America's Road to Wealth

Chapter 503 Has Always Been Breaking Tradition

"Hi, Mr. Smith, nice to see you again. Maybe you have forgotten me, I am "Mitsui Toko". You can call me by my English name, my English name is Elena."

Hi-Collar Japanese restaurant.

Among the three sisters who stood up to greet Abel.

The only neon girl who was unfamiliar with Abel stood and introduced herself to Abel with a smile.

She thought that Abel had forgotten her, after all, they only met once.

Back then, there were plenty of other people around.

She didn't know, probably because of the rebirth, Abel has a super memory that never forgets.

"Hello, Elena. I remembered that we met in Han Country. You and your father talked to me at that time."

Abel hugged the little Laura who was leaning over, and the well-behaved Li Xinyu stood beside him, and said with a light smile to Mitsui Toko.

Mitsui Toko, looking at this surname, and the fact that she can become Li Xinyu's and little Laura's best friend, one knows that her status must be quite high.

Yes, she is the Mitsui of the Neon Mitsui Consortium.

The Mitsui Zaibatsu is the largest comprehensive chaebol in Neon, and the founder is from the samurai class.

It may be that the blood of the neon traditional nobles in the blood is not strong.

The descendants of the Mitsui family can be regarded as the most outstanding group of descendants of the neon upper class in terms of appearance.

In the 80s, it should be Mitsui Toko's aunt or something. There was a woman named Mitsui Fumiko in the Mitsui family, who participated in the "concubine selection" of the Neon royal family at that time.

In that era, those who could participate in the selection of concubines were of course noble ladies in Nihong.

There are some neon magazines that boldly publish the identities and photos of the girls who are eligible to participate in the nomination.

The family backgrounds of these noble ladies are stronger than the last, as can be seen from their surnames.for example:
Tokugawa Toko, the daughter of the Tokugawa family.The Neon Imperial Palace was originally the place where the Tokugawa family lived.

Jiuer Huangzi was the daughter of the Jiuer family of Empress Xiangchun's natal family at that time.

Mitsui Shiko, the granddaughter of the 11th head of the Mitsui Zaibatsu.

Hakuko Shibusawa, the great-granddaughter of Eiichi Shibusawa, the man on the new neon ten-thousand-dollar bill.

Iwasaki Shinoko, Iwasaki is the founder of the Mitsubishi Zaibatsu, Iwasaki Shinoko and Mitsui Fumiko have similar status.

Kobayashi Zhaozi, her fifth ancestor named Okubo Toshimichi, was one of the fathers of the Neon Restoration and served as the first Secretary of Internal Affairs during the Meiji period, that is, the de facto prime minister at that time.

The final winner is a civilian.But at that time, Mitsui Shizi was the one with the best looks among all the crooked melons and dates.

It can be seen from this that the Mitsui family is an outlier in terms of appearance in the upper class of Neon, which is generally poor in appearance.

This can also be seen from the current Toko Mitsui.

Judging from the dual aesthetic concepts of Abel Chinese and Americans, Mitsui Toko is an outstanding beauty.

She has a very standard oriental classical melon-seeded face, which seems to be slightly smaller than Abel's slap, like a person who has stepped down from the most standard neon beauty caricature.

Compared with the big eyes of ordinary beauties, her eyes are big and energetic, as if there is light rippling in them.

The figure is not bad, not as exaggerated as Li Xinyu's big headlights.

But there was everything, everything was well-proportioned, and it looked pleasing in a white dress.

At this moment, facing Abel's response.

Mitsui Toko was a little surprised. In her self-introduction just now, she actually deliberately concealed the fact that the two of them met in Hanguo at that time.

After all, at that time, Li Xinyu's older sister was accompanying Abel closely with her big belly.

She thought that Abel would probably avoid little Laura, so he deliberately didn't mention Han Guo's address.

Abel was fine, and directly admitted that the two had met in Han Country.

As if he didn't care that little Laura would know about it.

Mitsui Toko knew that Little Laura was Abel's fiancee.

