British 1986

Chapter 385 Wells Stewart

"Um"

Since he is not the real owner of the Stewart family, Allen doesn't care.

This person is probably another descendant of a down-and-out noble.

"what's up?"

Allen thought this guy was looking for something to do with him again, so he just waited here for him to come out.

"Well"

When Wells heard Allen's question, a look of embarrassment flashed across his face.

First, I quietly glanced at this gentleman's face with my peripheral vision. Well, he was very calm and not angry, which is good.

Then Wells organized his words a little and explained: "Your Excellency, it's like this, I'm currently employed by the British Museum, uh, I came here this time to discuss some business matters with the Spencer family. Just now You were stopped by Butler Stone, you guys."

After Wells' explanation, Allen glanced at the small stone next to him and realized that he seemed to have misunderstood. The Wells in front of him was not waiting for him at all. He just happened to meet Allen.

Wells came today to discuss business with Spencer's family. As for why he was here, of course, Allen and Boss Cha were standing at the door of the manor just now without going in. Xiaoshi Shitou saw this from a distance. Under the circumstances, he just pulled the stranger named Wells out of good intentions, hoping that he would not go and cause trouble.

Otherwise, if you happen to go to someone else's house and encounter a conflict in the host's family, this is not a good thing for business negotiations.

As for Huh?

Allen suddenly took a closer look at the middle-aged man named Wells. When the man saw Allen, he began to look at him again. He quickly straightened his waist and bent down again, showing his shy and thoughtful expression to Allen. With a somewhat flattering smile.

"Are you from the British Museum? Are you here to discuss business with the Spencer family? What business?"

Although the British Museum is well-known to the outside world, to be honest, Alan has never been to it.

As for what kind of business their employees came to the Spencer family to discuss, this made Allen a little curious.

It was okay if Allen didn't ask, but when he asked, Wells' face became even more embarrassed.

Wells's bent waist once again increased the angle of the bend, and he moved closer to Allen. The volume dropped a few decibels, and he whispered in a voice that only Allen could hear: "Your Excellency. The Spencer family is famous. Who doesn’t know that their family has the largest collection of ancient furniture in Europe? Our curator sent me here this time because the young Earl Spencer is about to succeed to the throne and has to pay inheritance tax. Let’s see if we can help with their furniture. Your Excellency, this is an order from our curator, and I didn’t come here voluntarily.”

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Grass!

He had been doing it for a long time just to steal the family property. No wonder he saw himself asking him. This guy's attitude was so humble. He couldn't help it if he didn't say it. If he did, he was probably afraid that Allen would beat him, so Wells kept his attitude to a minimum first. , and then he brought up their curator and said that everything was sent by their curator and had nothing to do with him.

Talking about business, saying that taking possession of family property is an honest excuse for talking about business, only the British can do it.

Allen instantly recalled his memories. When he first succeeded to the throne, that old guy named Viscount Fox was very interested in his family's land.

His butler at that time was just like Wells, he came after smelling the smell.

For a nobleman, especially the current British nobleman, every new nobleman who is about to succeed means a feast for dividing the family property.

No one can escape the inheritance tax, which weighs more than half!

If you want to keep your family's land or some high-quality assets with potential, the best way is to sell old items.

As for the Spencer family, their ancestors’ hobby for several generations has been collecting old furniture.

Their furniture collection, both in terms of scale and value, is larger and more extensive than the collections of most national museums in other European countries!

In the entire Althorp Manor, to put it bluntly, nearly half of the rooms are filled with these old furniture.

Allen's previous understanding of the Spencer family was limited to what was recorded in the family books, which was not very accurate, but he probably still had an idea.

As for the existing old furniture in their Spencer home, if it were put up for auction in an auction house, it would be sold at the value it had before the economic crisis a few years ago. If all the old furniture were sold, it could probably be sold for 600 to 700 million pounds.

This value is still the price of previous years, and it is estimated that it will increase now.

