Chapter 668: The show begins
In the midst of all the anticipation, the time finally came to November 2nd.
The Victoria's Secret show will open at 7 p.m. and end at 8:30 if all goes well, with the afterparty scheduled at the Gramercy Hotel, not far from the Arsenal.
Beginning early in the morning, media reporters stationed in New York began to assemble near the Lexington Avenue Arsenal, and just after noon, the road within a few hundred meters of the Arsenal was already crowded with media from all sides. After the Firefly communicated with the New York Municipal Transportation Department, the road between the two blocks around the Arsenal was blocked early in the morning of November 2, but fortunately, the Arsenal is located at the southern end of Lexington Avenue, which is not a busy area of New York traffic, and the road closure will not have serious consequences for nearby public transportation, so the Municipal Transportation Department readily approved the Firefly Group's request.
The entire project team had already entered the arsenal in the early morning of November 2 to make the final intense preparations, and under strict security, even the invited media could only wait for the time to enter the venue before they were allowed to enter, while most of the uninvited reporters could only wait patiently outside the arsenal, hoping to get some useful information.
Although the guests enter the venue at 6 o'clock in the evening, there is a shortage of people in the world who expect attention for various purposes. The place where hundreds or thousands of media people gather is undoubtedly the focus of these people's haunts. Some of the reporters who had been in good positions since early in the morning and had been squatting outside the arsenal had taken pictures of the project team entering the venue, expecting to get useful news in the afternoon, but they clearly underestimated the impact of the fashion event and the determination of some people to become famous.
Throughout the day, on the streets near the arsenal, there were all kinds of people trying to 'gain fame', among which of course models were the majority. After all, there are only 40 lucky people in the Victoria's Secret show, and New York, as a fashion capital, gathers here with a beautiful dream-chasing girl, and feels the influence of the Victoria's Secret show, and these models who did not make it to the Victoria's Secret catwalk find another way.
Some slightly more powerful celebrity models often come with a small team. Taking all kinds of photos on the streets near the arsenal so that they can publish news in the newspaper the next day, such as "XXX attends the Victoria's Secret show", even if they don't even have the opportunity to step inside the arsenal from the beginning to the end, no one will pursue this kind of little trick of acquiescing to fame in the circle.
The young models who don't have the strength can only dress up and show off, or keep walking around this section of the street, or pretend to wait for their friends to stand under the street lamps for hours, and in doing so, they can also harvest countless flashing lights, although most of the photos will be discarded by these reporters at will. But as long as a few of them can appear in newspapers and magazines, it is an opportunity for these girls to get the attention of some fashion tycoons. This kind of thing is not without precedent, Cindy Crawford relied on a few street photos taken by tabloid reporters to attract the attention of the fashion industry, and thus step by step to get to where he is today.
In the face of these famous little models, the reporters gathered around the arsenal often maintained a high-level posture of familiarity, occasionally acting as a gift or pressing the shutter a few times with a slight adjustment. But as the twilight approached. Watching with envy as some of their peers were arranged into the arsenal in advance, all the media people cheered up and waited for the arrival of six o'clock. These people are well aware. With Eric's current status, the fashion show he personally made, even if he sends an invitation to the federal president, it is estimated that the Clintons will not necessarily refuse. Although the Victoria's Secret project team did not announce any guest list, the lineup of guests who will attend the Victoria's Secret show today is definitely very strong.
However, the hour hand had just reached 5:40. At the end of the red carpet outside the arsenal, an arrogant white extended courtesy car appeared, and the Westerners' concept of time was almost ingrained, and this somewhat abrupt move surprised everyone, but the flashing lights still came on wildly.
After getting out of the car, the courtesy car driver respectfully pulls the car door. The baby-faced girl in a short pink trench coat couldn't wait to jump out of the car.
"It's so hilarious," Xiao Nizi said to herself with a grin, and then beckoned to the nearest group of reporters: "Hey, everyone." β
Seeing the appearance of Drew, who was unusually close to Eric, the group of reporters boiled, and when they heard Xiao Nizi's greeting, they immediately responded in a mess.
Someone asked aloud, "Miss Barrymore, are you here to cheer on Mr. Williams?" β
Xiao Nizi nodded with a smile: "Yes." β
In the midst of the cacophony, a very bold reporter raised his voice and asked, "Miss Barrymore, what do you think of Mr. Williams' affair with Heidi Klum?" β
Xiao Nizi's smile remained unchanged: "The things you wrote are all very interesting, I don't have any opinions, everyone is happy." β
This slightly sarcastic remark made some reporters feel a little uncomfortable, and some people noticed that Xiao Nizi stood at the end of the red carpet and didn't seem to be in a hurry to move forward, and was about to ask suspiciously, but the door of the courtesy car that was opened again had already given them the answer.
The door of the back section of the courtesy car opened, and two blonde Russian-born girls with the same height and appearance stepped out of the car. The twins wore the same dark trench coat and black boots, and underneath their beautiful appearance there was an air that almost resembled that of a soldier.
Although Xiao Nizi still loves to play and make fun in recent years, she almost does not appear in the media in a low-key manner, and suddenly appeared in front of the group of reporters with the Russian twins, which immediately caused a slight uproar.
"Miss Barrymore, who are these two beautiful ladies, and are they models too?"
