253 Feast
Not to mention how the old Bush preached, at this time Li Feng was also thinking about this chance encounter, thinking that it was really a coincidence, but it was still good to be able to meet the old George today, Li Feng believed in the previous intuition, the old George was quite friendly.
There is a saying that when business behavior reaches a certain behavior, it is absolutely inseparable from politics, and Li Feng now feels that it is true, especially with the development of his career, it has become more and more clear recently.
In the United States, political families have their own family political power and sphere of influence.
Speaking of the political power of US imperialism, we have to mention political families, from the Adams family at the beginning of the founding of the country to the Roosevelt family, the Kennedy family and the Bush family, which can be called the four most powerful political families of US imperialism.
The members of Congress and the Senate directly controlled by the four major families may be able to directly affect almost all issues in the two houses, and if they are added, it will be a huge force.
In fact, it is similar to the Chinese tradition, through family marriage, they are more closely connected with each other, and firmly control the most powerful empire of the United States. These political families have enormous influence, both in business and in politics.
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For example, the early Addams family, which is nicknamed the first Adams dynasty of the United States. Although his reputation is not obvious now, Li Feng has heard of several giants after Adams or family marriages, all of whom have become members of both houses.
Another example is the Kennedy family, which is said to have as many as 2 or 30 members of the two houses who are directly related to each other, including marriages.
In the 5 and 60s, the family's assets exceeded hundreds of millions of dollars, the political power was never broken, and the wealth must have increased dramatically, but no one knew about it.
Not to mention Roosevelt, at the beginning of the establishment of New York, most of the real estate from 22nd Street to 46th Street in Manhattan, from 5th Avenue to Hudson River in the United States, was the property of the Roosevelt family.
Roads, highways, and buildings named after the Roosevelt family can be found in many major cities in the United States, including the USS Roosevelt, which is famous in the U.S. Navy.
Since the 19th century, the Roosevelt family has developed and achieved significant success in finance and investment. In addition to managing their own family assets, the Roosevelt family also managed funds entrusted to them.
The Roosevelt Trust Fund has a history of more than 100 years, and there are a large number of investments around the world, and the specific assets are estimated to be unclear to outsiders, after all, the trust fund does not need to be announced to the public, and it does not legally belong to the Roosevelt family.
Naturally, there are always members of the Roosevelt family who serve in both houses, and the family together is a group of strongmen, and these people are the ones who really influence the direction of US imperialist policy.
You must know that whatever the president of US imperialism wants to pass, it needs to be voted on by both houses.
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Finally, there is the Bush family, the first generation of the family was in business, and then began to enter politics, but the family started in Texas, and continued to win political victories to drive the family business to continue to achieve results, from oil, military industry, finance, intelligence agencies, and so on, everywhere.
Although Li Feng has not had much contact with the Bush family, judging from the history of his previous life, in fact, the Bush family's policy toward China is relatively good compared to other presidents such as Zipton, Ohei, and C-Pu.
For example, when Bush Sr. was in office, US-China relations were in the sweetest period, and after Zipper came to power, the relationship was actually not very good, and if you think about whether the US imperialist fleet haunted the T Strait in the 90s, the relationship can be imagined.
Of course, it may also have something to do with the special historical background at that time, after all, the former Soviet Union was the biggest enemy of US imperialism.
Later, in the United States, it was also rumored that the Zipton family was known as the 'fifth largest political family' of the United States, but unfortunately in Li Feng's view, the Zipton family was still a little worse, and if his wife could come to power later, perhaps it could be the fifth largest family.
But the shortcomings are also obvious, the Clinton family has no successor, what is the use of a daughter, look at the other families, there will never be a lack of successors, there will be no faults, this is the secret of their long-term enduring existence.
Think about the surnames Washington, Raphael, Franklin, etc., when the United States was founded, and now there are still people who have heard of it, not because there are no descendants, and some are all girls, and the result can be imagined.
From here, it can be seen that if you want to keep the family prosperous, you still have to take it with you.
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Naturally, in addition to these four powerful families, there are also a large number of powerful families such as Rockefeller and Morgan, and now these families actually have people in the economic field, or participate in the political field or marriage, etc., all hoping to expand their power.
It is even joking that at the beginning of the 20th century, if the Rockefeller family had the current power and influence, perhaps the trust oil empire would not be dismembered, after all, Roosevelt wanted to dismember the Standard Oil Company or passed the bill.
With the influence of the Rockefeller family now, coupled with the alliance of those trust groups, they will definitely be able to withstand the counterattack of political forces in both houses.
In Li Feng's view, it was also from that time that family consortia, including Rockefeller, Morgan, Meilon, DuPont, etc., went into hiding, and at the same time, family members began to exert influence in other industries in the United States, developing from economic, cultural, and political aspects.
Of course, there is no if for this thing, after all, it has become history, just like the relationship between the politics and consortium of US imperialism introduced to him before, which is both opposition and mutual promotion, that is, a balance.
Similarly, Li Feng also hopes that he will be able to reach the top level in the future, at least he is still a little worse now, so he is willing to make friends with Li Feng of the Bush family.
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When Li Feng returned to the temporary residence, the villa was already quite lively, not only the service staff but also a group of professional groomers.
This is specially prepared by Li Feng, and if he wants to go to a banquet in the evening, he always has to pick it up. In addition to herself, Zhou Jiana also needs to dress up well.
In fact, for Li Feng's arrangement, Zhou Jiana, the little girl, enjoyed it very much, first ate something (this is already Li Feng's habit, these so-called dinner parties or something, Li Feng always wants to eat something first, so as not to go hungry), and then after taking a bath, he began to let people put on makeup, from the gifts he wore at night, the decorations he worn, etc., he was very busy.
This time, Zhou Jiana came suddenly, but he didn't bring any jewelry or anything, so Li Feng had to ask Tiffany to send a set directly, and Li Feng obediently filled in a check for $1.2 million.
Well, this time Zhou Jiana's little girl seems to have 'earned'. Anyway, Li Feng got a fragrant kiss from the beautiful woman and comforted Li Feng's efforts, but it was worth it.
"John, what do you think?"
Wearing a black casual slimming suit and high heels, Chanel No. 5 Collector's Style, a more durable variety of fragrances, fresh and natural and pleasant, looking like a professional strong woman. At this time, the beautiful woman jumped to Li Feng's side and showed it, and then asked expectantly.
"Of course, you're going to get the crowd out tonight. Li Feng then replied with a smile.
"That's..."Well, the tsundere socialite never knew what modesty was.
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"Honey, let's go. Saying that, Li Feng stepped forward and stretched out his hand to invite.
Looking at the tall, handsome, and well-dressed Li Feng inviting himself with a smile, Zhou Jiana couldn't help but tremble lightly in his heart, Li Feng at this time was really Prince Charming.
Holding the soft waist of the beautiful woman, they got into the Lincoln limited edition custom car waiting together, two security cars in front of the other and two in the back, and a small convoy slowly headed towards the White House.
That's right, the New Year's dinner was held on the last day of '96, December 31.