Chapter 613

The Potomac River is the most important river in the central and eastern United States.

It originates from the western foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, is formed by the confluence of the North Branch River and the South Branch River, and flows into the Chesapeake Bay of the Atlantic Ocean.

It is the 21st largest river in the United States and a very important river in the United States. The nation's hub, Washington, District of Columbia, sits along the coast, overlooking the Potomac River.

Lake Tatum is a tidal lake next to the Potomac River, and across the lake is the white palace.

People with good eyesight can even see the daily life of the leading student of T&T and his family on the South Lawn on the other side of the lake when the visibility is good during the day.

It is for this reason that the buildings and streets near Lake Tatu have always been very prosperous and important in the DC Special Administrative Region.

A large number of luxury stores, top hotels and various high-end shops are located along Lake Tatum and the Potomac River.

The value of a place where you can view white houses is of course immeasurable.

Setting up a sniper rifle like this can open up the minds and minds of the generals and their families over there.

Naturally, there are a large number of DC police patrolling here day and night.

Secretly, I don't know how many FBI and Secret Service agents, or personnel from other elite intelligence organizations in the United States and other countries, are watching.

Although assassinations of great leaders in the United States are common. But what if assassination could still happen in a lair among great commanders like the Imperial Center?

Then FBl and other brother departments are too incompetent.

Therefore, the relevant security work is still very qualified. Any stranger who appears here may be taken away for questioning at any time.

There will be many people staring at various commanding heights and lake shores, even if you get close.

This means that until now, there has been no attack from one side of Lake Tatu to another.

On the shores of Lake Tate, next to the Potomac River.

In the Bar Spero restaurant, Abel, who recently served as a mentor to the Federal Advisory Committee, was chatting and laughing with the descendants of Samuel Adams in the restaurant at noon.

"Ah, I heard that this restaurant just opened two years ago. It was rated as a Michelin restaurant last year. I haven't tasted it yet, but the decoration and location look really good."

Looking at the 10-meter-high ceiling and undulating glass space of the restaurant, as well as the south lawn across the lake, Abel smiled and said to John Adams across from him.

The restaurant specializes in open-fire cooking, and the menu is seasonal, with a "card of the day" featuring constantly rotating dishes.

The sense of ceremony and formality in all aspects seems to be quite sufficient.

But what really made Abel rave about it was that the restaurant was owned by John Adams.

Everyone has their quirks, even the top-level Celestial Dragons.

Morgan likes young ones, Rockefeller likes people with connections, Dupont used to like his own family, and now Abel Smith likes to find women to have illegitimate children...

This is a fetish in women.

Everyone has other hobbies as well. For example, everyone now knows that Abel Smith likes to paint in his spare time, which is very similar to the hobby of a certain Austrian who grew a mustache decades ago.

Speaking of which, Dezi was also very aggrieved. In fact, that person was not German at all, but an authentic Austrian.

When I failed the exam, I also failed at the Academy of Fine Arts in Austria.

But when it comes to this person, most people in the world think that he is German.

So much so that during that period, the things Austria, who was actually quite brutal and virtuous, did were later ignored.

The rest are just good impressions, such as the city of music, the homeland of the musician Beethoven and so on.

The name Vienna sounds very romantic.

However, Mr. Bei is actually an authentic German...

I digress.

John Adams, one of the leading figures in the Boston syndicate, had his greatest hobby: gourmet food.

It is said that when he was young, his dream was to become a gourmet, or a top chef.

As the eldest son of the Addams family, it is obviously unrealistic to be a gourmet and a chef.

So in the end, one of the things John Adams liked to do when he took over the family business was to taste delicious food everywhere and open various restaurants of different styles.

The Bar Spero next to Lake Titu was a restaurant opened two years ago under the guidance of John Adams.

When you praise someone, you have to praise the other person's quirks. This little trick is very common but very useful in social activities.

Sure enough, Abel's praise of the Bar Spero restaurant made John Adams look very happy.

"Hahaha~ It's true, but the food here is actually more delicious. There is an original pil pil sauce, which will make the seafood more delicious if used to soak it! There is also a special Carolina Gold rice, which is also a must-try for those who come here Signature dishes! Dear Mr. Smith, I have ordered these two dishes for you!"

John Adams said happily.

There is a saying, in fact, John Adams participated in the creation of these two dishes...

John Adams might have been a really good cook if he hadn't been born into the Adams family.

Just like the original Abel Smith, without the appearance of the current Abel.

Maybe he will become a painter, but not necessarily.

"I can not wait any more!"

Abel responded with a smile.

In this way, the top figures of the Boston Consortium and the top figures of the Texas United Consortium started talking and laughing.

Strictly speaking, this is the first time the two of them have met and had dinner in such a formal way.

The reason is naturally because at the regular meeting just now, the Boston Consortium, led by John Adams, surprisingly gave Abel a lot of support.

Although the resolution proposed by Abel was temporarily shelved later, Morgan and Rockefeller, who had always been loud in the Federal Advisory Committee, were forced to shelve the topic this time.

This is a very rare occurrence in the Federal Advisory Committee, and even rarely happens.

Here, John Adams's sudden movements contribute a lot.

After the meeting, Abel proposed to have dinner with John Adams.

John Adams readily accepted and offered to dine at Bar Spero.

During the meal, neither of them mentioned any work or business matters.

Most of the time was spent chatting, joking, and discussing food.

Regardless of their identities, they looked like ordinary friends having an occasional dinner together.

"Hmm~ It's indeed a very good food!"

