America's Road to Wealth

Chapter 314 Alexander's Road to House of Cards
The bush family has such a big family atmosphere.

Let Abel have a Chinese feeling.Compared with ordinary Anzas or Europeans and Americans, the proportion of people who value family is not much.

Although it is not likely to be kicked out of the house, it is in the civilian and poor class.

Many families really have two families as soon as they grow up.

Only the middle class and the elite have more family values.

The shrub family has such a strong family concept. One reason is that the family really has a "royal throne" to inherit.

Secondly, it is mainly because Herbert's wife Barbara is well-managed, and Herbert himself is very capable.

Under the constraints of him and his wife, the Bush family generation was cultivated to be united.

The previous generation is united, and the next generation grows up in this atmosphere, and the relationship will naturally not be too outrageous.

This atmosphere also infected the thin Smith family.

Emily even whispered to Abel: "Actually, there are more children, and it might be nice to have more fun."

She already knows that she now has three grandchildren/grandchildren, but none of them are born yet
Abel did not hide this from her.

Abel glanced at her and was about to speak.Just as little Laura came out dressed up, he naturally ended the topic.

There is still an hour before the dinner and reception start.

In the first lady's living room, everyone eats something early to pad their bellies.

This is also the practice of many European and American upper classes when attending receptions and banquets.

Eat full first, at least half full.In this way, it can be avoided in later receptions and banquets.

Hungry, so focused on eating that I forget the real purpose of these drinks.

You are never the main thing to eat in this wine session.

The important thing has always been social.

The Smiths followed suit.

After eating almost, while it is still dark.

Little Laura suggested that Emily go out for a stroll, and she wanted to show Emily a tour of the White House.

Little Laura could see that Emily was curious about this place.

This is also the curiosity of most people in this country, even Abel at the beginning is no exception.

George also smiled and supported little Laura's approach. Little Laura took the Smith family and left the first lady's living room first.

Little Laura clings to Emily's arms as she tours the White House.

Alexander didn't go. Accompanied by Abel, he appeared on the South Lawn.

A lot of staff are setting up the South Lawn, and a large part of the evening reception will be held here.

Tonight we are using buffet mode, because there may be too many people coming.

I might not be able to stay indoors, and the weather is fine today, so I might as well have an outdoor cold buffet.

It was about half an hour before the guests arrived, and the wide south lawn was filled with staff.

Abel and his son walked among them.

"I think this place is very ordinary." Alexander said suddenly, "I think your grandfather's house in Houston is more beautiful than this place."

"The attraction here is not the house. It's the people who live in this house and the power they have."

Abel glanced at his father, "Ask yourself, my father. Haven't you thought about living here one day?"

Facing his son's question, Alexander looked up at the buildings across the lake.

It was not completely dark yet, and the buildings were already lit up.

"Of course there are. American boys, who didn't have such fantasies when they were young?"

This is like Huaxia, most of the children used to fantasize about being XXX when they were young.

"That's right." Abel stopped and said softly to his father, "I hope you can live in one day."

Alexander stopped after him and looked sideways at his son.

A year ago, Alexander would have been surprised when Abel had said these words to him.

Abel said these words to him now, and Alexander was not surprised at all.

A year ago, in the safe house under the Smith Manor.

The secret conversation between the father and son had already let Alexander understand Abel's thoughts and plans.

From then on, Alexander decided to help his son.

Then Alexander would not be surprised to hear his son say that again.

"Father." Abel suddenly whispered: "Next November, do you think you can become an MP?"

Alexander glanced at him, "Next year? Will it be too urgent. I've even just gotten used to this kind of life."

"What's the matter? Some people were still executives in certain companies last month. They became finance ministers next month." Abel said indifferently:

"In comparison, you have more experience."

Alexander guessed that his son was referring to George's treasurer.

Because of my son, even as far away as Texas.

Uncle Alexander is paying attention to the political situation in the country, especially the situation in DC.

In this way, Alexander is naturally aware of Paul Henry O'Neill who is said to be increasingly at odds with George and the White House recently.

Alexander pondered his chances of success next year.

Abel was thinking too.

Next year is 2002, and there will be a new round of selection at the end of next year.

