Chapter 82: Loyal Servant Ali
The old king was silent for a long time, and Zhou Hao had been watching him silently, and the air in the small secret room suddenly became extremely depressing. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
After a long time, the old king suddenly squeezed his eyes at Zhou Hao, and then said a word very seriously, "Intuition!" ”
"Intuition?" Zhou Hao smiled noncommittally.
Seeing that Zhou Hao didn't believe it, the old king said in a more serious tone: "My intuition tells me that you will be the best brother in Sheikh's life, and in our faith, brotherhood is very important!" Trust me for no reason and no interest in this trust. ”
"I only help the Sheikh as Sheikh's brother and friend, and I will not have any obligations to the royal family, nor will I claim any rights." Zhou Hao saw that the old king once again came up with idealistic rhetoric, so he had to say his attitude very seriously. Sheikh's undisguised admiration and dependence made Zhou Hao involuntarily accept the existence of this little brother, since Sheikh has been involved in the battle for the throne, Zhou Hao knows that he will inevitably help Sheikh in the future. Since the old king refused to tell the truth, there was no point in dwelling on this issue, but the attitude he should have still needed to be made clear.
"Well, that's a good boy. I can tell you're not used to politics and don't like scheming, but I think you need to have your own close friend to help you deal with these shady things. I want to send you a man, a poor man, and I hope you can trust him and treat him well. He will repay your loyalty and even his life. The old king reached out and pressed the walkie-talkie on the table, and called softly: "Ali! ”。
A tall, thick-eyed, handsome young man quietly appeared at the door.
"This is Ibrahim Ali, the same age as you, he was abandoned in the desert and I found him eighteen years ago, and I took him back to the inner court after I could not find his parents, he is very smart and capable, let him follow you in the future." The old king glanced at the young guard, turned his head and said to Zhou Hao kindly.
When the young guard heard the old king's words, his whole body shook slightly, and tears immediately flowed from his eyes, and he did not speak, but quickly leaned over at the door and made a five-body bow, as if bidding farewell to the old king and as if he was meeting his new master.
"Ali, serve His Highness Zhou well, he will be a good master. In addition, tell the princes and ministers outside that this time has been hard, and I still need to recuperate for a few days, so I will not receive guests. ”
Bidding farewell to the old king and passing through the labyrinthine corridor, Zhou Hao finally returned to his residence in the palace.
Ali has been slightly ahead of Zhou Hao by half a step to lead the way, silent and did not speak, but from his half-clenched fist and constantly trembling hands, Zhou Hao may be able to imagine his uneasiness and fear at this time. Especially an outcast like Ali, his heart is more sensitive.
Back at the residence, Zhou Hao had just sat down. Ali fell to the ground and kissed his shoes with his mouth. "My master, your faithful servant Ali is here to dedicate his life to you."
"Okay, Ali, we're all the same age, so don't be so angry, and I don't like such cumbersome etiquette, we can be casual with each other, okay?"
"Your merciful ......" Ali did not get up, but became even more nervous, and his whole body trembled.
"Get up! Don't be afraid, I won't hurt you. Although Zhou Hao was very strange, he still used very gentle words to appease Ali out of sympathy, but he didn't understand why Ali seemed so frightened.
Ali lowered his head and silently waited for the verdict of his future fate. This afternoon, the chief administrator of Hafiz suddenly informed that he would be given by the king to a young man outside the church today, and Ali, who had received various training in the court since childhood, was even asked by the butler to clean his body and prepare for bed.
"I hope that the master will pity Ali a little later...... "This master is the same age as himself, not too difficult to serve, and he doesn't want to abuse himself, Ali has a little expectation for the future."
"Ali, what will you do?" Zhou Hao felt a little awkward in his heart, because he vaguely felt that what happened to Ali was not as simple as the old king said, but it was no longer necessary to pursue these at this time. The darkest place in the world was the court, especially the Arab Empire, where slavery was still practised, as evidenced by the use of eunuchs in the inner court.
"Master, Ali can cook a lot of national food, clothing matching, makeup, hairdressing, spa, massage, nail art, animal taming, ......" Ali lowered his head and listed everything he had learned over the years in great detail.
"What else but to serve people?" Zhou Hao interrupted him directly, is it called a specialty to repair nails?
"Master, Ali knows Sunset, Gaul, Latin, Germanic, obtained a Master of Business Administration and a PhD in Economics from Cambridge University through online education, has CFA (International Certified Financial Analyst), FRM (Certified Financial Risk Manager), AIA (Certified Public Accountant) practice certificates, has an international motor vehicle, helicopter, small private jet, yacht piloting license, CQB (indoor close combat) training in Germany and kickboxing training......" Ali honestly said what might be helpful to the master's career according to Zhou Hao's intentions.
"Ali, I believe what the old king said, you are a genius!" Zhou Hao silently remembered the content of Ali's meeting, and there was a servant beside him who had activated the Xueba mode, which made Zhou Hao suddenly feel that Yali Mountain was big, especially those CFA, FRM and the like, although it was unknown, but he felt that he was kneeling.
"The steward said that you have the magical ability to be a faithful servant of your master, and Ali will give everything he has for his master, including loyalty and life!" Ali's eyes suddenly erupted with frenzy when he looked at Zhou Hao, and he wanted to lean over and kiss Zhou Hao's leather shoes again.
"Don't, don't do that, let's talk. Since you have been educated abroad, you should know that we should be honest with each other. So...... Ali, there's nothing wrong with you! Zhou Hao pondered his language, he instinctively hoped that there would be no palace attendants around him, Ali's place of origin was here, Zhou Hao was very worried.
