Chapter 380: Dancing
In accordance with the state dinner process, the President and the First Lady greeted the visiting foreign leaders on the north porch and ushered them upstairs to the Yellow Oval Hall for a family cocktail reception. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Other guests went to the Diplomatic Reception Hall on the first floor to meet the media and then to the State Banquet Hall.
When everyone had arrived, the leaders and their spouses descended downstairs through the Grant box to the porch hall, where they were welcomed by the U.S. Navy Band with a musical tune entitled "Salute to the Commander-in-Chief" and the national anthem of the visiting country.
However, as many as 153 foreign leaders attended the banquet, the family cocktail party was canceled, and the national anthem of the visiting country was replaced with a banquet piano music.
The leaders of the first summit, led directly by Plante and Melana, went to the state banquet hall.
This state dinner was mainly held for Roy to thank him for his contribution to the anti-terrorism incident in New York.
So at the banquet, Roy, Plante and First Lady Melana became the protagonists.
But because Gourd and Catherine came with Roy, especially Catherine, standing next to Roy, a group of people naturally regarded her as Roy's female companion and arranged her in Roy's left-hand seat, and the seat on his right-hand side was Plante, and Plante's right was Melana.
It is worth mentioning that Melana, the first lady of the United States, is 25 years older than Plante, she is the first first lady in the United States to have taken a public nude photo, and at this banquet, she wore an off-the-shoulder black evening dress and long hair shawl, looking elegant and young, in stark contrast to Plante's aging dragon clock.
This banquet is the first White House state banquet held by Plante since he took office, and the previous US President Barack Obama has held a total of eight state dinners in eight years, which is equivalent to one per year.
After the banquet began, Plante and Roy gave toasts respectively. In his speech, Plante once again extended a warm welcome to the summit representatives, and at the same time thanked Roy for his great contribution to the United States' counter-terrorism, and said that after the banquet, Roy would be awarded the Medal of Freedom.
Roy said that the Ark Summit was an unforgettable journey, and along the way, I deeply felt that the American people, like the Chinese people, have friendly feelings for each other and look forward to the blessing of the mythical cooperation between China and the United States. The ancient Chinese said: "Those who do often succeed, and those who do often come." President Abraham Lincoln also said, "The best way to predict the future is to create it." "Let us insist on mutual respect, learn from each other, and create a better future together.
The banquet was filled with a warm and friendly atmosphere from beginning to end. American artists put on a wonderful theatrical program.
U.S. Vice President Biden, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Secretary of Defense Nicholas, S.H.I.E.L.D. Director Steven and other political dignitaries, as well as various business tycoons, all came over to toast Roy one by one.
To Roy's delight, Jessica actually came and sat with Steven, but she didn't come over to toast, but her eyes didn't drift over, and a large number of Catherines beside Roy glared at him with dissatisfied eyes.
In addition, it is worth mentioning that this state banquet, as long as it is in Chinese style, the White House state banquet has never been extravagant, especially the dishes only cost about $50 per person on average, and the bouquets placed are more expensive than the dishes.
This time, the menu consists of a soup, two main courses and a dessert, each accompanied by a wine. The soup is a black truffle soup with wild mushrooms, accompanied by Shaoxing rice wine; The first entrée is butter-baked Maine lobster with spring rolls, served with Penna-Ashe Winery, Oregon's 2033 Viognier Dry White; The second entrée is grilled Colorado lamb tenderloin with garlic crispy milk and cauliflower sprouts, served with Pride Hill Winery 2018 Merlot; For dessert, poppy seed bread butter pudding with Chinese lemon curd and lychee smoothie, served with a semi-dry sparkling wine from Berg.
The reception was followed by a ball, located in the East Hall, where the White House arranged for the top artists to perform, and after the performance, everyone invited to the ball, accompanied by a well-known band.
After the prom began, Roy was invited by many beautiful women, such as Anna Farris, the anchor of the CBC news program, Blake Lively, one of the four major Hollywood actresses, and Hollywood superstar Natalie Portman, but he declined them one by one.
As the protagonist of the banquet, it is definitely not possible not to dance, Roy thought about it, smiled at the corner of his mouth, and got up and walked towards Jessica.
