Chapter 101: Bill's Drinking Party
Bill's private reception at a small art gallery in Miami is owned by Geraldel Arias, a die-hard supporter of Bill Clinton and the brother of Hillary's sister-in-law, Maria Rodham.
Why did Bill rush over as soon as there was a problem with the Democratic Party in Miami, because there were two younger brothers of his wife Hillary Clinton to maintain local contacts for him, Hillary had two younger brothers, the first brother, Hugh Rodham, graduated from the University of Pennsylvania, served as the president of the Brotherhood Stormtroop Club in college, and was also considered a popular figure in the school. Maybe he will become a social activist and educator who can win many awards.
But unfortunately, he has a sister named Hillary, when Bill first ran for Arkansas Attorney General, Hugh was called back from Colombia by Hillary and joined Bill's campaign, two years later, Bill ran for Arkansas Governor successfully, and soon after the success, Bill, with his status as governor, helped Hugh obtain an advanced degree in law from the University of Arkansas, and got a degree, Hillary used her and Bill's connections in the legal community to arrange for Hugh to go to Florida and work as an investigator for public prosecution attorneys in Dade County, Now is a public defender of the Miami Drug Court, his wife Maria Rodham, Cuban-American, is a lawyer who graduated from the University of Miami Law School, specializing in real estate-related law, the two married in 1886, and the husband and wife cooperate tacitly after marriage, Hugh has won the gratitude of many addicts and even ordinary people in Miami by virtue of his role as a commune defender, because his job is to avoid a large number of low-level addicts being caught, and his wife has won the trust of many Miami billionaires because of her mastery of real estate law.
The two couples can already be regarded as well-known people in Miami, and what is even more strange is that the husband is a Democrat, while the Cuban-American wife is a Republican, but it does not affect the relationship between husband and wife at all.
The second younger brother, Anthony Rodham, has a more legendary experience than his brother, he participated in the election team of his future brother-in-law during college, and his education is the same as his brother's, an advanced degree in law from the University of Arkansas, and after graduation, he did not engage in law-related work, but first worked as a consultant in some companies, all over the United States, Texas, Arkansas, Maine, and his hometown Chicago, to put it simply, he earned some money for his sister and brother-in-law that they were inconvenient to come out of, Until he got into trouble in a Chicago public housing project and was shot black, but fortunately he didn't die, and then Bill helped him arrange for a job as a Chicago prison officer, but this job made him very uncomfortable for getting used to big scenes, and finally contacted his brother Hugh, and also went to Miami to work as an investigator and private investigator for his brother.
It can be said that Miami, a metropolis, is one of Bill Clinton's important bases.
Waiting for Page to help Tommy and Otilia pull the door, the two walked towards the main entrance of the gallery under the lights, through the corridor, Bill and Hillary were waiting for every pair of guests who came tonight, seeing Tommy and Otilia appear, both sides immediately showed surprised expressions, Bill and Tommy hugged, Hilary and Otilia touched their faces affectionately, and then, they had to exchange hypocrisy, Bill gentleman's light touch on Ortilia's cheek, Tommy needs to lean over and make his face touch with Hillary's face.
"Thank you, Tommy." Bill always had that hearty smile on his face.
Tommy shrugged his shoulders and responded with a smile: "Of course, you know, Otilia can't miss the topic of environmental protection, and as her boyfriend, I have to support her." ”
"Otilia, you're so bright tonight." Next to him, Hillary also praised Ortilia in a heartfelt tone.
Otilia laughed and quipped, "Diane, I bet you'll say this to every lady who comes to the meeting tonight." ”
"Yes, that's what she did." Bill next to him said.
All four laughed, and then Bill patted Tommy on the back: "Go in and let the bartender prepare a special wine for you, enjoy the reception, and then sit down and talk when Diane and I have received all the guests." ”
"Thank you again for being here tonight, Tommy." Hillary Clinton spoke.
