"Baby, come here!"

Alan waved to Ajani and said something excitedly in her ear, which caused Ajani to pinch her waist lightly.

It doesn’t hurt…that means there is a way!

In the past, Allen didn’t understand why Teacher Chen liked taking selfies, but now, he feels that he can understand why Teacher Chen likes taking selfies.

So exciting!

It has commemorative value!

But Alan would never let this thing leak, nor would he ask someone to help him fix his computer or something.

This thing is just a little spice between him and Ajani, to add some fun.

After taking the photo, he will watch it alone. As for sharing it... forget it!

…

Wednesday, September 16, 1992, The Gambia.

On the Gambia River, the huge ship of the Earl of Carmarthen was quietly parked by the Gambia River, showing its domineering appearance.

The passing ships, with their small hulls displacing several hundred tons, can only feel ashamed when compared with this super yacht that looks like a warship.

It is still the rainy season and it rained heavily today, so the filming was temporarily stopped and Alan returned to the yacht to rest.

Sitting by the swimming pool, Alan quietly watched the rain dripping into the swimming pool at the stern. The water in this pool was considered useless. If he wanted to swim, he had to wait for the rain to stop and the servants to disinfect and sterilize it before he could use it.

But Alan really likes the feeling of sitting by the swimming pool and listening to the raindrops falling into the water. What is this thing called?

White noise!

It can really calm your mind.

…

"Master...the test report from Cardiff University is out."

Xiao Shitou walked up to Allen, hesitated for a few seconds, and then gritted his teeth and handed Allen a thick test report.

"Oh? Give it to me now!"

Alan's eyes lit up. These were the two scales of Ningkinanka, the water monster that was suspected to be a dragon, that the village chief had presented to him last month. They were said to be passed down from their ancestors.

It took nearly a month of testing, and the results are only out now.

Over the past month, Allen has been secretly sending more people to the nearby area to inquire about the news about Ningkinanka. There have been some gains, but the overall results are not great.

He even used the sonar on his ship, but due to the draft of the ship, the Earl of Carmarthen could only search in the middle and lower reaches of the Gambia River. It was impossible to go upstream, and the small boat... the small boat could not carry such a large equipment!

The current situation is that Alan has financial and human resources, but he can't use them. He also has to keep enough people to protect himself. Such a big ship is parked here, he can't send everyone out just for a water monster, right?

If we still can’t find it, we can only wait until we go back and invest in forming an expedition team.

…

Alan opened the test report and was too lazy to read the long paragraphs of professional terms. He turned directly to the last page about the test results.

"In summary, the test object is (another string of professional descriptions), old-fashioned film."

"???"

Alan blinked, not quite sure what the final test result meant.

"What does this mean? What film?"

"Uh... Master... It means exactly what it says. Film, old-fashioned camera film, the kind used for taking photos. As for the curled edge... It might be natural wear or tear in the wild. Uh... You can think of it as the discarded film left behind by a photographer that the village chief's ancestor found somewhere in the wild."

"???"

Alan listened to Xiao Shitou's explanation and thought about the two "scales" that were packed in the yellowed plastic bag that day. It turned out that they were just garbage films discarded in the wild by someone?

Just for this thing, I gave the village chief a reward of one thousand pounds?

One thousand pounds for two pieces of rubbish?

Where are the dragon scales?

What about the radiation?

Damn...is this what they call dragon scales?

Am I being treated as the landlord's stupid son?

Alan's face twitched. Just as he was about to give orders to send bodyguards to massacre the village of the village chief who had deceived him, a servant came jogging towards him with a cell phone in the distance. He ran to Xiao Shitou first and whispered a few words to him.

After hearing what the servant said, Xiao Shitou's expression instantly became serious. He took the phone with both hands and patted the servant's shoulder, indicating that he could leave first. After the servant walked away, Xiao Shitou held the phone and handed it to Allen, saying, "Master, this is a call from Butler Capel. He said that His Highness wants to see you."

"Um?"

Alan was stunned again. He was already in a bad mood because he was "tricked" by two damn fake scales, and now Boss Cha called again.

this……

It’s only been over a month since you came out, what are you doing now?

