my wife is a consul

Chapter 767 Charity Ball

The charity ball was grand and grand, with a red carpet laid out in front of the mayor's mansion, and celebrities gathered in the Gade District. Every luxury car stopped and when the owner got off, there would be warm applause and a series of flashing lights.

Many elite representatives and reporters who were lucky enough to be invited had the rare opportunity to enter the Mid-Levels area. At this time, they were like fans of fans, and they gathered in front of the door to welcome the top local rich and powerful. Many of them were extremely excited. They all hope that they will be lucky enough to have a few conversations with a certain celebrity today, and try their best to leave a good impression on them. Maybe they will be promoted to a higher level by a little support.

In fact, in the magnificent banquet hall of the mayor's official residence, the real celebrities and the elite are also clearly separated, and each has its own chat circle.

Naturally, the closer the table is to the auction stage, the more distinguished the guest is.

Lu Ming and his dance partner Eunice were seated at table number three.

Tables 1-5 are the first row of banquet tables near the auction table. The dignitaries and celebrities sit cross-legged. They did not say that table 1 is the most important guest, otherwise, it would be too difficult to arrange.

For example, at Table 2, Governor Goering and Chief Justice Van Lundin of the State Supreme Court are at this table, but the top richest people are all at Tables 4 and [-], and the richest people at this table are slightly weaker .

Table No. 1 is mainly the owner, Mayor Hynes, and his relatives, with a touch of the color of the host's table. His wife, Mrs. Lillian's cousin Madison, is also at table No. [-].

The sponsor of this charity ball is the top local socialite group, the Yaji Charity Association, and Bridget, the wife of Governor Goring, is the president of the Yaji Association.

The Yaji often launch charitable fundraising activities, but this is the first time to raise funds for the Gaed people.

The Ged people have become a forgotten group among the elite of the Ged region, and forgetfulness and silence about this group is the norm.

But now it is obvious that the first control has suddenly launched a Gade equal rights plan, which has made the Rosists feel the pressure, and their wives immediately acted to score points for their husbands in this field.

The process of today's charity ball is a grand reception banquet, followed by an auction, and finally the banquet table will be evacuated, and the charity event will end with a free social ball.

Today, Mayor Hines is delivering a speech to thank the guests.

His wife, Lilian, is the vice president of Yaji.

The administrative system of Gade Special Administrative Region is different from that of other places in the United Kingdom. There is no parliament, and the state, city, and county (town) are subordinate to each other.

Governor Goring is undoubtedly the No. [-] figure in the administrative system of the Ged area and the ruler of the Ged area.

City and county magistrates must be appointed by him.

At the same time, Göring is also the head of the Ged branch of the Rose Party.

Therefore, unlike other regions of the United Kingdom, Governor Goring and Mayor Hines are not in a parallel relationship, but a subordinate relationship.

However, Gir City, as the central city of the Gedde District, is extremely important. The candidate for the mayor is not directly appointed by Goering, but from the Rose Party headquarters. Hines is almost the same among the Rose Party members in the Gade District Is number two.

It is also because of this that their status is also reflected in the elegant assembly organized by the ladies. The governor's wife, Bridget, is the chairman, and the mayor's wife, Lillian, is the vice-chairman.

After Mayor Hines delivered his speech, as the initiator of the charity ball, Bridget, the president of the Arcade, stood up and delivered a speech.

Bridget and Goring are typical old couples and young wives. Goring has gray temples and is in his 50s. He looks dignified. The formation of absolute dominance has played an extremely important role. Within the Rose Party, he is also one of the most important cadres. In the political arena of the United Kingdom, he definitely has a considerable weight. It is said that there was a vacancy in the Cabinet Minister of Works two years ago. He wanted to nominate him to the cabinet, but he declined, thinking about it, he still likes to be the uncompromising local emperor in this Ged region.

His wife, Bridget, looks much younger than him, with charming red hair, exquisite facial features, and a black evening dress that wraps her hot body tightly, making her very sexy and beautiful.

According to the information of the first control, Goring is 52 years old and Bridget is 27 years old. Bridget and Goring got married the year before last.

