After hanging up the phone from his mother, Lin Zhao soaked in the bathtub for more than half an hour, still distracted by his thoughts, and then got up.
Putting on a bathrobe and just walking out of the bathroom, Lin Zhao saw Xia Panxi sitting at the computer desk in the corner of the bedroom, hurriedly putting the Hermès handbag she had brought back next to her. He turned around and saw Lin Zhao frowning slightly, Xia Panxi Pointing to the computer screen awkwardly: "I'm just taking a look, Sister Lin, this bag is so expensive. It costs 7,000 US dollars, so it's close to 60,000 yuan. This is only overseas, and it can't be sold in China."
Within a few days of moving into the mansion, Xia Panxi, who had no education but was very smart, learned how to use the computer in the bedroom, and searched on the Internet for everything around her, from mahogany furniture to soap brands. At this stage, the information on the Chinese Internet is still very scarce, but it is still very fruitful.
In short, every aspect of this mansion can only be described as luxurious.
Even the seemingly inconspicuous curtains are from LV.
Xia Panxi didn't know LV at first, so she clumsily learned to search in English.
There is no wall in the country yet.
Lin Zhao just glanced at the computer screen in front of Xia Panxi and walked to the closet silently. It didn't really matter. The business card he got at the cocktail party in his handbag was taken away by Jiangshan Wu before he came back, leaving only small items such as makeup mirrors. .
Lin Zhao picked out a nightgown from the closet and put it on, turned around and walked towards the big bed, lifted the quilt and got in directly.
I am so tired today.
sleepy.
Seeing this, Xia Panxi also turned off the computer, washed herself gently, put on her pajamas, and climbed into the big bed.
There is only one bed in the bedroom.
This is the only thing that some girls are not too satisfied with about the big house. In addition to the nine people, two and a half, there are also three people who squeeze into one bed.
Of course, this dissatisfaction is actually trivial.
Among the girls selected by Chen Qing, only those with the best family backgrounds were like Lin Zhao. Ever since they were young, they have never been so comfortable and comfortable in the past few days.
When the lights dimmed, Lin Zhao lost sleep again.
He quietly turned over, lying on his back and looking at the dark ceiling, sorting out all the details of the whole day.
It was a world she had never dared to imagine.
However, what Lin Zhao was most curious about at the moment was who was the boss that Chen Qing had mentioned many times that day, intentionally or unintentionally.
Combining the information in his mind, Lin Zhao could only confirm one thing. The boss should not be Chinese. Whether it is the business with Vanke that costs 1 billion, or the golf villa area with an investment of 2 billion at the foot of Xiangshan Mountain in the western suburbs, it is not the current domestic business. The rich can afford it.
Maybe it’s the super-rich Chinese in Southeast Asia.
But, who is it
Lin Zhao didn't know much about this. All she could think of were the Li family and the Huo family in Hong Kong.
It's just obvious but not like it.
Could it be a wealthy Chinese family from the West
There should be quite a lot of this.
But she knew even less about it.
In any case, he must be very, very rich.
After wondering for how long, Lin Zhao thought of another thing and finally said: "Hello?"
Xia Panxi, who was next to him, was obviously not asleep either, so he responded, "Huh?"
"Do they all know today?"
Xia Panxi paused and realized that it was about Chen Qing's confession to them at breakfast today. She responded affirmatively in the darkness: "I know."
Lin Zhao hesitated slightly and asked, "Is anyone... leaving?"
"No, there are still nine of us," Xia Panxi said, moving beside him, turning to Lin Zhao, and asked curiously: "Sister Lin, have you seen the boss that Mr. Chen mentioned today?"
Lin Zhao shook his head: "I didn't see it."
"How come... I mean, why did you go to the premiere of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon?"
"Mr. Chen arranged it."
"So, you must have met Fa Ge, and Li Youhu?"
"Um."
"Do you want an autograph?"
"No."
"Why didn't you ask for an autograph? What a great opportunity."
Lin Zhao remembered that before the premiere, Chen Qing took her to meet with the main creators of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". She was just a vase who couldn't even talk to her. How could she have the chance to ask for an autograph? What's more, then In this situation, if you ask for an autograph, it would be strange if you don't get scolded by Chen Qing.
Then there is the reception after the premiere.
At that time, Lin Zhao wished he could become invisible, and he was not taken by Chen Qing, and he did not dare to take the initiative to say hello to Fa Ge and others.
Seeing that Lin Zhao didn't respond, Xia Panxi waited for a while, then spoke again, tentatively: "Sister Lin, you, um, do you want to leave?"
