Zhu Lao's invitation to Jiang Lao, not very cold, the reason is clear, back then, Zhu Lao was regarded as Jiang Lao's right-hand man to come to power, after coming to power, Zhu Lao carried out drastic reforms to the chaotic political situation at that time, and even before Zhu Lao came to power, only when he was a vice premier, Zhu Lao also made a splashing contribution to the consolidation of Jiang Lao's position.

But what Jiang Lao did later was a little too chilling, and when Jiang Lao's position was completely consolidated, he immediately turned his face and denied people, and he had to step down as the first prime minister of the republic who had worked hard to defeat the huge country.

Whoever looks at this matter, it is Jiang Lao who is unloading the mill and killing the donkey, and whoever this matter is on me, I am afraid it will not be comfortable. So at this moment, when Zhu Lao was able to see Li Lin, he actually gave Li Lin a lot of face, and it was more about Li Lao's face.

Zhu Lao looks a lot older than the previous two years, which is also understandable, after all, Zhu Lao's gloomy departure at the beginning made Zhu Lao feel angry, and his heart was so depressed, plus Zhu Lao's age was there, and it was understandable that he was aging fast.

Despite this, when Zhu Lao saw Li Lin, he was still very happy, "Xiao Lin, is your grandfather okay?" ”

"Thank you, uncle, my father is all right, but he always talks about you." Li Lin owed a debt and said respectfully.

"Hehe......" Zhu Lao nodded with a smile, and his face, which was not angry and arrogant, also seemed much calmer, "Your father asked you to come over this time, what's the matter?" ”

At the level of Zhu Lao and Li Lao, there is no need to go around in circles, and many things can be "done spontaneously".

"Yes, my old man asked me to ask you, what do you think of the previous incident?"

"That's it." Zhu Lao groaned, and suddenly understood in his heart that this was his old friend who came to reassure himself: his gloomy resignation is said to be a bit of an unbearable past, and his old friend is worried that he has a pimple in his heart, and he can't wipe his face, so he let this girl come, right?

In terms of Zhu Lao's true temperament, if this cooperation is harmful to the country, Zhu Lao will never do it, but as far as the core leaders at the central level are concerned, I am afraid that there are not many who can be more patriotic than Zhu Lao. Of course, this does not mean that the other core leaders are unpatriotic, but in general, Zhu Lao's selfishness is the least, and his love for this country is really selfless, unlike other core leaders, who still put the interests of their own family above the interests of the country more often.

Such a great man is naturally worthy of the admiration of the common people, but in the same way, the white swans that have always appeared in the black crow flock are too difficult to be accepted, and Zhu Lao's final ending also illustrates this.

But everything can't always be seen from the perspective of the past, since being ruthlessly put on a hard stand by Jiang Lao and having suffered enough losses, although Zhu Lao's deep love for this country has not changed much, he has begun to gradually consider his family - this change, I don't know whether it should be said to be good or sad.

Zhu Lao didn't speak, Li Lin also sat there honestly, didn't speak, everyone knew what was going on back then, naturally, Li Lin thought that he could roughly guess Zhu Lao's mood at the moment, since this was the case, then naturally there was nothing to complain about.

In fact, Zhu Lao was able to think about this matter seriously, which was already a great way to give Li Lin or the Li family face.

"Okay," Zhu Lao finally nodded slowly, "I know about this." ”

Li Lin hurriedly owed a debt, and being able to get such an answer from Zhu Lao's mouth today had already made Li Lin overjoyed, and said to Zhu Lao respectfully, "My father said that if you have any ideas, you can call him directly." ”

This old man plans to spend such a big amount of money? Hearing Li Lin say this, Zhu Lao was really surprised in his heart, nodded slowly, and said, "Xiao Lin, go to your brother's house for a walk if you have anything." ”

Jianguo is the son of Zhu Lao, and he is also the highest-ranking official figure in the Zhu family now.

Perhaps it is in the guilt of Zhu Lao, after Zhu Lao stepped down gloomily, Jiang Lao not only did not suppress Zhu Lao's only son, but also vigorously promoted him, and now he is the executive deputy director of the Central Organization Department, which is a position that tests the level of an official, but Zhu Lao's son obviously inherited Zhu Lao's outstanding political wisdom, and he can be regarded as doing quite well in this position, although he is not as jealous and hateful as Zhu Lao was back then, he can be regarded as a rare chivalrous politician. ,

It's just a pity that Zhu's son is also a little older, and he is about to be 60 years old, at this age, for Zhu Jianguo, Zhu's son, there may be the possibility of correcting, but if you want to enter the center, it is impossible.

This is also understandable, it is naturally necessary for Jiang Lao to vigorously promote Zhu Jianguo at the beginning, after all, what he did at the beginning was not authentic, he always had to do something to block other people's mouths, at least he couldn't let others say anything, you know, Jiang Lao did that thing was very fucked, which made many subordinates chill, the reason why Jiang Lao had to hand over the military power in his hands last year was also related to the fact that his men and horses "took refuge" to Brother Hu's side, otherwise, Jiang Lao could support it for another two years.

