Congratulations on Your Arrest

  Chapter 349 Do you have this qualification? (Dazhang asks for a guaranteed monthly pass)

  Among the four seasons of the year, spring is actually the most volatile season.

  The sun is warm during the day, but it is cold in the morning and evening, which makes people feel that "the spring is cold - this is what is usually called "the late spring cold", and it often occurs more frequently when there is a long period of rainy days.

   In the words of meteorologists,

  It is caused by the region being frequently attacked by strong cold air and the temperature drops rapidly at night.

   At this time, holding an umbrella and walking in the rain outside Kenneth's mansion, Higashinohara clearly felt a coldness that did not belong to this season in April.

  But those ladies who go to the banquet with most of their skin exposed, dragging long skirts to highlight the width and depth of their figures, obviously have a cold resistance ability that is different from ordinary people.

   Higashinohara shook his head secretly at first, thinking that women really don't want any warmth for the sake of beauty.

  But when he walked to the door of Senator Kenneth's mansion, handed over the invitation, and followed the footsteps of the guests in front of him to step into the mansion for the first time, he realized that he was "superficial".

   It has to be said that the facilities in Senator Kenneth's mansion are very unique.

   As soon as you enter the mansion and walk into the courtyard, a gust of warm wind rises automatically under your feet. You don't feel the slightest hint of "cold spring" on a rainy night, but instead have a feeling of "the warm wind makes tourists drunk".

   Higashinohara followed these district chiefs and Mr. Members of Parliament and walked forward slowly.

   On the way, his gaze swept over the faces of these important figures, looking for the man named "Kenneth Senator" who was going to invite him to the dinner tonight, but the eyes of these important figures hardly stayed on Higashinohara's shoulder for more than a second.

  In fact, if it weren’t for the fact that Aunt Kolotia prepared Higashinohara’s formal attire differently from the waiters at today’s birthday dinner who walked back and forth with trays.

   Maybe when Higashinohara was shuttling through the crowd, someone would snap their fingers and stop this young and handsome "waiter" for a glass of champagne.

  Finally, before the banquet started, Higashinohara still found Senator Kenneth holding his daughter's hand beside a champagne tower—he had searched the Internet before coming, and easily found Senator Kenneth's photo.

  However, when his eyes fell on the male owner of the mansion, Senator Kenneth, the host of tonight's banquet, finally someone's eyes also fell on him.

   Those are two black-clothed agents of the Condor Secret Service of the United States of Targos. They are tall and strong, and they seem to be in charge of Senator Kenneth's birthday dinner tonight.

  So when Higashinohara, who was alone in the courtyard, stared at Senator Kenneth, and stepped forward.

  The two black-clothed agents looked at each other, walked towards Higashinohara in unison, and then quietly stretched out an arm to cross in front of Higashinohara.

   "Sorry, do you need anything?" One of the agents asked gently.

  They will stop Higashinohara,

  On the one hand, Senator Kenneth has a special status.

   As we all know, Kenneth is a popular candidate for the next Mayor of Mazy House.

  According to this kind of resume, he may even have the opportunity to run for the president of the Kenneth United States. Of course, the security around public places such as birthday parties must be strengthened.

on the other hand,

   It's Higashinohara's personal problem.

  The people at this banquet tonight are either rich or noble. Everyone has a long-standing temperament in their reserved eyebrows and eyes, and most of them are not surrounded by beautiful and proud female companions.

   Only Higashinohara was alone, and his temperament was also incompatible with such an occasion.

  As if aware of the strangeness here, Senator Kenneth, who was talking with a minister from another party, glanced at it from the corner of his eye, and quickly looked away, smiling and toasting with the minister in front of him.

  The ten-year-old girl who was following him held a princess doll in her hand, and stood aside boredly.

  Perhaps she also knew in her heart that today's dinner was nominally to celebrate her birthday.

   But in fact, it was just a gathering for my father and friends in the political and business circles to connect with each other.

  At this moment, Higashinohara looked away from Senator Kenneth and his daughter.

Facing the two figures standing in front of him, he stopped and said, "I'm sorry, I was invited by Senator Kenneth last night, please let me know, it's the messenger of Team Leader Tokugawa from Wano Country .”

  The black-clothed agent took a look at Higashinohara, nodded politely, then turned around and walked over, nodded at Higashinohara and said, "Please wait a moment."

   After finishing speaking, one of the men turned around and walked over, while the remaining man was still staring at Higashinohara blankly.

   Higashinohara didn't care much.

He watched the special agent who went back to report, and watched the other party walk behind Senator Kenneth, and waited for the Senator to finish talking with the bald minister before he approached him, covered his ears with his hands and whispered a few words what.

  Member Kenneth turned his head and looked at Higashinohara. For a moment, a little doubt appeared on his face—maybe Higashinohara's visit last night was just a trivial matter for him.

