The next day, the young girl woke up from her bed, and had just come down the stairs, when she suddenly saw Mr. John sitting on the sofa in the living room talking to a well-dressed lady, with soft light blonde hair and light blue eyes, about thirty-seven or eighteen years of age.

When Su Xiaoqi walked over, the lady raised her head and looked at her, and said with a smile, "Miss Katerina, I am your father's friend, and I came to visit you." ”

Mr. John also raised his head, glanced at Su Xiaoqi, and smiled, "Ms. Mason used to work in the UK, and her profession was an etiquette teacher. ”

"Hello, Ms. Mason. Su Xiaoqi nodded, thinking that this lady didn't just come to visit her father, right?

Su Xiaoqi's inquiring eyes looked at her father, only to see Mr. John sigh softly and said, "Katarina, the place you will go to will have different occasions and rules, and Ms. Mason will teach you some precautions." ”

"I see. She nodded, remembering that she had inadvertently gone to a social reception in Paris last time, and seemed out of place, and immediately understood her father's thoughts.

Ms. Mason looked up at her, and heard that the girl in front of her, who had been wandering outside for many years, looked very generous today.

"Please teach me. Su Xiaoqi said to her.

Ms. Mason looked at Su Xiaoqi, this girl heard that she was going to give her etiquette training, she was not so repulsive, she was really teachable, put down the teacup and said, "Very good! I will explain to you the knowledge of etiquette, if you feel unbearable halfway, you can also ask me to stop at any time." ”

"In that case," said Mason, "I have been in England for a long time, and it usually takes eight years to train a noble son, and twelve years to train a gentleman, and some things are different here, but all social occasions are basically the same. ”

"In such a short period of time, I don't expect to turn you into an upper-class lady, I just hope you don't be rude!"

The British etiquette teacher glanced at Su Xiaoqi lightly, "Miss Katarina, you can't wear this, only married women wear it when attending banquets." ”

"And how should I dress up?"

"Miss Katerina, wear a dress when you go to dinner. For afternoon tea, dress in a low-waisted dress like a teagown dress, and remember to ask your maid to keep track of the dress you wear to your guests to avoid duplication.

"However, it is okay to wear the same dress to the family dinner. Mason looked at her thoughtfully.

Ms. Mason watched her eat and finally said, "Miss, when you eat, you should sit up straight and bring food to your mouth. Even if you eat snacks that are easy to fall off, don't lean over to reach them. Drinking soup is the only exception – you can bow your head slightly. ”

"Miss Katarina, sit, never touch the back of the chair!" she then sat up stiff.

Ms. Mason, the etiquette teacher, smiled, "Miss Katarina, the rule when drinking tea is to pour the tea first, then the milk, and when stirring the milk, stir it back and forth repeatedly, and place the teaspoon on the saucer furthest from you. ”

Miss Merlin nodded, "Yes! ”

The etiquette teacher told her, "If you go to afternoon tea, ladies are required to wear hats and gloves before 6 p.m. When eating, you can place the gloves off on your lap and cover them with a napkin. ”

"Remember, in order not to snub a guest, you should follow the 'turningthetable' and talk to the man next to you. After that, if the hostess coughs lightly, you turn to the other man next to you, which is known as the rotation principle. ”

"Okay, I remember. She answered.

In the afternoon, she sat at home and drank half a cup of black tea, and said, "This is good, a little more black tea?"

The etiquette teacher glanced over, "Miss Katarina, if you are attending a social event and want to order more for afternoon tea, it would be rude to ask for more food or drink. ”

"So what am I going to do?"

"You can ask the person closest to the teapot if he would like to have some more tea. As a courtesy, the person being asked will usually ask you the same question in return. ”

"Hmm," she replied.

"Before 6 p.m., ladies are required to wear hats and gloves when they eat. When eating, you can place the gloves off on your lap and cover them with a napkin. ”

At the end of the day, Su Xiaoqi was tired from sitting down, picked up a banana, peeled it and ate it.

The etiquette teacher spoke again, "Miss Katerina, you can't hold a banana to eat, it will look like an orangutan!"