…

"Hello...I'm Alan."

"Sir Allen, it's great to be able to contact you. Are you still in Gambia?"

Capel was somewhat delighted to hear Alan's voice finally coming from the microphone, but then he began to care about where Alan was.

"Well, you're still filming a TV show here, what's wrong?"

"It's like this, Your Highness...I'm a little bored today, so I want you to come over and fish with me. Uh...I don't know where you are now, and whether it's convenient for you to come back."

"Oh? Is...something wrong?"

Alan subconsciously wanted to ask a question, but as soon as he asked it, he looked at the phone in his hand and felt a toothache again. Even if there was something wrong, he couldn't say it on the phone.

I had to change the subject quickly and said, "I'm still in Gambia. Even if I book a flight now, it will be at least night before I get back..."

“…”

Butler Capel was silent for a moment, as if he was relaying information to someone. Alan guessed that it was probably Boss Cha who was also there.

really……

After waiting for dozens of seconds, Butler Capel's voice came again.

"Your Excellency...Your Highness has missed you very much these days. If you are not too busy, Your Highness hopes that you can come back as soon as possible. Just be careful and safe."

“…”

This was said in a half-polite way. Although Alan knew that some things were difficult to say over the phone, he understood the meaning.

What happened again?

"Okay, I understand. Please reply to His Highness. I will be back as soon as possible. Is there anything else?"

"No more, Sir Allen, please be safe, goodbye."

"Um."

After hanging up the phone, Alan looked up at Xiao Shitou. Since they were not far from each other, Xiao Shitou heard the call.

Facing Alan's puzzled eyes, Xiao Shitou also looked confused.

"Master... I really didn't receive any information, and there was no call from home."

Alan narrowed his eyes. This situation was a little unusual. Judging from the tone of Butler Capel, it shouldn't be a big deal, but... this call itself was unusual. If it weren't for his special arrangement, Boss Cha didn't seem to have taken the initiative to ask him to go back.

Besides, it was Boss Cha who suggested letting Alan come out to hide away and have some fun some time ago.

It was somewhat unusual that he was called back after only being out for a short time.

"Go turn on the TV! See if there's any news!"

In this situation, I can only find information by myself. These days, Alan has been in the remote area of ​​Gambia and doesn't care about anything happening in the outside world. He is playing the newly developed game with Ajani these days, which is quite exciting.

After each communication, the two of them would watch the selfie videos taken by Allen, exchange ideas, and improve the techniques of certain movements. In this way, the two of them were like discovering a new world and were very interested in this kind of thing.

Sometimes, Allen would play the video of the two of them while exchanging ideas. Watching his own selfie video on TV gave him an indescribable pleasure.

…

Since Gambia is a Commonwealth country, it can watch many BBC TV programs, but Gambia's television stations are not particularly well developed.

This makes it convenient for Allen to find news on TV.

At 4 p.m. London time, just over an hour ago, with Prime Minister Major announcing his defeat, Britain ushered in a special event known in the news as Black Wednesday.

Pound crisis - the pound was forced to withdraw from the European exchange rate mechanism.

The process was complicated, and a name suddenly became famous in Europe - Soros.

The news described him as a financial investment manager and a cunning and ferocious jackal.

This group of speculative investors, through a series of contagion effects and herd effects, successfully pushed the crisis forward with a small investment and a big investment, and then... our extremely smart Prime Minister Major and Chancellor of the Exchequer were directly stripped of their last fig leaf...

Anyway... according to Alan's understanding, another great economic depression started from now, uh no... from an hour ago!

No wonder Boss Cha asked me to go back.

Why?

Thinking of this, Alan was stunned. This matter...

Is it a close relationship with Boss Cha?

Although it seems that the pound has suffered losses, the royal family must have also suffered losses, but... Alan doesn't believe that he can get the news in advance. It doesn't make sense that he can't get the news by checking the boss. Besides...

Among so many hot money groups attacking the pound, it is impossible that there is no capital supported by the royal family!

They will not suffer too much loss, at most it is just a matter of how much profit they make.

According to the explanation given by his financial advisor Matthias, Allen knew that those who were harvested were middle-level and lower-level people. The upper-level...

