Chapter 273: Everyone at the Reception
"Mr. Sam, why are you waiting here?"
While greeting the galaxy administrative lieutenant, Amber reached out to help Isabel out of the car.
"Mr. Rebir, you are right. You are an important guest at tonight's celebration banquet. What's more, Atlas will have long-term and in-depth cooperation with the Rubian Galaxy Autonomous Government. As the person in charge of the construction sector, I Administrative Lieutenant, it would be perfect to wait for you here."
Sam looked at Amber and said with a smile. Compared to the last time they met, the Administrative Lieutenant seemed more enthusiastic this time.
He looked at Isabel, who stood next to Amber and held her arm after getting off the car, and a look of envy flashed in his eyes.
In other words, no man can see Isabel and not secretly envy Amber in his heart.
As Amber's female companion tonight, Isabel can be said to have put a lot of effort into dressing up.
According to her, 'I will definitely become the most dazzling woman in the room, worthy of being the chairman of Atlas'.
The black evening dress on her body is reflected in the lights. Under the refraction, little bits of luster appear, as if the bright stars are worn on the body.
The entire gown clung to her graceful figure, outlining Isabel's supple and curvy figure.
The hem hangs to the ground with smooth pleats. As she moves lightly, it looks like a blooming black rose, luxurious yet agile.
As the 'eldest lady' of an imperial noble, her well-maintained skin looks even more fair as jade against the backdrop of the dress. It is in sharp contrast with the dark dress, showing a low-key and luxurious temperament.
Coupled with the fact that the nobles of the Star Dragon Empire have been adjusted through the genetic optimization project, each of them has an incredible appearance, and it can be said that they are quite capable.
But whether it was Sam or the surrounding guards and staff, they just glanced at him secretly and quickly looked away.
Because they knew very well that the man standing next to Isabel was not a good person.
Who knows if this man will rush up and slap himself to death just because he glanced at his female companion one more time?
After all, this kind of thing has never happened on this planet.
Soon, Sam led the two of them towards the huge mansion in the manor, while several accompanying escort vehicles parked in the parking lot and waited.
Although Amber hoped that these crew members would go back and have a good rest, these guys said nothing and were completely unwilling to leave their big boss here alone.
"Boss, you were escorted out by us, and you must be escorted back safely by us."
The temporary commander of the escort team said.
In this case, Amber could only ask Sam to let the manor provide food to these soldiers.
After hearing this request, the administrative lieutenant waved his hand and asked some people from the kitchen to come outside to serve them on the spot.
“Well, actually you don’t have to do this. Mr. Sam, you are making me a little embarrassed by doing this.”
Facing the extremely enthusiastic administrative lieutenant, Amber naturally understood that his enthusiasm came more from the in-depth cooperation that Atlas was about to launch with the autonomous government of the Lubion system.
"It doesn't matter. I told you, Mr. Ray Bill, that you are the most important guest tonight. I must let you experience the enthusiasm of our Rubian system autonomous government."
Sam's hearty smile Dao, and at the same time led the two of them towards the main building in the manor, a retro-style mansion.
Because he had to attend the celebration cocktail party, the administrative adjutant also changed into a more solemn men's evening suit.
However, in terms of clothing style, it is still the 'new militarism' style preferred by federal officials.
The dress he is wearing is like a flag that combines classicism and the future. It retains the solemnity and ritual sense of the dress and incorporates the characteristics of military and technological elements.
The jacket is made of black wool blend material, with faint reflective lines woven into it, which can show a wonderful metallic texture under the refraction of light.
These slightly shimmering textures are also the unique luster of this type of high-tech fabric.
Compared with the luxurious style that federal chaebols prefer, federal officials will wear clothing that reflects a strong 'pragmatism' and 'elitism' style no matter what occasion they attend.
At this point, Amber's aesthetic is closer to theirs. He himself indeed prefers this kind of clothing that does not lose tradition but is very technological.
Just like the men's suit he is wearing now.
In the process of getting along with Amber, Isabel has already figured out this man's XP and preferences.
So when preparing the dress in advance, it was matched according to Amber's favorite style. This also made Amber say, "Isabel is the one who knows me" when she saw this dress before. , while the eldest lady rewarded her hard.
