Chapter 182: The Black History of the Hao Family
The long-awaited guest in the living room of Mellon's house was a mild-mannered, bookish middle-aged white man flanked by a short, dark-skinned Latino woman.
"Ellis Bush, independent director of Cordina Real Estate, this is my wife." Middle-aged white people have the typical smile on their faces that belong exclusively to the elite of white society.
Hall shook hands with the couple and introduced himself, apologetically explaining that he was taking up Aunt Bonnie's time.
Ellis showed no displeasure, and expressed a little regret that he hoped to make an appointment to visit Mrs. Mellon another day.
"You know, Aunt Bonnie is old, and she's always disgusted that she doesn't have enough energy to juggle a lot of things." Hall pretended to complain and responded with a fake model.
When he came to visit, the old grandmother was playing in the mud in the nursery, leaving the second son of the new commander alone in the living room, obviously unwilling to see each other.
"The busy social season of the New Year is always exhausting, and honestly, I used the excuse to travel to Washington to avoid socializing." Ellis was rejected one after another and had to save face, "I heard that Mrs. Mellon happened to be visiting in New York, but I didn't expect to see you here." β
He glanced at his wife: "Wall Street's rising star, Columba, we should probably ask Hugo for an autograph?" β
"Honey, not perhaps, but it is necessary, it can effectively help you redeem your father image in front of little Prescott."
Columne looked at Hall and explained, "Jeb has been very busy for some reason over the past year, which has caused our kids to start rejecting politics and want to make things in business, especially our eldest son, Prescott Jr., who is thirteen years old and adores you very much. β
Hall inexplicably felt a strange feeling in his heart, the more he debuted and was crowned at the age of seventeen, the more he looked at it, the more he thought about the second generation in his thirties, the more he thought about it, and before he knew it, he was so powerful?
Sure enough, it's time to become famous!
"If I had the chance to meet Prescott Jr., I would tell him that his father and grandfather were great people, they had done so much for the country that they couldn't take care of the small family, and in fact his family loved him," he said. β
"That's great, the last year has been a very special challenge for our whole family, and we have to trust 100 per cent that our families have supported each other and that they have helped us overcome them......," Ellis remembers.
Last year, the war was so intense that his brother had to give up all money and move the family to Washington to help his father in his campaign.
Fortunately, my father successfully entered the White House, and all the efforts were worth it.
Hall frowned unconsciously, accustomed to the social environment of Wall Street, at first glance it felt very bad to listen to politician-style speeches, as boring and boring as cold boiled water.
is full of clichΓ©s, is it possible that you kid also wants to come out and choose?
Hall secretly slandered himself, but it was said that this guy seemed to be the best heir handpicked by his parents.
When the eldest son was young, no one cared about it, no one asked, he was discredited for his bohemianism, the eldest daughter died of leukemia early, and his parents were greatly affected to change the way of education for this second son, which can be called to give enough care and grow up with his own hands.
Ellis talked for a while, and finally he was reluctant to take the initiative to leave because he couldn't stay up without dinner.
"We'll have a small intimate reception in a few days, and Mrs. Mellon will be there, and I hope to have you there, too." He said the word "we" very ambiguously.
Hall politely accepted the invitation, and the party that Aunt Bonnie asked him to attend in his place was supposed to be this.
The Ellis family was a Wall Street banker in the maternal line, and the paternal line was the first to dig oil and lick the Rockefeller family, and he wore a pair of pants with the Harriman family.
The family itself is a local tycoon in the military and oil industry, and has a lot to do with Wall Street.
Ellis's "we" could not have been without the Mellons.
This was confirmed by Mrs. Mellon the next day when Anna Wintour, the editor-in-chief of VoGUE, came to visit, and by the way, she heard a lot of black history.
Ellis's father has just entered the White House, and he should have held some celebrations to reward the cake for meritorious deeds.
But Mrs. Mellon selfishly did not treat this family very much, because there are many powerful families in the United States who rely on blood-stained capital to complete their primitive accumulation, but it is rare to achieve the primary class jump by simply licking the dog without discipline.
As the Elephant Party's orthodox Eastern establishment, the Ellis family was in the circle of the Yale Skull and Bones Society, licking the seniors Harriman Jr. and Rockefeller Jr., and licking the Rothschilds in the light of World War I.
After licking it in a circle, the value gradually increased, and immediately abandoned the original wife, remarried a rich girl on Wall Street and jumped to a new class, it can be said that the history of the family can be completely summed up in eight words: life is not stopped, and the tongue does not stop!
Hall, a young junior, didn't feel much about the dark history of the Ellis family, and Mrs. Mellon, a long-lived grandmother, had come from that era herself, so it was difficult to look at.
Not to mention Ellis's face, his father personally invited him after entering the White House, and if he was in a bad mood and lost his temper with the princess, he would refuse the invitation.
After all, Mrs. Mellon is really a rich princess who grew up with a golden spoon in her mouth, otherwise how could she maintain an innocent heart in her nineties that pursues art......
Hall guessed that the grandmother's different view of him had something to do with it, he was really the most standard person in all aspects from bloodline to family background!
"Your Excellency, Mrs. Mellon's artistic concept is very good, but there are still many possibilities for experimentation in actual shooting."
Leaving Mellon's home at the end of the visit, VoGUE's editor-in-chief Anna Wintour couldn't help but be as euphemistic as she could: "I want you to give VoGWE a unique element." β
As a friend and confidant of Givenchy and Balenciaga herself, Mrs. Mellon has a lot of ideas about fashion, and Hall didn't expect that yesterday she just said good things in passing, but the grandmother was serious.
It was a bit embarrassing for both him and Anna Wintour.
Thinking about the next intimate drinking party, Hall said absentmindedly, "Of course, I trust your abilities. β
"So we'll start planning and filming next month, what do you think?" Anna Wintour breathed a sigh of relief.
"No problem...... Uh, next month? β
"I know it's a little early, and the September issue is usually planned half a year in advance, but you're different, I just want to give you the best. As I envisioned, starting next month, a team of photographers will be able to document your daily life and work so that you can find inspiration......" Anna Wintour gushes.
Hall shrugged helplessly: "I'm sorry, you may have to talk to my assistant, she has the final say on what I do every day." β
It turns out that it is a technical job to pretend to be big, and the cover is prepared nine months in advance, and the coming-of-age ceremony at Westminster Abbey has to be held half a year in advance.
The royal family said that a "coming-of-age ceremony preparatory team" will be set up next month, and the old mother Helena will be named as the deputy leader, and a royal ceremonial officer will be sent to him for training at that time.