Leaving the politician couple to continue as greeters, Tommy took Otilia and continued to walk into the hall, which looked more artistic than a normal drinking party because it was a gallery room, but the procedure was no different, a small band playing soothing dance music in the corner, a dozen pairs of men and women dancing to the music, and some guests sitting on the sofas next to them, or drinking and chatting in the cigar and cigarette area.
Otilia knew more people than Tommy, and at least as soon as he entered the hall, before Tommy could pour a glass of mead from the waiter's tray, two women came up and greeted Otilia, apparently an old acquaintance of Otilia, who introduced Tommy to them, and then the husbands of the two women appeared at the right time, and the six of them began to talk nonsense like old friends.
Fortunately, this situation didn't last long, Stephen also arrived, and the only thing that surprised Tommy was that this guy brought Jeff's sister-in-law Gina to the party, and Tommy thought that this guy could find a woman who looked more noble to accompany him.
Leaving Otilia, who had long been accustomed to it, to talk to a few people about the recent arrangements of the New Century Foundation, Tommy and Stephen sat in the cigar area, watching Gina, a big girl from the countryside, curiously looking at the entire reception venue, tasting various drinks and food according to the waiter's recommendation.
"Why did you bring Gina here, that boy is in hand, and the relationship between you and her is over, understand?" Tommy took a sip of the mead and said to Stephen.
Stephen picked out the cigar at the waiter's recommendation and said, "It doesn't matter, anyway, Bill and Diane don't need to maintain a relationship with my female companion, it doesn't matter who my wife is, what they need is the support of the Pen family." ”
"I'm not worried about your rudeness, buddy, I'm worried that Gina is a cheerful and simple stupid girl, don't let this hypocritical high drink ruin her." Tommy said, "The Jeffs are just good people, and they don't fit into this kind of place. ”
Before he could say a word, Hillary's younger brother Hugh appeared, he was more familiar with Stephen, and came to say hello at this time, Tommy got up after greeting him, and looked at Ortilia, who was still surrounded and chatting, and didn't even have the opportunity to call her to dance together, and finally had to walk to the bar.
Putting the wine glass in his hand on the bar, then leaning back on the bar, bored and looking at the guests tonight, the Bill couple had already entered, chatting with some people with great affinity, Tommy knew that it would not be long before Bill appeared in front of him and talked to him about Rosario Kennedy.
Just as he was thinking about how to talk to the other party about it, his hand subconsciously went to take the wine glass on the bar, but he touched the air, he turned his head, only to find that he didn't know when, a beautiful brown-haired woman in an elegant evening dress appeared beside him, holding a wine glass with half a glass of wine left, observing him with a smile.
"If I'm not mistaken, that glass is my wine." Tommy smiled at the other party.
The woman nodded, "I know." ”
Then he raised the glass of residual wine, handed it to his lips and drank it down, and as he drank, a pair of eyes continued to look at Tommy, full of teasing.
"Louise de Veer, from ......"
"Originally from Illinois, he graduated from the State University of New York with a major in political science and currently serves as the secretary of outreach for the Rosario Kennedy campaign." Tommy continued the other party's self-introduction and finished in one breath.
The provocative expression on the woman's face suddenly became a little embarrassed.
"Before you know who Jeff LaVine is, his campaign manager has figured out the general information of the campaign team members of all the powerful candidates in the 18th district." Tommy turned around and snapped his fingers at the bartender behind the bar, motioning for him to prepare a glass of wine for him again before continuing.
Louise Deville quickly regained her previous bright expression, and she said to Tommy with a playful look in her eyes: "I only got information about you yesterday, Tommy Hawke, Vox, BT, EFF Foundation, Actor, ......."
"If you want to remind me how much I have in the company, I don't think it's necessary, I have a dedicated company to take care of my investments, and the accounting is also handed over to KPMG, I think, they can say better than you." Tommy took the glass from the bartender: "It's better to get straight to the point, and let me introduce, see the lady who is surrounded by four women and still attracts a lot of men to look at frequently, my girlfriend, usually she appears with me in the place, no other woman will make me moved." ”
"Are you sure?"
