American Fortune Life
Chapter 693: London and Lima
Crowds of people coming and going on the streets of London, especially shuttle buses, especially beautiful double-decker buses (Volvo), the red color is very noticeable.
During the 11-hour flight, Andy and his team were all resting very well, so they didn't worry about jet lag and tiredness, but they were in a good mood and were very upset by the scene outside the airport.
The United Kingdom, and especially London, have become rich people's "sugarstones" for reasons including relatively low taxes, improved legal systems, rich cultural life, convenient languages, good education, a large pool of professional talents, and time zones in the middle of the Americas and Asia, making it easy to take care of the three continents Markets, and the Eurozone, which is in Europe but not in trouble.
London is home to two-thirds of the billionaires in the UK who are either born here, live here, or use London as their home base.
Although London is a city with a long history of economics and culture, compared with emerging financial centers such as New York, Magic Capital, Dubai, and Monaco, it seems that it has a little "modern" flavor, but still can attract so many new rich people.
The "British rich" are mostly foreign households, which shows from one aspect that Britain has a strong appeal to world-class rich. British media believes that the biggest secret of Britain's attraction to the rich is that the British tax is low.
Britain is known as a "tax haven". According to the statistics of June Rich International Accounting Company, the total assets of the top 54 "billionaires" in Britain reached 126 billion pounds.
On the other hand, loose immigration policies have also attracted many rich people in Britain. For those who have "offended" in their own country, the British generally refuse to come as long as they offer political asylum. Many Russian oligarchs, such as Berezovsky and Abramovich, chose to live in London as soon as they could not stay in their country. Although most of them do not have British citizenship, they enjoy the same treatment as British citizens.
What is most pleasing to the rich is that British banks and law firms do not ask such questions as "where does the money come from".
This is a country where the top ten domestic richest people are only on the list, but they show hostility to Andy, a new generation of super rich. Of course, it is no wonder that other rich people come to consume, invest and prosper the London economy. Andy's arrival came on the corpses of many people, plundering wealth from the London financial market, and financial robbers looting everywhere, it is conceivable to receive such treatment.
But this matter, if you say that no one is behind the scenes, Andy will not believe anything. The arrogance of the British guy was created by the glory of the British Empire for hundreds of years, even if it is not even a little afterglow now. Yes, they still think that the youngest cousin in the United States is the first, and the British is the second.
Andy looked at the scenery along the way. On the banks of the Thames and near Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament are famous London attractions. After crossing the bridge and passing by the London Eye, I felt that the London Eye was very imposing.
Four Seasons Hotel, London Park Road, a representative of global luxury hotels. The housekeeper in the presidential suite is dressed in clothes that Andy sees as pleasing to the eye. She smiles and leads sideways. Everywhere is full of fresh, gorgeous green, and shines with Hyde Park, let people experience the unique beauty of Four Seasons Hotel. .
In the Presidential Suite, Andy looked at luxurious and comfortable guest rooms, elegant restaurants, beautiful indoor gardens, rooftop hot springs and panoramic views of the park through a 360-degree glass curtain wall. It turned out to be a classic suite in the heavenly style, with Huaxia red as the main color , Bright red carpet, screen, various red glazed vases placed on the black marble fireplace.
Nodded with satisfaction, Andy said to the housekeeper with a smile: "Then, in the next time, I will trouble you, Jenny."
"It's my pleasure and I'd like to help you, Mr. Smith. You can take a short break first. The water in the surf tub has been filled. I'll go and see how your lunch is prepared ..."
Andy looked at the curvy and exaggerated back of the housekeeper who was tightly wrapped in the professional suit, and was very impressed by the frustrated London accent.
Walked to the bedroom, opened the closet, took out the bathrobes, put them into the spacious bathroom, sat in the surf tub with tumbled water, picked up the phone on the side, and called Adriana Lima.
In 2007 London Fashion Week, Rhodes, the icon of the British fashion industry, exhibited his work at London Fashion Week for the first time in 20 years. The opening or finale of the big show is undoubtedly always the most important.
