Dragon Clan: Lu Mingfei Returns from Japan

Chapter 646 Harem Board of Directors Meeting
Rome, Italy, a sunny morning.

Rome is the capital and largest city of Italy, located in the west-central part of the Italian peninsula, on seven hills in the lower Tiber River plain.

As a world-renowned historical city, this city has a history of over 2500 years and is known as the "Eternal City" by people all over the world. It is also the political, economic, cultural and transportation center of Italy.

The Gattuso family's offices were naturally located in this city.

In an ancient castle outside Rome, laughter and conversation filled the air at a banquet. Frost, the acting head of the Gattuso family, was hosting several guests dressed in traditional Arab robes for an Italian-style breakfast.

The group of guests were from the Qatari royal family. They were discussing a multi-billion dollar project to invest in rich oil fields located underground in Qatar, and the Gattuso family was competing for the exploration rights to the project.

Frost predicts the Gattuso family will profit over $180 billion from this project within five years. More importantly, of course, is the opportunity to gain the friendship of the Qatari royal family. This small country hides countless riches, and there's clearly no harm in befriending such a powerful nation.

The breakfast was enjoyed in a relaxed and pleasant manner, with everyone having a good chat, which Frost saw as a good omen. Big deals won't be made by arguing and haggling at the negotiating table; true entrepreneurs determine the flow of capital with an elegant smile.

"You said you plan to bid for the World Cup in the future? That's a good business opportunity. The direct and indirect revenue from the 2006 World Cup in Germany has already exceeded 200 billion euros. However, building a football stadium in the desert is not easy. I also have some very familiar Chinese friends in the construction industry; their infrastructure is world-class. I've also been to China to watch football matches; their football is very pure." Frost smiled gently.

His secretary, dressed in black and a white shirt, suddenly appeared behind him: "Sir, there is important news."

Frost chuckled. "Percy, there's no important news while we're having breakfast. The most important thing at the table is the guests, and then the cheese on the plates."

He didn't want to be disrespectful to the Qatari royal family. Did the acting head of the Gattuso family need to handle matters while eating breakfast? He needed to maintain his composure. The world revolved around people of power and influence. Even if the world ended, they should pause while they ate breakfast.

But Percy didn't back down; instead, he leaned down and whispered a few words in Frost's ear.

"Angers, that son of a bitch, is a lunatic!"

Frost slammed his fist on the table, overturning the cheese dish, and stormed off without even explaining to his guests. The Qatari royals were left at the table looking at each other in bewilderment.

"Excuse me, Mr. Frost has some urgent business to attend to." After bowing to the group of Arab guests, Parsi explained in Arabic before chasing after Frost.

Upon entering the office, Frost Gattuso saw the same document that had been placed on his desk again: "Opinion Letter Regarding the Early Admission of Lu Mingfei (Student ID AI071721S), a Student in the 'S' Class."

"Has Angers gone mad?"

Percy closed the soundproof door to the office behind him. Frost slammed the file on the table, finally losing his temper and roaring at the decibel level of a jet engine, pointing at the file and cursing loudly.

“Angers inherited Meneke Kassel’s seat on the board of trustees and has the power to convene meetings, but that doesn’t mean he can abuse that power like this. In all my years, this is the first time I’ve seen a board member convene a meeting about student admissions. Does he treat the board like a game? Or are those two girls his illegitimate daughters from China?”

Frost stood with his hands on his hips, his face flushed with anger. Since becoming the representative of the Gattuso family, he had always maintained an impeccable demeanor; to outsiders, the Gattuso family had always been a family of gentlemen, their members all polite and courteous. But he couldn't help but break that facade in this matter.

Percy chuckled silently behind Frost: "If she really is the headmaster's daughter, then things will be easier."

"Yes. If they really are the daughters of that mad dog Angers, then their bloodline is definitely not a problem, and they were recruited ahead of time. But according to the data files provided by Norma, those two girls are practically ordinary people, without any obvious characteristics of mixed race. The only thing in the files that is worth a second glance is that they both have some ambiguous relationships with Lu Mingfei."