"Pretty sure." Tommy took a sip of wine: "Even if a more beautiful woman does appear, I won't be tempted, because I was in bed with her for a few hours before coming here, just to make sure there were no accidents." ”
"Cautious man."
"You can also say directly, I've been squeezed dry, don't say it's you, beautiful Miss Louise de Ville, even if the American beauty pageant champion shows up at the cocktail party tonight, I'm a decent gentleman."
"Tommy, wow, I think you've already met Louise?" Bill walked over with a drink and joined the conversation between the two: "Louise and Rona are good friends with Maria, do you know Maria?" Hugh's wife. ”
As he talked to Tommy lightly, Hillary's younger brother Hugh Rodham, who had been waiting next to him for a long time, had already taken his wife Maria's hand and walked over, and at this time, the Cuban female lawyer named Maria stretched out her hand to Tommy: "Mr. Hawke, it's a pleasure to meet you." ”
Tommy shook hands with the other party, looked at Bill and smiled, "What should I say?" ”
Bill is a very attractive guy, tall, handsome, and likes to be in the limelight, whether you lack a man to be a buddy, or a woman lacks a man to cheat, he is the best choice.
When this guy ran for governor of Arkansas before, in fact, his campaign philosophy was not friendly enough to female voters, which also made the opponent seize the mistake and attack it wantonly, making female voters disgusted with him, but Bill couldn't deny it head-on, because he had to insist on it for the support of the owner, but in order to get back the impression points, this guy planned a news event, went to a restaurant with his wife for dinner, and suddenly the chandelier fell, Bill's first reaction at that time was to throw his wife under him, and the chandelier smashed heavily on his back and shattered.
The news made all the headlines in the state, as well as Hillary's post-mortem interview as a wife, thanking her for having such a caring, reliable, and courageous husband, and then Bill also took the opportunity to say to the majority of women that he would protect all women in Arkansas like a wife.
This incident caused Bill's female voter support to rise almost in a straight line, and all the women felt that this was a really good man, after all, when the accident came, he was desperate to throw his wife under him and block the dangerous blow.
But in fact, the chandelier was made of candy, and the camera camera appeared in the restaurant under all kinds of reasonable excuses to ensure that his movements were filmed in the first place, and even to make his and Hillary's reaction at the time seem more realistic, the team hired professional acting teachers to guide them.
What's even more bizarre is that this idea was conceived by a female advertising planner when she was cheating with him, a cheating lover, who can be used by him* and also think for him how to win the election, attract female voters to support him, you know how scary this guy's charm to women is.
Anyway, Tommy had told the bodyguards around Otilia that when he met this guy in Otilia, the security would be twice as strong as in Africa, lest this bastard who couldn't control the zipper seduce his wife.
Bill waved his hand, and the others took a few steps back, leaving room for the two of them, before he smiled at Tommy and said, "If you want to do some business in Miami, Rhona is obviously a better choice than your choice of Jeff LaVine, see the man and woman chatting with Diane on the couch in the distance?" That's Rhona and her ex-husband David, they're both helpful and good people, especially David, who sacrificed his political life for his friend, and this kind of good guy deserves to be reciprocated, Tommy. ”
"What did this guy do, Bill, you'd better listen to your wife, don't fool around with this kind of guy, and pay attention to your image." Hearing Bill seriously tell him that the couple were good people to invest in, Tommy couldn't help but tease.
