Chapter 481: Traveling with the United States
"Knock knock!"
"Jan!"
A fierce knock on the door and shouts woke Xiao Yao, who was still asleep.
"It's coming!" Xiao Yao, who sat up from the bed, shouted in the direction of the door, and reluctantly got up to open the door.
"Why are you here?" Xiao Yao squinted blindfolded and saw the person standing outside the door, and found that it was Abby and Karina, and rubbed his eyes a little confused.
"We're going to wake you up!" Abby said excitedly, "You promised to accompany us to Old San Juan yesterday, have you forgotten?"
"I haven't forgotten, but it doesn't have to be so early, right?" Xiao Yao shook his head and asked again, "What time is it?"
"Ha, you don't even know what time it is, how do you know it's still early?" Abby laughed, "It's past eight o'clock." β
"Eight o'clock? That's pretty early. Xiao Yao yawned, turned around and walked back into the room, and threw himself on his bed again, "I still want to sleep a little longer." β
Xiao Yao has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he has long formed the habit of getting up early, but the previous filming for nearly two months was very hard, making him physically and mentally exhausted, this time he came to Puerto Rico to recharge himself, and the whole person was not so strict with himself after he was completely relaxed, and yesterday he and Jacqueline and others on the beach chased and frolicked a lot of physical energy, so Xiao Yao was also very lazy.
However, Xiao Yao wanted to be lazy, but Abby and Karina didn't agree. Xiao Yao didn't close the door of the room when he turned around, and both of them followed Xiao Yao in. Seeing Xiao Yao fall on the bed again, Abby and Karina stepped forward together and shook Xiao Yao's shoulders. Abby also shook her head and said, "What are you sleeping? We took pictures yesterday, and we got up at five o'clock in the morning to put on makeup." It's past eight o'clock, and it's not early!"
"Okay, okay!" was shaken by the two of them, Xiao Yao was completely sleepy, and raised his hands helplessly and said, "Don't sleep, don't sleep!"
"Both, please go out first!" Xiao Yao sat up, pointed to the door, and said, "I want to take a shower and change clothes." β
"It's okay to take a shower and change clothes and go to the bathroom, why do you want us to go out?" Abby said, pointing to the bathroom in the room, "I suspect you're going to continue to be lazy and sleep, so I decided not to go out." β
"If you don't feel comfortable, we can stay on the balcony. Karina pointed to the balcony of the room, and then exclaimed, "Wow~ The view from your room is so good, much better than ours! Elbert is so eccentric!"
"Okay, you guys do it yourself!" Xiao Yao shook his head, found a change of clothes and went into the bathroom.
Xiao Yao's movements were very sharp, and he came out of the bathroom with a new look after about ten minutes.
"Alright, let's go!" Xiao Yao greeted the two of them with a bright face. After taking a bath, Xiao Yao's whole body was also refreshed.
"We haven't had breakfast yet, so let's go to the restaurant for breakfast!" said Karina, who walked back from the balcony.
"No problem!" Xiao Yao nodded, took his wallet, mobile phone and other personal belongings, and made a gesture of invitation to the two.
Upon entering the hotel's cafeteria, he was greeted by two Eva staff members, one of whom was carrying a video camera.
"Eva is going to make a documentary for this shoot, and they are going to record the part where we go out today. However, they only follow the shooting, and we make our own decisions about the itinerary, so they will not interfere. Abby explained to Xiao Yao, "You don't have a problem with this, do you?"
"Okay, no problem. Xiao Yao nodded. Xiao Yao already knew that Eva was going to shoot a documentary before he came, and when he was filming on the scene yesterday, there was also a camera recording it, otherwise he wouldn't have played so crazy with Jacqueline.
The scene of eating breakfast was not included in the shooting plan, and there was no need to worry about anything, and the three of them quickly finished breakfast and officially set off.
