The next day, Friday, December 23, at the end of work.

Tomorrow is Christmas Eve, the day after tomorrow is Christmas, and it happens to be the weekend.

So for Americans, this year's Christmas holiday will be postponed, and there will be two more days off after New Year's Day.

The whole Watsangton was full of pre-holiday atmosphere and had no intention of working. After all, it's the longest vacation of the year for an American adult.

Almost all of Georgetown's colleges, regardless of grade, had a lunch party at noon, and the food served in the cafeteria was a little better than usual. In the afternoon, there are no classes, and students are free to arrange social gatherings before the holiday.

In the embassy district, three kilometers north of Georgetown University, most of the national staff, except for the necessary duty, also left work earlier than usual.

After all, the Chinese are a minority who work so diligently.

"Director, then I'll go first. I have already told Sister Ji that I will let her take a shift for me tonight, and I will make up for it when I come back at Christmas. ”

Seeing that it was four o'clock in the afternoon, Ye Kun went to greet the director very professionally.

The "Sister Ji" she mentioned in her mouth is a third-class secretary of the embassy, which is lower than Ye Kun's level, but she has only become the third secretary at the age of 30.

The director was very kind: "Aren't you on official business, what are you talking about, Ambassador Yang has approved it, it's fun, and you don't need to make up the shift when you come back." ”

Ye Kun was very humble: "How embarrassing is this, work is work, and it won't be fun." Oops, that's not what I meant, thanks. ”

The boss told her to have fun, and Ye Kun felt very aggrieved.

After Ye Kun finished negotiating with the leader, he casually picked up a small and delicate Hermes Kelly bag with a restrained trademark brought today, and walked into a lounge with a mirror.

Then he locked the door behind him, and pulled out his bag of makeup like lip gloss and other foundations.

She usually goes to work without a bag and no makeup, and her style is very simple, and today is a last resort - so that she can find a place to touch up her makeup after work, so as to avoid wearing makeup to work and looking disrespectful.

The work requires that it is not easy.

As for the bag, she didn't care about whether it was good or bad, but when Gu Biao stuffed it into her yesterday, she told her very sincerely that these were trial suits that didn't cost money, and she confirmed that she knew that she didn't violate discipline, so she reluctantly accepted it.

Gu Biao didn't lie to her either, because this custom-made Hermes Kelly really didn't need money.

Headquartered in Paris, the Hermès brand is very aware of the fashion celebrities and aristocrats in France and its surroundings.

Don't look at the Hermes brand, which is very expensive to the common people, and when you see those princes and princesses around France, they are completely low-profile, and they are customized to give each other a trial, and ask the other party to help advertise.

And Hermes's "Kelly" series, as the name suggests, is endorsed by the Princess of Monaco, the Oscar-winning actress, and Grace Kelly, and Princess Kelly is given a lot of money every year.

Gu Biao usually doesn't need a bag, but when he talked about business cooperation with the Monaco family last year, they still had a lot of courtesies, so they had to give a few to Gu Biao, and Gu Biao accepted it. I kept it there, and I didn't take much care of it.

Fortunately, the storage is not bad, and the crocodile skin shows no signs of dryness.

When Ye Kun received it, he also blamed Gu Wei, "Even if you don't want money, you should cherish things, it's really blind to you, you are so disrespectful and ruined, it is better for me to keep it for you."

Ye Su first washed and washed his face, lightly applied foundation, then all kinds of delicate, pretending to be nude makeup, and finally applied lip gloss.

"Are these the custom-made cosmetics, bags, and clothes used by European princesses and princesses...... That's all. Ye Kun looked in the mirror, and kept admonishing himself like this in his heart, but his body felt that he couldn't let go.

It took a full half an hour to finish dressing up, which was the longest time she had ever cleaned up. The dinner dress she is wearing at the moment is said to be the same as Princess Caroline's choice at the Cannes Film Festival awards ceremony last year.

(Note: Everyone should pay attention to Princess Caroline is the princess of Monaco, and Gu Biao did not sleep with each other.) Don't get confused. ）

After putting it on, Ye Kun felt a little embarrassed and didn't dare to go out of the lounge, so she waited in the house for Gu Biao to drive to pick her up.

After arriving at the point, Gu Wei waited at the gate of the embassy for a while, thinking that Ye Su would come by himself, but he didn't see anyone after the time, so he had to drive Breham all the way to the circular flower bed at the entrance of the embassy building.

Ye Kun rushed out with a "whoosh" and rushed directly into the passenger seat, not letting her colleagues see what dress she had changed.

As soon as he got in the car, Ye Kun complained viciously: "Those European princesses and princesses are really not things! Attend a film festival award ceremony, and still wear this kind of fancy dress! You can't talk about nobility and elegance at all! You too, let me wear a summer dress in winter, if it weren't for the air conditioner turned on too much, hum." ”

"Yes, yes, you are more knowledgeable and noble and elegant than them. "Gu Biao is too lazy to care, anyway, the bitter master is not around, so he can complain casually.

Dealing with Ye Kun casually, he kicked the accelerator and went straight to the "Amphibious Club" club of Akio Morita.

Ye Su subconsciously stroked the calfskin seat and door lining, and asked, "Do you have any specific tasks tonight?"

Gu Biao drove as he said: "There is no task, our duty is to eat, drink and play." To be specific, if the men are talking about big things, you can just chat with the ministers' wives and the president's wives. ”

Ye Kun: "Then do you have a big deal?"

