In mid-May, St. Jose was preparing some important academic papers for publication.
Elena had graduated normally from the Department of Physics at the University of Buenos Aires at the end of last year and received a master's degree.
I stayed with him at home today and studied together.
St. Hesse rarely goes to the University of Cambridge library and usually studies at home.
The study room this time is about 100 square meters, occupying half of the 6th floor. There are 8 large bookshelves installed here, each of which can hold thousands of books.
San Jose is now recharging his batteries at home, and some books from special channels have also been arranged.
He found that he was more productive at home,
Elena was at the desk, looking at Saint Jose from time to time. She seemed to want to imprint the way he was studying seriously at this moment in her brain.
The phone in the study suddenly rang. Saint Jose stood up and picked up the phone on the wall.
"Cohen, are you at home?"
It was the familiar voice of Professor Pukins.
"It's me, Professor."
"I have added your list to the quota for graduation in the first half of the year. Now you can start preparing for your graduation thesis defense. You will hand the thesis to me in 10 days. You will have a unified defense in 15 days and graduate in 16 days."
Professor Pukins spoke much faster than usual and seemed more anxious.
16 days later, isn’t it June 1st?
Graduation on Children's Day is a bit interesting.
"Oh, okay, Professor."
Saint Jose thought for a moment and responded.
"It's nothing, I'll hang up now."
"Okay, Professor, bye."
After hanging up the phone, St. Hesse thought, wouldn't he have to defend his graduation in the second half of the year? This is half a year ahead of schedule. What's going on?
"Hey, I'm Cohen. Go and investigate if there's anything wrong with Professor Pukins."
"Yes, boss."
After hanging up the phone, Saint-Jesse also started preparing for his graduation thesis. He had been preparing for this, so 10 days would not be a big problem.
He suddenly felt a little dazed. It seemed that he had indeed completed the basic requirements for graduation. He had also published several academic papers, and had the qualifications to study at Harvard in the United States. He basically met the graduation requirements.
Now that I can graduate, I have to notify the Radical Party and we can’t miss the opportunity.
Because I went to the United States last year and handed over my position in the Propaganda Department, I no longer hold a position in the Radical Party, but my qualifications are still there. It should be possible to directly arrange a branch leader, and it doesn't need to be a high level anyway.
"Cohen, can you graduate now?"
Elena next to her also asked.
"Oh, yes, you can graduate. I'll tell you later. I'll make a call."
When Saint Jose returned, he suddenly thought that since he had graduated, he should arrange things soon.
St. Hesse looked in the phone book and saw the number of the Putrajaya Radical Party and needed to dial the transfer.
"Hello, I'm St. Jose Cohen, help me pick up Mr. Lewis, the director of the office."
After a while,
"Hey, Cohen, what's the matter?"
Louis asked calmly,
"The situation is like this. I will graduate in the second half of the year and you can help me make arrangements."
St. Hesse didn't have much emotional ups and downs and spoke directly.
"Oh? Okay, congratulations. This is no problem. We have already identified a few members of our Radical Party. You just need to perform well then. By the way, it is best to get married. I heard that you have a girlfriend. You can consider directly Marriage is a campaign point, so congratulations in advance, Mr. Congressman."
Louis seemed to be in a good mood after hearing the news, and even made a little joke with him.
"Okay, Mr. Lewis, I'll take a look."
San Jose finally calmed down after hanging up the phone.
To be honest, going to school for more than two years is indeed a big improvement, at least for him.
"Elena, I'll cook whatever you want to eat, and I'll ask Mrs. Anna to buy groceries for me."
Anna is a cook recruited by the Falcon Bureau for him. She will help him cook some meals and is also responsible for the purchases at home. The refrigerator at home actually has some vegetables and the like. The fresh ones are better and generally suit his appetite. , San Jose will also let him cook some Chinese dishes.
"Well, everything is fine. By the way, Cohen, when will you come to my house."
"Elena, let's get engaged after I graduate."
Saint Jose spoke, speaking in a firm tone.
Since you are getting married, you should choose Irina. Relationships can be continued to be cultivated. There is no one more suitable than her.
Saint Jose walked towards Elena with a smile, "Can you?"
He kissed her forehead.
"All right."
Elena blushed and nodded.
"Do I need to meet in advance?"
"You can go have a meal first."
"Okay, I'll take you back after dinner."
"good."
St. Jose asked Mrs. Anna to buy some materials suitable for barbecue. He suddenly wanted to have barbecue, and hot pot was also good.
"Mrs. Anna, call Luke and ask him to buy a barbecue grill and a hot pot stove together. Let's have a barbecue together."
Luke is his butler, responsible for managing the daily life of his family.
"What is a hot pot boiler?"
Well, Argentina doesn’t seem to have this vocabulary.
"Just buy a pot and ask them to clean the rooftop balcony."
The upper floor of the seventh floor is actually not a completely empty platform. There is also a shed there, which is perfect for having a beer and a barbecue in autumn.
"Would you like to buy some beer, sir?"
