Chapter 651 The British Butler
When I came to this manor with Tom Niz yesterday, Yang Jing did not go in and take a closer look. In fact, this kind of ancient manor, especially the oldest family in the United States, has been managing. There is no difference between going in and not going in and seeing it.
As the manor built by Alfred, the leader of the "Three Brothers of ZTE" of the DuPont family, even if it is still a distance from the DuPont family's lair, the DuPont family will definitely not watch it decline in such a manor, and the maintenance must be very careful in daily life. Even if hundreds of thousands of dollars are needed to maintain this manor every year, the DuPont family will definitely stick to it.
This has nothing to do with money, but with the face of an ancient family.
The property of this ancient family can be sold to the outside world, but it is absolutely impossible to let it fade.
Sure enough, Yang Jing's judgment was correct. Even though the owner had not lived in this manor for a long time, it was still well maintained. Not to mention anything else, just the butler and seven servants stood at the door to welcome Yang Jing and Robert's arrival, Yang Jing knew that the manor must be well maintained.
Under the leadership of the butler named Alex Shetton, Yang Jing visited the manor in a general manner.
The manor is really well maintained, but most of the places where precious decorations should have been placed inside are empty. Obviously, the DuPont family is not having a good time now. Otherwise, the manor that Alfred spent a lot of money to decorate would not have been emptied by his younger generations and sold them for cash.
In the end, even this seventy-year-old manor was for sale and cashing out.
In the old Chinese saying, this is a typical example of selling the land of a son!
However, Yang Jing was very satisfied with this manor. Although the main building of this manor has a history of 70 years and the exterior walls are mottled, the interior is very well maintained. Yang Jing doesn't even have to clean up. As long as he signs his name on those documents and transfers it to the DuPont family, he can sleep in this main building tonight.
After walking around the main building, the group returned to the lobby on the first floor of the main building.
"Mr. Smith, all the bedding in all rooms here are newly replaced, and the kitchen utensils in the kitchen are also newly replaced. If you need it, you can hold a dinner here immediately and stay here in the evening." Butler Shayton had a very obvious West London accent, which made Yang Jing feel very friendly. After all, the Royal Holloway College where he studied abroad is located in West London.
The British housekeeper is known as the best housekeeper in the world, especially the housekeeper from West London, which is the best, which is recognized worldwide. The housekeeper of an ancient family like the DuPont family naturally cannot fool things, so it is not surprising that Shayton presides over the daily life of this manor here.
Yang Jing smiled slightly and said to Shetton Housekeeper in a standard West London accent: "Alix, thank you very much for everything you have done here. I think you can stay here to manage this beautiful manor for me if you want."
Yang Jing's standard West London accent immediately made Butler Shayton's face show a look of surprise. It was obvious that he felt Yang Jing's painstaking efforts.
Butler Shayton is already in his sixties, and he deserves the honorific title of Yang Jing in terms of age and professionalism. Moreover, it is perfect to use an old butler like Shayton to manage such an ancient manor, so Yang Jing sent an invitation.
However, no matter how surprised it is, Yang Jing's invitation still made Shayton hesitate for a moment and did not respond positively to Yang Jing's invitation.
Housekeepers from London are all very personal, and their profession is usually life-long or even hereditary. In other words, grandfathers have been good housekeepers all their lives, so their sons, grandsons, and great-grandsons will even become outstanding housekeepers.
This kind of hereditary housekeeper is loyal and delicate, and everything is in the interests of the master's family, so this kind of housekeeper is usually the favorite housekeeper of the rich people all over the world.
Although Yang Jing didn't know how long Shayton had served this manor, it must have been a long time, and even his father or grandfather might have been serving this manor.
Robert DuPont said, "Alix, I think you should agree to Mr. Smith's invitation. Your grandfather came here to manage this manor for my grandfather. Later, your father and you have been here. I really don't want you to leave here at this age."
Robert's words made Butler Shetton hesitate again. He looked up at Yang Jing and found that Yang Jing's eyes were full of frankness and hope. So he thought about it and said sincerely: "Sir, since you really need me to continue to manage this manor for you, then this is my honor. You can leave this manor to Lao Shetton for peace of mind, and I will definitely manage this manor for you."
"Great, Alex, it's a great honor for you to agree to continue to manage this manor for me. This manor can keep you in charge, and I think this is the best result." Yang Jing said sincerely, and then he said with great certainty: "From now on, all the service staff in this manor will double the salary."