"Go and wait for me at the door. I'll pick up the car from the underground parking lot and pick you up at the hotel gate. After entering the elevator, Xiao Yao pressed the buttons on the first floor and the basement floor respectively, and said to Abby and Karina.
"Okay!" neither of them objected.
Not long after Abby and Karina stood in front of the hotel, Xiao Yao drove a car and stopped in front of them.
"Is this your car?" both of them looked excitedly at Xiao Yao's driveway.
Xiao Yao drove a classic four-seater convertible classic car, with a silver body and a red interior, which looked very stylish.
"It's not my car, it's me who rented it!" Xiao Yao said with a smile, "The scenery of San Juan is so beautiful, the air is so good, and you can feel the sea breeze blowing, of course, it is more comfortable to sit in this kind of convertible, and it is too wasteful to be stuffy in the carriage." Knowing that I was going to accompany you to the old town today, I specially asked the car rental agency to change my car yesterday. β
"Oh yes!" the two laughed and cheered, praising Xiao Yao, "You are so cute!"
After complimenting, the two ran to the co-pilot's position at the same time, one from the front of the car, the other from the rear of the car, and at the same time reached out on the co-pilot's door guard, and couldn't help but glance at each other.
"You won't fight for a position, will you?" Xiao Yao looked at the expressions of the two and asked cautiously.
"I have a way!" Abby turned her head to look at Xiao Yao in the driver's seat, "No one stipulates that you have to drive." I'll drive, Karina will be the co-pilot, and you will sit alone in the back!" She couldn't help but want to drive such a good car.
"I'm in favor!" Karina nodded in agreement.
"Okay!" Xiao Yao let go of the steering wheel with both hands, unbuckled his seat belt, and rolled into the back seat with a slick ride.
Seeing Xiao Yao know each other like this, Abby and Karina slapped each other with a smile and sat in the front row.
In fact, these two people became Eva Angels at about the same time, and they have a very good relationship with each other. Yesterday's conflict was partly a deliberate-for-tat confrontation between friends, and partly because there were cameras recording it at the time, so the two deliberately exaggerated the conflict to create highlights. After all, documentaries are meant to be edited, and everyone wants to show more of their faces in future films.
"San Juan, I'm coming!" Abby, who was in the driver's seat, screamed excitedly and started the car and drove towards the old town. As for the filming team, they have their own cars, just follow behind to shoot, and they don't need three people to take care of them.
Knowing that he was going to come to San Juan's old town to play today, Xiao Yao also made some preparations last night. In addition to keeping a map of the old town of San Juan in mind, I also learned a lot of information. After guiding Abby into the old town of San Juan, Xiao Yao, who was sitting in the back seat, pointed to the colorful buildings along the road and introduced the two of them: "The old town of San Juan is one of the oldest cities in Puerto Rico, and these buildings have to be painted in a specific color..."
"Wow, that's beautiful!" Abby said as she slowed down and looked at the buildings along the road with Karina.
"This house is so beautiful, I'm going to take pictures here. Driving into an alley with pink two-story buildings on both sides, Abby pulled over and got out of the car with her camera.
"I'll do it too!" Karina pushed the car door open and ran down.
Xiao Yao stayed in the car and didn't move, just smiled and looked at the two people who got out of the car and were about to take pictures.
"Jan, you're the photographer, come down and help us take pictures. Seeing that Xiao Yao didn't get out of the car, Abby raised the camera in her hand and greeted.
"No," Xiao Yao smiled and shook his head, "I'm not going to take pictures this time." β
"You are all professional models, are you still photographed by professional photographers less often?" Seeing Abby's dissatisfied pout, Xiao Yao continued, "I think this kind of private outing, the photos taken by yourself are more memorable." β
"Well, you have a point. Abby was persuaded by Xiao Yao to stop asking Xiao Yao to take pictures, and turned her head to command Karina to pose.
The two took some photos of each other with the pink faΓ§ade as a backdrop, and then got together to take a few more selfies before continuing on their way.
