[Comprehensive] I am not Michael

The convoy back to Rose Manor lost one car, and the itinerary was almost an hour later than scheduled.However, this did not prevent the Queen from calling Rose Manor.

When Shen Yong, Shen Fu, Shen Shanzeng and other children were still marveling at this castle-like manor, Zhao Changqing's female secretary had already hurried over: "Your Excellency, the Queen's phone number."

Zhao Changqing had to say goodbye to Zhang Lingjun's family first, and then went to the big study to answer the phone.

"Sorry, I'm Zhao Changqing."

"Oh, Duke Branson," the Queen's voice came from the phone: "Thank you very much this time."

"My honour, Your Majesty."

"What I'm talking about is not only the car accident, but also the reporter's wound. If you hadn't done it, this car accident would have involved Lord Snowdon in lawsuits and my sister, Margaery. Princess Te is once again on the cusp of public opinion, and even Buckingham Palace and the royal family will be attacked. But you healed the wound of the reporter and let the traffic police deal with it lightly. Naturally, you let the royal family avoid this series of incidents I was able to escape inside. I am very grateful for your help."

"This is what I should do."

"This Friday, please bring your heirs, I mean, the five, to Buckingham Palace. Let me give a dinner as a token of my appreciation."

"Of course, my honor, Your Majesty."

"In addition, I also invite you to this garden party. I hope you will appreciate it."

"My honour, Your Majesty."

"Thank you very much. Well then, have a nice day to you and your family."

"Yes, Your Majesty. You too."

After hanging up the Queen's call, Zhao Changqing took a deep breath, turned around, and saw Zhang Lingjun holding his two little grandsons, standing on the porch, and said to him, "Excuse me, it's a very important call." ?"

Zhao Changqing said with a smile: "The Queen's call, please invite me and my five heirs to go to Buckingham Palace for a banquet this Friday. Therefore, I will ask the butler to pick up Sev at Eton later."

"Sev?"

"Severus Snape, Tom's godson, and also, Irene's son."

Hearing that it was Irene's son, Zhang Lingjun immediately understood, and even Shen Yannian was shocked.

Shen Yannian almost stammered: "Irene? Her, what happened to her?"

"In order to prevent the Prince Manor from being annexed, Charles Prince closed the manor, and Charles' education to Irene also made her fear that circle. Therefore, as soon as Charles Prince passed away, Irene immediately slipped into London married an ordinary person. Ordinary British people, Christians, you can imagine Irene's married life."

"I, I understand."

Without Zhao Changqing going on, Shen Yannian can imagine what this grandson has been through these years.I also understand the reason why this grandson will appear in Qiangwei Manor.

That is, Irene can hide her wand, or not use any magic.However, it is impossible for her to control her son's magic riot.It is conceivable that as an ordinary person, seeing the scene of his child's magic riot with his own eyes, he will definitely regard his wife and son as a demon, and even regard a series of misfortunes in his life as marrying a demon as his wife , Since then, I feel sorry for myself and don't know how to make progress...

"He, how old is he?"

"Sev was born on January 1960, 1, and is exactly seven years old this year."

"Thank you very much, Godfather."

Shen Yong whispered: "Is this the younger brother?"

He thought that it was Shen Yannian's old lover who gave birth to Shen Yannian's child, that is, his half brother.After all, Shen Yannian was busy with work, and it was not uncommon for him not to go home for several months.

Shen Yannian knelt down, patted his son's head, and said, "This is your sister's child. Yong'er and Fu'er are now uncles."

Shen Yong and Shen Fu nodded.

In the back, Shen Shan Zeng secretly pulled the corner of the clothes of his grandmother, Mrs. Shen Da, and made a grimace.

——Unexpectedly, this uncle was so romantic back then, and he had an illegitimate daughter in England.

Mrs. Shen immediately glared at her granddaughter.

In Mrs. Shen's opinion, no matter what, her brother-in-law Shen Yannian is the heir of such a big Rose Manor, and there are many women who want to come to the house, marry into a wealthy family, fly up the branches and become a phoenix.Shen Yannian has an illegitimate daughter, which is really too common.

