Chapter 1047 Meeting the Governor

After experiencing the ups and downs in 2001, the charity banquet in 2002 was even more grand than before.

Although the recovery of the Internet economy has experienced some twists and turns, it has finally become a trend and there is no longer any suspense.

The Asia-Pacific region has grown into a new global investment hotspot, which was also reflected at the charity dinner.

This is evident from the fact that Tianqi Investment was invited to become one of the three major sponsors of the banquet.

When Wu Tao and his team arrived in a motorcade, the scene could be said to be even more star-studded and lively than a Hollywood red carpet show.

There are luxury cars everywhere and beautiful women everywhere.

Correspondingly, there were even more security personnel than guests at the banquet.

The car door opened under the guard of Song Zhuang and his party. Wu Tao got out of the car first, and was surrounded by a burst of long guns and short cannons.

This is really like walking on a red carpet.

Wu Tao tried hard to keep his eyes wide open with anger, so as not to be photographed with his eyes closed and become the fodder for some unscrupulous media to make fun of the stunt.

Fortunately, it only took a few seconds for him to glare angrily. He turned around and stretched out his arm, like a complete gentleman, to pick up Molly, Panis and Ivanka from the car.

These three good-looking men are accustomed to such big scenes, especially Ivanka, who has a tall figure and pretty face, and has been trained on the T stage with countless spotlights.

So the three foreign girls stood behind them, and those long guns and short cannons immediately found a new focus.

At this time, Wu Tao had the opportunity to face Liu Ruoxi, who was still cramped in the car, and stretched out his right hand with an encouraging smile.

Ever since she was selected by her boss as the female companion for this charity dinner, Liu Ruoxi has experienced more than two hours of fear, sadness and joy.

It wasn't until she was dressed up in a dress worth millions of yuan from head to toe that she regained some confidence.

But on the way just now, she heard the gossips and anecdotes teased by the three foreign girls and witnessed their glances at her boss, which made her feel excited again.

After all, Zhu Yu was in front, and he must not become Mu Du's second, thereby embarrassing his boss.

Taking a deep breath, Liu Ruoxi's chest gradually calmed down, and then she put her delicate hand on Wu Tao's right hand and got out of the car like a white jade.

Wearing an elegant cheongsam full of Chinese style, a carefully crafted precious jade bracelet, and an LV handmade leather bag embroidered with Chinese style, Liu Ruoxi attracted all the focus and attention when she appeared on the stage.

The focus that was originally focused on the three beautiful foreign girls immediately shifted to her.

Liu Ruoxi was a little panicked at first, but it wasn't until Wu Tao's encouragement of "You are the most beautiful" came to her ears that she smiled and felt relieved in front of many cameras.

In fact, Wu Tao is not worried at all about Liu Ruoxi's image.

This million-dollar outfit was originally tailor-made for An Rong. It wasn't until An Rong couldn't get away from IBM's affairs that he had to temporarily find someone else to replace him.

As for the fact that in the local circles in California, he once appeared as Molly's boyfriend, and now he brings such a fresh and beautiful Chinese female companion, it actually doesn't matter at all.

The important thing is that at this strategically important charity dinner, Molly needs to appear on the front desk as an independent person, and he also needs to bring Chinese style and Chinese elements to this traditional Western charity dinner.

The cold wind in California is still biting.

Feeling the rapid loss of heat on his delicate body, Wu Tao decisively held Liu Ruoxi's slender waist and walked into the venue.

At this moment, as one of the organizers of the dinner, Wu Yingying led people to greet them, followed by an old man in rich clothes and an informal old man.

This crooked old man is none other than Uncle Jason.

Nowadays, he has gray hair, and he has been given a fashionable look. As soon as he appeared on the stage, he winked at the foreign girls around him, but he really couldn't see his duty as a powerful figure in the Morgan consortium.

As for this old man in rich clothes, Wu Tao didn't know him.

But it doesn't prevent others from getting to know him.

Without waiting for Wu Yingying to introduce him, the old man in Chinese clothes took the initiative to extend his hand, "I have heard about Mr. Wu for a long time, and I am lucky to meet him today. I, Tang Wannian, am the manager of the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in the United States. I can say a few words."

Wu Tao enthusiastically held the other person's skinny hand and said, "President Tang, I have long wanted to visit you. Today, we must have two more drinks."

Tang Wannian turned sideways and said, "Mr. Wu, please!"

"President Tang, please!"

What was originally a very Western-style social occasion was suddenly transformed into a combination of Chinese and Western styles for Tang Wannian.

It seemed that his status was being displayed there, and the people around him, including Jason, didn't react at all.

Entering the hotel lobby, everyone followed the VIP passage and went straight to the elevator. There were a lot of polite courtesies in between. Fortunately, after several humility, they finally arrived at the top floor of the hotel, the main venue of this charity dinner.

Along the way, Liu Ruoxi was always a little cramped and couldn't let go, so much so that she didn't even hold Wu Tao's wrist, and just kept holding her fists, looking like she was ready.

Those who knew, thought she was Wu Tao's female companion; those who didn't know, thought she was a secretary or something like that.

It wasn't until the elevator door opened and everyone else walked out first. Only Wu Tao and Liu Ruoxi were left beside him. Wu Tao then arched his elbows into each other's arms and said, "Remember, you are my female companion now. Not a secretary."

Liu Ruoxi blushed and took his arm with a slightly stiff movement.

"You are the best."

After saying this, Wu Tao stepped out of the elevator and immediately attracted the attention of all directions in the venue.

Wu Tao glanced over and realized that he actually recognized many familiar faces.

Needless to say, I met Reese from Barron’s earlier.

Many of the big guys I met on the Tsinghua SEM Advisory Committee are among them, including Henry Paulson, chairman of the committee, Christopher, the president of Motorola, and so on.

A little further away are the two financial giants I met earlier, Soros and Buffett, and the circles they formed spontaneously.

However, during this trip to the United States, Intel President Craig and AMD President Sanders, who had just interacted with each other, took the initiative to greet them and extended their hands with enthusiasm.

After saying hello, Wu Tao met with the governor of California and several well-dressed congressmen under the introduction of Tang Wannian and Wu Yingying.

Gray Davis, the governor of California, looks particularly comedic, and Wu Tao has some impressions of him.

This impression is not because of how famous the governor is, but because his next governor is particularly famous, Arnold Schwarzenegger.

According to the information in my memory, when Schwarzenegger took office as governor, he did not follow the normal "arrival" election process, but was removed because of the governor's lack of ability, which led to California's economic decline and fiscal deficit. .

In the end, after the governor was dismissed, he started to enter Hollywood.

In this regard, it is similar to Schwarzenegger's return to politics from Hollywood.

It seems that if you say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive.

While Wu Tao was thinking about it, a strong and hearty voice came from far away, "Hua Xia Wu, nice to meet you!"