Ryan Kane looked at the boy in front of him with very complicated emotions.
The hatred passed down from generation to generation made him have no good impression of the boy in front of him. But the current situation they faced now left him with no more choices.
In fact, he already regretted it when he said that sentence. Facing a situation where he is surrounded by enemies from all sides, he should not complain like this. In the end, everything is made by oneself.
But regret is no longer useful.
Looking at the boy's cold and distant expression, he also knew that the bad first impression had been created, and it was useless to say more now.
Of course, if you want to soften your attitude now, although it may seem arrogant and respectful, it is still a good decision. At least being aware of current affairs is not a bad trait.
But...he couldn't soften after all.
"Introduction, this is Miss Gemma Farley, my assistant."
Seeing that Ryan Kane was in a tangle that was visible to the naked eye, Luke felt a little curious.
The origin of the other party's unreasonable hatred towards him is actually not difficult to guess. It's nothing more than various grievances and grievances between the above generations or more than a dozen generations of ancestors.
Such things are not uncommon among ordinary people, let alone nobles who regard inheritance as extremely important?
Maybe your ancestors who were more than ten generations ago had conflicts with the ancestors of another family who were more than ten generations ago. In order to ensure the legitimacy of the inheritance, many times. The successor of the next generation and the other party have become natural objects of conflict.
Passed down from generation to generation, it may start out as a squabble, then turn into a personal conflict, and slowly it may turn into a bloody conflict.
None of this is unusual.
But if you really want to talk about it, Luke felt that he was wronged. After all, according to records, people from his team rarely had contact with the outside world. In other words, the blame was most likely carried by the other team, Gunter. But since there was only one single seedling left of the two Gunters, it was hard to say anything.
He is not curious about hatred, it is nothing more than old scores. But he was very curious about the entanglement. What drove the young man in front of him to take the risk to discuss cooperation with him, or even become a vassal?
Gemma nodded to the two people opposite. She was sitting here, being recognized by Luke as an assistant, not a servant, which meant that she didn't have to look groveling in front of these two people.
After all, Luke wouldn't let her do this, and others were even less qualified.
"Hello Miss Farley. Many people have been speculating on your whereabouts after graduation. Unexpectedly, Mr. Gunter took the lead."
Old Lance's gentle and friendly smile was a bit like that of a kind elder.
"The boss just values me. And the employment conditions he offered are very generous, so I have no reason to refuse."
Gemma responded with a look of flawless politeness.
She had no intention of getting too close to old Lance, and most of the industries she would take charge of came from the Lance family. If Old Lance is a smart man, he will naturally not leave any obvious back-ups in these places, or even leave no back-ups at all. But the legacy left by the Lance family’s countless years of business operations is difficult to erase.
Naturally, future development will involve dealing with the Lance family. Now that she is on good terms with the Lance family, even if Luke himself is not worried, from the bottom of her heart, Gemma also thinks that this is irresponsible to Luke.
So she would only be polite to old Lance.
Old Lance's smile remained unchanged, but his overall expression became distant from the closeness before.
"Really? It seems that your ability is indeed very strong, and you are actually so valued by Mr. Gunter."
The two people here were chatting about each other, mainly because they didn't want to make the situation too embarrassing.
Over there, Luke looked at Ryan Kane with a somewhat arrogant expression. The frustration on Ryan Kane's face never left. These two people feel pretty much the same now.
One is always sulking and the other is determined to make the other person happy.
This scene lasted for a long time. So much so that with Gemma and old Lance's eloquence, they were about to bring those useless car talks to a second reincarnation.
The two of them couldn't talk business without Luke's permission. Seeing that the situation was about to become even more embarrassing, Gemma still couldn't hold it back. Under the cover of her robe, she lightly poked Luke with her wand.
Only then did Luke realize, oh yes, there are two more people here.
"Hey, Lance, Gemma, you two go talk about the property takeover first."
Gemma was stunned for a moment when she heard this, but before she could speak, she saw Luke's gentle eyes.
"Don't trust people when you employ them, and don't trust people when you doubt them. I believe in you, and I am confident that I can keep your original intention."
The first half of this sentence sounds pretty good. Then in the second half, Gemma rolled her eyes at Luke very rudely.
If you are not loyal, then you will be loyal to me, right...
On the other side, Old Lance glanced at Ryan Kane with secret hatred. This guy's appearance was really not a good thing!
But now that Luke has spoken, he can't say anything else. You can't decide to give the new boss a big blow on the first day you become a vassal.
After the two left, Luke's gentle expression instantly dimmed. Looking at Ryan Kevin who was staring at him on the other side, he chuckled and said, "If you have anything, please tell me as soon as possible. I don't have that much time to spend with you here. If you feel that you If you’re not ready yet, it’s better to go back first.”
"I don't know what the conflict is between our two families, but when you go back and think about it, maybe my place is not your only turning point. The Kane family's tradition shouldn't be like this!"
Luke was very sincere when he said this, even his eyes and emotions were the same, which made Ryan Kane, who heard the sarcasm in his words, a little confused.
It sounds like the other party does have good intentions for him.
So after being silent for such a long time, he seemed to have finally defeated himself, and said calmly: "You are joking, Mr. Gunter. If I had other choices, how could I come to you?"
Luke: "..."
Luke was really stunned. What he just meant was more of urging, he didn't want to continue wasting time with this guy. It is also ironic that a guy like him, who is so indecisive and not like his ancestors at all, can actually become the patriarch of the Kane family.
