England 1986

Chapter 28 Dilemma
Watching York dragging his heavy steps away, Huth took the scented tea from the maid, walked slowly to Alan's side and said, "Master."

"Huh? You want to persuade me?"

"No, no, you are an adult now, and this home is up to you. I want to tell you about your itinerary and arrangements for the past few days."

"it is good."

Allen took a sip of the scented tea, then resumed his lying posture, and slumped on the sofa.

"In the afternoon, before you came back, I had already made an appointment with Professor Martin of the Paris Academy of Fine Arts. He will come over to paint your portrait next week after he finishes handling the matter at hand."

"Ok?"

Allen sat up again and glanced at the side hall on the other side of the hall.

That side hall is a small showroom.

Inside, there are mainly a few representative things of the Hill family in various periods.

Old objects such as swords and armors, and oil paintings of frontal portraits of successive earls of the Hill family are neatly hung on the walls of the side hall.

Guests who come to the house for the first time will be taken by the host to visit this exhibition hall, briefly introduce the family history, and let the guests see the "heroic appearance" of the earls of the past generations by the way.

But what age is it now, and you still paint oil portraits?

Allen pondered for a moment and said, "Can't you just take a photo and hang it up?"

"Uh" Hu Te looked helpless, is this ignorant?
"Young master, photos are not bad, but oil paintings can arrange details such as background, clothing, poses, accessories, etc. at will. Simple photos are not as good as oil paintings, and photos are not good for preservation. Er, oil paintings are like paintings. Sometimes, even the appearance can be adjusted a little bit."

Huth still held back a word, the main thing is to hang a photo up, and people will laugh at him!
"Oh"

Alan didn't understand the other points that Huth said very clearly, but when it came to the appearance that could be slightly adjusted, he understood. Isn't this just manual PS?
No wonder nobles are keen on oil portraits, which can make them look better!

But, is it useful for someone like me?
"Fine."

Now that they have made an appointment, there is a portrait on the left and right, so it doesn't matter to Allen.

"What else?"

"Tomorrow, some of our family's royal craftsmen will come to measure your body, young master, those sets of clothes are for your emergency, and all you buy are ready-made clothes. With your current status, you will wear such clothes in the future It’s a bit impolite to participate in an event, and I need to make a few more outfits for you to attend various occasions.”

"Yes!"

After Huth finished talking about the two itineraries, he straightened up slightly and stood silently beside Allen.

"I'm going to take a shower first, Huth, you put the red-marked asset information in my bedroom last time, I'll have to look at it later!"

For such a big living person, standing next to him without speaking, Allen felt very uncomfortable, so he found a reason to turn and go upstairs.

"Second young master, it's time to change feet."

The maid reminded Allen softly.

"okay."

Putting down the materials in his hand, Allen rubbed the space between his brows, retracted his left foot, raised his right foot again, and placed it on the small soft stool in front of the sofa.

He had just come back from the shower, and the maid was helping him trim his toenails, while he had been reading the materials.

Although the information with the red mark is supposed to be temporarily withheld by the bank.

At that time, Allen thought that if he couldn't pay the inheritance tax, all these properties would be credited to the bank, so as to save him any trouble.

but.
Taking a closer look today, he found that what he had overlooked before was that the estimated value of these properties that the bank wanted was far lower than the actual value of these properties!

In other words, if he really wants to use all these properties to offset, he will even lose more money than paying inheritance tax directly.

But if he doesn't want to pay, he doesn't know where to get a large amount of money in a while.

You can't always rely on crooked ways. Blacking Koreans for money is a temporary act and cannot last for a long time.

How can you not get your shoes wet when you often walk by the river?
After cutting this time, the Koreans have to rest for a few years, raise them and then cut them.

On the way home, Alan thought about it for a long time in the car. This time, the hurdle of inheriting the title alone is considered to be over.

But people, eat a ditch and gain wisdom.

With such a high status as the old earl, if nothing else, just say that in the entire British aristocratic circle, with the status of the old earl, at least he must be ranked in the top [-]!
But even such a person cannot prevent an "accident".

What is behind this?
Allen has been worried about this issue for a long time, but in the final analysis.

The old earl is still too inconspicuous. His status is only conspicuous in this very small circle of nobles.

In other places, whether it's on TV or among ordinary people, the Earl of Carmarthen?
Most people probably haven't heard of it.

The reputation of the old earl is all false now!

Just like this time, people are gone. As long as the official does not report, the outside world will not know. Maybe one day when Allen becomes famous, everyone will find out, oh. It turns out that there is also the Earl of Carmarthen who is fief in Wales.

That's it.

For Allen, he feels that there is a sword hanging over his head now, which makes him very uncomfortable and extremely insecure.

Facing a superior who he didn't know had any ill intentions towards him.

He didn't want to be like the old earl, who left in an unclear way.

Until just now, Allen finally remembered how to temporarily solve this dilemma.

In his original world, there was a Russian bigwig who once faced a situation somewhat similar to Alan's now.

But that person's approach was smarter. He first got out of Russia and came to England.

Then a large sum of money was invested and a Premier League football club was bought.

After a few short years of massive capital operations, not only did he run his football club, but the Russian tycoon himself became famous because of his arrogance.

At that time, many British and other Europeans laughed at others for being stupid and rich.

But after careful calculation, Allen found that there was a way for this guy to do this.

The money is spent, the fame is earned, and with the fame, the influence will be great, and then those people who are staring at him behind their backs will not dare to act so unscrupulously.

The main reason for this is the fear of bad influence!
It's because the Russian boss is getting more and more famous!
Every year during the transfer period of major European leagues, he will invest a lot of money for the club. Every operation will bring him greater fame and influence, and in turn, he himself will be safer.

Inspired by this, Allen thought, can he follow the model of this big guy and do it?
"Second young master, it's finished, do you need anything else?"

"Okay, Mary, go down and rest first."

"Ok."

As the maid gently closed the door, Alan subconsciously knocked on the side armrest of the sofa with his left hand.

With his current financial resources, it is better not to think about buying a Premier League club!

What's more, it is now 86, and the Premier League has not yet been established.

And he doesn't know anything about football.

"Is there any other project that costs less and is cost-effective? It can not only make me famous and have a certain influence, but also make me look harmless to humans and animals, and even a little bit unprogressive?"

(End of this chapter)