Admittedly, Karl admitted that his fiancée was indeed very big and white, and he sometimes couldn't control the urge to play a few rounds of basketball, but after all, she was his legal fiancée!
What's going on now?
"Mr. Hockley, you've arrived." Facing Karl's green face, Li Qingyuan didn't feel embarrassed at all, but greeted him warmly.
Heaven and earth, he really didn't have the hobby of cuckolding others; he could only blame the sweet and innocent girl for being too proactive.
Anyway, his conscience was absolutely clear; a righteous person like himself could never do anything illegal or disorderly.
Originally, Karl was still wondering about the relationship between Ruth and Li Qingyuan, but seeing Li Qingyuan's behavior, he began to doubt his own thoughts.
Just now, did he see it wrong?
Shouldn't Ruth be giving him a massage?
He must be too nervous. This Mr. Li looks extremely upright, and besides, it seems that Orientals are very cautious about matters of love between men and women. It must be that he is worrying unnecessarily!
As an excellent male second lead, Karl is quite open-minded about Ruth's lifestyle. In the original plot, even if Ruth was having an affair with Jack, he could pretend not to see it.
In the end, it was only when Ruth insisted on having Jack paint her a nude portrait and then deliberately left the painting on the table for Karl to see that he became enraged and abandoned his usual kindness.
After all, no one could tolerate such a thing!
It would be fine if you were having an affair with other wild men outside and causing me to lose face, but you even sent the photo directly to my hands. Killing someone's heart is nothing more than that!
So, after Li Qingyuan spoke to him righteously, Karl said that he was definitely thinking too much.
"Mr. Li, you said that Prince Qing's financial manager is already waiting for your arrival in New York. I would like to ask, do you have any investment plans for this trip to New York?" Everyone on the ship believed the identity that Li Qingyuan had fabricated, partly because the abilities he displayed were indeed convincing.
After all, he had more than a hundred years of advanced knowledge. Although he certainly couldn't explain the details, he could easily fool people in general terms.
What made people even more trusting was that Li Qingyuan said that Prince Qing's financial manager in the United States was already waiting at the port of New York, and as soon as the ship docked, he would preside over Prince Qing's asset investment in the United States, with total assets of up to two million pounds!
Two million pounds is a huge sum of money. Not to mention a mere Karl, even Karl II would have to kneel and speak now.
As for whether the other party was a liar?
The ship would arrive in New York in at most seven or eight days. If he were a liar, who would dare to say such big words?
If he cheated people, could he fly to the sky?
For the sake of two million pounds, Karl decided to define the scene he had just seen as a head massage.
"After these two days of understanding, I believe that the main investment should be in railways and movies." Li Qingyuan flipped out a so-called plan, talking as he flipped through it.
Anyway, no one here can understand Chinese characters. No matter what he writes, these people can only stare blankly.
"Movies? Qingyuan, are you planning to invest in movies?" Before Karl could speak, Ruth instantly became excited.
In this era, movies are still a new industry. It has only been forty years since its invention, an absolute sunrise industry.
Moreover, the film industry is still relatively high-end. Movie stars are basically upright celebrities, and there are very few messy unspoken rules. Female stars are all admired existences, and even if their private lives are chaotic, they will not be as filthy as in later generations.
Especially for Ruth, who is playful, active, and sweet and innocent, making movies is definitely an exciting thing for her.
"That's the plan." To be honest, if the task didn't require him to blow up the Titanic in two days, he would really have gone to Hollywood to make movies.
"Great, how about letting me be the heroine then? I can definitely handle it!" Ruth smiled at him and turned around to show off her figure.
Honestly, although Ruth's waist is a little thicker than those slender waists, she has advantages in other aspects.
Seeing this, Li Qingyuan really let his thoughts wander a little.
With hundreds of years of advanced experience and a thorough understanding of various classic film and television dramas, he could somehow become a Hollywood godfather. At that time, wouldn't various big-name actresses take turns, all different?
He could even switch to male stars if he got tired of female stars!
Forget it, don't think so much. He is an upright person and must not have such dirty thoughts.
"Um, Mr. Li, do you want to know about steel?" Karl was already immune to his fiancée's fuss.
Having such a fiancée, he can only say that he was initially blinded by her bewitching appearance and large breasts.
Someone like her doesn't look like a noble lady at all.
"Steel? This industry looks okay now, but I think its potential is limited, and there is a high probability that it will collapse within the next twenty years." Li Qingyuan shook his head, remembering that this guy Karl seemed to have gone bankrupt and committed suicide by jumping off a building during the economic crisis more than ten years later.
Seeing that the other party had been quite respectful to him these past two days, Li Qingyuan felt that he could at least give him a hand.
Consider it a payment.
"Mr. Hockley, our Hockley Group is currently researching new types of steel. Believe me, as long as the research is successful, it will definitely guide a new round of steel innovation. If you invest now, you can get at least three times, no, five times the return!" Karl absolutely did not believe what Li Qingyuan said about the steel market collapsing within twenty years, but now he was also in urgent need of new investment, because the Hockley Group's research and development had reached a critical moment.
The innovation of any technology cannot be separated from massive amounts of funds. Even if the Hockley Group is a giant in the steel industry, it is still somewhat dwarfed by the astronomical research and development expenses.
Originally, Karl had already planned to give up research and development, but now that he had met a big Qing Dynasty financier on the ship, he would naturally not give up this opportunity.
"Mr. Hockley, I really think that the steel industry is already in a stage of inflation. I think investing in the steel industry is definitely not..."
Li Qingyuan was about to send Karl away, but he was stopped halfway by a report that the other party took out.
"Mr. Hockley, I think the steel technology innovation you just mentioned is very promising. I want to study it carefully!"