Chapter 390: Harrods

At 9am, Edward left the Kenndini Investment Bank building. Zhou Ming was not surprised by his departure. After all, as the governor of this state, he had already been been gone for too long. There must be a lot of things piling up in the state government for him to deal with. The fact that he can wait until now to go back and deal with them is already proof that he is very calm.

However it also shows the pressure the Candini family is under. Otherwise, if it were revealed that the governor had left his post for so long to attend to family matters while in office, Edward's position as governor might not be secure.

Zhou Ming stood by the window, watching Edward's car leave the building. Then Zhou Ming sat down, still holding Caitlin's photo in his hand. Zhou Ming looked at the photo and smiled helplessly, 'I never thought that after so long, our meeting halfway around the world would turn out like this!'

At this At that moment, Zhou Ming's phone suddenly rang. When he took it out, he saw that it was a domestic number, which surprised him.

Zhou Ming immediately answered the call, and a sinister voice came from the other end: 'Zhou Ming, do you know who I am? I've come to take your life. Are you afraid?'

The voice was speaking Chinese, but that didn't matter. After hearing this voice, Zhou Ming suddenly lost interest: 'I'm afraid of your sister! Young Master Du, have you never studied geography or something, and don't you know that there is a 12-hour time difference between the mainland and the United States? It's nighttime on the mainland, and it's daytime here, with the sun just rising over the horizon!'

He feels a little embarrassed: 'It seems that's the case. I'd forgotten about it, but we haven't been in touch for a long time. It's a bit of fun to tease each other every now and then to cultivate our relationship. Can you not be so serious?'

'You You, you called so quietly, I saw the domestic number and thought something had happened at home, it scared me, I was just being polite not to scold you to no end!' Zhou Ming said unkindly.

Zhou Ming Of course, he was just saying that. After all, he had been away for more than a year, and he still missed the mainland. Not only his parents and Su Han, but also his former very close friends. Even though San Francisco has a large Chinatown, it is still incomparable to the mainland. Now that I suddenly received a phone call from an old friend from the mainland, I can't help but feel nostalgic and emotional. And the one who called today was Du Peng, the red scion of Yanjing.

'Okay Okay, I was wrong. You mustn't take it personally,' Du Peng apologised to Zhou Ming.

'It depends on my mood,' Zhou Ming said. 'But Du Peng, why did you think of calling me today? Is there something going on?'

Hearing Zhou ask, Du Peng suddenly became serious: 'Zhou Ming, from now on I'm not joking with you. You must remember what I'm about to say because my grandfather told me to call you and I have very important information. First you have been invited back to Brighton by Massachusetts Governor Edward, right?'

Zhou Ming nodded and replied, 'Yes. He was not surprised that the country could keep track of his whereabouts. After all, he had led the finance class and was a national treasure himself. Moreover, it could be seen from the past experience of bringing scientists back to the country that Huaxia was still very effective on the special operations front.

Subsequently Du Peng continued: 'In recent months, the Kennedys have been suffering greatly under the pressure of the Addams family, and various industries have suffered huge losses. Therefore, Edward took the initiative to invite you back to Brighton to solve this problem.'

Du Peng said a pause, and then said: 'In fact, there was no problem, but you have to be careful of a woman living with the Adams family...'

Zhou Ming was a little surprised to hear what Du Peng had said, so he immediately picked up where Du Peng had left off and said, 'Du Peng, don't tell me the name of this woman is Tracia Caitlyn.'

This This time, Du Peng was surprised. He said incredulously, 'Zhou Ming, how do you know all this? You haven't had contact with that woman, have you? But you just arrived in Brighton, haven't you? Judging by the time, even if you had this idea, you wouldn't have had the time.'

Zhou Ming told him, 'Du Peng, don't guess and think blindly. I really don't have the time, but that doesn't stop me from guessing the name, because I just learned about this person from Edward. What's wrong with this person? who is she? Why did you and Edward both mention her, and why did you make a special trip to remind me over the phone?'

'I didn't realise you were moving so quickly. Zhou Ming, you don't know who she is? Did Edward tell you her name and nothing else?' Du Peng asked.

'Well No, it's just that I met this girl once before, so Edward didn't mention her by name...'

Du Peng suddenly remembered something, so he interrupted Zhou Ming and asked, 'Zhou Ming, you said you met her once? Could it be the time you and Xiaohan came to Beijing four years ago? You said you met a very beautiful foreign girl at Peking University, and this is Caitlin?'

Zhou Ming admitted without any hesitation, and Du Peng let out a gasp. 'I never thought that the girl you met that time was actually Caitlin. This is a bit too amazing, because of her special status, she generally doesn't leave the United States, or rather, she is not allowed to leave. Only once did she leave the United States due to a special mission...'

