Chapter 4: If I make my debut, it will be the pinnacle
When the sun's twilight is still making its final struggle on the coastline.
The lights at Morgan's house are undoubtedly the brightest on the block.
As one of the top businessmen in Amantes, the Morgan family's business is very prosperous. This is all due to Mr. Morgan's shrewd investment. Whether it is in automobiles or heavy industry, the Morgan family has made a lot of money.
But when people mention the Morgan family, out of envy, they often add the word "watch repairman" harshly.
Because the Morgan family's fortune began as a watch repairman.
It is precisely this that makes it difficult for the Morgan family to truly integrate into the circle of the upper class elite. Even though he spends a lot of money every year to raise funds and build the church in Amantes, the church seems to only regard him as a person.
A stupid lamb.
Even though the Morgan family often donated generously to the poor municipal finances, the municipal government could only award him the title of an outstanding citizen.
Even though he donated a teaching building to the local aristocratic college, his daughter Josie was still not qualified to enter the college.
Because in people's eyes, the Morgan family is still just a watch repairman, a nouveau riche standing at the forefront.
Until one day, a small local family extended an olive branch to Mr. Morgan and asked their son to marry Miss Josie, which would improve their family's status.
This was originally a good thing that Mr. Morgan asked for, but when he found out that the other party's son was not only a romantic drunkard, but also had a previous marriage and beat his wife until she could not take care of herself for life.
, Master Morgan decisively rejected the other party.
But it was precisely because of this incident that Master Morgan received an inspiration.
A genius idea came to his mind. The empire had been filled with down-and-out nobles for hundreds of years, and he could choose one of them to marry into his family.
This can also increase one's own worth, and at least allow the next generation of the family to completely get rid of the hat of watch repairman.
So Mr. Morgan spent a lot of money to spread the news and mobilized almost all the socialites to inquire about the news.
As a result, before the news came back, the Corleone family incident broke out.
After Master Morgan learned about the drastic changes in the Corleone family, he began to think about it. For this, he waited for two full years, determined to make Kevin, the heir to the title, suffer some hardships before coming to talk to him.
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It was under the operation of Mr. Morgan that Xu Tong came to this city from his hometown in Corleone.
At night, dresses of various bright colors are constantly pouring in under the lights.
Many wealthy and distinguished guests who were once unable to be invited by Mr. Morgan have impatiently flocked here.
The reason for this is precisely because many people on the streets today are discussing how noble and extraordinary this guest from afar is, which has attracted the interest of many people.
Look at the carriage in front of Master Morgan's house. The driver is still guarding it like a loyal guard.
When people tried to get some more information about this distinguished guest from the coachman's mouth, the coachman raised his head and told them proudly.
"roll!"
Before the banquet officially started, the famous Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra had already played moving symphony music on the lawn of Mr. Morgan’s house.
This is one of the best orchestra leaders in the empire.
Ordinarily, Mr. Morgan would not be able to invite such a band to provide music for tonight's banquet.
After all, art that is tainted with the smell of copper is no longer art.
But the shrewd Mr. Morgan invited the orchestra in the name of the Corleone family. More importantly, Mr. Morgan gave too much.
The price of three hundred pounds is simply a sky-high price. Who can resist being tempted?
"Damn, the air here is really uncomfortable. I told you, only a watch repairman would like the pungent smell of tobacco oil in the city."
The lady held the wine glass in her hand and chattered endlessly.
But the other hand did not forget to take out the exquisite pastries from the fruit plate on the side and put it in his mouth.
These pastries are definitely made by Alice’s family.
Their cakes are the best in Amantes, but the prices are a bit ridiculously expensive.
"It turns out he is a poor orphan. He is really pitiful."
A woman walked out of the woods on one side and wiped the marks on the corners of her lips with a handkerchief.
When these ladies saw her, the smiles on their faces turned evil.
Staci is a widow from a noble family, but she is also a famous social butterfly. They all know more or less that their husbands have an unclear relationship with Staci.
The most important thing is that Stacy and the Morgan family are actually related.
Mr. Morgan's current wife is Staci's biological sister.
Even though they were very unhappy with this damn slut, their strong curiosity still led them to gather around and ask for news about the mysterious guest.
Stasi took the wine glass and rinsed her mouth to make sure there was no bad smell left in her mouth before sharing the news she got from the Morgan housekeeper.
"The Corleone family!"
After learning the identity of tonight's protagonist, everyone was surprised and immediately understood what Mr. Morgan was planning.
After all, this kind of marriage is not uncommon.
The identity of a down-and-out young earl was exchanged for the wealth of the Morgan family, which made everyone feel faintly disappointed with this distinguished guest.
If the Morgan family hadn't spread the word in advance and sent a valuable souvenir to every guest tonight, these ladies would have turned around and left long ago.
"It's a good idea, but I don't want to do it in vain. Such a boring trick is really boring."
Stasi held up the wine glass with a meaningful smile on her face. Following her gaze, she saw a young and handsome boy chatting with several ladies from an unknown family.
"what are you up to??"
After hearing Stasi's words, several ladies looked at each other and asked impatiently.
The corners of Staxi's eyes were raised slightly, and after casting a seductive look at the young man in the distance, she gently lifted up her skirt with one hand, and said in a small voice: "Of course, let's make tonight even more special."
It’s just fun.”
Just behind the door that was separated from the banquet, Xu Tong was already ready to appear on stage like the bride who was the finale at a wedding.
Next, according to the rhythm prepared by the Morgan family, when the door opens, I will become the focus of the banquet.
