Chapter Twenty-Six: A Trip to London
On the day of departure, Gu's mother and Gu Hanwen came to the international departure hall of Hong Kong Airport much earlier than the agreed time. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
In order to catch up with the agreed time with Cai Yuanwei, Gu's mother and Gu Hanwen had already arrived in Hong Kong a day in advance. Their passports have also been handed over to Cai Yuanwei a long time ago, and to get a visa to the UK in such a short period of time, Cai Yuanwei's family relationship has to be able to do it.
Not long after he sat down and waited, the phone on Gu Hanwen's body rang. This latest Nokia phone was given to Cai Yuanwei before returning to Hong Kong for vacation. Gu Hanwen wanted to excuse himself, but Cai Yuanwei only said to him: "Your landline phone at home and your parents' phone can't make international calls, nor can you send messages to overseas numbers." With this number, I can call you at night in Hong Kong, and you can also message me at any time. Gu Hanwen was stunned when he heard this, and after his mind turned around, he accepted it by a ghost.
Gu Hanwen took out the phone at this time, pressed the connect button, and Cai Yuanwei's crisp and pleasant voice came from inside: "Where have you been?" ”
"My mom and I were already in the international departures hall at the airport."
"Where in the hall? Are there any signs nearby? ”
Gu Hanwen looked around and replied to her, "We are near the departure gate of the 23rd. ”
"Okay, don't go far, I'll come to you now."
"Okay."
Not long after hanging up the phone, Gu Hanwen saw a luggage trolley with two large boxes slowly approaching them, and it was Cai Yuanwei who was pushing the cart.
Cai Yuanwei was wearing a T-shirt and jeans, a dark green long windbreaker outside, her hair was scattered, she was wearing a peaked cap, and a big sunglasses covered half of her face, which was really unrecognizable to unfamiliar people.
Gu Hanwen looked at the two frighteningly large suitcases, and couldn't help but smack his tongue: "What did you bring here?" This box is ...... big You can fit it alone, right? ”
"It's all about fabrics, as well as clothes I designed, semi-finished products, accessories and other things that I can use during interviews." After Cai Yuanwei finished explaining to Gu Hanwen, she turned her head and greeted Gu's mother, "Hello, Auntie!" You've been waiting a long time, sorry! ”
Gu's mother hurriedly smiled: "It didn't take long for us to sit down and you arrived." Seeing that you have so much luggage, let Arwen take it for you! ”
"No, no, no! I have someone to help this time. It's just that he's going to check us in now, and when he comes back, he'll have to help move it. ”
As soon as the words fell, a middle-aged man wearing a polo shirt and trousers, with a leather jacket on the outside, looked shrewd and capable, hurriedly walked over and said to Cai Yuanwei: "Mr. Cai, the check-in procedures have been completed." It's almost time to board, now I'll help you get these bags to check in! ”
"I'm sorry to trouble you, Uncle Quan."
Gu's mother watched from the sidelines, and was a little puzzled by the title of Mr. Cai, so she quietly asked Gu Hanwen while she was carrying her luggage. Gu Hanwen explained in a whisper: "Xiaowei opened a film and television company in Hong Kong. She is the general manager, and Uncle Quan is the professional manager who helps her manage the company, and I saw him last time I went to Hong Kong for a prom. ”
When Gu's mother heard this, she couldn't help but think about it a few times in her mind, and her expression changed a few times, but she quickly returned to normal.
The flight and the car were tiring all the way, and by the time we arrived in the city of London, it was already close to evening the next afternoon. Even if they were in first class, Cai Yuanwei and the others still couldn't hide the fatigue accumulated from more than ten hours of flying on their faces.
The place where he stayed was not a hotel, but an apartment of Xu Tianqi's family in downtown London. Xu Tianqi heard that Cai Yuanwei was going to come to the University of the Arts London for an interview, and when she found out that the location of her interview was at the Fashion Institute on Oxford Street, she generously took a set of keys out, "Give!" If you go to London, you'll live in my house. ”
Cai Yuanwei looked at her inexplicably. Xu Tianqi patiently said to her: "My family has an apartment in the city of London, right on Park Street. The house is facing Hyde Park and the view is nice. Everything is available in the apartment, and it's close to the fashion school, less than ten minutes walk, so it's very convenient to live with me when you go to the interview, and you don't have to stay in a hotel. ”
Cai Yuanwei was not hypocritical when she heard this, took the key and smiled: "Then I'm welcome!" ”
Xu Tianqi laughed at her: "When have you been polite to me!" The two burst into laughter.
