Boston, Sunday afternoon, November 24th.
I watched the afternoon screening of "Wonder Woman 2" with my three sons and my daughter Annette, who came to the United States to visit me. On the way back to my residence on foot, I listened to the three boys and my daughter discussing the film animatedly, and it was quiet. Maria Bezluk, who was walking beside the children, couldn't help but feel a sense of pride in her heart.
This is a movie he led the production of.
And in her belly, there was one of his little guys.
Human beings are positional creatures.
Thinking about the news about "Wonder Woman 2" that she saw in the newspapers in the past two days, compared to last year's "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" when she was on the outside, Maria felt more personally the creation of a little man. How powerful Daenerys Entertainment is in the United States.
On the first day of November 22nd, which is regarded as a midnight show, "Wonder Woman 2" only earned 35.61 million U.S. dollars at the box office on its first day, which was higher than last week's new film called "Star Trek 8" in its first seven days. The box office is even higher. Judging from the box office trend yesterday and Saturday, the media has predicted that this movie will once again achieve a box office of over 100 million in the first three days.
The box office reached 100 million US dollars in three days. Maria couldn't help but convert it into the currency units of Ukraine and the former Soviet Union, and she felt even more shocked.
The person who created this miracle happened to be the father of the child in her belly, so the various emotions that emerged involuntarily in her heart made Maria's already weakening sense of strangeness towards him because of a certain child disappear even further. In fact, because it often took him a week or two to come and see me, some resentment arose unknowingly.
After walking leisurely for more than 20 minutes with the children from the nearby community cinema back to the manor where they lived, Maria and her four children had just entered the door when they saw Angourie Davis guarding the door of the villa.
The housekeeper greeted the children, waited for the siblings to come in, and then said to Maria who had stopped in anticipation of something: "Ms. Bezluk, the weather is so cold now, you should ask the driver to take you out, and It’s not such a long way.”
Of course, Maria understood that the housekeeper was caring about her unborn child, and explained: "It doesn't matter, my hometown is much colder than Boston."
"You still have to pay attention." Angre always abides by his duties in front of his master. After just a little dissuasion, he stopped saying more and said: "Besides, I will return to New York soon. Angre Ms. Rui, if anything happens, you can call me at any time."
"Okay," Maria nodded, hesitated for a moment, and glanced at the children in the living room guiltily, then asked the housekeeper in a low voice: "Ange, what has he been busy with recently?"
"Wonder Woman 2 was released recently, you must know this. Besides, it's Thanksgiving soon, and the boss can't spare the time," Angre said, and before Maria showed too much disappointment, he continued: "However, the boss will definitely come to the East Coast in the early days of December, because then the Westeros Tower in Manhattan will be topped out."
In early December, no matter which day it is, it will definitely be at least a week later.
However, I finally have some hope.
Angora Davis discussed some trivial matters with Maria again, and did not forget to say goodbye to the four children before leaving with a few entourages.
Return to New York by helicopter in the evening.
The housekeeper had just landed and rushed by car to arrange a send-off for Jian Xin and Tao Yuelei. The two Oriental girls returned to China today. As the recent favorites of her boss, she wanted to pay more attention to them.
JFK International Airport.
Jian Xin and Tao Yuelei were arranged to fly a Gulfstream V ultra-long-range business jet this time. Although it was inevitable that they would have to stop in Hawaii, it also filled the two girls with the excitement of returning home in glory. In any case, he only came to the United States for more than half a year and was able to return by private jet. If relatives and friends know this, even if they think of certain things, it will probably be difficult to have any prejudice.
In this era, private jets are almost a legend in China.
Saying goodbye to the housekeeper who came to see them off, as well as friends such as Roberta and Anneliese, Jian Xin and her two daughters boarded the Gulfstream V, and the private plane soon departed.
It was already around 5pm Beijing time on Monday when we finally arrived at our destination.
The location is Capital Airport.
In this day and age, only big shots can use private jets in China. Furthermore, the two girls were accompanied by several foreign women as attendants. The airport staff were even more attentive in welcoming them. Some people recognized Jian Xin and the two girls, although they did not ask for them. Signatures and the like, but for the two international supermodels who have appeared on "Eastern Time and Space" and are very popular in China recently, the words are full of compliments.
I was originally timid about being close to my hometown, but after doing this, the estrangement that had not arisen in the first place quickly dissipated.
