Chapter 1854 - 684: Sophia’s Special Encouragement!

Chapter 1854: Chapter 684: Sophia’s Special Encouragement!

Catherine is a typical European; they hold a superiority in front of Huaxia people, yet deep down they greatly fear those Huaxia people who possess real power.

After all, Huaxia not only was the world’s number one powerhouse for a long period in history, but in recent decades, it’s also the only nation that has defeated the Beautiful Country militarily.

So after listening to Zhang Jingdong’s words, Catherine confirmed that Zhang Jingdong is one of those truly formidable Huaxia people, thus slightly altered her attitude towards him.

"What you say makes some sense, but I still don’t favor your relationship with Sophia because fundamentally, you are not the same kind of person."

Zhang Jingdong saw she was still somewhat stubbornly recalcitrant, so he stopped indulging her: "Napoleon once swept across the entire European continent, so when he attacked Russia, he still believed he would achieve ultimate victory."

"When the United States fought with our country on the North Korea battlefield, MacArthur once said they would end the battle before Christmas, but in the end, they signed the armistice agreement."

"What I want to say is, these words from the Western big shots may not necessarily come true, so your words may not necessarily either."

"You..."

Catherine completely did not expect Zhang Jingdong to dare confront her like this, yet she had no means to retaliate.

Though she is a princess, she has no special privileges. Moreover, Zhang Jingdong is someone who can spend 5 to 10 billion US Dollars buying a vineyard, so she basically couldn’t do anything to him.

Plus, he is now her daughter’s boyfriend, if she really went against him, Sophia definitely wouldn’t agree.

Thus in the end, she actually said nothing more.

Meanwhile, Johnson also had no way to do anything about it.

Though he usually dotes on his wife very much, he also can’t afford to upset his daughter.

The key point is, Zhang Jingdong is virtually a replica of his younger self.

He too was born into a fallen aristocratic family; his father even went to be a coal miner back then.

He started from scratch in adulthood, striving bit by bit, ultimately becoming a vineyard owner and marrying Princess Catherine.

But he was nearly 40 when he became a billionaire, whereas Zhang Jingdong is only 20 now, even more impressive than he was back then.

So, regarding his daughter finding such a capable, young, handsome boyfriend, Johnson, deep down, was actually very satisfied.

Therefore, after thinking quickly, he also ended up saying nothing.

Although Sophia usually respects and fears her mother, she ultimately couldn’t bear seeing her mother speak of Zhang Jingdong like that earlier.

She then said, "Mom, Jingdong is the most perfect man I’ve ever met; I like him, and he likes me. Being with him, I truly feel happiness."

"You just mentioned I should definitely marry those so-called nobles in the future, yet you clearly know most of those noble sons are only interested in eating, drinking, whoring, and gambling; why must you insist I marry them?"

"Do you just want your daughter to have that title of noble’s wife and not consider at all whether your daughter will be happy then?"

Catherine stubbornly responded, "You are still young; there are many things you don’t understand."

"Do you think it’s just the title of noble’s wife? It also represents wealth and social status accumulated over several or even a dozen generations."

Zhang Jingdong suddenly laughed: "Auntie, it seems that those who can inherit both of these at once are only the royal family of the United Kingdom, right?"

To his surprise, Catherine said coquettishly, "Yes, I want Sophia to marry into the United Kingdom’s royal family; do you think my daughter doesn’t have the capability for this?"

Zhang Jingdong, not backing down at all: "If that’s the case, let’s do this, Auntie: let’s set a five-year timeline. If within five years my influence worldwide surpasses the prince of the United Kingdom’s royal family, then you let Sophia marry me."

"And if I can’t achieve that, I’ll automatically step back; how about it?"

"What did you say?" Catherine blinked rapidly: "Within five years, you want your influence to exceed that of the United Kingdom’s royal prince? Ha, are you joking? Do you know how enormous the influence of the United Kingdom’s royal family is?"

Zhang Jingdong shrugged: "Not that great, right? At least they don’t dare to slap the Beautiful Country’s president; they can’t casually take out 10 billion US Dollars, while I will be able to."

Catherine was completely stunned by Zhang Jingdong’s arrogance.

She was slightly shocked, then sneered, "Young man, you are ridiculously arrogant! I heard you Huaxia people are very humble, but I didn’t expect someone like you!"

Zhang Jingdong smiled and shook his head: "Auntie, I’m afraid you don’t really understand us Huaxia people."

"We do indeed admire humility, but our humility is all built on a base of incredibly strong self-confidence."

"For instance, when we say we still need to strive to catch up with world-class countries in every aspect, the true meaning of that is we strive to build our nation into the world’s most powerful country."

"In other words... we don’t even take the Beautiful Country seriously!"

"To give a simple example, when we were preparing to establish our nation back then, the United Kingdom, to provoke us, sent their HMS Amethyst to conduct so-called freedom navigation on our Yangtze River."

"We issued repeated warnings, but the Ying Country people were still lost in their Sun Never Sets Empire dreams, thinking we wouldn’t dare touch them. But in the end, we directly sank their warship!"