Originally, the people in the banquet hall saw that Roy refused all the invitations of the beauties, and while envious, they all guessed that Roy was afraid of Catherine next to him, after all, this was the female companion he brought, and if he wanted to dance, he would definitely invite the woman next to him to dance.
But they were wrong.
Instead of inviting Catherine to dance, Roy walked up to Jessica and extended a gentleman's hand.
This made a large number of onlookers eye-catching.
"Beautiful lady, could you please do a dance?" Roy bent over and made a welcoming gesture.
"Of course, why not!" Jessica smiled, put her little hand in Roy's palm, and walked around the table.
Follow the two of them onto the dance floor.
Seeing this, Plante and a number of American political and business celebrities laughed.
Roy is not an ordinary person, his strength has been recognized by the whole world, and if such a person can be pro-American, or even win him over, it will be of great benefit to the United States.
"It seems that our Mr. Luo has always been obsessed with Jessica." Plante said with a smile to a few of his staff.
"Director Jessica's charisma is naturally unmatched, not to mention in the United States, even around the world, there are countless fans. She is Nikki, the goddess of victory, the number one American master in the game with the Beamon Sacred Beast. The staff nodded in reply.
"Hmmm! Steven, after you go back, remember to tell Jessica that she must have a good relationship with Roy, this is a very important and arduous political task, and you want him to be friendly to us and like America, understand? Plante beckoned Steven to his side and whispered in his ear.
"Mr. President, I understand, I will tell Jessica that I believe she should know how to do it." Steven Eric nodded.
Hillary on the side is very dissatisfied, and if Plante and Roy have a good relationship, it will be very bad for her.
She had planned to take advantage of the terrorist attack to bring down Plante in one fell swoop, but the Chinese seemed to attract so much attention to the waste that the people cared more about Roy than they forgot that they had a waste president who almost buried New York.
On this occasion, Roy and Jessica finished dancing in a proper manner, and then the two returned to their respective positions.
"Humph!" As soon as he sat down, beside him, a dissatisfied snort came.
Roy didn't have to look to know who was making the sound.
He turned to look at Catherine and smiled slightly, "Why don't we both go and dance too?" ”
"Humph! Self-inflicted, who wants to dance with you. Catherine's little head skimmed to the side, but Goulard on the other side of her shook his head and smiled bitterly.
Catherine had just turned 18 years old, and for Goulad, she was just a newborn child, after all, vampires lived for thousands of years.
"Catherine, you should learn to get used to this kind of occasion, and since you're at the ball, let's go and dance!" Goulard persuaded.
"Oh well! For my grandfather's sake, I reluctantly accepted your invitation. Catherine waved her little hand and motioned for Roy to catch it.
Roy chuckled and shook his head, then grabbed his gloved hand and stepped onto the dance floor.
As the people around him dispersed and the music played, Roy took Catherine's slender waist in one hand and held her hand in the other, and began to dance.
Although Catherine is tsundere, she still knows the general situation, and she didn't embarrass Roy when she danced, and completed a show well.
At around 10 p.m., the ball was over and a crowd was heading out into the back garden of the White House.
Although it was night, the garden was brightly lit, and countless journalists from various countries had been waiting for a long time.
By the garden landscape pool, an exquisite podium is set up there, and the circle around the stage is closely guarded by American GIs, countless reporters are looking forward to it, and many American dignitaries stand inside, such as Rebecca Ingram, the head of the national counterterrorism team, and Ray Anthony, the director of the FBI.
Plante and Roy took the stage together, and Plante took the lead in speeches, first expressing his gratitude to Roy, and then expressing his determination to fight terrorism, and calling on the American people to unite against terrorists.
"Next, the Presidential Medal of Freedom Awarding Ceremony officially begins." Plante smiled and spoke.
"Wait!" Suddenly, a discordant voice came from the dense crowd, interrupting the ceremony.
"Mr. Roy, there are eyewitnesses who claim that you acted excessively in defense of Iga Noda's death, how can you explain that?"
"Mr. Luo, I heard that you are the illegitimate son of the chairman of Huaxia Wanlong Group, who is your mother?"
