Chapter 693: London and Lima
The streets of London, the crowds of people coming and going, the cars shuttling in and out, especially the beautiful double-decker buses (Volvo), the red color, are very eye-catching.
During the 11-hour flight, Andy and his party were well rested, so they didn't worry about jet lag and physical and mental fatigue, but they were in a good mood and were very unhappy by the scene outside the airport.
The United Kingdom, especially London, has become a magnet for the rich, due to its relatively low taxes, perfect legal system, rich cultural life, convenient language, good education, many professional talents to recruit, the time zone between the Americas and Asia, which is convenient for taking into account the markets of three continents, and the euro zone located in Europe but not in trouble.
London is home to two-thirds of the UK's billionaires, who were born, lived here for a long time, or made London their home base.
Although London is an economic and cultural capital with a long history, it seems to be a little less "modern" than emerging financial centers such as New York, Magic City, Dubai, and Monaco, but it can still attract so many new rich people.
The British rich "are mostly foreigners, which shows the strong attraction of Britain to the world's richest people from one side." The British media believes that the biggest secret of Britain's attraction to the rich is that Britain has low taxes.
The UK is known as a "tax haven". According to the accounting firm "Grant International", the total assets of the top 54 "billionaires" in the UK reached 126 billion pounds
On the other hand, the liberal immigration policy has also attracted many wealthy people to the UK. For those rich people who have "committed crimes" in their home countries, as long as they offer political asylum, the British generally do not refuse to come. Many Russian oligarchs, such as Berezovsky, Abramovich and others, chose to live in London as soon as they could not stay in their home countries. Although most of them do not have British citizenship, they are treated in the same way as British citizens.
Most pleasing to the rich, banks and law firms in the UK are less likely to ask questions such as where does the money come from.
It is such a country where only one of the top ten richest people in China is on the list, but it shows hostility to Andy, a new generation of super-rich, of course, this is not to blame others, other rich people are here to consume, invest, and prosper the London economy, and Andy's arrival is to step on the corpses of many people, plundering wealth from the London financial market, and the financial bandits who are robbing everywhere can be imagined to receive this kind of treatment.
It's just that in this matter, if you want to say that no one is behind it, Andy won't believe anything, the arrogance of the British is created by the glory of the British Empire for hundreds of years, even if it doesn't even count a little afterglow now, they still feel that the little cousin of the United States is the first, and the British is second.
Andy looked at the scenery along the way, the banks of the Thames River and near Big Ben and the Houses of Parliament are the famous attractions of London.
The representative of the world's luxury hotels, the Four Seasons Hotel on Park Road in London, the butler of the Presidential Suite is dressed in a very pleasing costume in Andy's eyes, leading the way with a clever smile, introducing Andy, a distinguished guest of the Four Seasons Hotel, that the hotel is full of fresh, bright green, and Hyde Park, allowing people to experience the chic beauty of the Four Seasons Hotel.
In the presidential suite, Andy looked at the luxurious and comfortable rooms, elegant restaurants, beautiful indoor gardens, and rooftop hot springs overlooking the panoramic view of the park through the 360-degree glass curtain wall.
Nodding with satisfaction, Andy said to the housekeeper with a smile: "Then, for the rest of the time, I'll trouble you, Jenny." ”
"It's my pleasure to be of the service to you, Mr. Smith, you can take a break, the water in the whirlpool is ready, I'll go and see how your lunch is ready... ”
Andy looked at the back of the butler's curvy and exaggerated body tightly wrapped in a professional suit, and was still very impressed by the subdued London accent.
I walked to the bedroom, opened the wardrobe, took out the bathrobe and changed into it, came to the spacious bathroom, sat in the whirlpool bathtub, picked up the mobile phone on the side, and called Adriana Lima.
London Fashion Week 2007, the first time in 20 years that Rhodes, an iconic figure in the British fashion industry, presented his work at London Fashion Week, and the opening or finale of the show is undoubtedly always the most important.
Adriana Lima, as the supermodel with the highest exposure and the most talked about this year, almost dominated the fashion magazines in many countries in September, has a tendency to surpass Gisele Bundchen and become the most sought-after opening and finale supermodel of the four major fashion weeks in more than a month.