Abel admired.

I have to say that John Adams might really be talented in cooking and gourmet food.

Just like the original Abel, who had a unique talent in art and art.

The tender and sweet razor clams soaked in the so-called pil pil sauce have the best garlic aroma and are addictive to eat.

The Carolina Gold rice studded with Jonah crab meat is truly a specialty dish and tastes delicious.

There was also a dessert that made people like Abel who didn't like sweets unable to help but take a few more bites. It is a very special burnt cheese cake and ice cream.

There was a meeting in the afternoon, and the two of them tacitly agreed not to drink. Drink the restaurant's homemade rose geranium soda or neon grapefruit ginger ale.

When the conversation ended happily, John Adams was proud to declare that these were his original creations, and that he had a research kitchen in each of his estates.

In his spare time from work, John's favorite thing is to use a variety of ingredients and tools in these kitchens to create delicious food that is not available in the world.

After chatting happily, Abel naturally talked about his own hobbies.

John Adams also praised it repeatedly, saying that "Sunset over Manhattan" was no worse than the works of Van Gogh and Picasso.

The two exchanged business boasts about each other's hobbies, but they didn't talk about the afternoon's business at all.

The meal lasted for more than an hour, and it was already 2 pm when we said goodbye to each other and left.

Sit in the Cadillac Monster and accompany him to Washington. Amanda Hearst, one of the Hearst sisters who is mainly responsible for liaison between various princes under Smith and the "Emperor" Smith, just now There was a secretary with John Adams who accompanied the two bosses to dinner.

After getting in the car, there was that level of intimacy after all.

She couldn't help but asked in a low voice: "Boss, I know I shouldn't ask. But I'm still curious as to why you and John Adams were chatting the whole time just now. The afternoon meeting is so important, shouldn't you talk about it? Something important?"

Abel smiled, lifted her from the secretary's seat opposite, and placed her in front of him.

Without any hint from him, just this action made Amanda roll her eyes in submission.

Then she moved elegantly but full of femininity, and tied up her long golden hair charmingly to facilitate her next "work".

"Hiss... you still need to practice some more, Lidya is much better than you."

"snort!"

Abel's comment was met with a dissatisfied hum from her.

Smiling, he touched Amanda's golden ponytail and the back of her head, and said: "Actually, John Adams is willing to come out to eat with me. This is already an attitude. But, based on the relationship between us The relationship is not yet at the point where we can directly talk about this kind of thing."

"The Boston Consortium is different from us in Texas. John Adams can't tell the truth there. Even if he really wants to talk to me about something, he doesn't dare to guarantee it."

"In this case, it is natural for both parties to maintain a good personal relationship and pave the way for what may happen next. This is actually the best choice."

"I understand this, and John Adams understands this. So we just had a meal."

"But even so, as long as others know that John and I are having lunch together on the shores of Lake Tatu at noon today."

"The direct effect of that is the same as the two of us directly talking about the afternoon's affairs."

Amanda, who was so stuffed that she couldn't speak at all, didn't quite understand.

After all, she is only 19 years old now and has not even graduated from college yet. She is just interning and working in advance.

But what she didn't understand was what she didn't understand, and she also knew that Abel was willing to explain to her, which was already very good.

So she worked harder.

She hoped that her hard-working and obedient attitude could satisfy him, so that she could be more ahead in the invisible competition with her cousin Lydia.

Look at that Lydia, she can now appear in many public places as Abel's spokesperson to a certain extent.

As one of Abel's spokespersons, she is now being sought after everywhere by the American media, but she seems to have a very high social status.

The Smiths, or other wealthy people, and business executives were obviously much more polite to Lidya than themselves.

Lidya's status in the family has also changed from being subordinate to her in the past to being superior to her now.

During the last trip to Neon, the relationship between the two had eased to a certain extent.

But competition is still ubiquitous between the two parties.

Especially in this aspect of competition, Amanda wants more, and she doesn't want to lose to Lydia, who has always been inferior to her in the past.

So with Amanda's hard work, when Abel appeared again at the meeting of the imperial giants.

He has released the "pressure" he had accumulated today.

When he comes back to fight with those old guys, he will naturally be more energetic.

It's just that this kind of thing involves major interests, and may even be related to the future national destiny of the empire.

It is impossible to complete it successfully in one morning and one afternoon.

The entire afternoon meeting did not produce any results.

When Abel came out of the conference room, he thought about inviting Dupont, Wilson, and Adams at noon, so that everyone could have dinner together in the evening.

Allen, the chief think tank, brought him a piece of news.

"The news just came from New York that William Habs Rehnquist was diagnosed with thyroid cancer at New York-Presbyterian Hospital, and it is in the advanced stage."

Hearing the news, even Abel couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, and his reaction was somewhat big.

"Who informed us of the news? Caroline?"

"Yes. She also said that it has not spread yet, but at most everyone who should know will know by tomorrow."

Abel nodded: "This is normal, tsk tsk... With William's identity and status, how could he not be diagnosed until the late stage? Ha, it's really interesting. Let's go directly to the White House."

Allen nodded in agreement, and Abel stopped saying hello to the others and sat directly in the Cadillac monster in the middle of the motorcade.

The convoy extended, aiming directly at the white palace not far away.

Shortly after.

In the white house.

"Ah, William has this kind of disease? That's really unfortunate..."

When Herbert and George heard the news, Herbert looked surprised and said the above sentence.

As for George's expression, although he was hiding it, it was obvious that this guy was somewhat excited.