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Bobby asked in surprise, "Indonesian? Petain?"

Liang Xifan was surprised and asked, "How do you know?"

Bobby took a sip of champagne: "Because she is very special."

The second princess is called Petain, an Indonesian-French whose family is one of the largest spice suppliers in Europe.Petain started its business ten years ago, and successively acquired luxury companies including leather, brandy, wine, jewelry, clothing, etc., and then Petain Group became famous in Europe. Relying on its strong business ties with Southeast Asia, the industry People are generally optimistic about the future of Petain Group.

Why are they all luxury goods?You must know that all the big families in France are engaged in luxury goods. Many luxury goods are related to well-known groups, and they are also well-known brands.L'Oreal, Louis Hennessy, Hermes, Chanel, these luxury brands are all controlled by the top French families.Excluding the rich luxury goods, there are very few French people who can be on the Forbes list.In a certain sense, luxury is one of the pillar industries of France.

Bobby obviously knew about Petain, so he opened his mouth and said some information about Petain.Petain is only 31 years old this year. She is a single hedonist. She has repeatedly stated in public that she will not get married.What's interesting is that she doesn't have a boyfriend, not even a close male friend.

Bobby took out Petain's photo, and Liang Xi glanced at it: "Wow." No wonder you are so familiar with him.Liang Xi had seen the news photos of Petain and thought it was pretty good.Petain in the photo that Bobby took out is not only beautiful, but also enchanting can be used to describe it.Petain with thick lips and blue eyes exudes a sinister aura everywhere in his body.

Poppy added: "Never heard of her having a girlfriend either, her private life is a blank slate. She also goes on holidays and goes to no-cloth beaches like the famous Brazilian no-cloth beach. But her bodyguards Will prevent outsiders from disturbing her. Whether it is a strong man with a vest line, a curvaceous beauty, or an outstanding young man like me, they will all be turned away. Even if I say that I am from the Clement family, I will be rejected. She pushes back, and she says it's nice to meet me, but it's her vacation time and I can make an appointment with her assistant."

Bobby seemed to recall the predicament at that time: "God gave her a devil-like figure and an angel-like face, but she used them to play with sand." The tone was quite dissatisfied.

Liang Xi asked, "Is she a believer in the holy religion?"

Bobby was startled: "I know she has a little red mole on her chest."

Liang Xi said, "I'm asking about her belief."

Poppy: "I know she had a minor surgery."

Liang Xi: "You are riding a horse!"

Bobby spread his hands: "She likes going fishing, camping on isolated islands overseas, swimming, skydiving, and blue. I have studied her for a few days. You know, I am a gentleman, I respect other people's beliefs, I It is immoral to think that belief is the privacy of others, and it is immoral to inquire about other people's privacy."

Bobby said: "Although I don't know the religion, I'm pretty sure she's heterosexual."

Liang Xi asked, "Why didn't you invite her to the charity gala?"

Bobby replied: "Since I can't get it, why should I add her?" What Licking Dog enjoys is the pleasure of being masochistic during the pursuit, and what Neptune enjoys is the result of the successful pursuit.The two are not comparable.

The lights dimmed slowly, and the hostess, who played a guest role of a female star, walked to the middle of the stage. After a brief speech for one minute, she announced the official start of the auction and invited Lot No. 1: Self-portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer.Geoffrey Chaucer is a very famous poet in England, known as the father of poetry.This kind of oil painting can't be bought without tens of thousands of pounds. It's a pity that the painter who painted the portrait of Geoffrey Chaucer is really average.The painting was sold at a Christie's auction starting at £20.

This kind of lot is extremely rare in charity evenings. Most of the items auctioned at charity evenings are of more commemorative significance than collection significance, and even air can be auctioned, as long as you can tell the story of air.Charity needs to be moved, the reality is too skinny, and the story is touching.Bobby's act of putting out high-value items for auction instantly silenced the scene.

Bobby whispered in Liang Xi's ear, "My batch of goods are all famous rotten goods, and they are all items of real value."

Liang Xi asked: "Aren't you afraid that they will take away ten thousand or twenty thousand?"

