Chapter 287: Smith's Cocktail Party with Exaggerated Specifications
Kensington Palace Garden Street, Villa One.
The villa was completed in 1854, more than 150 years ago.
In the sixties and seventies of the last century, part of this house was also used as an embassy of a large country, which can be said to be very historical and orthodox.
The floor area of the house is about 18,589 square meters, which can be said to be average in places such as the suburbs of London.
But in this place on Garden Street, Kensington Palace.
In addition to the Kensington Palace next door, there are several other villas.
It is already one of the largest houses.
Of the 18,589 square meters, the building area is about 2,000 square meters.
It has 33 bedrooms and 39 bathrooms, a standard super luxury house configuration.
In addition, indoor swimming pools, outdoor swimming pools, fitness and entertainment equipment, private cinemas, wine cellars, tennis courts, NI golf courses, etc.
In the front and back of the middle building of the villa, there are two beautifully decorated gardens with an area of more than 3,000 square meters.
Even if the pound is particularly valuable at this time, 58 million pounds can be exchanged for 84.1 million US dollars.
For $84.1 million, you can already buy two top luxury homes on Long Island.
But Abel still feels that 58 million pounds for a house with such a large location is really not expensive.
In the afternoon, he and little Laura took a walk in the garden of the vestibule.
Walking and walking, I walked to the main road leading to the living room of the main house.
At this time, there were many professional servants, gardeners, and housekeepers, who were busy arranging the villa under the command of the housekeeper Joanna.
Joanna was originally Abel, the housekeeper placed at No. 1 13th Road, Royal Point, New York.
A graduate of the British Professional Butlers Association, she has worked in the royal castle.
He is a true servant chief.
was placed by Abel at No. 1 Huangdian 13th Road, New York, and there are really some aggrieved talents.
So later, Abel transferred her to Manhattan.
After buying the house this time, Abel thought that Joanna was an Englishman.
is still an expert in this area, and it must be more suitable to hand over Kensington Palace Garden No. 1 to her than to anyone.
Abel transferred Joanna back from New York and settled here.
In addition to asking Joanna to take care of and adjust this Kensington Palace Garden No. 1 here.
By the way, I also plan to use this place as a training school for the housekeepers who manage the mansion in the future.
The ladies who originally worked for Anne and the others would come here to receive training from Joanna for a while.
When the training is passed, they can continue to work with them.
Joanna had set up part of the sprawling house as a small in-house housekeeper school that Abel had requested.
But what makes Joanna seem so busy today is because Abel plans to hold a drinking party here tonight.
Joanna is preparing for this, which is also the housekeeper's forte.
"Ma'am." Halfway through the garden, she met Joanna, and even little Laura greeted her with a smile:
"Thank you for your hard work. During this time, you are the busiest. I'll leave it to you for the night." ….
Joanna, who met the two masters, knew that the young girl in front of her would most likely be her own hostess in the future.
A decent smile appeared on the housekeeper's face:
"Miss Bush, this is all my job. It's not hard or hard. As long as I can satisfy you and Mr. Smith, that's my greatest gratification."
Joanna's voice was unhurried and sounded very comfortable.
Maybe even this voice, the housekeeper has undergone special training to have such an effect.
Little Laura only
I feel that the professional British butler, attitude and service are different.
This is several times better than the housekeepers and servants in her house, and the service attitude and style are many times better!
The bush family is not short of money or status in the United States.
But this enjoyment is really not as good as that of those rich people who enjoy extravagantly.
Not to mention anything else, a house like One Gardens at Kensington Palace.
If she hadn't been with Abel, little Laura felt that she would not be able to live for the rest of her life.
Thinking of this, little Laura also showed a proper smile to Joanna, "Anyway, everything is in trouble for you, Joanna."
Joanna gave little Laura a maid salute in a dignified manner.
He solemnly gave Abel a salute to his master, and then slowly left to continue her work.
Abel pointed to little Laura and pointed to Joanna's back, "Na, dear, do you see, this is professional." Great value for money!"
Little Laura giggled, rolled her pretty eyes, and suddenly whispered:
"That's right. My dear, don't you have any impression of the lawyers at Clifford Chance Law Firm today?"
"Huh?"
"That trainee lawyer next to Mr. Timmy Owen, I noticed she was watching you all the time."
"I think that's normal. Dear Miss Laura Bush, It's not that you don't know your boyfriend, it's the real Apollo. It's normal for women to stare at me."
Seeing him pretend to be proud, little Laura smiled and poked him lightly.
"You're really good-looking. But in that woman's eyes, I saw ambition. Mine one is coming. If you want to, maybe."
She winked mischievously at Abel, looking cute and a little bit of a young woman's charm.
A girl who has become a wife just speaks differently.
I dare to say this kind of thing to Abel now.
Even if Abel had an idea in his heart, of course he wouldn't admit it at this time.
He said directly, "Aren't you okay?"
"Hmph~"
Little Laura turned to ignore him and walked slowly into the villa.