Goering has never been married, and declared that he joined the Rose Party, and his lifelong wish is to serve the Rose Party and all Sonyans.

But I don't want to marry such a stunner at the age of 50, because Bridget's father is the late Mathieu, the leader of the Rose Party, and many people think that this is a political marriage.

It was Bridget's elder brother, Mathieu Jr., who wooed the party's most important hawk leader in order to consolidate his position.

Goering, on the other hand, hopes to gain the support of the Mathieu family, and eventually ascend to the throne of the new generation leader of the Rose Party.

The Rose Party started out by advocating the noble blood of the Sonia people, and has won the support of most bottom-level Sonia people, because for many people, the more unsatisfactory their life is, the more they like to flaunt themselves with the superiority of the group. Although I live at the bottom, I have a noble blood. My current dissatisfaction is caused by the immoral business model used by you low-blooded groups. We have a future by crushing you low-blooded groups like bedbugs.

Because of this, within the Rose Party, bloodlines have also become an important weapon for factional strife.

Especially the Mathieu family, who have been the initiators of the White Rose Movement in Sonia since a hundred years ago, are the party soul family of the Rose Party.

The family has sacrificed a lot for the White Rose Movement. Over the past century, many family members have died under the butcher knife of the corrupt Griffinian Kingdom.

16 years ago, the family also had offshoots who participated in the sensational case of Little Lei Nuo and were hanged in the East China Sea.

Today's little Mathieu, Bridget's eldest brother, is already the deputy leader of the Rose Party even though he is just in his 30s.

While Lu Ming was thinking about the information, Bridget finished her speech, and the audience burst into applause.

The waiters began to deliver food after food.

Table three was relatively quiet, as if everyone was not happy to talk.

Only Lu Ming sometimes whispered a few words to Eunice next to him, telling her to relax and eat as much as she wanted.

"General Bit, you have been in the Western Regions for nine years?" Bridget swallowed a small mouthful of steak, put down the knife and fork, and looked at Lu Ming with interest in her green eyes.

Lu Ming nodded: "Yes."

"After the United Kingdom withdrew, you supported it independently for four years?" Bridget asked again.

"Actually, it's not an independent support. It's because the United Kingdom is strong and can be my backing." Lu Ming smiled.

"You are too humble! In the military world, you should also be a legend." Bridget smiled.

"You won the prize again!"

Bridget smiled and said, "No, no, I heard that after you left, the 10,000+ Turkish military and police didn't obey. They only obeyed your orders."

Lu Ming coughed, "Well, because of this, I have been investigated for a long time..."

Bridget smiled lightly, "A capable person is always envied by others." He added: "Isn't the scenery in the Western Regions beautiful?"

Lu Ming nodded: "If it's tourism, then we really can't see a lot of scenery in our own country, but if we settle down, except for a few limited big cities, in other areas, we are used to modern life, so we shouldn't be able to bear it for long."

Bridget nodded slightly.

At this moment, the waiter came to remove the main dish and bring the vegetables and fruits, and the conversation stopped.

When it was time for drinks, Bridget said to everyone: "The auction is about to start, I'll go backstage to have a look." Standing up, she said to Lu Ming: "General Bit, I hope you have a good time today, and welcome back to the mainland! "

Lu Ming nodded: "Thank you!"

Bridget lifted her gorgeous skirt, leaned sideways and kissed her husband, Governor Goring lightly on the face, and turned away.

At the table, drinking drinks, everyone chatting.

Göring didn't speak much until now, and only after his wife left did he chat with everyone with a smile.

Following Madam's topic, I asked about Lu Ming's situation in the Western Regions. It seemed that he was an extremely kind elder.

If Scarlett hadn't recorded it clearly word by word, no one would have believed how perverted and terrifying this amiable elder was after taking off his mask.

"Eunice, if you don't want a hot drink, can I order ice for you?" Goring looked at Eunice with a smile, very amiable.

Eunice seemed to know that this person had once bullied Aunt Scarlett, so she drank her drink with her head down and ignored him.