"Aren't you Trust?" Bobby smirked: "Or tomorrow's headlines in London: Philanthropists are dumbfounded and refuse to donate to charitable foundations. I don't ask for more. The fifteen people I'm targeting here, each give me Just take one with you. I don’t lose money if no one buys it, I signed a consignment agreement with the auction house, and more than 15 parts of this oil painting are mine.”

Liang Xi asked, "How much do I entrust with this thing?"

Poppy replied, "30."

"Fuck."

"Either the air force, or bleeding." Bobby: "I'm just an ignorant boy who doesn't understand the rules of charity auctions, which makes everyone laugh. I don't understand the rules, but philanthropists do."

"300 million euros." When everyone was amazed at today's auction, a woman's voice came, and everyone looked at this woman. It seemed that no one knew this ordinary-looking young girl.

The girl raised her hand, and the staff immediately brought over the microphone. The girl took the microphone and said, "Miss Hannah, the president and chairman of Hannah Group, was once attacked in London... They abide by their duties and never turn back... Even the assistants of the frontline police department Director Gray also died in his post... For this reason, Ms. Hannah personally contributed 300 million euros to purchase the first lot of the charity auction. Thank you everyone."

Bobby grabbed Liang Xi and muttered, then pushed Liang Xi aside.

Amid the applause of the crowd, the girl went directly to the stage without playing backstage transactions, operated the mobile phone to transfer 300 million euros directly to the charity fund account, and then held up the mobile phone as a signal.The staff on one side contacted the star host through the headset, and the star host proved that the fund account had received 300 million euros in donations.This wave of operations caused thunderous applause at the scene. Everyone applauded and let the girl walk through them, watching the girl leave the venue.

The celebrity host cuts the scene to maintain the atmosphere, and quickly invites the second lot: a group photo and signature of ten European scientific Nobel Prize winners ten days ago.The value of this thing is hard to say.There is such a joke: Ask, you stay alone in a room without electronic equipment tonight, and now there are two books for you to choose, one is Liu Bei and the other is the encyclopedia.May I ask which one you choose.I believe most people will choose Liu Bei.Ask again, human civilization is about to perish, and you can only choose one book to leave to future generations. Will you choose the encyclopedia or Liu Bei?

The autographed photo is of little use to the individual, as the buyer cannot have their photo taken with them.But there is a certain value to human beings, and the photo witnessed an important scientific meeting.

The starting price is £200, which is acceptable to everyone.Just when everyone was assessing their psychological price, Liang Xi raised his hand: "[-] million US dollars."

Then Liang Xi took the microphone and explained that he was buying the first lot on behalf of a British rich man in Quebec, Canada. Considering that someone contributed 300 million euros to the first lot, Liang Xi had to take the second place and buy the second lot .Liang Xi begged everyone not to increase the price, and played the sad card that the rich man was old. His son was a London policeman who died in a job. The donation from the rich man was to fulfill his wish.

The guests from the judiciary basically knew Liang Xi, but the merchants and rich men didn't know who this young man was.In fact, even the guests from the judiciary cannot be sure whether Liang Xi really donated money.Liang Xi swiped 200 million US dollars on the spot, held up his mobile phone, and the chief bodyguard cooperated with the successful transfer, and the star host announced that he had received the donation.

Bobby temporarily changed his tactics and handed over all the 200 million US dollars allocated to Liang Xi to Liang Xi.Why is Poppy bleeding?It is important to know that foundations not only provide charitable funds, but also invest.In theory, the direction and goal of investment should follow the opinions of the investment team, but in fact Bobby has the right to decide.The failure of the investment and the bankruptcy of the foundation have nothing to do with Bobby. 200 million is leverage. As for whether you can get more cash from the pockets of philanthropists with 200 million leverage, it depends on Bobby's ability to control the field.

Like the first girl, Liang Xi left the venue after donating money.When I ran into Bo Mu outside the venue, Liang Xi stepped aside politely. Bo Mu didn't look at Liang Xi, and walked into the venue with her daughter holding her hand.