The place where Amber got off the car was not far from the mansion, so the three of them did not spend much time walking into this beautiful hotel. A mediocre foreign-style mansion.
The moment he entered the main hall of the mansion, Amber was immediately overwhelmed by the luxury of these federal chaebols.
Since humans cannot imagine things they have never seen, it is difficult for the art team of "Starry Sky OL" to escape the shadow of the real world when designing some human buildings and artistic styles in the game.
And in this world that Amber guessed was 'generated' based on the game, these styles are also inherited.
Even so, Amber had to lament that these federal wealthy people lived completely different lives from ordinary people.
The magnificent and cost-effective decoration almost slapped the words 'I am rich' on Amber's face.
The waiters wearing golden masks and tuxedos were constantly shuttling between the visiting guests.
Obviously, the owner of this manor, like most of the 'human masters' in the Federation and the Empire, prefers to use professionally trained human waiters to serve him rather than cold intelligent machines.
In the eyes of some 'human superiors', using real humans to serve them will give them some kind of high-level pleasure similar to 'class superiority'
At the moment, although Rubin Five The number has withstood the devastation of the war, but the real sufferers are still the grassroots civilians.
For these wealthy people, apart from some fluctuations in their investment assets, or a certain real estate being damaged in the battle, there seems to be no other impact.
The front is full of artillery fire, the rear is singing and dancing, and even such a celebration party can be held immediately after the battle.
This is just a small chaebol on the planet Rubion 5.
In Amber's previous life, her social status might have been at the level of 'an outstanding entrepreneur in a small town'.
If it were a federation head chaebol in the capital galaxy, Amber couldn't imagine what tricks these people could do.
“It feels like a nouveau riche in the countryside. I want everyone to know that the owner of this room is very rich.”
Isabel, who walked into the hall holding Amber’s hand, commented sharply. road.
"I think it looks similar to your manor. It's all very luxuriously decorated, and then there are a bunch of expensive decorations."
Hearing Isabel's sharp comments, Amber felt the two with her heart. He said as the soft slime squeezed his arm.
"No, no, no, no, Amber, if you say this, the designer of our family manor will be wronged to death."
"What? Your manor is very well designed?"
"That's natural. The artistic attainments of our Irons family are infinitely higher than those of these bumpkin"
After hearing what Isabel said, Amber really wanted to hear the story behind the design of Isabel's family manor.
But this time and occasion is not the right time to talk about this.
As a popular figure who has been in the limelight recently on Lubion 5, when Amber first entered the hall with Isabel, his identity, coupled with this combination of 'handsome man and beautiful woman' , immediately attracted everyone’s attention.
“Tsk, this is the occasion.”
“What? You don’t like it?” Isabel looked at Amber curiously.
This man who was usually able to cope with any situation with ease, now seemed a little uncomfortable.
“Hmm~”
Amber nodded. With his current psychological quality, he would have no problem coping with such an occasion, but he was still lacking in experience.
After all, he had never participated in such a 'high-class' event in his previous life. The only similar experience he had was when he attended the company's annual meeting and received some kind of 'Sunshine' award.
"Then you have to strengthen your study in this area." Isabel said without changing her expression, facing the eyes of others.
"Why should I study these dregs?"
"With Atlas's gradually growing size, such occasions will probably be inevitable in the future."
Isabel's words plunged Amber into I thought about it because she was right.
In the future, Atlas will inevitably develop business everywhere, so isn’t business all about negotiation?
So there must be a drinking party like today, or other types of entertainment.
But obviously, this is not what Amber wants to do, and he is not willing to waste his time in these indulgences.
“I have decided. Atlas still needs to establish a dedicated public relations department.”
“Male public relations or female public relations?”
“Both have to be, To deal with different scenarios.”
While the two people were talking about some matters regarding the establishment of Atlas’s follow-up departments without changing their expressions, the initiator of this celebration reception, the Rubian Autonomous Government Chief Executive Alex also began to speak.
The content was similar to what Amber had guessed, and it was nothing more than the same routine commonly used by the federal government.