   Fortunately, our Senator Kenneth is not just a few seconds of memory from the fish, the lines of frowning quickly stretched out, and a thoughtful look appeared on his face.

  Suddenly, he smiled and said something to the bald minister who turned around and was about to leave. The other party raised his head in surprise and looked towards Higashinohara outside the crowd, with a similar smile on his face.

   Although Higashinohara, who was standing quietly in the same place, could not hear what they just said clearly in the noisy environment, the smiles on the faces of the two of them made him feel a little deja vu inexplicably.

   Then I feel unhappy.

  Involuntarily, some officials from the former Wano country appeared in his mind.

   Soon, the agent of the Condor Bureau walked back quickly, and said respectfully in front of Higashinohara:

   "Mr. Congressman invites you to sit down in the corridor next to the courtyard. He is happy to discuss with you about the issues you care about before the banquet starts. Please come with me."

  Is that so?

   Higashinohara's face was thoughtful.

  But since it has already come, there is no reason to give up halfway.

  Higashi Nohara nodded slightly, and followed the man along the bluestone path beside the courtyard towards the resting place. Along the way, from time to time, slightly humid warm wind came out from behind the potted plants beside the corridor.

   Higashinohara must admit that,

  The United States of Targos really deserves to be one of the most powerful countries on the Cross Continent. The facilities in the mansion of the capital councilor are more luxurious and refined than the mansion of the Prime Minister Higashinohara once visited.

  Traveling all the way,

  As he approached the resting place in the corridor, Higashinohara suddenly noticed a line of sight.

   Turning his head, what he saw was a woman in a black evening dress, standing alone in the crowd with a goblet just like him before.

   But the difference is that Higashinohara, who was alone just now, is just a little transparent that no one pays attention to, and almost no one's eyes stay on him for a second.

However, the woman in a tight black evening dress, even though she couldn't see her face clearly with a light veil on her face, the half-swan-like white and slender neck that was exposed, as well as her beautiful and outstanding figure and temperament, were very attractive. The type that is easy to get addicted to at a glance.

   But this woman exudes an inexplicable aura.

  Even if you don't get close and just stare with your eyes, you will feel that your eyes are cold and dry after looking at them for a long time.

  Those who tried to go up to invite people after entering the dinner party, all of them stopped unconsciously after approaching the other party ten meters away.

  It seemed that there was an invisible cold invisible force field in front of them, silently blocking their steps.

   But at this moment, the woman holding the wine glass cast her gaze towards Higashinohara who was following the two black-clothed guards in the corridor through the crowd.

  Her red lips under the veil were slightly raised, and a thoughtful expression appeared on her delicate fair face.

is it him?

  The boy who was holding an umbrella in the rain when he came.

  As soon as Higashinohara walked to the place where he was resting in the corridor, he heard the crisp sound of clinking glasses coming from ahead.

  Three middle-aged men were holding amber-colored wine with a rich aroma in their hands. They collided with each other and drank a glass. They could vaguely hear the words "Then let's cooperate happily".

   "Oh, here comes the man."

   Senator Kenneth, who took a sip of his drink, noticed Higashi Nohara behind the black-clothed guards, walked up with a smile and said, "Sit down first, do you want something to drink?"

   "No thanks." Higashinohara sat down and said.

Diagonally across from him, the slightly bald minister who had met before twisted a cigar in the cigar box, lightly passed it under his greasy nose, took a deep breath of the fragrance of tobacco, and immediately became familiar with it. It was cut and lit, and after taking a deep breath, it exhaled a large cloud of smoke.

  Under the smog, Your Excellency the Minister stared at him with distaste, and said condescendingly to Higashinohara, "Young man, would you like one?"

   "Thank you, no need." Higashinohara declined again.

  Among the three, the thin senior man sitting on the far right dangled the amber wine glass in his hand that was swaying under the light, and said with a smile:

   "Hehe, it seems that he is a "three-good youth" from Wano country. No wonder he is so busy for the country."

   Running around is not enough.

   Higashinohara Shindo.

At this time, Senator Kenneth, who sat down again, put down his wine glass, straightened his appearance, and said with a smile, "I have read the letter from your leader Tokugawa yesterday. I understand his sincerity and enthusiasm for the country. I believe It's the same for you, but before that, let me introduce to you two future colleagues sitting next to me."

"The one on the left is the Minister of Foreign Affairs, His Excellency Sharvin. Not surprisingly, he will also be a member of the Tagos delegation to attend the World Conference in June. Your request depends largely on Sharvin. Your Excellency Wen."

  When Kenneth introduced, Foreign Minister Sharvin was still puffing sweet smoke with a cigar between his fingers, with a condescending look of a half-smile on his face.

   "The one on the right is Director Byron of the Trade Office of the Ministry of Energy. He is mainly responsible for the country's energy import and export trade. Of course! Our conversation today is private, so you don't have to worry about it."