Xiao Yao was not afraid of getting lost, and directed Abby to shuttle through the small alleys with few people, so the two also saw a lot of scenery that ordinary tourists rarely see.
As they passed through an alley, the three of them suddenly heard a drum beat, and the curious Abby immediately slowed down and followed the sound to find it.
It didn't take long for the trio to find the source of the drums. It turned out to be a group of women dancing on the road of an alley, and a man next to him was sitting against a wall, using a tambourine under his feet to accompany the women. Judging from the face, several people should be locals.
It's a rare and special dance that none of the three have ever seen. Abby parked her car not far from a few locals and didn't get out of the car, just sat in the car and watched.
"Want to try it?" Xiao Yao saw that Abby and Karina seemed to be very interested, so he pointed to a few dancing women and asked the two.
"Is that okay?" said Abby and Karina.
"I don't know, but I can try. Xiao Yao smiled, put his hand on the car door, and jumped out of the car directly and walked towards the locals.
Xiao Yao approached and communicated with a few locals, then turned around and gave the two of them a thumbs up, and then waved their hands to come over.
Seeing the two approaching, the two dancing locals took off their long white skirts and helped them put them on. This long white dress is not a regular costume, but a dance prop that is put on the outside of one's own clothes, and it is not a problem to take it off or put it on the spot.
The accompanying drummer saw that the two of them were dressed in long dresses and began to beat on the tambourine again. The two laughed with the locals next to them to the sound of drums. The main movement of this dance is to pick up the sides of the long skirt and swing it with your hands, which is not very difficult, and the two of them have been watching it for a while, so they still dance a little bit, and it is not miserable. In comparison, Karina's dancing talent seems to be a lot better than Abby's wall, not only is her movements more standard and beautiful, but her rhythm is also more accurate.
Xiao Yao sat on the front of the car and watched it for a while, and couldn't help but feel itchy, and felt a little eager to try. Of course, what Xiao Yao wanted to try was not dancing, but the tambourine in the hand of the man next to him.
Xiao Yao, who couldn't bear it, walked over again and communicated with the man who played the tambourine, but the drummer was also very talkative, stood up very happily, and gave up the position of the drummer to Xiao Yao.
Although Xiao Yao is playing tambourine for the first time, he can play drum kits and hand discs. There was nothing wrong with either the rhythm or the percussion technique, and I had listened to it for a while, so I had already memorized the rhythm of the drummer's percussion. After sitting next to the tambourine, Xiao Yao did not play at will, but continued the rhythm just now.
Seeing Xiao Yao personally go down to accompany them, Abby and Karina danced more energetically. The two danced for a while, until they felt tired of dancing, and then stopped and gave the skirts back to the two locals.
After bowing and thanking a few locals, the tour continues.
"Stop, stop!" Karina shouted, raising her hand to Abby.
"What's wrong?" Abby paused, turning her head to ask Karina.
"Look, there's a shop there, let's check it out!" Karina said, pointing to a small shop.
"Really, let's go!" Abby reached out and pushed the car door open.
"Sure enough, it's a woman, and she has no resistance to buying, buying, buying!" Xiao Yao smiled bitterly and got out of the car to follow. In addition to being a guide, he is also a bodyguard and translator, and when the two of them enter the store to buy things, he naturally has to follow along.
It's a small specialty shop that sells local goods. Abby and Karina's desire to buy was not very strong, and the two of them walked around the store, but each picked two things.
After the two of them picked out the things, they didn't test the shopkeeper to see if they could speak English, and directly sent Xiao Yao to help them ask the price.
"$80 for this skirt, $50 for this shoe, $30 for this shell necklace, $35 for this hat. Xiao Yao soon came back with four things, and introduced the prices of goods to the two of them in the same way.
"Oh, good!" Karina nodded, reaching for the money in her bag. This price is not too expensive for ordinary people, and both of them are supermodels with a lot of income, so they naturally do not hesitate to buy it at all.