As soon as they walked out of the airport, the two women saw a girl who was still arrogantly wearing high heels and seemed to be two meters tall. She rushed over and hugged them enthusiastically. They were so affectionate that they almost kissed them in public, so they attracted another The stares from passengers around the airport.
After Zhu Momo greeted the two girls, he introduced the woman next to him who was also tall and had a slight resemblance to her with her raised eyebrows. It was her aunt Mo Wuling who became the girl's personal assistant under the arrangement of Zhu Momo's mother.
Finally, it was the turn of a woman with short hair and a smart look in a black women's suit next to her.
We had contacted him many times in advance, so of course we knew each other.
An Xiaohan.
President of the Chinese branch of Elite Model Agency.
Elite's headquarters is located in Shanghai, which is more open. However, because it was arranged in advance to discuss some work in Beijing tomorrow, everyone gathered here.
After such pleasantries, a group of quite eye-catching women walked towards several luxury cars waiting outside the airport.
Zhu Momo, who had a lot to talk with the two sisters, took the initiative to squeeze into a car with Jian Xin. When the car started, the girl couldn't help but throw herself on Jian Xin, who was sitting in the middle, and acted affectionately while watching the other side. Tao Yuelei felt guilty inexplicably, but secretly reached a tacit understanding and planned to squeeze Zhu Momo out.
"That's it, let's live together in the courtyard in Mao'er Hutong tonight. Just say that we will talk by candlelight at night, and my aunt will never find any excuse to stop me."
When Jian Xin heard what Zhu Momo said, she half-joked: "You have broken up with Simon. Isn't it appropriate to live in Simon's house again?"
Zhu Momo was still clinging to Jian Xin. Because she was so excited after not seeing each other for a long time, she didn't feel the temptation in her tone. Instead, she said: "I didn't want to break up. It was all arranged by my mother."
Tao Yuelei on the other side changed the topic slightly and asked: "Momo, how is the filming of your movie going?"
"The filming started at the beginning of October. I didn't have many roles, and the filming was completed at the end of the month. Moreover, the film was all finished last week and is in the post-production period," Zhu Momo said without forgetting to draw inferences: "However, "Crouching Tiger" "Hidden Dragon" was not so easy. Not only did she have to travel all over the country, but she was also very tired, especially the martial arts scenes. Youhu also said on the phone last week that she fell while hanging wire on a lake and was so exhausted after falling into the water. I don’t want to be rescued, and I think drowning in the lake is easier than filming.”
"Is it so scary?"
"Yeah, it's a martial arts drama. You're flying around, but you don't really have Qinggong."
Jian Xin asked again: "Then what are you doing recently?"
"The main thing is to take classes at the Chinese Opera," Zhu Momo said, and suddenly felt a little wilted: "Simon has said that I am not suitable to be an actor. The filming of "If You Have Something to Say" is just to show my face, but my mother … Anyway, I’m stuck in the drama now, and my mother asked Simon to arrange a spot for me as an auditor.”
Listening to Zhu Momo's complaining tone, Jian Xin smiled and said, "Aren't you satisfied with this? How many people want to get into the drama but can't."
Zhu Momo sat up straight and pouted dissatisfiedly: "How about we change?"
Jian Xin immediately shook her head: "I won't change."
Zhu Momo looked at her with disdain, then thought of something, took out a box of discs from her bag, and said to the two women: "Look, I bought them at a roadside pirated disc stall. They have all five editions." , the vendor said that the sales have been very good recently. This is the VCD of the fifth Victoria’s Secret show. I think this must have been arranged by Simon. Not only did he push you two to CCTV, but the show will not be held until November 18th. How come it almost appeared on the air at the same time here, with Chinese subtitles, faster than domestic pirated movies."
Feeling Zhu Momo's sour tone, Jian Xin took the disc and looked at it.
The outer plastic box is very beautifully made. In addition to the words "Victoria's Secret Underwear Show", the photos of the two women are very conspicuous among the silhouettes of supermodels.
Tao Yuelei also poked her head over to watch, and quickly determined that the man must have arranged it for them. Just like the last CCTV interview, the other party needed some footage from the Victoria's Secret show as material, and someone took the initiative to send it to them without them needing to contact them. come over. Moreover, after the interview about them in "Eastern Time" was broadcast last week, in recent days, just the active contact from relatives and friends in China made them realize the impact of the whole thing.
