After the inauguration, the president's new staff held a formal meeting with the leaders of the government and congressional committees.

This is the first gathering with the most people, but it is also the last, and for security reasons, it is impossible for the president, vice president, and speaker of the House of Representatives to appear on the same occasion at the same time!

Ministers in the government can no longer be present at the same time, and even at every official meeting in the future, one of the ministers will be secretly guarded in a hidden place, so that the leadership of the United States will not be punished.

However, the White House staff is basically on duty 24 hours a day, and they are the president's day-to-day work team, serving as the president's think tank, assistant to administrative affairs, a link to control various government departments, a mouthpiece to the outside world, and a commander of the president's direct forces.

At the party, Li Junhao met with the backbone members of each team, and all of them knew each other, not surprisingly, except for Ayers, who was already a blue point of light, an elder and a friend, only a few members of the White House staff team who were already familiar with him were green points of light, and most of the others were gray points of light representing ordinary relationships, but there were seven or eight people with yellow points of light who were hostile to him.

Of course, he made a clear note of these hostile personnel, among them, Secretary of War Stimson was the most obvious one, and even skipped politeness during this meeting, and directly ignored him with a cold face, obviously still angry about MacArthur.

Li Junhao didn't bother to pay attention to him, he really didn't worry too much about this Republican mixed in the Democratic government, if he couldn't turn enemies into friends in the future, he would just have a head-to-head battle, anyway, he didn't expect his care to survive in the government, and it was extremely difficult for the other party to bring him down - the same was true on his side.

The meeting did not last long, basically a normal lunch, after which everyone left separately under the escort of the security personnel of each unit.

After returning to the White House, two of Lee's personal guards, Nick and Avne, also received new documents and were assigned to the Secret Service's field establishment, so that they could follow him into most areas of the White House.

In addition, he also got a small office of more than a dozen square meters not far from Ayers's large suite, with a "NSA-Chief Assistant" name tag on it, and even his work card and new business card were printed and placed on his desk. (NSA-National Security Advisor.) ）

Because he now has his own important work in the Far East, he is not assigned a full-time secretary for the time being, but the team of secretaries of Ayers led by Mrs. Brown takes care of his work; However, Mrs. Brown had already told him that the secretary and assistant had been deliberately selected, and that they would soon be arranged after the work strength and confidentiality reprimand.

Li Junhao has a bad feeling, how does this seem to mean that he wants to stay in Washington and not let him go back to Shanghai? He was tempted to ask Ayers for his opinion, but the old man was too busy to listen to his questions, so he had to be bored for a while.

Mrs. Brown had a large amount of archival material sent to him, asking him to get acquainted with it as soon as possible. He first looked at the directory and found that these documents mainly introduced the operating rules of the White House and various government departments, and basically belonged to the first and second levels (up to a total of five levels) secrets, of course, this is nothing for his identity.

After genetic enhancement, he read and comprehended documents very quickly, and it only took half a day to understand and memorize the content of the information that ordinary people need two or three days to understand.

That night, after a nice dinner in the White House staff cafeteria, he did not go to Ayers' house again, but stayed in a villa not far from the Admiralty.

This is the residential area of the senior officers of the Admiralty, and Ayers came forward to ask him for a set, the area is not large, the two-story villa named No. 47 is only more than 230 square meters, but it is enough for him and two guards.

Security is also tight, under the direct responsibility of the Admiralty's Department of Internal Security, and the security factor is extremely high, not inferior to Ayles's official residence, which will henceforth be his permanent residence in Washington.

Before, Li Junhao refused Lister's request to arrange a place for him to live, he now has enough ability to ensure his own safety, and he also has enough money, there is no need for others to spend money, and he doesn't want to owe too much favors.

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On Wednesday, March 5, after eating a Chinese breakfast taken out of his personal space, Lee drove to the White House with Nick and Avne.

His current car is still a 1938 Chevrolet luxury master, a new car that he commissioned Mrs. Brown to buy before he arrived, and of course it is now a modified bulletproof version.

The biggest advantage of this choice is that Nick and Avne don't need a new adaptation process to master the car's performance, and he sits in a familiar and comfortable seat.

This time when he came to the White House, because the vehicles and personnel had been registered, he entered very quickly, and when he arrived at the office area, many people greeted him, which made him feel like he was coming to work.

When he arrived at the office, he sent Nick and Avne out to buy some daily necessities for the office and at home.

Finally finding an opportunity, he asked Ayers a question: When can he return to Shanghai?

The answer was that he would have to wait a few days, during which time he would be required to attend several meetings on the subject of analysis and judgment of the world situation this year, one of the main points being the possibility and timetable of a German invasion of the Soviet Union, which he had proposed in a previous report.

This result is not good at all, Li Junhao feels that it is a waste of time, his views have already been written in the report, and it is really not interesting to say those words when he participates in the meeting again.

Fortunately, he was now given special permission to set up a radio station in his office and keep in touch with Huhai through the relay of the naval radio station, although there was a delay of nearly an hour in receiving and receiving telegrams, but it was still within a tolerable range.

The situation in Shanghai has not changed much, everything is on the right track, and there is no problem with the stability of the concession when there are no major changes in the outside world. After intelligence analysis from all sides, the Japanese army has no plan to attack the concession in advance, and the situation will continue to develop according to the original process.

Despite this, Li Junhao still feels that living here in Washington is not as comfortable as in Shanghai, which should be what he wants to see more Chinese faces! For this reason, he is going to go to Chinatown......

(End of chapter)