At the auction venue, no one expected that there would be a third knife: the blood moon, a non-governmental organization, donated 100 million pounds.The little girl obviously had stage fright, tremblingly said that many police officers have died in the line of duty due to terrorist attacks in recent years, especially in the stadium bombing, where many front-line police officers died.As a non-governmental organization, Blood Moon has always opposed violence. It is grateful to the police officers who bravely resisted violence for maintaining the law and order in London. In order to better help the orphans of the police officers who died in the line of duty, they donated 100 million pounds to the charity foundation.

After the two knives, some people started calling. These people came to London to participate in the charity gala on behalf of the group or family, and they had limited donations at their disposal.After the third knife was stabbed, many people have already realized.The fourth lot started, and the auction finally resumed its normal process, but the bidding method was very different.Basically, the bid is in units of [-] pounds, and there are many people who have invested millions of pounds to make a final decision.

In the end, Bobby raised nearly ten million pounds of charitable funds, plus Bobby’s own commitment to invest 500 million pounds. Under proper management and investment, there is no need for a second social donation.

Chapter 558

Liang Xi, who was kicked out of the charity dinner early because of changing plans, had no choice but to drive home. When he arrived at the apartment lobby, he waited for a man and a woman to greet him, and handed a letter to Liang Xi after identifying himself.The letter was written by the Blood Moon Elders, stating that the Blood Moon invitation will be held in the near future.

The letter focuses on two things. The first thing: this invitation will be held in the high seas southwest of the UK, and it is not ruled out that some people will use extreme methods during the blood moon invitation.Although the blood moon will try its best to ensure the safety of the guests, it does not rule out the objective danger, so Liang Xi can participate or not.The second thing: This blood moon invitation is a competition system. Currently, there are [-] guests confirmed to participate in the blood moon invitation. What is uncertain is the willingness of the previous guests to participate.

The letter clearly stated that the [-] guests will each represent their own faction to participate in the Blood Moon invitation, and the guests other than the [-] guests are neutral guests.After explaining the reason, Blood Moon wanted to establish the Presbyterian Council, so he sent invitations to all Blood Moon members. As of the registration date, a total of [-] Blood Moon members officially replied that they would participate in the Blood Moon invitation and compete for the position in the Blood Moon Presbyterian Council. Five to seven seats.Consider the physical status of Blood Moon members, and agree to hire a substitute to participate in the Blood Moon invitation.

The letter did not specify the relationship between the neutral faction and the rival faction, but only clearly introduced the outline of this Blood Moon invitation and gave Liang Xi and the others the right to choose.

Liang Xi has always admired Xue Yue's style.Do things with credibility, put the villain first and then the gentleman, explain the rules clearly and plainly, and give the guests plenty of room to choose.

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The neutral guests are still the same ones, Anthony from Eastern Europe, House from the United States, Poppy from the Clement family, Chris from Denmark, Fanny from the Orphan Society, and Liang Xi from the Rose Detective Agency.

On the second day after the Blood Moon Open Letter was issued, House called all the neutral guests hoping to get together.Bobby, as the host, undertook the dinner the day after tomorrow.All the neutral guests will be present, except for Fanny who has made it clear that she will not attend.Blood Moon originally planned to send a 25-year-old girl to the neutral party dinner, but was opposed by House and had to give up.This girl is the heir of the Blood Moon Steward, commonly known as the Intern Steward.

Liang Xi found some small problems from this information. The Earl of Blood Moon is the real elder of Blood Moon, and the steward of Blood Moon is the chief steward of the Earl of Blood Moon's family.This intern butler is the intern butler of Blood Moon, and has no direct relationship with Earl Blood Moon, nor is he an employee of Earl Blood Moon.

Liang Xi contacted Karin in New York for the details. Karin had found the address of Earl Blood Moon's recuperation in Canada through the medical system.Karin contacted a professor in Canada by email, hoping to go to Canada to sit in on the professor's course, and the professor agreed.The day after tomorrow, Karin will go to Canada and stay in Canada for about ten days. The university she audits is less than [-] kilometers away from the nursing home.

