Anthony and Bronte looked at each other happily and nodded in their hearts. William, a 20-year-old young man in their eyes, was really different from the young people in England. He could understand the ways of the world so well, and there was no arrogance or rudeness in him at all. William was close to people, polite, easy to get along with, and especially generous. He was rich and knew how to make money. He even had the title of an earl waiting for him. God was really looking after him.
As the two were thinking about William's benefits, there was a knock on the door of the meeting room. Barney said to William outside the door, "Boss, Mrs. Lena is here to bring you coffee. Can we come in?"
William heard that his mother was here and quickly stood up and said, "Come in."
As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Barney open the door. His mother thanked Barney and smiled as she walked in with four maids carrying a coffee pot, a teapot, and snacks.
William went forward to hug his mother and greet her. Lena smiled and nodded to everyone. "Hello, gentlemen. I'm Lena Devonshire, William's mother. It's time for afternoon tea. I've brought some desserts, coffee, and tea."
Seeing that Lena was dignified and elegant, a group of people hurriedly stood up and bowed to Lena. The English despised and envied nobles, but if they had the opportunity to become nobles, these guys would definitely not refuse. Because England no longer had hereditary nobles, most of the English people hated, envied, and hated male nobles.
However, all of this changed when it came to beautiful noblewomen. Although the nobles had declined, the influence of their culture was still very strong. Ordinary people were very receptive to beautiful noblewomen.
So when these guys saw William's mother, they all became polite. One of them even saluted as a knight, which made William laugh in his heart.
After greeting everyone, Lena smiled and said to William, "William, you guys have some afternoon tea and coffee first and take a break. By the way, can I ask everyone if it's okay to have lamb chops and salmon with mushroom soup for dinner? Tina and I picked the mushrooms in the forest this afternoon. They're very fresh. "
William looked at everyone and said, "Can I?"
"Of course, thank you, Madam Devonshire."
"No problem, thank you, Madam."
Everyone nodded their heads and agreed at once.
Lena nodded when she saw that everyone was a little restrained around her. "Alright, William. I'll go and prepare. See you gentlemen at dinner." Lena gave everyone a noble salute and went out to prepare dinner.
After the afternoon tea, everyone was busy helping William complete the tax returns for his assets in England and the United States. After finishing the reports, they sat in the reception room and smoked cigars, drank black tea, and chatted.
At 7 o 'clock, the servant came to call everyone to the dining room on time. Today, there were roasted lamb chops, fried salmon, and mushroom soup. William also specially opened eight bottles of Latour and several bottles of 1989 whiskey. He called the six members of the dare-to-die team, and a total of 21 people sat in the dining room. The dinner atmosphere was very warm. Everyone drank Latour and whiskey and chatted until 9: 30 in the evening.
William and the servant personally sent the 12 lawyers to a two-story guest room on the side of the castle. There were two two-story wing rooms on the side of the castle. One was for the servants, and the other was for the guests.
They were all modernized. Each room was more than 70 square meters. The bedroom, living room, bathroom, and bathroom were all remodeled according to the standards of a four-star hotel. The 24 guest rooms cost William more than 1.5 million pounds. The remodeling of the main castle cost William more than 12 million pounds.
In addition to the servants' room, garden, grassland, woods, and stables, a shooting range, an indoor parking lot that could park more than 40 cars, an outdoor parking lot with 60 spaces, and a helipad, William spent almost 18 million pounds.
William only spent 4.5 million pounds to buy the castle. Living in a castle was really expensive, and it was in a rural place like Oxford. If it was around London, it would cost at least 50 million pounds.
If he bought the 3,000 acres of land around the castle from the previous owner, he would have to spend another 10 million pounds. This was after the land price had fallen by almost 30%. If he didn't pay 15 million pounds, he wouldn't be able to buy it.
William would definitely buy the 3,000 acres of land because it was also the ancestral property of the Devonshire family. However, the owner of the land had lost a lot of money in the stock market this time. After knowing that William had money, he wanted to get some of it back from William. He wouldn't let go of 15 million pounds. William wasn't a fool. If the owner wanted to rip him off, he would just drag it out. After a while, the land price would fall even more. When it fell to half of the previous price, he would see if the owner could hold on. Anyway, William didn't need the land now. He would rent it to the people of the Devonshire town. He didn't expect to make money from the land.
After settling the lawyers, William took Barney and Christmas for a walk in the manor. "It's decided. We'll go to America tomorrow."
Barney smiled at William and said, "Yes, boss. We've been out for three months. Everyone is homesick. We've all earned 1.5 million dollars from you. It's a good time to go back and see our families. We've been out for too long."
William looked at Christmas. Seeing that Christmas nodded, he knew that he couldn't keep these guys. Forget it, the suicide squad couldn't be his bodyguards forever. These guys were very wild. They would be willing to fight, but they wouldn't be willing to be his bodyguards after a long time.
Anyway, there was no danger now. With him in the castle, protecting his mother Lena and Tina was no problem. Besides, there was a special safe room and tunnel in the castle. The door and security of the safe room were installed by Barney and Christmas themselves. No one else took over.
William trusted Barney and Christmas very much. "Okay, I'll get you a private jet tomorrow and fly directly to New York."
"Thank you, boss." Barney and Christmas nodded and thanked William. They had known William for a long time and felt that William was a good boss. If it weren't for the fact that they weren't really interested in being bodyguards, maybe it would be a good choice to stay in the Devonshire manor and settle down in the Devonshire town when they were old.
"Boss, let's take you to the shooting range. Most of the equipment you sent last time is there. There's a small amount of equipment enough for five people in the castle. One set is in your study, and one set is by the fireplace in the hall. They are all secrets you gave. You can change them on the computer in the safe room. The computer is a local area network and can't connect to external networks. There's no problem with security. There are two sets in the safe room and one set in the tunnel. This set was put there by Mrs. Lena herself. No one knows where the tunnel is except for Mrs. Lena."
William nodded. This was very good. As long as he changed the password of the safe room, only he and his mother Lena had the authority to open the security measures in the castle.
I'll push it into the city category at 2 p.m. today. Please recommend it.
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