A glint of predation flashed in Goring's eyes, and it disappeared in a flash. Except for Lu Ming, no one else noticed it.

Lu Ming smiled and said, "My goddaughter is similar in personality to her Aunt Scarlett, so it's rude to just recognize me. I'm sorry, Governor Goring." Then he laughed: "I'm also very jealous. If someone calls Scarlett, I will not be happy!"

Except for the intelligence personnel of the first control, in fact, the outside world knows that Governor Goring and Scarlett are related, and they can count them with one slap. At least no one on the table No. 3 knows.

On the contrary, Lu Ming lived in Scarlett's No. 167 villa with a high profile, and many people heard about it.

The meaning of Lu Ming's words was naturally unknown to everyone. They thought Lu Ming's words were joking, so they all laughed. Some people jokingly said, "A hero deserves a beautiful woman. General, you and Miss Scarlett are a match made in heaven."

Governor Goering smiled without changing his face.

Eunice had too much to drink and whispered that she was going to the bathroom.

Lu Ming got up and went with her himself.

While waiting in the corridor outside the bathroom, a person came and stood beside him. Lu Ming turned his head and saw that it was Goring.

The old man still smiled, and said lightly: "Actually, I recognize you capable young people. Scarlett and I have broken up long ago. She may have said a lot of bad things about me, which made you a little hostile to me. Young people, don't Bewildered by her, don't think you are so great and scare me? I broke up with her, not after you came, if I call her now, she will still crawl in front of me like a dog!" Shoot Patting Lu Ming on the shoulder, "Women are sometimes very bad things. You have to keep your eyes open to recognize her. She is not a good woman. Don't let her affect your judgment. If I am an old man, go back and think carefully."

Lu Ming frowned slightly: "I miss your mother! Your tone is very uncomfortable! So, go as far as you can! If you are in the Western Regions, I will shoot you immediately! You old dog!"

Goring was stunned.

At this time Eunice came out, Lu Ming ignored Goring and took Eunice back to the banquet hall.

Goring looked at Lu Ming's back, but his eyes gradually revealed a sense of sarcasm. Obviously, this guy is just a reckless man, and he is dazzled by beauty. The first control sent him to seize power, and he was here to give away his head.

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When everyone came back, the male and female masters of ceremonies on the auction stage had already announced the start of the auction.

Bridget also came back to the table.

The auction was uneventful, it was all things donated by celebrities, everyone was very clear about how much should be auctioned.

After more than a dozen items were auctioned for almost tens of thousands of yuan, the male and female MCs took out the "Hope" photo group. In addition to Dani's big photo full of hopeful eyes, there is also a photo collection, which is Eunice and her "Hope" photo group. photos of friends.

The starting price is 200, and the price increases by 100 every time you raise your hand.
When the bidding reached 900, basically everyone felt that the price was about the same.

At this time, Governor Goring raised his hand.

The master of ceremonies immediately became excited. This was the first time that the governor of the special zone took a fancy to bidding for an auction item.

"Governor Goring bid 1000, is there any more bids?"

Naturally, no one else would bid with the Emperor of the SAR.

Lu Ming didn't pay attention to it at first, but suddenly it occurred to him that there was a photo of Eunice in the photo album.

This old pervert is mostly for this.

Although it's okay to look at the photos, but thinking that this old guy is so psychopathic, he might do something disgusting with these photos.

In Lu Ming's heart, he suddenly felt very uncomfortable.

At this time, the master of ceremonies was counting down, "Three, two..."

Lu Ming raised his hand: "I offer 2000!"

"Okay! Commissioner Bit bid 2000! Is there any other bids?!"

Governor Goring turned his head to look at Lu Ming, smiled and shook his head, apparently not planning to bid any more.

"3000!" Suddenly someone raised his hand, and it was also at table No. 3 where Lu Ming was. It was the boss of Jotun Trading Company, a fat middle-aged man named Jotun.

He is not a top rich man, and he obviously values ​​this opportunity. He has been flattering Governor Goring and Mrs. Bridget just now, and now he is obviously planning to take down the auction item that Governor Goring has overpriced and give it back to Ge Governor Lin.

