Chapter 1522: I'm Opposite You
Compared with the super-standard courtesy that Li Mu received, Anne Hathaway seemed to be left out a lot.
Steve Johnson didn't expect Goldberg, as the host, to completely ignore Anne Hathaway on the side, so he found a gap and took the initiative to step forward and say to Davidson: "Let me introduce you, Miss Anne Hathaway, she is a well-known movie star in Hollywood, and a very good personal friend of Mr. Li Mu." ”
Davidson was stunned for a moment, then came back to his senses, and said to Anne Hathaway with a slightly cold smile on his face, "Hello Miss Anne, welcome to Goldberg Manor. ”
Anne Hathaway already regretted agreeing to Steve Johnson to come here, but she was still very polite and politely responded to Davidson's invitation with a thank you invitation, and then Davidson went through the motions and introduced the family members around her in general.
Other Goldberg members, like Davidson, are not interested in Anne Hathaway, in fact, these old British aristocrats are not only interested in the stars of the entertainment industry, but also look down on them.
Anne Hathaway also knows that these proud Britons usually look down on the United States, not to mention that she is just an actress from the United States, Hollywood is very famous for ordinary people, but for these aristocrats, I am afraid it is nothing at all, so they will definitely not take themselves seriously.
However, when Wendy Gobber was introduced, Wendy's attitude was obviously much better than that of her own family, not only hugging and greeting Anne Hathaway, but also saying very enthusiastically: "Miss Hathaway, I am your fan, the "Princess Diaries" you played is very good, I like it very much, and I have watched it many times. ”
Anne Hathaway finally felt a little better, and she looked at Wendy Gober very gratefully, and said, "Thank you for the compliment, Miss Gober." ”
Wendy Gobber patted the back of Anne Hathaway's hand and said with a smile, "Just call me Wendy." ”
Then she said, "I will call you Anne from now on." ”
Anne Hathaway nodded slightly.
At this time, Li Mu took out a little energy from the encirclement of the Goldberg family, and said to Anne Hathaway: "Annie, are you tired of tossing all the way?
Anne Hathaway nodded gratefully, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, she was really tired, and she really didn't want to stand stupidly here, the entire Goldberg family, except for Wendy, treated her as air, rather than being an eyesore here, it was better to arrange a room for a good rest.
When Davidson heard Li Mu say this, he immediately smiled and said, "Mr. Li has been tired all the way, so I'll ask Wendy to take you to the room prepared for you." ”
After that, he said to Jimmy Goldber, who had gone to the airport to pick up Li Mu and Anne Hathaway, "Jimmy, you send Miss Anne to the room prepared for her." ”
Li Mu frowned and asked him, "Mr. Gao Bai, aren't we in the same room?"
Davidson hurriedly said apologetically: "I'm really sorry Mr. Li, there are a lot of guests this year, so the rooms are very scattered, we have prepared a total of five rooms according to the list provided by Steve, but you don't have to worry, these rooms are not far away, we specially prepared a room with three beds for your three bodyguards next to your room." ”
Li Mu nodded lightly, after all, the other party is the host, how to arrange the room is the other party's power, as a guest, he can only be a guest.
As early as when Steve Johnson told Davidson the news that Li Mu had promised to come to the UK, the cunning Davidson had already begun to make his own preparations.
First of all, from Steve Johnson's mouth, he determined that Anne Hathaway must have some feelings for Li Mu, and even secretly fell in love, but Steve Johnson was not sure whether Li Mu had this kind of affection for Anne Hathaway, so Davidson had already made arrangements.
He put the room arranged for Li Mu in the middle of the castle where Goldberg's family lived, and it was opposite Wendy Gober, and then arranged the room of Li Mu's bodyguard next to Li Mu, and arranged the room of his personal assistant upstairs to Li Mu.
As for Anne Hathaway and her assistants, they were arranged in the west wing of the entire castle, from the west wing to the center, at least a few hundred meters, and in order to ensure that the ** of the main family, guests were not allowed to enter the private space of the Goldberg family without permission.
Davidson and more than a dozen other direct members of the Goldberg family personally accompanied Li Mu and his entourage, through the glittering, carved main hall, through the long stone staircase, to the third floor in the middle of the castle, although this castle looks very historical from the outside, but really to the inside, the luxury and sophistication here is simply beyond imagination.
The interior of the castle is extremely large and is divided into a number of different functional areas, the most magnificent of which is the main ballroom, whose scale and momentum resemble the auditorium of a school of witchcraft and wizardry in the Harry Potter movies.