It's indeed said more euphemistically, but that doesn't mean that everyone can't hear it.
Of course, no one would fall out after saying this. Luke's initial plan was to provoke the other person to talk first. After all, only talking can move things forward.
But I never expected that this guy would be so honest that I couldn't even hear such words.
The Kane family is really in decline.
Luke was thinking about a few things here, and Ryan Kane's mouth was not idle on the other side.
It seemed like he hadn't spoken out his feelings to anyone for a long time, so much so that he could barely control his mouth when speaking.
"It was just a few words of quarrel. Who would have thought that the Bok family actually wanted to push our family to a desperate situation."
"They said I harassed their heir's fiancée. How could I do such a thing! I was just introducing her to the 13 special uses of the portkey in a normal way."
"Now the Bok family seems to be preparing to kill them all. Oh my God, I'm almost going to collapse!"
"None of my former allies were willing to help me, and even the Ministry of Magic was unwilling to help me! Do you know what Connery Fudge told me when I went there?"
"Oh my God, he actually told me that this matter would be difficult to handle! He had no regard for our long-term friendship!"
"I slammed the door and left in anger. The Kane family would not say another word to such an ungrateful person, so I burned all the letters he sent me later."
"The Nott family is pretending to be a peacemaker, ha! Who doesn't know what old Nott is like! His two sons are not good people either!"
"I didn't pay any attention to it. I just closed the door and thanked you!"
He became more and more excited as he spoke, and Luke looked strange when he heard it. Looking at Ryan Kane's expression, he became more and more subtle.
After the excitement, Lai En's mood gradually dropped.
"But I still have to find a way to communicate with others, and the door keys have to be sold. I also have the idea of researching new door keys. But the money is not enough..."
At this time, Luke suddenly raised his hand and raised his palm towards Lain. Signaling him to stop.
Lai En was surprised, but stopped anyway.
"In short, you have offended someone and can't sell the door key. Come to me now, right?"
Luke summed it up with a serious look on his face.
He was really fed up with this guy's long speeches, which kept missing the point. The more he talked, the more desperate Luke felt.
If the person in front of him is the average level of the current nobles, then he might as well stop trying to win over any pure-blood nobles and simply raise nobles from pure-blood families.
Things are difficult? Then don’t do it?
What is this? If someone wants to negotiate a condition with you, if the negotiation fails and they fall out, that's normal. But you don’t know that people want to negotiate terms with you, isn’t it a bit...
"right."
As if he had vented the anger in his heart, Lai En's face once again returned to that slightly indifferent tone, and his words were concise.
"OK, no problem. Do you want me to invest? Or do you want me to help with distribution?"
As soon as the words came out, Luke patted his head, shook his head helplessly and said: "I'm confused. If it's just this matter, you can go up and talk to Gemma yourself."
It must be a good thing. In fact, this is what the Bock family should be interested in, but they never expected that the guy in front of them is somewhat powerful. Now I guess the Bock family is also having a headache.
And there was actually something about the Knott family involved, which Luke didn't expect. Old Nott looked inconspicuous, but he didn't expect to be involved in so many things. At this point, his second son, Theodore Nott, and he thought nothing of it.
"I knew I was right to find you! Although the Gaunt family is petty, crazy, and love to show off, you value your promises and are rich! Old man Nott never thought that I would find the person he didn't want me to find! "
Ryan Kane looked overly excited once again. And this time, what he said still contained a huge amount of information.
Luke was stunned for a moment, then frowned.
Old Nott...what does this mean?
But Ryan Kane looked troubled: "But I don't just want you to sell me portkeys."
Luke frowned and said, "What else do you want?"
Luke didn't want to get too involved with him right now. This guy's words are missing. It's obvious that his previous indifference was both a disguise and a layer of protection for himself. The person who developed this habit for him really had good intentions.
"I heard that the Gaunt family has some research results on portkeys. I'd like to take a look."
Lain looked serious, and Luke looked speechless.
He didn't speak but just moved his body back, then raised his head and looked at Ryan Kane in a condescending manner.
But Lai En didn't react at all. She was still looking at him with an embarrassed look, and deep in that embarrassment, there was still a little bit of hope.
Luke felt like he was holding back internal injuries.
"So, what's the price?"
Luke said somewhat helplessly.
"Let me show you, yes, the price, give me a price I can accept."
In fact, the price of handing over the distribution rights of special door keys to Luke was already high. But Luke still wanted to squeeze it out, maybe he could get something out of it.
"What else do you want? I don't seem to have anything to give."
Laien's face was stern, looking inhumane.
Luke touched his chin and made a thinking expression. After a moment, he frowned and said, "How about technology exchange? I can..."
"impossible."
Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted directly by Laien.
"Well... why? Why do you refuse so simply?"
Luke was not puzzled or refused, but it was still strange for him to reject him so simply. Especially when you see that there is no color of anger in Lai En's emotional dust.
"My family told me. If someone wants to exchange your technology with other technology, don't agree."
Lai En's expression was troubled when he said this.
He is not averse to technology exchange. He didn't think anyone else could surpass him in the technology of special door keys, but since this was a request from his family, he had no intention of rebelling.
Moreover, his family said at the time, "Stay away from this guy who offers you technology exchange." Unfortunately, he can't refuse Luke now. Otherwise, you are really pushing yourself towards a dead end. So he chose to compromise once.
Luke, on the other hand, looked at the expressionless Laien.
"Then how about we do this..."
