The Spencer family is located in the center of London, a certain distance from Buckingham Palace, the Queen's residence next to St. James's Park.
It is different from the current rich people who like to build a large manor in the suburbs. The old residences of British aristocrats are basically located in the center of London.
It can be said that the city of London actually expanded outward around the residences of the former nobles, just like the ancient Chinese imperial palace was surrounded by the residences of civil and military ministers and the people living in the capital.
Therefore, the old residences of famous and inherited British aristocrats are all located in the city center. This is also one of the differences between new nobles and inherited nobles.
Of course, there are also many newly promoted nobles who buy the old houses of declining nobles and live in them to increase their seemingly thin foundation.
Instead of using the Rolls Royce that Dai Er sent to pick him up, several large cars arrived in front of the Spencer family's old house. Spencer, who has always been very low-key in front of the public, actually has guards standing in front of the old Spencer house. This shows what kind of heritage and strength this family has under its low-key appearance.
The iron fence door creaked open, which not only did not make people feel backward. On the contrary, it is like an unfolded ink painting. When cars file in, a historical atmosphere spreads out.
Compared with ancient Chinese wooden buildings, Western castles are basically made of stone. But the Spencer family does not live in an old castle like the European Middle Ages. Although the entire mansion exudes the atmosphere of history, the entire manor is not as heavy as the castle.
After several repairs and renovations, it looks somewhat magnificent. It seems to be a confirmation of the current strength of the Spencer family.
Dai'er opened the car door and stood to greet her. She also had a noodle hair but was dressed very formally, not the usual decadent playboy-like Auston.
"Welcome to the Spencer family as a guest." Alston stretched out his hand and shook Yang Dongxu's hand.
"Thank you for coming out to greet me." Yang Dongxu greeted Auston politely.
Then Yang Dongxu stretched out his hand to greet Dai'er politely, but Dai'er suddenly stepped forward and gave him a kiss. This made the expression on his mouth freeze for a moment.
"Stop talking for a while." Dai'er said in Yang Dongxu's ear.
This made the expression on his face pause for a moment.
The butler led the way and the three of them wanted to go inside, facing the various European-style furniture placed in the rich man's house on one side. There are more antiques displayed in this old house.
For example, oil paintings on the walls, some sculptures and porcelain on the shelves, etc.
Instead of going to the living room, he walked through the corridor and went directly to the dining room. When he arrived at the dining room, Yang Dongxu couldn't help but turn his head and glance at Dai'er. When he was at the door, he was still a little confused about Dai'er asking him to stop talking.
When I came to the restaurant, I saw not only Dale's father Wolf, but also a tall man who looked a bit cold. There was also a very attractive-looking beauty, and their eyebrows were somewhat similar to those of Dai Er and Auston who were following behind. He instantly guessed the identities of the two people.
After all, when cooperating with the Spencer family, he had done some research on this family. Dale's father, Wolf Spencer, was a playboy when he was young.
I have had two wives in total, but before I got married, I already had a son with my girlfriend when I was still in school. The son with a somewhat stern face in front of him is undoubtedly Dai'er's brother, Dean Spencer, the eldest son of the Spencer family. And the other one is naturally Dale's sister Glen Spencer.
"Hello, I'm Dean Spencer, Auston and Dai'er's brother." Seeing Yang Dongxu come in, Dean stood up politely.
The one who stood up with him was Grant, while Wolf nodded to Yang Dongxu as a greeting.
"Hello, Yang Dongxu, Dai'er's partner." Yang Dongxu smiled and stretched out his hand to shake Dean's hand.
This made Grant, who was standing next to him, smile a little brighter for some reason, and then he also stretched out his hand. "Glen Spencer, Dale's sister."
"Yang Dongxu, Dai'er's partner." I don't know if it was an illusion. Zai Gelan only said that she was Dai'er's sister, but did not use Auston's seemingly normal words. But Auston next to him had a flash of anger on his face.
"Take a seat. It's a bit rude to invite you all of a sudden, but I have to see you because of what happened before. After all, your cooperation with Dai'er is about to be signed, so as a father, I hope you can understand his concern for his daughter. "Wolf Spencer said while sitting in the main seat.
"I can understand, after all, what happened before was indeed not that pleasant." Yang Dongxu smiled and nodded to Wolf, indicating that he understood.
Several people began to take their seats. Dean and Grant sat on Wolf's left side, so Auston and Dai'er sat on Wolf's right, and Yang Dongxu sat next to Dai'er.
It seemed to be just an ordinary family dinner. A father who cared about his daughter wanted to see who his daughter would be working with, so he didn't care about the ranking.
"I heard that Mr. Yang also runs two sports teams?" After sitting down, it was obvious that there was no rule of eating or sleeping at the dinner table. So Ge Lan said to Yang Dongxu with a smile.
