Chapter 408: Manor Night Banquet
Seeing Fang Lang's solemn appearance, Zolf Henry also responded directly with a serious face:
"Sir, I don't need time to think about it, your request is nothing at all in my opinion, and it is not difficult for me to do this. Rest assured, I will cherish this job opportunity. ”
Hearing Zolf Henry's answer without hesitation, Fang Lang was a little surprised, and looked up and down seriously for a while, this middle-aged gentleman in a tuxedo.
Qi Qingshan on the side also pressed his hand on the holster on his waist, and looked back and forth on the other party seriously, with a strong sense of scrutiny in his eyes.
But Zolf Henry had a fixed expression on his face as if he was unconscious, and his eyes looked at Fang Lang firmly.
Seeing this, Fang Lang didn't continue to say anything, laughed and nodded directly:
"Well, in that case, you will be in charge of my art investment project full-time in the future, and I also recognize the three artists you recommended to me.
But they are far away in China, and now China is in the midst of war, and how to source their works from depends on your ability! ”
With Fang Lang's statement, it means that Zolf Henry was officially accepted by Fang Lang and became Fang Lang's side.
Qi Qingshan, who was on the side, put his hand down from his waist and stretched out to the other party, his serious expression became much more easy-going, and he smiled at Zolf Henry and introduced himself:
"Hello Butler Henry! I'm the boss's adjutant and it's a pleasure to work with you. ”
Zolf Henry seemed very calm about this, and had a sense of honor and disgrace, just smiled and nodded at Qi Qingshan, stretched out his hand to hold Qi Qingshan, and said politely:
"Hello Chief Qi! It's been a pleasure to work with you, and please take care of you in the future! ”
Fang Lang just smiled when he saw this scene, and said directly:
"Alright, then I'll ask Zolf to continue to show me around my new home!"
Hearing this, Zolf Henry bowed lightly and stretched out his hand in front of Fang Lang, making a guiding gesture and politely saying:
"Sir, please come with me!"
Next, Fang Lang, accompanied by Qi Qingshan, continued to visit this 2,000-acre manor. One acre is equal to about six and seven acres.
In other words, the area of this manor is more than 12,000 acres, and it is obviously impossible to visit all the Internet at one time in such a large area, so everyone mainly visited the main building in the manor today.
A ring-shaped building with more than 100 rooms, two banquet halls that can accommodate more than 200 people for banquets, and the ceiling is carved with splendid frescoes, mostly in the style of religious painting of the European Renaissance, and it is not clear who completed it by Zolf Henry.
But Fang Lang could see that the other party also recognized the painting skills. Although Fang Lang didn't like this style of painting with religious overtones, he didn't hate it either.
After all, this is something that is in line with the mainstream values of the West, and if you want to integrate into this circle, you must learn to accept it, knowing that Westerners generally believe in religion, and they are wary of people who have no religious beliefs.
For atheists like Fang Lang, who are worshiped by all kinds of immortals, Westerners are even more scruples when they come into contact, and they are even more careful than when facing pagans.
Therefore, Fang Lang never let others know that he was an atheist.
What's more, in these paintings of Western religious colors, there are often some strong women with open breasts and breasts, and Fang Lang can't help but envy the strong physique of these strong men when he visits, and he will unconsciously look at them twice.
In addition to the huge banquet hall, there are also luxurious master rooms, elderly rooms and children's rooms.
Even all the rooms are furnished like a five-star hotel, each room is equipped with a bathroom, or there are several sets of three-bedroom, two-living room and four-bedroom and two-living room rooms as in the current commercial housing.
This is absolutely not available in old-fashioned estates.
The area of the master room is nearly 100 square meters, and the luxurious toilet and bathroom give Fang Lang an illusion of traveling through time and space. What shocked Fang Lang the most was that the faucets in the bathroom in the master room were all made of pure gold.
The floor of the room was covered with soft Persian carpets, these luxurious arrangements were unimaginable to Fang Lang in his previous life, for such a luxurious manor, Fang Lang was a little secretly smacked his tongue after visiting.
He could not imagine the identity of the French merchant who built the manor, and how much money he invested in building this luxurious palace-like building.