For this reason, Toko Mitsui took a sneaky look at little Laura deliberately, and found that the young lady of the shrub family was raising her head sweetly, looking at Abel with love in her eyes.

"You have a really good memory, Mr. Smith." Mitsui Toko could only respond in a decent and soft voice.

After exchanging pleasantries, everyone began to take their seats in the Hi-Collar Japanese restaurant that had been booked out.

Hi-Collar is a typical high-end Japanese restaurant in European and American countries.

Having said that, Neon has done a good job in promoting the characteristic culture of their country.

Two-dimensional comics and games are not mentioned.

Let’s just say they have successfully promoted Japanese restaurants to the world.And since they are all high-end restaurants, it can be said that they have done a good job in this area.

As a result, young people in China, especially women, when it comes to eating high-end restaurants, they will think of high-end Japanese food...

In fact, is the Japanese food really high-end?In many cases, high-end Japanese food is eaten with the original flavor of the food itself.

To put it mildly, it's called tasting the true taste of the food itself.

To put it bluntly, isn't it just that the cooking skills are poor, and there is no way to cook ordinary food deliciously, so you can only rely on the taste of the food itself to attract people?
Can this be considered advanced?
Even if it can be considered high-end, it is the taste of the food itself, which has little to do with Japanese cooking techniques.

Abel doesn't like Japanese food very much, mainly because there are too many raw and cold foods in Japanese food, and the amount is relatively small.

These two points just happened to conflict with his hobbies.

Little Laura and Li Xinyu, of course, also know about his habits in this regard.

It's just that tonight is Mitsui Toko's treat, and in the hearts of the two girls, the impression that "Japanese food" is equal to high-end has been washed out, and they also like Japanese food with a sense of ritual.

So they agreed with Mitsui Toko and invited them to dinner at the Hi-Collar Restaurant.

To this end little Laura came up with a compromise.

That's what she asked her and Li Xinyu's personal chef to be - in fact, Abel arranged for them.

Let the private chefs bring the food ingredients they prepared for Abel, and go to the back kitchen of the Hi-Collar restaurant to cook for Abel.

At the same time, you can directly monitor Hi-Collar's neon chefs in the kitchen to prevent these neon people from causing trouble.

In the end, it became the three of them eating Japanese food, but Abel was eating his own Texas-style grilled beef steak in a Japanese restaurant...

After dinner, Toko Mitsui knew that little Laura and Abel must have some "show" behind them.

She invited Li Xinyu to go back to the dormitory for foreign students at New York University.

Unexpectedly, Li Xinyu refused, "I want to stay with Laura, we won't be going back tonight."

Up to now, I heard Li Xinyu's natural response, as well as many intimate behaviors between Li Xinyu and Abel during the meal.

Toko Mitsui was really sure about the news that the three Li family sisters, the most beautiful eldest and younger sister, were all ghost concubines from the United States.

Watching the three of them go away, after sitting in the legendary Cadillac sedan that was exactly the same model as the American President.

Only then did Mitsui Toko look away, and under the escort of a few neon people who rushed over, she got into the Mercedes-Benz S sedan that had been waiting nearby.

Sit in the car and wait for the car to start.

The neon man in the passenger seat humbly handed over a satellite phone to Mitsui Toko.

Mitsui Toko glanced at the satellite phone and found that it had been connected.

She picked it up and said softly, "Is it father?"

"it's me."

On the satellite phone, the voice of her father, Suki Mitsui came.

Mitsui Suki is one of the younger brothers of Mitsui Takaki, the 12th generation head of the Mitsui family.

The Mitsui family has a small habit, that is, when the family members come to power and become patriarchs, they will change their names once.

For this name change, they will add the word Gao to their name.

Like Mitsui Takaki, whose original name was Mitsui Masaki, he is the eldest son of this generation.

After becoming the patriarch, the name became the current one, Mitsui Takaki.

This tradition is due to the fact that the founder of the Mitsui family, Mitsui Hachiro Youhei, changed his name to Mitsui Takatoshi after he became rich.

