Chapter 252 The Symbol of the Ring

The lights are bright and the scenery is magnificent.

Men and women in gorgeous evening gowns walked around, chatting and laughing, their every move revealing elegance and nobility.

The bubbles of champagne, the spiciness of whiskey, the sweetness of red wine, everything sparkles under the lights.

The music was so melodious that it seemed to fill the air with a luxurious atmosphere.

The jewels and precious stones complement each other, and every detail reveals exquisiteness and luxury.

People in New York's upper class enjoy a life of luxury and debauchery here, as if the whole world will always be so splendid.

This is the upper-class paradise that everyone wants to enter in New York or even the entire United States.

A big cocktail party on the Upper West Side or the Upper East Side, or in some manor house on Long Island.

"No, I like it." Ivana smiled naturally and ladylike, her beautiful eyes seemed to be able to speak, she said, "Although I have been attending parties since I was born. But this is part of my life, isn't it?"

She paused for a moment, looked around, and then continued, "Also, I must thank you, Milo. Because of you, my father and I were able to get invitations to this level of cocktail party."

Ivana made a gesture and said nothing more, but her upturned mouth did not lower, which made her playfulness even more adorable.

"It's a pity that I was still in Europe on October 30th and couldn't attend. Ariana said it was a grand party." Milo smiled and said, "I hope you like my birthday present."

October 30, 1997 was the sixteenth birthday of Don Gimpel's eldest daughter, Ivana Gimpel.

There is nothing special about the sixteenth birthday in ordinary Western culture.

But in most of the upper classes in Europe and America, especially for women, the sixteenth birthday is a relatively special threshold.

Because those nobles, ladies and young ladies could often officially start determining their future marriage partners at the age of sixteen.

Take, for example, Her Majesty the Queen in London.

It was when she turned sixteen that she officially announced her marriage to her cousin, the Greek prince.

Therefore, for families and clans with a certain social status, they need to consider marriage.

A daughter's sixteenth birthday party is often held in a grand manner.

They will also appropriately invite some people of similar age and social status who are suitable for marriage to participate.

It can be said that Don Gimp has been a wealthy man since his grandfather's generation.

By the time of his father's generation, his status as a wealthy man had been completely consolidated.

And in his generation, what he needs to do is of course to make his family complete the class leap.

From an ordinary nouveau riche family, a lucky group of people from the Old World who came later, to a truly wealthy family in the New World.

For Don, this is his historic mission to the Gimp family.

And in order to achieve this, he can abandon and trade most of them.

Of course, including my daughter...happiness in the second half of her life.

"Thank you, I like it very much." Ivana murmured in a low voice with a blush on her face.

Seeing her reaction, Milo was a little confused.

Because in fact, he didn't know what the birthday gift he gave Ivana was in advance.

According to his original idea, just giving her a pink Ferrari, Maserati or other sports car would be enough.

Later, when Ariana learned of his idea, she smiled and told him that she would arrange the gift for Ivana.

Considering the good relationship between Ariana and Ivana, and the fact that it was the time when Milo and Claude were getting married.

With all the attention focused on Europe, Milo was naturally fine.

Unexpectedly, Ariana really gave him a "surprise", but there was not much joy.

Because his fiancée was actually at Ivana's sixteenth birthday party.

He took out a box and said it was a gift from him to Ivana.

It is now well known that Don Gimple is one of Milo Blackburn's spokespersons and henchmen in New York.

The blond old man was eager for others to know that he and Milo had an extremely close relationship.

Naturally, he let his daughter open the gift on the spot so that he could show off his relationship with Milo.

There is no custom in the United States or the West that prohibits opening other people's gifts on the spot.

Ivana was very obedient and opened the box right there in front of everyone, including some prominent unmarried young men from New York families who were interested in her.

It was a small packaging box. When it was opened, there was an exquisite and beautiful ring inside that shone brightly under the light.

Giving a ring as a gift is quite special in both Eastern and Western cultures.

In the West, jewelry such as rings generally have two symbols.