For example, ‘Under our superior system, we successfully organized a counterattack and repelled the imperial invading army’.
Another example is nonsense like, 'Today's victory is indispensable without the support of everyone here. The galaxy government is proud of you.'
To be honest, when she heard this sentence, Amber once again refreshed her understanding of how shameless these people were.
In addition to him, there were also representatives from several larger private military companies present today.
Amber admitted that although these people were not good at cooking, they had indeed shed blood and sweat on the battlefield and deserved what Chief Executive Alex said. But what about everyone else? Can these well-dressed, noble officials and wealthy businessmen be worthy of this sentence?
The coalition's final victory, does it have anything to do with them?
But being angry is still angry, but Amber also knew that it was better not to expose this emotion at this time, so he suppressed the emotion in his heart and almost forced himself to listen to Alex. speech.
After the Galaxy Chief Executive’s speech, the next step was the free communication session of the reception.
Almost as soon as Chief Executive Alex left the microphone, a large group of people immediately surrounded Amber.
The news that the Atlas Group will take over 70% of the reconstruction projects in severely damaged areas of the planet has spread on Lubion 5 in the past two days, and these businessmen obviously smell the hidden dangers in this huge project. profit.
And today's occasion also gave them the opportunity to make friends with Amber and get a share of the project.
But these guys obviously didn't know that when the Chief Executive was speaking, Amber's favorable impression of these people had dropped to negative.
In other words, from the beginning, he had no good impression of these capitalists who were hiding behind and only knew how to make more money.
And after this group of people hit the wall one after another, they also saw that this 'outsider' seemed to have little interest in them.
Up to this time, these people still believed that Amber's gesture was mainly because Atlas looked down on local companies like them.
Soon, the crowd surrounding Amber like hyenas quickly dispersed.
Just because they hit a wall here in Amber does not mean that they have no other ways to make money in the reconstruction project.
So these wealthy businessmen quickly brought together some officials of the galaxy's autonomous government, gathered together in twos and threes, and began to discuss.
Isabel naturally saw Amber's unhappiness, so she held her arm and walked to the window in the hall.
"You"
The imperial noble lady looked at her lover, smiled and shook her head, then came to him and kissed him lightly on the cheek.
"Amber, please rest here for a while. It seems that I have to take action at this time~"
"What are you going to do?"
"Here, have you seen those ladies over there?" Isabel raised her chin and pointed towards a group of luxuriously dressed 'ladies' in the distance.
As a result, Amber, who 'didn't forget her original intention', looked directly down her slender neck and slid into a deep place.
After discovering that Amber was still as crooked as before in this state, Isabel pinched his arm angrily.
"You guys, you are so serious."
"Ahem. What's wrong with that wife group?" Amber scratched her head in embarrassment and brought the topic back.
"I did some research before coming here, so I recognized their faces now. These people are senior government officials in the Lubion system and wives of chaebols.
Although I know you are unhappy, Art If Lars wants to take root on Rubion 5 in the future, he will still need to deal with these local snakes at least in the early stage."
Isabel turned around, stuck closely to Amber, and then put his. Big hands touched his waist.
“But I don’t want to deal with those fat men, and I also know that you guys will definitely be jealous, so I’m going to start with those ladies.”
“Are you sure? Are you sure? After all, the situation in the Federation is different from that in your empire.”
Amber whispered in Isabel's ear, and at the same time, she couldn't help but rub her big hands.
Isabel’s evening dress was made of unknown material, but Amber felt that it felt quite nice to her.
"Don't worry, the topic between women is eternal and will not change due to different countries."
After leaving these words, Isabel pulled away and left.
Then under Amber’s gaze, she integrated into this ‘wives group’ at an absurd speed, and took control of the right to speak and began to lead the rhythm of the chat.
The frequent bursts of laughter made the people around him look sideways from time to time.
Amber, who was idle, leaned against the window and looked at the people at the reception like a bystander.
Soon, he saw a familiar face in a corner.
——
Franklin Abraham, the intern of the Senate of the Lubion System Autonomous Government, also came to the reception today under the leadership of the President of the Senate, the administrative deputy Sam. on site.