  Member Kenneth said with a smile.

   Higashinohara nodded,

   Waiting for the next sentence without saying a word.

   But in fact, the three members of Congressman Kenneth did not like the calmness of young people.

  At their age and status, what they prefer to see is the embarrassment and "sincerity" when they stand up immediately after introducing their identity, rather than being "stable".

   It's a pity that this kind of performance did not appear on Higashinohara.

  From meeting all the way to now,

  The expression on Higashinohara's face was always indifferent, as if he was an outsider who had nothing to do with him.

   Senator Kenneth couldn't help but frowned slightly when he saw this. Higashinohara's performance made him feel that their conversation might not be as smooth as expected

   "I heard from Mr. Representative that the Tokugawa team leader of Wano Country hopes to get our help in this world conference, and hopes that the Tagos delegation can vote for them at a critical moment."

  Suddenly, Director Byron of the Ministry of Energy shook the wine glass in his hand lightly, and said with a smile, "As for this, I think it can be done very easily as long as His Excellency Minister Sulwin next to me is willing."

   This is a declarative sentence.

   Straightforwardly stated the fact that they can help, followed by a short pause

  Higashi Nohara looked up at Congressman Kenneth who was sitting in the middle, and then at Lord Byron of the Ministry of Energy and Minister of Foreign Affairs Sharvin sitting on the left and right sides.

  Finally, his eyes returned to Senator Kenneth who was playing with the wine glass in his hand

  Suddenly, I laughed silently in my heart.

  He kind of understood.

  Understood why Senator Kenneth did not give an answer after reading Tokugawa Kuritora's letter last night, but asked him to come over today to discuss it in detail.

  Because today, the Kenneth Congressman is no longer a "senator", but a "broker" who can help Mr. Director and the minister win business.

  To be honest, Tokugawa Kuritora asked Higashinohara to send a letter and wait for a reply.

  Based on the experience of that tiger,

   Higashinohara didn’t believe that the other party wanted to work for a politician in Targos only because of his enthusiasm, but he didn’t make any “promises” or “conditions” in the letter.

   But it's a pity that Senator Kenneth in front of him is obviously not satisfied with the conditions offered by Tokugawa Kuritora.

  That's why the current scene happened.

   They want more.

   It's just that Higashinohara doesn't have this authority.

   Taking a step back, even if there is, he will not send meat into the mouths of politicians.

  Higashi Nohara is different from Tokugawa Kuritora, who has a strong sense of responsibility for Wano Country and thus rushes to the doctor.

   When he wants to come,

   This is no different from meat buns beating dogs.

  “Frankly,

  I sympathize with what happened to your country. "

  At this time, the Minister of Foreign Affairs Sharvin, who had been puffing on a cigar and staring down at Higashinohara, said slowly:

   "But in this world, you can't get things done by sympathy. The conditions of energy mining rights offered by Team Leader Tokugawa are very attractive, at least for our country, but it's us, the people below, who are doing things."

Speaking of this, Foreign Minister Salvin paused, and continued, "Although I am one of the speakers of the Tagos delegation at the World Conference, I am not the only one in the delegation. Some words are not I can say whatever I want.”

   "I would like to help your country like you, but I can't guarantee that my colleagues will be as enthusiastic as I am, so I have to come up with something that can impress people, isn't it?"

  Minister Sulvin raised his hand slightly to flick the ashes of his cigar when he said this.

  He was very satisfied with his flawless and reasonable statement, and glanced at Higashinohara casually.

  The three of them didn't feel that the young man in front of them could make a decision.

But the advantage of "young people" spreading the word is that in the face of these mature and sophisticated politicians and congressmen, they only need to use appropriate words to make the other party mess up, so as to grab more money for themselves in this "deal" Benefit.

  However, at this moment, Higashinohara, who had always been taciturn, suddenly spoke.

   "So, what does your Excellency Minister mean. Would you like to ask for more benefits?"

   Saying that, Higashinohara raised his right hand.

  The index finger, **** and thumb rubbed together, making an "international general" gesture.

  In an instant,

  The air suddenly froze!

  The three of you who are sitting here with dignity,

  No one thought that this young man with a gentle appearance and a calm demeanor would speak such "vulgar language" when he came to them.

   That's right!

  Compared to the words of Minister Sharvin, what Higashinohara said just now was extremely "vulgar" and the gesture of rubbing his fingers made them even more polite.

  It seems that they are not the rich and powerful class who have lived in the upper class for a long time, but a group of mud legs in the vegetable market bargaining for a fat pig waiting to be slaughtered.

  In just a few seconds,

  Minister Sharvin of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Master Byron of the Ministry of Energy have slightly gloomy faces.