I didn't expect that this would happen again.
After looking at it for a while, Jian Xin couldn't wait to see the contents of the disc, but she didn't forget Zhu Momo next to her, and asked: "By the way, Momo, how are Jill and Annie doing lately?"
In fact, the two girls Jian Xin and Jill Pecter from China have more frequent contact than Zhu Momo. They said hello in advance when they came back this time. Because of something unexpected, Jill and the two did not come to greet them. .
After the initial excitement and joy of meeting again after a long separation, Zhu Momo gradually calmed down and felt some of Jian Xin's alienation and temptation. When Jian Xin asked about another idea, Zhu Momo did not hesitate and said: "Jill and the others have been working together recently. Negotiating a large-scale villa real estate project, it is said that the total value is 1 billion, I have been very busy recently." At this point, Zhu Momo still couldn't hold it back and asked: "You must know these things, right?"
Jian Xin nodded calmly: "Yes, but it's definitely not as detailed as you know here."
"Actually, I don't know much. If I hadn't concealed it well, I'm afraid my mother would have wanted back the money I left with Jill."
Simon gave several girls a lump sum of living expenses, 1 million US dollars, which was not much, but the girls did not spend it immediately, but used it as investment funds.
Jian Xin paused when she heard Zhu Momo talk about this, but she didn't say anything more, but the atmosphere in the carriage changed a lot without her realizing it.
It was already dusk when we returned to the courtyard house in Maoer Hutong, Nanluogu Lane.
Jian Xin and her group had just settled into their rooms under the welcome of the Jiang Shan Wu sisters. Jill Peckett and Zhao Anni also rushed back. Compared to Zhu Momo, who was rejected, Jian Xin and the others were still close to Jill and the others. , another round of pleasantries.
Afterwards, Chen Qing, who had been busy outside for a whole day, did not return until it was completely dark.
Lin Su has been following the China Telecom IPO in the south recently, which is getting closer and closer to the road show, while Chen Qing is away from home and busy with her own work.
Back at his residence, Chen Qing, who had been tired for a day, simply greeted Jian Xin and the two girls, and then couldn't wait to take a hot bath to relax.
Today is really tiring.
The main reason was that I went to a large yamen in Dongcheng District in the morning, and was personally received by a senior leader, who talked about some Ukrainian matters.
To a certain extent, Chen Qing asked for this.
In a recent email correspondence with his boss, Simon mentioned that Carlyle would send an inspection team to Ukraine to try to tap some engineering machinery talents from the former Soviet Union to China to cooperate with the industrial layout here. He also casually talked about Black Sea shipbuilding. Factory and the like.
Chen Qing later investigated and understood what the 'Black Sea Shipyard' meant, so she accidentally mentioned it when discussing the real estate project in Haidian District with an official in the capital two days ago.
Unexpectedly, it only took two days for him to be noticed by the top, and today he was directly called over for some investigation.
Of course you know what it wants.
However, regarding this matter, Chen Qing did not dare to pull the flag. There was not much she could do. Moreover, everyone knows that even though the former Soviet Union is now in chaos and ruin, it is still closely watched by the West in many aspects, especially various cutting-edge technologies. It is absolutely difficult for the country to obtain it, even if it uses some private means. .
Otherwise, the world would have become technologically unified long ago.
However, Chen Qing certainly did not forget to take advantage of the opportunity to sell well, saying that she would do her best, and also mentioned that she had direct business dealings with Ukraine, which was actually very convenient.
Now that I'm talking to her, it's obvious that the higher-ups already know.
In any case, the future will definitely be good for Carlyle's several major projects and even the foreign trade business in her hands.
As for the above expectations, Chen Qing can only do what she can.
After all, some things could lead to death if played too much, and she didn't want to get involved too deeply.
After the important meeting in the morning, the afternoon was busy again.
You can't go home until dark.
Soaking in the comfortable bathtub, Chen Qing carefully reorganized a certain meeting this morning in her mind. Unknowingly, more than half an hour had passed.
After taking a shower, it was already dinner time.
When everyone came to the restaurant and sat down, Chen Qing slightly welcomed the arrival of Jian and Xin, but her thoughts quickly turned to the rose garden project that Jill Peckett was responsible for.