Lu Ming glanced at him, raised his hand and said, "Ten thousand!"

There was an uproar in the audience, and Jotun was also stunned.

When the master of ceremonies was counting down, Jotun finally raised his hand and said tremblingly, "Twenty thousand!"

Lu Ming raised his hand without hesitation: "I'll offer fifty thousand!"

The audience was ebullient, Jotun's face turned slightly pale, and his forehead began to sweat.

The master of ceremonies became excited. For them, of course, the higher the price of the auction item, the more successful they were hosting.

"Okay! Commissioner Bit has bid 5 yuan. It seems that our art photo collection is very touching. From an artistic point of view, it is also a priceless treasure! It will be passed down to future generations and truly record our history. It is so precious!" The emcee himself said I don't know what I'm talking about, but in this kind of battle, if the other party doesn't raise their hand, they just want to delay time and try to get the other party to raise their hand again. According to their bidding rules, if they raise their hand more, they will fetch tens of thousands more.

However, Jotun's face was pale, he hesitated and hesitated, his hands weighed ten thousand catties, and he couldn't lift them up.

The master of ceremonies talked nonsense for a long time, seeing that this guy obviously didn't have the courage to raise his hand again, so he had to start the countdown, and finally announced that the auction item was successfully auctioned by Commissioner Bit.

Eunice whispered next to Lu Ming: "Father, why don't you sell it to Uncle Jordan?" Obviously, she was very happy that the photo of her and her friend was auctioned for such a high price, but when it was taken by the godfather, she I feel a little distressed, but it's just a few photos. If my father likes it, I can still take pictures with Dani and the others.

Before Lu Ming could speak, Bridget smiled and said, "Eunice, your father loves you very much!"

She watched this scene with great interest, her deep blue eyes seemed to see through everything.

In the next auction, the price of a successful bid will inevitably rise.

After all, a few photos of refugees can fetch a high price of 5 yuan, but the price of jewelry and the like is very low, and they can't stand it. Therefore, although these rich people are hurting, they will still call out more prices.

The master of ceremonies is very happy. He is the special master of ceremonies for Yajihui to conduct charity auctions. Today's auction can be said to be the most successful in recent years.

Bridget also smiled at Lu Ming: "General Beetle, thank you, we should be able to overfulfill the task this time."

While speaking, the master of ceremonies' voice trembled with sudden excitement. It was obvious that it was the finale, "Gentlemen! Ladies! The next auction item! It is the precious jewelry donated by Mrs. Bridget—Blue Flame!"

The brilliant sapphire necklace is full of splendor, and it seems that there are flames dancing in the gemstone, which is very amazing.

It was Mrs. Bridget's most cherished necklace, and she was wearing it yesterday.

Of course, everyone here knows that the necklace will still be taken back by Governor Goring in the end.

Moreover, the person who pays the bill secretly is usually Mr. Ford, the boss of Ford Diamond sitting at table 2.

Ford Diamond almost monopolizes the high-end jewelry market in Gade area. Ford is one of the top richest men in this area, with a net worth of tens of millions.

Of course, there are also rumors that he had secret contacts with several gangs such as the Hammer Gang in the early days, and started a business for selling stolen goods.

Right now, they are also laundering money for these gangsters.

On the auction stage, the emcee's high-pitched voice sounded, "The starting price is 1 yuan!"

As a result, bids came one after another, of course they were all for fun.

When Governor Goering raised his hand and the bid reached 17 yuan, everyone knew from Governor Goering's expression that it was almost done, and they could no longer raise their hands.

And if it wasn't for a set of refugee photos that was auctioned for 5 yuan, originally this set of jewelry was auctioned for 9 to [-] yuan, but now, it can only be raised, making Mr. Ford spend a little more money.

"Is there any more bids?" The master of ceremonies asked loudly, feeling a little dissatisfied.

"20!" Lu Ming raised his hand suddenly.

The audience was silent for a while, and then, with a coax, everyone started whispering.

Governor Goring was startled, and turned to look at Lu Ming: "Bit, do you know what you're doing?"

