"Brother Peng, are you sure we have to dress so shamefully?" Pan Peiyu asked.

Xiao Peng grinned: "What is shame? Is this called fashion? Aren't we a team?

Yang Meng glanced at Pan Peiyu: "Can you speak, what is shame? I think this dress is very good." ”

Pan Peiyu looked helpless: "Bob, do you think so too? Or am I the only one who thinks it's shameful to dress like this?"

Bob looked happy: "I think it's beautiful." Xiao, thank you, I didn't expect that one day Prada would tailor clothes for me. It's like a dream. What a nice little coat. ”

On the day of the competition, Xiao Peng and others came to the racecourse wearing Prada's new 'blue and white' series of clothing, which was absolutely eye-catching, and some people even came directly to ask for a photo with a few people. Pagio's mouth was about to burst into laughter.

"Pudge, why don't you wear this series of clothes?" Xiao Peng wondered.

Pagio ha: "I didn't wear this dress, but Miu Miu did." ”

"Miao Miao?" Xiao Peng was stunned. Pagio smiled: "Come, Shaw, and introduce you to the best designer in the world, the most beautiful woman in the world, my wife Muccia Prada." I saw him smile and say hello to the distance, and a woman wearing a blue and white cheongsam and a wide-brimmed top hat walked over, although she was not young, but she looked very 。。。。。。 Domineering! Well, Xiao Peng couldn't think of a better word to describe her except for this word. Especially with the Chinese cheongsam.

When it comes to Chinese cheongsam, it has been loved by Western women over the years, because Western women are not like Chinese women. Chinese women regard thinness as beauty, while Western women prefer a healthy body shape, and bumpy is what they pursue. The cheongsam is undoubtedly the most visible costume, and when the cheongsam spread to the West, it has been supported by a large number of Western women. Overseas popularity even surpasses that of Huaxia: you definitely see more women in cheongsam on the streets of the West than in Huaxia.

She is none other than Prada's legendary designer, Muse Prada. It is no exaggeration to say that if it weren't for the cooperation of these two people over the years, Prada would never have achieved what it is today: when Muse took over Prada, Prada could only be regarded as a small brand that was becoming obsolete. And not a top-of-the-line luxury like today.

The two are one outside and the other inside, and Miusica's keen intuition for fashion and Padgio's clear logical thinking complement each other strongly, with Musica in charge of design and Padgio in charge of operation. Prada was finally brought back to life, and later Prada launched a lower-priced brand MIUMIU, and began to dominate the market strongly, gradually bringing prestigious fashion brands such as 'Fendi', 'Heltam-Lang', and 'Gilsanda' under its command. Definitely a great example of husband and wife cooperation.

It's a pity that in recent years, due to his older age, he has lost the fighting spirit of the year, and Prada has begun to decline. But recently, Padgio has started to talk about his old husband and become a teenager again, and has started a series of large-scale activities to prepare for another brilliant future. The 'blue and white' series of clothes worn by Xiao Peng and others are designed by Musica.

"Wow, Xiao, seeing you in the costume I designed makes me feel that my hard work has not been in vain, and it really suits you so well. Musica and Xiao Peng hugged.

Xiao Peng smiled: "Mrs. Berttree, I am also very satisfied with your design, I really deserve to be one of the most talented women in the world." "Pagio's full name is Pagio Beltri, so Xiao Peng calls Musika Mrs. Beltri.

Miusica laughed, "I prefer you to call me Miao." ”

That's right, the brand Miu Miu is named after Miusica's nickname.

"Okay Miao Miao, your hat is great!" Xiao Peng said.

Musica smiled even more happily, and said with a smug face: "Of course, after all, I am Miusica Prada, and I don't want to lose to those young people." ”

Almost all horse racing sites in the world have hat beauty contests, which is a tradition developed at the same time as horse racing, and even women in China have hat contests----- except for the Wa Kingdom, there is really no such thing there.

This is not unusual, after all, modern horse racing originated in Britain and France, where it was the stuff of the nobility and nobility, and the Stars and Stripes also had a large number of descendants of aristocratic immigrants from Europe. They also continued the tradition of dressing, and for women, the noble and elegant hat was a status symbol. Kentucky, in particular, continues the traditional Southern culture of the Stars and Stripes. Although this symbol is no longer a necessity in today's society, it continues to be a tradition at the annual horse racing festivals in various places.

For example, the Kentucky Derby's 'hat pageant' has been going on for more than 140 years, and at this time, the major mainstream media have published their best hat outfits. The basic trend is that the ladies are wearing more and more bold clothes, and the men are getting mixed in: Xiao Peng saw a male spectator wearing a top hat, and the edge of the top hat was designed to look like a racetrack, with two toy ponies on it. All kinds of thunderous people!

The ladies who come here are counted as one, regardless of age, even if they are not interested in what hat pageant, no matter how casual they dress, they will wear a hat. It feels like you don't have to wear a hat to come to this horse racing festival.

