At 7:30 in the morning, when Zhang Ran came out of the Marriott Hotel, he felt the cold wind rushing. He tightened his coat and walked towards the White House in the face of the cold wind.

The two sides of Pennsylvania Avenue in front of you are filled with Chinese and American flags, flying in the cold wind; a large number of overseas Chinese gathered on the road, holding the national flags of China and the United States, with joy on their faces written on them.

Today, the welcome ceremony for Chief No. 1 was held on the South Lawn of the White House. Many people wanted to attend and were proud of being invited. Americans are like this, and Chinese and overseas Chinese are rushing to get spots and opportunities. However, there are only a handful of people who can be invited. Most of them can only wave the national flags of China and the United States on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House, wishing friendship between China and the United States.

When Zhang Ran came to the door of the White House, he found that the scene was divided into two teams for security check, one team of reporters and the other team of guests watching the ceremony. The reporters were full of various equipment, which could be said to be fully armed; while the guests watching the ceremony were all dressed in costumes, holding small national flags of China and the United States, and wearing badges of the national flags of the two countries, each with a spring breeze on his face.

The security check in the entrance was not as strict as imagined. After presenting his ID and invitation letter, Zhang Ran easily passed the security check and successfully entered the place where the US president welcomed foreign heads of state - the South Lawn of the White House.

At this time, six or seven hundred celebrities from all walks of life in the United States, representatives of Chinese and overseas Chinese, and nearly a hundred children were already waiting on the South Lawn. They held the small American and Chinese flags in their hands and were enthusiastically looking forward to the historical moment when the two heads of state appeared.

Today, the courtyard of the White House is decorated with flowers, clusters of fiery red tulips emitting a fragrance in the sun; the red carpet in front of the White House door has been laid out, and the rostrum prepared for the two heads of state has also been laid out; the five-story review stand is wrapped in a red carpet, which is very bright against the background of the green grass.

According to the identity and status of the audience, the entire scene was divided into three areas, with Chinese and American accompanying personnel standing in the VIP area on the left side of the rostrum; some important guests, such as the president's relatives and friends, stood in the Golden Rope area; ordinary guests standing in the viewing area; different areas were separated by concierge dividers.

Zhang Ran is not a government official or a relative of the president. However, as a person with certain influence in both China and the United States, as the world's top rich man, he was naturally arranged in the Golden Rope District.

As soon as he entered the Golden Rope District, Zhang Ran saw Bai Ye, director of the Investment Promotion Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce. This time, the Ministry of Commerce organized more than 400 Chinese entrepreneurs to the United States, with a total of three trade groups. After they arrived in the United States on the 24th, they started trade activities. One of the groups was organized by the Investment Promotion Bureau of the Ministry of Commerce; and Zhang Ran belonged to this group in name, but he had not participated in the team activities and was busy with his own affairs. He didn't meet Bai Ye until last night.

Zhang Ran exchanged a few greetings with Bai Ye, and then started chatting.

But at this moment, an exclamation came from the crowd of people watching the ceremony: "Oh, that's Zhang Ran!" Immediately afterwards, a pair of men and women who looked like international students came over from the worship ceremony, stood in front of Zhang Ran, and said with anticipation: "Zhang Ran, can you take a photo with you?" Zhang Ran smiled and said: "No problem."

Now, many people from all walks of life who were invited to attend the welcome ceremony found Zhang Ran and came over to take photos with Zhang Ran. Zhang Ran was always there, and asked for an autograph to sign and take photos together to show off.

After the crowds taking photos dispersed, Bai Ye said in surprise: "I used to know that you were famous in China and had a lot of fans. I didn't expect that you were as popular in the United States as in China!"

Zhang Ran chuckled and said, "Where are you, everyone is just joining in the fun!"

Bai Ye shook his head gently. It would be fine if he was just an ordinary person. The problem is that these people who joined the fun include not only government officials, but also congressmen. How could these people join in the fun? Zhang Ran has much more influence in the United States than expected! He looked at Zhang Ran and smiled and said, "The next two days, our group will go to California to carry out trade activities. This is the first time that a domestic entrepreneur has arrived in the United States. There is no way at all. You have to make a match at that time!

Zhang Ran has some energy in California and is very familiar with the governor and lawmakers of California, especially the recent listing of Fly, which has added $2.1 billion in tax revenue to the California government, which has benefited a lot from the financial difficulties. He said confidently: "I dare not say anything else. I can still do this in California!"

Seeing Zhang Ran say this, Bai Ye smiled and said, "I feel much more relieved when I hear your words!"

It was soon 9 o'clock. Hundreds of US military honor guards held the flags of China and the United States, lined up in front of the White House and on the balcony on the second floor. The simple White House was decorated with bright flags of the two countries, and was a festive scene. Immediately afterwards, US Vice President Cheney and his wife, Secretary of State Rice, Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld and his wife, and senior government officials came out one after another, standing in the VIP area on the left side of the rostrum.

At 9:20, the main accompanying staff of the Chief No. 1 took two vans to enter the venue. After getting off the bus, they also came to the VIP area on the left side of the rostrum to stand.

At 9:25, the *** couple walked out of the White House gate. Immediately afterwards, the band played a welcome song, and the black concierge car with the flags of China and the United States slowly drove into the venue.

When the guests who watched the ceremony knew that the No. 1 leader was coming, a warm cheer burst out. While cheering, the guests waved the small national flags in their hands. At first glance, thousands of small national flags of the two countries were waving in the air, which was dazzling.

*** walked forward with a smile, opened the car door for Chief No. 1 to express his welcome. After the two heads of state shook hands, they walked onto the podium together while the US military band played the march. After the two heads of state and their wives stood up, the military band played the national anthem of the People's Republic of China and the US national anthem, and the rumbling 21 salutes sounded at the same time.