And now, their old man had just finished his funeral, and people from the British Museum came to the door after smelling the smell.

Their so-called help probably means purchasing a batch of famous old furniture at a low price.

During this period, if anyone comes around and wants to divide the Spencer family's property, no one will be able to give their family a fair price. All old items must be worth at least half. Cut, you are just trying to take advantage of the situation!

You know that you are short of money, you know that there is no one left in your family, and you know that the little Spencer who is about to succeed is a loser. Under such circumstances, you still don't come to buy goods. What are you waiting for?

For example, if a table set was worth one million pounds a few years ago, it is estimated that the normal price now can be sold for 1.5 million, or even more. And these people come to buy it, and they probably pay five or six at most. A purchase price of £100,000 is not bad.

As long as the furniture is received and kept for a period of time, the profit can be millions of pounds when resold.

Even if you don't sell it, it would be nice to keep it for yourself.

As for why little Spencer didn’t wait for a while before selling furniture?

Does he have the courage like Allen did at that time to openly let his servants shoot at the tax collectors and expel them?

He didn't!

Since he doesn't have the guts, little Spencer doesn't dare not pay the inheritance tax he owes, and if he wants to pay it, he has to sell some of his family's things at a low price. The reason is that simple. It was them that Mrs. Renee was afraid of just now. People like this came to the door, so they invited Allen to stay at home for a few days to calm them down.

Thinking of this, Allen squinted his eyes and looked at Wells who looked embarrassed and a little at a loss.

Are the Spencer family easy to bully now?

Of course, they are easy to bully, and their biggest supporter is their princess, Diana. But now Diana is not capable of doing anything. At most, she can only deceive outsiders. Experts are not afraid of their relationship at all.

But Allen has long regarded the Spencer family as half his own, otherwise why would he always help them?

Why did Allen hit little Spencer some time ago? Wasn't it because he was afraid that he would ruin the family's reputation and that he would ruin the family? Even hurting myself.

Now that Wells came to "collect the furniture", it reminded Allen that since these things have to be sold sooner or later, and they will be sold at a low price, it is better to benefit yourself than to benefit others!

Just now, he wanted to rely on Diana to help introduce him to the French aristocrats and buy some things from them. Now that such a bad thing happened, Allen didn't have time to regret it. Unexpectedly, this Wells appeared.

Anyway, Allen's new castle is about to be built, and it will need to be renovated next year, and some old furniture will have to be bought. Isn't this a coincidence?

Think about that scene.

Inviting friends to his home, Allen, as the host, pointed to a certain table and told the origin of the table, saying that this table was used by King Louis XVI of France.

A certain chair was used by King Carlos I of Spain.

A certain foot-washing bucket was used by Ferdinand VII, and the dressing table was used by a certain princess. Every piece of furniture in the house is an old object, and it is an old piece of furniture used by famous people. It can be used as well as used. Fixed assets can be passed down from family to family, and when money is urgently needed, they can also be sold for money.

This is awesome

It is no better than those who only decorate their homes with splendor, and when asked about furniture, they will only say that a certain table is made of solid wood, and a certain table is made of mahogany. This kind of rhetoric will only use the lowest materials to highlight the grade. More high-end ones?

When thinking about this scene, Allen even felt a little excited. Making money, isn't it just for spending and showing off?

Why?

Just when he thought of this, Allen suddenly remembered that when he first succeeded to the throne, why didn't anyone from the British Museum come to his home to look for him?

"You, every noble family who is about to inherit the title, will come to discuss business with them like this?"

Allen looked at Wells curiously and asked his question.

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Wells was once again stunned by this question.

"Your Excellency, before most nobles inherit their titles, we will come to "help them". However, there are also some nobles with special circumstances, so we will not go."

Wells said it tactfully and tactfully.

His special situation refers to people like Allen.

Just like the home of the Earl of Carmarthen.

Do they have any old items at home?

Yes. And there are quite a few.