Du Peng suddenly understood something: 'I see, no wonder the file says that Caitlin's personality changed significantly four years ago. Could it be that your boss, Zhou Ming, trained her?'

He had to have to say, as a 21st century Internet pervert, when he heard the word 'tune up', Ming Zhou's evil nature made him evil for a moment out of politeness, and then he said, 'What's this about tuning up? Who is this Caitlin you're talking about? Edward Edward said he wasn't sure, but he did tell me that this girl has an exceptionally high IQ and was involved in the financial warfare of the former Soviet Union and the financial activities of the Gulf War.'

'As As for her identity...' Zhou Ming said, 'I feel like he has some concerns.'

'Of course he has concerns. After all, the psychology of power and privilege among Westerners is very serious. We would say that princes and kings have the courage to act, but they don't think so. They think that the power of the aristocracy is very sacred, so even someone like Edward would fear the aristocracy. This is a fundamental conflict of ideas, and it is difficult for us to understand anyway,' said Du Peng.

Zhou Ming nods thoughtfully: 'That makes sense. Otherwise, there would be no such thing as a family ruling a region in the West for thousands of years.'

Zhou Ming then added, 'But after all, this is no longer the era of feudalism and separatism. Although those overly powerful nobles still retain their own fiefdoms, the average or fallen nobles are probably just like ordinary people. Since people like Edward still have such concerns, it proves that Caitlyn's identity is not simple.'

Dupont told Zhou Ming: 'Yes, her name is actually strictly speaking should be called Theresia Katerina F Harburg, she is the first heir of the Harburg family, and can also be called a princess. And this F is the family crest. It is said that in Europe, only those ancient and very prestigious families are eligible to be given a one-letter symbol, just like the Poms of the French Pommier dynasty in those years, whose title is D.'

With Dupont's explanation, Zhou Ming suddenly understood why Edward would be concerned. It was indeed because this Lady Caitlin came from a very important family.

Anyone anyone with even a passing knowledge of European history will have heard of the House of Habsburg, as it was once the royal family of the Holy Roman Empire, with a territory that encompassed almost the whole European continent. It was the most famous royal family in Europe, and it was only after the First World War and the dismemberment of the Austro-Hungarian Empire that the family gradually disappeared from people's view.

However, Zhou Ming understood that this so-called disappearance was only a matter of these families going low-key. Just like the Pong family, who once ruled France, they were not down and out after being driven from the throne of royalty. but transformed the wealth they had accumulated through their rule into a merchant business. In modern times, they have been dedicated to developing France's high-end champagne and wine brands. It is said that the leader of the French wine industry association is the head of the Pombal family.

Since the Pombal family has successfully transformed into a conglomerate, then Harburg, which has a longer reign and greater political wisdom than the Pombal family, is certainly not bad.

'In fact, in the end, what Edward was afraid of was not necessarily Caitlin's noble title, but the power of the Harburg family behind her.' Zhou Ming speculated.

'Maybe,' .' Du Peng said, 'That's why my father told me to be sure to tell you, with regard to this Caitlyn, if you can avoid conflict with her, don't have any conflict with her, otherwise it will be very troublesome, and I don't know how much energy the Harburg family behind her is hiding.'

'So there's there is such a thing, that is something I really don't know.' Zhou Ming then asked, 'I'm just curious, since Caitlyn's background is so impressive, she helps the US government understand it well, but why does she help the Addams family? And you you also said that Caitlin was living with the Addams family, so she shouldn't have done it.'

Dupeng paused for a moment stuttered for a moment and said, 'I don't know about that, but from what I've heard, the Addams family may be very powerful in the United States, but they're no match for the Harcourt family. Perhaps there's something to do with Western aristocracy that we'll never understand.'

Zhou Ming shrugged shoulders: 'That's the only way to understand it. Just one more thing, Du Peng, are you sure your grandfather told you to make this call so that I wouldn't provoke Her Royal Highness Princess Caitlyn?'

Du Peng was was momentarily at a loss for words: 'Of course, Zhou Ming. Why do you ask?'

'Because I feel that Chairman Du should know me. I'm not the type of person who is afraid of aristocrats. Otherwise, I wouldn't have dared to go against the Tan and Tao families back then,' Zhou Ming said, 'So if I have the chance, I really want to meet Her Royal Highness Princess Caitlyn.'

Du Peng on the other end of the line felt a little awkward: 'I feel like this call was a very bad choice.'

(Those who are interested can find out about those once-powerful European families. Even though those ancient families are still powerful in modern times, they no longer receive media coverage and attention. But they can still be found out.)