Chapter 53: See London Again (2)

Xiao Nai is still in school, and Cheng Fengchun and Cheng Yan are in Shanghai at this time, so Cheng Fengchun's parents are only at home in London. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

Zuo Zai and Xiao Nai's parents are not particularly close, they can only get along well, but they are not particularly close. Xiao Nai's father, say it's Zuo Zai's brother, the age gap is a bit big, say it's uncle, and it's Cheng Yan's brother.

In the past two days, in addition to having a meeting, Zuo Zai is to help Cheng Yan take care of his big and small "wife".

If the car is parked all the time, it is easy to break, and supercars are no exception. Cheng Yan's two Aston Martins have been unspoiled for half a year.

At the beginning, Cheng Yan thought that Cheng Fengchun would personally grasp the Shanghai branch. Cheng Fengchun is the chairman, and Zuo is the CEO, he is a vice chairman who plays soy sauce and comes and goes freely.

As a result, Cheng Fengchun suddenly fell in love with doing public welfare, and he, the chairman of the board of directors who was "ordered in danger", also put up a CEO who was so unavailable that he was so busy all day long that he was dizzy.

At first, Cheng Yan felt that he would go back to London from time to time, and he didn't even give the supercar key to the driver at home in London. "Big Martin" and "Little Martin", who have been unattended for more than half a year, are Cheng Yan's most concerned wives in London.

Zuo Zai usually doesn't like to drive a sports car, but she promised Cheng Yan to help his wife loosen her muscles, and when she goes to the head office for a meeting or does something else in the past two days, she will drive Cheng Yan's car.

The eldest wife is not the limited edition Aston Martin One-77 that will sell 47 million in China as mentioned before, but the first Aston Martin DBS that Cheng Yan bought in 2007.

DBS is much cheaper than One-77, and the price Cheng Yan bought at the time was nearly £120,000. (It's really this price, not a typo)

Of course, the price of DBS in China, as soon as various taxes are added, will sell for about 5 million.

Therefore, Cheng Yan asked Zuo Zai to help take care of his wife because he loved the car, not because it was an expensive thing. Buy an Aston Martin in the UK, which is the price of a slightly better Mercedes-Benz in China.

Moreover, if Cheng Yan is particularly concerned about the price of Aston Martin, then he should be most worried about the Bugatti he bought the year before last. Bugatti is a new car, and it is unlikely that there will be all kinds of big and small problems because it has been stopped for half a year.

Fortunately, Cheng Yan's wife was well maintained before, and when Zuo came to help take care of it, it was still good, and there was no problem.

On the afternoon of June 2, 2014, I drove the Aston Martin DBS to the Lee Vally Riding Centre in the heart of East London.

Zuo met someone here, someone she didn't know.

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In the indoor venue of the Li Gu Equestrian Center, a coach is teaching a Chinese girl dressage skills.

This is unusual.

The development of equestrianism in China is very lagging behind, and Zuo Zai has been to the Li Gu Equestrian Center many times, and he has hardly seen a Chinese girl, let alone learning dressage. Dressage is usually practiced from an early age.

It's a pity that this horse is not a particularly talented dressage horse.

Zuo Zai was originally going to Li Gu's outdoor horse farm, but at this moment, he couldn't help but stop.

Not all racecourses abroad are membership-based, so visitors can try their hand at it if they are interested, but they may not try it at a dressage level. So, this little girl is definitely not a tourist either.

It's not that rookies can't learn dressage, it's that rookies won't have dressage horses. Dressage, horses are meant to dance, and such horses require talent and a coherent, long-term education from an early age.

The instinct of a horse is to run, and speed racing does not require much education, as long as you have talent and physical strength, so the best age for speed racing is three to five years old. Endurance racing requires accumulation, with the best age for endurance racing horses being nine to eleven years old, and show jumping horses being eight to fifteen years old.

Dressage horses, on the other hand, usually don't get their results until they are ten to eighteen years old.

Of course, this does not mean that horses that are not in the above age range will not be able to get a good place in the competition.

As mentioned earlier, the most viewed equestrian video on Youtube, the Danish Blue-Hors-Matine, won the silver medal at the 2006 World Equestrian Championships, when Matine was nine years old.

The silver medal was not won because there were horses that jumped better than Blue-Hors-Matine, but because Blue-Hors-Matine, who was young and not yet of the best racing age, made a small mistake in jumping.

Removing that small imperfection, Blue-Hors-Matine's dancing style has amazed dressage fans around the world.

A true unity of man and horse, perfectly stepping on the beat of the music, chic and confident, smooth and noble.

Zuo Zai really fell in love with dressage because he saw Blue-Hors-Matine's performance, but unfortunately, Zuo Zai didn't have too good athletic talent, including equestrian talent.

After Zuo Zai fell in love with dressage, he did not choose to learn, but became a horse owner. Not doing what you are not good at is a principle that has never changed.

In addition, Zuo Zai was already sixteen years old at that time, which was also the best age to start learning equestrianism.

Equestrianism is a traditional aristocratic sport in Europe, but even noble riders need to be sponsored, even the official British princess.

Unlike ordinary sports, where only athletes and coaches are the stars or the most important people, horse owners enjoy the supreme glory in equestrian competitions, even in competitions such as the Olympic Games.

If you've seen a Hong Kong drama about a wealthy Hong Kong family before, you may have noticed some of the privileges of the Hong Kong Jockey Club. However, Hong Kong has developed well in speed racing, and many horse owners watch indoors through glass.

There is a wide variety of equestrian competitions in Europe, and horse owners often watch from the best vantage points outside.

Female owners or male owners' female companions appear in the perfect position every time they watch a race.

Every equestrian competition is the best place to compete for beauty, so equestrian competitions have been the center of European fashion since ancient times.

Chanel, one of the most familiar big brands in China, has the opportunity to create today's fashion empire because of Chanel's light and outstanding style when watching equestrian competitions, which is sought after by many nobles and aristocrats.

Dressage is the only art that can be appreciated by Zuo Zai without artistic cells, except for Chopin's piano music.

Chinese girls who practice dressage probably also find someone staring at them practicing dressage.

gave Zuo Zai a confident and sweet smile.

Note 1.

Li Gu here, Li is the transliteration of Lee, and Gu is a transliteration of Vally. This horseback riding center is not opened by Chinese, and it has nothing to do with our family names.