"Forget it, let them go to the warehouse to get a few boxes of Mirinda soda and put them in the refrigerator to chill."
"Okay, sir."
The servants, butlers, and Delta Falcons who stayed behind at the San Jose home.
We had a barbecue on the rooftop terrace of the seventh floor.
Watch the chicken drumsticks grilled and sprinkled with simple spices.
"Not bad, the roast is good."
Saint Jose praised.
“The grilled corn is delicious too.”
"The pork belly is also very good, and it goes really well with ice soda."
"You all come over and eat and bake together."
Luke arranged four or five grills and "fire pits."
Shabu-shabu mutton, shabu-shabu tripe, grilled oysters, grilled bacon, grilled squid...
The barbecue dinner ended with laughter.
Asking the Delta people to send Elena home, Saint Jose started some plans,
…
There are only more than ten days left,
St. Hesse prepared and studied seriously, and finally wrote his eloquent graduation thesis of tens of thousands of words day and night.
After successfully passing the defense of his graduation thesis, he learned that Professor Pukins had been appointed to the post of Justice of the Province of Buenos Aires.
It happened to be that he was to take office at the end of June, and since no one from the law department would help him in the future, he might as well let Saint Jose graduate half a year ahead of schedule.
Moreover, things like graduation still require a lot of procedures. When the time comes, it may take a lot of time to get through.
St. Jose cannot afford to waste it, opportunities are easily missed, and time is precious before real chaos occurs.
He was extremely grateful.
June 1, graduation ceremony.
St. Jose was wearing a bachelor's uniform, sitting quietly in the corner, listening to the principal's speech and shaking hands.
Elena sat next to him, wearing a light blue dress.
St. Hesse's face was calm. The number of graduates in this batch was not large, only about 100.
Sanjesé saw a few familiar faces.
Guevara, a medical graduate? It looks familiar.
"Elena, is that Guevara?"
"It seems to be Ernesto Guevara, from the Lynch family of Rosario, I guess. My father had some contact with them."
"Oh, you know him."
"Of course, he is still a popular figure in the Department of Medicine. He is as handsome as you. He is almost the same as you. He is not in school all year round. By the way, he seems to have taken a leave of absence. You don't seem to be counted. I thought about it. He returned to Argentina in September last year, and you seemed to have left in August."
Damn, it’s really Guevara.
Saint Jose was also somewhat excited to see the real-life version, which can be regarded as a cultural symbol for later generations.
"How do you know so clearly?"
Saint Jose couldn't help but feel a little bit tasteful.
"My cousin is his crush. She is a senior in the Department of Commerce at the University of Buenos Aires. She is always chirping. She seems to have graduated. By the way, her name is Delia Lillis..."
Damn, it’s the senior sister again. Saint Jose was a little stunned. This Delia couldn’t be the one he knew.
Buda is really small...
"Well, I was definitely in school too little."
"A lot of girls like our Cohen."
"Lilith, here!"
Elena said playfully, then waved her hand behind.
A girl wearing a black academic uniform walked over. She was indeed a senior!
"No, no, I only love you, Elena."
Saint Jose replied absentmindedly, hugging Elena to prevent her from seeing his face, otherwise it would definitely be embarrassing.
"Cousin, are you finally going to introduce your boyfriend?"
Delia walked over, the corners of her mouth raised slightly, pretending not to recognize Saint Jose.
"Ah, actually I don't know if I can get to the end. Cohen plans to marry me."
"Hahaha, I didn't expect that my junior brother would become my brother-in-law..."
"So you know each other, but Cohen is not a law major, and he is often away from school."
Elena was also a little confused.
To be honest, she rarely saw Saint Jose in school. Even though the school had his reputation, like Guevara, he only heard his voice but never saw his person.
"Ah, actually I have known Senior Delia for almost two years."
This is like the circle of friends in later generations. When a new friend is added, I find that he has appeared in the circle of friends of several of his friends.
There were only two to three million people in Putrajaya, so it seemed quite normal. After thinking about it for a while, Saint Jose thought that there was nothing wrong with it.
He has lived in two cities with a population of nearly 20 million. This is not quite normal. Even the small eighteenth-tier city where he came from in his previous life had a population of four to five million.
Moreover, I am indeed not very familiar with Elena, and have not investigated her carefully, but I vaguely feel that she is a rich woman, and her family is also very powerful.
And it's really not bad, at least we get along very comfortably. It doesn't matter whether the family is wealthy or not, and whether the family is powerful or not.
I, Saint Jose Cohen, am a wealthy person myself.
In the end, he did not go in front of Guevara, and the incident happened so suddenly that not many people knew that Saint Jose had graduated.
Many people from the New Youth League came over to congratulate him, and the momentum was so loud that everyone looked at him with some suspicion.
There were Wolf, Eddie, Kim, Powell, Cicero, several familiar teachers, many members of the New Youth League, and many classmates from the class.
"Cohen, happy graduation."
Everyone said in unison, and then everyone gathered together to take a photo.
Two graduates, Saint Jose and Delia, stood in the middle. Next to him stood Elena and others.