One is the symbol of power of the kings in the past. The more rings the kings had on their hands, the greater their territory and power.

This is also why the first Western fantasy novel is The Lord of the Rings.

Because in the old West, rings, like crowns, were, to a certain extent, a symbol of royal power.

The culture of another type of rings cannot be considered traditional culture, whether in the West or the East.

To a certain extent, the embodiment of love through "rings" is actually one of the most successful cultures created by Western jewelers in modern times.

But never mind whether it is a culture that emerges from marketing.

Anyway, in today's West, rings are indeed a symbol of love.

So a young man gives a ring to a young woman... who is also the young man's fiancée.

As you can imagine, when Ivana opened the gift in front of everyone.

Especially before she opened it, Miss Ariana Rockefeller smiled and said that this was picked by Milo personally for Ivana.

So you can imagine what the atmosphere was like when the ring appeared.

All in all, it caused a small stir, and some influences appeared in the upper class circles of New York that might not be good for Ivana, but made Don Gimp very happy.

That was after her daughter's sixteenth birthday party.

There was hardly any family that should have come forward to hint at or explicitly propose a marriage alliance.

Instead, rumors circulated in the "400" circle in New York that Don Gimp's daughter had been spotted by someone and reserved in advance...

It's just that complicated.

Afterwards, Milo questioned Ariana, but she just smiled and avoided the question.

Milo wanted to go find her and confront her about her thoughts.

Ariana avoided it, and for good reasons.

Because according to Puritan tradition, men and women normally cannot meet before they are engaged.

This is the situation the two of them are in now.

And tonight is a reception dinner hosted by New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani for his upcoming election campaign.

Since he was willing to be accepted as a dog, Milo naturally appeared.

And Don Gimp also received an invitation.

The golden-haired old man showed up with his daughter without hesitation.

And after seeing Sophie being harassed and flattered by noble ladies represented by Rudy Giuliani's wife.

This guy brought his daughter over directly, said a few words and then left saying he had something to do.

He also said that he hoped Milo could do him a favor and help take care of his daughter.

So now we have this scene where Milo and Ivana are talking quietly in the corner of the banquet hall.

Interesting girl.

Looking at the girl's blue eyes which were a little direct but also very shy.

Milo's eyes narrowed slightly, and then he smiled: "I hope you like it, as long as you like it."

He didn't explain that it was actually Ariana who picked it.

As for what Ariana is thinking, is she testing the waters or making other attempts?

He doesn't care about that.

Today, he has reached a point where even the Rockefeller family can hardly restrain him.

So as long as he doesn't mess around and doesn't cause Ariana to face a status crisis in the future.

Then no matter how much he played outside, David and Edward, father and son, would not say a word.

On the contrary, if he declines in the future.

No matter how loving he is with Ariana, no matter how much he dotes on Ariana.

Just like the Rockefeller family would not hesitate at all when they wanted Ariana to leave him.

Status, or wealth, and power in this country.

That is his real core and strength.

Milo understood this deeply, so he tried his best to make his influence greater.

One of the reasons why they insisted on entering the retail business even though they knew it didn’t have high profits, and even wanted to try adding the Internet.

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I know very well that the energy industry is severely monopolized and it would be very troublesome to enter it if I don't have an unstable foundation.

This is also the reason why he ran off to Europe and Africa to do this and that before he had enough of his time in the United States.

This is him seeking power.

And in his journey of pursuit, women are just embellishments on his crown.

We also need leisure tools to relax when we are tense.

For example, now he thinks Ivana, who is already sixteen years old, is very good.

She still had a lot of baby fat, and was far from being as pretty and graceful as she was later on.

The pair of Denalis are not strong enough yet, but they are already better than their peers.

The key is that she exudes a youthful yet mature scent.

This applies to men whose physical age is 25 and whose mental age is over 40.

It is a very attractive hexagram both physically and psychologically.

So... I looked at the golden-haired old man not far away, and his eyes would steal glances at me from time to time.