Bill lowered his voice slightly: "David was the mayor of Miami before, he was also the campaign manager for Boch-Behe when he was running for president, he was well connected in the political circles and helpful, but that also ruined him, before he contacted a state judge to try to reduce the sentence of a senator's son, he was wiretapped by the police and eventually arrested on charges of conspiracy to bribe, but he didn't betray anyone, he took all the charges himself, and it was because his political life ended, that he wanted a divorce, In fact, David is the real campaign manager for Rona, and the ostensible campaign manager, Tom Chafee, was David's secretary when he was mayor, and he hopes that Rhona will carry on his political legacy. ”
"I said, Bill, Jeff was an accident, didn't Stephen tell you about his artistic dreams?" Tom took out his cigarette and lit it, and took a puff: "I didn't pick a candidate at all, it was just a game." ”
Bill sighed, he also knew that this young man would not perfunctory himself, because their relationship was far closer than outsiders seemed to him, not to mention that Tommy provided funds for him to be active in politics, just the two TV networks that Tommy now holds Vox and BT are enough to provide extremely amazing communication power during his campaign, so to speak, if the conflict between Rhona and Tommy is really irreconcilable this time, Bill will definitely choose to support Tommy, choose the platform of Jeff LaVine for Tommy, and abandon the helpful good friend he just said.
But before the worst happens, he tries to solve the problem as much as he can, and avoids a real break.
"Stephen did say the same, okay, so now can you change the doll to play your game, replace Jeff with Rhona, what joy can that plumber bring you, I'll let Rhona and David help you with double portions." He smiled wryly and spoke.
Tommy and Bill touched their glasses, drank the remaining wine, motioned for the bartender to refill the glass, and then said to Bill, "Give me a glass of wine, let me think about it?" ”
Bill patted Tommy on the shoulder, then stepped away, walking towards Rosario and David's place.
"I'm sorry, Tommy." As soon as Tommy picked up the wine glass and handed it back, Hillary came over, looked at Tommy with sincere eyes and said:
"I'm sorry to have you with Otilia but Bill always found him charismatic, I don't think a handwritten invitation from him would be more attractive to you than Ortilia would be more attractive to you, we can't afford to lose such a seat, especially Hugh, Maria and Anthony are in Miami and they need the help of David and Rhona."
Tommy took out his cigarette case and handed it to Hillary, Hillary skillfully lit it in her mouth, her smoking habits are rarely known to outsiders, tonight's small drinking party is basically Bill and her hardcore cousin in Miami, don't worry about the spread, so I ordered one.
"Want to hear what I have to say?" Tommy asked with a smile as he took a glass of wine for the other party.
Hillary took a sip of the glass with her cigarette in her hand, looked at the moment to take over herself, and comforted Rhona and David's husband: "Otilia and I were chatting about it just now, saying that she is about to finish her work at KeyBank. ”
“So?”
Hillary turned her head to look at Tommy, "I can introduce a professor of law at my alma mater, Yale Law School, and help your lady start her new job from a higher starting point." ”
"I still like you more pragmatically than Bill, Diane." Tommy laughed:
"Rosario is saved, but he can only inherit Jeff's political legacy, Jeff must be elected to fulfill his dream, but don't worry, he will resign in Congress soon, because I have new arrangements for him, according to the constitution, after Jeff's resignation, the Democratic Party office in the 18th district can call Rosario to replace Jeff."
After hearing Tommy's relaxed agreement, Hillary did not show a happy expression, but puffed out a puff of smoke, and then took a sip of wine irritably: "He also graduated from Yale, he can actually say what I just said to you himself, but he lacks the courage to go further, why do I make sacrifices for him every time." ”
Tommy smiled and looked at Otilia who was walking towards him: "Because of love, Diane, look at Otilia, I also give selflessly to her, this is love." ”
"Is there anything else I need to convey before love really comes to you?" Hillary asked with a smile on her lips as she smiled at Ortilia.
Tommy glanced at Louise Deville, a beautiful brown-haired girl next to him: "Ms. Rosario Kennedy doesn't have to work hard during this time, but someone has to carry the weight on her back, how successful do you think I was if I asked Ms. Deville to invite that Ms. DeVille to join Jeff's campaign, how successful is it?" ”
"Die, Tommy." Hillary scolded under her breath, then walked up to Ortilia, "You and Bill's bastard have a virtue." ”
(End of chapter)