After Gu Biao and Ye Kun greeted the other guests, within 10 minutes, Kissinger and Schultz also came.

The role of the biggest wrist is always the last to arrive at the banquet, which is conventional.

Generally, they don't have to deliberately get stuck, because Schultz and Kissinger both arrived just 5 minutes before the agreed time, while Gu Biao was 15 minutes ahead of schedule, and the rest were 20 minutes early.

What kind of social status should I be in, I must have a strong number in my heart. They are all regular customers who have been in the Watson revolving door circle for many years, and they don't need to be reminded by others.

In this way, tonight's group of guests can be regarded as a gathering of former foreign ministers, former finance ministers, and former business secretaries of the Nixon administration 10 years ago.

"Hello Professor, Your Excellency, it's an honor to meet you. ”

Gu Biao took the initiative to go up to say hello, bowed slightly to Kissinger, and took the initiative to wait in line with Schultz to shake hands.

The etiquette of a group of men returning to men and women to women was completed in an orderly manner.

"Lady Nancy, it is an honor to see you again. Ye also gave Mrs. Nancy and Secretary of State Schultz's wife a gentle and polite hug.

"Again?" Mrs. Nancy paused slightly at the word "again" in Ye Su's words.

Ye Su complimented with a smile: "Of course you don't remember, five years ago in Seattle, I had the pleasure of meeting you, but I was only 17 years old at the time, just an ordinary entourage. ”

Nancy immediately remembered what Ye Su was talking about—although, she still had no impression of her as a person.

And the ladies who had been chatting with Ye Kun for ten minutes on trivial matters just now were impressed by Ye Kun again.

In particular, Mrs. Schwartzman and Mrs. Clark, Mr. Schwartzman is now the COO of Lehman Brothers, and William Clark is the current national security adviser, both of whom have more than a dozen years of seniority in the circle than the other guests tonight, so that both gentlemen are only forty or fifty years old, unlike other old men in their forties.

According to the custom of successful couples and young wives, their wives are younger, Mrs. Schwartzman is in her 30s, and Mrs. Clark is just 40.

Originally, on a social occasion like tonight, the two ladies were like fish in water, and they were very able to show off their temperament and self-cultivation, but seeing Ye Kun so young and knowledgeable and dignified as much as they were, they were a little unaccustomed to it.

At the beginning, they could also use the explanation of "Ye Su is estimated to be a professional female public relations who is supported by Gu Wei, specially used to take out guests" to psychologically hint at themselves.

However, after listening to Kissinger's wife Nancy's answer at this moment, they knew that Ye Kun had come to the United States five years ago, when he was only 17 years old, and he still followed the official visiting team.

The qualifications in that circle are really terrible.

Although it was a treat in Akio Morita's clubhouse, the dinner was completely Western-style, and there was no trace of Japanese food, which was completely different from when Morita entertained Gu Biao before.

Therefore, the order of serving is also the same as that of French food, after eating, there is a time to wait for drinks and chat.

The men quickly got down to business, while the women chatted freely on topics that showed their taste.

Because except for Ye Kun, the other ladies are all a little old, so naturally they don't talk about the fashion in the entertainment industry, and they are past this age.

But the fashion festivals in Paris and Milan, the new trends of Belgian jewellers, these can still be said.

Rao is Ye Kun has undergone professional training, so he can barely cope with it.

"These friends of Gu Biao are really difficult to deal with, whether they have money or not, they really have a lot of knowledge in the upper class. Ye Su had a slight headache.

Especially because she is a Chinese woman, and other people are more curious about her.

"Ye, are you Chinese upper-class women also the most respected popular brand Hermès? I always thought you didn't like French goods. And I've seen other Chinese foreign service personnel before, and they're all disciplined to death. Mrs. Schwartzman, who is in her 30s, asked slightly playfully.

Then she showed off her unrecognizable master limited edition without a trace.

Of course, she wasn't entirely malicious, but more genuinely curious.

As we all know, there are already some wealthy businessmen in China today, and they are not short of money. But they can't imagine that officials can have blatantly bad money, and they have the impression that Chinese should be very cautious.

Ye Kun secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said in her heart that fortunately, Gu Biao's preparations for her were very strict, and she was so luxurious and surpassed most American noblewomen, and she could have a reasonable explanation.

She replied dignified and calm: "Indeed, our discipline in foreign affairs is very strict, and the acceptance of commemorative gifts from foreign guests must not exceed 400 US dollars, and if there is really a difference, we must make up the ...... with our own salary."

Mrs. Schwartzman immediately laughed, "Impossible, is it? Hermes Carey for 400 dollars? Are you kidding?"

Ye Kun: "I'm not joking - when this thing was given to me, I also refused it at first, and later confirmed that it was really a gift from Hermes to Princess Kelly of Monaco, so I didn't want money, so I accepted it." ”

A group of ladies instantly fell silent, especially the wives of Peterson and Schwartzman.

