At half past seven in the morning, when Zhang Ran came out of the Marriott Hotel, he felt a cold wind blowing on his face. He tightened his coat, faced the cold wind, and walked towards the White House.

The Pennsylvania Avenue in front of us was lined with Chinese and American flags, hunting and fluttering in the cold wind, and a large number of overseas Chinese gathered on the road, holding the flags of China and the United States, their faces full of joy.

Today's welcoming ceremony for Chief One on the South Lawn of the White House was attended by many people who wanted to be invited. This is the case for the Americans, and the overseas Chinese are even more scrambling to compete for places and opportunities. However, only a handful of people can be invited, and most of them can only wave the flags of China and the United States on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House and wish China and the United States friendship.

When Zhang Ran came to the White House, he found that the scene was divided into two teams for security checks, one team of reporters and the other team of guests. The reporters were covered with all kinds of equipment, and it can be said that they were fully armed, and the guests who watched the ceremony were all dressed in costumes, holding small national flags of China and the United States, and wearing the badges of the national flags of the two countries, all of them were full of spring breeze.

The entrance security check was not as strict as expected, and Zhang Ran easily passed through the security check after showing his ID and invitation letter, and smoothly entered the South Lawn of the White House, where the US president welcomed foreign heads of state.

At this time, 6 or 700 celebrities from all walks of life in the United States, representatives of overseas Chinese, and nearly 100 children were already waiting on the South Lawn, holding the small flags of the United States and China, enthusiastically looking forward to the historic moment when the two heads of state appeared.

Today, the courtyard of the White House is decorated with flowers, clusters of fiery red tulips exuding a fragrance in the sun; the red carpet in front of the White House has been rolled out, and the rostrum for the two heads of state has also been arranged; and the review stand of the five steps is wrapped in a red carpet, which is very bright against the green grass.

According to the identities and status of the spectators, the whole scene was roughly divided into three areas: the Chinese and American entourages stood in the VIP area on the left side of the rostrum; some important guests, such as the president's relatives and friends, stood in the gold rope area; ordinary guests stood in the viewing area; and the different areas were separated by protocol separators.

Zhang Ran is not a government official, nor is he a relative or friend of the president, but as a figure with a certain influence in both China and the United States, as the world's top richest man, he was naturally placed in the Golden Rope District.

As soon as he entered the Golden Rope District, Zhang Ran saw Bai Ye, director of the Investment Promotion Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce. This time, the Ministry of Commerce organized more than 400 Chinese entrepreneurs to go to the United States, a total of three trade delegations. After they arrived in the United States on the 24th, they began to trade and trade. One of the groups was organized by the Investment Promotion Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce, and Zhang Ran nominally belonged to this group, but he had not participated in team activities and was busy with his own affairs, and he didn't meet Bai Ye until last night.

Zhang Ran exchanged a few words with Bai Ye, and then chatted.

But at this moment, an exclamation came from the crowd: "Oh, that's Zhang Ran!" Immediately after, a pair of men and women who looked like international students came over from the viewing area, stood in front of Zhang Ran, and said expectantly: "Zhang Ran, can I take a photo with you?" Zhang Ran smiled: "No problem." ”

At this time, many people from all walks of life who were invited to participate in the welcome ceremony found Zhang Ran and came over one after another, vying to take photos with Zhang Ran. Zhang Ran did not refuse, asked for an autograph, and asked for a group photo to cooperate with the pose.

When the crowd of people taking a group photo dispersed, Bai Ye said in surprise: "I only knew that you were famous in China and had a lot of fans, but I didn't expect that you are as popular in the United States as you are in China!"

Zhang Ran chuckled and said, "Where, everyone's just having a good time!"

Bai Ye shook his head slightly, if it was just ordinary people, the problem was that these people were not only government officials, but also parliamentarians, how could these people have nothing to do to join in the fun? Zhang Ran's influence in the United States was much greater than he imagined! He looked at Zhang Ran and said with a smile: "Our group is going to California to carry out business activities in two days, and it is the first time for a very domestic entrepreneur to come to the United States, and there is no way at all, so you will have to match up when the time comes!"

Zhang Ran has some energy in California, and is quite familiar with the governor and congressmen of California, especially the recent listing of Fly, which has increased the California government's tax revenue by $2.1 billion, and benefited the California government in financial difficulties.

Seeing Zhang Ran say this, Bai Ye smiled and said, "When I hear your words, I feel much more relieved!"

The time soon came to 9 o'clock, and hundreds of US military honor guards lined up in front of the White House and on the balcony on the second floor with Chinese and American flags in hand. Immediately after that, US Vice President Cheney and his wife, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and his wife, and General Peth, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff of the US military, and other senior government officials rushed out one after another and stood in the VIP area on the left side of the rostrum.

At 9:20 a.m., the main entourage of Chief No. 1 entered the venue in two vans, and after getting out of the buses, they also came to the VIP area on the left side of the rostrum to stand.

At 9:25, Mr. and Mrs. *** walked out of the gate of the White House, and then the band played a welcome song, and the black courtesy car flying the flags of China and the United States slowly drove into the venue.

The guests who watched the ceremony knew that the No. 1 chief was coming, and suddenly burst into a burst of enthusiastic cheers, and the guests waved the small national flags in their hands vigorously while cheering, and thousands of small national flags of the two countries were waving in the air at a glance, which was simply dazzling.

