America's Road to Wealth

Villa 1, Garden Street, Kensington Palace.

This villa was completed in 1854, making it more than 150 years old.

In the 1960s and 1970s, part of this house was also used as the embassy of a major country. It can be said to be very historical and political.

The house covers an area of ​​approximately 18,589 square meters, which can be said to be average in places such as the suburbs of London.

But in this place in Kensington Palace Garden Street.

In addition to Kensington Palace next door, there are several other villas.

It is already one of the largest houses.

Among the area of ​​18,589 square meters, the construction area is about 2,000 square meters.

There are a total of 33 bedrooms and 39 bathrooms, with standard super luxury configuration.

In addition, indoor swimming pools, outdoor swimming pools, fitness and entertainment equipment, private cinemas, wine cellars, tennis courts, mini golf courses, etc. are all available.

In front of and behind the central building of the villa, there are two beautifully decorated gardens with an area of ​​more than 3,000 square meters.

Even though the pound is extremely valuable at this time, 58 million pounds can be exchanged for 84.1 million US dollars.

For $84.1 million, you can already buy two top luxury homes on Long Island.

But Abel still feels that £58 million is really not expensive for such a large house in this location.

In the afternoon, he and little Laura walked in the front garden.

As we walked, we reached the main road leading to the living room of the main house.

At this time, there were many professional servants, gardeners, and housekeepers, busy decorating the villa under the command of the housekeeper Joanna.

Joanna was originally Abel's housekeeper at No. 13, Royal Point, New York.

She graduated from the British Professional Housekeepers Association and worked in a royal castle.

He is a true servant leader.

Being placed at No. 1 Thirteenth Road, Royal Point, New York by Abel was really a bit unfair to the talent.

So later, Abel transferred her to Manhattan.

After buying the house this time, Abel thought that Joanna was British.

She is still an expert in this field, and entrusting No. 1 Kensington Palace Gardens to her must be more suitable than entrusting it to anyone else.

Abel transferred Joanna from New York again and settled here.

In addition to asking Joanna to take care of and adjust No. 1 Kensington Palace Gardens here.

By the way, I also plan to use this place as a training school for the housekeepers who will manage the mansion in the future.

The ladies who originally worked for Anne and others will come here to receive training from Joanna for a period of time.

After passing the training, you can continue to work with them.

Joanna had arranged part of the huge house into a small in-house housekeeping school that Abel had requested.

But the reason why Joanna seemed so busy today was because Abel planned to hold a cocktail party here tonight.

Joanna is making preparations for this, which is also the housekeeper's strength.

"Madam." Meeting Joanna halfway in the garden, even little Laura greeted her with a smile:

"Thank you for your hard work. You are the busiest during this period. I also have to leave it to you for the evening."

Joanna, who met the two masters, knew that the young girl in front of her would most likely be her mistress in the future.

A decent smile appeared on the housekeeper's face:

"Miss Bush, this is all the work I should do. It doesn't matter if it's hard or not. As long as I can satisfy you and Mr. Smith, that's my greatest satisfaction."

Joanna's voice was neither fast nor slow, and it sounded very comfortable.

Maybe even this voice, the housekeeper has undergone special training to have such an effect.

Little Laura only felt that the attitude and service of professional British housekeepers were different.

This is several times better than the service attitude and style of her housekeeper and servants!

The Bush family has neither money nor status in the United States.

But the enjoyment in this aspect is really not as good as that of the rich who enjoy extravagantly.

Among other things, a house like One Kensington Palace Gardens.

If she hadn't been with Abel, little Laura felt like she wouldn't be able to live there for the rest of her life.

Thinking of this, little Laura also showed a suitable smile to Joanna, "Anyway, everything is troublesome, Joanna."

Joanna gave little Laura a maid's bow demurely.

Then she solemnly bowed to Abel, facing the master, and then slowly left to continue her work.

Abel pointed at Joanna's back to little Laura, "Hey, dear, have you seen it? This is professionalism. It's worth every penny!"

Little Laura chuckled, rolled her beautiful eyes, and suddenly said softly:

"By the way. My dear, don't you have any impression of the lawyers at Clifford Chance today?"

"Um?"

"That trainee lawyer next to Mr. Timmy Owen, I noticed she's been looking at you."

"I think this is normal. Dear Miss Laura Bush. It's not like you don't know that your boyfriend is Apollo in real life. It's so normal for women to stare at me."

Seeing him pretending to be proud, little Laura laughed and poked him gently.

"You are indeed good-looking. But I saw ambition in that woman's eyes. My one is coming. If you want, maybe"

She winked mischievously at Abel, looking cute and a little bit charming like a young woman.

A girl who is already a married woman speaks differently.

Now I dare to say this to Abel.

Even if Abel had thoughts in his heart, of course he wouldn't admit it at this time.

He said directly: "Aren't you okay?"

"Hmph~"

Little Laura turned away and ignored him, and walked slowly into the villa.