It's a pity that all this belongs to Fang Lang now, and I don't know how reluctant the other party will be in his heart.
None of this had anything to do with Fang Lang, he only knew now that he was very satisfied with all of this.
Standing in a huge banquet hall, Fang Lang suddenly said to Zolf Henry, who had been introducing the situation of the manor:
"Zolf, if I want to hold a banquet here, how long will it take you to prepare?"
Mr. Housekeeper, who was talking endlessly, was stunned when he heard this, and after thinking for a while, he asked softly:
"Sir, I don't know, how big of a banquet are you going to organize?"
Fang Lang, who had never held a banquet before, had no concept of this at all, he thought for a while, and then said with some uncertainty:
"There should be more than 200 people!"
Seeing that Fang Lang was not sure about himself, the professional Zolf Henry asked directly:
"I don't know what the purpose of this banquet is sir, and who are the main guests invited?
You can give me a rough direction, and I'll take care of the rest! ”
Fang Lang was a little embarrassed when he heard this, and he didn't know whether he should say what he thought in his heart, but after thinking about it, he had just told Zolf Henry that he wanted him to be his lifelong butler, and at this time, it was obviously not appropriate to hide something from him, so he no longer hesitated, and said directly:
"The guests are mainly invited to some company owners who have business dealings with our company, and besides, I heard that our neighbors not far away are the Rockefeller family, right?
If so, please try to find a way to get the invitation to the other party, I want to make friends with the Rockefeller family. ”
These words made Zolf Henry stunned, people who want to make friends with the Rockefeller family are all over the United States, and people will not come directly to your banquet for your invitation, and make friends with you.
Such a request was clearly beyond the reach of Zolf Henry, which made him look embarrassed.
Seeing this, Fang Lang said with some doubts:
"Any questions?"
Zolf Henry was afraid that Fang Lang would doubt his ability to work, so he hurriedly said:
"Sir, it's very easy to hold a banquet for two hundred people, but it may be difficult to invite people from the Rockefeller family to the banquet."
"Oh! Why? Didn't the people of the Rockefeller family attend the banquet? ”
Fang Lang didn't react for a while, and continued to ask with a questioning expression.
At this time, Zoelf Henry's expression became even more embarrassed, and he looked at Fang Lang with a strange face:
"Sir, the Rockefeller family is one of the largest families in the United States, and not everyone who sends them an invitation to a banquet will go to the appointment."
As soon as he heard this, Fang Lang still didn't understand what he meant, and suddenly, he slapped his forehead and laughed:
"Haha........ You don't have to worry about Zolf, as long as you send an invitation to the other party, I can guarantee that the other party will definitely participate.
You must know that one of my business partners is the Morgan family, and I will invite the patriarch of the Morgan family and the chairman of the Morgan company to attend together.
I'm sure Mr. Morgan will give me this face and show up for the appointment on time. ”
Hearing this, Zolf Henry's eyes widened, and he looked at his new young master in disbelief, and asked with some uncertainty:
"Sir, are you serious? Will you invite Mr. Morgan to your banquet? ”
Seeing that this British butler, who had always behaved very gentlemanly, finally leaked a surprised expression, Fang Lang said indifferently:
"It is not surprising that I came to the United States at the invitation of the Morgan family. There's nothing to fuss about hosting a banquet to invite the Morgan family to attend.
In the future, you will see more big people, and maybe one day Mr. President will come to my banquet.
So, you should stay calm. Just do your job. ”
Hearing this, Zolf Henry took a deep breath, calmed down his emotions, and then nodded with a firm face and said:
"Yes, sir, I think I'll get used to it quickly.
Rest assured, if the guests of our banquet are a large family like the Morgans, I will personally come to the door and persuade the Rockefellers to send someone of the right status to your banquet. ”
Obviously, the current Zolf Henry feels that he is full of confidence, and his waist is a little straighter, it turns out that he knows that Fang Lang is the boss of the Universal Group, and he also knows the scale of the Universal Group.
But he did not have a deeper understanding of the global group, not long after the manor was acquired by the global group, Fang Lang, as the owner, came to the manor.
He didn't have time to learn too much about the specific situation of this company.
