Maybe it's because everyone speaks Mandarin, or maybe it's because everyone in the United States is a successful person, so there are almost no barriers to chatting, and they become familiar in an instant.

In addition, with people with bold and lively personalities like Lin Chong and Yangcheng Dance sandwiched in the middle, even a stuffy gourd like Gao Xi can say a few words, and he doesn't feel raw at all.

"You all say I'm powerful, but in fact, I'm nothing, at best I'm a politician, and Zhu Lao is a really powerful person, but it's a pity that I was entangled by a few people and couldn't get out."

"Who said I couldn't get out, you guys are chatting here, and you won't inform the old man of me." As soon as Liu Qiuxia finished speaking, a voice that was old but full of vitality sounded.

Gao Xi looked back and saw that this was an old man over sixty years old, and it seemed that he should be Chinese. The man had a hearty smile on his face, and he looked energetic, not at all like an old man.

"Xiao Gao, do you know this person?" Liu Qiuxia asked with a smile.

Gao Xi scratched his head, and finally shook his head with a wry smile, he hasn't cared much about world politics in recent years, and what he cares about most a day is the news of his small county, hoping that the national policy can be leaning there, so he really doesn't know the old man in front of him, which makes him a little embarrassed.

"Locke knows, right?" Liu Qiuxia asked.

"I've heard of it, it seems to be the commerce secretary Obama is proposing to appoint." Gao Xi scratched his head and said.

"Alas, it seems that I am still not as famous as Xiao Luo. Old man Zhu Diwen ......"

"Ah, that is the Zhu Diwen who won the Nobel Prize in Physics?" This time Gao Xi remembered, although he didn't know the appearance of this person, but Zhu Diwen he still knew.

"That was all years ago, you are really a person who doesn't care about politics, in fact, Zhu Lao is now the US Secretary of Energy, among these people, except for the senators, he belongs to the government." Liu Qiuxia said.

"Aren't you the best candidate for the next Minister of Labor? Xiao Ao seems to have already given you a breath, right?"

"Mr. Zhu, Sister Liu is not very interested in the position of Secretary of Labor, she thinks it is for people to work, and she wants to run for governor of Montana." Lin Chong said.

"Difficult! It's so hard. You may not know very well, although the number of legal Chinese Americans in the United States has reached as many as 4 million, and there are also many political stars, such as Yang Xiaolan, Locke Jiahui, and the old husband, and then Xiao Liu, etc., but these people are only a minority after all, and they are basically directly appointed by the government, and have little to do with the election. We Chinese don't seem to be very enthusiastic about politics, obviously more than 4 million legal citizens should have the right to vote, but less than one-third of them actually voted, which is tantamount to giving up their right to participate in politics. ”

Speaking of this, Zhu Diwen looked at Gao Xi and smiled: "Young man, you should be Xiao Gao who has just arrived in the United States, I heard Old Tom talk about you." Don't be afraid of trouble, politics still has to be mixed up, if you give up voting rights now, it will be too late in the future when you really want to find someone to talk to you about things. ”

"Yes, Gao Xi, Zhu Lao is right, I feel that the first generation of immigrants don't seem to care much about politics. I just want to live honestly and make my own little family well. On the contrary, second- and third-generation immigrants are more willing to integrate into American society, and the turnout is very high. Lin Chong looked at Gao Xi and said.

This made Gao Xi a little embarrassed, he knew that the first generation of immigrants mentioned by Lin Chong was referring to the generation that immigrated directly from the mainland, while the second and third generations belonged to the descendants of the first generation of immigrants, who ate American food, spoke English, and received American education from an early age, so it was easier to get in touch with this society. In this way, he actually belongs to the first generation of immigrants, who is too influenced by Chinese culture, and he is the kind of person who wants to live a good life and does not like to care about national affairs.

"Kodaka, you've ushered in a good era. In the past, we were a little frustrated by a series of injustices against Chinese Americans such as the Chinese Exclusion Act. But now, whether it is the Democratic Party or the Republican Party, they all hope to have a good relationship with Chinese Americans, and the successive appointments and dismissals of several senior Chinese American officials during Obama's term of office actually reveal a message that in fact, the status of Chinese Americans in the United States can be higher and more important. Whoever wants to be the president of this country can't ignore the votes of the Chinese, understand? Your future days will only get better and better, but everyone must unite and twist into a rope, otherwise it will not become a big climate. Zhu Diwen said to Gao Xi earnestly.

"That's right, Xiao Gao, let's work together in the future to make the life of Chinese Americans in the United States better and better, this is not only to help others, but also to help ourselves." Yangcheng Wu patted Gao Xi's shoulder and said with a smile.

What can Gao Xi say? Although he is a person who is afraid of trouble, but what these people say is not unreasonable, when you don't pay attention to your rights, who cares about you?

According to the current development momentum, it is estimated that in another one or two decades, the number of legal Chinese-American citizens in the United States will reach more than 7 million, or even more, and the right to speak will be even greater at that time.

He smiled and nodded, wanting to do his part.

After that, everyone talked about some trivial things about American life, and Gao Xi was most interested in this, for him, he still knew too little about the United States, so that many things felt like falling into a fog, completely unclear, and when others talked about it, he couldn't interject.

But he found it interesting that not only women are curious, but men are also curious.

After chatting for a while, Gao Xi and the others were called into the hall by Ah Fu, because the highlight of tonight is here, that is, the charity auction, to put it bluntly, it is just asking you for money, just looking for an excuse, such as the stinky socks used by a certain star, some people dare to bid for tens of thousands of dollars, what do you say this is not a fraud money?

Goocy sat with Scarlett Johansson in his arms and his Chinese friends, not to mention, which made those young people with excessive hormones a little envious. Lin Chong also kissed Scarlett's hand, but Wang Miaomiao twisted it on the ribs, and he almost screamed in pain.

Let Scarlett be his female companion, at least this pretending effect is reflected, Gao Xi himself is also very happy, he looked at the people around him, they all have male or female companions, and there are really a lot of characters with heads and faces, at least he, a person who doesn't care much about the United States, knows better.

The auction began in a very relaxed and cheerful atmosphere, with the Montana senator giving her a speech and thanking everyone present, and then Tom Sr. took over the microphone and began to auction off things.

Gao Xi feels that this female senator is a bit similar to that Hillary, maybe because American female politicians of this age are like that in his eyes, anyway, the first impression is not very good, I always feel too hypocritical, and Gao Xi almost laughed out loud several times when he said those words, there are too many fake big emptiness, which is more funny than the speeches of those leaders in China.

Gao Xi basically didn't like anything, and finally took a picture of the signed jersey and shoes of Portuguese football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo for his old classmate Lu Chengfeng, which cost him a full 30,000 US dollars, and it hurts to think about it.