Reborn as a small European country

Chapter 74 Aldrich's thoughts

Although Christie's has not been established for too long, its influence in the world is extraordinary. Therefore, the Earl of Liverpool can actually own a lot of shares in the auction house, which seems to be quite a lot. Joseph is actually very surprised by this situation.

While telling the waiter that he accepted the invitation from the Earl of Liverpool, Joseph also asked his inner doubts. Unfortunately, he did not find the right person, and Kate was not very clear about the Liverpool family.

"The Liverpool family is still very influential in London. The Earl of Liverpool's grandfather was once the Prime Minister of the King of England. Although he only served one term, his relationship with the royal family is not ordinary."

Joseph is naturally clear about such a relationship. After all, Nord is not much different from Britain before World War II. If it is not someone who can be trusted, it is absolutely impossible to be the prime minister.

While talking, Joseph and Kate came to the warehouse of the auction house. Because they arrived late, those guests had already traded away their own things, leaving only three or two people.

Seeing a familiar figure talking to the staff of the auction at the warehouse door, Joseph tentatively said, "Aldrich?"

Hearing the voice, the man turned around, and it was undoubtedly Aldrich, who smiled slightly and said, "Your Highness, father asked me to wait here to say thank you."

"Duke Hollis is too polite."

It can be seen that the Duke of Hollis already knew that he was the one bidding for the Japanese sword with him. Say it's the little things.

"Several old friends invited me, so my father entrusted me to come and thank you."

Fearing that Joseph might misunderstand, Aldridge explained why it was not Duke Hollis who thanked him but his son Aldrich. In fact, Joseph knew that it was not some old friend who invited him, but Duke Hollis who couldn't get rid of that face.

Although Joseph's status is distinguished, he is a child of nine or ten years old. The Duke of Hollis is already in his 70s, and it is unreasonable for him to wait for a child here.

After waving his hand to indicate that it doesn't matter, Joseph said to Aldrich a little excitedly: "I will bid for the next horse, you can come and have a look."

Before Aldridge agreed, he walked towards the warehouse first, and the waiter who knew Joseph's identity hurried forward two steps to lead the way. Although the warehouse is not big, the places where different things are placed are still different.

After bypassing two small warehouses, the waiter led Joseph to a stable. At this time, the portrait of William I purchased by Joseph was also brought over, but Joseph was not in the mood to look at any portraits.

With brown hair, a strong body, piercing eyes, and muscular muscles, not to mention Joseph, even Kate was also fascinated by this steed for the first time.

"It's a good horse, but it's a little smaller. It's estimated that it will take at least one or two years before it can participate in the competition."

"The Earl of Liverpool also likes it very much, but in the end I was bid for it. How about it? Are you interested in helping me train it?"

In the Liverpool family's manor, Joseph learned from Aphra that Aldrich had some skills in training horses, and that Joseph wanted to deal with the Hollis family, which killed two birds with one stone.

"Your Highness is willing to give it to me?"

Seeing the joke that Aldrich approached the horse, stroking the satin-like mane with both hands, staring at the horse with glowing eyes, the first thing Joseph thought was that Aldrich hadn't been so distracted when he saw Annie!

Seeing that Aldrich was not in the mood to pay attention here, Kate asked Joseph in a low voice: "Aldrich, the second son of Duke Hollis?"

"you do not know?"

Just now Aldrich nodded to Kate and Joseph thought the two knew each other, after all, they were both from London nobles, but who would have thought that the two were not familiar with each other at all.

"I'm not very familiar. It seems that we met when we were young. But at that time, there were hundreds of people in a banquet, so I don't remember clearly."

Kate's words made Joseph nod in empathy. He also experienced this. In the end, he didn't remember the names of a few people at a banquet with hundreds of people. Anyway, he just smiled gently at everyone.

After a while, Aldridge realized that he still had a task, and hurriedly turned around and apologized to Joseph who was talking to Kate: "My father invited you and Marquis Kate to a banquet, but I forgot about it when I saw the horse. gone."

Joseph smiled lightly and said, "It doesn't matter. In fact, the Earl of Liverpool has already invited you. It's still early, and there was nothing in the past. It doesn't waste time."

Having said that, in fact, Joseph wanted to go there a long time ago, but Aldrich has been focusing on the horse all the time, and Joseph is not easy to remind him.

Aldrich also understood Joseph's situation very well, so he understood how watery Joseph's words were, and hurriedly led the way and accompanied Joseph towards the outside of the auction house.

On the way, Joseph remembered what Aldrich said just now, and Duke Hollis wanted to invite him, so he suddenly asked, "Aldrich, does your family also have shares in Christie's?"

It's not a confidential matter, so Aldrich naturally answered without hesitation: "It's just some loose shares. The Earl of Liverpool owns 11.00% of the shares and is also the managing director of the board of directors."

"The Fox family also has an auction house business, but at Sotheby's auction house."

While speaking, Aldrich did not forget Kate, but this sentence was somewhat inappropriate at this time, and it meant to remind Joseph to stay away from Kate.

"Aldrich, are you familiar with Kate's uncle, Baron Abbott?"

"Not very familiar, just met a few times, a very capable person."

Joseph suddenly mentioned Kate's uncle. Aldridge is a smart man, so he naturally understood that Joseph misunderstood what he meant, and it was also an answer to himself, but he didn't explain it, because he did remind Joseph to stay away from Kate the meaning of.

A very capable person, this is an answer that I don't know how to understand, but it also shows that Kate's uncle is indeed unusual, and all aspects are not optimistic that Kate can regain the power of the family.

"I remember that the agent of Audi in the West of England was Baron Abbott, but I didn't have any dealings with him."

There was a trace of regret on Joseph's face, but Kate and Aldrich believed it was clear what he really wanted to express at this time. Kate was a little moved while Aldrich was a little surprised.

Although the Fox family is not a small family, World War II severely damaged their family's vitality, and at the same time, business frequently went wrong. Although the Fox family still barely maintains the glory of their ancestors, the West of England is no longer decided by the Fox family.

The Fox family runs many businesses and has many partners, but the identity of the Audi company in the west of England is undoubtedly a very important one. If Joseph is really willing to help Kate, then the result...

Aldrich felt that it was necessary to tell his father, the Duke of Hollis, because their family also had a lot of business in the west of England, and the relationship between the two families was not bad. In fact, Duke Hollis was partly behind the bullying Kate. in.

Of course, Aldridge didn't feel that this would cause any misunderstandings or conflicts between the Ragnar family and his own family. After all, as the business of the Fox family began to slowly recover in the past two years, Baron Abt's mentality also changed. Change, it is obvious that Baron Abbott with a change of mind is not in the interests of the Hollis family.

(End of this chapter)