Although Jiang Lao was depressed about this matter, he also knew that what he did to Zhu Lao at the beginning made many people afraid and jealous in their hearts, there was no way before, but now they are no longer so loyal to themselves...... In other words, politics has no loyal subordinates in the first place.

Although he didn't say it, in fact, for what he did back then, according to some of the things Jiang Lao had done over the years, Jiang Lao had always regretted it in his heart. But this kind of thing, naturally, can't be said.

Zhu Lao told Li Lin to let him go and talk to Zhu Jianguo, which meant that Zhu Lao had acquiesced to this matter, and just delegated the right to this matter to his son.

Of course, Li Lin understood the meaning of these words, and immediately said respectfully, "Yes, Xiao Lin will definitely go to ask Brother Jianguo for advice another day." ”

"That's good." Zhu Lao nodded with satisfaction.

In the end, he is an old man in his eighties, after talking for a while, Zhu Lao's face was already tired.

At this time, Li Lin naturally understood that it was time for him to leave.

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The U.S. government has attached great importance to Alice and Zhang Lan's trip to the United States.

Although Zhang Lan and Alice are nominally here to attend the birthday of Bush Jr.'s daughter, everyone knows in their hearts that it is impossible for Bush Jr. to personally send an invitation for such a small matter, and it is only serious to discuss other matters through this matter.

A few days before departure, someone from the domestic intelligence department came to the door, hoping that this time Alice and Zhang Lan could bring their people with them as entourage.

For these guys, Zhang Lan didn't have a good face, and directly refused cleanly.

In the face of Zhang Lan's impatient attitude, he was replaced by anyone else, and the people above were probably annoyed: Who are you who paralyzed you, and you dare not cooperate with you? Still want to get out? People don't have to go out, come with me to the relevant departments for tea, it seems that your comrade's patriotic thinking is very problematic.

But when this matter comes to Zhang Lan, it is completely different, Zhang Lan does not cooperate, these people really can't do anything with Zhang Lan, people just don't bird you, what can you do? Use coercive means against this kid? I'm afraid that before they can use coercive means against Zhang Lan, someone will use coercive means against them.

Although these so-called "Second Department of the General Staff" and "Fifth Department of the General Staff" and other institutions that have been deified in online novels on weekdays look extremely powerful, but in fact, what is really it, everyone knows very well, to put it bluntly, these departments are just a tool in the hands of some powerful departments, and people with practical tools dare not do anything to Zhang Lan, what right do these tools have?

George W. Bush gave Zhang Lan and Alice a very high-standard reception, not only did he and First Lady Laura personally greet Zhang Lan and Alice and their party at the airport, but even invited several heavyweights in the US political arena to greet them together.

However, everyone also knows that the greeting is welcome, but this matter cannot be too public, when they come to greet them, there is not a single media reporter in the airport, even if it is the American side, they are all entering the airport in a light car.

Alice's iconic "City in the Sky" private jet was steadily parked on the tarmac of the airport, looking at Alice's huge and friendless "City in the Sky", the eyes of everyone present flashed with envy: the US President's special plane "Air Force One", everyone has not used it less, but compared with the luxuriously decorated and extravagant "City in the Sky", if Alice's "City in the Sky" is outside a luxury villa, then the US President's special plane "Air Force One", It can probably only be regarded as a temporary straw shed built by a farmer's uncle to watch the orchard. ,

Americans are also people, and who doesn't want to use something more luxurious and comfortable, and it is said that Alice's "City in the Sky" private jet is equipped with self-defense weapons that are ridiculously strong. It's a pity that so far, although many people are interested in Alice's "City in the Sky", many super-rich people with a net worth of billions also hope to order a plane like the "City in the Sky" - in that case, it will be too face-saving, everyone will come out to mingle and make so much money, for what, for the sake of face.

Unfortunately, Alice does not seem to have any interest in selling the same type of aircraft as the "City in the Sky", and this aircraft has become the only one in the world. The more you can't get it, the better it is, and the "city in the sky" that you can't get makes the eyes of the rich people all over the world envious.

Just saw Zhang Lan and Alice standing at the mouth of the automatic gangway, and the group of people who were still jealous and gritted their teeth just now, a eager smile immediately appeared on their faces: In any case, for everyone, how to deal with these two, and what kind of attitude these two have in the next negotiation is serious.

As for the birthday of George W. Bush's daughter? Who remembers this thing so much.

When the escalator descended to a third of the position, Bush Jr. took the lead in stepping forward, and the other people followed suit, and when Alice and Zhang Lan and others came to the bottom of the gangway, Bush Jr. and others just came to Zhang Lan and Alice, and the whole cooperation was seamless.