Because their husbands have been investment banking executives for many years now, they have a little bit of money to talk about, but they have absolutely no friendship with the royal families of European countries.

"That's right, I heard that Gu Biao invested in two films, both of which were co-produced with a film production company owned by the royal family of Monaco. She is Gu Wei's classmate, so it is not surprising that she can have a courteous relationship with the Monaco royal family. Mrs. Schwartzman thought, but didn't say it.

Ye Kun's words just now directly pressed their coercion back, just like an American nouveau riche a hundred years ago, when he met a lord from Europe, he was cramped.

The scene was embarrassing for a while, and they were no longer ignorant and meaningless, and gradually handed over the choice of topics to Ye Kun, allowing her to take the initiative to play freely.

Gradually, under the guidance of the ladies, the topic turned to a film recently released in the United States by the Monaco royal family.

This movie is, of course, "The Last Emperor".

As we all know, if you want to rush to the next year's Oscar season for a movie, then the best release schedule is in the fourth quarter of that year, and it is best to be stuck before the Christmas season, otherwise the influence of the film will not be enough to ferment.

After all, the Oscars are still an award voted by a 3,000-person group, which is much larger than the jury of those European film festivals, and it is impossible for a film without communication influence to win the award.

Everyone talked about the movie, and the other ladies actually went to watch this historical biopic movie, because the American high society was originally interested in the biographical movies of those princes and nobles.

Otherwise, the two major types of films of "celebrity biopics" and "politically correct equal rights films" in later generations will not be in turn for the Oscars.

Ye Kun listened to everyone talk about the movie, and was slightly flustered, because she was busy with work, although "The Last Emperor" had been released for a week or two, she hadn't seen it yet.

In fact, she subconsciously, mainly because this film was written by the "female hooligan" Xiao Sui, she was even more resistant. She is alone again, how can she be in the mood to watch a movie.

But fortunately, she has read the autobiography "My First Half of Life" as the material for the script, and with a little rhythm, she can also talk to other ladies very openly.

And immediately because "I can explain to you what additional artistic processing there are in the film, autobiography, and historical facts", he seized the initiative.

"Oh, is that so? Ye, you are so knowledgeable. I thought that the relationship between the emperor and his concubine was so harmonious as in the movie, but it turned out to be so incompetent. ”

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Compared with Ye Kun's tired of dealing with curiosity, the men's topic circle is much more relaxed.

Because tonight's protagonist is not him.

Lehman CEO Peterson, and his partner Schwartzman complimented Akio Morita all night, which made Akio Morita very comfortable at the beginning.

Sheng Tian has been engaged in this "amphibious club" for more than two years, and the picture is to mix with the people in Watsonton's "revolving door" circle to become his own people. How could he be surprised to let the former U.S. Secretary of Commerce slap him like this tonight.

He was also very grateful to Kissinger.

But listen, the old fox Akio Morita came back to his senses.

On more than one occasion, Peterson hinted that Lehman Brothers was now a complicated internal struggle, and that some people insisted on bringing in an outside majorist, Amex, to buy it.

Although Peterson would never say that "if the acquisition of Amex is completed, the management including the CEO may be replaced", but just wants to take the initiative to jump ship and play alone as a winner.

But what a fox Akio Morita was, he immediately heard the subtext.

Peterson tried again and again, but he could only leak the hole cards first:

"President Morita, I have long heard that Sony has always been very interested in acquiring the media giants in the United States, and when I was the Minister of Commerce, I happened to have a lot of business relationships, and if Sony is willing, I can set up a separate investment company for you to act as a white glove agent for these businesses.

You should know that we Americans still have a strong sense of cultural superiority. If you rashly expose the aggressiveness of this brand, even if the acquisition is successful, it will inevitably cause resistance from the American public opinion circles. If you find a U.S.-funded background as a cover, the situation will be much better. ”

Peterson is already openly peddling the intention that "I want to work for you and earn a big commission as a starting point for me to jump out of Lehman's own business."

Peterson did not actually have any factor in the butterfly effect of Gu Biao, because historically he befriended Akio Morita at Kissinger's farewell banquet before his retirement, and began to sell his ideas.

It's just that in another time and space, Kissinger retired eight months early, and Peterson met Akio Morita eight months early.

But his first pitch was still a failure. Akio Morita only inquired about the price, but did not immediately entrust Peterson to act as an investment agent for Sony's mergers and acquisitions in the United States.

Because Akio Morita feels that the price is still too expensive today. After that, it was left to the air for more than a year, and after the Plaza Accord in '85, the yen jumped by 30% in an instant.

Akio Morita felt that "the acquisition of dollar assets by yen assets has entered a low price period", so he officially entrusted Peterson and asked him to help Sony acquire Columbia Records and Columbia Pictures successively, and almost represented Sony to buy and buy all the businesses of Hollywood.

It also made the famous investment predator Blackstone Group earn the first pot of gold.

However, the yen has not yet appreciated, so it looks like Peterson's temporary setback will have to be suffered again.

Unless he changes owners and takes refuge.