The old earl died very quietly at the time, but what did the curator of the British Museum do for a living?

Even though he seems to have no sense of presence, he still knows this kind of secret information.

In recent years, there has been no place in Great Britain to buy new cultural relics. If you want to increase the number of collections in the museum, can't you just find these old nobles in Great Britain?

These local aristocrats count themselves as one family, and each family has more or less good things at home. They don't force them, they just jump out at the right time and take what they can, and they want everything.

But some old items from the homes of old nobles are not suitable for collection.

For example, Allen's house.

The most old objects in his home are related to Wales.

Also passed down from ancestors are complete sets of armor and weapons.

But what's the use of collecting this kind of thing?

How will it be exhibited then?

Is it necessary to introduce in detail on the cultural relics this knife belonging to a certain generation of Earl of Carmarthen and how many dead souls of the people of Wales were under the knife?

How many Welsh rebels had a certain Earl of Carmarthen hacked to death with this knife?

Although these things in Allen's house are theoretically cultural relics, they are not easy to display. As long as they are released, the unity of the people in Great Britain will be affected.

But if it’s not exhibited, wouldn’t it be a waste of money?

The British Museum is not a charity. Even if it collects cultural relics no matter how cheap they are, they have no value and cannot even be displayed. What is the use of them?

As for the other things in the Earl of Carmarthen's house?

Wells thought for a moment and seemed to have heard from the curator that in addition to a few old old cars, their family also had a lot of old arms. Good guy.

The warehouse is like a small arsenal. A few days ago, the gentleman in front of me drove an old tank from World War II to London. How many nobles have so many "waste" at home?

In Wells's view, these old arms were like scrap metal to the British Museum.

Therefore, when Allen succeeded to the throne, the British Museum was very perfunctory and did not send anyone to their house to collect things. It was so useless, and everyone ignored Allen!

Although it sounds unpleasant to say it, from the perspective of the British Museum, they look down on the old objects collected by the Hill family.

Listening to Wells's humbling explanation, Allen's face hurt. Is his family being looked down upon?

It seems that Qionghengqiongheng is talking about my own family. Apart from the land, there is nothing else worth remembering in the British Museum.

"Little Shitou, call the housekeeper of the Spencer family. Tell them not to tell anyone about what happened today and keep their mouths shut! If I let the outside world hear about what happened today, huh!"

In front of Wells, Allen inexplicably began to explain the mission of Little Stone.

"It's the young master!"

Although Xiao Shitou was a little confused about what Allen was referring to today, he didn't want to ask more questions in front of outsiders. He asked the servant next to him for the call, and was about to call the housekeeper of the Spencer family. Call up.

Housekeepers like them all know each other. As for whether the housekeeper of the Spencer family will listen to Allen's orders.

Allen dared to hit little Spencer. As long as their old housekeeper wasn't stupid, he wouldn't dare not listen!

"Haha...Mr. Wells, there was a small accident at Spencer's house today. Your schedule may be affected a little. If you are not in a hurry, why don't you come with me to Wales? I also have some business, I want to find out more about you."

After Allen explained the matter about the little stone, he turned around, patted Wells on the shoulder with a smile, and invited him with a smile.

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Wells suddenly realized that he had been surprised just now that he, an outsider, was still standing here. This gentleman did not avoid him and asked the housekeeper to call him in front of him to talk about these private matters that could not be disclosed to anyone. .

It turned out that I had been talking for a long time, but I was talking to myself.

Since there are some small matters at Spencer's house now, and it is inconvenient to see guests, it would be inappropriate for him to want to go in now.

Under such circumstances, your Excellency invited him to Wales again.

I can only bite the bullet and agree, otherwise can I refuse?

"Ah, I'm very honored to be invited by Your Excellency, so I won't bother you."

Wells caressed his chest and bowed slightly, accepting Allen's invitation.

"Haha. Just wait here for a while and wait until we return to Wales."