When Grant spoke, there was no one except Dean, whether it was Wolf, Auston, or Dai'er who was sitting next to Yang Dongxu. The expression on his face didn't seem to be that happy. Even though it wasn't obvious, he still caught it.
"Well, we acquired two teams before, the NBA's 76ers and La Liga's Barcelona." Yang Dongxu nodded.
"These are two top teams. The 76ers are very likely to win the championship this year. And if your team members do not change much, the chances of achieving continuity in the next few years are also very high. And Barcelona not only swept La Liga and the Champions League, but also The stars are shining brightly," Grant praised.
"Maybe I'm lucky. Of course, besides luck, I also have a lot of money. Otherwise, I wouldn't be able to sell so many stars." Yang Dongxu made a little joke modestly.
"Indeed, in addition to luck, you also need money. Otherwise, you won't be able to buy so many stars, and even if you buy them, you won't be able to keep them."
"Are you also interested in the team?" Yang Dongxu felt that Grant seemed to be too enthusiastic about him, so he followed her words and asked.
"I'm not interested in the team, but in the stars. I own the luxury brand Malibu. When I was doing the endorsement survey a few days ago, I was very optimistic about the commercial value of the stars in your team, so I gave I have some suggestions." Grant said.
"That's really a coincidence. I hope there will be a chance to cooperate with you in the future." The smile on Yang Dongxu's face was a little wider, and he seemed to be very interested in cooperating with Ge Lan.
But the smile that just appeared was paused for a moment.
"What's wrong?" His attention was always on Yang Dongxu's face, and they were sitting opposite each other. So Ge Lan captured the subtle changes in the expression on Yang Dongxu's face.
"It's nothing, I just suddenly remembered that when I had dinner with Mr. Roman before, he said he wanted to buy the stars in my hands at any price I wanted." Yang Dongxu prevaricated.
"Mr. Roman is indeed generous in selling stars." Gulen nodded.
"In fact, whether it's the NBA or football, there is a lot of room for market improvement. At this time, as long as the performance of the team is not very poor, it should be able to do well." It was Dean who spoke.
Yang Dongxu glanced at Dai'er from the corner of his eye. The stagnant expression on his face just now was because Dai'er stepped on him under the table.
"Indeed, both the NBA and football have developed rapidly in the past two years. For example, the NBA has opened up the Chinese market, and advertising fees and broadcast rights have been increasing rapidly in the past two years.
Football Serie A is still the world's top league. La Liga and the Premier League, which were previously behind Serie A, have also quickly caught up in the past two years. This also proves that this industry is booming. "Yang Dongxu said.
"The team is indeed a good investment." Wolf, who had been silent, nodded.
Then a few people had some brief talks about the team market, and the dinner was over before they knew it.
After a chat over tea, Wolf politely invited him to stay overnight. Yang Dongxu declined, then got into his car and left.
But as soon as he left the Spencer family's manor, a text message came to his phone. Yang Dongxu signaled the driver to drive into the side road and stop.
After a while, Dai'er drove her car into the small road, then got out of the car and got into Yang Dongxu's car.
"Is something wrong?" Yang Dongxu looked sideways at Dai'er.
Dai'er said nothing and signaled Yang Dongxu to look at the intersection.
A car passed by the intersection.
"Dean's car." Dale said.
Yang Dongxu didn't wait to continue asking.
Behind Dean was another red sports car.
"Glen's car."
Then came another silver-gray sports car. Needless to say, this car must be the car of Del's brother Auston.
"Do you feel anything?" Dai'er looked at him.
Yang Dongxu frowned and said, "The relationship between your family members does not seem to be very friendly."
He felt that Dai'er's family was a little weird at the dinner table before. When he was talking to Grant, Dai'er stepped on him with her foot.
As for his family, they had just left the Spencer Manor, and it turned out that they were a relatively harmonious family at the dinner table. However, just after the dinner, everyone left their home as if they were escaping.
"It doesn't seem like it, but it's really unfriendly." Dai'er said faintly.
Yang Dongxu couldn't help but glance at her in surprise. It seemed that there was no need to talk to an outsider about such family matters.
"Cooperating with you is very important to me, and I don't want anything to go wrong. Or maybe you change partners in the middle." Dai'er spoke as straightforwardly as ever.
"Change a partner, your sister?" Yang Dongxu couldn't help but ask.
"Or maybe it's my father."
Dai'er's answer made a surprised look appear on Yang Dongxu's face again. He originally thought that Dai'er's family was just a family relationship. But as soon as Dai'er said these words, it was obvious that it was not just a matter of family affection.
"Although my father is the head of the family, my grandfather just passed away less than two years ago. When my grandfather was alive, his favorite was my eldest brother Dean.
So now most of the Spencer family’s business is managed by my eldest brother, Dean. Instead of my father taking care of it. "Dai'er told another family secret that Yang Dongxu didn't know.
