American Life

Chapter 140 Fame
Abraham's words made the originally relaxed and happy atmosphere suddenly become serious.

Family inheritance is extremely important for such a huge and intricately connected family. It is not only necessary to successfully complete the transfer of power, but also to ensure that there is no gap between everyone, which is not easy.

"This is too hasty, how could you suddenly arrange this?" Abraham's sister Anna Rossi said anxiously.

"Yeah, brother, I think it's a bit hasty, you are just 60 years old." Senator Nicholas Rossi also said.

But Abraham's youngest brother, Arnaud, who was devoted to business, did not speak, but gave his two sons a look.

In addition to Abraham's siblings, several other elders from the sidelines also spoke up.But they were all rejected by Abraham.

"I failed to leave any descendants, so of course I have to plan ahead. Do I really have to wait until I grow old to watch you fight with each other? I said that the unity of the family must always be the first priority. No one can change this." Abraham said emphatically.

On the other side, Charlie saw the situation in his eyes, and he couldn't help but have some more guesses in his mind.

"This matter has been decided. The next step is a closed-door family meeting to vote on the candidate for the next clan leader. No one can leave early until the final result is reached. Everyone must hand in their mobile phones. It is strictly forbidden to communicate with others. External contact." Abraham put his hands on the table and made arrangements calmly.

Many people working there exchanged glances with each other, wondering what they were thinking.

Seeing this, Charlie stood up directly and said to Abraham: "I want to take Taylor around the manor, so I won't attend the family meeting."

Theoretically speaking, as a member of the family who has been recognized by the family, Charlie certainly has the opportunity to participate in the family's closed-door meetings. However, in this case, it will inevitably make some people unhappy, and the most important point is that Charlie does not want to be involved. This succession battle has only disadvantages and no advantages for him, so he naturally has to use an excuse to leave.

Hearing what Charlie said, Abraham did not stop him and nodded in agreement.

"Okay, let's take Taylor to see the family history."

He is very satisfied with both Charlie and Taylor, and his acceptance is very obvious.

Charlie winked at Taylor, Taylor stood up, and the two walked out of the banquet hall.

"I didn't expect that you would encounter such a big thing the first time you came back." Taylor seemed to be affected by the atmosphere just now and became a little nervous.

"Abraham might have been ill, and it didn't take long before he was anxious to choose a successor." Charlie expressed his speculation.

For the patriarch of this kind of veteran aristocrat, 60 years old is not too old. After all, it is often in the 40s and s that he is honored as the patriarch. Even if it is only the patriarch, ordinary family members have their own careers, but it cannot be denied. If it involves intercourse of interests or conflicts, the patriarch needs to come forward. In addition, it is an Italian descendant family that values ​​​​blood ties. The power of the patriarch can be seen.

By starting to train the next generation so early, he obviously knew that he didn't have much time, so in order to avoid future disputes, he made arrangements early.

If he could think of this, other family members could of course think of it, so he suddenly started a closed-door meeting, confiscated his cell phone, and blocked all contact with the outside world, just to cut through the mess quickly. Abraham really had the means.

The two of them were walking on the flat grass of the manor. They could see many people in the distance, and they also saw Polly among them waving to them.

This group of people gathered together looked a little disinterested, obviously different from the conservative religious people attending the gathering.

Charlie guessed that these people's positions were similar to that of Bully, and they were all representatives of major families. He thought that the "real upper class people" that Bully mentioned were these people.

So Charlie took Taylor over.

"Let me introduce you, this is Charlie Rossi. I believe you have all seen him on TV." Platinum introduced with her special hoarse voice.

These people didn't look at Charlie directly, but they didn't deliberately neglect them, and they were in a state of indifference.

At the same time, with the introduction of Pulley, Charlie also heard a series of prominent surnames.

The first is the four major families in the usual sense, the Adams, Luofu, Kendi and Bushi families.It goes without saying that after many years of deep cultivation, the influence has been significant.

The rest include Carnegie, Johnson, Graham, Ketchum...just pick one, they are all famous names.

Obviously, an industrial fund is not enough to allow so many prominent clans to gather here. It is obviously for Abraham's sake.

In a sense, not being cared about by these people is actually a good thing.

Charlie mingled in the crowd and listened to these people's complaints. There were many conservative religious people coming to the party this time. The minority obeyed the majority. They must also abide by the rules and regulations, and they were not even allowed to drink alcohol.

"Why are you the only one coming out? Where are the others?" Polly asked casually.

"I came out for some air." Charlie responded with a smile. Naturally, he wouldn't say much about the family meeting.

But just because he didn't say it, it didn't mean that these people couldn't receive the relevant news.

Just a few minutes later, someone received the call. After hanging up the phone, he hurriedly announced the news to everyone.

"Big news, the old pastor of the Rossi family is retiring!"

These words were no less than throwing a bullet in the crowd, and immediately everyone started to discuss fiercely. Many people received calls from the family and ran to the side to communicate, and Boli was one of them.

"My CEO, you didn't receive the news in advance and chose to stay out of it, right?" When she came back, Bully set her sights on Charlie.

"Sorry, I have a low status and am an unpopular adopted son. I can't speak at all." Charlie responded with a smile.

In my heart, I was glad that I quit early, otherwise Cox’s Platinum alone would have been enough for me to drink a bottle.

"You run quite fast." Pulley patted Charlie on the shoulder and sneered.

Caring is caring. After all, those present are outsiders, so they can only wait for the result honestly.

This wait lasted three full days.

Except for the waiter who served the food, no one could enter the banquet hall, even the private secretaries of the elders in the family were blocked outside.In the middle, Abraham came out several times and continued to maintain the meeting, but he did not talk about the industrial fund.

The children of the aristocratic families naturally want to meet the new patriarch and don't mind waiting a few more days.

And Charlie could only stay in the manor. If Taylor hadn't been by his side, he wouldn't have known how boring he would have been. In addition to walking around with Taylor on the first day, he had in-depth exchanges with Taylor in the room for the next two days. He taught her a lot of new knowledge, which made the little girl scream and accuse Charlie of not taking the usual path.

On the third night, Charlie got the news.

After a long period of back and forth, the next head of the family finally has a confirmed candidate...

(End of this chapter)