After arriving in London, Cai Yuanwei found her family's apartment on Park Street according to the address given by Xu Tianqi. After putting down her luggage, Cai Yuanwei breathed a sigh of relief and carefully looked at the environment here.
The apartment is located on the third floor of an antique building with red brick walls in a Gothic style. Open the window and you'll be greeted by the lush greenery of Hyde Park opposite. The apartment is only about 100 square meters, but you can see that a lot of money has been spent on decoration, the layout is good, and the rooms are very spacious. Because there are only three rooms, Cai Yuanwei arranged the master bedroom to Gu's mother and Gu Hanwen, she lived in Xu Tianqi's room by herself, and Uncle Quan temporarily slept in the study because he only lived for one day.
That night, Cai Yuanwei was busy preparing the materials and items for the next day's interview, and she didn't sleep until late at night. Gu Hanwen couldn't sleep because of the time difference, and when she came out to breathe, she saw that the light in her room was always on, so she came over to take a look.
"Why don't you sleep yet?"
"You have to be ready for tomorrow's interview. You've been quite tired from flying for the past two days, so go to sleep first! Cai Yuanwei heard Gu Hanwen's voice, her hand did not stop, and she replied to him without looking back.
"I'm fine." Gu Hanwen smiled indifferently. Seeing Cai Yuanwei picking out some fabrics, he asked curiously, "Isn't the interview just about asking some questions?" Why do you have to prepare so much fabric for the past? ”
"Tomorrow's interview isn't like other liberal arts interviews, it's not just about asking questions. I inquired that in the past, in addition to answering questions, I should also design a costume on the spot. Just in case, I've prepared some fabrics that I might use. Maybe I'll have you a cameo tomorrow as a model! When Cai Yuanwei said this, she winked playfully at Gu Hanwen, with a sly smile on her lips.
Gu Hanwen was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "It turns out that you want to bring me here for a purpose!" Looking at the clothes Cai Yuanwei packed in the box, they were all darker, such as black, gray, brown, etc., and he asked strangely: "Why do you bring all these dark fabrics?" None of them have a bright color. ”
"I applied for a major in menswear design, so it's normal to use these colors!"
"Huh? I thought you were studying womenswear design! I didn't expect you to learn menswear design. ”
Cai Yuanwei didn't want to say that it was for him, because she wanted to see him one day when he could wear the clothes she designed for him, and she had the urge to learn men's clothing design. She thought of a reason when she got up to move the box, and said: "There are too many people studying women's clothing design, and there are fewer people on the men's clothing side, so it is easier to apply." ”
Gu Hanwen had no doubts about her words, and when he heard it, he just said, "Hmm! Di answered, and seeing that Cai Yuanwei had already packed up, he helped her move the box aside, and said goodnight to her with a smile, "I'll go to sleep first, good night!" ”
"Well, good night!"
The next morning, when Cai Yuanwei got up, Uncle Quan had already prepared breakfast and sat on the side waiting for her. During the period when Cai Yuanwei went to the mainland, Uncle Quan was responsible for helping her manage the film and television company and develop her business, and the company developed well, and Cai Yuanwei also expressed her sincere admiration for him. Uncle Quan is tactful, but very principled, and never calls Cai Yuanwei "Mr. Cai" in public, no matter how she persuades him, he will not change, and retorts: "This is a matter of principle of respect and inferiority." Usually you can be casual, but at the company level, you are indeed my boss, and you can't mess up the relationship between the upper and lower levels. Cai Yuanwei is also slowly getting used to this, but in private, the two are friends and often contact.
This time, because Uncle Quan also happened to go to London to find a music production company to do some work, he took care of Cai Yuanwei by the way and helped her contact various matters to prepare for the interview. After breakfast, Uncle Quan will take the group to the interview location.
