Rebirth

"Your Excellency, you are finally here. Welcome!" At the gate of Kensington Gardens, Li Feng took Wu Jianmin and Mervyn Davis, the Chief Executive Officer of Standard Chartered, to welcome the guests at the reception as Li Feng watched When the Duke of Grosvenor got out of the car with his wife, he greeted him.

"John, I am not late." The Duke of Westminster in the traditional English evening dress also responded to Li Feng with a smile.

"No, time is just right, madam, hello, I am honored to be here." Li Feng greeted the Duchess again.

"John, I also want to thank you for your invitation. It's a great honor!" The duchess also replied politely to Li Feng naturally.

Li Feng and the Duke and his wife are really familiar. They have met several times and talked a few times. As they were talking, it was a young girl who came out of the Rolls-Royce car, but her face was average. , Li Feng knew that this was the eldest daughter of the duke and his wife, and the only child of the duke and his wife who had just grown up, it seemed that his parents had brought him to the reception tonight.

The Grosvenor couple have three daughters and one son, and the eldest daughter was born in 79, but now she is just an adult, the second daughter was also born in 1981, and the third is Mrs. Tasho Grosvenor, the future Duke , Was also born in 1991, and the youngest daughter was born in 1992. Naturally, I learned about the children of the duke and his wife. This is also a compulsory course for Li Feng to interact with the duke and his wife.

As for the duchess, she is not an ordinary person. Her father's official position is ordinary, just a lieutenant colonel, but the family is a traditional British nobleman, and the ancestors can be traced to King George II of England and the great Russian poet-Alexander Pushkin. .

In short, these families have an orderly inheritance, and they have received the most rigorous aristocratic education since childhood, and they all grew up with a golden key.

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In addition to the duke and his wife, people from the upper class including the consulates and dignitaries of the major consulates on Kensington Garden Street, rich people, London City aristocrats, dignitaries, celebrities, rich families, group executives, etc. have all or set off To Kensington Garden Street, or have already arrived early, wandering around the mansion.

For example, the U.S. Emperor, Huaxia and other ambassadors to London, the Duke of Grosvenor, Diana's brother Charles Spencer, etc. Finally, with the arrival of the new Prime Minister with his wife, Prince Charles and the new wife, the reception was officially started. Up.

In Villa No. 19 on Kensington Garden Street, it was fortunate that Li Feng renovated before moving in. A banquet reception hall was specially built on the first floor of Villa No. 19, with an area of ​​more than 500 square meters. If it weren’t for such a hall , I really can’t hold the meeting tonight.

Wu Jianmin took the stage as the new chairman of Standard Chartered to speak. Although everyone knows that the smiling young man standing in front of the stage is the last controller, at least on the surface, Li Feng is just a new Standard Chartered. Of minority shareholders.

It can be said that for Li Feng's hot and low-key, everyone is vibrating in his heart. After all, Li Feng is still a young man, but facing such a scene, he chooses to hide behind the scenes and manipulate everything. Only the old fox would choose.

Although Li Feng is no longer low-key, after all the top 10 rankings on the Forbes list, no matter how low-key it is, it can’t be low-key, but at least Li Feng has never been interviewed by the media, and he can only occasionally see people photographed by the media. The photos are the essence of low-key life and high-key work.

It can be said that Li Feng is the type who can always hear his reputation, but many ordinary people only hear his voice and ignore his people. Many times Li Feng walks on the street, but most people don't know him.

The opening speech of the cocktail party is nothing more than thank you for your presence, hello and hello everyone, everyone was disturbed by a round of applause, as Wu Jianmin stepped off the stage, the cocktail party officially began.

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After the cocktail party began, it was naturally very lively. The entire venue was surging and formed into small circles. Some people were walking around or talking about their respective career developments, etc. As the host, Li Feng was naturally on the scene. One of the focal points, people come up to say hello from time to time.

At this time, there was a circle of people standing beside Li Feng, including the ambassador of China and the United States in London, Prince Charles, the Duke of Grosvenor, the Earl of Spencer, etc. The big names in the field naturally became the center of the venue. .