Want to leave
Returning to Changsha, returning to the building materials company where she had just found a job as a financial assistant, and continuing to endure the covetousness of her colleagues and boss, and even the warning of the boss's wife who patrolled the company eight times a day
Or, holding it against their chests, according to Chen Qing, this pair of darlings will find a new job.
The cycle goes back and forth.
As Chen Qing said, perhaps the best way out for her after leaving here is to find a man with a good fortune to marry, and then become a housewife, raise her husband and raise her children, and live in silence for the rest of her life. After all, with her appearance, no man would want her to show up frequently. The better the family background of the man she found, the more likely this would be.
However, if it were before, that would actually not be unacceptable.
People always have to accept their fate.
However, when the door to another world opened to her and she saw the scenery, Lin Zhao suddenly couldn't imagine what it would be like to return to her previous life.
Um.
In order to pay high school sponsorship fees for her younger brother Lin Yan, who is not good at studying, her parents have spent most of the 10,000 yuan she just received a few days ago. If she wants to leave, the family will not be able to afford it at once. So much money.
Is this a reason to stay
Lin Zhao thought with some deception to himself, sleepiness came over him, and he finally fell asleep.
Seeing that there was no movement from Lin Zhao around him, Xia Panxi waited for a long time. After all, he regretted that he could not hear the snoring and was a little disappointed. If Lin Zhao snores while sleeping, which is such a disgrace to the scenery, she will definitely be driven away by Mr. Chen.
Xia Panxi was ready to file a complaint tomorrow if she found out.
After all, among the nine girls, it is obvious that Lin Zhao is the best, both in terms of appearance, qualifications and knowledge.
In comparison, Xia Panxi considers herself to be in the upper echelon of the nine girls in terms of appearance. Unfortunately, as Chen Qing teased her unceremoniously at breakfast, she has not even finished junior high school.
Initially I worked in a factory.
Then, at the beginning of this year, after my 18th birthday, I gradually realized my body and appearance, and said goodbye to the small cotton mill in my hometown and county, as well as a lot of matchmakers and suitors who were considered good in the county. Xia Panxi and Some fellow villagers went to Guangzhou together.
She heard that there were many opportunities there, and no matter what happened, she hoped to find a rich man.
It's a pity that apart from this body, she knows nothing. When she arrives in Guangzhou, she can only work part-time. Fortunately, she is very smart and has been trying to find opportunities. She has also resisted some temptations that she should not touch. In fact, she is still waiting for a price. .
So I came across this opportunity.
Mr. Chen made it very clear in the morning that according to Southern theory, they must only be considered mistresses and mistresses. However, not to mention other things during this period, just thinking about the handbag worth 60,000 yuan that Lin Zhao brought back tonight, Xia Panxi understood that if she missed it, she would probably never encounter such a good opportunity again in her life. .
No matter what, grab it.
The next day is Friday, September 5th.
After the premiere, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" officially opened on a large scale in China.
The girls obviously didn't sleep well last night, so they all got up late. Anyway, they already understood that the so-called training was just a formality.
Lin Zhao got up a little earlier and came to the restaurant. There were already three girls gathering together to have breakfast and watch TV.
There are three girls divided into a group, named Zhao Li, Zhuo Wei and Ban Chuxue. Lin Zhao thought a little boredly that it was probably because the three people were too crowded that he couldn't sleep well and got up early.
After saying hello, Lin Zhao asked the waitress for breakfast and sat down at the large dining table.
Look towards the turned on TV.
A local station in Beijing, at this time, basically has morning news.
At this time, we are talking about the reception of a group of young foreign guests by the Forbidden City yesterday.
Lin Zhao found that the so-called foreign guests were all girls, and they looked young.
Zhao Li on the other side has already said: "It's so irritating that people are more popular than others. Even if others visit the Forbidden City, it will make news."
Zhuo Wei smiled and said: "Who told you that you were not born in a foreign country."
Ban Chuxue said again: "It seems like they are just a group of little girls?"
"Those are also foreign guests," Zhuo Wei said, "but they all look quite mature."
"Foreigners are like this. They seem to age quickly."
"Yeah, I've heard that too."
"Um, um, Hilton, I think I've heard of it. By the way, I remembered it, Hilton Hotel. Those sisters don't have anything to do with Hilton Hotel, right?"
"Hilton is just a surname. It should not be relevant. Just like in China, Zhao Qian, Sun Li, and Zhao Qian, Sun Li, will never have anything to do with the same surname."