What really surprised Mrs. Shen was that the Duke of Branson is really so good-tempered, right?In other words, it was because Shen Yannian had been staying in the country that the Duke of Branson had to find the child back?

Although her thoughts were racing, Mrs. Shen still didn't say much. She just stood humbly, waiting for the maid to take her to the guest room to rest. No, she heard her mother-in-law Zhang Lingjun say: "Duke, since there is still In a little time, I'll take Tuisi and Yannian to the mansion to resettle."

Mrs. Shen and her son and daughter-in-law were dumbfounded, and Mrs. Shen's daughter-in-law Yang Huiru blurted out: "Don't we live here?"

"Of course, we live in the mansion." Zhang Lingjun rarely explained, "This is a Western tradition. The head of the family and the heir, especially the first heir, basically don't live together."

Shen Yong and Shen Fu finally understood: "Then, Dad, where do we live?" "I don't want to be separated from Dad."

Zhao Changqing said: "You are still young, you can live with your father. However, when you get older and go to boarding school, you will have your own independent space and housekeeper."

When Shen Yong and Shen Fu heard about it, they leaned on their father immediately.

Although the Shen family and the Zhang family are well-known families in Songjiang Mansion and the south, Shen Yannian mainly lives in Beijing because of work. In the courtyard.Therefore, the home that Shen Yong and Shen Fu remembered was actually a small courtyard house. The main house lived with their grandmother Zhang Lingjun, the east room lived with their parents, and the west room lived with their three siblings.

Although I don't know what the grandfather said about his own independent space, but I always feel that it is not the small courtyard in their memory.

On the contrary, Mrs. Shen breathed a sigh of relief.No matter what, an independent mansion, even if you want to live with your brother-in-law, is much better than living in China.

You know, as a former Shanghai celebrity, she is really uncomfortable with today's Shanghai.No matter what, an independent mansion means an independent bungalow, maybe in addition to the butler, there are also basic equipment such as cooks and maids, and it will not be worse than domestic ones.God knows, in China, especially in the past few years, if you want to eat a piece of cake, you have to guard the coal stove and face the strange eyes of your neighbors, as if you are a woman and you are not worthy of eating cake.

Zhang Lingjun immediately said: "In that case, let's take our leave first."

Zhao Changqing nodded.

When Zhang Lingjun disappeared at the door with his two sons, daughter-in-law, grandson, daughter-in-law and granddaughter, and when the sound of cars came from outside, the four cars disappeared at the end of the garden again.

Suddenly a voice came from the door: "Father, it seems that brother Yannian has changed a lot."

Zhao Changqing said: "Are you back?"

"Yeah, my father asked me to come back, why would I delay? I never thought that brother Yannian would have such a big family."

"Shen Tuisi will soon take his family to the United States to join his uncle."

Tom Riddle's voice was full of jokes and seriousness: "So, soon, Ms. Zhang, Brother Yannian, and Brother Yannian's two sons will stay. Will the manor return to calm?"

"Do you care?"

"Father, no matter how old I am, I am your child." So, I am jealous.

Zhao Changqing smiled and said, "You are already the king of wizards."

"If I am the Wizard King, you are the Wizard God. Father, I will always be your child."

"Of course, you will always be my child, my best child."

Hearing what Zhao Changqing said, Tom Riddle finally smiled.

Well, that's his father, less candid than he is.

Yes, what Tom Riddle values ​​most is his family.It's just ordinary people, not worthy to enter his heart, let alone be a family member.In addition to his biological mother who died young, maybe his biological father Tom Riddle Sr. had a chance, but Tom Riddle Sr. himself gave up.The current Tom Riddle only recognizes Zhao Changqing and Severus Snape. As for Shen Yannian, maybe he is only half?Zhang Lingjun was excluded from the beginning because he was not a wizard.

"Father, are you worried about your hometown?"

