Chapter 789： Admission to dinner

Chapter 789: Dinner Party Entrance

“Because this is a charity dinner where female guests need to be brought along.”

Luo An put on a men's watch, then handed the invitation letter to Mona, and asked with a smile:

“If I don’t take you, who do you want me to take?”

 It is said to be an invitation, but it looks more like a European-style wooden box.

Mona rolled her eyes at Luo An, took the wooden box and opened it, and found a black and gold letter inside. The content in the letter was the same as what Luo An said, and guests were required to bring female guests to the venue.

In addition to the black and gold letter, there are two light gold masks in the wooden box.

 The overall shape of the mask looks like some kind of animal, but I can’t tell which one it is. It is one large, one small, one male and one female. It can just cover the upper half of the wearer’s face.

Picked up the smaller women's mask and looked at it, Mona frowned and asked:

“Are you sure this is a charity dinner? What kind of charity dinner requires wearing a mask?”

“The letter stated that this was a dinner hosted by the Kennedy family.”

Luo An picked up the men's mask, narrowed his eyes slightly, and said:

“As for the specific charity content of the dinner, we will find out when we get there. Don’t worry, I’m here.”

 “OK.”

Hearing what Luo An said, Mona put down her heart and stopped asking. The two simply packed up for a while, took the wooden box and the mask and drove out of the villa.

This dinner was held not in Washington, D.C., but in Massachusetts, not far from Washington, D.C.

Luo An drove his Chevrolet car straight along the road. There were fewer and fewer vehicles on the road, and there were more and more green plants on both sides of the road.

After turning a few intersections, a very tall iron gate appeared in front of the Chevrolet sedan. On both sides of the iron gate stood what appeared to be white men in suits and ties, with bulging bags on their waists and obviously weapons.

Slowly slow down the car and show the invitation letter to the white man who came forward. The white man inspected it carefully for a moment, waved his hand to the man not far away to let him open the door, and then said to Luo An with a smile:

“Guests can wear masks now. During the dinner, guests are asked not to take off their masks unless necessary or under special circumstances.”

 “OK.”

Mona took out the mask and put it on her face, Luan stepped on the accelerator, and the Chevrolet car drove into the gate.

There was still a spacious road inside the gate. Luo An drove his Chevrolet sedan and followed the signs, turned several turns, and drove for nearly eight minutes before finally seeing the villa at the end.

The appearance of the villa does not need to be introduced too much. It adheres to the retro tradition of the Kennedy family for generations. It is unremarkable, low-key and simple, and has a sweeping view. Looking at it makes people unable to help but shed tears from their mouths.

Mona looked at it briefly...and then looked away. Then she calculated the road she had just driven on:

“This area is very large, probably more than 200 acres.”

 “It’s the Kennedys after all.”

Luo An smiled and parked the car at the door of the villa. A doorman with a gray mask came over immediately.

 Luo An threw the car keys to the doorman, and Mona naturally took Luo An's arm. The two people wearing masks smiled slightly and walked towards the interior of the villa.

Stepping into the villa door, the most eye-catching thing is the spacious and bright welcome lobby. On the side of the lobby, several singers wearing various masks sing softly, and a pianist also wearing a mask plays the accompaniment.

 Inside the lobby, more than a dozen round tables stand in the center. Decorations such as flowers and dwarf trees are placed on the round tables in bright colors.

There are no chairs on either side of the round table. There are already many guests in the aisle, male or female, wearing masks and holding wine glasses, laughing and chatting in groups.

Many waiters wearing gray masks were passing by carrying wine glasses. When they saw Luo An and Mona entering the lobby, one of the waiters immediately came up and served the two with drinks.

"Thanks."

Luo An took two glasses and thanked her casually, handed one to Mona and walked into the lobby, where he randomly found two guests and started chatting.

"There is currently a very famous financial product on Wall Street." A white man standing on the left side of Luo An, with a mask on his face that looked like a cat, picked up the wine glass and took a sip, and said with a smile:

“That financial product is called CDS, and the people who created it believe that federal housing prices will fall in the next few years.”

  “A very funny joke.”

The white man standing on the right side of Luo An, with a mask on his face that looked like a bird, laughed when he heard this and said:

“Federal real estate has never fallen in recent years. It seems that the creator of CDS is giving money to investment banks in vain.”

“So those banks are very happy now.”

The man in the cat mask shook his head, turned to look at Luo An, and asked:

 “Sir, what do you think of this matter?”

“I also don’t think federal house prices are going to fall.”

Luo An picked up the wine glass and took a sip, and said in a rather confident tone:

“The people in the investment banks on Wall Street are smart people. They can’t do business at a loss, can they?”

  “That makes sense.”

The man in the bird mask nodded repeatedly, agreeing very much with Luo An's view. The three of them looked at each other and smiled, and continued to chat about other things.

Not long after, the music on the side of the lobby slowly stopped, the singers bowed and left one after another, and the waiters also moved the chairs out and placed them on the side of the round table.

Cat Mask and Bird Mask saw this and said hello, and left one after another with their female companions to find seats. Luo An also walked to Mona who was aside, and sat down casually.

 After entering the lobby, Luo An and Mona separated and went to separate chat circles for men and women. Sitting on chairs, Luo An helped Mona take off her skirt and asked with a smile:

 “How was the chat?”

"not so good."

Mona curled her lips, picked up the wine, took a sip, and whispered:

“The women here talk about charity, tourism, companies, etc. They talk about it for the people, but in fact it’s all about show and business. It’s so hypocritical that I really can’t talk to them.”

Luo An picked up the wine glass and clinked it with Mona, and laughed softly:

 “Welcome to the high society of the Federation.”

Mona raised the corners of her mouth slightly, and then asked in a low voice:

 “What were you talking about with those two people just now?”

 “Talk about federal real estate, and the presidential election.”

Luo An put down the wine glass, put his head next to Mona's ear, and laughed softly:

“It’s the same feeling as you just now. It’s full of lies and very hypocritical.”

While chatting with the two people, Luo An discovered the cat mask and the bird mask through the "emotional perception" in his mind, and almost never said his true thoughts.

Both of them said they believed that federal housing prices would not fall, but in fact they believed in their hearts that federal housing prices would definitely fall. They looked down on CDS and said they would never buy it, but actually bought a lot.

 “Sure enough.”

Mona's eyes flashed with disdain, then she smiled at Luo An and whispered:

 “Welcome to the high society of the Federation.”

While Luo An and Mona were chatting, a white man with a white mask and a rather old voice slowly walked out from the stage at the front of the lobby. He smiled and said:

“Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to tonight’s charity dinner.

　　All proceeds tonight will be donated to a charity established by the Kennedy family, which aims to provide help to children who have been victims of domestic violence..."

When the man in the white mask introduced the rules, a service staff wearing a gray mask suddenly walked up to Luo An, bent down and whispered:

“Hello sir, someone wants to see you.”

 (End of this chapter)