America's Road to Wealth

Before Joanna.

Abel also already had multiple stewards.

For example, Mrs. Ashman on Anne's side, and Mrs. de Manfin on Jessica's side.

But these two female housekeepers are, to put it bluntly, higher-level housekeeping staff.

They have not received systematic housekeeping training. They are just staff of a high-end housekeeping company hired by Express Company for Abel.

They signed a contract with Abel to work only for him.

But their job is more like high-end maids than housekeepers.

They are all different from Joanna.

The official title of a real butler should be - chief servant.

In the West, after the Victorian era.

The castles of nobles and top wealthy people often have many servants.

The servants, like a small army, have a clear division of labor, and everyone has their own area of ​​responsibility.

The steward leads the servants and assigns work, supervision and acceptance to everyone.

The butler must know even the most uncommon etiquette, know the nuances of the 1831 and 1832 Bordeaux wines, understand the delicacies of various countries in the world, and make every precious furnishing suitable for its place.

Shopping, home finance, laundry, receiving guests, preparing dinners, house repairs, gardening, contacting outside businesses, etc.

All matters related to the owner need to be arranged by the housekeeper, no matter how big or small, to ensure that the entire house runs smoothly.

The housekeeper must know the rules of the game even better than the owner, and he must strictly follow the traditional etiquette requirements for his words and deeds.

Therefore, the best servant has no life of his own. Everything is focused on the house and the master.

Such standards and systems,

In the West, this kind of thinking is very common.

The United States is slightly better, but in Europe it can be said that it has not changed much since ancient times.

It's just that the top class has changed from the aristocrats and kings to the big capitalists now.

There is no difference in essence.

The United States is a little better than Europe, but only a little.

The capitalists here act more rudely and unscrupulously than over there.

Essentially, there is nothing different.

If Abel were still from China, or a proletarian American.

Then face this system, face this nature of the Western world.

He will slander him in his heart, and if he has a chance to resist, he may resist.

But now, even if there is no death.

He is considered a vested interest class in this country.

Their family can already be regarded as agricultural capitalists.

He is not a great man.

Therefore, his butt is naturally on the side of the capitalists.

Faced with this situation, then, faced with the high-quality housekeeping performance that Joanna later displayed.

After experiencing a little discomfort, he accepted it happily.

For example

The two housekeepers, Madame de Manfin and Madame Ashmain, would not be there when he woke up in the morning.

Bring breakfast and the latest newspapers to him on the bed as soon as possible.

If you want them to do this, you must explain it in advance.

Joanna doesn't use it at all.

She has a strong initiative to serve her master.

The key is that this kind of subjective dynamism is still in the right direction.

The newspapers she delivered were the ones Abel read most.

Such as "The New York Times", "Washington Daily", "Observer" and "Bloomberg Business Weekly" and so on.

The breakfast she served was also Abel's favorite soy milk and hamburger.

A bit of a weird breakfast recipe, but he likes these in the morning.

"How do you know this?" Eating a hamburger with soy milk.

Abel looked curiously at the housekeeper who was standing beside the bed with two maids and said nothing.

The latter responded calmly: "I have communicated with Ms. Demanfen and Ms. Ashman."

An explanation made Abel understand.

It seems that before working for herself, Joanna knew that after working for herself.

Obviously she had already known some of her habits in advance.

Now, this is called professionalism.

He commented in his mind, then smiled and said:

"Well. Let's do it. Joanna will be the servant and housekeeper of my other houses from now on.

Also leave it to you to manage. I'll let it go later"

Thinking about it carefully, Abel found that he did not have a great butler-type subordinate.

before this,

In terms of security and travel.

Edward was usually in charge.

In terms of daily life, several housekeepers in several houses are jointly responsible.

Basically not systematic.

It's not old money.

That's why he wanted to poach the corner of American Express and recruit David Jones to be his butler.

Now it seems that maybe David Jones and Joanna can be one outside and one inside.

"I will ask someone to hand over the list to you later. Are you confident?"

"No problem." Joanna responded calmly.

"Yeah." Abel nodded with satisfaction, then quickly finished the fourth burger and drank a full cup of freshly squeezed soy milk, which was estimated to be 1L.

This "gluttony" scene.

The two maids behind Joanna were stunned.

Joanna remained calm and was already considering replacing the two maids.

Or strengthen their training.

But at the same time, she was also surprised by her boss's appetite.

【.In the information, Mr. Smith has a good appetite, which is confirmed to be true. 】

【.It seems that we need to look up professional fitness instructor information near New York for emergencies. 】

Joanna thought to herself.

After all, if you eat like this, you will gain weight sooner or later.

The owner is still so young, so he will naturally need a professional fitness trainer as he gains weight.

After finishing breakfast, Abel lay half-lying on the soft Simmons with great satisfaction.

He unfolded one of the several newspapers Joanna had prepared for him, the latest issue of the Wall Street Journal.

The Wall Street Journal is the largest financial newspaper in the United States and probably the world.

Americans, who are often ridiculed by Europeans for lacking classics and traditions, often say that they also have a few things that have not changed in 50 years.

That's "green dollars, packages of Morton's salt, and the Wall Street Journal."

The latter in this sentence refers to the fact that the Wall Street Journal has been around for more than a hundred years.

But for hundreds of years, its tone has remained the same as that of the last century.

That is, it is still a black and white newspaper.

The flagship daily newspaper of Dow Jones \u0026 Company.

The headlines on the front page of the Wall Street Journal will always be about major international events that can affect the economy and finance.

Like today's front page headline, the title is——

"Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio recently said that the Chinese market provides huge opportunities and is a part that cannot be ignored in the 21st century."

The front page headline of this issue is about China.

In this era, reports about China appeared frequently in newspapers such as the New York Times and the Washington Post.

Usually there is nothing good to say.

But in a newspaper like the Wall Street Journal, which is more financial-oriented.

Content about China is relatively rare.

After all, it is only 2000, and China has not even joined the WTO.

In this era when the per capita GDP of the United States is US$36,000 and the per capita GDP of China is US$959.

In the financial sector, Wall Street really doesn't pay much attention to that.

Unexpectedly, today, the Wall Street Journal reported on China.

It was still the headline on the front page, which made him couldn't help but read it carefully.