It is for this reason that Abel wants Alexander to be elected next year.

Because it only relies on the local prestige of the Smith family and the support of the nearby bush family.

There is also Abel's investment for a total of two years from last year to next year. Abel thinks that Alexander has a high probability of being elected.

And it doesn't matter if you can't be elected, you can still continue to be his sheriff if you can't be elected.

It won't be until the general election three years later, if he fails to win the election, there will be no county chief.

Like George, if he lost the election last year.He can go back and continue to be the governor of Texas.

George didn't resign from the position of governor until December, after his victory was basically confirmed, and let his deputy do it.

For example, if a certain senator or governor is running for the general election.

If you are elected, just resign the governor or senator when you are about to perform your duties.

If you can't be elected, you can continue to go back to be your own governor or senator, as long as the term of office is not over, you can continue to be.

That's what Abel thinks, and he wants Dad to try it next year.

If they can successfully become one of the members of the House of Representatives, then the Smith family will really start to make a name for themselves in Congress.

Facing his son's earnest eyes, even Alexander thought it was too soon.

After all, this time last year, he was just a farmer.This year is now the sheriff of Tarrant.

If he succeeds next year, he will be one of the members of Congress the year after.

The identity span is too large, and Papa Smith is not used to it.

"Okay. I'll think about it," Alexander finally told his son.

Abel laughed lightly.

Because Abel knew, with his father's character.He never thinks about things he doesn't want to, and things that make him think about it means that he has actually agreed.

The father and son began to walk back slowly, and they saw Emily and little Laura coming out of the room.

It is estimated that Emily finished visiting the White House.

Abel estimated that he might not have finished his visit.

Because according to Ms. Wales, except for the second floor.

Inside, there are many places she can't go to.

Very boring.

Not even Wales, and of course little Laura and Emily had nowhere else to go.

Just like how Abel was treated during the day.

The two generations of the Smith family met in the middle of the South Lawn.

"Well, my dear mother. How do you think this house compares with our Smith Manor?" Abel said with a smile.

Emily had a smile on her face, "It's a bit disappointing to be honest. You can't go to many places, it's too serious, I don't like it."

Little Laura laughed softly beside her and said, "This is what this place is like. I lived here when I was a child, and the only place I can play is outside!"

Emily couldn't help but look at the little Laura, who was about the same height as her, and the latter smiled sweetly at her.

Emily originally liked Charlize more in her heart.

After all, they get along day and night, and Charlize has Abel's child, and her belly is getting bigger and bigger.

Every time Emily accompanied her to check.

Through various inspection methods, Emily also has a sense of participation in watching her grandson grow up as she watches the child in her belly grow bigger and bigger.

She loves the house and the black, so she likes Charlize a little more.

Little Laura actually only saw her for the third time today.

The first time was at a family reunion after Christmas last year.

At that time, little Laura had not yet confirmed the relationship, and the two parties were in the "blind date stage".

The second time, little Laura came to the door on her own initiative. At that time, Emily was very nervous, worried that little Laura would ask her to blame her.

Because little Laura had already been to Charlize at that time.

But Emily didn't expect that little Laura was very gentle and didn't mention Charlize at all.Instead, he took the initiative to please Emily in various ways, which surprised Emily.

Can't help but also let Emily, can't help but have a good impression of little Laura.

Today is the third time for Emily to see little Laura. Little Laura has been enthusiastically taking her to accompany her, which makes Emily like her even more.

In addition, little Laura will obviously be the son's wife. At this moment, Emily actually doesn't know whether she likes Charlize more or little Laura more.

Abel's mother was troubled in her heart.

Naturally, Abel didn't know this, and he called his parents and little Laura to leave the South Lawn first, because the reception was about to begin.

Later, Cheney, George's deputy, and his wife will be in charge of welcoming the guests outside.

The Georges directly entertained guests here.

They are also guests, if it's just Abel and Little Laura, they can just stay here.

But now there are still Alexander and his wife, it is best to walk through the main entrance, so that you can get to know more people.

Abel didn't need it, but Alexander, who was destined to take this path, needed it.

Led by little Laura, who knew the way, the four came to the side of the main road outside the reception.