After a few words of greeting with Xiao Peng, the two left, they are too busy now, this whole horse racing festival is a good time to expand their contacts in their eyes, Xiao Peng has seen a lot of faces that often appear on TV.

Xiao Peng was not interested in them, he was interested in the two million dollars in prize money, he lay on the sun lounger, looking through a document in his hand.

"Bob, I'm starting to admire you now. Xiao Peng suddenly said this to Bob, who was smoking a cigar on the side.

Bob was stunned: "Xiao, why did you suddenly say this?"

Xiao Peng raised the information in his hand: "Why didn't you tell me that the 'Star and Striped Pharaoh' is also a horse that you trained?"

Bob listened to this, but an angry expression appeared on his face: "Xiao, let me tell you this, 'Stars and Stripes' is the most direct reason why I chose to cooperate with you." ”

Xiao Peng was puzzled and looked at Bob, hoping to hear his explanation.

There is no shortage of famous horses in this world: 'The Great Shock', 'The Dove Occupies the Magpie's Nest', 'California' and so on, but in the eyes of the people of the Stars and Stripes, the best horses are not those horses, but a horse called 'The Star-Spangled Pharaoh'. This is the last horse to win the 'Triple Crown' of the Stars and Stripes. In the previous 37 years, the Stars and Stripes had not had a 'Triple Crown'. ’

The father of the horse was 'Nile Pioneer' and his mother was called 'Little Emma', a mare who failed to the extreme, and although Zayed Stud Farm bought her for a whopping $250,000 when 'Little Emma' was one year old, she only brought Zayed Stud Farm a prize of $127!

That's right! $127, not $1.27 million! This also illustrates the cruelty of the racecourse: if according to common sense, this horse has been accompanied by the racecourse, 250,000 yuan to buy, plus 100,000 dollars a year of feed training expenses, the 'little princess' at least let the horse farm bear the loss of nearly one million dollars!

But she couldn't stand the birth of Little Princess Emma, and gave birth to a star racehorse 'Pharaoh of the Stars and Stripes', who was elected the two-year-old horse king of the Stars and Stripes Kingdom in 2014. In that year, the breeding rights were sold to Kumo Horse Group for $13.8 million!

But it seems to have made a loss-making deal, because the following year, 'Stars and Stripes' became the 'Triple Crown'! If you sell the breeding rights after winning the Triple Crown, it will cost you $13.8 million? At least $30 million! It's not impossible to sell it for $40 or 50 million.

Moreover, "Mother is more expensive than son", and "Little Princess Emma", the mother of "Stars and Stripes", who only won a prize of 172 US dollars in her life, also sold for 2.1 million US dollars! Of course, this is also a loss-making transaction. Because it was still sold before the 'Stars and Stripes' won the championship. I guess I can sell it for at least five million dollars now.

Just like Xiao Peng's 'silver' in Dubai after the limelight, many breeding companies want to buy the 'silver' breeding rights, but they can't find Xiao Peng, so they have to turn the target to the 'silver' parents, after the 'silver' won the championship, its parents were dug out, although the eight generations of ancestors did not have a good horse, but they were still sold for sky-high prices.

Hearing Xiao Peng mention the horse of 'Stars and Stripes', Bob was silent for a while and said, "Xiao, about 'American Pharaoh', in fact, I was cheated by someone. How much do you think I'll gain from this horse?"

Xiao Peng thought for a moment: "Three million dollars?"

'Pharaoh Stars and Stripes' had a great result, and the Trainer Bonus Score alone had Bob Buffel's pockets bulging.

Bob shook his head and held out a finger: "I only got 100,000 dollars, and that's all I got from training this horse for two years." ”

Xiao Peng was stunned: "This is impossible, right? What the hell is going on?" 100,000 US dollars in two years, isn't this the basic salary? But top trainers like Bob are directly linked to performance, how can there be any basic salary? People get a high percentage of bonus commissions, what is the matter with this 100,000 US dollars?

Bob said: "I was cheated, the 'Star and Striped Pharaoh' belongs to Zayed Horse Farm, and the owner is Ahmed Zayed, who is really unscrupulous in order to make money." You can tell from the fact that he can't wait to sell the breeding rights and the mares, right?"

Xiao Peng nodded: "He sold all of this, how did he cheat you?"

"Although he sold the 'breeding-breeding rights' to the Kumo Horse Group, the Zayed family, as the owner of the horse, still has 100% of the right to race and all the race proceeds from the horse's three years of age. Bob said: "As a result, in the Kentucky Stakes last year, 'Pharaoh Stars and Stripes' won a runner-up, and then 'Pharaoh Stars and Stripes' directly withdrew from the next two competitions. ”

"Why?" Xiao Peng didn't understand, why didn't he participate after winning the runner-up?