Meiman plane trader

141 Chapter 18

Seeing the huge hull of the Europa slowly sailing into the dock of the New York shipyard, he nodded very satisfied. After the modification of such a big toy is completed, he can take his whole family to play with it all over the world.

Although the speed of the plane is fast, the comfort of the plane in this era is still a big problem. If you are in a hurry, the plane is naturally the best.

But if you want to say simple travel, it is more comfortable to take a boat.

Especially this kind of giant cruise ship that is bigger than an aircraft carrier.

However, such a huge cruise ship is about to become Josie's personal toy. Isn't this more exciting than the so-called super yachts of those rich people?
Of course, there is a price to pay for being energetic. The construction and maintenance costs of a cruise ship are not comparable to that of a yacht.

If it weren't for the hull of the Europa, it was already ready-made, and only the modification of the internal facilities was needed, which greatly reduced the cost.

In addition, there is indeed a lot of "spare money" that Josie has not recorded.

Otherwise, even he can't afford to use this thing as a private yacht.

However, this giant ship is not just a plaything. After the power and entertainment facilities are refitted at the New York shipyard, the ship will undergo some special refits when it sails to Austria next time.

The reason why this ship has to be refitted in the United States instead of directly in Austria is no way. After all, the shipyards in Austria are still building it. It is a bit difficult to repair a small sampan. A [-]-ton super giant ship.

As for France, Britain and other countries, just after the war, the shipbuilding business in their own country is too busy, and naturally they cannot handle such a large order as Josie.

Therefore, in the short term, only American shipyards have the spare capacity to complete this [-]-ton giant ship.

Anyway, the Europa itself also has a power system, but it is a bit behind compared to the post-war level, and it will not be too much trouble to drive to the United States.

"Let's go! Let's go home!" Josie said to Jia Ying beside her.

That's right, it's not just the huge ship Europa that came to the United States this time.

Arriving together, Jia Ying, the butler Xia who had just graduated from the Butler Academy, and the huge four-headed St. Bernard, had been booked by Josie.

In fact, normally speaking, the regular training of the Butler Academy only takes about half a year.

And Jia Ying's study is often beyond the standard.

But there is no way. As a person born at the bottom of society in this era, Jia Ying's foundation is too weak, so she has to learn far more than ordinary housekeepers.

Just the language and some common sense of European and American society, the amount of learning required is not 01:30.

Even if she was able to return from her studies within a year, Linden had found a lot of personal trainers for her, as well as Jia Ying's almost infinite energy and enhancements including memory and reaction after the awakening of her own abilities. The result of comprehensive factors such as physical fitness.

Otherwise, if you are an ordinary person, it will be difficult to produce results without studying for a few years.

However, after returning to Chicago, Josie did not immediately let Jia Ying take over the affairs of the family. After all, she was new here, and it was impossible for Jia Ying to get started with everything at once, so for the time being, she was only asked to get acquainted with herself with the Vito siblings. industry.

Today Francesca is also Josie's housekeeper, but the two are different.

Francesca is only the housekeeper of the Chicago estate and Margot's life assistant.

What Jia Ying wants to do is to be the big steward of Josie's non-commercial industries around the world, so there will not be much conflict between the two.

For Josie's sudden mention of bringing back a housekeeper, Margot, as the hostess, was a little wary at first.

But now after seeing Jia Ying's real person, Margot is relieved.

Jia Ying's appearance can't be said to be ugly, but she can't be said to be beautiful either, and her figure is also very average.

Not to mention the familiar Margot, even Francesca was far inferior, so Margot relaxed and accepted the existence of the other party.

After all, she knew Josie's taste very well.

Josie is also a man. Although he is very restrained, sometimes when he meets a beautiful woman outside, he can't help but take a few extra glances.

Margot is not a fool, so she can notice it naturally, but she will not go to make trouble with Josie because of such a trivial matter.

Compared with Jia Ying's arrival, the four burly but extremely docile dogs are very popular with the whole family.

"Oh, my God, this kid is fat again." Josie couldn't help sighing as she picked up her eldest son Mike from the cradle.

"Nonsense, Mike is not fat, it's just that when he is growing rapidly, he will gain weight faster!" Margot rolled her eyes and said as she was fiddling with the guest list.

What she was preparing was the invitation letter for Josie's birthday party. In half a month, it would be Josie's birthday.

Normally, neither she nor Josie has the habit of arranging their own birthdays. At most, they invite some friends who are particularly close to each other.

But this time is different, because this time is Josie's 18th birthday party.

On August 1945, 8, Josie officially turned 8.

In later generations, Americans generally have three coming-of-age rites.

One is 16 years old, because this age is the age for most ordinary Americans to get a driver's license, which is still of great significance, so they will celebrate it.

However, when Josie was 16 years old, it was the end of 43. At that time, the situation between him and Margot was a little awkward, so they didn't make any big arrangements. The two just celebrated in private, and then kept warm for a whole day.

The second is 18 years old, which belongs to the legal age of majority in the United States, and is also very important.

Especially now that Josie's status is not what it used to be, and the relationship between him and Margot has changed from the behavior of a rich woman at the beginning to the relationship between an outstanding young Austrian rich man and a young American widow. beautiful love story.

As for the third coming-of-age ceremony, that is the legal drinking age of 21-but the legal drinking age of 21 was a thing in the 70s, and the drinking age in the United States is now 18.

So this third coming-of-age ceremony does not exist in this era.

"Well, our baby has grown up, not fat, muma!" Josie smiled and sucked the fat boy's face in his hand.

This made the baby very unhappy, and immediately howled.

"Look at you, you like to use children as toys when you have nothing to do, and make them cry at once. How can you be such a father!" Seeing this, Margot got angry, immediately put down what she was doing, and snatched it from Josie. The child coaxed up.

Josie smiled resentfully at this, isn't the child born to play, and if he didn't play when he was young, he wouldn't be cute when he grows up.

Thinking of this, Josie couldn't help but turn his gaze to Carol in another cradle.

It turned out that the little girl was much smarter than her brother, and when she saw Josie's gaze, she howled immediately, which stunned Josie.

I haven't hugged him yet, and I've been rejected?

Now it's all right, after making the two babies cry, Margot was very angry, and while coaxing the children, he kicked out Josie, the unreliable father, out of the house.

"Hey, you are the most obedient, children are so annoying!" Josie in the yard muttered to himself while stroking a few big dogs that came up.

(End of this chapter)