There are two kinds of support that Contini wants: the first is that Ziano is responsible for coordinating the 30 million lire loan, not that Contini can't afford the money, but that he has just run a joint motorcycle, which costs a lot of money, and then spending so much money to run an airline will cause unnecessary suspicion, and the loan makes more sense; The second is to manage the old Ciano dignitaries, Contini feels that Antonio is too valuable, and hopes to follow him in the future.

The former is a very normal cover-up routine, the wealth of more than 10 million falling from the sky is really a bit hot, and it must be slowly revealed; The latter request made the old Ciano stunned, Antonio helped him a lot at work, but his son put it forward so solemnly, he finally decided to let go after thinking about it - although his son and himself have to be separated from the industry, but after all, they are a family, and of course they must be supported.

"You have to talk to him well...... "I ordered him to follow you, and he consciously and voluntarily followed you. ”

Contini nodded: If it weren't for the hard vote this time, this kind of digging into his father's corner may not have gone so smoothly.

So the two invited Antonio over, and Contini said sincerely: "Uncle Antonio, from next year, business and investment will become my main business, and university life is incidental, because I am inexperienced and too young, I urgently need a respectable and experienced person to help me...... I thought about it and found that there was no better candidate than you, so I communicated the idea to my father, and he supported it, so I hastily invited you to come and hear your thoughts, would you like to help me achieve a career? ”

Antonio smiled incomprehensibly: "Young Master, your words are too obvious, I am the butler of the Ziano family, and it is my duty to serve you, and I am very happy to serve you." ”

"Let's put it this way, I had a deep talk with my father, considering that the investment is more radical and risky, in order to leave room and to be flexible, my father and I have made some separation in terms of property, and it is still a whole externally, but the internal meaning is different, my father will not interfere with the control of the wealth in my name, of course, I will listen to his advice with an open mind." Contini smiled all over his face, "You know me, I am a person who is sometimes a little impulsive, and I not only need a senior to guide me, but also need him to remind me all the time." ”

Antonio was shocked: the so-called separation is actually synonymous with separation, generally speaking, aristocratic families will inevitably take this step, but as far as the Ziano family is concerned, there are many peculiarities - the young master has not yet married, and the master has no other children, so it doesn't matter whether the family is separated or not. Now that Contini has solemnly brought it up, it can be seen that it has indeed been completely weighed. Of course, the young master also has this ability, just with the wealth he has in his hands now, not to mention that other noble children can't reach it at all, and even the number in the country can be ranked - more than 10 million US dollars is not more than 10 million lire, not just anyone can take it out.

"I don't have any opinion personally, as long as the master agrees, I'm completely fine. For me, serving the Ziano family is consistent, and if the young master needs it, of course I will do my best. ”

"Uncle Antonio, thank you!" Contini walked up to him and bowed, and as soon as Antonio spoke, the matter would be settled. The children of the nobility know how important a good and loyal butler is to a family, and sometimes even more than other family members other than the head of the family, if you only treat the butler as an ordinary servant, then you don't want to reap his loyalty and ability at all - in this era, strict personal attachment has long passed, and the reason why the butler is still combined with the nobles is mostly based on inertia, and a small part is based on trust and philosophy.

Old Ziano nodded: "Antonio, help Calais well, just like you helped me before." ”

"Sir, can I make a request? If you agree, can you bring Anthony over to serve you? You've just become a minister, and you must be in need of people around you. ”

Reina, Antonio's second son, is currently the president of the Livorna branch of the Bank of Siena (Italy's third largest bank and the oldest), and now Antonio has given the order to transfer this promising second son to the position of butler.

"Reina?" Old Chiano was overjoyed, and said repeatedly, "Okay, good, but will this wronged him?" ”

"It's his honor to serve the master, besides, I have other children who need to be taken care of by the master in the future."

"No problem, no problem, we're family!" Compared with the elder Ziano, who only had one son under his knees, Antonio can be regarded as a large and prosperous person, with a total of 4 sons, 1 daughter, and 5 or 6 grandchildren.

Contini "swiped" a promissory note for $500,000: "Uncle Antonio, this ...... I've been spending a lot of money lately, so I can only give you these first, and I'll ...... later."

Antonio pushed back the promissory note, and said with a surprised face: "Young master, I don't get a lot of salary, although the Ziano family is not a top family in Italy, I know that my salary is first-class among the housekeepers." ”

"This is not a salary, this is a dowry, and some of the bonuses from this trip to Germany."

"For me?"

"Of course!"

"Can I call the shots?"

Contini laughed and pushed the cashier's note into Antonio's hand: "It's yours now, you love to buy a villa, you love to save in the bank, you love to give your children to your children, you can spend it as much as you want!" But don't go looking for a little lover, or Sophie knows too well that she'll kill me! ”

Old Ziano coughed and feigned anger: "Calais, the more you talk about it, the more outrageous it becomes, there is no right shape in your mouth, why don't you hurry up and apologize to your Uncle Antonio?" ”

Antonio laughed: "The young master is so funny, I won't look for a little lover, I want to live for two more years with my old arms and legs, but I don't know if you can agree to make a suggestion?" ”

"You say."

"The young master went to the United States to buy stocks, I have also paid attention to the investigation in the past two days, and I deeply agree, can you let me buy it together?"

This answer surprised the Ziano father and son: if Antonio really just wanted to buy stocks, he didn't need to ask for advice at all, and just collected the money to buy them, but now that he put it forward so openly, the meaning would be different. In fact, it is perfectly fine not to give Antonio money, and only let him serve as usual, but Contini knows very well how capable and convenient the old butler is, and the 500,000 is not so much a purchase of services as a purchase of loyalty - although loyalty is priceless, whether or not it is expressed is two different things.

Now Antonio is a plain sentence to follow the purchase, showing his support with practical actions and indirectly expressing his loyalty to his future work.

"Of course you can, it just so happens that the stocks of General Motors and American Radio have fallen in the past two days, and it is just right to take it to buy the bottom......"

Since Antonio said so well, Contini simply made it clear: of the $10 million investment in the United States, Antonio accounted for 5%, the elder Ziano accounted for 10%, and he accounted for 85%.

Old Chiano was very satisfied with this, and he patted Contini on the shoulder: "In a few years, the responsibility of the Ziano family will fall on your shoulders, do it well, I think you have a lot to do!" ”

Then he turned to Antonio and said, "I've handed him over to you, take good care of him for me, this kid has been a little flamboyant lately." ”

Antonio thought to himself: The master still lacks a deeper understanding of the young master, what kind of flamboyant tongue is the young master, and now the young master's level of serious nonsense with his eyes closed has surpassed the master, even more than the leader!