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With the war in Europe in such chaos, it's uncertain whether Audrey Hepburn's Dutch little girl is still alive.

And so, the little incident caused by Sabrina quickly passed.

Josie and Margot continued their sweet talk as they prepared to go home.

However, on their way home, the police cars that sped by from time to time and the checkpoints at various intersections made Josie and Margot realize that something was wrong.

"Officer, what happened?" As they passed a checkpoint, Josh couldn't help but ask a policeman. Seeing that the policeman hesitated, Josh took the opportunity to hand him a twenty-dollar "tip".

Faced with the temptation of money, and seeing Josie and Margot's high-end clothes and luxury cars, the policeman realized they couldn't be ordinary people, and then whispered the reason.

"You know Leibler Jewelry Company, right? Their vault was robbed, and I heard the loss is at least several million!" the policeman whispered to Josie.

Upon hearing the police officer's words, Josie and Margot exchanged a glance instinctively.

No wonder John Leibler left halfway; something serious had happened.

For some reason, upon hearing this news, Josie immediately pictured Emery leaving the venue with a tense expression.

Chapter 36 The Great Heist

The next morning, Josie, who had just finished breakfast, sat in the living room reading the newspaper.

His expression, however, looked rather strange; it was hard to tell whether he was angry or happy.

“Darling, what’s wrong?” Margot came over, saw his face, kissed his cheek, and asked with a smile.

"To be honest, I find it hard to believe that this newspaper is talking about me!" Josie said helplessly as she handed the newspaper to Margot.

This is the Chicago Tribune, the oldest newspaper in Chicago and the third largest newspaper in the United States.

Margot took a look at the newspaper and laughed.

The front-page headline boldly proclaimed, "Three Million: The Anti-French Determination of a Young Austrian Aristocrat!"

The article reported on the fact that Margot bought three million war bonds in Josie's name at the fundraising party last night.

However, after being embellished with subtle and euphemistic writing, the style of the newspaper content became strange.

The article portrays Josie and his deceased parents as a heroic aristocratic family who fought against the French in Austria. During the German invasion of Austria, they suffered persecution and were forced to flee across the ocean to the United States.

Even after arriving in the United States, Josh's parents never forgot the national and personal grievances and continued to work tirelessly for the anti-French struggle.

He tragically passed away in an accident.

Josie inherited her parents' will and continued to work hard for the anti-French struggle, spending all her family's wealth, including a whopping three million dollars, just to support the anti-French struggle in the United States.

Josie found it hard to believe that the passionate and stirring words in the article were describing him.

When did he become so great?

And when did their family become nobles?

Oh, by the way, when he was interviewed after the fundraising yesterday, he mentioned his grandfather, who was an officer in the Austro-Hungarian Empire and did indeed hold the title of Free Lord, when the reporter asked about his family.

But the Austro-Hungarian Empire has been gone for over twenty years, and the Habsburg dynasty has died out, okay? His grandfather died in World War I.

I didn't expect that reporter to deliberately exaggerate this aspect, which is quite outrageous.

However, upon closer reflection, it seems that Americans, despite being nouveau riche, have always had a sense of aristocracy, which is not entirely incomprehensible.

Of course, the newspapers wrote this mainly to generate buzz for the sale of war bonds.

The underlying implication is: even that mustachioed fellow countryman is spending so much to support the war, shouldn't you, as American citizens, step up your efforts to buy more?

“Isn’t this great? At least we’ve achieved our goal. After today, I believe the whole of Chicago, and even many parts of the United States, will know your name. This will definitely be very beneficial for your future career,” Margot said with a charming smile. “And in my heart, you are the greatest one.”

“But that’s not fair to you!” Josie sighed. Actually, he didn’t want the title, but Margot’s attitude was unusually firm. She wouldn’t even allow Josie to mention that she was the one who paid for it. It was as if she was going to burn down the bonds that were actually worth six million if Josie dared to say a word about it.

Josie simply couldn't refuse this offer of freeloading.

“Do we need to say all this? If you really feel indebted to me, then get the factory up and running as soon as possible and make the business bigger.” Margot gave Josie another hug, her voice incredibly gentle.

The beautiful older sister's gentle encouragement instantly filled Josie with energy.

"Oh my God, look at this! The Leibler family treasury has been robbed, one security guard injured, and one robber shot. The famous crime expert, Irwin Lyndon Schneider, may be involved in the case. What that policeman said is true; Uncle John's family treasury has indeed been robbed." At this moment, Margot turned to the supplementary page of the newspaper and exclaimed suddenly as she looked at the contents.

“Yes, I saw it, but don’t worry about your Uncle John. In this situation, the insurance company is much more anxious than the Leibler family,” Josie said casually.

In normal times, such a major case would make the headlines.

However, during this time of war, he couldn't outshine Josie.