Xiao Nizi casually put her little hands in her pockets, stepped on the red carpet and walked leisurely towards the gate of the arsenal, and replied: "They are Natasha, not models, they are my bodyguards." β
Although they noticed the slightly cold aura emanating from the Russian twins, the two identical delicate faces made it hard for them to believe in the twins' profession: "Miss Barrymore, you must be joking, or are they going to play the class of bodyguards in one of the Firefly Group movies?" β
"Hehe, your idea is very interesting. I'll let them try it when I get a chance. β
Saying this, Xiao Nizi walked to the door of the arsenal with the twins, and the tall doorman waited for Drew to approach, without letting Xiao Nizi show the invitation at all, and took the initiative to pull the anti-impact chain very doggedly, and respectfully put Xiao Nizi and them in. This move immediately caused dissatisfaction among some people.
A reporter asked in a questioning tone: "Hey, big man, doesn't Derue Barrymore need an invitation?" β
However, the person who asked the question only got a big roll of his eyes.
Xiao Nizi walked into the outer hall of the arsenal, picked up a pen and drew a few strokes in front of the photo wall, and left in the surprised eyes of some special reporters who were not ready to take pictures. Walking in the corridor leading to the backstage, Xiao Nizi looked at the surrounding arrangements with great interest, and suddenly asked the twins behind her, "Natasha, how does it feel to be noticed just now?" β
The twins looked at each other. One of them said, "Boss, it feels ...... Awkward. β
"Hehe, that's right, as long as you don't like this feeling, otherwise you will be very distressed."
The twins nodded at the same time and quietly followed Drew, both of whom knew why Drew said that, because even though they liked the feeling. This seemingly harmless BOSS will not give them much chance to feel this feeling, and their fate is already doomed.
Think so. At the same time, the twins had the figure of the young man they were about to see, and he liked to let them call him master, and although they knew the different meanings of it, they could not resist too much, but more than awe in their hearts. Because they knew that although the young man was young, he was a very, very powerful man. He has even more wealth than the money in the treasury of the Russian Federation after the collapse of the Soviet Union, which, although it has nothing to do with them, gives them an unprecedented sense of security.
After Xiao Nizi appeared, the time quickly came to six o'clock, and the courtesy cars began to park outside the red carpet one by one, which was not too long. Outside the red carpet, reporters began to frantically press the shutter, and New York's political and business celebrities, fashion tycoons, media executives, and Hollywood superstars were all in the spotlight of reporters. Although Eric didn't have any intention of letting these guests steal too much of the limelight of Victoria's Secret Angels, he did not refuse these people to take the initiative to come to the show. It is undeniable that the influence brought by the appearance of these big names can definitely make the media hotly discuss for a while, so that the topic of the Victoria's Secret show will be maintained all the way to the official broadcast period in December.
As the time passed, the special guests could still walk the red carpet, but most of the ordinary guests could only enter the interior of the arsenal through other passages, otherwise the guests of a thousand people would not be able to enter the venue within an hour.
Sitting in the front row on the left side of the runway, Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of the American edition of Vogue Magazine, whispered to Jane Wennor, the founder of Rolling Stone magazine, but her eyes looked at the luxurious guests around her and the professional and gorgeous decoration in the venue, and she couldn't help but feel a little emotional.
Since becoming the editor-in-chief of Vogue magazine, in recent years, she has been the most high-profile figure in the show of any fashion brand, and before those big shows, the main person in charge and the designer will take the initiative to come out to say hello to her. But today, for the first time, Anna Wintour felt the feeling of being left out in the 'long time', but she did not feel angry or depressed, because many people around her are far above her in fame and status, not to mention the tycoons of other industries, not far from her, there is the big boss of the CondΓ© Nast Group, the parent company of "Vogue" magazine, Ney Wintour, who used to be greeted by others, just walked over to greet each other.
The time finally came to seven o'clock, and with a few soft clicks, the lights in the venue changed rapidly, the guest seats became dim, the catwalk, which was already covered with silver sequins, became even brighter, and everyone's eyes turned to the giant arch.
In front of the hard rear projection screen behind the arch, special rock instruments have been installed, and Anna Wintour can't help but think of some rumors in her heart, and she has some doubts and expectations in her heart, it can't be that Eric Williams is going to perform on stage himself.
However, she quickly threw the idea away, and Eric's own directing a fashion show was too out of place if he was now performing on stage. Anna Wintour thought and whispered to Jane Wenner, the founder of "Rolling Stone" next to her, "Jane, have you heard that those bands will perform on stage this time?" β
Jane Wenner shook her head: "I don't know, some of the news we got is that the Firefly Group will launch some of its own artists, I heard that Jeffrey Katzenberg reorganized all the music divisions of the Firefly subsidiary some time ago and created Firefly Records. However, judging from the scandal in the front-end time, everyone knows that all the BGM of this big show was written by Eric Williams himself, and his song "New-Divide" a few years ago is simply amazing, and I guess this song will definitely not disappoint, I'm looking forward to it. β
Anna Wintour nodded, she was not very interested in music, but more looking forward to what kind of show Eric would show this time.
As soon as the lights came on, Eric quickly walked out and gave a short speech himself, before withdrawing to applause.
The lights in the stadium changed again, and the bright red light dyed the entire catwalk red, and the entire stadium seemed to be dyed a bright red.
The drums beat sounded, and the British guard of honor stepped out of the red lights and began the pre-performance.
Some people in the audience still maintain a strong curiosity, while others are already a little unimpressed, what is this?
However, the sound of the following figure quickly answered the doubts in their hearts, and when the drums left the catwalk more and more urgently, the announcer anchor said the first theme of the Victoria's Secret show: the British invasion.
Several strange rock youths walked onto the stage, and the explosive music suddenly sounded.
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*PS: You can watch the 2013 Victoria's Secret Annual Show, and the next scenes are mainly based on this issue. But the main highlight of this issue is only the music, most of the angels are average, if you want to see models and steps, go to 2006, Giselle opening is called a domineering ah (to be continued.) )