The communication between Liang Xi and Karin uses satellite encrypted phone, which is expensive, but they can skip the service provider and contact directly, which can effectively prevent eavesdropping and positioning.As for where Karin got the satellite phone, Liang Xi didn't ask.Satellite phones are not uncommon in modern society. People far away from cities, such as sailors, prospectors, and Arctic and Antarctic scientific expedition teams, are basically equipped with satellite phones.The security level of ordinary satellite phones is not very high. If you hold a phone to contact him, you must go through the base station established by the service provider. As long as you can obtain the permission of the service provider, you can eavesdrop.The satellite phone you hold to contact him, the signal is transmitted through the satellite, as long as you can query the data transmitted by the satellite, you will still be eavesdropped.However, the main function of this type of phone is not encryption, but communication.Let people in the wild sea have the means to communicate with the outside world.

The satellite encrypted phone that Karin obtained is obviously a communication phone whose main function is security.From the bottom of her heart, Karin thinks that Liang Xi is making a big fuss, but Liang Xi is extremely nervous because it concerns her own safety.The fact is also the same. After thinking about all the possibilities, rational people like Liang Xi found a possibility that Liang Xi could not accept: Karin was killed because she helped him investigate John's death.Even if he avenges Karin in the future, negative attitudes such as guilt and self-blame may accompany Liang Xi's life.

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Liang Xi arrived at Bobby's mansion on the morning of the neutral party's meeting, ready to eat, drink and play for a day.Parked the car in the parking space next to the gate, and walked to the main building, Liang Xi met the little girl Nili on the road.Nili was the little girl Liang Xi rescued before the stadium bombing.It was also because the Mediterranean focused on Niri, which led to the stadium bombing.

Niri is not very old, and she is already very beautiful. After several months of etiquette, language learning, and a little makeup, she will stand out in any crowd.Liang Xi inquired and learned that Nili is now living with her sister Sasha and studying in a private middle school.Sasha hopes that Neely can be admitted to a university in two years, and Bobby has already helped Neely get the identity.

Niri would go to work at Bobby’s mansion on weekends and holidays, and the working hours were not long.Since Bobby himself has never talked about weekends and holidays, it is equivalent to Bobby's disguised support to Neely.Standing on the balcony on the second floor, Bobby shouted down: "Liang Xi, don't stand in the way on the road, take your little wife to the guest room to chat alone."

Liang Xi raised his fist at Bobby and popped out a middle finger. Bobby said indifferently, "Nili, do you like Liang Xi? Hug him if you like."

Nili blushed, and couldn't say anything to Bobby. He nodded to Liang Xi and left the scene in a panic.Liang Xi looked up: "Are you sick?"

"Come on!" Liang Xi read the exhaustion from Bobby's tone.Liang Xi didn't know how exhausted his mental state was, but Bobby, who was in a normal state, would never let go of the opportunity to make fun of himself.

Liang Xi's condition is not bad, it's normal for some people to like him.Just like Karin also has many suitors.Excellent boys and girls must have suitors or admirers around them.But Liang Xi is not Duan Yu after all, he will get bored when he meets a girl who likes him.It is a happy thing for someone to like yourself, but it is not necessarily a good thing to accept the other person.

Bobby was wearing a set of white casual clothes, having tea and snacks in the living room on the second floor, a classic English morning tea.Without waiting for him to greet him, Liang Xi walked over and sat down by himself, and smelled it: "The tea seems to be okay."

"Cut!" Bobby poured tea for Liang Xi and asked, "I heard that my mother called you last night."

"Well, she begged me not to meet you again. I asked her what's the benefit, and she said she could give me money. I asked her how much, she said 100 million, and I said Bobby gave 200 million."

"Don't be kidding."

Liang Xi said: "Hehe, I'm not joking, it's basically true. Your mother scolded and begged, asking how I can let you go. Is something wrong?"

"I'm sorry." Bobby was a little helpless: "She begged me last night not to participate in the blood moon invitation."

"How does she know?"

"Blood Moon is mentally ill. She sent someone to deliver the letter in what age. After reading the letter, she knelt down to me and said that I can do whatever I want, as long as I don't participate in this Blood Moon invitation."

