Early the next morning, Gu Chen took a direct flight to Houston, the largest city in Texas, due to the time difference, it was still morning when the flight landed at Houston Airport, when he and his assistant Ouyang Lan and a group of bodyguards walked out of the exit, immediately a white man in a black suit walked towards him quickly, and asked with a slightly respectful expression: "Are you Mr. Gu?" ”

"Yes, you are ......"

"Hello, I am the personal secretary of Mr. George Walker (George Walker Bush, Jr.'s full name, George W. Bush), Mr. sent me to greet Mr. Gu, the car is already waiting outside the airport, please come with me." Saying this, the private secretary made a gesture of please, and the bento walked in front to lead the way.

As far as Gu Chen knows, the seat of the Bush family is located on the outskirts of Houston, and it is a small manor, which was left by Bush Jr.'s grandfather, and later Bush Jr.'s father renovated it, which should be regarded as an ancestral house.

After driving on the road for more than half an hour, the houses on the side of the road began to gradually decrease, and the view gradually became wider, and occasionally you could see some high-end villa areas and luxury estates. After driving for more than ten minutes, the car drove into a huge manor, but the destination was not reached, the car drove on the stone path of the manor, Gu Chen looked out through the glass, the path was lined with green flowers and tall trees, looking at the appearance of the trees should have been some years, bringing people quiet and giving people a sense of heavy historical precipitation.

As the car drove quickly, rolled up the dead leaves on the path, drove like this for a while, and finally stopped in front of a large villa in the style of a European-style castle, and just got out of the car, the welcome voice of George W. Bush sounded: "Welcome to Texas, my friend." ”

Gu Chen hugged the enthusiastic little Bush and said with a smile: "I hope my arrival will not disturb you." Then Gu Chen and Bush Jr.'s wife Laura had a veneer salute, but unfortunately he didn't see the two little girls, Barbara Jr. and Jenner Jr.

"It's unfortunate that you're here, Barbara and Jenner have just gone to kindergarten and won't be back until late in the evening." Bush Jr. shrugged his shoulders, his expression was a little helpless, it seemed that these two girls were not less troublesome for him, and sure enough, Laura continued: "They heard that you were coming, and they didn't want to go to school when they got up in the morning, so they broke an antique vase in the living room, but George still thought that studying was more important, so he ......"

"Huh." Gu Chen smiled and said to George W. Bush: "I think George should put antiques in the collection room instead of the living room, especially those fragile antiques." ”

"Well, I'll seriously consider your suggestion, and now allow me to introduce you to my mother." A little behind George W. Bush stands a silver-haired, graceful old man who is Barbara Bush, wife of George Herbert Walker Bush, the current vice president of the United States.

Gu Chen took a small step forward and bowed deeply to the old man with Western etiquette: "Dear Mrs. Bush, allow me to extend my deepest greetings to you. ”

Gu Chen also has respect for this woman who was later called the 'grandmother of the United States', and said that behind every successful man there is a woman who pays silently, and Barbara Bush is undoubtedly such a woman, she silently dedicated her life to her husband's career and the growth of her children.

Barbara Bush nodded with a smile and said, "Sure enough, an excellent young man, you are very welcome to Texas." ”

As George W. Bush said when we parted in Hawaii: Gu, this is a pleasant holiday for me, really. If you are to the United States, I hope you will come to Texas, and I will welcome you with the most honorable ceremony. In addition to the members of the Bush family who were in the villa who came out to greet him, behind Laura stood a tall and thin elderly man in a tuxedo. In addition, on either side of the villa gate stood four maids in white maid outfits and two male servants in black suits.

"I think we should go in, this is not the place to talk."

After entering the villa, Gu Chen first sat with Bush Jr. in the living room, and then went to the dining room to have a hearty breakfast with the Bush Jr. family. After breakfast, George W. Bush originally suggested that Gu Chen go to rest and reverse jet lag, but Gu Chen refused, perhaps because he had slept on the plane, or perhaps because of the internal qigong, although he had been on the plane for more than ten hours, he did not feel tired. After that, he followed Bush Jr. to the study.

The two sat down on the sofa, and after a while, a maid came in with two cups of coffee, and when the maid came out, the door of the study was closed again, and Gu Chen continued the topic just now: "The current situation is what I just said, as long as the Singapore government approves it, everything else is fine." ”

Oil is known as the blood of industry, and the future economic development of the world is inseparable from oil, and the Bush family has its own oil company and many oil fields, so Bush Jr. is very interested in investing in oil. Singapore's geographical location determines that it has an innate advantage in the oil refining industry, it can be said that after Gu Chen told him about this, he agreed in his heart, Gu Chen's visit to the United States is just to determine the specific content of the cooperation between the two sides, the proportion of capital investment and the proportion of shares, which has nothing to do with the depth of friendship.

"It's perfectly fine to put pressure on the Singapore government, and I can do it now." After saying that, Bush Jr. picked up Big Brother and made a call on the spot: "Oh, old man, don't tell me you haven't gotten up yet, I think you should pay attention to your living habits, really, I'm serious...... Haven't you noticed that your waistline has recently thickened again...... Oh my god, I heard the voice of a young woman...... Okay okay, you just didn't hear it, I won't tell anyone...... I set up a joint venture with a Hong Kong friend to buy an oil company in Singapore, but the Singapore government violated the commercial principles of fair competition and intervened administratively in an attempt to help my competitor win the takeover...... That's right, just get the Singapore government to approve it......"