Chapter 411: Politics (Please Collect, Recommend, and Vote for Me) Please Vote for Me at the End of the Month!!!
"That's enough! Stop!" At the moment of the stalemate, Margaret finally screamed to stop the embarrassing scene in front of her. →Margaret looked at an agent next to her angrily. Judging from the way the other agents obeyed his orders, he must be the leader. This guy's appearance seemed familiar to Kai. After thinking about it carefully, he realized that he was a bit familiar. Like the hero of a movie I watched in my previous life. I forgot his name. Anyway, it was a movie about a Roman general who inexplicably became a slave and then a gladiator. Because I watched it on the movie channel at the time, I didn’t watch the whole movie. , and the content has almost been forgotten. Anyway, I remember the bitterness and hatred on the male protagonist's face.
"Banning! I told you, I'm meeting a friend!"
Kelly looked at the First Lady of the United States in front of her with curiosity. She never knew that her boyfriend knew such a person. In her impression, Kai never seemed to have a good impression of politicians and had never been in the habit of voting.
Of course, even if she was curious, Kelly did not stop the movement under her hand. She shook the muzzle of the gun and asked the agents who were under the muzzle to throw the gun over.
The Secret Service agents naturally refused, but Kelly didn't care about this and simply loaded the gun. The meaning was obvious, if he didn't drop the gun, he would be shot. Several agents' faces turned red. They were actually being raped by several call girls (at least to them, Kelly and the others did look like call girls. After all, a group of women... dressed up like that... it's really easy to mislead people. ).
Of course they didn't want to just give in, it would be too embarrassing.
It's a pity that those women are more cruel than the other. From the look in their eyes, several agents can tell that they really know how to shoot.
In desperation, they could only drop their guns and walk aside.
Banning's lungs exploded with anger when he saw his men's actions. Damn it, if this is really a gangster, wouldn’t the safety of the president’s wife be completely ruined?
"Banning!!!" Seeing that Banning was still unmoved, Margaret immediately raised her voice.
Banning looked at Kay, who was sneering on the side, and then at the president's wife, whose face was getting more and more ugly, and had to explain: "Madam president, I am doing this for your safety. After all, Chicago is not safe right now. The house has also not had a safety inspection...so..."
"I said, Kai is my friend! As long as he is here, there is no safer place in the world than here!"
Kai was a little angry at first, thinking that Margaret was causing trouble for him. Didn't he see his family having a party in Kai's underwear? As the only man in this house, this is such a rare welfare time, but now it is all messed up.
But with Margaret's support, Kai suddenly felt much more comfortable.
Faced with Banning's dissatisfaction, Kai just raised his eyebrows, glanced at him provocatively, pointed at the door with his hand and said, "Get out!"
Banning was so angry at this attitude that just when he was about to say something, Margaret immediately shouted loudly: "Banning!"
No matter what, the leaders always take the side of others, and nothing they say is of any use. →So he could only let a few embarrassing men follow him out. As soon as they walked out of the door, they heard a knock behind them and the door was closed.
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"What's going on with these idiots?" Kay asked Margaret.
Unexpectedly, Margaret, who was very high-spirited just now, now covered her face with a haggard look.
"What's wrong?" Kai asked curiously.
"It's because of Benjamin..." Margaret said weakly.
Others also looked gossipy. Even someone like Kathleen, who has been aloof from worldly affairs for many years, knew that the current President of the United States was named Benjamin. As the president of the world's most powerful country, this position itself represents extremely huge influence.
And looking at Margaret’s expression and tone, it’s typical that if there’s something to eat, and it’s the President of the United States’ melon, it’s even more important to eat it!
Then, as if Margaret had found an outlet, she vented all her anguish. In fact, it is basically a matter between husband and wife, but because it is a family matter of the president, it is particularly special.
Simply put, Margaret felt like she was losing more and more of herself. She doesn't like her current life.
Margaret is not a typical housewife. She has her own ideas and does not want to stay at home to raise her husband and children. Before Margaret married Benjamin, she was a reporter, and she was a relatively famous reporter. She had two dreams.
One is to be a war correspondent. The second is to travel the world as a nature photographer.
But since falling in love with Benjamin, Margaret stopped her career and concentrated on raising her husband and children. But as time went by, Margaret gradually became tired of this life. She felt that this was not the life she wanted.
As Benjamin rose rapidly in the political arena, Margaret felt more and more depressed, and she was imprisoned in the identity of 'Benjamin's wife'.
It is also because of this that the marriage with Benjamin is in crisis.
Sometimes Margaret wonders whether Benjamin really loves her. Maybe he just needs her to play the role of a 'good wife'.
After all, as a political star, he needs this role.
Many people say that the United States is a superpower, developed and advanced, but in fact, the United States has always been a conservative country. They care a lot about their traditions. For example, in the history of the United States, no president has ever divorced during his term. Even now, only one American president has divorced. President Reagan divorced his first wife in 1948 and married the later first lady Nancy four years later.
When Americans choose a president, they are always willing to believe those candidates who have a happy family, children and a wife.
This is why Margaret doubted whether Benjamin maintained this marriage because he loved her.
Benjamin wanted to get more support, so he had to give people a positive image in family relationships.
Even when Benjamin traveled with her on the eve of the election to save his marriage, Margaret suspected that it was a means for the election.
But unfortunately, they actually encountered a sea monster.
But fortunately, Margaret confirmed Benjamin's intentions. Whether it was protecting her and her children when danger came, or always staying with her, it was enough to show Benjamin's feelings for her.
