One night in August, in a vacation home on the east coast of Long Island, New York, little Ella was taking piano lessons. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

Since returning from Europe, Adele and Ella have not returned to Detroit. Anyway, John was always running around, and he didn't spend much time in Detroit, so there was no point in them staying there.

Moreover, little Ella has reached the age where she should start receiving the celebrity training course, and the Vanderbilt family has a complete education and training system in this regard. Staying in New York, the family stronghold, is better for little Ella's future.

It was Mrs. Janet who had come to give little Ella a piano lesson tonight. This old lady who is over 60 years old is not an ordinary music teacher, aside from her attainments in music and art, her own identity background is not simple.

Mrs. Janet came from a prominent family on the East Coast, and her mother, Mrs. Janet Thurber, was a major funder and founder of the New York Conservatory of Music. Her musical teacher was Anton Leopold Dvořák, a 19th-century European music master.

If it weren't for the deep friendship between the Vanderbilt family and the Janet family, John would not have been able to move this old lady who had been at home for a long time.

In fact, for a child as young as Ella, there was no need to invite such a good teacher for music enlightenment. The reason why John and Adele went to great lengths to invite Mrs. Janet out of the mountain was mainly because of their status as "Mrs. Janet's student".

Over the years, there have been not a hundred but eighty wealthy ladies who have been instructed by Mrs. Janet. Even if little Ella no longer has a talent for music, the hat of "Mrs. Janet's student" alone will benefit her immensely in the future.

After all, little Ella worshipped Mrs. Janet as a teacher, which is equivalent to dozens of more wealthy ladies and "senior sisters", and many top social circles naturally opened the door for her. The halo of this hat can help little Ella get a lot of favorability when she officially enters the social circle in the future.

Of course, little Ella won't understand John and Adele's hard work at the moment. The little one was practising "Mary Had a Little Sheep" under the supervision of Mrs. Janet with a serious face.

"Ella, wrist relaxed. When you play the piano, you have to put in it, and it's not okay to be so tight. After listening to little Ella's performance, Mrs. Janet patiently instructed.

"Okay, teacher." Little Ella nodded obediently, she was still a little afraid of this new teacher.

At this time, Adele walked in with black tea and snacks: "Take a break, Lady Janet." It's getting raining outside, so why don't you stay tonight? ”

Before Mrs. Janet could reply, the whole room was suddenly plunged into darkness. All I heard was the wind outside, the thunder, the house began to creak, and the sound of glass breaking could be heard from time to time.

Little Ella screamed in fright, and Adele hurriedly took her into her arms, "Don't be afraid baby, mom is here." ”

Mrs. Janet was also startled, but she quickly calmed down: "It must have been the wind that broke the wire." The weather is terrible today, and it looks like we can only light candles at night. ”

At this moment, John, who was far away in Los Angeles, was still in the office looking at personnel materials. In these days, there are no recruitment websites, headhunting companies or anything. The recruitment of senior managers is generally carried out through private banks.

In this era of extremely asymmetric information, only banks have the information in their hands to recruit both companies and senior managers. When business owners need to hire executives, they usually ask a familiar private bank manager to help them find a candidate. Acting as an executive search consultant for corporate clients is also one of the responsibilities of these bank managers.

John was holding a shortlist of Hughes Aircraft executives provided by Wells Fargo. The people on the list were all senior managers they had who met John's requirements.

Just as John was poring over the resumes of these men, little Tom suddenly rushed in. "Brother, it's not good! New York was hit by a hurricane, and the radio said that houses on Long Island had been blown down. ”

John stood up at once, grabbed the phone on the table, but couldn't get through. Not only Adele couldn't be contacted, but even Harold couldn't be contacted.

"Brother, it's useless. The phone lines over there are all down. As soon as I heard the radio, I called home, but I couldn't get through. Little Tom anxiously asked, "What should I do?" ”

"Prepare the plane, let's go to New York." John couldn't sit still for a moment, and he wanted to fly to Adele and Ella's side immediately.

"But the hurricane hasn't subsided, can the plane come down?"

"What so much nonsense, if you can't come down, go to Buffalo." John didn't care about safety anymore, he just wanted to get to his family as soon as possible.

Before Little Tom could run to get ready for the plane, the phone in the office rang, and it was Cousin William calling, "John, do you know about the hurricane?" ”

"I just knew, what's going on over there? Adele: They're on Long Island, and I can't get in touch with them. "Rhode Island is very close to Long Island, and Cousin William should know something.