Liang Xi picked up the cupcake and asked while eating: "Very annoying?"

Bobby: "Well, I agreed to her. The condition is to divorce my father and leave the house."

"Wow! You are ruthless."

Bobby said: "She said, I can do whatever I want." Of course, Bobby said it in a fit of anger, being kidnapped by his family made him extremely annoyed.

Liang Xi said: "She began to cry about how good she was to you, how much she sacrificed, how you treated her like this, she was very chilled, and wanted to die."

Bobby asked in surprise, "How do you know?"

Liang Xi replied: "Traditional culture. But she may not be wrong, and you may not be right. What will happen in the end? Do you participate or not?" Parents prevent their daughter from marrying someone. It is hard to say whether it is right or wrong, it depends on the result.Interestingly, if the parents prevent success, they cannot prove that the result is right or wrong, and the daughter may resent her parents if her life is slightly unsatisfactory in the future.If the parents fail to prevent it, the daughter will be miserable after marriage, and the daughter will resist the teachings of the parents, and the relationship with the parents will deteriorate.If the parents fail to prevent it, it is the best ending for the daughter to be happy after marriage.

Things with strong subjective emotions are difficult to judge right from wrong, or there is a saying: It is difficult for an upright official to judge housework.

Was Bom wrong?Really not, because after Bobby mixed with Liang Xi, the risk index rose sharply, at least much higher than when he knew Liang Xi.The blood moon invitation has already shown the danger. In Bomu's view, this is a meaningless gathering. She will not let Bobby do it just because he wants to.

Bobby bowed his head for a long time and said, "I won't participate."

Liang Xi nodded: "The right choice."

Bobby said: "You can persuade me."

"No!" Liang Xi stood up, took tea and went to the balcony of the living room on the second floor to admire the greenery of the mansion: "I came early." If he knew that Bobby would not participate in the blood moon for this reason, Liang Xi would not have come early.The main topic during the day was the Blood Moon invitation, and House's purpose of inviting all neutral guests.

Liang Xi himself did not give in to Bomu in his attitude. He thought that he had given Bomu enough face, and Bomu had no right to interfere with his behavior.On the phone last night, Liang Xi asked Bo Mu, who do you think I will save when you fell into the river with Bobby.Bomo naturally said Bobby.Liang Xi told Bo Mu, since you know that I will save Bobby, why do you think I will change my attitude towards Bobby because of you?

After Liang Xi hung up the phone, he thought of his own mother, Ouyang Lan, who also cared about him.But Liang Xi thinks that Ouyang Lan's feelings for him are more of guilt, and after deducting the guilt, he is nothing compared to his half-brother.John and Mary never stopped any of Liang Xi's ideas and practices.In high school, Liang Xi and two classmates rode 10 kilometers to spend the night in a legendary haunted house. Normal parents would not agree, but John and Mary did not object.It's just that John gave Liang Xi a satellite phone before leaving, so that Liang Xi could make a call if necessary.

Bobby drank tea silently, and Liang Xi returned to the living room from the balcony. Bobby said: "I told you once, there are people outside my father, so it can be said that I have a family. I have a younger brother and an older sister who share the same father and mother. , and a half-brother and a sister."

Liang Xi was surprised: "Your sister is older than you?" That means that before the birth of Bobi, Bo's father had already settled down outside.

Bobby nodded and said, "She came to see me a few days ago."

Liang Xi asked, "Why?"

Poppy said, "Not everyone forgets their friends' birthdays."

Liang Xi was surprised: "Your birthday?"

Bobby: "Exactly."

"Happy birthday to you." It's that simple between men. If you don't say it yourself, the ghost will think of your birthday.

Bobby rolled his eyes, and Liang Xi counterattacked: "When is my birthday?"

Bobby was startled, and replied, "I have Daisy."

"Come back to business." Too lazy to argue.

Bobby said: "I think my sister is a good one. My father mentioned to me between him that he was considering my sister as his assistant. She came to see me just to get my opinion. She assured me that any grievances And if she disagrees, she will not take office. I asked her, is my opinion that important? She replied that the opinion of the patriarch is very important to any member of the family."