Frost, hands on hips, roared, "But what does Angers take Kassel College for? A place to build a harem for Lu Mingfei? The college is paying attention to Lu Mingfei because he has demonstrated sufficient bloodline superiority. But that doesn't mean the college will recruit his girlfriend too. How can the great cause of slaying dragons be treated so lightly? Even if he is a descendant of 'Wind Listener' Lu Shanyan, we can't give him this back door!"

He paced back and forth in front of his desk, furious. "In my opinion, it's time to initiate impeachment proceedings against Angers. Passy, ​​draft a letter for Beowulf. I also need to convene a meeting of the board of directors to discuss replacing the principal! ... Passy?"

Frost turned to look at Percy, whose secretary gave a slight bow but did not act immediately. Instead, she said, "In fact..."

"what?"

“This board meeting was not initiated by the principal,” Percy said calmly, “but by the mysterious seventh board member.”

"Initiated by the seventh board member?" Frost frowned upon hearing this.

“Yes,” Percy nodded and said, “Liu Miaomiao and Chen Wenwen were also recommended by him for admission.”

When Kassel College was first established, it received support from seven European dragon-slaying families. Therefore, after the school was built, these seven families naturally became the seven board members of the Kassel College Board of Trustees, and had management authority over everything in the college.

The Dragonblood Secret Society, a secret organization that has existed for thousands of years, is an elite legion of hybrids that has trained countless brave fighters and possesses an ironclad code of conduct. However, in the modern world, its organizational structure is merely a board of directors for an academy. This is no secret in the hybrid world.

Most of these seven families are also prominent families in Europe. Apart from the Gattuso family of Italy, there is the Laurent family of England, the Valentine family of Portugal, the Gottingen family of Austria, the Beowulf family of Sweden, and the Kassel family of Germany.

The reason why it is said that the vast majority are famous European families is because most people have only heard of the six families mentioned above and know nothing about the mysterious seventh family of Kassel College.

According to some unsubstantiated rumors, this seventh family is a mysterious mixed-race family from Russia.

When Frost heard that his brother Pompey had been the head of the Gattuso family, he had some dealings with the seventh-ranking school board member.

However, since he began acting as the Gattuso family's representative 11 years ago, the Gattuso family has had no further contact with the school board's family.

Although she rarely makes public appearances, the seventh board member still conveys her opinions through Norma whenever a board meeting is held.

This mysterious school board member is also quite wealthy, and his investment in the Kassel College Board of Trustees Foundation is no less than that of the Gattuso and Laurent families.

Families capable of spending such large sums of money at will are few and far between, even among the wealthiest families in Europe. If the selection criteria are further narrowed down to Russia, the number becomes even smaller.

In fact, Frost already had several candidates in mind regarding the true identity of this mysterious school board member. They were all from one of Russia's largest syndicates, capable of leveraging immense wealth. Frost suspected that the mysterious school board member must be among them!
Why would such a mysterious school board member recommend two girls who seem to have no special background to enroll?
...Could it be that those two girls aren't Angers' illegitimate daughters, but rather the illegitimate daughters of that mysterious school board member?! But judging from the photos, those two girls don't seem to have European ancestry at all. Their appearances are completely those of dignified and delicate Eastern girls.

Frost lowered his head in thought. Although he didn't know what the mysterious school board member was planning, since it was the mysterious school board member's recommendation, he had to reconsider.

He could disregard Angers, since Angers' strategic direction at the academy was completely at odds with his own. However, he was somewhat inclined to give face to the school board member.

There wasn't much of a reason. It was simply that if he were to launch an impeachment campaign against Angers, the more support he could garner from the school board, the better it would be for him.

"When will the video conference be held?" Frost asked, looking up.

“One hour later,” Percy replied.

“Send Norma an email and tell her to arrive half an hour earlier… no, ten minutes earlier. Get it over with quickly. After the meeting, I still need to show some Qatari guests around Rome,” Frost said. He decided to take this opportunity to do a favor for the mysterious school board member.

“Yes.” Percy nodded.
……

Unbeknownst to Lu Mingfei, a grand video conference of the board of directors was being held in the central control room of Kassel College, across the ocean.

