Chapter 165: The Gathering
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With Zhou You's current prestige, not to mention that Rumsfeld is just a secretary of defense, it is not difficult for President George W. Bush to meet him. But he is not an American, so his assets cannot give him more influence. In other words, if the other party is willing to give him face, he is the richest man in the world, and if he is not given face, he is nothing.
Just like Warren Buffett, he has a high status in the United States, whether it is Bill Gates and others, the White House, or Congress, he has extensive influence. But if he goes to the mainland, that is, a wealthy foreign man, and is no longer in his sphere of influence, his influence will be greatly reduced.
Seeing that Zhou You did not speak, but pondered, Rumsfeld did not expect Zhou You to answer his question, but gave the answer himself. "Mr. Zhou has a high reputation in all countries of the world, and it takes six years to reach the pinnacle that no one else can reach in a lifetime, and we are of course full of respect for people like you. Although it is true that the incident in Colombia has hurt our interests, I personally believe that Mr. Zhou should be classified as a friend, not an enemy. I came with friendship......"
His sincere expression almost made Zhou You believe it in an instant, but Zhou You actually didn't have any bottom in his heart. Because the other party is an old politician who has been immersed in politics for many years, when he was the first defense minister, Zhou You was not yet born, and it was almost impossible to see his true expression from her face.
Zhou You pondered for a moment and asked, "What does that require me to do?" β
Rumsfeld smiled, picked a dip and stood in front of his white ball, he looked carefully at the distance, and hit the ball on the green.
Only then did he turn around and say: "Since peace talks in Colombia are inevitable, then the guerrillas should also give the same treatment to American companies, and this is our condition." β
Zhou You immediately understood that the U.S. government was unwilling to give up the bridgehead of Colombia, so through the peace talks, it wanted to re-enter the Colombian market.
With the geographical advantages of the United States and the experience of American companies, as long as the guerrillas do not deliberately target American companies, their companies can quickly develop in Colombia. Behind this incident, I am afraid that there are still many American consortia.
At present, the companies that travel around the mainland have a lot of advantages in terms of minerals, but several large oil fields in northern Colombia are still in the hands of American companies, and they will still be the ones who benefit if they are free from the guerrillas.
"I personally have no opinion on this matter, however, I need to consult Marulanda first, even within the guerrillas, their opinions are not unanimous."
Rumsfeld said with a smile: "This is the only condition that can be reached in the peace talks, and we have spent tens of billions of dollars in Colombia over the years, and we will never return in vain." β
Zhou You nodded and said, "I will carefully analyze the pros and cons with Marulanda." β
He suddenly mentioned this condition, and he couldn't tell the pros and cons for a while, he was now able to call the wind and rain in Colombia, relying on an exclusive monopoly, and of course he didn't want to have an extra group of competitors.
However, Colombia is a small country after all, with limited interests, and no matter how much he earns in Colombia, it is far less than the interests in the United States, so in terms of interests, it is good for him.
However, this matter cannot only be analyzed from the perspective of interests, but also involves the enterprises in the mainland, the attitude of the mainland, the attitude of the guerrillas, and even the attitudes of several countries around Colombia.
Now that Zhou You is preparing to replicate Colombia's model in Venezuela, Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and other countries, it would be a major setback for Zhou You's investment plans to think that he is now wearing the same pants as the United States.
Because these countries have very poor relations with the United States, they can almost be said to be enemies. If Zhou You gets too close to the United States, he will also encounter resistance from them.
Of course, these are not the most important, the most important thing is to give Americans the opportunity to see how the mainland will look at this matter, Zhou You has always regarded himself as a Chinese.
Because of the thought in my heart, this shot was even worse in the round, and I still didn't hit the ball on the green. Rumsfeld said with a smile: "It seems that I am going to take the lead for the time being." β
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At the end of the first game, Zhou You ended the game by four strokes, and he also happily paid Rumsfeld a $400 bet.
By this time, night had fallen, and the stadium lights were on. Members of the Yorkson Congressman also congratulated Rumsfeld and expressed comfort to Zhou You. As for betting, no one cares too much because on golf courses, it is legal to place bets.
Paris and Jessica brought Nakahara to the course, and Nakahara was reluctant to drop a golf ball and ran on the course.
"What a healthy little guy and it seems he has a lot of interest in golf."
Zhou You laughed and said, "He should be better than my skills in the future." β
Rumsfeld raised four hundred dollars and said with a smile: "It's a pity that I won't give him a chance to take revenge." β
One sentence made everyone laugh.
The group slowly walked back, and the other players on the course were also notified that dinner was going to start, and they walked out of the course, the team was getting bigger and bigger, most of the men were wearing golf suits, but the women were all showy, regardless of age, they all released their charms.
At this time, Zhou You found a familiar face, although this "familiar" old man Zhou You saw it for the first time, but Zhou You had seen his news many times in his previous life, he was John Boena, who was called the crying speaker by Americans.
The name may not be familiar to people outside the United States, but in the United States, the Speaker of the House of Representatives is the third-in-command after the president and vice president.
The 55-year-old is a star congressman in the United States, who chaired the House Education Committee in 2001 and won numerous accolades for his education bill.
Although Boehner is known for his love of crying, he is quite cruel in his work, and in the House of Representatives, he has been a tough opponent of the Democrats and has become the vanguard of Republicans. Boehner, in coordination with Senate Republicans, has proposed a strategy of opposing all Democratic-backed bills and provisions, even if they were first introduced by Republicans.
There were also a few lobbyists around him, so Zhou You didn't talk to him, the two just looked at each other and nodded to each other. However, Zhou You is not afraid that he will not come to him, because he is the most powerful fundraising machine in the Republican Party, and around him, there is the largest fundraising network of congressmen.
