Chapter 17: The Banquet
In November, an invitation from Chicago interrupted Su Zhen's leisurely life.
It was sent to Liu Ru by a Citibank executive, inviting her to a charity dinner in Chicago. Originally, Liu Ru didn't plan to go, but Rachel told Su Zhen, and Su Zhen persuaded Liu Ru, after all, in the United States in the future, as a quasi-rich man, it is inevitable to teach the tasks of various scenes, and Su Zhen learned through Rachel that this is also an intra-party gathering of the Illinois Democratic Party, and Illinois has always been the traditional power of the American Democratic Party. Even for the sake of future development, it is very important to make some partisan personnel.
Don't think that there are no personal relationships in the United States, in fact, the so-called "human relations" in the United States are often stronger than at home, not to mention that the current US president is Clinton of the Democratic Party.
Therefore, after Su Zhen made up for his relevant knowledge of American politics, Liu Ru was ready to take Su Zhen to the dinner party.
Three days before the dinner, Su Zhen and Liu Ru boarded the plane to Chicago, accompanied by Rachel as a personal assistant, before departure, Rachel booked the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Chicago by phone, so as soon as they got off the plane, there was a welcome car from the hotel and the three of them returned to the hotel, this time at Su Zhen's insistence, Liu Ru finally did not ask to force Su Zhen to be with her, of course, Liu Ru was quite dissatisfied with this, muttering that her son was older and disgusted with his mother, and Su Zhen was full of black lines on his face.
After arriving at the hotel and resting for a while, under Rachel's arrangement, Liu Ru and Su Zhen first went to a handmade dress shop, spent thousands of dollars to customize two sets of evening dresses, and then went to a jewelry store to complete Liu Ru's jewelry, and Su Zhen also selected a Blancpain watch of the oldest brand for himself.
Although Liu Ru used to be only a primary school teacher, Liu Ru, who was born in a traditional scholarly family in China, is not lost to those so-called stars in temperament, and after experiencing some things, she has a unique dusty temperament, which makes the senior barber who dresses up for Liu Ru full of praise, and Liu Ru is now only in her early 30s, which is the time when the female charm is the fullest.
After trying on the dress and makeup, the few were also a little tired, so they went back to the hotel to rest.
The next day, accompanied by a customer representative sent by Citibank, he toured Chicago City, the third largest city in the United States, and in the evening, at the suggestion of Su Zhen, he went to the home court of the Chicago Bulls to watch a game and admire the majesty of the basketball emperor.
At this time, the Bulls and Jordan were in their prime. But at this time, only Su Zhen knew that this was about to be the most glorious glory of the Bulls dynasty, because next year, Jordan will announce his retirement, and then it will be the end of the dynasty, until Su Zhen crosses, the Bulls have never been able to taste the championship again.
The next night, Su Zhen and Liu Ru got on a lengthened Lincoln arranged by Citibank in advance, and came to the place where the dinner party was held, which was held in a garden villa in the city.
Su Zhen saw that his mother was looking at those girls, and knew her curiosity, so he explained that those were some local celebrities and models, and he was looking forward to being able to hook up with a guest who had no female companion to take them in and mix up interpersonal relationships, and because the guests attending the banquet were either rich or expensive, they were happy to recommend their own pillows.
Liu Ru frowned after learning the origin of these girls, and immediately had no good impression of these girls, and pulled Su Zhen away from these women, and after showing the invitation, a waiter led Liu Ru and Su Zhen into the villa.
The banquet was held in the garden of the villa, the whole garden was brightly lit, the band was playing on the stage, a white man was singing, groups of well-dressed men and women were talking on the edge of the meadow, and there were men and women dancing in the middle of the garden, a circle of long tables was set up around the garden, which was full of all kinds of delicacies, and there were many waiters holding wine trays full of various drinks and drinks, walking around, Liu Ru took a glass of juice from a waiter's wine tray and handed it to Su Zhen, and he took a glass of champagne.
Charity dinners abroad are basically the same, in the form of Western-style buffet receptions. But in fact, no one eats a lot at a banquet, so basically after a banquet, you can find that all the dishes are basically untouched, because this kind of drinking party is used to pull relationships.
Fortunately, under Su Zhen's reminder, Liu Ru and Su Zhen had already eaten something before coming to avoid the embarrassment of being hungry, but embarrassed to eat.
At this time, Luthor, as the master, saw Liu Ru from afar, so he said goodbye to the people around him, and came to greet Liu Ru.
"Oh, hello! Mrs. Liu, you are so beautiful tonight, I believe you will be the star of tonight. Luthor kissed Liu Ru.
"Thank you very much for the invitation," Liu Ru replied with a smile, after coming to the United States for a few months, Liu Ru has basically adapted to the social etiquette of Americans.
"This handsome young man must be your son-in-law, and he really shows his talent," Luthor greeted Su Zhen again.
Su Zhen smiled and shook hands with the Citibank executive.
After chatting with Liu Ru for a few words, Lu Thor introduced a few guests to Liu Ru, what company director, state congressman and the like, Su Zhen didn't pay attention at first, just listened to Liu Ru, but when Lu Horor introduced a black senator, Su Zhen's attention was aroused.
"This is the Senator of Illinois, Mr. Oba, and an important member of our Democratic Party in Illino," Luthor said, after a brief introduction, Luthor went on to entertain the other guests.
Later, under Su Zhen's suggestion, Liu Ru chatted with the black senator, and after expressing his willingness to donate to him and the Democratic Party as a free donor, the senator became enthusiastic and introduced Liu Ru to some political figures in Illino.
After a while, after the guests were basically all there, Luthor went on the stage to host, and raised donations in the form of a small auction, which was auctioned off by some gadgets donated by the guests, which basically cost 10,000 US dollars, and Liu Ru also spent 10,000 US dollars to auction a trinket at Su Zhen's signal.
After the auction was over, Luthor announced that the party had begun, and everyone was back to chatting and dancing.
Tonight's Liu Ru was radiant, attracting many men who came to talk, but Liu Ru only accepted the invitation to dance with Oba Niu and the first few people, and then no longer accepted the invitation, but got acquainted with some members of the Chinese group at the banquet, and exchanged some information about living in the United States with these Chinese groups, and then said goodbye to Luthor when the time was almost up.
Before saying goodbye, Oba Niu invited Liu Ru to attend an intra-Democratic party party held in Los Angeles after the New Year, and officially invited Liu Ru to join the Democratic Party.
On the way back to the hotel, Liu Ru complained about the boredom of the drinking party and the lustful eyes of those men, and Su Zhen could only persuade him. After all, as a member of American high society now, similar occasions will only increase in the future after Liu Ru's future worth is getting higher and higher, and this is just the beginning. But after thinking about it, it was time for Su Zhen to stand at the front desk and share the pressure for his mother.