"Haha, be happy. Let's have dinner together tonight. I'll treat you."
"Great."
Saint Jose found a hotel nearby and had a light meal in the hotel.
Amidst the farewell blessings, Saint Jose also lamented that he had graduated.
…
In June, Saint-Jesse also learned about the city where he was going to campaign.
Let him run for election as municipal councilor in Puerto Blanca at the end of August.
The city's name means "White Bay".
Port City, Argentina, is located on the north shore of Blanca Blanca, 900km away from the Port of Buenos Aires and on the southwest side of the Atlantic Ocean. It is the largest wheat export port in Argentina.
Founded in 1828, the port developed due to the rise of agriculture and animal husbandry at the end of the 19th century. It is the shipping center and railway hub of southern Argentina.
Last year the population was only 150,000, which is similar to the upgraded Maria City, but its status is quite important.
Now that you know the city you want to go to.
Then you need to research and prepare in advance.
Saint Jose convened a meeting of the Falcon Bureau and directly arranged an action team to go to the Port of Blanca to collect intelligence.
Delta Security sent 50 people in advance and deployed them to the Port of Blanca.
Prali International has a branch there, and Prali fleet is also one of the home ports.
There are also engagement rings and proposal gifts that need to be prepared carefully.
It was his first time to propose marriage, and he had little experience. To be honest, he was a little nervous.
And he doesn’t have any elders or anything like that.
He simply found young subordinates like Aragorn, who had been married for less than a year, and Lucien from the Coen brothers.
Ask them for advice.
Because there were no suitable elders, Saint Jose finally went to his hometown to find his uncle and uncle, who was barely qualified.
Although St. Hesse's parents have passed away, there are still relatives in my mother's family. In fact, there are many uncles and uncles, but the relationship is so bad that I simply stopped calling them.
There is only little contact with my mother's family, and the Harry family of my mother's family seems to be relatively good among families of Italian descent.
Yes, Saint Jose's mother is not actually a Gaucho. Saint Jose's own bloodline is actually quite complicated. Since four years ago, Saint Jose has basically not returned home.
He didn't go back this time, he just planned to go home and visit after the engagement.
Mother's John family can only be said to be a small family, but there are six or seven cousins.
In fact, families like San Jose are very rare among Gauchos. After all, a family of three was very rare in the late 1930s, even in Argentina in the 1950s.
It's just that it's rare for Saint Jose to not go back to his grandparents' house for several years. It has something to do with the customs of the Gauchos, but this custom is not very popular in grandma's house and grandpa's house.
Maybe it's because his predecessor also had a cold nature.
And Aragorn rarely returns to his hometown. In the eyes of the Gauchos, the eagle should fly far away alone and should not be bound by family ties.
This time St. Jose still let Aragorn go. Time was tight and he couldn't make it in time. John's family lived in a small town. St. Jose often went there when he was a child, so he felt at ease with Aragorn's work.
…
June 28,
At 7 o'clock in the evening, he was driving a Mercedes-Benz imported from Germany, wearing a suit, and followed by several cars.
They were Aragorn, Aragorn's mother Mrs. Dirut, and two biological uncles John Rusev and John Cena. A total of five people went to the Sofia family.
Park the car,
We arrived at Elena’s house, a luxurious villa in the upper town of Putrajaya. This is the official residence of the Sophia family.
And was introduced into the study room. Elena's father, mother, and Elena's grandfather were waiting for him. There were four or five brothers and sisters in Elena's family, as well as Elena's uncle, and senior Delia. Cousin Joseph Nick, many other juniors and members of the family did not come. According to Elena, if they all came, there would be at least 80 people.
I heard that Elena also has 4 uncles, 6 aunts, 3 uncles, and 5 aunts, a very large family...
Senior Delia takes her mother's surname, which is relatively rare in Argentina. After all, the awakening of women's power in Argentina only happened a few years ago.
Not many family members came this time, and Saint Jose still felt his palms were sweating.
Fortunately, there was nothing wrong with this dinner, which was good news for Saint Jose.
It's coming to an end soon,
"Good evening,"
Saint Jose stood up and said,
"I hope I won't disturb you, but there is something I must tell you."
He turned towards Elena, looked at Grandpa Sofia who was holding the cane, and said formally.
"I know this is a very old-fashioned approach. Dear Mr. Sofia, I ask you to allow me to propose to your granddaughter. I love Elena and I am convinced that she loves me too. It would be great if you could bless us. Happiness."
Sophia IX is also Irina's grandfather. Currently the most senior person in Irina's family, she is over 70 years old.
St. Jose reached into his pocket and took out a foreign exchange deposit certificate from Barron's Bank and placed it on the table in front of him.
"I plan to use $500,000 as an engagement gift. She won't need any of your money, but we need your blessing."
Now that the peso has depreciated, San Jose doesn’t have much to offer.
Equity? Forget it, if Elena is really interested in managing it, she can just give it to a company.
I'm not short of money or anything, so it's just right.
Nowadays, 500,000 US dollars is not a small amount, and it can barely be obtained.