Sitting on the chair in the dressing room, Lima, who was wearing only a pink silk nightgown, reached out and tidied up the front of his dressing gown, flattening the gap that could see her side peaks.
The makeup artist took the makeup remover in her hand and began to help her remove her makeup, you must know that in order to show Ms. Rhodes's works avant-garde and bold, colorful, Lima's face makeup is also very bright, the show is over, Lima can't wait to remove the makeup, she doesn't want her skin to suffer.
"Ade, your phone ... The assistant walked over quickly with an ambiguous and envious expression and handed the phone to Lima.
Lima took the phone and looked at it, turned back to the makeup artist and said, "I'll do it myself, I'll answer the phone... ”
As he spoke, he got up from his seat with a cotton pad stained with lotion, glanced back at his assistant angrily, walked into the lounge, and closed the door casually.
"Honey, are you done with today's show?"
As soon as the phone was connected, it was Andy's familiar voice, which made Lima's mood throb, and the longing also came back uncontrollably in his heart at this moment.
"Have you been to London, where are you now? Andy, I miss you... Adriana Lima's somewhat hoarse voice became trembling, sometimes she really hated Andy's bastard's HUA's heart, but after all, it was her first man, thinking of his various goodness, but also all kinds of unwillingness, as time went by, the bond and feelings between the two became more and more difficult to let go.
"I miss you too, I miss you very much, I miss every inch of your skin... ”
"Whew-"
Listening to Andy's unscrupulous tune on the phone, the various details she was familiar with, although she was a little embarrassed, but the itching still made her breathe a little shorter, biting the corner of her lip, and the mist rose in a pair of bright gray-green eyes.
"You pack up and go straight to the underground parking lot, Kenny has already gone to pick you up, I can't wait to meet you, dear, you'll soon know how much I miss you... ”
Andy looked down at 28 in the water who stood up and saluted because he said too high, and couldn't help laughing, and Lima on the other side of the listening face blushed slightly and tightened the pair of big long tui, and took a sip.
"I, I was invited to the show in the afternoon... Don't, don't mess around. ”
"Hehe, it's okay, if you haven't died by then, I'll go with you, two hours is enough, I think, the scene of the birds returning to the nest must be what you are looking forward to the most, hurry up, I'll wait for you." ”
"Whew-"
Lima hung up the phone, swallowed his saliva, looked at his pretty face in the opposite mirror, took a deep breath, raised his arm, and quickly wiped off the residual makeup on his face with the cotton pad in his hand, and the fire in his heart was completely stirred up by the bastard.
I walked into the bathroom, washed my cheeks, took a towel and wiped my face while opening the door and said to the assistant: "Bring me the dress you prepared, as well as shoes." ”
As soon as the words ended, the female assistant Mary walked in quickly, wearing a dress with red flowers on a white background in the crook of her arm, and a pair of red wide-heeled high heels in the other hand, and closed the door casually.
Lima threw away the towel and took off the nightgown directly, not caring at all to show off her charming and flawless body, took the dress and put it on her head, raised her arms high, Mary helped her pull down the skirt, and after tidying it up, she pulled the zipper on the back, and the high-waisted tunic dress with 7 quarter sleeves showed Lima's long tui even taller.
"You have a big show invitation in the afternoon, don't play too high... Mary instructed from the side.
"Ha~ Didn't you have been bought by him a long time ago? Why are you worried about me again? Lima glanced at Mary in the mirror angrily and teased.
"You don't come, he's Andy Smith, what can I do, where have I seen the kind of battle under him, there are more than a dozen non-disclosure agreements, it will take me a long time to read it, and the lawyers who talk to me are staring at me like wolves, what can I do." Mary said with a look of helplessness on her face.
Lima snorted imperceptibly, noncommittal to her assistant Mary's words, without the $200,000 agreement fee, she didn't believe Mary would sign such a harsh non-disclosure agreement, but Andy's bastard really does things well, and any uncertainties must be ruled out.