“Cheers!”
All six people raised their glasses. The men drank wine, while the women drank beverages.
After drinking a glass of wine, Jack took a bite of the food. He smiled and said, “Johnson, I’ve been your colleague for ten years, right?”
Johnson nodded. “It’s been ten years.”
Jack said with emotion, “I still remember when we ate for the first time, Emma and Cecilia were just kids. In the blink of an eye, they have grown and married. Time really flies.”
Jack pointedly glanced at his son-in-law, Hugo.
Hugo was quick on the uptake. He filled his glass with wine and stood up. He said to Johnson, “Let me drink a toast to you, Uncle Johnson.”
“Hey, you’re being polite.”
Johnson clinked his glass with Hugo’s glass, and they drank it one after the other.
He put down the glass and asked casually, “Hugo, I heard that you’re living in Australia?”
Hugo nodded. “Yes. My father is from Florida, and favonovel.com went to Australia to do business when favonovel.com was young. After that, favonovel.com settled in Australia. He met my mom there and had me after that. I was born in Australia, and I’m an Australian. I have only returned to America with my dad in recent years. I’m currently working in a foreign company as a corporate consultant.”
After favonovel.com finished speaking, favonovel.com seemed extremely smug.
An overseas background, Australian passport, returning to the country for development, and working in a foreign company. These were the favorite terms of American women.
How many women dreamed of marrying such a man?
Jack was very happy.
Johnson, who was opposite them, had a long face. Every year, favonovel.com had to be compared to Jack in every aspect whenever they had a meal together. He won more than favonovel.com lost, but this year was a bit troublesome. That was because the other party had brought an Australian son-in-law to the banquet.
While on his side…
Johnson glanced at Thomas with slight disappointment on his face. Although favonovel.com now approved of Thomas and knew that favonovel.com was a reliable son-in-law, his background and work were indeed too mediocre.
The most important thing was that favonovel.com had married into the Hill family.
How could favonovel.com compare with other people?
Johnson felt unhappy when favonovel.com thought of this. However, Jack also liked to rub his nose in it. He glanced at Thomas and said in a weird manner, “This is the first time I meet you. What do you do for a living?”
Thomas said indifferently, “I work at Shalom Technology, and I’m currently the department head.”
“Oh, Shalom? That’s an incredibly big company, and it is growing rapidly in recent years,” Jack changed his topic and deliberately asked, “I guess the salary for you must be very high, right? You must be able to earn around three to four million dollars a year.”
Thomas shook his head. “No, I have a salary of eight thousand dollars per month. In addition to my bonus at the end of the year, I earn a little over one hundred thousand dollars a year.”
One hundred thousand dollars. It was enough for an ordinary family. But for families like the Hill family and the Robinson family, it was obviously not enough.
Jack innnediately looked at Thomas in contempt. He mumbled, “Eight thousand dollars? What can you do with it? You can’t even buy good quality wine with it. You won’t have any motivation to work.”
The faces of Johnson and Emma darkened.
In particular, Jack’s daughter, Cecilia, added, “Sigh, Emma, you are pretty, have excellent grades, and capable of working. You’ve been better than me in every aspect since we were young. But why did you end up having such a bad taste in men?”
“Hugo only earns more than five million dollars a year, and I already think that he’s not trying hard enough. Who knew you to be worse than me? You married someone who earns eight thousand dollars per month. Tsk. Tsk. Emma, you must be blind to make such a stupid decision.”
“These days, you can earn even more by picking rubbish.”