Now that he knows that his boss has a close relationship with the Morgan Consortium, the largest conglomerate in the United States, he has to start to re-examine his new job.
At least in terms of strength, the strength of the new boss is definitely far greater than that of the old boss, which is obviously a huge difference from the original information that the new boss is a Brazilian soldier.
It's no wonder that the boss has repeatedly stressed the importance of loyalty to him, and now it seems that he must be more cautious about this job.
Fang Lang didn't think about it so much, he believed that even if he didn't invite the Morgan family this time, as long as he sent an invitation to the Rockefeller family, they would definitely send someone who matched their status to the banquet.
After all, it is impossible for a family like Rockefeller not to know that it is also one of the participants in the European rescue plan, and if a small consortium that has always only been associated with the Morgan family suddenly holds a banquet and sends an invitation to the Rockefeller family, it will definitely arouse the great attention of the Rockefeller family.
This situation is likely to be a signal, a signal of goodwill to the Rockefeller family.
Seeing that Zolf Henry had returned to his original gentlemanly demeanor, Fang Lang nodded with satisfaction and continued to ask:
"And how long does it take you to prepare for such a banquet?"
"One week, sir, please give me a week's time, and I promise to give you a perfect banquet."
Zolf Henry confidently cut the railroad.
But this time obviously couldn't satisfy Fang Lang, and Fang Lang, who was born in the military, didn't have the idea of talking nonsense with him, and stretched out five fingers without hesitation and said:
"You only have five days, I'm short on time, and I want you to complete all the preparations for this banquet in five days.
At the same time, it is also a test of your ability to work, and I hope you do not disappoint me. ”
In fact, if you want to prepare for such a large-scale banquet, one week of preparation time is definitely not enough, after all, the scale of one or two hundred people is not enough time to prepare and distribute invitations.
But Fang Lang's words still made Zolf Henry have to agree hard. After all, this is a rare opportunity to prove yourself in front of a new boss.
"Yes, sir, five days is five days. I'm sure you'll be satisfied! ”
Hearing this, Fang Lang nodded with satisfaction.
Fortunately, the introduction of the entire manor has also ended, and after Zolf Henry sent Fang Lang back to the master room to rest, he began to prepare non-stop.
And Fang Lang was also a little tired after the battle of wits with Morgan, so he directly entered a state of rest in the large room of the manor. Lying on the wide bed, Fang Lang suddenly felt as if something was missing.
After a little hesitation, he picked up the phone next to the bed and called Lilith, who had returned to Boston for class, and invited the other party to visit his new manor and warm his bed by the way.
Of course, he did not forget to mention the banquet in five days, and suggested that he could invite some of his friends to attend.
Lilith, who knew the news, was overjoyed and directly asked Fang Lang for five invitations. asked Fang Lang to send a car to pick her up immediately.
Fang Lang was naturally very satisfied with his girlfriend's positive attitude, and directly asked the housekeeper to arrange someone to take a few guards to Boston to pick up his girlfriend.
Then I remembered the promise I had promised Vivian to accompany her in France, and if I took Lilith alone again, Vivien would be angry.
He could only send another telegram to Vivien, who was far away in France.
After finishing everything, I lay down on the bed and fell asleep peacefully.
As for the rest of the manor, there was no such good fate, and with the order of Mr. Zolf Henry's butler, the servants of the entire manor began to be nervously busy.
Especially when Mr. Butler reminded everyone that the VIP meeting that came this time was quite important, although everyone didn't ask who would see it, they had to take it seriously.
After all, the enthusiasm and enthusiasm shown by Zolf Henry, but it was the first time that everyone had seen it in so many years, and everyone couldn't help but be a little curious, what kind of banquet would it be.
Time was tight and the task was heavy, and Zolf Henry even had to ask Qi Qingshan for help, and Qi Qingshan, who participated in the whole visit, did not refuse.
While arranging manpower to help Mr. Housekeeper, he stepped up the upgrade of the manor's security measures.
With so many big people coming to the boss's manor to attend the banquet, the pressure of the security task was very huge, so everyone began to act nervously because of Fang Lang's improvised thoughts.