With a smile, he stepped forward and personally opened the car door for the No. 1 leader to welcome. After shaking hands, the two heads of state walked up to the podium together while the US military band played the march. When the two heads of state and their wives were all standing, the military band played the national anthem of the People's Republic of China and the national anthem of the United States, and a rumbling 21-gun salute rang out at the same time.

After the national anthems of China and the United States were played, the two heads of state stepped down from the rostrum, led the way by the commander of the honor guard, reviewed the honor guard composed of the three US services, and watched the White House VIP repertoire, a military band wearing a traditional 19th-century American military uniform.

After reviewing the guard of honor, the leaders of the two countries began to shake hands with the guests. When they walked to the youth team, the eager anticipation of the children in colorful clothes was overflowing, and cheers and screams rang out. The No. 1 leader took special care of the children, so much so that *** had already walked to another guest area, and he was still shaking hands with the children in the back.

Soon, the two heads of state walked to Zhang Ran's area one after the other, and the crowd around Zhang Ran suddenly looked like a boiling pot, his eyes were shining, and his face was flushed. It was an incomparably honorable honor for the guests to shake hands with the heads of state of China and the United States, and everyone rushed to stretch out their hands.

Zhang Ran didn't have much novelty about shaking hands with the national leaders for a long time, what a big deal is this? But when *** came over, he still stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "Mr. President, it's a pleasure to see you!"

Although he has not met Zhang Ran, how could he not know Zhang Ran, the world's top richest man, after all, capital is king in the United States. While shaking hands with Zhang Ran, he even joked: "I'm looking forward to the second season of "House of Cards"!"

Zhang Ran immediately said: "It will be online on time at 12 noon on March 15!"

Without further ado, he smiled and walked over to the other guest, and just then, Chief One came.

Zhang Ran stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "Chairman, it's a pleasure to see you!"

The No. 1 leader held Zhang Ran's hand, patted it gently, and said with a smile: "Zhang Ran, you did a good job!"

Zhang Ran didn't know whether Chief No. 1 said that he had done well in the United States or in other aspects, he didn't have time to analyze it, and said without thinking: "Thank you, chairman, I will continue to work hard!"

Bai Ye next to him was very surprised, the two heads of state basically didn't talk much when they shook hands with other guests, at most they said "hello", but they didn't expect that the two heads of state not only had a conversation with Zhang Ran, but also seemed to be very familiar!

After the review, he first made a speech welcoming the visit of the No. 1 leader and emphasized the importance of Sino-US relations, and then the No. 1 leader returned the salute in his speech and said that China and the United States should strengthen cooperation.

After the welcoming ceremony, the two heads of state and their wives ascended to the balcony of the Blue Room of the White House and waved to the crowd, which once again erupted in cheers and applause. Next, the leaders and key entourages of the two parties entered the Oval Office of the White House and began the official meeting.

The guests on the south lawn couldn't wait to flock to the center of the south lawn to take a group photo, and the podium used by the two heads of state had not been removed, so many guests ran to the stage to have the fatuation of the head of state and took pictures.

Zhang Ran and Bai Ye were not so bored, and they walked together towards the Eisenhower administrative building behind the White House.

The Eisenhower Building, also known as the Old Administration Building, was built between 1871 and 1888. When the United States of America was first founded, it was the office building of several government departments in the United States. As the U.S. federal agencies expand and the White House grows in size, it is neither realistic nor inconvenient for multiple departments to work together. As a result, the government moved out, and the administration building is now largely used by White House staff, as well as the vice president's protocol room.

After entering the Eisenhower office building, the two waved goodbye, Bai Ye went to the second floor to attend the meeting of the China-US Business Council, while Zhang Ran went to the fourth floor to attend the business leaders meeting. After the meeting, the No. 1 leaders will meet with the business leaders of the two countries at the Eisenhower Building and hold a roundtable to discuss how to expand bilateral trade and investment opportunities. This is the first time since the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States that an event was held at the White House attended by the heads of state and business leaders of the two countries.

Zhang Ran came to room 403, where the meeting was held, and the staff at the door told him that the meeting was held at 12 o'clock, and the conference room was not open yet.

There were nearly two hours left, and Zhang Ran had to wait in the lounge next to him. However, when he walked into the lounge, he found that there were already more than a dozen people sitting inside, all of whom were the top entrepreneurs in China and the United States.

There are more than a dozen in the United States, and Zhang Ran knows Microsoft's Bill Gates, General Electric's Jeff Immelt, Goldman Sachs' Lourde Belankefan, and Motorola's Sanjay Jia; while there are only four Chinese entrepreneurs, Luo Jiwei of China Investment, Liu Chuanzhi of Lenovo, and Zhang Ruiming of Haier, and the rest of Zhang Ran has not met, and it should be Lu Guanqiu, president of Wanxiang Group.

The entrepreneurs on the scene have really dealt with Zhang Ran only three Belrankfan, Sanjay Jia, and Luo Jiwei. Zhang Ran has cooperated with Goldman Sachs many times and is more familiar with Frank Sachs, but he was plotted by Goldman Sachs once last year, and now he is friend or foe. When Frank smiled and nodded, he just responded politely. Sanjay Jia was reluctant to expose Zhang Ran's acquisition intentions and pretended not to know him, and Zhang Ran did the same, without even looking at him.

Luo Jiwei was more familiar with Zhang Ran, and knew that Zhang Ran didn't know the entrepreneurs present, so he smiled and beckoned: "Zhang Ran, let me introduce you, this is Liu Chuanzhi of Lenovo! This is Zhang Ruiming of Haier! This is Lu Guanqiu of Wanxiang Group!"