Moreover, the modernization of the interior of the castle has also been done meticulously, especially the lighting, which is a must, it is said that several main crystal chandeliers hanging from the dome are all handmade in Germany, and the price of each is as high as millions of dollars, Li Mu remembers that he has seen similar crystal chandeliers, which are still in the mosque of the trench in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
From the beginning of the stairs, the soles of the feet are all the best hand-woven carpets from the Middle East, along the stairs all the way up, the side against the wall is all framed up all kinds of paintings, Li Mu does not know painting, so I don't know whose works these are, whether they are genuine, but when he came to the third floor, he saw a very familiar painting, it was Van Gogh's "Sunflowers".
Li Mu stopped in front of this picture, looking at this painting through the glass and through the gentle light, I don't know how many times I have seen it, but I have never seen the real painting, and I secretly wonder if the painting in front of me is the real one.
Davidson saw Li Mu stop in front of "Sunflowers" and asked curiously, "Mr. Li likes painting?"
Li Mu shook his head and said with a smile: "I don't know how to paint, it's just that this painting is too famous, so I stopped and took a look." ”
Davidson said, "If Mr. Lee likes it, I'll give you this painting as a little thought." ”
Li Mu smiled: "You are too polite, how can I afford such a valuable gift." ”
Having said that, Li Mu secretly thought in his heart that this painting hanging here was eighty percent fake, because he seemed to have seen this painting in textbooks before, and he had the impression that it seemed to be stored in the Van Gogh Museum, and it could not be in this place.
Unexpectedly, Davidson waved his hand indifferently and said, "This painting is not valuable, but it cost 30 million pounds." ”
Li Mu looked at Davidson in surprise, and then looked at the painting in front of him, he couldn't believe what he said, could it be that the real painting was in the hands of the Goldberg family?
At this time, Wendy Gobber on the side also seemed to see Li Mu's surprise, and explained to Li Mu with a smile: "Mr. Li, Van Gogh was very fond of sunflowers during his lifetime, so he used his brush to paint sunflowers many times, some people say that he created a total of 11 "Sunflowers" in his lifetime, but I personally think that if you count the practice, gifts and lost works, it will be at least several times this number, now, "Sunflowers" In fact, the heirloom works can be confirmed to be authentic, there are a total of 6 works, 5 of which are in different museums, and this is the only one in the private collection. ”
Li Mu raised his eyebrows, and sighed in his heart, he didn't expect it to be a genuine painting, and now the global art market has not begun to heat up violently, if you hold this painting in your hand, the value should be able to double in ten years.
This goldberg family is really big-hearted, such an expensive painting, it is directly framed on the wall on the side of the corridor, you must know that this is hundreds of millions of yuan!
Moreover, if this painting is genuine, then I walked all the way up just now, and the paintings I saw should all be genuine, judging from the wealthy routine of the Goldberg family, even if the other paintings are not as expensive as this one, they will not be cheap, and millions of pounds are estimated to be normal.
After reaching the third floor, Davidson said to Li Mu with a smile: "Mr. Li, let Wendy take you to the room to rest, we won't bother you, half past seven in the evening is the first dinner of our party, just now we passed through the main banquet hall, Wendy will come to call you in advance, before that, you can have a good rest." ”
Li Mu nodded, thanked Davidson and the other members of the Goldberg family and said goodbye, and Wendy Gobber led Li Mu to the corridor on the right side of the hall on the third floor.
Walking through the spacious and bright corridor on the right side of the third floor, Li Mu found that there were still paintings hanging on the walls on both sides of the corridor every few meters.
The most incredible thing for Li Mu is that he actually saw the paintings of Qi Baishi and Zhang Daqian, two Chinese painting masters, here, and Wendy Gaobai's artistic attainments are really high, these two Chinese painting masters, she knows much more than herself.
Coming to the door of one of the rooms, Wendy gently opened the door, made a gesture of invitation to Li Mu, and said, "Mr. Li, this is your room." ”
Li Mu followed Wendy in and found that this was a room, this was simply a luxury executive suite.
Wendy followed behind Li Mu and gave her a general introduction, this room not only has a 40-square-meter living room, but also a 30-square-meter bedroom, a separate cloakroom, a study, a toilet and bathroom.
There is also an open-air balcony outside the living room and bedroom, overlooking the square in the center of the castle.
Just as Li Mu was enjoying the scenery, Wendy glanced at Li Mu and said a little shyly: "Mr. Li, you can come to me directly at any time if you have anything in the manor, and I live opposite you." ”