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Despite these conveniences, there are also concerns about setting the Nobel Prize in Greece.

The first is the threat of war.

Due to historical reasons, the Balkan Peninsula where Greece is located has mixed ethnic groups, religious confusion, and numerous conflicts. This status quo will not change in the foreseeable future.

This greatly increases the possibility that Greece will fall into the threat of war.

The second is the security of funds.

A fortune of US$9.2 million is really an astronomical sum in this era.

Money is attractive, let alone such a huge sum of money?

Greek politics so far cannot be said to be a politically clear place at all.

Nobel's time is short. In order to maintain the award after Nobel's death, a foundation must be entrusted to manage the property.

This requires that the location of the award should preferably be in a country that is free from world conflicts and has a stable society.

Does Greece have such social conditions?

Taking these factors into account, Nobel did not immediately give a clear answer to Sophie's request that the award be awarded in Greece.

He still needs to think about it for a while.

"Your Highness, what you said is about hiring an experienced oil exploration team from Baku, I will say hello to the family." Nobel picked up the hat on the table and left Tatoy Palace, ending today's meeting.

After bidding farewell to this important guest, Sophie looked at Constantine and said, "Constantine, why are you diligently trying to win the Nobel Prize?"

Why woo the Nobel Prize?

Think about later generations who regard the Nobel Prize as the highest award in science. Whenever a country's scientific level is measured, the Nobel Prize must be mentioned.

There are many advantages to having such an award in Greece.

Therefore, Constantine solemnly said to Crown Princess Sophie: "It can be seen that Mr. Nobel respects you very much. Sophie, you have been visiting Nobel more recently. Make sure Nobel agrees."

"If you can do that, to a certain extent, the goal of your foundation, the goal of restoring the cultural center of Greece, will be achieved."

"Please be more considerate and help with the troubles his foundation encountered during the establishment process. After all, Nobel has only been in Greece for a short time and is not familiar with the place."

To win over Nobel? He wants to win over not only Nobel, but also the Nobel family behind Nobel. He also has ideas.

Baku can become an oil city, and the Nobel family has made a great contribution.

If it can win over the Nobel family, Greece will be able to occupy a place in the coming wave of oil revolution.

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With the help of Nobel, the Greek royal family hired an oil drilling team, carrying oil mining equipment, to the city of Feri, 120 kilometers south of the important Albanian city of Tirana (now the capital of Albania), in Greece. With the help of the garrison, oil exploration began in the area.

Since there is no accurate geographical location (Constantine only remembered that the Italians had discovered oil fields here, but where was it specifically in Ferry City, Phuket Island), in Constantine’s words, until oil is found, the exploration team’s The person in charge, Castrios, was speechless for a moment.

After arriving in Albania, they only stayed for a few weeks, and everyone complained a lot. The poor Albania also opened their eyes.

I originally thought that Russians were already considered poor in Europe, but Albania was even poorer than Russia.

After nearly three months of hard work, even Castrios, the manager of the oil exploration team, was almost desperate when he finally drilled the first oil well.

When they saw the sticky black oil gushing out of the ground, the exploration team, in the countryside outside the city of Ferry, wept with joy - they could finally leave this barren place.

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Yakov nervously arranged his clothes. Although he was already wearing the best clothes at home, because all of the family's finances were robbed when they fled Poland, this set was bought with the money of the whole family. An old suit with faded color was still too disrespectful to meet such a noble person as Crown Prince Constantine.

Then I thought that this visit to Crown Prince Constantine was a precious opportunity to change the bad current situation of his family.

When he learned from the newspaper that the royal family was looking for someone with financial experience, Yakov felt that his opportunity had come.

"Dudududu"

Constantine, who was reading military documents in his office, said without raising his head: "Come in"

Butler Capet led a middle-aged man, Yakov, about 40 years old, in: "Your Highness, a gentleman came to apply for a job today. He said he saw an advertisement for the royal family in the newspaper."

Constantine rubbed his sore eyes, stood up, and looked at the middle-aged man in front of him: brown hair, big nose, and black eyes.

This seems to be a Jew?

After seeing Constantine getting up, Butler Capet stood aside.

"Can you tell me your origin?" Constantine looked at this special visitor and said.

After Constantine received the news of the discovery of oil, he immediately prepared to set up a special foundation in Athens and issued a recruitment notice in the newspaper.

"Dear Your Highness, my name is Yakov, I am from Poland." Yakov took a deep breath and tried to calm down his mood.

"Mr. Yakov, the newly established foundation of the royal family needs capable people to manage it. First of all, it must have rich experience in finance, business management, etc., you?" Constantine asked.

"Sir, before coming to Athens from Poland, our family has been running a small bank in Warsaw and has been engaged in the banking industry for several generations, so you can trust my professional level," Yakov said nervously.

"Then why did you come back to Athens?" Constantine looked at Yakov's old suit and asked with some suspicion.

No matter how small the bank is and the financial practitioners are all gold-collared, it is impossible for them to not even have formal attire.

"This, this?" Yakov said nothing, with a confused look on his face.

"Is it because of your Jewish identity?" After all, we are recruiting fund managers, so naturally we want people who know the basics.

"Yes, there was another anti-Semitic movement in Warsaw before. The small family-run bank was robbed. Because it could not repay depositors' loans on time, the bank was forced to declare bankruptcy."

"All the family's property has been confiscated by the authorities," Yakov said anxiously.

At the end of the 19th century, there were a large number of Jews living in Eastern Europe, and anti-Semitic movements also occurred continuously.

The reason why Yakov felt uneasy when he heard Constantine say Jewish words was that he was afraid that the crown prince in front of him would also discriminate against Jews.