There was basically no loss at all at the top level.

Since there was no loss, why did Boss Cha ask me to go back?

Could it be, for show?

Alan's eyes flickered, and the expression of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince when he heard the bad news and was worried about the country and the people instantly emerged in his mind.

Given Boss Cha's personality, it's possible that he would actually do something like this.

Thinking of this, Alan smiled slightly. Since the boss needed to bring him along for the show, then he, a "loyal minister" of Great Britain, must not let him down.

"Shi Tou, go contact the airport. I want to take the fastest flight back to Wales!"

"Okay, Master!"

Little Stone didn't think too much about it. Since Alan said it so seriously, he also looked serious and nodded in agreement.

…

This time, Allen hurriedly explained the follow-up matters of the crew and took Adjani back to Wales, not to take her home. The two parted at the airport. Adjani accompanied Allen in Gambia for more than a month, plus the long time before going to Gambia, she had to return to France as she had her own things to do.

"Will you take our video and watch it yourself while I'm gone?"

With her hands, she gently drew circles on Allen's chest. Next to the airport runway, Ajani stimulated Allen as if no one was around.

"You are not as good-looking as a videotape... Can we shoot something else later?"

"Okay, then I'll wait for you, the great director, to call me."

After saying this, Ajani childishly stretched out her right little finger, ready to pinky promise with Allen.

This kind of thing... isn't it said that Europeans don't play it?

Alan looked at Ajani in surprise and also stretched out his little finger to give her a perfunctory look.

This time when I come back, I won’t be picked up as soon as I get off the plane like last time.

It wasn't particularly urgent, so Alan took a bus home and rested for a night. When he was about to go out the next day, he received a phone call. The boss gave a place name and asked Alan to go directly to him.

…

Opposite Cardiff, Wales... is still the land of England. The whole of Cardiff has a small bay in front of its door, and the other side of the bay is surrounded by England's tail.

It's common knowledge that Boss Cha doesn't like going to Wales.

This time he met Alan in Weston-by-the-Sea, a coastal city across the sea from Cardiff.

Here... In Alan's impression, there doesn't seem to be anything fun to do. However, there is a famous ancient Roman bath in Bath, a big city next door not far from here. There are many buildings from the previous Roman rule that have been preserved. It is said that the water in that bath... is green and looks like jade, but now you can't even touch it.

It's not that there's a fairy air in there, but there are too many germs and it's too dirty. If you don't wash your hands in time after touching it with your fingers, and then touch your body with your hands, it's said that it's very easy to get diseases like meningitis. It sounds scary, but every year there are some unsophisticated tourists who still come here and then get into accidents, just like...

Every year there are always some tourists who want to go to Huaqing Pool to see the place where Yang Guifei used to bathe.

That place...

Just a bathhouse.

…

Inside Weston-by-the-Sea Church.

When Alan arrived, the entire church was empty and even the lights were not on.

Only a beam of light came through the window, shining directly in the front. Boss Cha was sitting alone in the first row, staring blankly at the cross in front of him.

"Your Highness?"

"Hmm? Here it comes."

When Boss Cha heard Alan's call, he was stunned for a moment, obviously in a trance. He didn't care about his image, wiped his face, and then pointed to the seat next to him, motioning Alan to sit next to him.

After Alan sat down obediently, he felt even weirder. This meeting place gave him a weird and unserious feeling.

Alan thought that Boss Cha wanted to talk to him about the pound crisis, but given the current situation, no matter how he looked at it, it didn't seem like he was going to talk about such a thing.

Seeing that Boss Cha didn't say anything, Alan also sat down quietly and stared at the cross in front of him in a daze.

…

A few minutes later, the whole church was silent, and then there was another sigh. Then, Boss Cha said slowly, "The Queen agreed to my request."

"???"

Alan blinked and reacted instantly. This thing is most likely about divorce, right?

But... since the Queen agreed, shouldn't Boss Cha be happy? Why does he look so listless now?

Alan just nodded without saying anything, preparing to listen quietly to what Boss Cha was going to say next.

"Alan... do you believe in fate?"