Chapter 254: Taking an Earl as a Younger Brother

"Hey, this guy, who are you?"

After Huang Tianshun went to make the arrangements, Yang Huan looked at Charlene Lahri strangely.

How could a duke, such as him, come to you for no reason?

Charlene Lahiri slapped her forehead hard and shook her head.

This guy came to the UK to do business, but he knew nothing about British upper society. He didn't even want to understand and enter British upper society. He and Abramovich are completely different people.

Russians are trying their best to get into the upper class.

Don’t you see that he now thinks of himself as a British?

"There are a total of twenty dukes in the UK, ten of whom are members of the royal family, and the other ten are hereditary titles from other upper-class nobles. The Duke of Westminster is one of them. It is said that his family history can be traced back to the time of William the Conqueror."

"William the Conqueror?" Yang Huan looked confused.

In the end, he just spread his hands out, looking like a scoundrel.

"Okay, I admit that I don't know the history of your British Empire."

Charlene Lahiri glared at him unhappily, because she felt that Yang Huan's statement about the British Empire was a bit ironic.

However, many British people today do still have such imperial fantasies.

"About a thousand years ago."

"Oh." Yang Huan understood.

But he was a little shocked in his heart. This was an old noble family that had been passed down for a thousand years.

Wow, a true British aristocrat.

“Has there been no interruption in between?” Yang Huan was puzzled. It was more than a thousand years.

"What's the meaning?"

Yang Huan laughed, "I mean, this family has been passed down for more than a thousand years?"

This is incredible.

According to normal logic, a family that has existed for a thousand years must be very large.

"How should I know?" Charlene Lahiri replied unhappily, "I'm not a researcher on this."

After a pause, she continued, "Their family has only been truly prosperous for a hundred or two hundred years, and it has been passed down to him for exactly six generations. Who knows what their relationship is with the nobles of the time of William the Conqueror?"

Judging from her tone, she seemed not very fond of the Duke.

"Why do you give me the feeling that you don't like this person very much?"

Charlene Lahiri shrugged. "Although he has always claimed to be a gentleman and a model husband, in fact, he is not a good person. When he was the assistant chief of staff of the Ministry of Defense, the newspapers published a scandal that he had committed suicide four times in six weeks."

Unexpectedly, Yang Huan burst out laughing after hearing this, "This guy is interesting, I like him!"

What he disliked most was the kind of guy who portrayed himself as a gentleman or a gentleman.

This kind of person appears to be a gentleman on the surface, but often does dirty things behind the scenes.

On the contrary, people with flaws are more real.

But in Charlene Lahiri's opinion, Yang Huan and he are of the same kind.

"goat!"

Yang Huan did not explain, still smiling, "Tell me more."

Charlene Lahri pursed her lips. She didn't want Yang Huan to make a fool of himself in front of others, so she continued.

"He is the richest man in the UK, he used to be a senior government official, and he is a very close friend of Prince Charles. His wife is the godmother of Prince William, and his eldest daughter is married to Prince Charles' adopted son."

Yang Huan nodded continuously as he listened.

Many people say that the British royal family no longer cares about things and even exists only in symbolic significance.

But in fact, the royal family's network of relationships is still spread all over the UK.

"What does he want from you?" Charlene Lahiri was curious.

Yang Huan shrugged, "How should I know?"

At the end, he even laughed triumphantly, "Maybe he thinks I'm handsome and wants to marry his daughter to me?"

"Oh, by the way, does he have a daughter?"

Charlene Lahiri almost burst out laughing.

You don’t even know if he has a daughter or not, and you want to become someone’s son-in-law?

Is there anyone like you?

However, she refused to answer Yang Huan's question.

Yang Huan stood up and said, "Come with me to meet him."

"Me?" Charlene Lahiri was a little surprised.

"Yes, I don't understand all the etiquette in the UK, so of course you have to accompany me!"

After Yang Huan said this, it was really difficult for Charlene Lahri to refuse.

"Then... let's go!"

She was really a little nervous.

He was a duke after all.

Yang Huan looked calm. Under the gazes of the people around him, he walked into the lobby of Wangjiang Pavilion and went straight to the second floor.

On the passage leading to the box on the second floor, a group of people came towards us.

Leading the group was a big fat man.

When he saw him, a word popped into Yang Huan's mind: meat mountain.

He is definitely the type who is so fat that he has to wheeze when he walks.

But the voice was loud, especially the laughter was deep and carried the aura of a superior.

But Yang Huan usually ignores this so-called momentum.

His logic is very simple. I don’t owe you anything and I don’t ask you for anything, so there is no need to be afraid of you!

"Hello, Mr. Yang Huan!" The Duke of Westminster on the opposite side stretched out his big fleshy palm from afar.

Yang welcomed him, "Hello, Your Excellency the Duke!"

The two of them just happened to shake hands at the door of the box.

"Hello, Miss Lahri!" The Duke of Westminster greeted Charlene Lahri who was behind Yang Huan.

But it seemed that he just nodded and smiled, and seemed to be deliberately keeping a distance.

"Please sit inside!" Yang Huan extended his hand and invited you.

The two walked into the box.

The Duke of Westminster's entourage and bodyguards all stood outside the door consciously. Charlene Lahri hesitated for a moment and followed them in. She just listened to Yang Huan's words.

The Duke of Westminster saw Charlene Lahiri coming in, then looked at Yang Huan, nodded and smiled as if he had gained something.

Soon, a waiter brought the authentic Dahongpao tea that was airlifted from China.

Yang Huan asked the waiter to leave and started to make tea. Soon, the aroma of tea filled the air.