"Well." Zhao Changqing nodded, and said: "This is a nation that is not good at learning lessons. It is a loss of seclusion. They have just paid the price of a hundred years of humiliation and a history of suffering, but now, they are about to start seclusion again. And this time, a cult of personality is added. The next ten years will be the worst decade for this country, and their leaders, even if they hand over power and are in a semi-retired state, will finally have to stand up and carry This is a scapegoat. The stupidity of collective intelligence, you will soon see."

"Even so, father, do you still care about that country?"

"Yes, that is my hometown after all, even if I never have the chance to go back and have a look."

"Father, please forgive me for speaking the truth."

"what?"

"That's not your hometown. Your hometown has long since disappeared with the wind and disappeared into the long river of history. The Chinese people now know that Yannian brother, his brothers, and their brothers' families, except Apart from using the same characters, how else are they the same as you? Their ideas are very different, and their clothes and living habits are even more different..."

"Tom."

"Not to mention the accent. You don't say, you don't use [a language proficient]."

"Tom."

"Father?"

Tom Riddle backed down.

Zhao Changqing said: "Remember, in my hometown, it's not based on clothes, jewelry, living habits, and other external things to tell whether you have the same blood in my hometown. Their clothes just prove that they are the same as them. The ancestors of the ancestors once encountered the history of aggression, captives of foreign nations, humiliation and suffering of slaves."

"But faith..."

"It doesn't matter if you have different beliefs. Chinese people always rely on one word to identify their compatriots."

"what?"

"Family."

"Family?"

"Yes. The understanding of the family, the understanding of the family, and the concept of marriage and family from the same source."

Tom Riddle smiled bitterly: "What about me?"

"You are my child. For Chinese people, as long as they are Chinese children, they are Chinese."

Tom Riddle pouted, leaned against Zhao Changqing's side, put his face against Zhao Changqing's hand, and said, "No one will admit it."

"So what? How about, after 15 years, China opens its doors again, and you can go to China with me and prove it yourself?"

"If this is your expectation." Tom Riddle said, "However, father, I have to remind you that brother Yannian left the UK too early, or in other words, the changes in the UK in the past 40 years are too great. Big. The British he knows are only the British during the First World War, not the British today."

"and then?"

"Where do you plan to start, so that brother Yannian can get familiar with today's Britain."

"Is there a second choice? Britain is the countryside, and the countryside is Britain. This is the pride of the British. To understand Britain, you should naturally start from the countryside that the British are proud of?"

"You mean, from Rose Manor?"

"Yes."

"So, do I have the honor to attend?"

"What are you talking about? You are also a member of the family, a candidate for the heir of Rose Manor."

"Father, are you not afraid that I will go astray because of this, and find a way to make myself the first heir?"

"Would you do that?"

"No, of course not. Because I don't want to upset you, and I don't want to disappoint you."

For the current Tom Riddle, no matter it is wealth or others, he has a way to get it, but what he is really attached to is his relatives, his father, the selfless love of his true ancestors .

He has long understood that in his father's heart, his hometown is the eternal root, just like he will always be his child. These two propositions will never contradict each other.

Therefore, for the sake of his father and for his true intimacy, he is willing to endure.

Just as the old neighbor, the old Earl Grantham, taught his heir Matthew Crowley, Zhao Changqing also adopted the same method, starting from the visit to the manor, so that Shen Yannian, especially the two little guys, learned about British and English country plots.

"To a large extent, the British are very similar to the Chinese. The most obvious point is their nostalgia for the land. Wherever the Chinese go, they will turn their courtyards, balconies, and gardens into plantations. England, the manor, is the best proof. However, because of the inheritance tax of 40.00% in the UK, more and more aristocrats choose to divide their manors and sell their properties, and they are famous for managing their own manors. One is me , because I am rich enough, this manor is my private domain, as well as my safe haven and comfort zone, here, there are no paparazzi, and no one will disturb my quietness."

Shen Yong said: "Grandpa, paparazzi, is that the man with the camera we met on the road last time?"

