“…… Hope to have the opportunity to work with you in the future, sir! ”

Raising the wine glass in his hand, the middle-aged man touched John with a smile on his face, took a sip and nodded politely and left.

"Hoo ......"

As soon as John exhaled a soft breath, an old man in his fifties came over, accompanied by a young man in his twenties, and said with a respectful smile: "Hello, Mr. Huntelaar, I'm ......"

"Anna, have a drink."

Quietly walking up to his daughter's side, Mr. Brister looked at John not far away as he handed Anna the drink he had just gotten.

For his son-in-law, Brister has deep envy in his heart.

Previously, because John adopted a big letting go strategy and handed over all the transfer of shares to his father-in-law, Brister was majestic. As a businessman, Brister has always wanted to squeeze into Berlin's top social circles, but it seems that he has been missing all along. You know, like the capital of any country, Berlin has a group of noble people from all over Germany, including the big aristocrats, big businessmen and big capitalists, and in comparison, although the Brister family's industry has swelled dramatically in recent years, the foundation is much worse.

But the transfer of shares in Heinz Pharmaceutical Company allowed Brister to find a breakthrough.

This piece of big fat has attracted the attention of almost all of Berlin, and the qualifications are naturally the real big guys. As a son-in-law's agent, Brister shuttled between those big names every day during this time, and accumulated more contacts in a month than in the past few years!

So for his son-in-law John, Brister is extremely envious.

The people he tried his best to get in touch with were now crowded around John, and they politely stepped forward to greet each other one by one, but looking at John's reaction at this time, those who were a little familiar with him knew that this kid was a little impatient now......

"Thank you."

Taking the drink from her father, Anna casually thanked her, and then turned her gaze back to her husband.

How could Anna not see something that Mr. Brister could see? In fact, it has been more than an hour since the banquet began, and John has been dealing with a constant stream of talk-in.

But even if he was impatient, John could only endure it secretly.

If he could leave all the negotiation to his father-in-law before, but after the agreement was signed, he had to come forward to attend the banquet in person. The first is to celebrate the cooperation agreement with the three companies, and the second is to show the Germans that John is very happy and satisfied with this cooperation.

"At this banquet, John is the absolute focus!"

Taking a deep breath, Mr. Brister smiled in a low voice, "Do you think John is different from usual at this time?" Hehe, to be honest, I still don't understand why he insisted on being a doctor, and a surgeon! Look, almost a third of the big names from all of Berlin came, and what American could have been treated with such courtesy? ”

"But he doesn't like it!"

With a slight frown, Anna turned her head and said seriously: "John has never liked such occasions, in contrast, he prefers to party with friends or go to practice shooting outside of work. ”

"Uh......"

After listening to his daughter's answer, Mr. Brister's face suddenly darkened.

Of course, he knew John's personality and hobbies, and in fact, even after all these years, he still couldn't understand his son-in-law. I can invent so many things, create great achievements in medicine and physics, and create commercial miracles of aspirin and flying pigeon bicycles, but I have never been able to integrate into high society, or I don't see the slightest intention of blending in! Take this share transfer as an example, what a good opportunity, but John didn't care about it, which made him feel very entangled!

Opening his mouth, Mr. Brister just wanted to say a few more words, but Mrs. Brister, who was beside her, suddenly stepped forward, stood quietly beside her husband and daughter, and said to her daughter with a smile: "Anna, ignore your father, come, I will introduce you to a few young ladies to meet you......"

……

On November 3, 1892, a grand ball was held in Berlin.

Of course, for Europe and North America at the end of the 19th century, there were grand balls almost every day. After all, in an age without the internet, television, and radio, people are not as enthusiastic about prom as people can imagine in later generations. Moreover, the aristocracy and wealthy of this era also admired luxury, and the balls of the upper class made many people flock to them.

But for John? For Huntelaar, this kind of dance is quite boring.

Whether it is the dance music and dance steps of this era, or the dress of the women of this era, including the style of people's communication, it is seriously inconsistent with John's aesthetic concept, and the gap of more than a hundred years is not so easy to make up. Of course, the most important thing is that John now also has the confidence to be impatient with this, and has just gotten tens of millions of marks in cash, so of course he has the capital to be impatient with this.

So when he and Anna sat on their aurora and left the manor where the ball was held, John loosened his collar and said helplessly: "The weekend is the medical conference, I should have prepared the speech for the day at home, but I didn't expect to waste two days for a ball...... I really can't figure out, what to expect on such an occasion? “

Of course, the dance will not last for two days, but the Bristers and Anna attach great importance to this time, and told Anna early on to help John prepare the dress cane or something, plus all the other preparations, didn't it take John exactly two days?

"Poof......

After listening to her husband's words, Anna's mind flashed through what her father had said not long ago, and she couldn't help but laugh.

"Huh?"

Anna's smile stunned John suddenly, and she blinked her eyes and asked wonderingly, "Anna, is there anything funny about this?" ”

"No, nothing."

Quickly pursed her lips, Anna forced a smile and asked, "But after today, the matter of the pharmaceutical company is over, don't you have to worry about it anymore?" ”

"Hmm...... That's right. ”

After taking a deep breath, John couldn't help but nod.

The agreement for the transfer of shares has been signed, and a huge amount of money has been remitted to the account of the Huntelaar family, and today is the last explanation, except for receiving a huge sum of money every day according to the agreement, and then losing a part of the shares, John basically does not have to care about this company in the future-the pharmaceutical company, which will even change its name in three years, is no longer worth his effort.

"Then prepare for me in advance, and I'll leave Berlin after the weekend meeting."

After a moment of silence, John suddenly spoke.

"Leave?"

After hearing this, Anna was shocked, and quickly widened her eyes and asked, "Are you going back to the United States?" This...... Didn't you say you wouldn't leave until the end of the year? ”

Although it has been a short time since she returned, Anna is still reluctant to leave the house again.

"No, I won't be going back to the United States yet."

Shaking his head, John smiled and explained, "I still have a lot of things to deal with, but Anna, I'm afraid I won't be able to stay with you in Berlin." ”

"Huh? So where are you going? ”

Blinking, Anna asked, pursing her lips.

"I'm afraid I'm going to go to several places in the next few days."

Sighing softly, John smiled wryly and said, "Mr. Bierrot has sent me a telegram inviting me to Vienna, so after attending the medical conference at the weekend, I will go to Vienna to visit Professor Bierrot...... I'll then leave for Karlsruhe to solve the GM problem, then I'll stop by Paris to celebrate Mr. Pasteur's 70th birthday, and finally, I'll head to London again...... Then you get up and go to London, where we will meet and go back to the United States together......" (To be continued. )