Gu Biao was impatient with the question, so he had to confess: "I'm afraid of you, forget it, let's have a showdown with you, and I can't take care of the colleagues who betrayed the teacher - Secretary of State Schultz and they are here to play soy sauce to eat, drink and have fun, and support the façade." If the secretary of state is a good person, what kind of deal can he make with the business people.

Tonight, it was mainly the former Minister Peterson and a few others who had already entered the business world and wanted to find rich businessmen to attract some investment and mediate intermediary business. Since Akio Morita slammed into the door to be the east, he may play Morita.

But I told you, Nicole, don't let it go. In case Peterson fools Sheng Tian unsuccessfully and blames you and me for the bad things, then it will not be human inside and out. ”

The reason why Gu Biao knows these things is because he helps the mentor match the guests at the meeting.

On the other hand, it was also the column of "listening to this book every day" on the subway in his previous life when he listened to Luo Fat's "get" APP, and when he listened to literacy books such as "The Secret History of Sony", "Blackstone's Choice", and "The King of Capital", he happened to scan an ear of anecdotes about this.

After hearing this, Ye Kun's first reaction was to be surprised that the former US ministers were so miserable: "The Peterson you are talking about is Peter Peterson, right? Ten years ago, he was the chief of the commercial BU at the same time as Kissinger? Is the chief of the commercial BU of the United States so miserable after he retired? And he can't bring in a few wealthy businessmen to join the show?"

Although he has been working in the United States for nearly three years, Ye Kun still does not quite accept this setting.

Of course, it also has something to do with the fact that she only cares about American politics, and does not care much about the business world and the unspoken rules of the "revolving door".

She imagined and compared the country in her mind, and she always felt incredible.

Gu Biao explained with a smile: "People have only been the head of business BU for one term, not for a few years, and they have entered politics from business, and then continue to engage in business, and their influence is even worse." After Nixon's resignation, Peterson went to the big investment company and Lehman Brothers became president.

However, this year, Lehman Brothers has been very infighting, and it is necessary to introduce an external major shareholder, Express Company, to acquire Lehman. Peterson and his old partner Schwartzman don't want to wade into the troubled waters of Yuntong and Lehman Brothers anymore, so they want to take advantage of the fact that the aftermath is not yet gone, trick a fat sheep into throwing money at them, and prepare to come out and set up another mountain by themselves. ”

Historically, Peterson's wave of new companies was the famous Manhattan investment giant "Blackstone Group".

And the Amex company mentioned by Gu Biao is the very famous credit card financial company in the United States. There are many cities where gods pretend to be forced, and they have to be forced to use the centurion of Yuntong, black gold cards and the like.

As for Lehman Brothers, yes, it was the scandalous aftermath of the subprime mortgage crisis in '08. Lehman was beaten by the crowd of New Yorkers when he was in a Manhattan gym because he lost a lot of money invested in retail investors, but the executives still received high salaries.

Ye Su brushed it off: "So, Akio Morita will be treated as a fat sheep tonight?"

Gu Biao: "It's not premeditated, they just want to catch a fat sheep at random, and there are dates or not." Akio Morita just wanted to have a treat, so he crashed on the door - don't talk so much, you haven't promised me yet, don't leak the flaws for a while, spoil the good things of Peterson and Schwartzman. Whether Akio Morita will be recruited or not depends on his IQ. We don't help each other, and I don't want to offend anyone. ”

Ye Su pouted: "You still don't worry about my work?" If you don't miss a flaw, there will definitely be no flaws." I don't bother to care about the Americans, saying that I am dog-eat-dog, who deceived whom. ”

After explaining to the sister-in-law, the "Amphibious Club" also arrived. Gu Wei parked Breham at the door, and then naturally took Ye Su in.

"Hello Mr. Gu, please go directly to the top floor. The female receptionist at the door didn't ask Gu Biao's identity, and directly guided him.

As for Ye Kun, no one thought to ask her identity at all, or to have any amazement at her luxurious and elegant clothes and makeup, as if Ye Kun did not exist.

This is also the professionalism of a top private club, and the service staff will not have any beaks and side glances at what women the VIP brings.

"It seems that you are very familiar with this place, the receptionists know you, and you have often come here to spend time drinking in the past two years. Ye Su hummed these words almost with the breath of his nostrils, and it was in Chinese.

She seemed uncomfortable with the atmosphere of being ignored.

"Not a few times, isn't that a job requirement? Gu Biao admitted frankly, thought about it for a while, and added very casually, "Don't worry, when you get upstairs in a while, you will need to be formally introduced—but there is no need to introduce you to those who serve people." ”

Ye Su turned his face away, noncommittal to the explanation.

The elevator soon reached the top floor, and when Gu Biao stepped into the banquet hall, he saw that Secretary of State Schultz and Kissinger had not yet arrived, and Akio Morita and Peter Peterson, Schwartzman, and William Clark advisers were already there.

"President Morita, Secretary Peterson, Advisor Clark, I'm not late. ”

Peterson: "Eh, don't call me a minister, I'm just the president of Lehman Brothers. ”

"It's early for us to come, and these ladies are the wives of all the dignitaries—I don't know who this ...... is."

When Akio Morita said this, he first gestured around half a circle and pointed to the four female guests present, and then pointed to Gu Ao.

"This is my college classmate, Miss Yip, who is currently the second secretary of the embassy. I haven't had a female companion at Watsengton, so I'm going to invite her with me tonight. President Morita, I won't bother. ”

Akio Morita smiled politely: "Where is it, Gu Sang, the friends you have made are really young and promising, and they are dragons and phoenixes among people." Miss Ye is the same age as you, and she can hold an important position in the embassy. In the future, my future in politics will probably be no less than your achievements in the business world. ”