Abel followed her.

Originally, little Laura didn’t mention it.

Abel had almost no memory of the female trainee lawyer she was talking about.

He remembered the other party's appearance, a bit like his own Anne, Anne Hathaway's Anne.

His name seems to be Aymo Alamuddin. Judging from his name, surname and appearance, he should be from the desert area.

A British beauty with good looks and figure, but now she is just a trainee female lawyer in Clifford Chance Law Firm.

[I’m not a stud, so I won’t fall in love with someone so easily. 】

Abel thought.

As for housekeeper Joanna, as the afternoon approached evening, this professional housekeeper became increasingly busy.

".Here, put these things here. The ants in the lawn need to be cleaned up."

"The guests will be here in an hour and a half. Remember to clean up without making any mistakes."

"By the way, take out the Mouton 1995 from the wine cellar. They will be the main red wine tonight. Pay attention to separate them. There are two bottles of 1945 inside, which are the owner's collection."

"Here, who spread this cloth? Is it you, George? It's wrinkled at one corner, didn't you notice? Your pay this week will be reduced by fifty pounds."

"And here, this stool is crooked. Pick it up immediately!"

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Joanna was very busy shuttling between the living room, reception room, outdoor lawn, kitchen, wine cellar, and warehouse of the villa.

This made Abel and little Laura, who appeared later, couldn't help but feel a little emotional about the ability and excellence of this housekeeper.

"Honey, I think Joanna is so capable."

Little Laura said, "If this continues, we will all be unable to live without her."

Abel smiled:

"You can learn from her. You will be the hostess in the future. Although the butler will help you, you should also have a basic understanding of the layout and process of this kind of reception."

"Oh, what you said seems to make sense." Little Laura nodded in agreement.

But not tonight.

She felt that tonight was the first cocktail party organized by Abel in London, and its importance was self-evident.

So forget it.

Professional things should be done by professionals.

Let Joanna, a professional in this field, do it.

Today is August 3rd.

It was Abel's 14th day in London.

After experiencing the early adaptation and spreading his reputation.

Today he will hold his first cocktail party in the UK at Kensington Palace Gardens.

At the beginning, this cocktail party only invited the British people he had been in contact with during this time.

And some representatives of American forces here.

For example, the current US resident in the UK is David Delany Walker.

David Delany Walker only came here to take up the post in March this year.

In the United States, envoys abroad have always been poor. And it can only be stationed by the general commander.

Except for a few major countries and countries that the United States attaches special importance to.

Many of the envoys sent by the United States to various countries around the world have been of great help to the current leader's election campaign, or have secretly provided some kind of benefit.

To put it simply, except for a few important countries. Most of the U.S. envoys stationed abroad basically rely on krypton money to get to their positions, or rely on connections and seniority.

This is a gilded place for the American elite.

Like David Delany Walker, that's the type.

The UK is of course an important country to the US, but it is so important that it makes the envoys stationed in the UK seem less important.

Because if there is any big or small matter, the White House can call No. 10 Tanglin Street directly and talk to the Prime Minister directly.

There is no need to bother the envoys abroad at all, which makes this position.

It seems that he has few tasks, little responsibility, and good treatment, and has gradually become a good job among American envoys stationed abroad.

Of course there will be a lot of people grabbing the fat spot.

David Delany Walker can stand out.

In addition to his help in George Bush's campaign late last year.

Also because this person's last name is Walker.

The Walkers are important allies of the Bushes.

It was one of the former Wall Street giants and the family of little Laura's great-grandmother.

Little Laura's great-grandfather became an executive in several companies after marrying George Herbert Walker's daughter.

George Herbert Walker, what a familiar name.

Little Laura's grandfather added a shrub to the end of his name.

The grandson will use his grandfather’s name directly.

The younger generation uses the names of their elders, which is a particularly stubborn tradition in the Shrub family.

After marrying the daughter of George Herbert Walker, Prescott prospered.

He served as president of the United States Golf Association because his father-in-law, Walker, enjoyed playing golf.

Later, Prescott Bush became a senator in Congress at the age of 57.

And sat in this position for 11 years.

This is a firm step for the Shrub family to take the throne.

Since then, the Walker family and the Bush family have become true allies.

If we follow the Bush family’s understanding, after little Laura and Abel got married.

The Smith family, like the Walker family, will become one of the Bush family's iron allies.

In other words, use the shrub family as a bond.

David Delany Walker was also one of Abel's own.

Abel sent an invitation to the cocktail party, and little Laura was here.

Naturally, it was impossible for David Delany Walker to refuse.

Because David Delany Walker was invited, this man took the initiative to come to Abel and little Laura.

This man even suggested that Abel invite envoys from several other nearby embassies.

For example, in the Five Eyes Alliance, apart from the host Britain, there are three other countries.

Abel thought about it and agreed.

However, he asked David Delany Walker to come forward and even gave David some of the planning rights for the reception, mainly the aspect of inviting guests.