Her elegant facial expression is about to twitch, and if she continues like this, she doesn't know when it will collapse!

The etiquette teacher followed her for all-round guidance, and after a while, she finally reached the point where she looked like a lady, with a demure and elegant appearance, a little relaxed, and sometimes revealed in her true form. No way, the power of habit is too strong!

So, at the request of Ms. Mason, she insisted on improving the etiquette and getting rid of these problems, and she could finally make the etiquette teacher no longer picky.

"Miss Katerina, if you don't mind, let me see your closet?" asked Miss Mason.

"Yes, please!" she replied.

"Who gave this suit?" the etiquette teacher asked suddenly, looking at the closet.

She remembered that before leaving Paris, Donna had sent her a dress and mailed it in, "Well, a friend of mine gave it to me." ”

"Miss Kanalina, your friend is a star, right?"

She nodded.

Ms. Mason frowned, "Celebrities can wear it like this, but you can't, if you wear this outfit, you will become a joke in the upper class!"

She thought for a moment and asked, "How should I dress?"

In response to her questions, Ms. Mason said, "Miss Katerina, it is easier to highlight and contrast the magnificence of clothing by being understated, and choosing colors that are not dazzling and wearing unobtrusive ornaments will solve any questions you may have about clothing." ”

"When you get to the banquet, you know that celebrities can dress like this, and they use guò clothes to create all kinds of fashion effects, but the upper class never does this - whether you have to be a little arrogant, praise a qiē or despise a qiē, and think a little funny, that's all appropriate for status, but there is one thing that never surprises at any time. ”

Ms. Mason went on to say: "If you are invited to a certain place, remember not to praise the food, because the dish is made by the cook, and not to praise the hostess's dress, which generally assumes that the hostess is well-dressed and does not praise the furnishings. If you don't seem to be adapting to a good environment, it's tantamount to self-deprecation. ”

She listened and said solemnly, "Thank you for reminding me." ”

The etiquette teacher smiled, "I just took a look at your closet, it's good! As long as you do what I say, you will have no problem attending big occasions. ”

This is a very unusual banquet, from the moment she walked into the banquet hall, Su Xiaoqi felt that she had stepped into an extremely unfamiliar realm that people who did not belong to her own kind could reach.

Europe's premier international antiques fair.

Here, she's just a casual spectator for a few days.

The opening reception of an international antiques fair has always been a great event for the social world of high society.

In addition to the world's amazing antiques, the International Antiques Fair also has one of the main functions of the International Antiques Fair, which is to play the role of an important social event in Europe.

The spacious reception hall outside the ballroom is flanked by a long buffet table with an ice sculpture of a goddess standing on the table. Around the ice sculptures, piles of caviar, salmon fillets, prawns, lobsters, crab meats and baskets of chilled champagne are piled up.

Huge crystal chandeliers cast a dazzling light.

The opening dinner of the top antique exhibition has always been on a par with the New Year's dinner at the Palace of Versailles, the fashion celebration at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the inaugural ball of the President of the United States, and other important social events of high society. In addition to the important social events mentioned above, balls and dinners were also a gathering place for celebrities and European royalty.

The fair's opening dinner was glittering with antiques, dignitaries and socialitaries flocking to the scene, an orchestra for high society played cheerful music, and waiters walked quietly among the guests with drinks.

The banquet hall reflects the splendor of the room, the simplicity of Athens is grand, low-key and luxurious, and every corner of the banquet hall is silently blooming with intricate patterns, like the spread of wealth and power.

There are hundreds of tables in the hall for guests to use. In the center of each table, there is a pattern elaborately assembled with white orchids and white irises.

Some of the world's biggest names were invited to the banquet.

She saw an international female star wearing a Louis Vuitton autumn/winter gown and dress, wearing a jewelry collection designed by the creative director of jewelry, and appeared with the president of LV.

Thales, Italy's sexy goddess, looks like a regular here, wearing a black dress and expensive Cartier jewelry to a dinner with the brand's global president.

