Chapter 477: I'm Emma's Uncle (Second Shift)
After Lin Zitan confessed, it took about two hours for the information department to send a copy of the investigation results to Lin Zitan's mailbox.
George Johnson, formerly known as George Goodman, was born on October 22, 1976, in a small town called Pennsylvania. In 1994~1998, he studied new energy at Columbia University......"
"So George was a student of old Johnson?"
After reading the life of the housekeeper George, Lin Zitan found that this person's resume was so simple and clear, after graduating from George University, he followed Mr. Johnson Sr. to do research and became his teaching assistant, and then has been committed to the research of new energy.
But for some reason, after following George Sr. for a few years, George took the initiative to change his surname, and since then he has been in the old Johnson's house as a housekeeper and special assistant, helping him take care of various investment affairs, sorting out academic papers, etc., until the old Johnson died.
Since there was nothing to be found from the background information, Lin Zitan thought that it would be better to go back and ask the housekeeper, it happened that he and Emma had recently discussed how to redecorate the old man's villa, and the whereabouts of the housekeeper and Aunt Lao Hei would be a problem at that time.
Recently, Emma and Lin Zitan still asked the nanny to take the child to Johnson Sr.'s house for after-school tutoring, and then the family went home after dinner, except that they didn't have to go up to the second floor every night to say goodnight to Old Johnson, everything else has not changed.
Lin Zitan also noticed that the housekeeper and the old black nanny were sad for a long time because of the death of old Johnson, but after all, they were just master and servant, and the old black nanny was closer to Emma, and quickly adjusted her emotions, but it was this housekeeper called George, Lin Zitan only realized today that he seemed to have underestimated him too much before.
On the way back, Lin Zitan suddenly thought of the fact that the housekeeper George persuaded him to accept the 10 million funds and stocks on the day the will was distributed, and he realized at this moment that he really didn't study those funds and stocks carefully, but continued to stay in the hands of the housekeeper George as the daily expenses of the villa.
At that time, George also said that with these stocks and funds, the couple did not have to worry about the daily expenses of the villa, and he would take care of everything and let them rest assured! Now that I think about it, this George must have a way to make more money by operating this 10 million fund shares to maintain the expenses of the villa!
With a stomach full of questions, Lin Zitan went directly back to the old Johnson's house from the company early this day, and when he got home, he happened to meet the children coming back from school, so he played with the children for a while, until the tutor came over.
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"Sir, Mademoiselle has called and said that she will be going out to dinner with Miss Ivani in the evening, and let me speak to you. ”
The housekeeper George saw Lin Zitan come out of the children's room and immediately said respectfully.
"Oh, okay, I see, I'll be on the phone with her before I get back, so the kids can start eating when they're done with class!"
Lin Zitan explained simply.
"Okay sir, by the way, I have carefully sorted out the old gentleman's study during this time, if you need to work in it, you can use it at any time, if you are not used to it, I will ask someone to tidy up another study for you. ”
The housekeeper couldn't help but say when he saw him sitting down in the living room with a stack of materials.
"Not for the time being, I discussed with Emma to redecorate the house after a while, by the way, she wants to say that it will be renovated into 6 units, I mean 4 units, and then rent them out, what do you think is better?"
After finishing speaking, Lin Zitan looked at the butler's face seriously, not missing any change in expression on his face.
"Sir, are you and Miss worried about the expenses of this villa? You really don't have to worry about this, I will definitely find a way to earn this money back from funds and stocks, you just have to live in peace!"
When the butler George heard this, he immediately said eagerly.
"You also said before that if you take down this house, even if you don't do anything, it will cost 600,000 yuan a year, and we are now discussing that we can't finish living in it, so it is better to renovate the house, even if it is only divided into four units, and one unit is rented for 15,000 a month, the expenses can be equalized.
What's more, with the geographical location and overall area of this house, according to the current market, a unit can be rented at least 18,000, so that not only can it be flat, but also have a surplus!
Lin Zitan looked up at George again when he said this, and found that the old butler's face was becoming more and more distressed.
"Sir, don't you believe that I can make this money back, and why do you feel comfortable putting all the funds and stocks with me?"
George the butler asked dejectedly.
"It's not that we don't believe you, we just don't want to waste unnecessary resources, and besides, even if we live by ourselves, this house is too big! Our family can live on the first floor at most! But our own apartment is only five minutes away, so it's too wasteful for this house to be empty here, right?"
Lin Zitan deliberately threw this question to the housekeeper, in fact, he just wanted to see the other party's reaction, and the final decision of course still rested with Emma, not even himself.
"This ...... Mr. Johnson Sr. meant to let you keep the house, but he didn't say it had to be left as it was, so ...... Of course you have the right to do so, but if you renovate it into 4 units, then the old gentleman's study ...... Are you going to tear it down too?"
Butler George also seemed to realize that he was powerless to stop it, so after struggling for a while, he couldn't help but remind.
"Grandpa is gone, this study doesn't seem to be very meaningful, I'll have people move all his precious books down, do you think that's okay?"
Lin Zitan said to the housekeeper with a faint smile.
"Well, since the house belongs to you and Miss, of course it should be up to you, I'...... I will support it~"
Lin Zitan didn't expect that he would argue with himself for so long, and finally compromise as if he was humiliated.
A few seconds of silence followed, and just as Lin Zitan wanted to find another topic to break the silence, George suddenly turned around and said that he wanted to go and see how dinner was prepared. Just as he turned around and walked forward, Lin Zitan suddenly spoke:
"George Goodman, can you explain why your name was changed to George Johnson?"
"You...... You're investigating me?"
Butler George turned to look at Lin Zi in shock.
"A person who owns 10 million shares in our fund, of course I need to know in particular, if you feel offended, then I feel sorry, but don't you feel that you should also be honest with your new boss?"
Lin Zitan said calmly.
"I'm sorry, I didn't think about it enough, I said before, if you have any questions, you can ask me directly, since you investigated me, you shouldn't have gotten the information you want from my resume, if you have any questions, you can ask directly, right?"
The butler quickly adjusted his mood this time, and maintained his usual respectful attitude and said calmly.
"My question is simple, firstly, why did you change your name, and secondly, why did you continue to stay here?"
This is indeed the reason why Lin Zitan really wants to know.
"It's good that Miss Emma is not at home today, if I say, I am Emma's uncle, I don't know if you believe it, the main reason why I am in this house is to protect her and her family!"
The butler George replied without humility or arrogance.
"Uncle, I remember Emma said that her mother was dependent on her grandmother, and you are ...... age."
Lin Zitan wondered.
"My mom Kate and I are half-siblings!"