"That's right. In fact, all countries have noticed the problem of paparazzi. Even the United States, which advocates freedom and equality, and in the name of the president's need for privacy, has passed legislation to restrict paparazzi and the media industry. But the UK can't do it. If someone in the UK proposes this Bill, I am afraid that before the Congress has time to discuss it, the people will start to attack the royal family, saying that the royal family has raped | public opinion. Therefore, there will be no relevant bills in the UK, not now, and there will be no future. And how to avoid these Paparazzi, it depends on each person's ability. Of course, for the British nobles, the royal family has attracted the eyes of most paparazzi, and they themselves are full of voyeurism and curiosity about the private lives of royal family members. I don’t know if it’s luck or sadness. In other words, the war is over, and the media industry has entered a stage of rapid development, but it’s far from reaching its peak, but the British have already begun, and it can even be said that they are used to consumption The privacy of the royal family, I don’t know if this is a satire on British gentlemen.”

Shen Yong whispered: "Consume the privacy of the royal family?"

"It is to use other people's privacy, for example, photos that others don't want to be published, family travel plans, etc., to sell other people's privacy in exchange for money, or to make myself feel happy and psychologically satisfied, and so on. A series of behaviors. In many countries, such behaviors are illegal, but in the UK, for many reasons, it is impossible for the British Parliament to pass relevant bills to protect everyone. Even if this is what every British should have right."

Although they still don't understand, Shen Yong and Shen Fu nodded heavily.

With this in mind, they made a serious statement that they would find ways to protect themselves.

Zhao Changqing said: "...So, this is why the curtains of many London mansions are closed. In fact, it is the same in some rich areas in the United States. Therefore, the rich either live in their own private estates or live in high-rise buildings. It’s not just about showing off your wealth, it’s about protecting yourself from the paparazzi and the media industry.”

"I will keep a distance from the paparazzi in the future."

Shen Yong made a strong promise.

Zhao Changqing said: "Keeping a distance from paparazzi is of no help at all. For example, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II invited us to Buckingham Palace for a dinner this Friday, and Buckingham Palace is full of paparazzi. When we get out of the car and enter Buckingham Palace For a period of time, these paparazzi are enough to take thousands of photos with high-frequency flash, and for a little mistake, the next day's newspapers will all be ridiculed. What do you think is the right way to do it?"

Shen Yong and Shen Fu were dumbfounded.

Tears welled up in my eyes immediately.

Zhao Changqing put the two children into his arms and said, "Don't worry, you don't have to face this now. Because there are special protection laws for children in both the UK and the US. So, for your age, whether it is paparazzi Even newspapers, magazines, and media don’t dare to go too far. However, you must learn to ignore those scenes.”

"Ignore those shots?"

"Yes, get used to this kind of life, and then, learn to ignore those cameras. The less you show concern, the less likely it is to make mistakes. In addition, I hired professionals to help with these things, including public relations and legal teams."

The two children just nodded, but Mrs. Shen had already exclaimed: "Is it necessary to do this?"

"Crisis public relations are very important for every nobleman and heir to the nobleman. Yong'er and Fu'er just came to the UK, and they don't even speak English fluently. Under such circumstances, it is very important to hire professionals. Necessary. It's never too early for this kind of thing."

The most important thing is to cultivate children's awareness in this regard.

Yang Huiru couldn't help exclaiming: "How much will it cost?!"

The two children immediately showed hesitation.

Zhao Changqing said: "Don't save money for grandpa. Remember, the money grandpa earns every year is more than enough to send you a cruise ship every week. So, don't save money for grandpa. People are not slaves to money .It is far more important that you are well, that you are enjoying life happily, than money. Do you understand?"

Looking at the two children nodding.

Only then did Zhao Changqing feel relieved.

This is what he is most afraid of. What he is afraid of is that the three difficult years just passed will fundamentally obliterate the child's correct attitude towards life.

The author has something to say:

Foreign luxury cars are actually not expensive in China, but after entering China, the tariffs are high, so the price is very high, and some are said to have doubled several times.

In 1966, the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and China’s soft sister currency was 2.4618, and the exchange rate between the British pound and the U.S. dollar was 2.79.

The rapid depreciation of soft sister coins was in the 90s.