Milo smiled.

I thought, this was sent by you.

And I do this to increase the loyalty of my subordinates.

Just like the emperors of ancient East, in order to make their generals and commanders work more attentively.

So I had to marry them like my daughters and sisters.

It's all for career.

It's not just for women.

Thinking of this, Milo narrowed his eyes slightly, and then smiled: "How about this, tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, I will take you to a very beautiful place, you will like it."

"Really?" Ivana blinked, unexpectedly showing a hint of hesitation.

Milo was about to say something when he heard Hector Cabrera's voice: "Hey, Milo, you are here with the beautiful Miss Ivana. No wonder I couldn't find you over there."

He is Milo's best friend and a rising star among the young generation in Boston.

He smiled and said to Miss Gimp, "Dear Ivana, I have something to say to this man, some private, men's topics. Could you please step aside for a moment?"

Ivana is understanding and she also knows the identity of this Bostonian.

"Of course." She smiled, but glanced at Milo, "I was just about to talk to Miss Marceau. I hope she will pay attention to me."

Milo shrugged without saying anything, but looked at Hector with dissatisfaction as he was disturbing him in his efforts to increase the loyalty of his subordinates.

"I know what you're thinking. Indeed, it looks delicious. But you'll have plenty of time to enjoy your spoils later, and this happened suddenly, so I felt I had to tell you right away."

"Um?"

"Old Arthur may not survive the night."

"Um???"

"As you can imagine, old Arthur Adams, Arthur Quincy Saxon Adams, is unlikely to survive the night and is now in the ICU."

Milo frowned upon hearing the news.

Frankly speaking, Milo didn't have much in common with this mainstay of the Boston consortium, a Boston hero who had even led the Boston consortium to attack the iron tower formed by the combined forces of Rockefeller, Morgan and Mellon.

In the past, his grandfather was someone's younger brother, and later his father was someone's son's younger brother.

Then he grew up.

After talking with him, the old man affirmed his status within the Boston consortium.

Milo was quite grateful for this.

It was old Arthur's affirmation that allowed him to make good use of Boston's strength in several fields such as the Internet, energy, and media.

Now that the old man is on the verge of death, there is nothing to touch him.

Just know that there may be some turmoil within the Boston consortium next.

"Said the person who told me the news."

Hector informed him, "Before old Arthur lost his mind, he once told his sons that he hoped to see you."

"Me?" Milo raised his eyebrows and asked with a smile, "Why does he want to see me?"

"I just heard about it." Hector shrugged.

He said: "Someone just told me, and I thought you should know, so I came to find you right away."

"Yeah." Milo nodded.

Because Yahoo is about to be listed on the Nasdaq, it's not just his show.

It is still a carnival for the three consortiums of California, Boston and Morgan.

The important figures of the consortium in charge of this project have been traveling to New York quite frequently during this period.

Hector even went so far as to live in New York recently, just like Milo.

After all, before going to work in San Francisco, he worked in New York for five years, and even got married in New York.

This was the end of their conversation on this matter.

Although old Arthur was once the mainstay of the Boston consortium.

But isn't he old now? And isn't he still alive? If he were really dead, both of them would probably go back to attend the memorial service.

But until then, just be aware of it and be prepared.

Hector just reminded Milo at the first opportunity.

After all, Cabrera is now clinging to Blackburn's support.

Both sides share the same fate, and Milo is their leader.

When Hector received the news, he of course informed Milo as soon as possible.

However, neither Hector nor Milo thought that the person who delivered the message was telling the truth.

That is, old Arthur really wanted to see Milo before he died.

It was when Milo prepared his private plane and planned to take Ivana, who had just celebrated her sixteenth birthday, to Montana to see the snow the next day.

"It looks like something very important, Milo, you can go ahead and do it!"

Sixteen-year-old Ivana seems very sensible.

Milo looked at her, turned around, took her hand and walked towards the stairs of the private plane.

"Come on, come with me to Boston. You're studying there anyway."

(End of this chapter)