When they returned to the hotel, William quietly walked to Abigail, who was looking at antiques, and hugged her from behind.
"Ah," Abigail turned around and saw that it was William. She laughed and scolded him, "You bastard, you almost scared me to death."
"What are you looking at?" Lin Sheng asked Abigail.
"Baron Carberry sent over some antiques. Boss, some of the antiques in this batch are more sensitive. The five experts from the Celestial Empire suggest that you transfer them to the Celestial Empire at a suitable time, or you can go to the Celestial Empire and talk to some people personally."
"What about your suggestion?"
"My suggestion is to only collect them and not display them. What does it have to do with us no matter how sensitive the antiques are? We didn't do anything," Abigail laughed.
"It's not impossible to send some things back, but now isn't the right time. With my status as an English noble, it's fine if I give one or two for free. If I give too many, those people who hate me and hate me will definitely find trouble with me.
"Also, the antiques from the Celestial Empire that we're about to get are in the tens of thousands. There will definitely be a lot of antiques that the Celestial Empire wants back. If I give too many, they might think that I have ulterior motives. If they want some, they'll have to use non-Celestial Empire antiques to exchange for it.
"As for going to the Celestial Empire, we'll talk about it later. Actually, I don't need to go. Some things are the same as what the five experts said. This kind of communication among the people is more suitable for me."
"Yeah, there are so many people in England watching you now. You should be careful," Abigail nodded in agreement. Giving one or two antiques was a form of communication and a favor. However, if there were too many gifts, people would definitely think otherwise. This principle was universal.
"Alright, it's late. It's good for your skin to sleep early," William said and pulled Abigail to wash up, exercise, and sleep.
The next morning, William brought Abigail to accompany his mother for breakfast. The hotel butler, David, knocked on the door and walked in with a newspaper. "Sir, this is today's newspaper. The front desk also reported that a lawyer called Anthony has brought five or six followers and requested to meet you."
William took the newspaper and ordered, "Yeah, I called Anthony. David, arrange for them to eat breakfast first. If they've eaten, arrange for them to wait for me in the living room."
"Yes, sir. I'll arrange it now. have a good meal, Sir. Madam Lena, Miss Abigail."
"Thank you."
After the butler, David, bowed and left, William opened the newspaper and said to his mother, "Mom, when are you going to take over the Chelsea team?"
"I'll go after breakfast," Lena said without raising her head. She had a special liking for wontons in the south of the Celestial Empire, especially the wontons with three delicacies this morning. She was very satisfied with them.
"So fast?" William was surprised. "Aren't there still some procedures to be completed?"
"You already said that it's a procedure. As long as we have the shares, those are small problems. Moreover," Lena looked up and glared at William. "If we don't take over, the team may be in chaos. I heard from Kenny that Ranieri may be planning to resign and leave the mess to us directly in retaliation for the words you said to the fans to belittle him."
"Who is Kenny?"
"Didn't you hear me say that the team's manager is going to wash his hands of it?" Lena said angrily.
"It's best if he takes the initiative to resign so that I don't have to pay him a breach of contract fee. Although two million pounds is not a lot, it's enough to buy a suite of about 150 square meters in central London." William turned to Abigail and said, "Why don't you go look at the suite and treat it as a reward for your very effective work during this period of time?"
Abigail carefully looked at Lena. Seeing that Lena did not have an unhappy expression on her face, she readily replied, "Thank you."
"Ha, you're really not polite."
Abigail showed a sweet smile. "Sorry, Boss, I'm an American. I don't know what being polite means."
"It would be strange if you don't know." William rolled his eyes. How could a person who could use professional terms to communicate with Chinese experts without any obstacles not know what being polite meant? "Forget it, you're lucky."
"Mom, you haven't told me who Kenny is yet?"
After elegantly finishing the last San Xian wonton, Lena said, "Kenny is Manchester United's team operations manager. I found someone to poach him with three times the salary."
With a snap of her fingers, Sunday's introduction of Kenny immediately appeared in her ears. After listening to it, William was quite satisfied with Kenny. "Mom, you poached Manchester United's operations manager. Why isn't there a report of Ferguson scolding him in the newspapers?"
"Kenny's resignation was approved by Ferguson. They had already fallen out because of different management philosophies. Now that Kenny is gone, Ferguson certainly won't be long-winded." Lena calmly drank a mouthful of soup. "I'm not an idiot who will cause trouble for the team for no reason. I sent someone to find Ferguson's agent son. As a result, Kenny resigned the day before yesterday and I received a reply from Manchester United yesterday."
"Well, I'm going to take over the team. Are you coming with me?" Lena asked after wiping her mouth clean.
William thought about it and said, "Forget it, I'd better not go. I don't want to embarrass everyone when I see Ranieri."
"Hmph." Hearing her son mention Ranieri, Lena was furious. "I'm warning you for the last time. Don't interfere with the team's competition."
"Okay." William stood up and walked to Lena's side. "Remember to let Antonio and the others stay by your side at all times."
"Okay." Lena patted William's cheek, then pulled William's head down and kissed his forehead. "See you tonight, son."
"See you tonight, mom."
After sending off Lena and finishing breakfast, William sent Abigail to meet the five experts from the Celestial Empire. They went to the bank vault to continue appraising the antiques provided by the Grand Duke of Devonshire and the others.
Before getting into the car, the leader of the five experts, Professor Lai, hesitated for a moment and said to William, "Mr. Devonshire, there's something I've been thinking about for a few days. In the end, I think it's better to tell you directly."
Seeing the professor's hesitant look, William knew what he wanted to say.
Although Sunday was a good helper, it was only the year 2000 and the Celestial Empire's Internet had just become popular. Coupled with William's restrictions, it was difficult for Sunday to find out about the Celestial Empire. Therefore, William also wanted to hear about the situation of his little brother whom he had never met before. "Go ahead."
"Your father's name is Chen Jing. He's from Shanghai, right?"
"Yes." William nodded. There was nothing to hide about this. Even if he wanted to hide it, the other party would already know.
Professor Lai said with a sorrowful look, "I have some unfortunate news to tell you. I hope you can be stronger after hearing it."
"Unfortunate news?" William pretended to be surprised and joked, "Don't tell me that I have a half-brother or half-sister, and this half-brother or half-sister who I've never met had an accident and went to see Buddha?"
Looking at William's indifferent expression, Professor Lai and the other four professors standing beside him sighed silently. They knew that William would not accept the news that he had relatives in the Celestial Empire so easily.
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