Lu Ming smiled slightly: "Mrs. Bridget's most cherished personal jewelry, how can a mere 10,000+ yuan reflect its preciousness?"

Bridget smiled and said nothing.

Governor Goring took a deep look at Lu Ming and raised his hand: "21."

Lu Ming raised his hand: "30!"

At the other table, Ford's face changed slightly.

Governor Goring took a deep breath, gritted his teeth, raised his hand and said, "40!"

There was an uproar.

Lu Ming raised his hand almost without thinking, "50!"

Goring's face was ashen, and he turned to look at Lu Ming, "Bitter, you have to know that if the auction is over and you can't pay the money, you will break the law."

Lu Ming smiled and said, "Justice Van Lundin is here to testify. I will not bid illegally."

Goering nodded, with a livid face, turned around and raised his hand, "60!"

Lu Ming still raised his hand carelessly: "70!"

On the other table, Ford's face was pale and he was already covering his chest.

Goring stared at Lu Ming, raised his hand and said, "80!" But at the same time he raised his hand, he made a gesture, and Ford noticed it, and after a moment of stunned, let out a long breath.

Lu Ming looked at Goring and said with a smile: "Master Governor, you are not trying to take the necklace, but you are raising my price, right? You want to see my embarrassment after I can't afford it? But be careful, I might not raise my hand next time." He raised his hand while talking, and said lightly, "100 million!"

Goring looked at Lu Ming quietly, with a calm expression on his face, but obviously, Lu Ming's words made him hesitate. He was worried that if he raised his hand, he would really donate more than 100 million. Although Ford Gold paid the bill, there are limits to many things. of.

The emcee's heart was pounding at this moment, but he didn't dare to speak nonsense, "100 million! Everyone, is there any more bids? The countdown is now!"

"three!"

The arena was silent.

"two!"

The voice of the master of ceremonies was also trembling slightly, and he glanced at Governor Goring with some fear, only worried that if the necklace was really taken away by others, Governor Goring would take his anger on himself.

For a long time, there was no sound of "one", and the venue was extremely silent.

Suddenly, the master of ceremonies realized something, and hurriedly said: "One!" Obviously, the governor will not bid any more, so, the longer the delay, the more humiliating the governor will be.

"Blue Flame, Mr. Bit's bid of 100 million was successful!" The master of ceremonies slammed the gavel down.

Lu Ming looked at Governor Goring and smiled: "Actually, my psychological price is 200 million!"

At the table, no one dared to speak, they were silent like cicadas.

I don't know how much enmity between General Bute and Governor Goring is. Right now, he still ridicules that Governor Goring is not brave enough to be decisive enough.

Governor Goring's face was already calm, and now he smiled and said to Lu Ming: "Young people don't like to do charity, you are very good." Turning to Bridget, he said: "Liss, we want to thank Bit, for your necklace Congratulations to you, you have donated 100 million for this charity, and it is a good story for our husband and wife to donate 100 million to charity with Tobit's blessing!"

Bridget smiled and said nothing.

At this time, there were people who didn't know who Lu Ming was, and they were all whispering to each other.

Especially for those lucky elites who are far away from the table, those who know Lu Ming's identity are even rarer. Commissioner of the established Joint Commission of Inquiry.

Obviously, General Bit seems to have come to the Gade area to turn the tables. Some people above are dissatisfied with the Rose Party's dominance in the Ged area. Otherwise, General Bit would not dare to do this.

The personalities of General Bit and Governor Goring are also two extremes. One is a legendary military general who was born in a hail of bullets. It is like an unfathomable abyss, any flame will eventually be extinguished in the abyss, but what if it is a continuous flow of lava from a volcano?Will the abyss be dried up again?
Anyway, there is a good show to watch, maybe the situation where the Rose Party dominates the Ged area will finally change.

Of course, on the bright side, this impulsive General Bit will most likely not be the opponent of Governor Goring.

　I just finished writing this paragraph, and I don’t think I have time to write it tomorrow afternoon. The next update will be around [-]:[-]
　　
　
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