"John, I heard about you a long time ago when I was in the United States, but this is the first time we met. I am glad to meet you and thank you for your invitation." I was appointed in August and arrived in September. Philip Lader, the new U.S. ambassador to the United Kingdom, greeted Li Feng with a smile.

"Really, Philip, I haven't congratulated you yet, how does it feel to be an ambassador?" Li Feng joked with a smile.

Regarding the U.S. ambassador, Li Feng felt very funny after getting to know him. 30% of the U.S. ambassadors were bought. Yes, you heard it right. Many U.S. ambassadors are OK. Through the "buy", it can be regarded as the public sale of officials in the political circles of the United States.

After all, the U.S. presidential election is a costly gadget, and through this way, enough campaign funds can be obtained. The U.S. ambassadors need to be nominated by the president, and then the two houses pass it. Generally, the presidential nomination can basically be passed. The courtyard also gave the president a lot of face.

And every time about 30% of the ambassador candidates are basically reserved for those rich in political donations. In the next presidential election, if Li Feng is willing to participate, such as helping Bush raise the most Political donations, if Li Feng is interested, he can also launch an ambassador.

This is already the unspoken rule of U.S. imperialism. After every president takes office, the ambassadors of small countries, and even the status of ambassadors to the UK, can be obtained through political donations. The number of ambassadors basically accounts for 30 of all ambassadors. Around %, this can be regarded as one of the ways to raise campaign funds for the presidential election.

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As far as Li Feng knows, the Philip Ryder in front of him obtained this position after a large amount of political donations during the general election last year.It is said that Philip raised millions of dollars in political donations to support Zipper, and finally got this position.

Naturally, Philip Ryder is not an ordinary person. He is also from a wealthy and wealthy family. The family assets are hundreds of millions or even 1 billion U.S. dollars. It costs several million U.S. dollars to get the position of ambassador to the UK. In Philip's view, it is still very cost-effective. .

Listening to Li Feng and Philip Ryder joking with each other, a group of people who knew each of them burst into laughter. After all, such a thing was really funny to think about.

Everyone passed by in a haha. After all, people who chatted together are considered to be characters. There is no need to hold on to the'open' secret of the American emperor or even Western countries. In fact, it is not only the American emperor, even European countries. Many are basically just this one.

No way, who made the process of running for president in these countries basically the same as the US imperialism. The American imperialism was originally inherited from Europe. After all, it is the same ancestor and the same line.

For Li Feng, who was accustomed to the unspoken rules of Europe and the United States and the political system of the previous China, he was really surprised when he first learned about it.

Think about how difficult it is for China to be an official. If you want to be an ambassador of a country, how long it takes to get ahead, but in Europe and the United States, it can be directly'buy'. It is really rich and can do whatever it wants.

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"Everyone, I'm sorry, you talk slowly, I need to go around."

After chatting with everyone for a while, Li Feng immediately said goodbye. After all, as the host of the cocktail party tonight, he always has to go around and say hello to the people from all walks of life. This is the basic etiquette for such a cocktail party, and everyone knows it very well. Suddenly they spoke.

"OK, John, go ahead, come over and talk when you have time."

"John, Cheers!"

"good luck!"

"..."

"John, please wait a moment, I'm going to turn around too, do you mind if I'm with you?"

Li Feng touched the crowd at the reception, Xiao Min took a sip and was about to turn and leave, but it was Earl Spencer who suddenly spoke, which surprised Li Feng for a while.

However, after seeing Charles and Grosvenor's expressions moving, Li Feng reacted. It is estimated that people are going to ask his sister and former princess Diana about the situation.

"Oh, Lord Earl, it's my pleasure if you are willing!" Li Feng also responded with a smile and jokingly.

At this time, the rest of the people should also know that the former Earl of the Princess family should have something to talk to Li Feng, deliberately found an excuse, and made a few jokes. Finally, Li Feng and Earl Spencer turned around with a smile. Left the crowd.