Rumsfeld had no intention of attending the dinner, and returned to the hall, just as Zhou You had made a farewell. Due to the fact that there were reporters outside, Zhou You did not see him off, but separated from him directly in the hall.
He came here this time, it seems, just to play a game with Zhou You. This also surprised many people, and the eyes that looked at Zhou You were completely different.
Rumsfeld is an old-timer of the Republican Party, and he is still the US Secretary of Defense, so he can let the Secretary of Defense come over to play a game with him.
Only Zhou You knew that he had left himself with a difficult problem.
Zhou You has never been able to figure out why it would be Rumsfeld who came to negotiate terms with him, because he didn't seem to need to come forward at all in this matter. Even if Yorkson talks to him directly, it can represent the government's intentions, or it should be more appropriate for Cheney, who has a good relationship with energy and mineral companies, to come forward.
"My dear, don't frown, go upstairs to take a shower and change clothes, the dinner will start in half an hour."
Zhou You smiled and hugged her and kissed her. "The smell of this emollient balm is quite enticing and gives an olfactory stimulation more than a perfume."
"Really? β¦β¦ Then I'll change to this brand of emollient in the future. β
When Zhou You came out of the shower, Paris and Jessica had already changed into evening dresses, Paris was a set of deep V pink dresses, although her breasts were not big, but her breasts were very beautiful, as if they were a pair of upside-down jade bowls, tough and straight. This evening dress just perfectly shows her advantages, if it weren't for the Central Plains around her, no one would have thought that she was already a mother.
Zhongyuan, who was only one year old and a month, was also put on a small suit and a bow tie by her, looking like a little gentleman. However, the neckline seemed to be a little too tight, and he kept pulling his collar, but Paris kept stopping him.
Jessica's dress is relatively conservative in the front, but it shows almost the entire back, her advantage is her plump figure and fair skin, with a dark dress, which makes her skin fairer and very charming.
It's a pity that this dress is not bold, if it is the kind of evening dress that opens all the way to the hip cleft, it will definitely charm more men.
"Honey, don't you notice that you're being rude?"
Zhou You's eyes didn't blink, still staying on Jessica's body. "No, you can't blame me for that, only Jessica is so charming."
Jessica rolled her eyes and smiled and asked, "Paris, is your husband always like this?" β
Paris shook her head and said, "Of course not, only in front of a beauty like you, he will be like this." β
Jessica paused for a moment, looked at Paris and asked, "You don't seem to mind at all." β
Paris asked rhetorically, "Why should I mind?" β
This time it was Jessica's turn to be speechless, and she couldn't figure out why the two had such a strange relationship. Perhaps, when Paris accepted the three wives of Evan Zhou, she didn't care about the exclusivity of feelings.
Zhou You smiled and said, "Okay, I think it's time for us to go to the banquet." β
The gathering was a regular gathering of the Republican Party, and in addition to members of the Senate and House of Representatives, the main participants were lobbyists and representatives of large corporations. This also makes such gatherings full of power-for-money transactions and entanglements of interests, and traveling around has also become a part of interests, which he can't change if he wants to, and of course, he doesn't want to change.
The host of today's evening party is Tom Dry, the current majority leader of the Republican Party, who is not familiar with this person. It was only in the process of getting acquainted with American politics that I learned that this person was a Republican with a tough attitude, nicknamed the hammer, who was not only ruthless to the Democrats, but also ruthless to his own people.
But at today's hosting, he became humorous and funny, and his speech of more than ten minutes made everyone laugh. It's just that many of the stalks he talked about traveling around a foreigner were not very familiar, and he and several representatives of foreign companies became one of the few people present who did not laugh.
The dinner was a buffet style, with a wide variety of dishes, and there were even two Chinese dishes, but they were adapted to American tastes.
After about twenty minutes, almost everyone had already eaten dinner, and now it was time to dance. At this time, Paris, the chick, becomes the queen of the prom, she likes all the entertainment and never gets tired of playing, but it is not so much that she likes to dance, but that she enjoys the admiration of men and the jealous gaze of women.
She is so superficial and naΓ―ve, and loves vanity. If Zhou You hadn't pulled her by his side by killing people at the beginning, and later became the richest man in the world, I'm afraid he wouldn't have been able to control her at all.
The current travel has satisfied all her imagination of men, and I am afraid that she will not be able to get rid of her.
Zhou You danced the first dance with her, and then danced the second dance with Jessica, and was pulled aside by John Boehner. He was surrounded by representatives and lobbyists of large companies, and after a short time of traveling, he received several business cards.
The social circle is expanded little by little by relying on this kind of gathering, although some of these relationships may not be used for a lifetime, but when you are useful, you can find someone to help, this is success.
Although he really wanted to get Jessica into bed quickly, he didn't show a little impatience, the night was long, and he was sure to get Jessica to do it today.
But what makes Zhou You a little puzzled is that although Jessica yearns for this kind of high-level gathering, today's performance is not so utilitarian. This made him look better at this chick, and wait to see how well she is doing in bed, and if she has fun, she can play a few more times.
As for not hooking up, Zhou You never thought about it. The fact that she was invited to this meeting shows that she does not resist herself. Then his flirting hand has been useless for a long time, and he doesn't believe that Jessica can resist his internal provocation.
However, this is a meeting place for the Republican Party, so I should keep a low profile tonight, so I can't disturb everyone. He didn't think that tomorrow morning, everyone in the club would know about his super ability. Other places can be in the limelight, and the limelight in this regard is still exempt.
After a dance song, Paris and Jessica both returned to their places, and Zhou You walked back with his glass. Both women's faces were flushed with exercise and drunkenness, and they looked very charming. "Paris, Jessica, you're the most charming couple in the room tonight."
Paris said proudly, "Of course. β
Jessica asked rhetorically, "Which of us is more charming?" β