She put on the new clothes prepared by the Morgan family. The black dress was inlaid with thousands of diamonds and two priceless cat's-eye gem buttons, which raised the price of the dress to a higher level.
A golden mark was branded in gold on the cuff, which was the emblem of the Corleone family.
It can be seen that the Morgan family has made meticulous preparations for tonight's banquet.
Of course, this is also related to whether Kevin Corleone can become the new business card of the Morgan family in the future.
"Master, please remember that even if the Corleone family has temporarily lost its glory, you are still the master of Corleone and the hereditary earl. This is the glory that our ancestors fought with Alfred the Great, and is the glory of any other family."
Achievements that cannot be erased."
Shaer was still repeating the final brainwashing in Xu Tong's ears.
Faced with Shar's chattering in his ears.
A smile gradually appeared on Xu Tong's face. He patted the back of Sha'er's hands and turned his calloused hands over. He saw that his palms were already covered with rough calluses.
This made Shar's face stiffen, and he looked a little unnatural, because as a butler of a wealthy family, such rough hands could not be used on the stage.
But he quickly took out a pair of white gloves from his pocket and prepared to put them on.
However, Xu Tong took away the gloves first: "Shar, have you heard a sentence?"
Shar was stunned for a moment.
Suddenly, he felt that the young master was a little different from before. At least, he had not seen such a smile on the young master's face for a long time.
Um...yes, since the master was shot.
Just when Shaer wanted to ask Xu Tong what he meant.
Outside the gate, there suddenly became a commotion, and even the moving music stopped.
"I thought he was some distinguished guest, but it turned out to be just a poor boy brought from the countryside, hahahaha..."
The harsh ridicule could be clearly heard by Xu Tong and Shaer behind the door.
The two were startled and looked through the gap in the door, only to see a drunk young man shouting loudly while holding a glass of wine.
"Don't you all know that the Corleone family has been torn apart? It is said that the heir not only did not receive a penny, he was even driven into a pig pen in the countryside."
As soon as this statement came out, everyone was shocked.
Immediately, someone started laughing in a low voice.
Although the laughter is small, it is contagious. When more and more people start to smile, the sound will inevitably get louder.
"Who is this guy!"
Xu Tong calmly looked at the servant aside.
"It's the mayor's child, Dorum."
The servant carefully looked at Xu Tong, fearing that Xu Tong would turn his anger on himself.
"This bastard!! I'm going to kill him!!"
However, Xu Tong's anger did not appear, but Shar, who was the butler on the side, had already turned red with anger. This was definitely an insult to the Corleone family. If it had been two years ago, this guy and even his family would have suffered.
To the Corleone family's crazy revenge.
After cursing, Shar seemed to finally remember something, turned around and looked at Xu Tong: "Quickly go!"
"Walk??"
"Leave immediately!" Shar nodded solemnly: "The honor of the Corleone family must not become their victim. If you don't come forward at this time, there is still room for maneuver."
Saying that, Shaer wanted to take Xu Tong and leave as soon as possible.
However, Xu Tong was like a magic needle that fixed the sea. It was fixed there and could not budge no matter how much Shaer pulled it.
I saw Xu Tong patting Shar on the shoulder: "Don't worry, wait and see, after all, Master Morgan hasn't come yet."
"Master!!"
Shar was desperate. He didn't expect that the young master would pin his hopes on this idiot Morgan at this time. This profit-seeking businessman would definitely blame the young master for his failure.
At this moment, Shar could already foresee the scene of them being driven out of Morgan's house in embarrassment.
The laughter outside became louder and louder, and now Mr. Morgan, who was originally discussing with the bishop whether he could officiate the marriage for their family, had to rush over.
When I heard the words of Doram who was going crazy with wine and revealing to everyone the poverty and decline of the Corleone family, who had to marry into a merchant's family for bread and milk.
Mr. Morgan's face turned dark instantly.
He can't stop Dorum because he is the son of Mayor Randall.
Mayor Randall was standing aside with the church bishop at the moment, watching with cold eyes, as if he had no intention of controlling his son.
Now Master Morgan felt even more angry.
"Asshole, what are you doing."
As if he noticed Mr. Morgan's unkind look, Mayor Randall immediately reprimanded him.
But my heart was already filled with joy.
Logically speaking, they shouldn't be such evil people, but the Morgan family's financial resources are so amazing that if such a person can successfully squeeze into the upper class, it will be of no benefit to him at all.
Even when the next mayor is elected, he may have a strong opponent.
This is what he doesn't want to see.
But Randall didn't know the identity of the distinguished guest invited by Master Morgan, so he didn't dare to act rashly. Seeing that Master Morgan was willing to donate 30,000 gold pounds to the church in exchange for Bishop Bertram's support, he could only feel anxious.
At that time, my son actually gave a great assist, how could I not be happy?
Everyone can see Randall's rough acting skills. Mr. Morgan's face turned blue and white, and the anger in his heart was about to explode.
"Ka~~kaka..."
The door that was supposed to be the highlight, left open at the climax of the music, was slowly pushed open.
"Master!!"
Shar's face changed drastically, and he hurriedly tried to stop him. He knew that when Kevin walked out at this time, he would never be greeted with stunning looks and applause, or even humiliation, and finally left in dejection.
If this is really the case, the last dignity of the Corleone family will be ruined.
However, Xu Tong still opened the door in front of him, turned back to look at Shaer, and the smile at the corner of his mouth gradually brightened: "There is a saying that if I debut, I will reach the peak!"