"Mr. Luo, some media broke the news, saying that your private life is chaotic, and you mixed up with the black club when you were in school, is there such a thing?"
"Mr. Luo, as many as 38 people died in this terrorist attack, if you could have acted earlier, these 38 ordinary people might not have to die, don't you blame yourself?"
"That's right, if you had shot earlier, they wouldn't have died. You are not eligible to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest honor in the United States. ”
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The voice of questioning was thrown like a bomb in an instant, making Roy's face turn pale, and he frowned and glanced at Plante, these reporters were only allowed to enter after strict scrutiny.
But now, these uncrowned kings clearly want to make things difficult for themselves.
Could it be that Plante wanted to trap himself, so he deliberately invited himself to the banquet?
But seeing Plante's gloomy face and expression full of displeasure, he knew that this matter had nothing to do with Plante, but he was a victim, because doing it would only be bad for him, not good.
But it wasn't Plante who did it, who would have done it?
Roy immediately set his sights on Plante's nemesis, Hillary.
Sure enough, Hillary Clinton was smiling and talking to the people around her, not caring about everything happening around her.
The nature of this scene in front of her is already extremely bad, but Hillary is talking and laughing.
"It's definitely a good thing that this old witch did." Roy was a little angry, familiar with him in the future, but he knew the Iron Lady's wrist very well.
He snorted coldly, and his thoughts flew over in an instant.
Hillary was holding a wine glass and was about to take a sip, but as soon as the glass was put to her mouth, she heard a "bang" and the whole glass exploded.
"Ah......h
"Madam Secretary ......"
Many people exclaimed, and all the red wine was spilled on Hillary's beige women's suit.
On the side, Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Russell, who was chatting with Hillary Clinton, was also startled, and hurriedly took out a handkerchief to wipe the stain on Hillary.
But both of them sat in chairs, Daniel Russell leaned forward, pouted his buttocks, and suddenly fell to Secretary of State Hillary, and in the blink of an eye, the two fell on the grass.
Daniel Russell pressed his whole body against Hillary, lips to lips, and the two kissed together.
"Poof—ha!!"
"The ...... of Occasional Buying Ga"
“Jesus·crazy……”
Quite a few laughed, but more often than not, there was a rush of cacophony and exclamations.
The surrounding dignitaries stepped forward and pulled Daniel Russell up.
Hillary Clinton is over 60 years old, while Daniel Russell is only in his early thirties, and the huge age gap makes the two have different expressions.
When Daniel Russell got up, his whole face wrinkled together, looking very uncomfortable, but he could only grit his teeth and swallow in his stomach.
Obviously, it was a very humiliating thing for him to kiss an old woman who was more than 30 years older than him, but he couldn't afford to offend this old woman.
And Hillary, who had a gloomy face, was pulled up, gave Roy a cold look, and walked away without looking back.
Many people have guessed who is behind this incident, but no one said much, for fear that he would become the next Daniel, at least from today onwards, Daniel doesn't want to mix in the White House, as for where he will be assigned, it all depends on Hillary's mood.
But at least, tonight's incident will definitely spread throughout the United States, and even around the world.
Hillary, who can be said to be the most powerful woman in the world, has suffered such a shame in the White House now, and I believe there will be another good show to watch in the future.
So the reporters were excited, the spectators were just as excited, and even Plante gloated with a smile on his face.
After Hillary left angrily, the reporters who spoke out were also secretly invited out.
Then the scene became harmonious.
As the "Peace Song" sounded, an officer walked up solemnly. He carried a silver plate with a delicate crystal box on it.
Plante picked up the crystal box, opened it, took out the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and put it on Roy's suit.
"Now, I give the floor to Mr. Roy."
Plante gave up his position, and Roy stepped forward and smiled: "Thank you, gentlemen, it is a great honor to receive this medal, I am really afraid to do what I can, fighting terrorism is the responsibility of all mankind, and it is my responsibility to do it." Terrorists are your enemies as well as mine. Forgiving them is God's business, and our business is to send him to God. If you catch a terrorist at the airport, you will be killed at the airport, and if you catch a terrorist, you will drown in the toilet. ”