Because in the process of submitting the combat report, the special operations team specifically reported on the deeds of this group of young people headed by Franklin.
At the same time, Baninger also emphasized that the communication node that the special operations team first invaded was the location provided by Franklin.
So this Senate intern was also commended and promoted by Sam and took him by his side. It can be said that he has a bright future.
However, this young man was standing in a corner of the hall in a daze at this moment.
Looking at the government officials and business elites mingling at the cocktail party, he felt that he seemed a little out of place with these people.
Chief Executive Alex's previous speech, coupled with the surrounding crowd talking about how to profit from the reconstruction project, made this 'quasi-republican' doubt for the first time whether his choice of 'entering politics' was the right path. .
"Franklin Abraham?"
Just when the young man was confused, a voice sounded next to him.
He turned his head and looked around him, only to see a man with a temperament that didn't seem to match the cocktail party standing next to him.
As for his face, I have seen it on the news too many times in the past few days.
"Mr. Rebel! Hello, do you know me?"
Amber looked at the young man in front of her and sighed in her heart, this is more than just acquaintance.
The name Franklin Abraham is full of elements, coupled with his typical 'elite' politician face, it is difficult for Amber to remember it.
But the most important thing is the identity of this young man in the plot - the future federal president, although he will have to wait many years before he can challenge the throne of the federal president.
To be honest, Amber really didn’t expect that she would bump into the future ‘Mr. President’ here.
When Baninger and the others were reporting, he thought they were people with the same name. It wasn't until he saw the pictures in the combat record that he was convinced that he had actually bumped into each other.
"Don't be so nervous. I know you. The people from the Special Operations Group have mentioned you to me. You are very brave. In my opinion, you are more like a man with courage than most of the men in this hall. A bloody man."
"Mr. Rebel, I just did something trivial."
Amber's words made Franklin feel a little embarrassed.
If he thought he was very brave when he led his companions to harass the imperial troops before, after seeing Banninger's team fighting deep behind enemy lines.
Franklin then realized what it was to be a real man.
Amber and Franklin, the two ‘outsiders’ at the celebration reception, quickly started chatting.
In terms of age, Amber is actually not much older than Franklin. The two can even be said to be the same age, so they do have a lot of topics to talk about.
And Amber’s physique as a ‘cosmic succubus’ once again began to take effect.
Franklin didn’t know why, but just after chatting for a while, he felt that Amber was a trustworthy ‘fellow traveler’.
This made him couldn't help but start telling Amber about his feelings at this cocktail party.
“It was obviously a victory celebration reception, but few frontline soldiers who should really be treated as heroes could come to the scene.
On the contrary, a large number of government officials gathered here What did dignitaries and businessmen pay when the war broke out?
And only a small part of the Chief Executive's speech mentioned the brutality of the battle and the sacrifices made by the frontline soldiers. < br>
Then a lot of space is devoted to post-war reconstruction and investment promotion projects
If that's the case, then don't call this cocktail party a 'victory celebration cocktail party' from the beginning! "
Franklin became more and more excited as he spoke, and Amber, who was standing aside and listening, couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.
He really didn't expect this kid to be so bold to say it. What if? Others in the Galaxy Autonomous Government heard about it, and Gao Di had to give him a copy.
His political career may have come to an end before it even started.
"I agree with what you said, but I must remind you that if you want to continue to be in politics in the future, try not to say this in front of other people. ”
"I know, Mr. Rebel, but I didn't want to continue on. The gap between reality and my ideal is really too big."
Franklin lowered his head in frustration. What happened during this time This incident obviously had a great impact on this rookie, and even refreshed his world view.
Amber could imagine how deeply shocked a young man who was passionate about serving his country would be when he saw what his 'country' actually looked like.
"Thank you, Mr. Rebel, it was a pleasure and a lot of fun chatting with you, so I'll take my leave now."
Franklin bowed slightly towards Amber, and then put down the wine glass in his hand. Finally, he turned around and prepared to leave.
"Why, are you just going to leave like this? Since the gap between your ideals in this country is so big, why don't you try to change it?"
The young man stopped.
(End of this chapter)