"Dear Miss Alice, dear Zhang, it's such a pleasure to see you." Bush Jr. opened his arms and embraced Alice and Zhang Lan, and his enthusiastic appearance was like welcoming an old friend he hadn't seen for several years.

"Mr. Bush, I'm glad to meet you."

Zhang Lan followed the local customs and hugged Bush Jr., First Lady Laura and Bush Jr.'s daughters. Then he hugged Rice and Rumsfeld's people.

"Jenna, Barbara, happy birthday to you." Zhang Lan and Alice took out the birthday gifts they gave to the twin daughters of George W. Bush and said with a smile.

In any case, the name of this visit is to celebrate the birthday of Bush's twin daughters, and since it is a birthday, it is natural to have a birthday gift, and there is no problem with this, even if everyone exchanges benefits behind their backs, no one will do a bad job on the surface.

"Thank you, Miss Alice, thank you, Mr. Zhang."

Bush's twin daughters glanced at each other, and their eyes couldn't help but be a little excited: What kind of gift will be in this beautifully packaged box? With Miss Alice's worth, it's impossible to give something too shabby, right?

European and American countries are more direct, don't want us, are after the guests are gone to open the gift package, to see what is inside, the tradition of European and American countries is to open the gift package in front of the guests, and face to face to the giver to express gratitude, Barbara and Jenna are naturally no exception, excitedly asked Alice and Zhang Lan, "Miss Alice, Mr. Zhang, can we open it?" ”

Zhang Lan is no stranger to this habit of Westerners, even if she doesn't know it, she will naturally know it if she watches too many movies, and immediately smiled and made a "please casual" gesture, "Of course you can." ”

Jenna and Barbara glanced at each other, immediately opened the box excitedly, and when they saw the gifts inside, they couldn't help but widen their eyes and let out a low exclamation.

Inside the two boxes was an identical diamond necklace

Two diamond necklaces, sparkling in the airport lights

Although the current lighting conditions are not very good, and the details of these two diamond necklaces cannot be seen, but when they think that these two diamond necklaces are from Zhang Lan and Alice, the four members of the Bush family immediately made a decision in their hearts: these two diamond necklaces are definitely good things.

At this moment, even the first lady Laura couldn't help but be a little jealous of her two daughters, and couldn't help but turn her head and look at her husband resentfully: When I had my birthday, you didn't give me such a diamond necklace.

George W. Bush couldn't help but be depressed: Can these two diamond necklaces be cheaper, at least one will not be less than 500,000 US dollars, I want to give them, but can I afford to give them?

In terms of the value of George W. Bush on the surface, such a diamond necklace can afford to give away, but it is estimated that almost a quarter of the farms are gone. ,

Only Zhang Lan smiled secretly there: these two strings of diamond necklaces look luxurious and abnormal, but in fact, all diamonds are synthetic diamonds, but unlike artificial diamonds synthesized under existing technical conditions, these diamonds synthesized by Alice are not only extremely low cost, but also in the most important point: the color of diamonds, whether it is from the core of color, clarity, cutting, polishing, symmetry, and fluorescence, which are related to the most important quality of diamonds, the diamonds on these two strings of diamond necklaces are the top. These synthetic diamonds are of the highest color standards available.

By current standards, the total value of the two diamond necklaces would not be less than $1.5 million, but in reality, it took less than $20,000 to create them...... The money was spent mainly on the platinum needed to buy the two diamond necklaces.

Jenner and Barbara were of course happy, but when they thought of the value of these two diamond necklaces, Bush Jr. couldn't help but feel a little waxy, so the two diamond necklaces were in their hands, although the media would definitely not know, but it was impossible to hide from the bigwigs above, if they received such two diamond necklaces worth millions, what would the bigwigs above think of themselves? Will they think that they have taken the benefits of the Alice Group, and plan to lean towards the Alice Group when the time comes?

If you really think so by the big guys above, then you are not far from bad luck.

So George W. Bush hurriedly waved his hand, "Miss Alice, Mr. Zhang Lan, on behalf of Barbara and Jenner, I would like to thank you, but this gift is too precious for us to accept ......."

Well? Although they didn't speak, Barbara and Jenner's faces fell with a click: this is a birthday present for us, why can't we take it? Even if you are a father, you can't deprive us of the right to receive birthday gifts, right?

Even the first lady, Laura, was a little upset, and although she didn't speak like her two daughters, she glared at her husband just as fiercely.

Sure enough, the woman and the dragon were in some way the same creatures, and neither of them could see such a bright thing in their eyes. That's true.

"Nothing, just a small gift," Alice said with a smile, "Mr. President, rest assured, it will not cause any unpleasantness to what is going to happen to us." ”

Jenna and Barbara immediately smiled: this year's birthday is the most interesting one.

Only Bush Jr., Rice, and Rumsfeld looked bitter: I hope so.

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