This man decisively invited everyone from the Five Eyes Alliance except the host country, the United Kingdom.

Everyone who was invited agreed to come. This was an envoy from the United States. If he didn't come, he might be given eye drops.

Especially after hearing who the organizer of the reception was, I had to come.

People from these countries are coming. Relevant personnel from the host heard about it and wanted to come over.

Then there are several countries that are close to Five Eyes.

For example, messengers such as Nihong and Hanguo all wanted to come.

It turns out that Abel just wanted to have a banquet with the British friends he knew.

There are also the managers of the company here.

Just cultivate feelings and enhance understanding.

But under the control of David Delany Walker, it gradually grew bigger and bigger.

It became what it is now.

It's going to be lively here tonight.

Fortunately, No. 1 Kensington Palace Gardens is large enough to fully accommodate a reception for two to three hundred people.

It was even very generous, which made Abel feel that buying such a big house was the right thing to do.

Under the leadership of Joanna, the professional service staff made the layout of the reception more and more complete.

The time for the reception to start is getting closer and closer.

Soon, night fell and the lights began to turn on.

The bright lights illuminate the entire Kensington Palace Garden Street like an elf wonderland.

Those lush trees, under the exquisite and designed lighting arrangement, look like a fantasy forest.

This makes passers-by and vehicles passing by here unable to help but stop here, and even want to take pictures here.

But usually at this time, there will be Royal Police from Scotland Yard nearby, running out to chase people away.

The excuse for driving people away is that it is royal territory and they are not allowed to stay without permission.

In fact, this is just the request of the residents who live here, that is, the billionaires.

The royal palace can be opened to the public for occasional visits.

How could it be possible to prohibit people from passing by a royal palace?

This is how the rich pretend to be the royal family and donate some money to Scotland Yard.

Naturally, the Royal Police have always been here to drive away pedestrians at night to better ensure the safety of the streets of Kensington Palace Gardens at night.

As time comes.

One luxury car after another, escorted by other vehicles, slowly arrived at the door of Villa No. 1 in Kensington Palace Gardens.

These cars are all luxury cars, and many are also diplomatic vehicles.

The guests at the reception were surprised to find that at the inner door of No. 1 Kensington Palace Gardens.

When the "host" responsible for welcoming guests turned out to be the distinguished U.S. envoy to Britain, David Delany Walker.

The guests were surprised.

To know among the expatriates in the UK.

Due to the country's problems, David Delany Walker has always been the most arrogant and the one with the most noble status.

But now he comes to greet guests at the door, which makes everyone confused and surprised.

Good relationship with David Delany Walker.

Australia's ambassador to the UK, Merdie Raven, came in.

He couldn't help but ask David Delany Walker.

"David. Why are you here to greet guests? Shouldn't it be the host?"

David Delany Walker replied cheerfully:

"Tonight, I am half the owner of this place."

David explained to Merdie Raven:

"My mother is Miss Bush's father's cousin, and I am Miss Bush's cousin. She and Mr. Smith need to entertain guests inside, and there are no suitable manpower here. I think I am suitable, so I came over."

Merdie Raven was speechless.

Because strictly speaking it is. David Delany Walker and the two people inside were actually relatives.

Due to circumstances and reasons, David Delany Walker's willingness to do this can be said to be completely in line with etiquette.

But Merdie Raven knew that there was another reason why David was willing to do this.

That's because David himself is only a peripheral member of the Walker family.

The kind whose bloodline is relatively thin and far away from the main family.

Being able to serve as the U.S. envoy to Britain was largely due to the support of George Bush.

David Delany Walker needs to rely on the Bush family to secure this position.

Now that Shrub's real son-in-law and daughter are here, David Delany Walker will certainly show off.

Merdy Raven thought about this clearly and patted David on the shoulder, "Then I'll go in."

David continued to smile heartily: "No problem, the guests will arrive later, we will see you inside."

"OK!" Merdy Raven walked inside, putting himself in his shoes as he walked.

Raven felt that if he were in David Delany Walker's position.

I will definitely make the same choice as David.

Because doing so seems a bit self-deprecating and makes you lose face.

But there are actually many invisible benefits.

First of all, it can please the shrub family, which is a relatively visible benefit.

Secondly, it can please Smith, a super rich man, and Wall Street giants.

This super rich man is also the chairman of the National Rifle Association.

He owns a huge media group that ranks among the top five in the United States.

He even has a large number of employees and influential energy companies

What if I return to my country to run for election in the future? If this rich man could remember what happened today and reciprocate...

This is an invisible benefit, to some extent more stable than the goodwill of the Bush family.

Losing a little face, which is not important to a serious customer, can gain so many invisible benefits.

Anyone is willing.

Even Australian Merdie Raven can figure it out.

Not to mention David Delany Walker.

This is the reason why David is willing to serve as a half-host at the inner door to greet the guests at the reception, as the dignified American envoy to Britain.