The Harolds were also vacationing at the vineyards on Long Island. I heard that when the hurricane made landfall, the waves were more than ten meters high, and all the houses along the coast were washed away. "The hurricane came so suddenly, without warning, that the whole of New England was affected." ”

John almost didn't fall down when he heard this, and his vacation home was only a few hundred meters off the east coast of Long Island.

"Don't worry, the hurricane made landfall from the West Coast. Your villa is sturdy and should be fine. Cousin William reassured, "I've already contacted Cornelius Jr., he's on his way from Manhattan to Long Island, and I'll let you know as soon as I hear from Adele." ”

"Will the airport in New York still work? I'll fly over. John asked anxiously.

"You calm down first, there is something important for you to do." William said: "It's so big that you can't hold your breath, what's the use of you rushing over now?" ”

Those were my wives and daughters, and what could be more important than their lives. If it weren't for the long-term psychological fear of William's cousin, John would have scolded on the phone.

"Lehman (Herbert Henry Lehmann, a Democratic Party bigwig, succeeded Roosevelt as governor of New York after Roosevelt entered the White House. Just called me, and he's already dispatched the National Guard. At least 100,000 people are estimated to have been affected, and he does not have enough relief supplies. ”

"So, do you want us to donate?" John said angrily.

"The damage here in Rhode Island is not too serious, and I promised to support him with a batch of supplies. After so many years, it is rare to see this old stubborn bow his head once. Although thousands of kilometers had passed, John could still hear William's smugness on the phone.

The reason why William was forced to leave his family's home base of New York and go to Rhode Island, the smallest state in the continental United States, to become governor was largely due to the duo of Roosevelt and Lyman. Now that the old enemy comes to the door and bows his head for help, he is still in a very good mood.

John knew very well that if it weren't for the recent international tensions, Roosevelt began to deliberately bridge the contradictions between the two parties and appoint a group of Republican bigwigs to key government positions, William would not have agreed to Lehmann's request for help.

"What do you need me to do?" John had no interest in the political scene now, and asked directly.

"Lyman can't spare manpower, so I'll leave this batch of supplies to you FedEx to ship." William was afraid that John didn't understand what he meant, "Act fast and make enough noise, this is also a good opportunity to improve the prestige of your company." ”

"Understood, I'll arrange it. I'll ask Wolf to call 200,000 yuan in a while, and you can help me raise a batch of supplies, even if our company donates them. ”

Everyone understands the truth that "it is better to save the poor than to save the emergency". Just $200,000 can make the usual high-level New York State government owe John a big favor, which is really a good deal.

Moreover, "when one party is in trouble, all parties support", such a loving thing is very helpful to improve the reputation of FedEx. In the previous life, whenever there was a natural disaster, a group of companies would jump out to engage in charity relief, and John couldn't be clearer about this.

Although there was some slander against William that "his relatives don't know the life and death of his relatives and he still wants to play politics", John still honestly did what he said. After all, no matter how much Cousin William said it was for his good, John couldn't help but know what was wrong.

William was very pleased that John was able to quickly grasp his intentions and know how to draw inferences. Before hanging up the phone, he repeatedly told him that by the morning after tomorrow at the latest, this batch of relief materials must be transported to the disaster area in New York, and there must be no delay.

Hanging up the phone, John handed over the transportation of relief supplies to Walter and Fred, the head of the Department of Transportation, and asked them to send a convoy to Rhode Island overnight, making sure to assemble a convoy of no less than 150 trucks by noon tomorrow.

Although John knew a lot of tricks to gain prestige through disaster relief in later generations, he really didn't have the heart to explain it to Walter now. He's all about Adele and Little Ella right now. If something happens to them, then what does all this mean to him?

Considering that Cornelius Jr. should be almost on Long Island, John decided to stay in the office and wait for news before leaving for New York early tomorrow morning.

The waiting process is extremely painful. John prayed in his heart over and over again for Adele and Ella.

John was an atheist in his previous life and a Protestant Lutheran in this life. But before, he was a hypocrite at best. In recent years, he has rarely visited church, and Adele has even been unhappy because he is not religious enough.

This prayer was the most devout of John since he crossed over. Although he didn't know if it was God's will that he came into this world, he knew that he was really willing to give everything to protect the family he was now.