A Belgian antiques dealer claimed to have brought a 10th-century Khmer statue, while another Russian merchant smiled and said he had brought a portrait of a princess in a gown, a velvet beret with ostrich feathers and a silk-lined shawl.

At the banquet, Su Xiaoqi met an interesting former lawyer, who was full of energy to bring his home to the Marcilhc gallery to the fore, and this time brought a large collection of masterpieces, including a set of lacquer and eggshell works by a famous artist, a chest of drawers and furniture in a unique style.

The art gallery, also an antiques collector, made an appearance, and Su Xiaoqi met a father and son who claimed to have brought Pierre Charlot's multifunctional furniture and an 18th-century court sofa.

Many private museums in Europe are family-owned, and there are many stories of fathers and sons running the family business together, passing on the family's wealth and wisdom, and there are many such occasions.

Su Xiaoqi was slightly staggered, the exhibitors are all the most distinctive and powerful galleries or art collection institutions, the exhibits cover antique boutiques, sculptures, oil paintings, prints, jewelry, textiles, porcelain, silverware, rare manuscripts and other complete works of art.

Su Xiaoqi felt that she was really embarrassed and surprised to be here, and she was a little surprised that she could come here as such a small Roman antique dealer in her family!

"Looks like a big guy has come in!" said the former lawyer in a mocking tone.

The princes and aristocrats of Europa from Belgium, Luxembourg, Hungary and northern Germany, as well as the richest new and traditional tycoons, arrived by private jet.

Su Xiaoqi listened to the man's words and turned around to glance at it.

A group of people walked to the center of the hall with a tall blue figure, and she recognized the young man as Julio, who was surrounded by almost all nobles from Austria, France, Italy, and other places.

On the other side, a tall white figure in the middle of a group of people walked into the hall.

They are the richest hereditary financial families, as well as the most powerful magnates, including the families of Mather, Hannah, Humphrey, Eaton, etc., as well as the famous Rockefeller family and others.

The presence of the princes and nobles of Europa and the richest men on both sides of the Atlantic made the show grand and lively.

People can't take their eyes off a young man, the blonde hair glitters in the light, the tall figure on the handmade carpet, the hair flutters gently in the ears, the blonde white skin and blue eyes reflect the young man's whole temperament, as if the world was born to turn for such a person.

She was a little surprised, and Alan was here too, and then, she heard someone talking:

"The man who walked by just now is really handsome!"

"That's the head of the Ross family, who has invested in a number of fund areas in recent years, and is said to be a genius investor. ”

She pondered slightly, yes, even Humphrey, Eton and other families came, how could he not come?

The former lawyer put down his glass and smiled at her, "Huh?

Su Xiaoqi came back to her senses, "Ah...... This ...... "Because she just happened to have something on her mind, shouldn't she become a nymphomaniac in front of others?"

The former lawyer smiled, "He looks quite handsome, and he is quite young, girls like this type, right?

"This is a very attractive young man, who not only inherited his grandfather's business genes, but also has a good mind. I heard that all the companies he has invested in are among the best in the world. ”

Indeed, she knew better than anyone else the devilish talent hidden beneath his handsome exterior. In front of the crowd, he always looks polite, but this low-key has never erased the ambition of young people. He was no longer the black-haired man she remembered, and the arctic ice in his eyes seemed to be above all things, the cold and gentle color.

Alan has always been very planned, and her only hope is that Alan will not become the Egbert of her book.

She used to get along with him very happily, but she was always wary of being estranged from Allen, and it was a very dangerous thing to fall in love with the heroine's boyfriend, but in the end, she still fell in love with him, and with a dazzling person like Allen, it was like being gradually sucked out of her heart by the other party, and she couldn't resist the heartbeat of facing him no matter what.

The former lawyer said to her: "In this world, there is such an enviable person, who is simply God's Pang'er! At a young age, he already has a qiē, and his appearance and brain, money, power, and status ......."

He stood in the middle of the group, and in the light of the crystal chandelier, his blonde hair was dyed with a noble color—the color of that blonde hair made people feel the beauty of the supreme beauty and the trembling of the heart, the beauty of seduction.