Abel followed her.
Originally, little Laura didn't mention it.
The female trainee lawyer Abel told her was almost impressed.
He remembered the other person's appearance, a bit like his own Anne, Anne Hathaway's Anne.
The name seems to be Aimo Alamuddin, and judging by the name, surname and appearance, it should be a race from the desert area.
A British beauty who looks and has a good figure, but is still just a small trainee female lawyer in Gao Weishen Law Firm.
[Cut me and I'm not a species, so it won't be so easy to see one and love one. 】….
Abel thought to himself.
On the side of the housekeeper Joanna, as the afternoon approached the evening, the professional housekeeper became more and more busy.
「. Here, put these things here. The ants in the lawn need to be cleaned."
"The guests are still here in an hour and a half. Remember to clean it up, and there can be no mistakes."
"By the way, take out the Mouton 1995 from the cellar. These are the main wines for tonight. Note the separation, there are two bottles of 1945 inside, which are the owner's collection."
"Here, who laid this cloth? Is that you? George? It wrinkled a corner, didn't you notice? Fifty pounds less of your wages for the week."
"And here, this stool is crooked, hold it up immediately!"
「.」
Joanna was busy moving between the living room, the living room, the outdoor lawn, the kitchen, the wine cellar, and the warehouse.
This made Abel and Little Laura, who appeared later, couldn't help but feel a little bit about the ability and excellence of this housekeeper.
"Honey, I think Joanna is too capable."
Little Laura said, "If this continues, we'll all be gone."
Don't open her."
Abel smiled:
"You can learn from her. You will be the hostess in the future, although you will have the help of the butler, but you should also know the foundation of the layout and process of this kind of drinking party."
"Oh, you seem to have a point." Little Laura nodded in agreement.
But not tonight.
She felt that tonight was the first drinking party initiated by Abel in London, and the importance was self-evident.
So forget it.
Professional things should be done by professional people.
Let Joanna, a professional in this area, do it.
Today is August 3rd.
It was Abel's 14th day in London.
After experiencing the early adaptation and spreading his reputation.
Today he will host his first reception in the UK at Kensington Palace Gardens.
At first, this reception was just an invitation to the British people he had come into contact with during this time.
As well as some representatives of American forces on this side.
For example, the current U.S. personnel in the UK, David Delaney Walker.
David Deranlie Walker only came here in March this year.
In the United States, emissaries abroad have always been fat. And it can only be stationed by the Grand Commander.
With the exception of a few major countries, to which the United States attaches special importance.
Many of the U.S. emissaries sent to countries around the world have been of great help to the incumbent president's campaign, or have secretly provided some kind of benefits.
To put it simply. That is, except for a few important countries. Most of the U.S. envoys to foreign countries basically rely on krypton gold to ascend to the position, or rely on connections and seniority.
This is a good place for the American elite to gild.
Like David Duryany Walker, that's the type.
Britain is of course an important country for the United States, but it is too important, and the envoy to Britain is not so important.
Because there are big and small things, the white house can directly call the phone to No. 10 Tanglin Street and talk directly to the prime minister.
There is no need to bother the foreign envoy at all, which makes this position. ….
It seems that there are few things to do, little responsibility, and good treatment, and gradually become the fat difference among the various American envoys abroad.
Of course, there will be a lot of people to grab it.
David Delinary Walker was able to stand out.
In addition to his help in George Bush's campaign late last year.
Also because this person's surname is Walker.
The Walker family is an important ally of the Bush family.
One of the former Wall Street giants, the family of Laura's great-grandmother.
Little Laura's great-grandfather became an executive in a number of companies after marrying the daughter of George Herbert Walker.
George Herbert Walker, what a familiar name.
Little Laura's grandfather, it was after this name that an extra shrub was added.
The grandson directly uses his grandfather's name
The younger generation uses the name of the elder, which is also a particularly stubborn tradition of the shrub family.
After marrying the daughter of George Herbert Walker, Prescott prospered.
He served as president of the American Golf Association because his father-in-law, Walker, loved to play golf.
Later, Prescott Bush became a senator at the age of 57.
And sat in this position for 11 years.
This is a firm step for the shrub family to take the main altar.
Since then, the Walker family has become a true ally of the Bush family.
According to the understanding of the bush family, after little Laura and Abel got married.
The Smith family, like the Walker family, will also be one of the Bush family's iron allies.
In other words, the shrub family is the bond.
David Duryany Walker also belongs to his own people on Abel's side.
Abel's invitation to the drinking party, and little Laura is also here.
David Delandy Walker was naturally impossible to refuse.
Because of the invitation of David Derany Walker, this one took the initiative to come to Abel and Little Laura.
This one even suggested that Abel invite envoys from several other embassies in the vicinity to come over.
For example, in the Five Eyes Alliance, in addition to the United Kingdom as the host, there are three other countries.
Abel thought about it for a moment and agreed.
However, he asked David Durley Walker to come forward, and even gave this David part of the planning of the reception, mainly the aspect of inviting guests.