Nothing can make people more pleasant than this sentence. Shedton is also a human being, and he also wants to be in the world. Therefore, the "double salary" that Yang Jing said is the best affirmation of this old housekeeper.
"Thank you very much, sir." The old butler bowed slightly with a smile on his face.
"Alix, you don't have to be so polite. I think it's what you deserve."
After saying that, Yang Jing nodded at Tom Niz, who immediately brought up the documents that needed Yang Jing's signature.
Yang Jing looked at it again and signed the name "Cole Smith" at the position where he needed to sign it. Then Robert also signed his name, and the lawyer witnessed all this and signed his name on the document.
At this point, as long as Tom Niz calls to notify Citibank and directly deposit funds in the third-party guaranteed account of Citibank directly into the account designated by the DuPont family, the transaction will be completely completed.
As the boss behind Citibank's largest holding institution, Yang Jing is actually the largest individual shareholder of Citibank. His transaction will naturally be given a particularly green light by Citibank. Not to mention it in the evening, even in the middle of the night, the bank has to honestly handle business for Yang Jing.
Seeing that Yang Jing showed some tired expression on his face, and Robert still needed to confirm whether the funds had been transferred, he did not stop too much and left the lawyer.
There were only some service staff left in the huge manor, including Yang Jing, Tom Niz and five bodyguards. However, under the arrangement of Butler Shayton, the kitchen quickly prepared a very sumptuous dinner.
Although Yang Jing repeatedly invited the Butler of Shayton to have dinner together, Shayton still refused very firmly. The Butler has the rules of the Butler, and cannot sit with the Master to have dinner. This is one of the rules. Shayton obviously does not want to break this rule. But the old man was obviously very happy about Yang Jing's kind invitation. At least this shows how much the new Master attaches importance to him.
However, it doesn't matter to the bodyguards like Nathan and others, especially since Yang Jing has been very familiar with these bodyguards over the past few days, so the five bodyguards also served at the dinner.
After eating and drinking, the five bodyguards walked out of the main building to conduct some routine detections around them and make some emergency responses. This is their responsibility, and Yang Jing would not care about them. He just pulled Tom Niz to the study.
"Boss, do you have any other instructions? I promise to handle it for you." Tom Niz was very excited. He really didn't expect that he would complete the transaction of such a six-million dollar manor in just one and a half days. To put it bluntly, Tom Niz had never completed such a high-value transaction before.
Yang Jing nodded and said, "Of course there is something wrong. I said before that since you have decided to follow me, you must be prepared for your busy schedule."
"This is my honor." Tom Niz said respectfully.
Yesterday and today he was not just handling the transactions of this manor. He also took the time to check out the news about ky investment funds, which made him realize how great the boss he is now with.
Although the information about this mysterious boss cannot be found, the famous ky investment fund is the asset under the boss's name. So with such a rich tycoon, the future will definitely be extremely bright.
Yang Jing stood in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window in the study, looking at the vaguely bright location to the west. It was the Niagara Falls. The waterfall at night would be covered by lights. Even if it was a few kilometers apart, you could see the lights there.
"Donald, your next task is to find suitable properties for me around the world. Well, as for the conditions, it's enough to not be lower than this manor. Of course, this manor doesn't need such a long history. I need a large area, a good environment, and a good location. Whether it's a manor or an apartment, as long as these three conditions can be met, you will collect information for me."
After pausing, Yang Jing continued: "There is also this manor. Well, this manor will not be called Alfred Manor in the future, it will be renamed Smith Manor. You also need to be responsible for the decoration of Smith Manor. Of course, this kind of decoration does not allow you to redecorate it all. See where the manor is missing some artworks. You can call Mr. Mike Aller directly, and he has enough artworks to decorate the manor."
In fact, the reason why Yang Jing decided to buy luxury houses around the world was because a thought suddenly broke out.
These precious artworks that Mike Aller bought for him can be placed in these real estates in the future. The most important thing is that the shameful things he bought in the original time and space can also be used to whitewash them in this way. Then, at the right time, he will take over the entire Dragon Fund in the original time and space, and together with these real estates and the artworks in the real estate, they can appear in front of the world in the open.
This is a good strategy to kill two birds with one stone...
Chapter completed!