  For a while, even Senator Kenneth, the organizer sitting in the middle, looked a little unsightly, and once again looked at the "harmless to humans and animals" young man in front of him.

  He had to admit,

  He got a little bit of a wrong eye today.

   "If you understand it this way,

   It's not a bad idea. "

  Suddenly, Congressman Kenneth nodded slightly and said, "They need to add another 50% to the conditions proposed by Team Leader Tokugawa, an additional 50% of private nature.

   You should be able to understand,

   This request is not excessive. "

   Higashinohara didn't know what other conditions and prices Tokugawa Kuritoro offered in the letter.

   But just talking about the "energy mine",

  According to Higashinohara’s common sense, energy mines are the economic lifeline of any country in the world, and now the three people in front of them are going to give them half of their personal income.

   If this is not excessive

   Then there is really a ghost.

   However, after completely "opening their skins", Minister Sharvin of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Director Byron of the Ministry of Energy both resumed their previous high-ranking gazes, and watched Higashinohara calmly.

   Obviously, they were not in a hurry, but looked at Higashinohara's silence with interest.

  Because they know that in this world situation in Wano Country, it is Higashinohara and the people behind him who should be anxious.

After covering his face in silence, Higashinohara said calmly, "With all due respect, the favor fee requested by Mr. Congressman is really too reluctant. I think Team Leader Tokugawa and Wano Kuni will not agree to your request for cooperation. "

  When Higashinohara uttered vulgar words again and refused, the expressions of the three of them also became indifferent.

  Even Senator Kenneth's eyes seemed to be looking at a beggar lying on the side of the road.

   Not last night when he just sent out invitations to the guests at his daughter's birthday party.

   "Listen to me, kid."

  Member Kenneth shook his head amusedly, his face suddenly became indifferent.

  He said blankly:

"There are not too few people in this world who are qualified to reject us, but you are definitely not among them. In fact, you were able to enter this mansion, largely thanks to the country behind you that is willing to 'sell your body' .”

"so."

  Member Kenneth paused, and continued, "Don't reject others easily, because that will only make you and the country behind you fall into endless remorse and pain."

   Speaking of this, Senator Kenneth raised his wrist and glanced at his watch, with a smile on his face again.

He apologized to Minister Sharvin of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Director Byron of the Ministry of Energy, "I'm sorry to delay the time of the two of you, but the dinner is about to start, we have arranged a dance, I believe the two of you will definitely interested in."

"Of course."

  Minister Sharvin and Director Byron smiled and said, their eyes never fell on Higashinohara again.

  As if this person did not exist,

  With their status and status in this country, they can indeed ignore most people.

  The agent of the Condor Bureau standing behind Higashinohara noticed the cold words of Senator Kenneth seeing off the guests.

  For a while, his previous respectful attitude was no longer the same as before, and he said in a cold and blunt tone, "Sir, this way please, we will arrange to open the side door to send you out."

   obviously

   This is already expulsion.

   Higashinohara is not greedy for this place.

He looked at the backs of the three people standing up and said to himself, "Although I don't agree with meat buns beating dogs, I will still bring your answers here. The choice is left to Team Leader Tokugawa and He The high-level of the country."

   After finishing speaking, he also turned and left.

  Walking on the corridor of the courtyard,

  Many of the guests noticed the "unhappy parting" in the corner of the banquet. At this time, looking at the "lonely" back of Higashinohara, they couldn't help shaking their heads and laughing secretly.

  At every banquet in the upper class, there will be one or two young people who are overwhelmed and want to stand out.

   Isn't it?

   Higashinohara naturally didn't care about these sights.

  He walked in the corridor with a calm expression. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of the symphony conductor on the second floor of the mansion arranging the bow tie under his neck, and other musicians were also making final preparations for their instruments.

  The dance party is about to begin.

   In the blink of an eye, a soft prelude of music gurgled in the courtyard.

  Many guests in the courtyard quickly looked away. The man with his partner put his arms around the woman's slender waist, and those without a partner turned their attention to the single female guests in the courtyard.

  The eyes of the men were criss-crossing, but in the end most of them focused on the woman in a black evening dress and a black veil on her face in the corner of the courtyard.

  Someone's heart began to move inch by inch.

  Men are creatures that naturally expect to be favored by women in front of other males.

  But at this moment, the woman who looked like a black evening lotus suddenly put down her goblet and walked around.

  For a moment, an unknown number of people's eyes followed the woman.

  Finally, a young man who appeared from the corridor next to the courtyard at the side door and was about to be sent out by the security personnel appeared inexplicably in everyone's sight.

   "Can I do a dance for my face?"

  Under the black tulle where the face could not be seen clearly, the red lips parted slightly, and a soft and tactful voice said this to Higashinohara.

  In the corner of the courtyard, several people from the Judgment Department saw this, and their expressions suddenly became extremely weird.

  (end of this chapter)