Rise of an Empire

Christmas 1963 was a painful and happy Christmas for the citizens of Manhattan.

Although the assassination of President Kennedy by the mutant Magneto made the whole world agitated in the summer, for ordinary people, that incident had no impact on their lives at all.

Although mutants have entered the public eye, the chance of such things is so low that it is basically difficult for ordinary people to encounter one in their lifetime.

Besides, do mutants have anything to do with me?

Mutants are like those high-ranking celebrities in later generations. Although everyone knows about them, there are a few people who will actually interact with them.

Besides, the current exposure rate of mutants is not as high as that of celebrities.

What really drives the citizens of Manhattan crazy is the latest mobile phone developed by the Fruit Company, also known as Big Brother

Although the name Big Brother is scorned by the so-called top-notch rich people, it is too appropriate for the middle class or wealthy people with a little extra money.

Big brother, you are the big brother when you hold it in your hand. It is simply a customized pretentious template.

Not to mention its price is so cheap, only 499

Ordinary white-collar workers can afford it with a year's salary as long as they grit their teeth. It's really a bargain.

And it is said that Bell Company is in a lawsuit with the fruit company. It is suspected that Big Brother's sales are too cheap and disrupting the market. Therefore, every day before dawn, there are long queues at the entrance of several fruit company stores in Manhattan. Countless people Waving the U.S. dollars in hand, I waited for the newly shipped mobile phone to arrive.

Every day, 1,300 mobile phones are basically sold out within ten minutes of opening the door. Some people even develop a special business and queue up on the first day, and then sell their spots to those who have money and can afford mobile phones.

The profession of team player, driven by Conrad, actually appeared on the streets of Manhattan decades in advance.

Black Widow has been very busy these past two days. Countless people come to her every day to ask for favors, see if they can transfer a few mobile phones, or want to be an agent in other regions. Even Norman started to complain. , Conrad is simply abusing his employees.

As for why those people didn’t come to the Duke to ask for favors?

Look at the red and colorful posture at the entrance of Weting Manor and the bodyguards standing on the road. Those guys also know that they are not of a high enough standard to be friends with Conrad, so they can only trouble Natasha.

"You look quite handsome dressed like this." Looking at the well-dressed Conrad in front of her, the White Queen said sourly.

"Okay, don't show off your face. After all, he is also the president, so give him some face." Conrad looked at the White Queen and Gudrun, who looked like someone owed them tens of millions of dollars and hadn't paid them back. , couldn't help but open his mouth to comfort him.

As for Tina, who was helping him sort out his clothes

Sorry, he doesn't care about her

Of course, Tina also knows her identity. She is not qualified to participate in such a grand drama of seizing the rightful son.

"Just a bad old man," Gudrun sighed leisurely, his hatred for that guy Linden reaching its peak.

Didn't you see that she has reconciled with her enemy, the White Queen?

The only way to bring two women who are on the same page to each other closer is to give them a new enemy.

And it is obvious that Miss Linda Johnson, whose name has only been heard but not seen in person, has filled this role very well.

As President of the United States, Lyndon actually invited Conrad to his home for a family dinner on Christmas Day. Anyone could guess what kind of medicine was sold in this gourd.

If Lyndon originally only had the idea of ​​wanting Conrad to be his son-in-law, now he must have made up his mind.

After all, looking at the whole world, there is no young man who can do so many world-shaking events at the other party's age.

Of course, not only Lyndon, but others, including Old Rockson and William Martin, also expressed their praise for Conrad. Unfortunately, they had the biggest disadvantage.

That is, their daughter is either too big or too small, and there is no way to meet the appropriate requirements.

As for finding a suitable girl from a relative's family to marry,

Do you think that this is a country where a powerful country can just grab any girl from the clan and become a princess?

Conrad's status was there. Unless he was his biological daughter, the rest would not be eligible for marriage at all.

Although Gudrun knew that she would definitely not be Conrad's wife, and even Frost knew it clearly, it was impossible for them not to be jealous when such a thing happened. .

"Okay, don't be so sad. I'm just going to take a look. Maybe Linden's daughter is extremely ugly." Conrad touched Gudrun's swollen cheek and said with a smile.

"Hmph." Gudrun raised his head angrily and glared at Conrad. This bastard had obtained all the information about Linden's daughter a few months ago, and now he is still lying to himself. It's really abominable.

"Be good, be obedient," he kissed Gudrun gently on the face, and then Conrad rubbed her head and said.

There's nothing I can do about it. The petite Gudrun is really a pleasure to bully.

After finally appeasing the two women at home, the Duke took steps towards the door.

Just as he walked into the living room, he spotted the evasive guy out of the corner of his eye.

"Riven, what are you doing here?" Mystique secretly prepared to poke her head to see if the guy was gone. Unexpectedly, she just stretched out her head and saw Conrad standing in front of her.

"Nothing." Seeing Conrad suddenly appear in front of her, Mystique was so frightened that she quickly took two steps back.

The relationship between her and Conrad in the past two years has been very strange. The two of them rarely communicated verbally. If Conrad suddenly burst into her room that night, then Raven knew what she should do. Done

Although she resisted a few times at the beginning, she resigned after several consecutive attempts to resist in vain.

After all, life has to go on, right?

Besides, apart from feeling a little uncomfortable at the beginning, she actually enjoyed it physically.

Originally, she thought she would hate a certain bastard to death, but after learning from Tina that someone was likely to go on a blind date tonight, Mystique suddenly felt an inexplicable feeling in her heart. mood.

So even she herself didn't know why she appeared in the living room by accident, trying to secretly see if a certain bastard was really going on a blind date.

"Wait for me after you clean up tonight." Looking at the squirming Mystique in front of him, Conrad smiled and pinched her chin and said.

"You bastard, go to hell!" After hearing these words, Raven ran away angrily, but judging from the direction she was running, it seemed that she should be in the bathroom.