There were six people in total, four men and two women.

Sitting on either side of Angers were two very old men, so old that their age was impossible to discern. Both wore crisp black suits, with dark red handkerchiefs tucked into their jacket pockets.

Frost leaned on his cane, while Beowulf twirled a string of sandalwood beads in his hand, muttering to himself, which seemed somewhat incongruous.

Louis was wearing a bright yellow tracksuit and a bicycle helmet, as if he had just finished a mountain bike ride.

Charlotte was also among the guests. Her light golden hair was piled on top of her head, her eyes were as bright as emeralds, and her slightly chubby face had a serious expression, making her look like a delicate doll.

Sitting opposite Charlotte was a girl not much older than her, probably around seventeen or eighteen years old. The girl's face was as exquisite as a sculpture by a famous Greek artist, and she wore an expensive fitted skirt suit with a fur vest over it.

Despite looking like she's only in her teens, she wears makeup that makes her look much older than her age, and her eyes also reveal a maturity beyond her years.

It was a rare occasion for six board members from around the world to gather together. These board members all held high positions of power, and any one of them could have a significant impact on the world order...

The reason why the six of them gathered online was simply to help Lu Mingfei successfully build his harem.

Hilbert Jean Angers was the first to cast his vote for Menécs Cassel, naturally agreeing to admit him.

Norma also cast her vote on behalf of the mysterious school board member.

Charlotte von Gottingen, Louis Valentine...

In the blink of an eye, all four board members cast their votes in support of the "Opinion Letter on the Early Admission of Lu Mingfei (Student ID AI071721S), an S-level Student" without hesitation.

Surprisingly, Frost and Beowulf, who had previously opposed the proposal, both changed their votes and cast their ballots in favor.

Beowulf received the call from Frost before the board meeting began. Frost hoped he would vote in favor of several students' admissions at the meeting.

He didn't actually know why Frost had suddenly changed his mind, but as one of the families that had long been on good terms with the Gattuso family, Frost had actually asked him for this favor, so he couldn't refuse. It was originally a harmless matter.

"So, Miss Laurent, what is your opinion?"

In the academy's central control room, in the 3D projection shown by Norma, Louis Valentine turned to look at the beautiful young woman with delicate features and asked kindly.

Elizabeth Laurent smiled slightly: "Apart from Miss Charlotte, everyone here is my elder. Thanks to the care and support of all my uncles and elders over the years, the Laurent family business has not collapsed. Since my uncles and elders have all voted in favor of this matter, what reason do I have to object?"

Angers clapped lightly: "So, according to the vote count, all seven board members voted in favor of the 'Opinion on the Early Admission of S-Level Student Lu Mingfei (Student ID AI071721S).' 7:0. The admission opinions for S-level student Lu Mingfei, and A-level students Xia Mi, Su Xiaoqiang, Liu Miaomiao, and Chen Wenwen are unanimously approved."

After a brief exchange of glances, everyone nodded in unison. Norma then uploaded the video conference recording to the IT department's archives, and the board members logged off one after another.

"So, can we send the admission notices to Lu Mingfei and the others now?"

After the meeting, in the central control room, Norma, who was suspended in the air, asked Angers for his opinion.

“Lu Mingfei’s notification can be sent first,” Angers said. “Uesugi Erii’s can be sent at the same time.”

The reason why Uesugi Erii was not mentioned in this round of early admission applications is mainly because Uesugi Erii's identity, and even the true situation of the Tokyo branch, is still a secret within the board of directors.

Her bloodline was too unusual. Angers didn't want to expose her to the public and attract excessive attention from Frost or other mixed-race families. They planned to admit Uesugi Erii through the normal admissions process.

"What about the others?" Norma asked.

"That mysterious school board member meant..."

Angers scratched his head and said, "Sending them admission notices suddenly would be too abrupt and might arouse suspicion from their parents. We want the college to find a way to go through a normal admissions interview process, and then send them the admission notices after the symbolic interview is over."

"That's really thoughtful," Norma sighed softly.

……

(End of this chapter)