Chapter 141 18
Looking at the huge hull of the Europa slowly entering the dock of the New York shipyard, he nodded very satisfied. After the modification of such a big toy is completed, he can take his whole family to play with it all over the world.
Although the speed of the plane is fast, the comfort of the plane in this era is still a big problem. If you are in a rush for work, the plane is naturally the best.
But for a simple trip, it is more comfortable to take a boat.
Especially this kind of giant cruise ship that is bigger than an aircraft carrier.
However, such a huge cruise ship is about to become Josie's personal toy. Isn't this more exciting than the so-called super yachts of those rich people?
Of course, there is a price to pay for being energetic. The construction and maintenance costs of a cruise ship are not comparable to that of a yacht.
If it weren't for the hull of the Europa, it is already ready-made, and only the internal facilities need to be modified, which greatly reduces the cost.
Plus Josie's unrecorded "spare cash" is indeed a bit much.
Otherwise, using this thing as a private yacht, even he can't stand it.
However, this giant ship is not just a plaything. After the power and living and entertainment facilities are refitted at the New York shipyard, the ship will undergo some special refits when it sails to Austria next time.
The reason why this ship has to be refitted in the United States instead of directly in Austria is no way. After all, the shipyards in Austria are still building it. It is a bit difficult to repair a small sampan. A 50,000-ton super giant ship.
France, Britain, and other countries have just finished the war, and the shipbuilding business in their own country is too busy, so naturally they cannot handle such a large order as Josie.
So in the short term, the world has the spare capacity to complete this 10,000-ton giant ship, and only American shipyards.
Anyway, Europa itself also has a power system, but it is a bit behind compared to the post-war level, and it will not be very troublesome to drive to the United States.
"Let's go! Let's go home!" Josie said to Jia Ying beside her.
That's right, it's not just the huge ship Europa that came to the United States this time.
Arriving together, there was also Jia Ying, the butler who had just graduated from the Butler Academy, and the huge four-headed St. Bernard who had been booked by Josie.
In fact, normally speaking, the regular training of the Butler Academy only takes about half a year.
Jia Ying's study often exceeds the standard.
But there is no way. As a person born at the bottom of society in this era, Jia Ying's foundation is too weak, so she has to learn far more than ordinary housekeepers.
It is just language and some common sense of European and American society, and the amount of learning required is not a little bit.
Even if she was able to return from her studies within a year, Linden had found a lot of personal tutors for her, and Jia Ying's awakening of her own abilities brought about almost infinite energy and enhancements including memory and response. The result of comprehensive factors such as physical fitness.
Otherwise, if you are an ordinary person, it will be difficult to produce results without studying for a few years.
However, after returning to Chicago, Josie did not immediately let Jia Ying take over the affairs of the family. After all, she was new here, and it was impossible for Jia Ying to get started with everything at once, so for the time being, she was only asked to get acquainted with herself with the Vito siblings. industry.
Now Francesca is also Josie's housekeeper, but the two are different.
Francesca is only the housekeeper of the Chicago estate and Margot's life assistant.
What Jia Ying wants to do is to be the big steward of Josie's non-commercial industries around the world, so there will not be much conflict between the two.
Margot, as the hostess, was a little wary of Josie's sudden mention of bringing back a housekeeper.
Jia Ying's appearance can't be said to be ugly, but she definitely can't be said to be beautiful, and her figure is also very average.
Not to mention the familiar Margot, even Francesca is far inferior, so Margot just let go of her heart and accepted the existence of the other party.
After all, she still knows Josie's taste very well.
Josie is also a man. Although he is very restrained, sometimes when he meets a more beautiful woman outside, he can't help but take a few extra glances.
Margot is not a fool, so she can notice it naturally, but she will not go to make trouble with Josie because of such a trivial matter.
Compared to Jia Ying's arrival, the four burly but extremely docile dogs are very popular with the whole family.
"Oh, my God, this kid is getting fat again." Josie couldn't help sighing as she picked up her eldest son Mike from the cradle.
"Nonsense, Mike is not fat, but when he is growing rapidly, he will gain weight faster!" Margot rolled her eyes while tinkering with the guest list.
She is preparing the invitation letter for Josie's birthday party, and it will be Josie's birthday in half a month.
Normally speaking, neither she nor Josie has the habit of arranging their own birthdays. At most, they invite some friends who are particularly close to each other.
But this time is different, because this time is Josie's 18th birthday party.
On August 8, 1945, Josie officially turned 18.
In later generations, Americans generally have three coming-of-age rites.
One is 16 years old, because this age is the age for most ordinary Americans to get a driver's license, which is still of great significance, so they will celebrate it.
However, when Josie was 16 years old, it was the end of 1943. At that time, the situation between him and Margot was a little bit awkward, so they didn't make any big arrangements. The two just celebrated in private, and then kept warm for a whole day.
The second is 18 years old, which belongs to the legal age of majority in the United States, and is also very important.
Especially now that Josie's status is not what it used to be, and the relationship between him and Margot has changed from the behavior of a rich woman at the beginning to the relationship between an outstanding young Austrian rich man and a young American widow. beautiful love story.
As for the third coming-of-age ceremony, that is the legal drinking age of 21-but the legal drinking age of 21 was a thing in the 1970s, and now the drinking age in the United States is also 18.
So this third rite of passage does not exist in this era.
"Well, our baby has grown up, not fat, muma!" Josie smiled, and sucked the fat boy in his hand on the face.
This made the baby so unhappy that he howled immediately.
"Look at you, you like to use children as toys when you have nothing to do, and make them cry at once. How can you be such a father!" Seeing this, Margot got angry, immediately put down what she was doing, and snatched it from Josie. The child coaxed up.
Josie smiled resentfully at this. Aren't children born to play with, and if they don't play when they are young, they will not be cute when they grow up.
Thinking of this, Josie couldn't help but turn his gaze to Carol in another cradle.
It turned out that the little girl was much smarter than her brother. When she saw Josie's gaze, she howled immediately, which stunned Josie.
I haven't hugged him yet, and I'm disgusted?
Now it's all right, making the two babies cry, Margot was very angry, and immediately drove Josie, the unreliable father, out of the house while coaxing the children.
"Oh, you are still the most obedient, children are so annoying!" Josie in the yard muttered to himself while stroking a few big dogs that came up.
(end of this chapter)