This also saved their direct marriage.
But the essential problem between them was still not solved, that is, Margaret could not accept her role. She had her own career ambition and never thought of being a man's vassal.
What's worse is that after Benjamin became president, Margaret found that she began to lose herself. She became a person who wore a formulaic smile every day, doing things that she was not interested in and did not want to do at all, and pretended to be very happy to the outside world.
This almost drove her crazy.
This trip to Chicago was supposed to wait a few days for her and Benjamin to come to Chicago together. But she really couldn't stand it, so she left the entire presidential team and went to Chicago first.
As for why she came to find Kai... The reason is actually not complicated, it's because Kai is not only her lifesaver, but also not that familiar with her.
Margaret has always been very grateful for Kai's life-saving grace, so when she learned that Kai was in Chicago and was responsible for the safety of their family, she decided to meet Kai properly and express her gratitude.
The reason why she was not so familiar with him was that basically everyone she knew had advised her, either openly or secretly, to settle down in her current role, which was good for her, Benjamin, and the family.
What these people said was right, and they really meant it for their own good, but that was not what Margaret wanted to hear.
She came to Kai just to find a friend who would not persuade her to vent. As for getting any advice from Kai, she had never thought about it. To put it bluntly, he was just a tool.
And Benning was the president's personal bodyguard, and he got along well with Benjamin. He came to Chicago with Margaret this time because Benjamin asked him to do so.
As for being so rude to Kai, it was completely his own decision, hoping to give Kai a warning.
He didn't want any scandals to happen to the first lady.
But others didn't buy his tricks at all.
A group of women were fascinated by the first lady's marriage story, but Kai found it boring.
For Kai, the president of the United States might be very influential, but the wife of the president of the United States... who would care? If you don't believe me, go ask people on the street what the name of ***'s wife is. I guarantee that many people don't know (I don't know, am I proud?).
"Since you can't live together, just divorce him!" This is Kai's advice to Margaret. Well, Kai is serious.
Although Kai is not petty, think about the goat's sacrifice to save Benjamin, but Benjamin only cares about the deal with the military and keeps silent about the goat's sacrifice. This makes Kai very angry. Benjamin, a politician, can forget that Ross wanted to kill him for political interests, but Kai can't forget the hatred of his comrade being killed by Ross!
So Kai has always been very cold to Benjamin. Even if Benjamin contacted him several times as the president, he didn't pay much attention.
If Kai can see this guy getting so upset because his wife wants to divorce him, he doesn't think it's bad.
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How can it be hidden that the president's wife came to Chicago? After all, the president's family has a great influence in the United States, especially the first lady.
In short, Chicago knew everything it should know one hour before Margaret arrived in Chicago.
The only question now is how to receive her.
First of all, they didn't know why the first lady suddenly came to Chicago ahead of schedule. After all, according to the previous notification from the White House, the president and his wife and son should come to Chicago in six days and carry out a series of activities, then the opening of the Expo, and then return to Washington.
These procedures have been set and cannot be changed casually. After all, the president's itinerary requires a lot of scheduling and cooperation from the city government, which cannot be changed casually.
Secondly, the first lady did not communicate with the Chicago government before and after coming to Chicago.
This made Chicago very annoyed, because this behavior represented serious political immaturity. Although it seemed that this was a personal behavior of the first lady, the problem was that the identity she represented was destined, and every behavior of hers would involve many people.
To put it bluntly, if Margaret was suddenly killed by someone, who would be responsible for it?
At that time, no matter what Chicago did, it would be blamed.
If the president's wife is not safe in Chicago, then who is safe?
In short, the Chicago government was very annoyed, so it quickly protested to the White House.
President Benjamin had no choice but to send a telegram to Chicago, explaining the president's wife's intention, which was to the effect that the president's wife was paving the way for the president. Of course, this was just an official statement, so that everyone could see it more clearly. In fact, the White House had reached a series of political deals with Chicago.
There was no way, willfulness would have a price to pay.
Things like the emperor's incognito visits on TV would never happen in reality. No mature political creature would do such a thing.
As for the president's wife going to see a little policeman, it was not something that could be put on the table. Chicago was not interested in making a fuss about it. After all, Illinois has always been a stronghold of the Donkey Party (Democratic Party), and the current mayor of Chicago is also a Democrat. If the interests are acceptable, he would not make the president uncomfortable.
Of course, in order not to affect Kai's normal life, Margaret did not live in Kai's house, but stayed in a hotel.
If she really stayed in Kai's house for one night, the headlines of the next day would be absolutely terrifying, and Benjamin might also become the first president in the entire American history to be rumored to be cuckolded, which would be a lot of fun.
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Six days passed quickly. During this period, although Margaret kept complaining, she still fulfilled her obligations as the president's wife very well. She visited the injured in the previous two terrorist attacks on behalf of the president, inspected the orphanage with the Chicago local charity fund, and contacted and gave speeches to students in a school.
These things were originally what the president should do, but there was nothing wrong with the president's wife doing it.
As for the reasons, there are a lot of them, such as the president's concern for the victims of the terrorist attacks, and asked the president's wife to visit them in advance. It is also reasonable, and it can also give a good impression to the outside world, and it can be regarded as a very good political show.
At least the public and public opinion have a high evaluation of the president's sending his wife to Chicago to express condolences in advance.
Margaret also gained a lot of reputation.
Of course, in return, Margaret also endorsed Chicago's safety and cheered for Chicago in front of the media.
It was also this series of operations that made Benjamin warmly welcomed by local people when he came to Chicago.