Hall has two sunrooms in the house, one large in the garden, surrounded by flowers outside, and decorated with a lot of plants trimmed by Helena herself, which is her preferred place for afternoon tea with friends in spring and summer.

There is also a slightly smaller sun room connected to the main building of the villa, which is made to keep warm, and if you are lucky enough to see a snow scene in winter.

In autumn, when the temperature turns cooler, you can bask in the sun comfortably, and you don't have to worry about being slapped in the sunroom by the rain that pours down at any time, and you can't shiver out of the cold.

Hall strolled into the small conservatory connected to the main building, and the whole person sank into the soft sofa, the sun was warm and not hot, and the mist evaporated a little, shining through the bright glass, and the fresh grapefruit and oranges peeled on the low table at hand exuded the unique aroma of citrus fruits, which was soothing.

I couldn't help yawning, and subconsciously blurted out a sentence in Mandarin: "Comfortable, it's a pity not to sleep and go back to sleep." ”

"Knock knock."

Aunt Caroline knocked on the glass door and leaned in with a maid: "Are you practicing some spoken language, it seems that I should show up later." ”

"This is a Chinese I just learned, which means ......"

Several sentences flashed through Hall's mind one after another, unable to accurately express the meaning of "sleep back to the cage", a smile tugged at the corner of his mouth, and he took the document: "Uh, it doesn't matter. Let me take a look at the report. ”

"It's nice to have an extra language so you can go...... Red Sky, yes, Red Sky's daily application language is Chinese, it is quite fun to hear people, you can consider traveling there. Aunt Caroline encouraged.

Hall wanted to popularize "the relationship between Cantonese and Chinese", and the words that came to his mouth were inexplicably swallowed back to his stomach, but he responded with a chuckle: "I will think about it." ”

As the two spoke, the maid propped up a movable whiteboard.

Aunt Caroline took out a copy of the financial statement in her hand and gave it to Hall: "Because I was not prepared, I could only temporarily find the original statement provided by the accounting firm, which was more professional, so I couldn't tell me where to explain during the dictation process and interrupted me at any time." Do you want to know that part first? I recommend starting with the fixed assets section. ”

A familiar phrase came into his ears, and Hall felt like he was back in a trance when he had a meeting in his previous life.

"Did I make it clear or did you understand", the former sentence is a mantra often on the lips of the ultimate Party B law firm and accounting firm, and the latter sentence is often only said by the father of the gold owner.

As a financial broker with excellent business ability, he often switches between the two states freely, and reading financial statements is a basic skill.

"Aunt Caroline, I don't need to be so formal, and I don't need your help to explain. In fact, the original financial statements are exactly what I want, you know, I've been very interested in finance lately, and I want to try to read a financial report on my own. Hall finally nodded to add affirmation to his words.

Caroline raised her eyebrows unexpectedly, and said from the bottom of her heart: "Little Hugo has really grown up, if Eton College is not a boys' school, I have to wonder if you are in love." ”

"Why do you say that?" Hall was confused.

"My nephew was thinking about how to get more pocket money to buy Coke at your age, and then one day he suddenly changed his mind and started reading newspapers, watching the news station, and talking to his family about politics and economics like an adult." At this point, Caroline paused.

Hall replied, "So, he's in love." ”

"Crush, he doesn't have the courage to pursue the girl he likes head-on, trying to attract attention in this way, very similar to your current state."

“…… I wouldn't be so naïve, and I don't think you'll be so naïve. Hall replied speechlessly.

Caroline joked successfully, showing a narrow smile: "Okay, okay, don't bother you to read the financial report, if you don't understand anything, please come to ask for help." ”

Hall smiled without saying a word, and watched Caroline say "Saorui" in a long voice, then turned away, curled up on the couch again, eating fruit and reading the earnings report.

……

The enduring sitcom "The French Restaurant" is playing on TV, and the British spy who speaks broken French is full of jokes in every sentence, and Helena sits on the sofa with her back straight, slightly hooking the corners of her mouth with the ups and downs of the plot, and her smile is subtle.

Seeing Caroline walk into the room, she pressed the remote control to turn off the TV, and cast an inquiring look at the other party.

"Hugo said he wanted to try to understand a financial report independently, so he didn't need me to explain it." Caroline responded.

Helena smiled: "I really don't know what he's been through at school lately, it's rare to see him take initiative in something." ”

"Not only that, but he's very confident that he can read the original financial report, and it's a pity that you didn't see the confident look he had just now, very, huh...... too young， too simple， sometimes naive。 Caroline also couldn't help but laugh.

In the English grammar system, nouns and terms in professional fields are often invented, and even advanced nouns in academic fields such as medicine and physics are directly added to Latin words.

It doesn't matter whether she has talent or not, as long as you haven't learned it, you can't understand it, and it's extremely unfriendly to beginners, Caroline can imagine that little Hugo will be stumped and crazy for help, which is really exciting.

Helena is happy to see her son's attempt to hit a wall this time, and the child always has to grow up in the attempt: "Then let's wait for him here, this year's Burberry autumn and winter ready-to-wear is not bad, help me choose a ......"

…………

"A butler, six maids, a cook, a gardener...... Manpower alone costs more than £2000,000 a year. Coupled with the maintenance of the manor and a series of daily living expenses, maintaining the current living situation, the annual cost is 1.5 million pounds upwards.

More expenses, more income.

0.54% Unilever shares and 0.68% shares of Rio Tinto, both of which are century-old giants...... Fixed assets Leeds two office buildings, Canary Wharf 2.4 hectares of land, this land investment is really bullish...... Decentralized various trust wealth management and financial investment.

The family business accumulated by a noble family that has never been broken down for generations and has been successfully passed down for seven generations is really not to be underestimated, with total assets of 143 million pounds and an annual net income of 8.7 million pounds.

In addition to wealth, the Hall's ancestors also left their descendants with an inherited status as members of the House of Lords.

The British Lords are jokingly referred to as nursing homes and have little real power, but the very nature of "hereditary political identity" is outrageous enough. There are really people who were born in Rome, and the unevenness of the world makes people speechless. ”

It took Hall nearly two hours to sort out his family's current financial situation, which was more abundant than he could have believed.

Writing and painting on the financial report, he sighed to himself for a long time, and finally laughed "hey": "I don't plan to go into politics or become a sociologist, I want to do so much, let's see how to avoid risks." ”