Except for those messy things during school time, everything else in his life made him extremely satisfied!

Allen had always imagined his life as an adult.

He was content to be a parasite, a dandy boy, happily dependent on the aristocratic family of the Hill family, a blood-sucking parasite, and lived a sinful life happily!

Although the right to inherit the earldom lies with his elder brother and not with him, there is a very interesting phenomenon in Britain.

Many traditional high-end aristocratic families have heads who hold more than one noble title.

When a father holds multiple titles, except for the eldest son who inherits the most important title, other titles can be passed on to other legitimate descendants according to the father's wishes.

This legal identity refers to the offspring born to a legal wife with a marriage certificate, and the certificate must be obtained before the marriage. The order cannot be wrong!

As for illegitimate children wanting to inherit the title? Don't even think about it.

Alan's father not only has the title of earl, but also the title of viscount.

This title will belong to Allen in the future. He only has two children, and the viscount is his compensation for Allen's lack of care.

But with a car accident, now everything is gone!

Now, Alan, who had dreamed of living off his parents for the rest of his life, was thrown back to the time before liberation due to a car accident.

He wanted to live off his parents, but the person being lived off is gone just like that.

The wonderful life has just begun. Alan, who has only experienced a few years of decadent life, has now become the only surviving legal heir of the Hill family and a quasi-earl.

Normally, after the old earl passed away and left his property to his descendants, apart from sadness, the rest should have been happiness.

Not only did he get the expected viscount title, he even got the earl title which exceeded his expectations.

But besides leaving him a huge "family fortune", Alan's father also left him several huge foreign debts and other troubles, as well as the extremely harsh and damn inheritance tax for the nobles!

Theoretically speaking, the Hill family's business was still very substantial. Although Alan had not known the details, he still had an impression of it when he heard his father and eldest brother talk about how much income the family factory had made this year at the dinner table.

If his family wasn't relatively well-off, the old earl wouldn't have been so ostentatious as to buy a few Bentleys to replace the old cars he had been driving for nearly ten years.

…

In the past few years, policies have been changing, and the environment in Britain has become increasingly unfriendly to the nobility. The old earl sold some land and several manors in exchange for a large sum of cash, which he invested in the stock market.

In Britain, from the Queen to the common people, most people are inseparable from two economic activities - stocks and gambling.

For a rough guy, stocks...

Every day I hear others making waves in the stock market and how much wealth they have earned.

But when the old earl really got his hands on it...

The performance of the old earl in his prime in the stock market can only be described by one idiom - coming and going like the wind.

To be precise, the phrase "coming and going like the wind" does not describe the heroic demeanor of the old earl himself, but is an accurate description of the wealth in his hands.

It comes quickly and goes quickly, coming and going like the wind!

These things happened in recent years. While Alan was serving abroad, the old earl only sent him a letter home once a quarter. The content of the letter was often very short, occasionally saying a few words of concern, and rarely mentioning the situation at home.

Most of it was told to him by Butler Hutt.

Under normal circumstances, when the old earl was still alive, these "minor" economic problems would not be a big deal for the Hill family if they just gritted their teeth and made do with what they had.

But now something unexpected happened at home, and Alan has not yet completely taken over the family business.

…

The first thing he had to face was Britain's malicious and huge inheritance tax against the aristocracy!

If Allen wants to inherit the Hill family business, he must first pay a large amount of inheritance tax.

He can now sell his property to pay the tax, but the inheritance tax alone would take up nearly half of his property.

Although most nobles have ways to circumvent inheritance tax in one way or another, those are based on the assumption that everything is normal. The old earl is now in his prime, so why would he need to do these things?

As for foundations and trusts? Hehehe...

In a financial country like Britain, aristocrats entrust their assets to foundations and trusts. What's the difference between this and seeking death?

Now, an unexpected event...

And at this critical moment, it is impossible to sell those valuable properties at normal market prices!

No one is a fool. When everyone knows that you are short of money and have to sell certain industries at a low price to recover funds, how can you be worthy of the word capitalist if you don't suck a gulp of blood and swallow a bite of meat?

Alan can't wait, but others can!

The longer you delay, the lower the prices of some things will be. This is a dead end!

He can't possibly sell off all his property and pay the inheritance tax and be left with nothing, right?

Taking over a shabby family with only some servants and a title left?

Thinking of this, Alan's eyes even turned red.

As a three-good youth who was born and raised under the red flag, when had he ever encountered such a thing? !

He came to Da Ying to enjoy life!

I am not here to do charity for these capitalists.

…

In his previous life, Allen was just an ordinary veteran on the film sets who mingled in the entertainment industry.

I have worked as an assistant director, assistant director, photographer, script supervisor, stage manager, lighting engineer, and many other jobs.

But...it doesn't matter.

Due to his lack of fame, no sponsors came to him to invest in any large-scale film and television projects. The largest film and television project he had ever led was a web drama with an investment of "up to" 600,000 yuan.

With his experience and abilities, how should he deal with the affairs that will face him next?

He is now a fatherless child and has to rely on himself for everything.

Could he still take out the love letters that Butler Hut had received over the years and had kept for him and sell them as waste paper to raise funds?

Tons of love letters may seem like a lot, but compared to the huge inheritance tax, it is a drop in the bucket!

Moreover... as a man who is about to become a count, he has to pay inheritance tax by selling a lot of love letters...

If this gets out, how will Allen live in the future?

He will bring disgrace to the Hill family!

…

Hut was driving the car attentively, maintaining a speed of 40 miles per hour. He glanced at the rearview mirror and saw the second young master in the mirror with slightly red eyes.

Seeing the second young master's expression, Hut thought that the second young master was reminded of the old earl by the things he saw. When he saw the old earl's frequently used car, he thought of the deceased old earl.

Hu Te's nose was slightly sour, and he said with some sadness: "Second Young Master, please accept my condolences. The Earl's funeral has been handled, but..."

"???"

When Allen first heard the butler's consolation, he didn't take it too seriously, but this matter...

Already done?

What the hell?

No matter where you are, no matter what the customs are, how can it be possible that the father's funeral has been completed before the son returns?

In other words, the funeral was done? The reason why the housekeeper asked him to come back was to take care of the funeral. What the hell, he hasn't come back yet, but his father's funeral has already been done?

Is it some bastard who wants to seize his property through special means?

Although facing various difficulties, none of them were unacceptable. At this moment, a sense of hostility emerged on Alan's unusual face.

"Huth...that's not what you said on the phone!"

…

Seeing the anger on Alan's face, Butler Hut was stunned for a moment, and then he suddenly realized that the second young master had misunderstood!