When leaving the manor, Butler Thaddeus prepared a black Mercedes-Benz for the two of them and left quietly through a side door of the manor without alerting any media reporters.
Since it was a private trip, Jiang Chen did not bring the four bodyguards from Star Ring Trading with him. On the one hand, it was out of confidence in his own strength, but on the other hand, he felt that following four big men in suits when traveling around was a bit unsightly.
Throughout the day, Jiang Chen took Aisha to visit the scenic spots in Bavaria. From Neuschwanstein Castle to the Alpine Lakes, they left their footprints along the way. It wasn't until the sky turned yellow that the two of them ended today's trip with a camera full of photos.
Looking at the tired and excited blush dotting the girl's cheeks, Jiang Chen couldn't help but smile sincerely.
"Did you have a good day today?"
"Yeah!" Ayesha nodded briskly.
On her cold and pretty face, there was a rare vitality that she should have at her age.
With the corners of his mouth curled, Jiang Chen held the steering wheel and drove the car onto the country road.
Looking around, all you can see is a golden wave of wheat. The skyline connects the dim sunset and the stacked mountains, which look magnificent and poetic under the flaming clouds.
Speaking of which, it is already late autumn. If it were the wasteland, it would probably be snowing now.
Looking at this scene, Jiang Chen couldn't help but sigh.
Ayesha, who was sitting in the passenger seat, raised the camera in her hand and captured this beautiful scene.
Seeing that there was still time, Jiang Chen took a long detour and continued along the country road.
Suddenly, the front opened up.
At the end of Mailang, there is a small town with sparse lights. Where the jungle meets, there is a "small town" isolated by an iron fence. People in ragged clothes gathered together, staring at the sky in a daze, or taking care of their emaciated family members. At the gate of the refugee camp, a dozen staff and police gathered around several vans. Necessary water and food were distributed to them.
"they are… "
Holding the camera in her arms, Ayesha looked at the isolation net in the distance.
"Homeless people, or refugees. Most of them left their hometowns because of the war, and most of them came from Libya. Or Syria—" At this point, Jiang Chen suddenly stopped.
He suddenly realized that that was her hometown.
It must be a terrible feeling to see people from your hometown being displaced.
Sighing, Jiang Chen didn't comfort her with anything. Be prepared to speed up this stretch of road.
Click—
However, the girl raised the camera in her hand and kept that scene in the camera.
"Don't you feel... um, uncomfortable?" Jiang Chen thought about his words.
Ayesha nodded, but then shook her head.
"Thanks."
"Um?"
Jiang Chen looked at Ayesha in confusion.
She lowered her head, with a slight nostalgic smile on her lips, and her slender index finger unconsciously rubbed against the shutter of the camera.
"If I hadn't met you... I might not even be able to get to that place."
Recalling the past, although she occasionally encountered danger, more often than not, what she felt was the warmth of that home. He didn't treat her rudely because of her status, he was always so gentle.
So much so that sometimes. She had even forgotten that memory.
"What are you thinking about?" Jiang Chen grinned and used his right hand to ruffle her hair vigorously.
"nothing."
Shaking her head, Ayesha held the camera in her arms with a slight smile on her face.
The girl who was gilded by dusk seemed to be holding a priceless treasure.
…
It was almost six o'clock when we returned to Rothschild's manor.
When the two arrived, Butler Thaddeus was waiting at the side door of the manor.
There was still an hour before the banquet started. Although Jiang Chen felt that the time left for him was quite ample, the rigorous old butler did not seem to think so.
The attire for the banquet was prepared by Rothschild's people, because Jiang Chen had not heard about the banquet before he came. So I didn’t bring a decent dress. As for Ayesha, she went back to the guest room to rest first. She seemed to be very bad at this kind of banquet.
After being surrounded by several serious-looking maids for a long time, Jiang Chen was able to rush before the banquet started. Appeared at the door of the venue.
"Well, not bad, it seems to fit you very well."
Standing at the door of the venue, Carmen said to Jiang Chen with a smile.
"Thank you." Jiang Chen smiled and entered the venue with him.
The circular venue was decorated with splendor and diamond-like chandeliers dotted the dome of the venue. Celebrities from all walks of life gather here. Ladies and ladies chatted with each other, and waiters carrying champagne shuttled between various social circles.
Most of the people who are qualified to attend this dinner are financial giants or certain industrial tycoons, or some European political tycoons. Because he was "outside the circle", Jiang Chen didn't see a familiar face among these people.
But I don’t know if it was his imagination, but the moment he and Carmen walked into the venue hall, at least dozens of eyes fell on him intentionally or unintentionally.
"What the Rothschild family is most proud of is not the assets in our hands, but the connections in our hands. Many of the guests here are major shareholders of several listed companies with a market value of hundreds of billions of euros, and many of them have been I have been the president or vice president of a certain country, but the friendship between them is more or less related to us. The cooperation projects reached at such a banquet are no less than any international economic summit, and such We hold a banquet every few months. You come at the right time, and I can introduce you to some interesting people."
Carmen showed her white teeth, smiled, opened her hands, and faced the red-haired man who was walking towards him.
"Long time no see, Carmen, my old friend."
"Haha, old man, it's been a long time. Let me introduce you to Jiang Chen." Carmen introduced her old friend skillfully.
The red-haired man even showed a surprised expression, and immediately smiled and stretched out his right hand.
"Nice to meet you, Mr. Jiang Chen. I am very impressed by your company's phantom helmet. But it is such a pity that your arena experience server is only open to level 10 battles. I am looking forward to the official launch of the game. The day I serve. My name is Peter MacLaine, you can call me Peter."
After holding Peter's hand and shaking it up and down, Jiang Chen said with the same smile.
"Nice to meet you, Peter. I believe that when that day comes, you will not be disappointed."
"Peter MacLaine, chairman of the British company, the second largest data backup equipment company in Europe, and an old enemy of IBM." Carmen added to Jiang Chen in a joking tone.
"Please don't make fun of me," Peter made a helpless expression, "Between these, why don't we have some champagne to cheer up the fun?"
Affected by many factors such as language, European Internet companies were born with stunted growth. Although the company was living a pretty good life thanks to the support of British labor orders, IBM has obviously not regarded this as a rival. The old enemy was taken to heart.
"What a great idea." Carmen laughed, "For this dinner, I brought out the most fragrant red wine from the Bavarian winery, so please don't be polite."
A row of crystal clear crystal glasses were neatly displayed on the long table at the venue. The waiter politely poured Jiang Chen a glass of fragrant red wine.
Just when Jiang Chen was thinking about whether to find a "useful" circle to join, a middle-aged man with a beer belly came over to him with a smile.
Beside him was a young blonde woman.
"You must be Mr. Jiang Chen, am I right?" (.)
ps: I owed nine updates at the beginning of the month. I have always been very disciplined, hehe. Let’s pay for the third update first, including the two guaranteed updates, today I will give you the fifth update!