"Wait!" Xiao Yao pressed Karina's hand to take out the money.
"What? are you going to pay for us?" Karina immediately looked at Xiao Yao and smiled, "Thank you, you're so nice!
Xiao Yao rolled his eyes at Karina, shook his head without hesitation, and said, "I didn't say I wanted to pay for you, I just asked you to wait!"
"Huh?" Karina was joking, and she didn't feel that Xiao Yao was stingy, but just looked at him with some puzzlement.
"You wait!" Xiao Yao didn't explain, but turned around and walked towards the shopkeeper again.
After some communication, Xiao Yao walked back again, pointed to those things and said to the two: "Skirt $50, shoes $30, necklace $20, hat $25, follow me to pay!"
"What, why is it so cheaper all of a sudden?" both looked at Xiao Yao in surprise.
Big brands may also have considerations such as using price to reflect the value grade, but no one wants to be able to pay less when shopping in such a small personal store. It's very rewarding to be able to find good things at a low price.
"I just talked to the shopkeeper and he's willing to give you a discount. Xiao Yao smiled.
"How did you do it?" both looked at Xiao Yao in disbelief.
"I told the owner that we were doing a travel show," Xiao Yao said, gesturing to the videographer standing at the door filming the three of them, "If he can sell it cheaper, we will help his store say good things in the show, do publicity, and recommend people who come to San Juan to come to his store to buy things." β
This kind of special personal shop that is not opened in a scenic spot with many tourists is generally not a bargain, even if it is slaughtered, it can't be too ruthless. Xiao Yao didn't bother to use those bargaining tricks such as "meeting and cutting in half", "striking the west", and "wanting to leave and stay", so he directly used the camera as a reason and asked the other party to give a cost price.
"What? You are such a genius!" exclaimed Karina and Abby.
"It's nothing, something like that, I did it a long time ago in Huaxia, and I didn't just come up with it now. Xiao Yao seems to be modest, but in fact he is proud.
"Once upon a time?" Karina asked.
"When I was over five years old. Xiao Yao smiled.
"What? five? Oh my God, are you a monster?" exclaimed, covering her mouth.
"I now know why you became a photographer at the age of nine and backstage at the Eva show at the age of ten. Abby also looked at Xiao Yao with an expression of looking at a monster, shaking her head and sighing.
"Well, are you still buying things? It's time to pay. Xiao Yao smiled bitterly and changed the subject.
According to Chen Xuan's suggestion yesterday, the three of them should stay in the old town of San Juan for half a day, and then go to Vieques Island for the rest of the day, but with the company of Xiao Yao, a "monster", Abby and Karina had a lot of fun in the old town of San Juan, and they felt a little unsatisfied about staying here for only half a day.
This time, the shooting of the swimsuit special was not only filmed in San Juan, in fact, a few days later, the filming team was also going to Vieques Island to shoot, Karina originally wanted to go there in advance to feel it, but after playing in San Juan's old town with Xiao Yao for a long time, Carina offered not to go to Vieques. Anyway, everyone will be going in a few days, so as not to waste this precious leisure time on the road from San Juan to Vieques, the three of them spent the whole day in the old town of San Juan.
Abby and Karina only had one day of leisure time in San Juan, and the next day they were called by Chen Xuan to take pictures. Then Xiao Yao's object was changed. The next day, Xiao Yao's service targets doubled, from two to four. And these four people are the four Jacqueline and others who chased Xiao Yao all over the beach with a water gun on the day Xiao Yao arrived, and the place they were going to was also the old town of San Juan.
The day before yesterday, Xiao Yao's conflict with several people was also superficial, but in fact, the water fight was very fun. After a day's trip to San Juan's Old Town, Xiao Yao's relationship with the four models has also taken a step further.
On the third and fourth days, there were three models on the trip, and the location was also in the old town of San Juan. Xiao Yao, who has been playing for two days, is more familiar with being a guide, and after a day of playing, everyone is satisfied.