Gu Hanwen and Gu's mother were in a campus full of European classical beauty and modern art creativity, and they looked curiously at the students and crowds of people coming and going. Because Gu's mother didn't understand English, and Gu Hanwen was only half a bucket of water, so after Cai Yuanwei went in for an interview, the two didn't dare to go far, and only sat down and waited at the corner of a corridor. Gu's mother rarely had the opportunity to talk to her son, so she wanted to ask him if he wanted to study abroad in the future.
Gu Hanwen has no opinion on this, for him, if he can study abroad, of course, it is the best. It's just that he thought that the economic environment of his family and the income of his parents may not be able to support him to realize this good wish, so he said: "Forget it!" Isn't it nice to study in China? The moon abroad is not rounder than at home! ”
Gu's mother looked at him, obviously with hope and envy, but she said the words of refusal, and after thinking about it, she also understood a little, and her son's understanding and thoughtfulness made her feel warm in her heart. Gu's mother didn't speak, she just hugged Gu Hanwen's shoulders and smiled at him gently, and the thoughts she had saved before became clearer and clearer.
At this time, Cai Yuanwei hurriedly walked out, saw Gu Hanwen, didn't care to greet Gu's mother, took his hand and left, and said as she walked: "It's really accurate for me to give me this crow's mouth, and I have to ask you to be my model for today's interview." ”
Gu Hanwen hurriedly asked her for details, and then Cai Yuanwei pulled him into a place that looked like a tailor's room. There's a big cutting table, a sewing machine next to it, and some hanger models. There was also a foreign model standing in this room, and when she saw Cai Yuanwei pulling a person in, she stared at a pair of blue eyes in surprise and asked, "Who.are.you?" ”
Cai Yuanwei spoke fluent English to the foreign model at this time: "Please.tell.PRO.Witt, I.want.to.use.him.as.my.design.model, thank.you!" )”
The foreign model shrugged her shoulders and replied, "OK." ”
After Cai Yuanwei waited for him to leave, her hands were busy, and while taking out some clothes from the box, she explained to Gu Hanwen: "I have passed the Q&A session. However, the examiner, Professor Werther, saw that I was from China and said that he was very interested in our traditional clothing, so he temporarily added an exam question to me, asking me to design a men's clothing with Chinese characteristics in two hours. I've prepared the clothes for a long time, but the models here are all foreigners, and they can't wear the taste of traditional Chinese clothes, so I called you to help! ”
Gu Hanwen had already taken off his coat and clothes from Cai Yuanwei at this time, and in a blink of an eye, only an undershirt was left, which made him shiver with cold. Cai Yuanwei hurriedly took out a white shirt with a stand-up collar for him to put on, and took out a semi-finished dress made of dark gray tweed cloth to put on him, and then began to race against time, concentrating on sewing and trimming the clothes.
With the passage of time, a coat with a traditional Chinese charm but a mixture of Western suits slowly took shape. The design of the stand-up collar imitates the cut and buckle of the Chinese men's long horse coat, and is perfectly combined with the style of the Western-style double-breasted windbreaker, and then adjusted according to Gu Hanwen's body shape, narrowing the waist and shortening the length, and the image of a perfect young man of the Republic of China appears in front of him.
Cai Yuanwei looked at Gu Hanwen in front of her, and her well-fitting clothes wrapped up his slightly immature, but already erect body. In order to match Gu Hanwen's age, the clothes are decorated with solid color blocks with geometric patterns, which dilutes the old-fashioned sense of the Chinese horse coat style and brings out some youth and fashion vitality
At first glance, the handsome face with oriental beauty and this dress complement each other and complement each other. Cai Yuanwei looked at her watch again, there was still a little time left, so she looked left and right to make final corrections, and took out a pair of round retro gold-wire glasses from the box and asked him to bring them.
Gu Hanwen put on his gold-wire glasses, touched the clothes on his body, and asked Cai Yuanwei a little nervously: "What should I do later?" I've never been a fashion model, so I'm afraid I'll mess up. ”
Cai Yuanwei comforted him: "You don't have to do anything, you don't have to say anything, just pretend to be cool." Just pretend to be cool, OK? ”
"Hmm!"