It is also related to his direct ancestor Mitsui Beichu Shou Gaojiu. Anyway, whoever is the head of the family later must have the word Gao in his name.

"Two saw Kazuki, they said, you saw Abel Smith, and there were also women from Han Guoli's family, and the little Laura from the bush. Is this true?"

"It's true." Facing his father's question, Toko Mitsui said very calmly.

"Then...after meeting, Dongzi, what do you think?"

"It doesn't matter what I think, Father. The important thing is what you think, no, what matters is what the Patriarch thinks."

"Hey--"

On the satellite phone, Toko Mitsui heard her father sigh.

Then Father's voice became calm and serious again.

"You are right. Everything is for the benefit of the Mitsui family. Dongzi, you are a child of the Mitsui family. I believe you know how to do it."

"Yes, my lord father. I know how to do it, and I will do well."

"Yes, then I can rest assured."

Mitsui Toko waited for a few seconds, waiting for her father to hang up the phone first, and it took a few more seconds for her to hang up.

In the carriage, she, who looked exactly like a beautiful girl in manga, pursed her lips, and after a sneer, she couldn't help but smile bitterly again.

Born as a neon person, she is still a woman, and she comes from a wealthy family.

Didn't he already know this kind of fate?
Nothing to be angry about.

Mitsui Toko relieved herself like this.

……

……

Different compartments.

different people.

When Mitsui Toko was calling her father.

In the cabin of the Cadillac monster.

The customized rear compartment of the Cadillac Monster is an authentic American sofa, which meets Abel's needs for hugging left and right.

Abel, Li Xinyu, and Little Laura hugged each other intimately and chatted softly.

"Eileen, this neon woman, just wants to learn from Anna and Jessica. She came here to hug you on her own initiative. It is a gift from the neon people. My dear, such a beautiful gift, Are you upset?"

Little Laura was talking.

These words made Li Xinyu next to her curl her lips.

Li Xinyu thought to herself, I am not, I was raped by your husband!

Later, he had no choice but to accept his fate, and it became what he is now.

I'm not like that neon woman.

Abel smiled and shook his head slightly, "It's different. The Neon people are different from Anna and Jessica."

Although Neon and Han Guo are dogs raised in Asia by America.

But the breeds and personalities of the two dogs are completely different.

Han Guo is a little Chihuahua, he looks fierce to outsiders, but he is very cute to his master.And for the owner, it can be said that it is basically harmless, regardless of its size or personality.

Neon is Akita, which looks cute.However, its body shape and personality belong to a bulldog, so it is possible to turn back against its owner.

Abel can safely accept women from the country of Han and directly deploy them in the country of Han.

But in the face of the Neon man's initiative, even if he wanted to accept it, he would think about it for a while.

Abel asked little Laura, "Since you know that the neon woman is here to snatch your fiancé, why do you allow her to approach?"

"Oh, there are too many women robbing you. What's the point of having one more neon woman? And compared to Californians, neon people are more obedient."

Little Laura rolled her eyes, looked at his hand already on Li Xinyu's car light, and said angrily.

It was as if she wanted to stop it, but she could really stop it.

If she could do it, would she allow other women to approach her?

None of them are possible!
She just couldn't do it, and she couldn't leave, so she had no choice but to let the situation develop into what it is now.

"Let's not talk about this." Abel changed the subject, but his hand still stayed on the headlights openly.

"You two, how long will it take to finish the exam. When will you be on vacation after the exam?"

There are three academic systems in American universities, and New York University uses the Quarter system.

This academic system divides an academic year into four semesters.

Among them, spring, autumn and winter semesters are compulsory semesters.

The duration of each semester is about 10 weeks, and 3-4 courses are optional.

The summer semester is an elective semester, which can be used to complete courses not offered in other semesters, or to complete studies earlier.

In the summer semester last year, little Laura, who skipped a grade from high school to university, chose to continue her studies in order to catch up with the schedule.

