Chapter 789

"Your Excellency, you are finally here. Welcome!" At the gate of Kensington garden, Li Feng greeted the reception guests with Wu Jianmin and Mervyn Davis, the chief executive of Standard Chartered. When Li Feng saw the Duke of Grosvenor getting off the bus with his wife, he went up and said hello.

"John, I'm not late." Wearing a traditional British evening dress, the Duke of Westminster also responded to Li Feng with a smile.

"No, just in time. Hello, madam. It's a great honor for you to come." Li Feng greeted the Duchess again.

"John, thank you for your invitation. It's a great honor!" The Duchess naturally replied politely to Li Feng.

Li Feng is really familiar with the Duke and his wife. He has met several times and talked several times. As he was talking, a young girl came out of Rolls Royce's car, but her face is ordinary. Li Feng knows that this is the eldest daughter of the Duke and his wife and the only adult of the Duchess's children. It seems that her parents brought her to the reception tonight.

Grosvenor and his wife have three daughters and a son. The eldest daughter was born in 79. Now she is just an adult. The second daughter was born in 81. The third is little Zhengtai Hugh Grosvenor. The future Duke was born in 91 and the youngest daughter was born in 92. Naturally, I learned about the children of the Duke and his wife, This is also a required course for Li Feng to communicate with the Duke and his wife before.

As for the Duchess, she is not an ordinary person. Her father's official position is ordinary, just a lieutenant colonel, but her family is a traditional aristocrat in Britain. Her ancestors can be traced back to King George II and Alexander Pushkin, the great Russian poet.

In short, these families have an orderly inheritance. They have received the strictest aristocratic education since childhood. They all grew up with a golden key.

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In addition to the Duke and his wife, including the consular dignitaries, rich people, nobles and dignitaries in the city of London, stars, rich families, Group executives and other upper class people in the major consulates on Kensington Garden Street have either set out to Kensington Garden Street, or have arrived long ago and wandered around the luxury houses.

For example, the ambassadors of the United States and China to London, the Duke of Grosvenor and the Earl of Charles Spencer, Diana's brother, and so on. Finally, with the final arrival of the new prime minister and his wife, Prince Charles and his new wife, the reception officially began.

Fortunately, Li Feng renovated the villa No. 19 on Kensington Garden Street before living in it. A banquet reception hall with an area of more than 500 square meters was specially built on the first floor of villa No. 19. If it hadn't been for such a hall, there would be no way to hold it tonight.

As the new chairman of Standard Chartered, Wu Jianmin took the stage to speak. Although everyone knows that the smiling young talent standing in front of the stage is the final controller, at least on the surface, Li Feng is only a small shareholder of New Standard Chartered.

It can be said that for Li Feng's old, spicy and low-key, everyone vibrates in their hearts. After all, Li Feng is still a young man, but in the face of such a scene, he chooses to hide behind the scenes and control everything. In my opinion, the old fox will choose.

Although Li Feng is no longer low-key. After all, he can't be low-key no matter how low-key he is in the top 10 on the Forbes list, but at least Li Feng has never been interviewed by the media and can only occasionally see photos taken by the media, which is deeply the essence of low-key life and high-key work.

It can be said that Li Feng is the kind who can always hear his reputation, but many ordinary people only hear his voice and don't hear his people. Many times, Li Feng walks in the streets, but most people don't know him.

The opening speech of the reception was just like that. It was nothing more than thanking the guests for coming, Hello, Hello, Hello, everyone. Amid a burst of applause, the reception officially began with Wu Jianmin stepping down from the podium.

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After the reception began, it was naturally very lively. The whole venue was crowded and formed small circles one by one. Some people were walking around or talking loudly, or discussing their own career development, etc. Li Feng, as the host, was naturally one of the focus of the scene, and people came to say hello from time to time.

At this time, there was a circle of people standing next to Li Feng, including Chinese and American ambassadors in London, Prince Charles, Duke of Grosvenor, count Spencer and so on. Naturally, they became the center of the venue.

"John, I heard about you long ago when I was in the United States, but it's our first time to meet. Nice to meet you and thank you for your invitation." Philip Lader, the new US ambassador to Britain, who was appointed in August and arrived in September, greeted Li Feng with a smile.

"Really, Philip, I haven't congratulated you yet. How does it feel to be an ambassador?" Li Feng joked with a smile.

Li Feng felt very funny about the ambassadors of the United States emperor. 30% of the ambassadors of the United States emperor were bought. Yes, you heard right. Many of the ambassadors of the United States emperor can be bought through "buying", which can be regarded as the public selling of officials and barons in the political arena of the United States emperor.

After all, the presidential election of the United States emperor is a spending thing, and through this way, we can get enough campaign funds. Those ambassadors of the United States emperor need the presidential nomination, and then the two houses pass. Generally, the presidential nomination can be passed, and the two houses also give the president face.

Every time, about 30% of the ambassadors are basically reserved for the rich who have more political contributions. If Li Feng is willing to participate in the next presidential election, such as helping George W. Bush raise the most political contributions, if Li Feng is interested, he can also launch an ambassador identity.

This is already the unspoken rule of "openness" of the United States and the Empire. After each president takes office, those ambassadors of small countries, even as ambassadors to Britain, can be obtained through political contributions. The number of ambassadors basically accounts for about 30% of all ambassadors. This is also one of the ways to raise campaign funds for the presidential election.

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As far as Li Feng knows, Philip Ryder in front of him got this position through a large amount of political contributions during the general election last year. It is said that Philip raised millions of dollars in political contributions to support zipper ton, and finally got the position.

Naturally, Philip Ryder is not an ordinary person. He also comes from a wealthy family. His family assets are hundreds of millions or even 1 billion dollars. It is very cost-effective for Philip to spend millions of dollars to get the position of ambassador to the UK.

Listening to the jokes between Li Feng and Philip Ryder, a group of people who knew everything about them laughed. After all, it was really funny to think about such a thing.

After all, the people chatting together are all people. There is no need to grasp the "open" secret of the US emperor and even western countries. In fact, it is not just the US emperor, even in many European countries, it is basically the same.

No way, who makes the process of presidential election in these countries basically similar to that of the United States. This set of the United States was originally inherited from Europe. After all, it is the same ancestor and comes down in one continuous line.

For Li Feng, who is used to the wonderful hidden rules of Europe and the United States and the political system of China in previous generations, he was really surprised when he first understood it.

Think about how difficult it is for China to become an official. How long will it take to become an ambassador of a country? But in Europe and America, it can be "bought" directly. It's really rich and can do whatever you want.

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"I'm sorry, everyone. Take your time. I need to go around."

After chatting with the people for a while, Li Feng immediately said goodbye. After all, as the host of the reception tonight, he always had to turn around and say hello to the people from all sides. This is the basic etiquette of such a reception. The people were also very clear and spoke out one after another.

"OK, John, you go and be busy. Come back and talk when you're free."

"John, cheers!"

"Good luck!"

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"John, just a moment, please. I'm going to walk around, too. Do you mind if I come with you?"

Li Feng touched the reception with the crowd. Xiaomin took a bite and was ready to turn around and leave. However, count Spencer suddenly said something, which surprised Li Feng for a while.

However, after seeing the faces of Charles and Grosvenor, Li Feng reacted. It is estimated that people are going to ask about his sister and former Princess Diana.

"Oh, Lord count, it's my pleasure if you want to!" Li Feng also responded with a smile.

At this time, other people should also know that the count of the former Princess family should have something to talk to Li Feng. He deliberately made an excuse and joked one after another. Finally, Li Feng and count Spencer smiled and turned away from the crowd.