Chapter XLVIII
Five days later, the world-famous painting "Tom Smith Hears the Death of Massimiliano I" was completed in Tom Smith's office.
Tom's expression on the painting is extremely complex:
A series of negative emotions such as sadness, anger, and remorse are vividly reflected in the painting.
If the Mona Lisa on Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" has a mysterious emotional color that no one can understand.
Then Tom in "Tom Smith Hears the Death of Massimiliano I" has a strong affection that even a blind person can see.
It's not just Tom's expression, Tom's desk in the background picture has a lot of papers that are disrupted by Tom's excitement.
The paper was full of all sorts of "plans for revenge".
Outside the window, the sun in the sky only appears at noon, but outside the window it is not so bright, but a little dim.
Everything was done to bring out Tom's mood when he heard the sad news.
"The young man drew well, but it's a pity that you are not a college student, otherwise I would have sent you to southern Mexico to revitalize Mexico!"
"Does the unsuccessful college students have anything to do with the revitalization of the country?"
"If you don't understand, forget it, go down and get the money."
"Thank you, Mr. Smith."
Tom walked away from the painter who painted him, and looked back at the three-meter-high painting, "Tom Smith Hears the Death of Massimiliano I".
"Perfect, really perfect, it embodies my inner feelings vividly."
"The last French condom poster was so easy to understand, but this time the painting has completely changed style."
"It's exactly the same as the style of Napoleon riding a white horse in a history textbook."
"What an outstanding graduate of the National Academy of Fine Arts in Florence!"
Of course, Tom's expression on the painting was made by Tom himself, not by the artist.
Is Tom really that sad?
Of course not, Tom was just fantasizing that he would become an ordinary worker in the Hero Company, and his children and grandchildren would be ordinary workers, and his expression suddenly became like the one in the painting.
Tom decided not to think about this horrible thing again.
Tom ordered the masterpiece to be hung on one of the walls of the reception room, and he went back to his office to continue his business.
"Brother Tom, the diplomatic envoy from the United Mexican States has arrived and is waiting for you in the reception room."
"Okay, I'll go right away."
Tom was interrupted by a male attendant, who was not too concerned about Miria's physical condition, but was not a fool or anything, and had seen with his own eyes how Milia's flat smooth little belly was bulging a little.
Tom recalls that he and Milia had played the game of "The Knight and the Evil Elf" a few times, and he really didn't pay much attention to it, and he knew that Milia was pregnant.
Tom is a bit too much to let Millia go to work if he knows he is pregnant, Tom is not a "black-hearted" boss, but a caring boss who cares about his subordinates, and he cares most about the welfare of his employees.
In Tom's eyes, every employee is his or her own "family".
The candidate for the new secretary was chosen by Milia at Milia's strong request.
Millia chose Tom Smith as a attentive cousin.
Led by his cousin, Tom walked into the reception room with a few papers.
Porfirio Díaz stood in the reception room, waiting for Tom to arrive.
When Tom entered the reception room, he sat directly on the main seat, ignoring Porfirio Díaz and looking at the information in his hand.
Tom's information in his hand couldn't help but make Tom frown, in the information passed by Hannah, the Boston consortium's progress in cracking the heroine's drug was almost complete.
Thanks to Hannah's reading of Tom's "educational notes", Hannah's chemistry level has also made a qualitative leap, and now the cracking speed of the chemistry laboratory under the name of the Boston consortium is a world of difference compared to before Hannah came to the United States.
"Blessings and misfortunes depend on each other, blessings and misfortunes depend on each other."
Tom looked at the information in his hand and casually said a few words in Chinese.
Fu is Hannah has become the absolute leader of the Yankee chemistry team, and the information sent is getting more and more accurate.
There is no doubt that the day when the heroine's medicine will be cracked is also close at hand.
Looking at Tom's solemn face, Porfirio Díaz knew that even if he didn't know what Tom was looking at, he knew that it must be an important document, so he could only wait there.
Porfirio Díaz gave Tom's cousin a look, but the cousin did not take the favor of Porfirio Dias, and just now Porfirio Díaz gave his cousin a golden statue.
"Ahem~"
"Cousin Tom, this is General Porfirio Díaz, a diplomatic envoy sent by the United Mexican States."
"Hello, General Dias."
"Mr. Smith, I've admired the name for a long time, and I'm the first successful person to be as young as you."
Interrupted by his cousin, Tom finally looked up at Porfirio Díaz a few times, and then looked down at the "Appendix" of Hannah's information.
This is a feature of Hannah's intelligence, which mixes in a lot of the latest chemical experiments that have nothing to do with the primary intelligence to confuse the letter inspectors.
Tom can sometimes find a chemical production method that is more suitable for the industrial level of this era.
Tom was unwilling to give even a straight face to Porfirio Dias, to Porfirio Dias, the envoy of one country.
"Mr. Tom Smith, I ask you for peace on behalf of the United Mexican States."
"We are willing to pay five million dollars in war reparations."
"It will be paid over 30 years, with a total of $20 million including interest."
"The Mexican government is willing to pledge the minerals from all mines in northern Mexico."
"I beg you to stop the war and leave Mexico with your "knightly squire". ”
Porfirio Díaz could only continue to suppress the anger and grievances in his heart, and forcibly popped out of his teeth with a bunch of humiliating words prepared in advance.
"Does your Mexican government still have credibility? Have you forgotten what provoked this war? ”
When Tom heard these exaggerated conditions, he didn't even bother to raise his head, and directly refused coldly.
PS: The Franco-Mexican War broke out because President Benito refused to pay the high interest on the loans of the European powers, which angered the European powers, especially Napoleon III, who was in dire need of diplomatic prestige and money in the midst of major reforms at home.
"We've also investigated, you're a great businessman who started from scratch and quickly became America's richest man, and you've been spending tens of millions of dollars a month since you intervened in our Mexican civil war."
"And at the moment, from a business point of view, I haven't seen the slightest return."
"This kind of behavior that does not outweigh the losses does not quite fit your image as the number one businessman in the United States and even the world."
"Isn't timely stop loss a necessary quality for every good businessman?"
Porfirio Díaz still has a calm look of "goodwill" and reminds Tom that his hero company has lost money.
Trying to remind Tom in terms of profit that this war has nothing to gain for you as a businessman, you are a businessman, a good businessman, but also only a businessman!
Tom also understood what Porfirio Díaz meant by constantly mentioning the word "business", and a Nike smile leaked from the corner of his mouth, and he snorted coldly.
"Hmph~"