The Williams family has really made a fortune. If Jenkins does not have enough cash on hand, then Robert is very likely to participate in this investment by borrowing money.
"Speaking of which, what is the reason for William's fortune? I entrusted the bishop to investigate, but he didn't give me any results..."
After the contract was signed, Robert opened a bottle of red wine as a celebration. While everyone was chatting, Jenkins also learned that the person in charge of the Smith United Mining Company was not the Mr. Smith who helped Robert after the investment failed, but a nobleman who lived in the capital of Beldyland all the year round.
The noble with the title of marquis holds 70% of the shares of the United Mining Company, and he is the actual controller of the company. Mr. Smith, on the other hand, is equivalent to a manager and operator, and the actual decision-making power is not in his hands.
"It's really the first time I've heard of this matter. I don't know which noble Marquis it is? Maybe I was lucky enough to meet it once when I was in Belduran."
Jenkins asked curiously, but none of his partners knew about it, and the only one who knew the answer, Old William, didn't want to tell his son about it now.
The dinner that day was held at the home on Privet Drive, and Mary even kindly prepared a special plate for the chocolate. It happened that only the husband and wife and Jenkins were at home today. Newman lived at the school to help the teacher finish an important paper, while John lived at the house of a classmate. This was his first week of school, but the young man had not yet adapted to the heavy study.
"Speaking of which, John is about to graduate in one year. Is he going to continue his studies? I remember the last time the two of us had a conversation about this, he said he hadn't made a decision yet."
inquired Jenkins, very satisfied with tonight's dinner.
"I hope he can continue his studies, but if John wants to work immediately, of course he will not object. Maybe you should ask him again, we will ask him, it will put a lot of pressure on him."
Robert suggested, and then signaled to his wife to have something to say too.
"Little John can do whatever he wants, he doesn't have to follow the path of you and Newman, he also has his own dream."
Both Jenkins and Robert disagree with this view. In a sense, the thinking of these two men is very traditional, especially for Jenkins. The two life experiences he has experienced tell him that pursuing dreams is only the right and luck of a small number of talents.
Of course, neither of them pointed this out, and Jenkins planned to have a good talk with John some time later, and persuade him to go on to college like their eldest brother.
Because Alexia finally returned, Ruen's little party of four could continue. Although today is not the usual Tuesday, but to make up for the two delays, the party is still this Saturday night.
With an excuse to make up lessons, Alexia was able to enter the palace again. And when Jenkins appeared in Miss Stuart's study, it was snowing outside like last night.
Julia stood in the shadow of the corner without any sense of presence. The two nodded to each other, and both still remembered the unexpected encounter in the tavern last night.
Alexia was wearing a blouse and a flat, non-prescribing mirror. And Miss Stuart, as usual, sat at her desk with a sad face, facing the math problem that could make people insane.
"Long time no see, Miss Stuart."
After Jenkins appeared next to Alexia with the cat in his arms, he greeted everyone in the room. Miss Stuart pursed her lips and looked up at him, and Jenkins read the cry for help from her eyes.
"Are you still working on the question?"
"Yeah, but I think Dolores is a bit longer. Maybe we can talk about recent events, Jenkins, was your vacation fun?"
"Interesting? I see that everyone is asking the same question."
While talking, he paced to Miss Stuart who was at the desk, as if he wanted to read the topic.
Those were just some simple equation problems. For Jenkins, who had been tested for a long time, it was not difficult to solve first-order multivariate equations in the real number field, but it was obviously very complicated for the 16-year-old Miss Stuart.
"Your progress is a bit fast, right? I remember that when I was here last time, you just started discussing the problem of solving equations."
Jenkins tried to help intercede, but Miss Stuart nodded desperately in agreement.
“I left some homework when I left, and apparently Dolores was too caught up in the post-year-end carnival and didn’t deal with them in time. It’s punishment, and if she doesn’t get them done before you leave, then tonight’s There can't be a party."
Jenkins wasn't surprised that Alexia's ruthlessness was a given.
He asked the question just now, just to make his behavior of remaining at the table seem reasonable. While the two were asking and answering questions, [reading and writing] had quietly played a role, writing on Miss Stuart's straw paper the idea of solving the problem.
With Alexia's intelligence, she must be able to tell the difference between Jenkins and Miss Stuart. Therefore, he only gave ideas and did not write conclusions, so as to prevent this little "cheating" from being seen.
But Jenkins still thinks the short lady saw something tricky, because when she checked the conclusions, she gave Jenkins a special smile. But he didn't say anything, just admonished Miss Stuart to do her homework in time, and then announced the start of the party.
After that, Jenkins' narration about his "wonderful" vacation life took up more than an hour. He even brought the sapphire with the size of a human head here and asked his friends to help identify what it was.
The origin of this gem is related to the sealed puppet underground, and Mrs. Xu Dela didn't want the church to know about the underground affairs. Therefore, he couldn't entrust his father to make an appraisal. He could only hope that Alexia or Miss Stuart were well-informed.
Most women's love for jewelry and gems is in their blood, so when the sapphire appeared in Jenkins' hands, the women in the study suddenly fell silent, and only a few heavy breathing could be heard.
"Oh~"
Miss Stuart suddenly stood up and stretched out her fingers, touching the surface of the gem, as if to determine whether it was a hallucination.
It looked like a large rock in the dark, but in the bright room, the surface of the gem reflected a light that even Jenkins couldn't resist. This brilliant thing is an absolute work of art, if not a gem, it would be enough to buy a piece of land and become a farmer.