Six Hundred Piercing Toasts [Thanks to Kakamihara Nadeko's Lord IX]

Text 0600 A piercing toast [Thanks to Kakamihara Nadeko's lord IX]

Melodious dance music floats in the golden hall.

There are hundreds of people on the dance floor, chatting and laughing happily, and the attendants carrying wine or snacks rush through the crowd, and the trays become empty after a while.

When the bell rang at 7 o'clock, the music stopped, and Governor Peabody stepped onto the stage holding a wine glass, and stood at the pronunciation point of the echo wall in the eyes of everyone.

"Welcome, gentlemen and ladies, my old friends, and the best young men of Hartford."

The dance floor was silent.

"As we all know, today's dance party is held by the state capital. The wine and snacks here come from the pockets of taxpayers, and 70% come from your pockets..."

laugh.

"So please don't hold back. Hartford is the same Hartford, Connecticut is the same Connecticut, our great people are the masters of this place, and you are the masters of the masters. I am the master, but I am the same as the original , is a loyal steward chosen by you to serve you!"

"Before I took the stage, my adviser, Mr. Formillas, told me not to say the above words, saying that it would remind us of inappropriate things on inappropriate occasions. For example, my salary is actually present. You are not only the masters of the people, but also my masters."

Laughing again.

"By the way, thanks to the first addition to the Connecticut State Code, the governor's administrative adviser is included in the office personnel, so Mr. Formillas' salary is also paid by you."

The hall roared with laughter, and there was a lot of joy on and off the stage.

Governor Peabody raised his glass: "The joke is over, gentlemen and ladies, you know that I am a competent housekeeper. Except for big days such as Christmas, New Year and National Day, I have never spent precious tax dollars on for unofficial spending like today."

"But even though Mr. Formillas has repeatedly objected, this time I decided to call everyone together in the name of the state capital, and introduce an outstanding person to you in the name of the state capital."

"Ms. Carmen Xavier, Executive Director of the Board of Directors of the Drake General Chamber of Commerce in Miami Township, General Manager of Asset Management Company, Director of Planning and Development Office in the Miami Area, Director of the Staff Office and Accounting Office of the Fleet, and the First Staff Officer of the General Flagship."

"She is said to be one of the best women of her generation, and she has been compared in various topics with Fontainebleau and the mistress of the Tower of London when she was only in her twenties. The Spaniards call her Regarded as the treasure of the country, the entire New World regards her as a fashion leader..."

The girls in the audience covered their mouths, and the older and younger ladies suppressed their cheers, and tears began to glisten in their eyes.

"Now this excellent lady has come to the scene." The governor raised his glass high and his voice was high, "Let us welcome her, Carmen Xavier!"

The applause was like thunder.

The men looked like iron, the women were flushed, the door of the hall was opened by the attendants, and Carmen in a dark purple dress appeared there with a smile, and Henna in a pure black dress stood behind her expressionlessly, even though It is an atmosphere that attracts everyone's attention, and it still creates a wonderful feeling of alienation and separation around her, like a needle covered in a black veil, making people subconsciously ignore her.

The crowd parted a way, leading from the gate to the stage. Carmen was in front, and Henna was behind. The two passed through the crowd one after the other. It was not until the moment before the stage that Henna hid in the shadow of the curtain, leaving Carmen alone to enjoy the concentration of hundreds of gazes. As in substance.

"Thank you, Mr. Governor, for your kindness and welcome from everyone present."

Purple flowers bloomed on the stage, and Hana looked indifferently at Carmen in the center of the stage. Standing there, she was exuding a completely different elegance from usual, towering over everything and unattainable.

"I'm Carmen Xavier," she said, "and at today's dance, I'm in charge of creating the future for Connecticut."

silence……

The excitement of the sudden appearance of such a dignified figure as Carmen has not yet been digested,

She tossed the new bloomer straight into the heart of Hartford's most elite crowd.

Create the future?

No matter how powerful the Drake Chamber of Commerce is, it is only a foreign chamber of commerce. Besides, even if it is a country, a superpower as powerful as France and Great Britain, the future of Connecticut cannot be created by it!

Was it really that Carmen Xavier who said such impolite and reckless words?

This flowery and gorgeous young woman in front of me can't be a fake, can she? Governor cheated?

Whispering whispers emerge from the quiet bottom of the lake. At first, they were just a few ripples, which turned into bubbles and gathered into springs, and soon rose to a column of water that soared to the sky, covering the sky and covering the sun, making it as loud as thunder.

Carmen waited quietly, neither smiling nor angry, just standing gracefully in the center of the stage, allowing the atmosphere in the audience to escalate.

Under the cover of confusion, Mr. Green withdrew silently from the position closest to the stage into the middle of the crowd. Even he himself didn't know why, the first time he saw Carmen, he was eager to ask Seager's opinion.

"Miss Teresia, it seems that you guessed it right, our Mr. Governor really prepared a huge surprise for us."

"It's not the time yet." Sig answered irrelevantly. "The Drake Chamber of Commerce is a huge monster. Before we figure out its purpose, the best choice is to wait and see what happens."

"I am a leader, Miss Teresia." Green frowned dissatisfiedly, "I hope you haven't forgotten this."

"I always remember that you were the leader of Hartford, and because you were the leader, you couldn't step into the line to the beat of the drums. That's the job of the cannon fodder."

"Cannon fodder... who will do it?"

"It's better to have no cannon fodder than you to be cannon fodder, sir. Remember that whatever you hear one moment, it won't become reality before dawn."

"Keep your breath, will you?"

...

The uproar lasted a full five minutes.

For five full minutes, not a single member of Hartford's elite voluntarily jumped out of the safety of the crowd to assume the leadership role.

Anger was like a rootless branch gradually crushed by etiquette, and the whispers stopped, getting lighter and weaker.

Carmen still stood in place, and did not speak again until all the voices dissipated: "I seem to hear the anger of you all, which makes me very puzzled."

She seems to be determined to make an enemy of the whole of Hartford today: "Drake will bring construction, bring prosperity, as the people who enjoy the future, you can't feel welcome from the bottom of your heart. To be honest, I don't know." understand."

"Is it because I'm not friendly enough? Or is it because I didn't negotiate the distribution of profits with you in advance, and you feel that you are excluded, so you feel offended and threatened?"

"You guys are really wrong to blame me." Carmen suddenly collected her aura, and smiled with gentleness and intimacy, "I won't discuss with you, just because the scale of this business is far beyond your ability to bear. You can't digest Without Drake's investment, in the new future of Connecticut, you can only be enjoyers, and it is difficult to become participants."

She looked around the audience, taking in the expressions of shock, bewilderment, or panic, and raised her glass until her eyes crossed with everyone.

"Tonight's toast is the Steel City Plan. Drake will invest 600,000 pounds in Hartford over the next 20 years to build a 50,000-ton ironworks and a 3,000-ton steelworks. "

"This will become the new steel center of the United States, and it will have nearly half of the country's crude iron production capacity and more than half of the refined steel production capacity."

"Although it is impossible for everyone here to become a direct shareholder of the steel plant, Hartford will soon be highly anticipated. You will enjoy the dividends of the town's development due to the change in the business environment, and you will receive more respect in your respective fields. ..."

"Steel City Project, ladies and gentlemen, enjoy tonight, enjoy the future, you deserve it."

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