Chapter 1791 Future Direction

"Joan, it's rare to meet you. If there is no urgent matter, how about drinking tea with me?"

"Okay." The Countess extended her warm invitation, and Joan of course had to appreciate it.

The carriage stopped outside the door of the Tuileries Hotel. Mrs. Josephine got out of the carriage and walked into the coffee shop holding Joan's arm.

"Joan, on the street just now, I accidentally saw you talking with Trophim in front of the stock exchange. Are you talking about money?"

The Countess held the teacup and stared at Joan with burning eyes.

What she said was light and calm, but her eagerness to inquire about her ex-husband's privacy was already beyond words.

Qiao An laughed secretly, and replied nonchalantly: "I haven't contacted my tutor for a long time. After meeting today, I reported my whereabouts to my tutor during this time, and my tutor casually chatted a few words about spending time with my new girlfriend on vacation. Interesting."

"New girlfriend?" The Countess pricked up her ears, her voice became particularly sharp, with a strong sense of mockery, "Or that Catherine?"

"Which Catherine?" Joan asked back.

The countess put her hands on her chest and made an exaggerated arc.

"Oh, you mean that baroness 'Catherine with big breasts', she broke up a long time ago, I thought you were referring to opera actress 'Catherine with long legs'." Joan added rigorously, "This Catherine is still We haven't broken up, but I guess it will be soon."

The countess took a deep breath, picked up a lump of sugar and put it in Joan's coffee cup.

"Women change so often, Trophim still has time to do other things?"

"The tutor is good at time management, and it's not a big problem to deal with three or five women at the same time. At least I haven't heard that his girlfriends have had any conflicts with each other."

The Countess sneered twice, and stuffed two more cubes of sugar into Joan's coffee cup.

Seeing that the coffee was about to overflow, Joan quickly raised her hand to stop the countess from adding sugar, but she tapped the back of her hand with a clip and gave him a fierce look.

"Joan, you are already a level 9 mage. The number of practice points and papers have already exceeded the graduation standard. What are you doing in school? Why don't you apply for graduation today and kick your unreliable tutor? It's over!"

Joan saw that she was so angry with her tutor that she turned her anger on herself as a student, and couldn't help regretting that the joke went too far, and she shouldn't have mentioned "Catherine" in the first place!

"Ma'am, I can graduate now, but the way out after graduation is a problem."

Joan hesitated for a moment, and finally confided in the countess who treated her like her own sister.

"Sir Custis wants me to work for him after graduation as his confidential secretary."

"This is a great opportunity, Joan, Sir, he regards you as his own son. He is getting old and urgently needs a successor. Most likely, he wants to train you to gradually take over his huge power and network." Mrs. Josephine said seriously.

"However, I'm not interested in business or politics, so I'm afraid I can't live up to Sir Alex's expectations."

"If you like to engage in academics, then you can stay in school and teach. Old man Franklin hopes that you will make such a choice." The countess said with a smile.

Joan nodded, and said softly: "Dean Franklin, the principal and the gentlemen of the board of directors provided me with a letter of appointment with a good salary, and I will be an associate professor. I can be promoted to a full professor immediately, and the school leaders, considering my personality flaws and lack of teaching ability, even granted me permission to only do scientific research and not have to undertake teaching tasks.”

"This is a position tailor-made for you, Joan, you should accept this offer immediately."

Joan nodded, and replied hesitantly: "Whether it's a good job opportunity to work for Sir Custis or to work in the university, I have no reason to refuse, but for some reason, I always feel that something is wrong, and I still don't know why. I can't make up my mind, and I even suspect that neither of these two paths is the life I want... Isn't it ridiculous?"

"Then Joan, what kind of life do you want?" the Countess asked softly.

"Actually, what confuses me is what is the meaning of life." Joan stirred the coffee, staring at the swirl in the cup in a daze.

"Thinking back two years ago, I thought that staying at Leiden College would not be able to solve the confusion in my heart, so I came to Midgard University with this question for further study, thinking that I could find the answer here, but two years later, this The question remains unanswered, and I suspect that neither teaching nor public service will help in its quest."

Sighing, Joan continued: "I also know that these messy thoughts are ridiculous, but until I sort out my thoughts, I would rather continue to remain a student."

"Joan, no matter how smart you are, after all, you are only sixteen years old, and you are still just a big boy in adolescence. The transition from adolescence to adulthood is not only a physical growth, but also a spiritual and ideological pain. It's normal to feel lost."

The countess held Joan's hand, her eyes were full of love and tenderness.

"No matter what choice you make in the end, my good boy, I will support you and be your family forever."

Joan gratefully shook the Countess's hand vigorously. Her thoughtfulness and care always brought him a heart-warming feeling. Perhaps this was the "family affection" he had been missing since he was a child and had always longed for it.

"Madam, let's stop here about me first. You just asked about gold coins, are you also interested in this business?" Qiao An changed the subject in a timely manner.

Madam Josephine nodded frankly.

"My friends at the stock exchange told me that now is a good opportunity to buy gold banknotes, but I doubt whether a piece of colorful paper can really replace the currency functions of gold and silver. Joan, what do you think about this matter?" look?"

"Madam, to be honest, I don't know whether paper money replacing gold and silver coins is the right direction of the development of the times, but I can tell you Professor Moriarty's attitude towards gold money."

Joan leaned forward, pressed against the ear of the countess, and said in a low voice:

"The mentor doesn't care whether the currency reform implemented by the imperial authorities is successful or not. What he values ​​is the heaven-sent opportunity to make huge profits hidden in this trend. Of course, huge benefits also come with huge risks."

"When this crazy gambling comes to an end, most of the participants will lose their fortunes, and only a few winners will have the last laugh. The instructor firmly believes that he will be one of the winners."

"Ma'am, if you really intend to invest in money, the easiest way is to give your stockbroker an order to follow Professor Moriarty's operation completely. In my opinion, this is better than your own It is more likely to make a profit by using your brain or entrusting a broker to trade."