After leaving the Netherlands, Shen Long traveled to France and Germany, two countries devastated by World War II and in dire need of necessities, and Shen Long took the opportunity to make an agreement with the local underground world to establish several new smuggling routes and provide them with these things, and they paid for them in precious metals, works of art, or dollars.

For this business, Shen Long went back to New York, and after a detailed discussion with old Vito, he dissolved his marriage with his current wife, but she could still live in Corleone's house and accept the support of the Corleone family.

During this time, Audrey Hepburn made several phone calls to Shen Long, and she herself seemed to be interested in this opportunity, but her mother was reluctant to let her go to the United States.

Shen Long knew about Audrey Hepburn's family, her parents were supportive of ** in the early days, and when ** launched a purge of Jews later, Hepburn's mother changed her position because of her Jewish ancestry, but her father was even more fanatical, abandoned their mother and daughter to defect to **, and never saw her again.

Mother fled with Hepburn, and later changed her name and surname to the Netherlands, the mother and daughter depended on each other, and later Hepburn still lived with her mother after she got married, which shows that her mother had a great influence on her.

It seems that she has to visit Hepburn's mother in person to persuade her, hey, the girl is going to see her mother-in-law before she can do it, how can she feel more troublesome than Qin Ling back then? Shen Long felt helpless.

After arranging the smuggling routes and the supply of goods in New York, Shen Zheng returned to Europe, first went to Germany and France, and thoroughly handled business matters before coming to Anheng in the Netherlands and making a phone call to Hepburn.

She has now completed the filming of "Seven Lessons from the Netherlands" and returned to school to study ballet, when she received a call from Shen Long, she was very happy and immediately invited Shen Long to her home as a guest.

Shen Long was invited to go and met her and her mother, the Hepburn family is not very good now, but her mother Ella van Hermstra still maintains an aristocratic temperament, speaking of which her mother is indeed from a good background, and now has the title of baroness, the family genealogy can be traced back to King Edward III of England, but now this title is only a nominal title, and it does not bring them actual economic benefits, otherwise Hepburn would not have made a short film to raise ballet tuit.

"Dear Madam, it is a great honor to visit you." Shen Long gave the gift to Hepburn's mother, the first time they met, he didn't give too expensive gifts, just a bouquet of flowers and pastries from An Heng's most famous dessert shop, he remembered that Hepburn liked sweets very much.

"Thanks, Mr. Corleone, please sit down for a moment, and I'll prepare something for you." Entering the house, Hepburn's mother brought him coffee, and then went to prepare dinner, giving Shen Long and Hepburn a separate space by the way.

"Audrey, I haven't seen you for more than a month, I feel like you're beautiful again!" Shen Long praised, this is not nonsense, after a short career as an actor, Hepburn's temperament has become more charming.

"Fredo, how do you know I like this pastry?" Audrey Hepburn looked at the dessert on the table and loved it.

"Actually, I didn't know, I just walked on the street and saw this store, I don't know why I involuntarily walked in, I chose these kinds, I didn't expect it to be just right for your appetite, maybe this is God's arrangement!" Hepburn is only eighteen years old this year, and a girl her age must love this romantic tone.

"Actually, I'm also very good at making some desserts, and if I have the chance, I'll make them for you to taste." Shen Long took the opportunity to say, needless to say Chinese dim sum, Liao Jie's craftsmanship can be called top, and with his cooking skills, most of the Western desserts can guess the method after tasting it, and after trying it a few times, it may be able to overshadow the original maker.

"Really? You didn't lie to me, did you? You're a businessman, you can write scripts, and now you can even make desserts, how many things do you have? Hepburn was impressed.

"Audrey, in your presence, I will not tell any lies; I will live in Anheng for these two days, if you have time, you can try it tomorrow, let's go buy eggs, flour, fruits, and then make desserts together? "Two people doing the same thing together is a great way to build a relationship.

"But tomorrow morning I have ballet lessons." Hepburn was a little entangled, she certainly wanted to go, but did she think it was too fast? After all, this was the second time she saw Shen Long.

"It's okay, I can wait for you to get out of class; Then let's talk about the movie. Shen Long added another fire, "Tell me the story of Princess Anne." ”

Hepburn was moved, nodded and agreed; At this time, Hepburn's mother also prepared a meal and served it, although the material resources are relatively scarce now, Hepburn's mother still did not let go of elegance and prepared exquisite food as much as possible.

It just so happens that Shen Long is also a chef, and his just right praise made Hepburn's mother smile, and her impression of Shen Long was much better, but she was still reluctant to let Hepburn go to the United States, "Mr. Corleone, Audrey has been learning ballet for almost ten years, I don't want her to give up so many years of hard work, I have contacted the British ballet school, maybe next year or the year after tomorrow, I will go to the UK to study." ”

"With all due respect, Mrs. Hepburn, Audrey is already one meter seven tall now, right? This height is not easy to develop in the ballet world, I remember there is an unspoken rule in this industry, you can't be the principal if you are more than 1.7 meters tall, because if you are too tall, you can't find a suitable actor to do the lifting movement. Shen Long remembered that Hepburn had to give up ballet because of his height and physical development, and after returning to New York, he specifically asked someone for consultation.

"Yes, but Audrey is just 1.7 meters, maybe you can try." Mrs. Hepburn was a little frustrated.

"I know that ballet has always been Audrey's dream, but the truth is that sometimes it is so cruel, Audrey is not only a matter of height, but her body is also too thin, and her muscle development is obviously poor, it is impossible to withstand the high-intensity training and performance demands of ballet." Shen Long said slowly.

The mother and daughter's eyes were red at the same time, which was all due to the damn war, during which Hepburn could only rely on eating tulip balls to survive, causing her to be chronically malnourished and delayed her development.

"Mrs. Hepburn, Audrey, God will surely open a window for you when he closes a door; Although it is difficult for Audrey to become a balletmaster, she can shine on another stage; Opportunities rarely arise, and when they do, you must seize them. Shen Long deliberately quoted Hepburn's favorite quote.