Adriana Lima has the highest exposure this year and has the most topics. It has almost occupied the supermodels of fashion magazines in September in many countries. It has a tendency to surpass Gisele Bundchen and become the four major fashion weeks in more than a month. The most sought after opening, the finale supermodel.
Sitting on a chair in the dressing room, Lima, wearing only a pink silk robe, stretched out her robe's front placket, flattened the gap where she could see her side peaks, and the pair of slender and slender beauty Tui relaxes and unfolds. On the bare wheat-colored and delicate feet, red nail polish is particularly conspicuous.
The makeup artist took makeup remover in her hand and started to help her remove makeup. To know that the avant-garde and bold colors of Ms. Rhodes' work are displayed, the makeup on Lima's face is also very beautiful. After the big show, Lima Can't wait to remove her makeup, she didn't want to make her skin suffer.
"Ade, your phone ..." The assistant walked over quickly with a look of ambiguous envy and handed the phone to Lima.
Lima took the phone and looked at it. It turned back to the makeup artist and said, "I'll do it myself, I'll take a call ..."
Talking about holding up a cotton pad with lotion, he got up from the seat, glanced back at his assistant, went into the lounge, and closed the door.
"Dear, have you finished today's show?"
As soon as the phone was connected, Andy's familiar voice made Lima's mood throbbing. Missing again came to mind at this moment.
"Have you been to London? Where are you now? Andy, I miss you ..." Adriana Lima's hoarse voice became trembling, and sometimes she really hated Andy, the bastard's hua heart But, after all, he was his first man. Thinking of his goodness and unwillingness, over time, the bond and feelings between the two became increasingly difficult to give up.
"I miss you too, I miss you, every inch of your skin ..."
"call--"
While listening to the phone, Andy arrogantly tuned and described all the familiar details that made her a little embarrassed, but the irritability made her breathless, biting the corners of her lips, a pair of bright Water mist rose in the gray-green eyes.
"When you are packed, go directly to the underground parking lot. Kenny has already picked you up. I can't wait to see you, my dear, you will soon know how much I miss you ..."
Andy looked down at the water 28, who stood up saluting because he said he was too hilarious. He laughed, and Li Ma Qiao, who was listening, blushed and tightened the big long tui.
"I, I was invited to the show in the afternoon ... don't make a fool."
"Oh, it's okay. If you haven't died yet, I'll go with you. Two hours is enough. I think the scene of the bird's homing must also be what you look forward to. Hurry up, I'll wait for you. "
"call--"
Lima hung up the phone, swallowed her mouth, looked at her red-faced cheeky face in the mirror opposite, took a deep breath, raised her arm, and quickly wiped away the residual makeup on her face with the cotton pad in her hand. The flame in her heart was The **** shuddered completely.
I walked into the bathroom, cleaned my cheeks, wiped my face with a towel and opened the door to the assistant and said, "Bring me the prepared skirt and shoes."
As soon as the words fell, the female assistant Mary walked in quickly. She wore a red dress with white flowers in her arms, and she held a pair of big red wide-heeled high heels with her other hand, and closed the door.
Lima threw away the towel and took off the robes on her body. She didn't care to show her charming and flawless body. She took the dress over her head and raised her arms. Mary helped her pull the skirt down and arrange it. Pull back the zipper on the back, 7-sleeve high waist corset fluffy dress, to show Lima's pair of long tui even more tall.
"You still have a big show invitation this afternoon, don't play too much ..." Mary asked aside.
"Ha ~ haven't you been bought by him long ago? Why are you worried about me again?" Lima gave Mary a mischievous look in the mirror and teased.
"You're less, he's Andy Smith. What can I do? I've seen the kind of battles under him. There are dozens of confidentiality agreements. It will take me a long time to read them. The lawyers who talked to me. They were all staring at me like the wolf. What can I do? "Said Mary with a helpless look on her face.
Lima gave a slight hum in her breath, and said nothing to Assistant Mary. Without the $ 200,000 agreement fee, she didn't believe that Mary would sign such a harsh confidentiality agreement. However, Andy's **** really did everything. Any uncertainty must be ruled out.