This decisively invited all the people of the Five Eyes Alliance, except for the host Britain.
All the people who were invited agreed to come, this is an American envoy, and if they don't come, they may be drugged in the future.
Especially after hearing who the organizer of the reception was, I had to come.
People from these countries are coming. The host's personnel heard it and wanted to come over as well.
And then there are a few countries that are close to the Five Eyes.
For example, the envoys of Neon and Hanguo all want to come over.
It turned out that Abel just wanted to feast on the British friends he knew.
And the managers of the company here.
It's good to cultivate feelings and improve understanding.
But under the operation of David Derany Walker, it gradually got bigger and bigger.
It's what it looks like today.
It's sure to be buzzing this evening. ….
Fortunately, Kensington Palace Garden No. 1 is large enough to fully accommodate two or three hundred people for a cocktail party.
It was even very generous, which made Abel feel that he had bought the right house for such a big house.
Under Joanna's leadership, the professional service staff has completed the layout of the reception site more and more.
It's getting closer and closer to the start of the reception.
Soon, night fell, and the lights came on.
The bright lights reflect the entire Kensington Palace Garden Street like an elven fairyland.
The lush trees, with their well-designed lighting arrangements, look like a fantasy forest.
This makes passers-by and vehicles who pass by here can't help but stop here, and even want to take pictures here.
But usually at this time, there will be the Royal Police of Scotland Yard next to him, running out to chase people.
The excuse for the expulsion is that the royal land is important, and they are not allowed to stay at will without permission.
In fact, this is just the demand of the residents who live here, that is, the billionaires.
The royal family's golden palace can be opened to the public, and occasionally visited by the public.
How could it be forbidden for people to pass by one of the royal palaces?
This is the name of the plutocrats in the name of the royal family, and then donate some money to Scotland Yard.
Naturally, the Royal Police are always present here, driving away pedestrians at night and keeping Kensington Palace Gardens safe at night.
With the advent of time.
One luxury car after another, escorted by other vehicles, slowly arrived at the door of Villa One Garden of Kensington Palace.
These cars are all luxury cars, and many of them are diplomatic vehicles
When the guests of the cocktail party were surprised to find at the entrance of the inner gate of One Kensington Palace Gardens.
The "host" who was in charge of greeting the guests was actually the honorable American envoy to the United Kingdom, David Delanley Walker.
The guests were amazed.
To know that among the expatriates in the UK.
Because of the problems of the country, David Delanli Walker has always been the most horizontal and the most honorable one.
But now they came to the door to greet the guests, which made everyone very incomprehensible and surprised.
and David Delandy M.
Walker has a good relationship.
Murdy Raven, Australia's envoy to the UK, was coming in.
He couldn't resist asking David Detrane Walker.
"David. Why are you here to greet guests? Shouldn't it be the master?"
David Durley Walker replied heartily:
"Tonight, I'm half the master here."
David explained to Moody Raven:
"My mother is Miss Bush's father's cousin, and I am Miss Bush's cousin. She and Mr. Smith needed to entertain guests inside, and there weren't the right people here, so I thought I was suitable, so I came."
Moody Raven was speechless.
Because strictly speaking, it is. David Duranly Walker and the two inside were originally relatives.
It stands to reason that David Detrane Walker was willing to do so, which can be said to be completely in line with etiquette.
But Moody Raven knew that David was willing to do it for another reason.
That's because David himself was just a peripheral member of the Walker family. ….
The kind where the blood is relatively thin and far away from the main house.
Most of the reasons for being able to serve as the U.S. envoy to Britain were because of the support of George Bush.
David Duranley Walker needs to rely on the Bush family to be able to secure this position.
Now that the real son-in-law and daughter of the bush are here, of course David Deranley Walker will behave well.
Moody Raven thought about this and patted David on the shoulder, "Then I'll go in."
David continued to smile heartily: "No problem, the guests will come later, we'll see you inside."
「OK!」 Moody Raven walked inside, thinking as he went.
Raven felt that if he was to change to David Deranry Walker's position.
I will definitely make the same choice as David.
Because of this, it will be more faceless to look at self-deprecation.
But there are actually many unseen benefits.
The first is that it can please the shrub family, which is a more visible benefit.
The second is to please Smith, the super-rich, and the Wall Street giant.
This super-rich man is also the president of the National Rifle Association
He owns a huge media conglomerate that ranks among the top five in the United States.
He even has energy companies with a large number of employees and a lot of influence
This is if you return to China to run for election in the future. This rich man can remember today's events and repay the favor...
This is an unseen benefit, and in a way more stable than the favor of the shrub family.
Losing a little face, which is not important to the main customer, can gain so many unseen benefits.
Anyone wants it.
Even Australian Moody Raven can figure it out.
Not to mention David Derlaney Walker.
This is the reason why David is willing to be a half-master at the inner door as a dignified American envoy to Britain to greet the guests of the cocktail party.
(End of chapter).
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