"Master, Ali doesn't have any problems other than being infertile...... Ali is the first time, begging the master to have mercy! Ali's face suddenly became a little stiff, and the muscles of his whole body were so tense that his body trembled slightly, and it could be seen that he was very nervous inside.
"Uh, for the first time...... You're mistaken, I'm just asking about your health...... I have a wife, so be it for today, good night! Zhou Hao was shocked by Ali's brain hole, and hurriedly ended the conversation that didn't seem to be very successful, and returned to his bedroom in a flash and closed the door tightly. At this time, he sensed that there was something strange about the king sending Ali......
"Master, are you looking for the book "The Legend of Antara" that you read in the morning? Wait? ”
"Master, you need to change your shoes to wear this dress, can you try this pair?"
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Although the end of the first meeting was a little inexplicable, in just one day, Zhou Hao got used to having an omnipotent and absolutely unrefusable servant by his side, and Ali quickly integrated into Zhou Hao's life, until the evening, Ali hesitated to come to the study to find him.
"Ali, what's wrong?" Zhou Hao shifted his gaze from the book in his hand to Ali.
"Master, can I use your money for financial investments?" Ali seemed to have mustered up a lot of courage, and said the words quickly and indistinctly in a voice as thin as a mosquito, his fingers wrenched together uneasily.
"Ali, don't do this feminine action, you're a man!" Zhou Hao frowned, and stopped Ali's small action very sternly.
Ali grew up beside a group of old waiters since he was a child, and more or less learned some small habits that boys shouldn't have, such as twisting his fingers now, this action will have a sense of weakness for girls to do, arousing boys' desire to protect. But a tall man ...... like that Even if he is very handsome and delicate, Zhou Hao also has a serious sense of disobedience.
Seeing Ali put his hand on the side of his leg like a frightened rabbit, Zhou Hao felt that he might be too strict, so he asked embarrassedly, "Are you short of money?" ”。 I scanned my space a little, and saw boxes piled up as high as a hill in a corner, and immediately relaxed, estimating that the last thing I lacked was cash.
"No, no, the royal family has built a steward account for the master, and now the account is in my hands, there is a lot of money in it, and the master gave Ali a lot of money yesterday......" Ali hurriedly explained, he was a little excited that his face turned red, as if Zhou Hao was questioning his ability was an insult to him.
"Tell me, I don't remember giving you any money?"
"Those envelopes ...... last night," Ali gestured with his hand.
"The envelopes that the princes and princes gave me?"
"That's right, Ali has already sorted it out last night. The royal family will establish a stewardship account for each member under the supervision of the royal property committee, and each year the royal income will be deposited directly into this account. Which envelopes contain checks and gift lists, a total of 21 properties around the world, these Ali are entrusted to a villa rental company, the owner does not move in for a short period of time, the annual income is very objective. The cash cheque, totaling 360 million meters, was a red envelope given by the prince and the prince in accordance with the royal tradition, and has now been deposited into the butler's account. Jewelry, watches, cars, handicrafts, etc., were loaded into a large cruise ship gifted by Prince Fahd, and now the cruise ship has left for China...... There are also bearer bonds that I am still working on. I read the newspaper today and think that the stock market in the United States can be operated, so I need your authorization. ”
"Okay, you can do it yourself! In the future, you can make your own decisions about this kind of thing, and you don't have to ask me every time. Zhou Hao didn't care about the gifts of the royal tyrants, but it was a little strange, Ali followed him all day today, when did he quietly deal with so many things?
"This is not in accordance with the rules, Ali will not disturb the owner for daily use, but Ali must obtain your consent to operate the investment."
The corners of Ali's mouth turned up slightly, and he seemed to be very happy with the trust given by Zhou Hao.
"Well, you can decide everything you want to invest and spend yourself, and you can report to me every month. Oh, by the way, I'm going to pay you, I want to pay as much ...... as I want."
"Thank you for your kindness, everything Ali is yours and there is no need to have your own wealth."
"That's it, in addition to the one just now, in the future, the annual investment income of this account you manage will be increased by 15% as your salary." Zhou Hao thought about it and didn't forcibly change Ali's values or anything like that, but gave an idea.
Seeing that Ali opened his mouth to say something, he gestured to stop him and continued: "Ali, you will be my personal butler from now on. I also have a big butler and a big team around me, and they all get paid. You're already twenty years old, and you're going to meet the girl you like soon, so could it be that you have to come to me for a gift from your own woman? ”
Ali thought about it for a moment and didn't refute it, and seemed to accept the arrangement.
Zhou Hao thought about it again, and with a wave of his hand, he took out a large suitcase from the space. Ali was accustomed to his master conjuring up or disappearing into something out of thin air from time to time, and shrugged his shoulders with a look of surprise.
"It's all some rice money, you take it and spend it first, it's not enough for me to have it here." Zhou Hao vaguely remembered that it seemed that this kind of suitcase contained 10 million.
"Okay." Ali took the suitcase in his hand and slowly retreated, but when he reached the door, Ali suddenly said, "Master, I want to remind you of something." Ali's wife can only be given to Ali after the master exercises the right of the first night to the maid around him, and Ali does not follow the rules to find his wife by himself. Also, everything Ali belongs to the master, so Ali and his future wife, all our expenses are borne by the master, so you don't have to think about paying me. ”
Ali's words shook Zhou Hao's whole person into a stupe, he looked at Ali woodenly, didn't say anything for a long time, and finally waved his hand weakly, until Ali slowly closed the door, and then sighed...... (To be continued.) )