"Merry Christmas."

"Hmm."

"I said, Merry Christmas."

"Uh-huh, happy...... No, I'm not perfunctory. Just dear Miss Jennifer, London and New York have a time difference. I'm so glad you called me at 12 a.m......." At six o'clock in the morning, Hall was sleepy-eyed and holding his phone and talking in a daze.

Connelly on the other end of the phone seemed to be a little confused, and Ai Ai's preface did not match the afterword during the speech.

One would say that she was going to Los Angeles to audition in a while, and the other would say that she planned to attend community college for a year next year and then transfer to a prestigious school.

The two chatted for a long time, but it was just some trivial daily chores, and it didn't end until the mobile phone ran out of power.

Hall understood the girl's affection, but it was too far away, and he was temporarily powerless, so he could only respond verbally without pain.

After hanging up the phone, seeing that it was already bright outside the window, he forcibly got up from the bed, made himself a breakfast, freshened up and drove out.

Today, Theofrey's family was going to have a luncheon, and they sent him an invitation.

Previously, Hall held a moving cocktail party and the other party offered to help entertain the guests, so he had to accept the invitation and thank him accordingly.

Then there was White and two other classmates who had borrowed money from him on Black Monday, and then there were many relatives and friends.

Anyway, during the entire New Year's holiday, only Christmas Day belongs to him, and the rest is reserved for socializing, or work.

With his current net worth, he only nods and shakes his head about specific affairs, and rarely needs to be handled in person. Participating in various "high-class banquets" and chatting and laughing with all kinds of old money and new upstarts is the main job.

The same is true of Helena, even more exaggerated. She had to speak as a local nobleman at a national celebration in Yorktown this afternoon, and she had fun with the people......

Then in the evening we hurried to the city of London for a dinner party, and then returned to the country estate that evening. Starting tomorrow morning, there will be a lot of people coming to visit.

This intense social interaction will continue until the end of the House of Lords' annual session. @*~~

If you want to be out of politics, but have enough influence – it's hard to maintain a balance of detachment. Perhaps only in England, and after generations, can do so.

Theofrey's home is in Birmingham, driving from Yorkshire close to noon.

"Sorry, the snow melted so quickly last night and the road was full of mud puddles. In fact, it was still very clean when it came out of the house. Hall looked at the large mud spots on his car and explained helplessly.

It's a bit embarrassing to drive a dirty car to visit someone else's house on New Year's Day.

Theofrey was also a little embarrassed, smiled and patted him on the shoulder, changing the subject: "Don't care about these little things. You've just arrived, my grandfather has opened the castle's underground showroom, let's go and have a look. ”

Theofrey's castle is a real castle, the kind with defensive buildings, and there is a dark river under the castle that connects to the outside world, which was used by the enemy in the Middle Ages to run away.

It can also be used as a water source when it is besieged, and stakes are erected in the dark river to prevent enemies from sneaking up along the dark river.

This design sounds very historic, but on the other hand, the castle is too old. Both the living facilities inside the castle and the traffic roads are actually uninhabitable.

Theofrey knows all too well how rotten the private driveway from the road to the castle is, which can turn into mud when it rains in spring and autumn. But there is no way, the high inheritance tax makes their family's financial situation very unoptimistic.

If they could afford to spend a lot of money on repairing the castle, their family would have moved out of the castle long ago.

In these years, the really rich aristocrats have bought new manors, and only they are ruined, unable to move out, and they can't get rid of this shit castle that is on the list of ancient buildings.

so that they are not allowed to live here, and maintain the only remaining bit of aristocratic decency.

Every time a guest is invited to the door, "visiting the showroom" is the only banquet theme that can be mastered.

“…… FXXX, what the hell is this? Mu Mu Yin?! Is this the same as the one in the Egyptian pyramids? ”

As soon as Hall and Theofrey walked side by side into the basement showroom, they heard someone spewing expletive.

Lots of guests.

Set your sights on a handsome young man with naturally curly hair.

The young man sneered and shrugged, "Uh, I'm sorry. I've heard people say that the effect of grinding the mummy into powder and drinking it is very sought-after at auction. So I was shocked at how I managed to get this stuff. ”

The men and women in the showroom couldn't help but laugh when they heard this.

"This has to be said of my grandfather, who led the Royal Army of Glen to Egypt at the end of the 19th century, LinkedIn the Battle of Terr Elkebir ......" Count Roger smiled reservedly as he told the young man about the family history

"Shit, this guy is always so unlearned." Theofrey couldn't help but cover his face and whispered.

Hall smiled, "He's smart. ”

"I think so, I think so, Walker and I are good friends." Theofrey lamented, "He always likes to disguise himself with cynical vulgar jokes. ”

Hall remembered something and asked, "His last name is Astor?" ”

"Yes." Theofrey replied succinctly.

Hall let out an "oh" in understanding.

The Astor family was once glorious and prominent, and the Waldorf Astoria Hotel was established by the bloodline of the Astor family who went to the United States to develop, and then it collapsed.

This branch of blood that remained in England was the hereditary viscount, the current Viscount Astor III who was a keen politician and a well-known Conservative purse. The main thing is that he is now the principal of Yinton College.

So Hall knows their family well.

Their family is different from the Hall family's way of playing financial capital, and they are engaged in industry. Involved in the media, real estate industry, supermarkets, it is said that there is a wealth of 50 or 60 million pounds, which is a good mix in today's traditional aristocratic class.

But it was the wealth of Principal Astor and his second wife.

Wall Astor is the child born to Principal Astor and his ex-wife, and belongs to the guy whose father doesn't kiss and his mother doesn't love him. Although the family is good, in fact, the status is not high, and it is difficult to inherit the family property.

"Would you like Walker, he has a very good personality and I think you'll like him." Theofrey thought for a moment and said.

Hall nodded in agreement.

Theofrey curled the corners of his mouth in satisfaction: "I knew you were serious about the last fox hunt, and I will introduce him to you at luncheon." ”

"Reforge the glory of nobility?" Hall was suddenly ashamed of his blind slogans, and silently followed the crowd to visit the showroom.

Not to mention, the Theofrey family has a lot of good things.

Hall saw a Ming Dynasty hollow jade gold silk fan, the style is very exquisite, and I want to ask if it is for sale.

Glancing at a heavily armored sword in the corner of the showroom and Mu Muyin lying in the center of the showroom, he suppressed the urge to die, he was afraid of being thrown by Theofrey in a white-gloved duel.

After all, a family that dares to sleep on top of Mu Mu Yin's head has to be respected.

These old-school English aristocrats put Mu Mu Yin in the basement of their house, and the brain circuits are really strange.

And I have to admit that the emaciated camel is bigger than the horse, and this thing is a real ...... in the traditional aristocracy of England.