Bobby: "This sentence touched me. My mother and my brothers and sisters don't have the concept of family in their minds, they only have the concept of family, and their definition of family is very narrow. Being able to unite with my mother is a good boy , Those who face my father are disobedient children. As the patriarch, I may do a bad thing, I want to include the women outside my father and their children in the family list."

Liang Xi said, "Your mother will kill you."

Bobby said: "She said that as long as I don't participate in the blood moon invitation, I can do whatever I want."

Liang Xi said, "She will still kill you."

Bobby said: "Don't worry about this. Before that, I need an investigation report. It's not convenient for me to communicate directly with House. I need you to help me deal with this matter. In addition, I also want to reform the family rules and expand the family scale, while controlling the scale. Do you have any suggestions?"

Liang Xidao: "Suggestion? I suggest a selection system, whether it is next of kin or immediate or distant relatives, to participate in the selection of family talents fairly. The winners will enter the family system and hold important positions in the group and the family. These people are for you, Serve your son, your grandson."

"Oh? That's interesting. How did you come up with it?"

Liang Xidao: "This is the ancient Chinese imperial examination system. Don't ask me an outsider about your nonsense, okay? I have nothing to talk to you today. I will go to the movie room to rest. If you have nothing to do, don't bother me."

Bobby wanted to say something, but in the end he didn't say it, and watched Liang Xi leave helplessly.They also talk about these topics in their daily chats, but they stop there.Apparently, Bobby interfered strongly in Bobby's life, imprisoned Bobby's thoughts today, and made his thoughts stay in his home and family.Liang Xi didn't have any interest in such topics, the most important reason was that he was an outsider, as an outsider, he couldn't give pointers to Bobby's family and family, let alone make suggestions.

From Liang Xi's point of view, Bobby and Bomu are people of the same dimension.After becoming Blonde, Bobby's latitude gradually deviated from Bom's latitude.Pomo's friends are still those women, Pomo's favorite people are still children, and Pomo's greatest concern is property.Bobby's current circle is full of strange people and strange things, fighting for life and death with the Holy Banner, fighting with the Mal gang at close range, and helicopter raids...

Rejecting this blood moon invitation, Liang Xi thought that Bobby was leaving his current latitude and returning to his original life.Blonde would never miss a Blood Moon invitation, but Poppy would.

Regardless of whether Bobby participates or not, Liang Xi respects Bobby's choice.

Chapter 559 The Origin of the Holy Banner

At noon, according to Liang Xi's request, Niri delivered a piece of food to Liang Xi in the movie room. She asked Liang Xi why he didn't eat with Mr. Bobby.Liang Xi told Ni Li that he was waiting for someone here.

Taking a nap in the movie room for an hour, House sneaked into the movie room under Neely's instructions, closed the door, sat down next to Liang Xi, and handed Liang Xi a mini tablet: "Information about Second Princess Pétain."

Liang Xi reached out to take it, but House withdrew it: "I stole it from the ca database."

"Tsk!" Liang Xi made a dissatisfied voice, and took the computer from House: "Does this mean that Americans have already paid attention to Petain?"

House said: "I also checked the information and found out that there was a terrorist attack in the United States nine years ago. One of the main members involved in the terrorist attack was Hal, who was Petain's fiancé. Since then, CA has been eyeing Petain .According to the investigation, Hal and Petain are both members of the Holy Banner Society of the Princess Academy."

Liang Xi said: "No, Petain did not study at the Princess Academy."

House replied: "The Holy Banner Society was not created in the Princess Academy, but in society, and the Princess Academy was used as a base to develop members. Hal is one of the founders of the Holy Banner Society, and he is also an illegitimate Saudi prince. Petain studied at Zayed University in the United Arab Emirates, and they also met in Zayed."

Liang Xi seemed to think of something, and said: "When I talked with Zall, Zall once talked about the law of lions. Male lions are responsible for mating and guarding the territory, and female lions are responsible for hunting and feeding lion cubs."