Chapter 146: Conversation Before the Dinner
Guan Hao and Luke were taken by Lily to their family's old mansion, that is, Lotus Castle, Guan Hao had an inexplicable interest in the old mansion, seeing that he kept looking at Lotus Castle, Lily took the initiative to act as a guide and took Guan Hao and Luke to visit their home first.
The interior of the Lotus Fort is very large, and the main wall is made of granite unique to Mount George, 20 kilometers away, because it is composed of three buildings of medium height and two low buildings, which looks like a blooming lotus flower from a distance, hence the name.
In fact, the lotus bag is divided into the main building and the side building, the main building is as high as a five-story building, divided into four floors, each floor is built with red maple and oak from the Naxi Valley, and is connected by a beautiful pavilion made of red maple.
There are surprisingly many rooms in Lotus Castle, and Lily takes Guan Hao to visit from the first floor to the fourth floor. The functions of each floor are also different: the first floor is the dining room and activity area, where the usual gatherings, dining, and entertainment are on the first floor, and the second floor is mainly the honor room, study and music room, receiving important guests, communication, musical instruments and music performances. On the third floor is the living room and guest rooms. The fourth floor is closed to the public.
The second floor is full of things that Guan Hao is interested in, he carefully looked at the honor room of the Jack family, which is full of various honors of the Jack family and portraits of the heads of the previous generations, Guan Hao learned from the introduction of the portrait: One hundred and eleven years ago, Lily's ancestors came here with their clansmen across the ocean and opened up the manor of the Jack family's brilliant achievements. Looking at the development of this family, from the beginning of the deserted to the current huge manors and small towns dotted around, I really admire the hard work and diligence of the ancestors.
It is said that the aristocracy is cultivated in three generations, to see whether a family is successful, first to see its collection of books, the so-called study of the Jack family can be described as a library, in which the collection of books and art around the world is comparable to a medium-sized museum, here again let Guan Hao sigh, a family's emphasis on culture and investment and the importance of the education of future generations is the hope of the family's future development. In essence, the development of the family depends on the family culture and tradition, and it is the core competitiveness after talent training.
After lamenting Lily's study, Guan Hao was shocked again, because one-third of the space on the second floor of the entire Lotus Fort was occupied by musical instruments from all over the world.
The music performance room is actually a world musical instrument exhibition and experience hall, which collects 70% of the world's musical instruments, and it is not easy to make sure that every instrument here can be played immediately. The manpower and material resources spent on the maintenance and daily maintenance of musical instruments alone is a very staggering expense, not to mention that many musical instruments themselves are precious cultural relics and their value is immeasurable.
Guan Hao couldn't help but sigh, how terrible such a family was.
After visiting the honor room, study, and music performance room on the second floor of Lily's house, Lily took the two to a reception room on the second floor.
"Mr. Guan, my father wants to see you, please wait here for a while, I'm sorry, my father is not in good health, you need a little time to come over to see you."
"It's okay, I should actually go to see him! Can you take me to him? "According to the etiquette of country C, the future son-in-law should take the initiative to meet the future father-in-law.
"No, my father insists on coming to see you, and he wants to meet you before the welcome banquet tonight."
"Well, do I need to pay attention to anything when I meet your father? Do you know? I'm a little nervous! ”
"Guan, don't be nervous, my father is a very kind and very open-minded old man, you will like him when you meet him, and you don't have to deliberately prepare anything. It's good to be honest with each other. By the way, if he asks how you met me, you'll say we met at the Rose Garden Restaurant and we've been dating for over a year! ”
Lily's face flushed when she said that, apparently she wasn't very good at lying.
"Got it!"
"I'm sorry, Guan, I hope it won't embarrass you!"
"Lily, it's okay! I'm glad I can help you! ”
"Okay, thanks! I'll come when I go! ”
After about ten minutes, Lily pushed the silver-haired old man into the reception room, Guan Hao quickly got up, walked to the old man in a wheelchair, and said with a smile: "Hello, sir! I'm a friend of Lily, you can call me off. ”
"Hello, young man, welcome to Lotus Castle, and on behalf of the Jack family, I cordially invite you to the family dinner tonight. But I have some things to talk to you about before the dinner begins. ”
"Yes, sir!"
"Young man, I heard my precious daughter Lily say that your family is very rich, right? Can you tell us about your family?"
"Absolutely! Mr! I come from far away from the East, my family has a history of more than 1,000 years, and my family has been persevering for thousands of years for a family mission, which makes me extremely proud, and it also makes me know how important it is to keep my promises. ”
"Very good, young man! I think I'll understand the situation of your family in detail, tell me about your family's foundation in country A, right? ”
"Sir, that's right, our family's industry is mainly distributed in country C and Mingzhu and country A, the God of Wealth Foundation you said is our main industry in country A, in fact, he is an industrial investment private equity fund, mainly in the Internet and cultural fields to find suitable investment, although it has not been established for a long time, but we are developing very fast."
Hearing this, the old man couldn't help but interrupt Guan Hao's words, and asked, "Young man, how big is the current scale of the God of Wealth Foundation you are talking about?" ”
"Sir, at present, the total capital scale of the God of Wealth Foundation plus our partners is about 20 billion."
"Alright! Young man, if what you say is true, then I am looking forward to you becoming the future husband of my precious daughter, but to become my future son-in-law, there are a few skills that you need to have in the Lotus Castle Open Barrel Festival, can you? ”
"Sir, I think I can!"
"Well, you're confident! I have a detailed financial statement here, this is the current financial situation of our Jack family, I believe Lily has told you, our family has recently had a store problem, the finances are very bad, we need someone to help, of course, our Jack family has never been greedy for others' cheapness, if we can give me support and help when we need help, our Jack family is not stingy, the total assets of our Jack family are here, if your family can help us through this difficulty, We are willing to give our family shares in return, and of course the biggest reward of our Jack family is beside us, and my little princess will be your future wife. ”