"I think it's possible. If it wasn't the Hilton at the Hilton Hotel, how could it be in the news?"
After talking like this for a while, Zhao Li probably found it boring. He picked up the remote control and changed the channels a few times. Soon, reports about yesterday's premiere of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" appeared on the TV screen.
Even more coincidentally, the scene of Lin Zhao walking on the red carpet appeared again.
The three girls stopped changing channels. Listening to the reports on the TV, they couldn't help but look towards Lin Zhao.
Lin Zhao felt guilty when he saw this scene. The waiter happened to serve breakfast, so he picked up the tableware and lowered his head.
Zhao Li and the other three were actually very curious, but they had already hit a wall last night. Seeing Lin Zhao being like this, they didn't ask any more questions and just whispered to themselves.
Other girls soon came in.
The topic happened to be "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", so we started chattering together.
Finally, the girl named Bezi, who was sitting closest to Lin Zhao, asked Lin Zhao again: "Sister Lin, you must have read it yesterday, right? What is it about?"
Lin Zhao paused. She was in a daze during the whole process last night. She didn't remember much. She could only say: "Probably, it was about a sword, and several people were fighting for it."
"Is it similar to the story of "Eternal Dragon Slayer" where everyone grabs the dragon-slaying knife together, the supreme martial arts master, and the sword slays the dragon, and whoever gets it can command the world?"
"No," Lin Zhao shook his head: "Anyway, if you want to know, you can take the time to see it yourself."
Everyone saw Lin Zhao looking confused and had some doubts about what she was doing at the premiere yesterday, but no one asked and returned to the discussion of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".
"It should be able to break 100 million this time. Jet Lee's "Taken" failed to break 100 million some time ago. Now it should be more than 70 million. I went to see it with my family. It's such a good movie. It's a pity. "
"It's not just because of piracy, now everyone watches VCD. My family is considering buying one."
"I heard that "Taken" was cut a lot. It's two hours in the United States, but it's only 103 minutes here, so it's best to wait for the VCD original version, which will definitely be more exciting."
"Won't "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" also be cut?"
"Who knows."
"It shouldn't be cut, at least not that much. You didn't watch the news. All the big leaders attended the premiere."
"Does that have anything to do with whether the film is cut or not? I think it might result in more cuts."
"It still depends on the subject matter. In a martial arts film, there can't be anything taboo, even if it's a little bloody, it's natural."
"I really want to go and see it right away, there is Brother Fa."
"Yeah, brother Ma, he was so handsome in "A Better Tomorrow"."
"Shh, don't forget your current status, little girl. If... that, that boss knows about it, he will probably be jealous."
"What are you, Pei Sizhu, it seems that you are not the same."
After breakfast, some girls have made an appointment to watch "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" together in the afternoon.
Unfortunately, the opposite happened.
At nine o'clock, Chen Qing's Jiang Shanwu arrived on time, brought a group of followers, and gathered the girls together. The first question was to ask everyone if they had thought about it and if anyone wanted to leave.
No.
So continue.
This time, a complete set of training courses were offered, covering all aspects of body shape, etiquette, makeup, health, cooking, tea art, foreign languages, etc. Some were compulsory and some were elective, but the overall goal was to train a group of girls in the direction of noble ladies.
It took a whole morning just to arrange the training plan according to the different personal conditions of the nine girls.
After lunch, several cars took the girls away from the mansion in the afternoon. They spent the entire afternoon conducting a more detailed second physical examination, which they had already done during the interview stage in various places.
After a busy day, we waited anxiously for the next day. No one was eliminated due to physical examination, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.
So the tight schedule begins.
According to the Jiangshan Dance lady, it is still a three-month training. However, compared with the initial sloppiness, this time the courses are fully scheduled from 9 am to 5 pm every day, including lunch time where you can learn etiquette. It’s full, and sometimes there are activities at night.
Assessment is done every month.
After three months, the ones at the bottom will be eliminated, but the specific decision will be made by a certain boss whom they still don't know.
There is also some good news.
For three months of training, there would be a monthly allowance of 10,000 yuan. The original 10,000 yuan signed was not counted, so another 10,000 yuan was given.
Um.
That's how money is spent.
Furthermore, they were arranged to have their ID photos taken on Saturday, saying they needed to go through passport and visa procedures.
Obviously it means that they hope to go abroad in the future.
After confirming this, some of the last hesitations in the girls' hearts disappeared.
Go abroad!
It is something that many people dream of in this day and age.