Unable to escape the trajectory of history, Bergman came to the end of his life. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

When Bergman's son, a physician, sent a telegram to John, vaguely pointing out that after his serious illness, the old man had been talking about his most proud disciple in his life, John immediately made up his mind to go to Germany to visit his mentor - whether or not Bergman had taught him anything useful, John's admiration for the old man was not false. And to be honest, the two have formed a deep friendship over the years, and it has nothing to do with other factors.

So after learning the news that Bergman was critically ill, John immediately booked a ticket to Europe.

However, at this time, the ferry ticket is not so easy to book, after all, in addition to John himself, Anna will definitely take the opportunity to go home to see, plus the housekeepers, servants and bodyguards, dozens of people travel in Haohao Tangtang, and it is not easy to buy a ferry ticket temporarily. It is a pity that the Huntelaar Shipping Company is already in full swing of preparation, and has even placed an order for the shipyard under the Huntelaar consortium, but all but one cruise ship is a freighter, and it has not yet opened......

Of course, these little things were not difficult for the Huntelaar family, and the housekeeper quickly took care of everything. But John, who was worried, didn't know that when his butler bought these dozens of tickets with great fanfare, he also revealed the news that Mr. Huntelaar was about to leave for Europe......

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February 27, 1907, the day the cruise ship departed.

The cruise doesn't depart until ten o'clock in the morning, but before five o'clock in the morning, the Huntelaar family is completely lively. Except for the floor where the Huntelaar couple were located, almost everyone, including the butler, got up, and they were busy making the final tidying up, making sure that everything that the two masters had left out. You know, that's a lot of luggage, just Anna? Mrs. Huntelaar's clothes are enough to fit three cars!

At nine o'clock, eight cars departed from Huntelaar's house.

The luggage and maids had already rushed to the dock to board the boat to meet the Huntelaar couple, who were accompanied by only the butlers and bodyguards. Even so, the team of more than twenty people used eight cars—and now John wanted to go out of the house, and the movement was absolutely insignificant.

John then boarded a luxury cruise ship from IMM.

But just as John was about to board the ship, a white man in his sixties walked into the cordon of the bodyguards, and was immediately stopped by a strong man with a big waist and a round waist. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible for a stranger to walk within ten meters of John, and this old man also looks a little strange, obviously coming for John, and the bodyguards are even less likely to let him go easily.

But after a few moments, the old man, who had persuaded the bodyguard, walked up to John and saluted respectfully, "Good morning, Mr. Huntelaar." ”

"Huh? Mr. Sergey, why are you here? ”

Seeing this familiar face, John couldn't help frowning and smiled: "I know that IMM shipping is an industry under the Morgan consortium, but I only traveled to Europe once, so I don't need to send you over to see you off, right?" ”

After the failed investment in Tesla, Morgan seems to have changed his tune and no longer competes with the Huntelaar consortium. And in the past few years, Morgan has been focusing on big projects such as the Panama Canal, and he really doesn't want to erect a strong enemy for himself, plus the development of American power companies is becoming more and more gratifying, and John has always supported Morgan, so the relationship between the two sides has eased a lot.

However, seeing Morgan's butler before boarding the cruise ship made John feel extremely strange.

"I've been waiting for you since two hours ago."

The old white man named Sergei owed again, and said respectfully: "Actually, Mr. Morgan is also on the cruise ship now, and happens to be on his way to Europe with you. “

"What?!"

After hearing Sergei's butler's response, John suddenly exclaimed, and then as if he had suddenly thought of something, his eyes instantly lit up......

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"I'm older, and my energy is really not as good as before."

Gently turning the cane in his palm, JP Morgan said with a smile: "If it was twenty years ago, even ten years ago, it would have been easy for me to take a cruise to Europe...... Hehe, now I see it as a daunting journey, because the long voyage is so hard. ”

"My personal advice is that you should further reduce your workload."

Raising his eyebrows, John nodded lightly: "Of course, I don't just mean ordinary trivial matters. In fact, if I were your family, then I would ask you to retire completely, get away from all things, and find a resort to stay for a year or two! ”

Morgan's physical condition is indeed not very good.

This financial magnate, who is nearly 70 years old, is far worse than before. American men in Morgan's time regarded fat as beauty, or they thought that obesity represented a person's success, and also represented that a successful man was in his prime, so Morgan had to eat seven or eight dishes at a meal, and there were beef, ribs, eggs, pancakes, grilled fish, bread rolls with butter and fruit and cream for breakfast alone, and his figure was quite "successful......

But now, Morgan's figure has lost a lot of weight.

Just when the two of them were having lunch together, John easily ate two top-quality veal steaks, but Morgan only ate one and a half pieces, even though he tried very hard to eat half more pieces and be on par with John, but in the end he had no choice but to give up. However, no matter what era it is, the life of a rich person is longer after all, so there is nothing to see on the surface of Morgan, but John knows very well in his heart that if this financial giant continues to be busy, his life span will not be a few years!

"Hehe, I'll think about it seriously."

Nodding nonchalantly, Morgan casually perfunctory a couple of sentences from John.

He and the young man in front of him knew very well in their hearts that Morgan himself could retire in name and let go of most of the trivial tasks, but that huge empire still needed him to control it. After all, the property controlled by Napoleon of Wall Street is so huge that nearly one-third of the capital of the United States, half of the insurance industry, the largest American steel company, and so on, cannot be controlled by others. Not only did Morgan understand this, but John also knew it in his heart, and Morgan knew that John understood this, so John knew that he was talking in vain, and Morgan also knew that his nonsense meant nothing to himself......

Well, the above is.

After a few words of gossip, John suddenly smiled and asked, "Mr. Morgan, what is your ...... going to Europe this time?"

"Hehe, it's mainly to take a break and buy some art by the way."

Holding his cane firmly with both hands, Morgan said lightly: "I heard that Mr. Huntelaar is also quite fond of art, especially European oil paintings and Oriental antiques, I think this long trip should not be lonely." ”

Morgan is known for his love of art, and his mansion is like a miniature museum with a collection of European art treasures. In comparison, John's collection is much inferior, most of them are the works of some new painters and oriental antiques, and there are not many treasures that really enter Morgan's eyes.

Of course, that's a different story decades from now......

After saying these words, Morgan's eyelids moved, and his hands suddenly let go of his cane, and he asked, "Mr. Huntelaar, there are a few things I don't know if you can ask?" (To be continued.) )