Father Biles, who would not have recovered so quickly if he had not come to pray for Karl.

In the past few days, Qiao Heng has been in a good mood, and he doesn't have to worry about the bitter master left by the original owner of the body coming to him for revenge - because no, the original owner has not left any organization for him to worry about arranging, let alone trying to avoid the investigation and pursuit of the international police, the FBI, and the CIA, to be honest, he rarely has such a quiet time.

Father and son rode their horses leisurely on the lawn.

The young man on horseback stood upright and calm, and the older man was a few steps behind, and he looked at the young man in front of him with an admiring gaze.

The old man suddenly quickened his horse, stood side by side with the young man, and said to his son, "You have been in London for a while, do you have a favorite lady?"

Without replying, the young man replied, "No." ”

"It's a shame. Nathan continued, "I'm going back to Pittsburgh, but I can't take you back. You're going to stay here, and I need you to help me get a deal. He touched the horse's neck, and the horse took two steps, then stopped.

Qiao Heng pulled the reins slightly, the horse stopped advancing, he tilted his head slightly, glanced at Nathan, and asked, "What business?"

"According to credible sources, the British government intends to build three unprecedented mega cruise ships, you know what that means, we are going to at least take the right to build the hulls, and you can send me a telegram if there are things that are not good to decide. ”

Nathan looked at his son like an eagle expecting its young eagles to spread their wings.

Qiao Heng smiled, and he said, "It's not difficult. ”

It's not that hard, at least for him.

As Nathan Hawkley, the steel tycoon, had just stepped off a cruise ship from London to America and returned to Pittsburgh when he received a telegram from Qiao Heng informing him that he had secured the deal and that Pittsburgh was ready.

On the American side, no one in the management of Hawkley's steel mill knows how this little Mr. Hawkley did this in such a short period of time.

Someone came over and asked Nathan if he had given little Hawkley advice, and Nethan said very honestly that he also didn't know anything about it. God knows, he was ready to send someone to support Carl on the cruise ship back to Pittsburgh, who would have thought he would move so quickly.

......

At the beginning of the twentieth century, mass production of automobiles began. Many of Europe's wealthy classes have already begun to use this new thing.

Several cars stopped at the same place one after another, and men and women in formal clothes stepped out of the cars one after another. They had invitations in their hands and were dressed as if they were rushing to a banquet.

No matter when and where, Qiao Heng is always dressed in a decent way, but even so, he still looks outstanding. He handed the invitation to the waiter, and with one of the assistants that old Hawkley had hired for him, he entered the banquet.

"The one up in front is Carl Hawkley. Two women in dresses and folding fans whispered something.

"So young, I remember they didn't say he was forty or fifty?"

It was his father, Nathan Hawkley, and his family ran heavy industry in Pittsburgh. ”

"Is this little Hawkley engaged?"

"No, these young people from the United States have high horizons, and ordinary celebrities can't look down on them. ”

Qiao Heng walked in front of them without squinting.

No matter what the banquet is, the topics of ladies can never escape the three things of jewelry and gossip, while the topics of men can never be separated from politics, politics, and politics.

This is not an innovative banquet, the only thing worth mentioning is that it was held in the name of celebrating the successful tender of three giant cruise ships.

However, something unexpected arose.

The host walked on the stage and said a lot of words that everyone had long been tired of listening to, and after listening to the first half of the sentence, he could guess the second half of the sentence, as well as some promotional words about the three giant cruise ships.

These things that everyone was impatient to listen to, but Qiao Heng listened very patiently.

Just when everyone thought that the host was about to finish speaking, he suddenly raised his voice and said loudly: "Now, I will announce the names of these three giant cruise ships." They are—"

“rmsgigantic！”

“rmsolympic！”

"rmstitanic!" (Note 1)

As soon as the words fell, the guests were in an uproar.

As is customary in this era, the name of the newbuilder will be kept secret until it is launched. This act of announcing the names of ships in advance broke with the conventions of various companies in the past, and was truly the first time in the history of Europe.

In front of the capitalists, there must be no mention of conventions, and the only thing that can drive the capitalists is "interests".

The director of the lead company for the construction of the three cruise ships smiled at the people who had already discussed it, and was very satisfied. He looked at Carl Hawkley, and by chance the two met eye contacts, and he picked up a glass of brandy and raised it to the young man from Pittsburgh.

"That's a great idea!"

The two were far apart, and Qiao Heng didn't hear what he was saying.

The other party also thought of this, so he made a lip shape and said silently: perfect!

Qiao Heng smiled lightly and also raised his glass in return.