Taking advantage of the guests in front, he was talking to Cheney and his wife.

Abel took his parents and girlfriend to join the queue, and also walked to the main entrance of the reception.

Coincidentally, the guest behind Abel is his old acquaintance and one of his friends, Buffett.

Buffett yelled twice from behind, and Abel turned around and saw that it was Buffett.

"Oh, here comes Warren," said Abel. "Let's wait for him."

Alexander also saw the stock god behind him, and he stopped with Emily.

"Hey, why did you and Miss Bush come out from the side? Oh, this is"

Buffett took a woman about his age with him, who should have been his wife.

As an aside, Buffett has two wives — his ex-wife and his current wife.

The problem is that after Warren divorced his ex-wife, his ex-wife never left.

He later married another wife.

Buffett's first wife was Susan, and his second wife was Susan's best friend!

What's even more amazing is that the three of them lived together from the beginning to the end!
Abel felt that this might also be the reason why he and Buffett could chat.

Because Warren is as fraternal as he is.

It's just that Warren's body is that of an ordinary person, and there can only be two at most.

It's not like capping 25 at a time!
Thinking of this, Abel didn't know if this was Susan. He smiled and introduced his family to Buffett——

"This is my father, Alexander Smith."

"This is my mother, Emily Koch Smith."

"This is Miss Laura Bush."

Warren Buffett smiled and hugged Alexander and shook hands with Emily and Laura Jr.

Abel also smiled and hugged the old woman who didn't know if it was Susan.

Because he didn't know his identity, he was still waiting for Buffett's introduction.

"Astrid Monks Buffett." Buffett introduced his wife with a smile, "My wife."

Oh, then it's not the ex-wife Susan, it's the current wife and the second wife.

There are new guests coming from behind, and Abel suggested to go inside first.

It's not good to get stuck on the road and affect other guests.

Naturally, Buffett would not refuse, and the six of them walked inside together.

Walking to the entrance of the main hall of the reception, George's deputy, Vice Commander Cheney greeted them with a smile.

Cheney knew both Buffett and Abel.

What's more, among these, there is also Laura Bush.

It was another simple exchange of greetings, and there were guests coming from behind, so Abel and others went in first.

Entering the door is a large living room.

There are many people in the living room, the back door of the living room is wide open, and the South Lawn is outside the door.

There were already quite a few people here, and Abel saw a few acquaintances in the front hall of the living room.

Paulson at Goldman Sachs, Richard Fuld at Lehman Brothers --

That's right, the main target of this evening's reception is the people at the meeting held by Paul Henry O'Neill that day.

In other words, the guests invited by the White House today are mainly "friends" from the American financial circles.

Of course, a party of this class.

Of course, there are also serious customers. Everyone knows the importance of Wall Street and finance in this country.

With so many important financial figures gathered, as long as those members of Congress have time and can come in, who would refuse to participate.

So tonight's guests, counting the female companions brought over, may exceed 500 people.

Even if it is a white house, there is no such a large indoor banquet hall that can accommodate so many people.

Fortunately, the South Lawn is big enough. Together with the front hall, the South Lawn can accommodate six or seven hundred guests.

In addition, it is a buffet mode, but it is completely entertaining.

With his parents and little Laura, Abel, accompanied by Buffett and his wife, naturally attracted more attention.

Like Paulson, he was the first one to come over to say hello.

Reach out and don't hit the smiling person, let alone the Smith family really wants to go up.It is always better to have many friends and few enemies.

Abel made another introduction, and someone came after him. He was a little annoyed, so he took the initiative to attack.

He took his parents for a walk, and met everyone he knew or didn't know.

After a while, Alexander, Abel's father, has made a lot of face on Wall Street, and he will finally be considered an unknown person in this country in the future.

At least when someone introduces Alexander Smith in the future, they will say - "Oh, this is Abel Smith's father."

Walk around like this for half an hour.

The Buffetts left long ago to find their own circle.

So in the end there were little Laura and Abel, and Alexander and his wife.

As time passed, more and more guests came.

Finally, around seven o'clock, the Georges and his wife appeared.

(End of this chapter)