The United States is now constantly creating anti-French heroes in all walks of life, all in service of the war effort.

But as Josie said, in these kinds of cases, the most anxious party is often not the victim, but the insurance company. The Leibler family's theft occurred in a large commercial vault, not a family's private treasury, so it must have been insured.

Yes, there are insurance companies!

Reminded by Josie, Margot, who had been worried about her Uncle John, immediately felt relieved.

"By the way, what's that lawyer Emery like?" Josie suddenly asked at that moment.

“Attorney Emery? Why bring him up?” Margot was somewhat surprised.

"Well, it's nothing. Isn't he one of the top legal experts in the city? I'm about to start a company, and I'll definitely need a lot of legal support." Josie didn't say that she thought the other party was suspicious, but just made up an excuse.

“If we’re talking about legal matters, according to Uncle John, he’s indeed the most professional, but as for his character…” Margot paused here.

"What's wrong?" Josie asked curiously.

“I heard that this lawyer’s private life is pretty messy. He’s keeping a young girl who’s old enough to be his granddaughter as a mistress. I heard about this when I had a private investigator look into that bastard back then,” Margot whispered.

Upon hearing this, Josie raised an eyebrow.

The beautiful woman was ostensibly talking about that big lawyer, but she was actually giving him a warning.

To be honest, the beautiful lady is overthinking it. With such a top-tier beauty like her here, there aren't many others who could catch his eye.

Just thinking about this made Sabrina's image automatically appear in his mind.

He shook his head. "Stop joking. Without the star aura, the girl is just so-so."

"I'm going to have an interview at McKinsey later, do you want to come with me?" Josie quickly changed the subject.

The McKinsey firm he mentioned has nothing to do with the antisocial McKinsey movement of the 50s; it's just a management consulting firm.

This will be a world-class management consulting firm in the future.

Josie wants to build three factories at once, which he can't do on his own, so he needs to hire people, specifically professional managers.

One of the services offered by management consulting firms is headhunting.

The professional manager system and headhunting business in the United States started very early, appearing in the 1920s and becoming quite well-established in the 1930s.

Last week, Josh had already informed the other party of his personnel needs, and on Friday, the other party had already provided some resumes of candidates.

So the interview he's going to is the one where he interviews others, not the other way around.

“I won’t go. I’m not interested in any of this. Besides, I’ve already gotten a set of equipment from Uncle John, which should be delivered today. For the next while, I’ll be busy with the Pink Heart,” Margot said. The Pink Heart is the giant pink diamond, and she plans to cut the precious diamond herself, since it’s not suitable for exposure to light.

Chapter 37 Lyndon Schneider

The interviews at McCarthy's firm went very smoothly, and Josh successfully recruited five suitable candidates: three professional managers with relevant experience, one accountant, and one administrative secretary.

All five people are male.

This is normal. Before World War II, even in countries like the United States that modernized relatively early, the proportion of women participating in social work was very low, and they were mainly concentrated in jobs "suitable for women" such as teachers, office clerks, and service or retail.

It wasn't until after the United States officially entered the war that, due to the large number of men joining the military and a severe labor shortage in society, a large number of women, encouraged by the Roosevelt administration, went into various industries.

After World War II ended and a large number of male laborers returned to the workforce, women lost job opportunities to some extent.

This situation did not change until the 60s.

It's not just about jobs, but also about opportunities for higher education.

Although many public universities allowed women to attend as early as the 19th century, these universities were mostly community colleges, which were vocational or technical schools that taught basic social and professional skills.

Top universities like Harvard, Yale, and Caltech only started admitting women after the 70s.

Even schools like MIT, which started admitting women relatively early (in 1911), still have an extremely low acceptance rate.

Therefore, in this era, there were very few truly talented women. Even if one or two occasionally appeared, they were mostly young ladies from wealthy families who worked for their own households.

So unless Josie is looking for a pretty face, she has no choice but to use men.

If she really wanted a pretty face, why would Josie hire a headhunter?

After the interviews, Josie assigned the five people their first task... The three professional managers were tasked with finding a suitable factory site, while the administrative secretary and the finance person were tasked with finding a suitable office building.

Having been assigned tasks, Josie declined the invitation to dinner from McKinsey executives and prepared to go home.

Just as he stepped out of the McKinsey building, he saw a large convoy of police cars speeding past him.

Meanwhile, from the nearby lakeside area, the sound of frying beans could be heard.

Okay, that was actually the sound of a submachine gun.

Although she didn't know exactly what had happened, adhering to the principle of "better to avoid trouble," Josie decisively chose to go in the opposite direction and prepare to take a detour home.

Watching the show? You must be kidding. They're using submachine guns now. You think you can just watch this kind of spectacle? Bullets don't have eyes.

However, according to that so-called "The Stone Man Law"... cough cough, Murphy's Law.