In China, after the national anthem of the two countries was performed, the heads of state of the two countries walked off the rostrum, led by the commander of the honor guards from the side, inspected the guard of honor composed of the three American armies, and watched the White House's repertoire program to welcome the VIPs in traditional American uniforms in the 19th century.

After reviewing the guard of honor, the leaders of the two countries began to shake hands with the guests. When they walked to the youth team, the children wearing colorful clothes were eagerly looking forward to each other, cheering and screaming. The leader No. 1 took special care of the children, so that *** had already walked to another guest area, and he was still shaking hands with the children behind.

Soon the two heads of state walked to Zhang Ran and the others, and the crowd around Zhang Ran suddenly looked like a boiling pot, with shiny eyes and red faces. It was an extremely honor for the guests to shake hands with the heads of China and the United States, and everyone rushed to reach out.

Zhang Ran had no sense of novelty about shaking hands with the national leaders. How big is this? However, when *** came over, he still stretched out his hand and smiled and said, "Mr. President, I am very happy to see you!"

*** Although he has never met Zhang Ran, how could he not know Zhang Ran, the world's top rich man? After all, capital in the United States is the king. While shook hands with Zhang Ran, he even joked: "I am looking forward to the second season of "House of Cards"!"

Zhang Ran immediately said: "Online at 12 noon on March 15th!"

*** Without saying anything, he walked towards another guest with a smile; and at this moment, Chief No. 1 came.

Zhang Ran stretched out his hand and said with a smile: "Chairman, I am very happy to see you!"

Chief No. 1 held Zhang Ran's hand, patted it gently, and smiled and said, "Zhang Ran, you are doing a good job!"

Zhang Ran didn't know whether Chief No. 1 said that he did a good job in the United States or other aspects, he didn't have time to analyze it and said without thinking: "Thank you, Chairman, I will continue to work hard!"

Bai Ye next to him was very surprised. The two heads of state basically didn't speak much when shook hands with other guests. At most, they said "Hello". Unexpectedly, the two heads of state not only had a conversation with Zhang Ran, but also seemed to be very familiar!

After the review was completed, *** first delivered a speech, welcomed the visit of Chief No. 1 and emphasized the importance of Sino-US relations; and then, Chief No. 1 returned the greeting in his speech, and also expressed that China and the United States should strengthen cooperation.

After the welcoming ceremony, the two heads of state and their wives climbed onto the balcony of the Blue Hall of the White House and waved to the crowd, and cheers and applause broke out again in the crowd. Next, leaders and main escorts entered the Oval Office of the White House and began a formal meeting.

The guests on the South Lawn couldn't wait to flock to the center of the South Lawn to take a photo. The podium used by the two heads of state had not yet been removed, so many guests ran to the stage to experience the head of state's interest and took photos as a souvenir.

Zhang Ran and Bai Ye were not so bored, so they walked towards the Eisenhower Executive Building behind the White House.

Eisenhower Building, also known as the old executive building, was built from 1871 to 1888. When the United States of America was first established, it was an office building of several government departments in the United States. As the federal agencies of the United States gradually expanded, the size of the White House gradually expanded, and it was neither realistic nor indifferent to the face of multiple departments. So the government departments then moved out. The executive building is now mainly used by White House staff, and the vice president's concierge room is also located here.

After entering the Eisenhower office building, the two waved goodbye, Bai Ye went to the second floor to attend the China-US Business Council meeting; while Zhang Ran went to the fourth floor to attend the Business Leaders' Meeting. After the meeting with ***, he would meet with *** and meet with *** at the Eisenhower Building to meet the business leaders of both countries and hold a roundtable meeting to discuss how to expand bilateral trade and investment opportunities. This is the first time that China-US diplomatic relations have been established in the White House, which was jointly participated by the heads of state of China and the United States and the business leaders of both countries.

Zhang Ran came to Room 403 where the meeting was held. The staff at the door told him that the meeting was held at 12 o'clock and the conference room was not open yet.

Nearly two hours left, Zhang Ran had to wait in the lounge next to him. However, when he walked into the lounge, he found that there were more than a dozen people sitting inside, all of whom were the top entrepreneurs in China and the United States.

There are more than ten Americans, and Zhang Ran knows Microsoft's Bill Gates, General Electric's Jeff Immelt, Goldman's Raulder Berlankfan, and Motorola's Sanjay Jia; there are only four Chinese entrepreneurs, Luo Jiwei of China Investment Corporation, Liu Chuanzhi of Lenovo, Zhang Ruiming of Haier, and the remaining Zhang Ran has never seen it. It should be Lu Guanqiu, president of Wanxiang Group.

The only entrepreneurs on the scene who really dealt with Zhang Ran was Berlan, Sanjay Jia, and Luo Jiwei. Zhang Ran had worked with Goldman Sachs many times and was familiar with Berlan, but he was plotted against by Goldman Sachs once last year. Now he is an enemy, not a friend. When Berlan smiled and nodded at Zhang Ran, he just responded politely. Sanjay Jia was unwilling to reveal Zhang Ran's intention to acquire and pretended not to know him; Zhang Ran was the same, and he didn't even look at him.

Luo Jiwei and Zhang Ran are familiar with each other. Knowing that Zhang Ran and the entrepreneurs present didn't know each other, he smiled and waved, "Zhang Ran, let me introduce you to you. This is Liu Chuanzhi from Lenovo! This is Zhang Ruiming from Haier! This is Lu Guanqiu from Wanxiang Group!"
Chapter completed!