"I wonder what the Duke wants to talk to me about?" Yang Huan personally handed a cup of tea to him and asked with a smile.

As the saying goes, one does not visit the temple without a request.

Yang Huan didn't like dealing with people who needed to look up when speaking, so he didn't have much contact with the nobles.

He believed that no one would come to him for no reason.

"It's nothing, actually. I believe Mr. Yang Huan also knows that many Londoners have chosen to live in the suburbs in recent years. Southampton, which is only an hour's drive from London, has become the choice of many people, so there is great potential for development here."

Yang Huan nodded.

"Recently, I received news that Mr. Yang Huan plans to build an offshore football stadium and an underwater hotel in Southampton. Coincidentally, Southampton is interested in renovating the old town along the Itchen River, so I came here!"

He spoke very easily.

But when Yang Huan heard this, he felt that this guy really had a wide network of contacts.

I'm afraid Southampton's new mayor, Terry Matthews, has a good relationship with him.

As a real estate developer, how could it be possible without some government resources?

Soon, Yang Huan thought of another problem.

St. Mary's Stadium is right on the banks of the Itchen River. He said so, could it be that...

"Mr. Yang Huan, I believe we will have opportunities to cooperate in the future!"

Yang Huan shrugged. He really had no interest in real estate development.

Although he had bought some properties in London before and became a landlord, he would still consider selling them once the value of the properties appreciated.

As for real estate management...

Haven’t you heard that the reason why Arsenal is fighting for the top four every year is because they almost went bankrupt due to their real estate business?

"Mr. Yang Huan, I heard that you, Southampton, are planning to recruit one thousand members?"

"Yes, there is such a plan." Yang Huan was a little surprised, but nodded in answer.

"I have three daughters and one son. My only son is 21 years old this year. He is not working and has no talent. But he has been very interested in you and your Southampton recently, so I want to ask if you can help me reserve a place for him?"

Yang Huan found it a little funny. Is he trying to use the back door?

"Don't get me wrong, I definitely don't mean anything else."

The Duke of Westminster seemed afraid that Yang Huan would misunderstand him, so he hurried to explain.

"Although my boy is the same age as you, he only knows how to squander money and doesn't want to do anything else. I only have this one son. He is now the Earl of Grosvenor and will become the Duke of Westminster in the future and inherit the family business."

Yang Huan was puzzled. Why are you telling me so much?

I have absolutely no interest in your family affairs, nor in your son or your daughter.

Generally speaking, nobles have political marriages, so their wives are not that pretty, and their daughters certainly won’t be pretty either.

Our Young Master Huan is only interested in beautiful women.

"I hope that after he joins the Southampton Fan Club, Mr. Yang Huan can give me more advice and teach him more. I hope he can achieve something in the future. I will be very grateful!"

Now Yang Huan finally understood.

This Duke sent his own son to be my younger brother!

Wow, he’s an earl!

I, Yang Huan, want to take a British earl as my younger brother?

That’s awesome, isn’t it?

Quite interesting!

"I dare not say what I would like to say, but to be honest, the main reason I set up this fan club is to gather a group of hardcore Southampton fans, so that we can get together, think about the future, plan our lives, and preferably do something promising and promising."

Charlene Lahiri nearly burst out laughing.

You, the eldest master, haven't even thought about what you want to do with this membership, yet you still say you need to think about the future and plan your life?

Isn’t that too much?

The Duke of Westminster nodded his head, "Well, then I believe that it will definitely help if he joins."

"Then I'll leave a spot for you!"

"No!" The Duke of Westminster immediately shook his head, "It's three positions.

"Three?" Yang Huan was a little surprised.

"I heard that Prince William was planning to join the club. His Royal Highness Charles wanted Prince Harry to join as well!"

This time, Yang Huan really felt his body shaking and his arrogance surging.

Originally he just wanted to bring Prince William over to promote his business, but who knew there would be a buy one get one free promotion.

Think about it, Prince William and Prince Harry have both become core members of Southampton. If Prince William were to take office in the future, wouldn’t Southampton become Royal Southampton?

That's good, at least this is the only team in the UK with the royal name.

Oh no, there's another one, Queens Park Rangers.

But they don’t have a royal title either!

Even though a title doesn't have any real meaning, it sounds really cool when you hear it.

Think about it, which one is more powerful, Royal Southampton or Southampton?

Of course it’s the former!

"Okay, then I'll keep three spots!"

Yang Huan now has a good impression of the Duke of Westminster, but official business must be handled officially.

"But, Your Excellency, we have to agree on these three first. No more than these three, and they cannot be made public."

The Duke of Westminster was a smart man. He laughed and nodded when he heard it. "I understand!"

This time the look he gave Yang Huan was different.

This thing is valuable because it is rare. If anyone can join the association by recommendation, then this association will be worthless.

Yang Huan has his own principles and considerations when it comes to recruiting members.

Yang Huan even had a rough idea of ​​what he was going to use this meeting for.

You can't just collect 100,000 pounds in membership fees a year and then do nothing about it, right?

"To be honest, Mr. Yang Huan, are you really sure that with Southampton's influence, you can attract a thousand members to pay an annual membership fee of 100,000 pounds?" The Duke of Westminster was still a little worried about this.

When everyone heard this, almost everyone shook their heads.

The reason is very simple. Manchester United and Arsenal cannot do it. How can you, a Championship team, do it?

Do you have this kind of appeal and attraction?

Yang Huan also spoke the truth.

"To be honest, I haven't thought about it so much. I'm just trying it out. If I can find it, that would be the best. If not, there's no need to rush. If I can't find it this year, I can try again next year. If not, I can try again the year after next. There's no rush anyway!"