If it is still like this this year, then her summer semester this year will be as busy as ever.

"The exam is actually almost over."

"As for the future, I don't want to continue my studies in the summer semester."

Little Laura felt that no matter how well she learned, that was all.

Anyway, in this life, there is no way to become a top student.A scumbag is a scumbag, no matter how hard you try, you will still be a scumbag.

That being the case, it is better to use this time in a better place.

Like...fulfilling the requirements of Smith and Bush, and having two children of family blood with Abel!

Another example is staying by Abel's side, so as not to have new vixens coming over to compete with him!

She is not afraid of Li Xinyu, Mitsui Toko, and Hollywood girls.

She was worried about people like Keira Wilson, or Paige Morgenthau.

The former infinitely matches the current Abel in terms of family background and situation.

Fortunately, the character is not good, Abel will not think about it.

The latter's family background is not bad, and it is similar to her.The problem is that she looks like Paige is a good match for Abel even in character.

The reason why he lost to himself was only because he was from Texas and his grandfather's decisiveness.

So now, little Laura figured it out.

I want to understand that she herself is not material for studying, nor is she material for a strong career woman.

She understands that apart from her family background, her best field is actually emotional intelligence and personality.

That being the case, it might as well stay with Abel more.

Win over, manage or control, or influence women who are already Abel women.

She finds it more rewarding to have an early access to the very difficult life of Matron Smith.

"Okay." Abel, who didn't know little Laura and was already thinking about entering married life early, suggested, "Then next month, how about we go back to Texas for vacation together?"

Little Laura responded with a slightly suspicious expression and eyes.

Abel knew that little Laura was doubting whether she was really going back to Texas for a vacation, not for another purpose.

He explained: "I really want to go on vacation, but I also have work at the same time. It can also be said that work is vacation, and vacation is work. At that time, George will go back together and discuss some things with him. In addition, there are NRA matters to be dealt with. .You know, your husband is currently the chairman of the NRA National Council for the time being."

Little Laura liked when Abel said things like "your husband" to herself.

"NRA, oh, yes. Count the time, the NRA will re-elect the chairman of the board, right?"

She chuckled and said, ignoring the girl Han Guo who was opposite Abel's bear and could no longer control herself.

Abel nodded.

"In fact, according to the process of previous years, the NRA will re-elect the chairman of the board this month."

"But you know, I'm very busy this month." Abel said:

"So I didn't go to Virginia to participate in the election of the new director of the NRA. I authorized Richard Lugar to replace me and exercise the final authority and responsibility of the director on my behalf."

Little Laura nodded straight, she understood the procedure very well.

The Shrub family used to have three NRA directors, and even had the first female NRA director, her grandmother Barbara.

"This is in line with common sense. According to tradition, you should step down this year. Few people have served as the chairman of the board for more than two consecutive years." She said softly.

"Here comes the problem." Abel chuckled lightly and said:
"Luger told me that Wayne LaPierre was on the board and proposed breaking with tradition that I should continue as the next NRA director."

"It's a bit of a break from tradition," Little Laura said in surprise.

"That's the thing. For LaPierre's proposal, there were people in the NRA who were opposed to it and some were in favor. So Wayne LaPierre decided to postpone the election of the board of directors and change the election location from Virginia to Texas, and hopefully I'll be there then."

Little Laura understood. She looked at her future husband and said softly:
"So my dear, do you want to continue to serve as the chairman of the board, or do you want to step down here?"

Although the chairman of the NRA has a name but no power.The one who is really in charge of managing the association is actually Wayne LaPierre, the president and executive vice chairman.

However, the name of the chairman of the NRA is indeed very attractive.

Sitting in this position, sometimes even donkeys, bigwigs from both parties, or the owner of a white house will pay attention to and consider your opinions.

This is, after all, the figurehead of an organization that reaches millions of voters.

Little Laura felt that there was a high probability that her dear would still want to be in charge.

She felt that he was such a person.

Someone who likes to break traditions, and keeps breaking traditions.

(End of this chapter)