Candice Bushnell deserves to be the woman who knows everything about Manhattan.
The few of them did not go to the well-known scenic spots frequented by foreign tourists. Throughout the afternoon, she took Eric and the three of them almost all over several major areas of Manhattan, such as the exquisite small galleries in Soho, the malls in Greenwich Village, etc. Craft shops, small bars where underground rock bands perform in the downtown area, authentic Chinese restaurants in the West Village, and more.
Of course, countless luxury brand stores all over Manhattan must be indispensable. Although these luxury goods are expensive in the eyes of ordinary people, to Eric, they are only equivalent to the price of a few lollipops. However, the three women, one big, two young, were smart enough to just look at it and not buy it, but Eric bought a few bottles of perfume in the Dior store and gave them to the three women. Anyway, it's men who enjoy perfume when women wear it.
In the end, Candice Bushnell even mysteriously took them to an old apartment on the Upper West Side, supposedly to visit a well-known psychic in Manhattan.
Eric is not an atheist, he believes that there are too many unknowable things in this world. However, Eric did not have any willingness to contact these things. So he didn't walk into the apartment with the three women.
After sitting in the car and waiting for more than 20 minutes, the three women came out of the apartment. Candice Bushnell had the same expression as usual, but the two girls looked at Eric with weird expressions. .
When they all got into the car, Eric asked, "What did the psychic tell you?"
Candace Bushnell shook her head and said with a smile, "I didn't ask anything. I just brought Giselle and Alexander over to have a look. I don't know what they asked."
Eric looked at Giselle and Alexander again, and the two girls shook their heads almost simultaneously.
"Okay, then I won't ask any more," Eric asked Candice, "Where are we going next?"
It was not yet five o'clock in the afternoon, but the winter weather was relatively short, and it was almost evening.
Candace Bushnell pointed to the street on the left: "There is Central Park over there. I don't have time to run too far today. Let's go there for a walk."
Eric nodded and motioned for the driver to drive east along 82nd Street, and in a blink of an eye he arrived at Park Avenue on the outskirts of Central Park.
After getting out of the car, he was discussing whether to go boating in the park, but Alexander tugged at Eric's sleeve, and pointed excitedly at a statue outside a building not far away: "I know it's there, it's the "Museum Wonderful Night, um, that, the stuff in it."
Eric looked over, and it turned out to be the American Museum of Natural History. He smiled and said, "If you're curious, go and have a look. It shouldn't be closed now, right?"
Candice Bushnell said: "No, there is still an hour. ?? ? Read a book"
The four came outside the museum and were about to walk up the steps, but Eric was attracted by a billboard hanging outside the museum. The advertisement said, "Journey to Amazon", imax super sensory visual experience" .
Candice Bushnell saw Eric stop suddenly, followed his gaze, and said: "This is a documentary that is being played in the imax auditorium. My friends and I have watched it before. It is very powerful. The screen is huge, as high as a five-story building, but unfortunately I heard that this technology can only play science and education documentaries within 40 minutes, if it can play movies, the feeling will definitely be more shocking.”
Eric nodded and said, "Let's go in and take a look at this."
"Okay, but hurry up."
With that said, the four of them bought tickets and walked into the museum, and quickly found the location of the imax screening hall, which happened to be the last screening of today.
Because it was almost closing time and there were not many tourists, the four of them easily found the best movie viewing position near the center.
After the lights were dimmed, the screen was turned on, and a large panorama shot from above suddenly appeared in front of you. The endless Amazon jungle seemed to rush towards your face, giving people a sense of immersive shock.
Of course Eric has experienced this feeling more than once, and Candace didn't show too much surprise. However, Giselle and Alexander, who saw this shocking visual scene for the first time, let out a faint exclamation at the same time.
Giselle had just snatched the seat next to Eric. At this time, she leaned into Eric's ear intentionally or unintentionally, and said with some regret: "I didn't expect the Amazon jungle to be so beautiful. Unfortunately, my family lives in the south of Brazil and I have never been there. Pass."
Eric felt the good smell of the girl's perfume, which was left over from the trial at the Dior store not long ago, and said: "The more beautiful things are, the more dangerous they are. I just went to the tropical rainforest in northern Australia not long ago. , It is said that there are hundreds of deadly poisonous snakes there, and it will kill people if you don’t pay attention. The Amazon jungle is much more dangerous than the Australian tropical rainforest.”
Although her attention is attracted by the immersive imax screen from time to time, Giselle is more willing to chat with Eric for a few more words, and she has nothing to say: "Australia, it's the same as my hometown, and it should be the same now. It's summer. Eric, what are you going to do in a place as dangerous as the Australian rainforest?"
Eric felt the imax screen in front of him, thinking about it in his heart, and it didn't prevent him from chatting with Giselle, saying: "The company has a movie filmed there, and I'm going to visit the set. One???? ? Speaking of reading, I am also very curious about Brazil, but unfortunately I dare not go.”
Giselle said in disbelief, "Eric, is there any place you dare not go?"
"Of course, I went to Mexico some time ago, and then I never dared to go again."
Of course Giselle paid attention to what happened some time ago, and said, "I think my hometown should, should be better."
However, when the girl said these words, her voice lowered unknowingly, and she seemed very confident. She remembered that more than half a year ago, she left her hometown in a small town in southern Brazil and rushed to Rio de Janeiro for the first time. Then, on the same day, her only $50 was stolen.
Eric noticed Giselle's expression and asked, "What unpleasant things did you think of?"
"Well," Giselle nodded, and talked about her own experience: "...that was all the money I had on me. At that time, I felt like the sky was falling. I cried for a long time alone on the street, and then I asked passers-by for money. A little money, I called back, but my father scolded me again, saying that I was too careless."
Eric listened quietly, with some emotion, few people's success is easy, and those who have experienced ups and downs will yearn for success even more. If there is no such bumpy experience, there will be no "Ji" who will hold the supermodel throne for a long time. Empress' gone.
"Speaking of which, these things may not be a bad thing for you. When you succeed in the future, these episodes will definitely become good material in your personal biography."
When Giselle heard Eric say this, she remembered what the psychic had said to her half an hour ago.
At that time, the woman who looked like a witch asked her what she wanted to know.
Of course, what she cares most about is her own career. After finally leaving Brazil, she never thought of going back in despair.
The psychic muttered into a crystal ball for a while, and then said that she recently met someone who shattered her original life trajectory, and even the person could not see what her future was like.
Giselle asked the other party what to do piously after hearing the words, but the psychic just shook his head, claiming that he couldn't see it, and was too troubled.
Giselle has always been a very smart and decisive girl. She immediately gave the other party the few hundred dollars left in her wallet. She has only been out for half a year, and she hasn't received many jobs at all, and even the living expenses are paid by the company.
The psychic, a kind of temperament, was obviously happy to see the banknote, muttered to the crystal ball for a longer time, and then told Giselle that she saw two people, and the rest was still a blur.
Two people
At this time, in the IMAX screening hall of the American Museum of Natural History, Gisele leaned forward, looked over Eric and Candice Bushnell, and looked at Alexander.
Eric happened to find them both recently, so it should be her.
Alessandra Ambrosio has been secretly paying attention to Eric's situation, noticing that Eric and Giselle seem to be chatting happily, feeling a little jealous and disappointed in his heart, seeing Giselle looking over, just about to disappear Sitting down, thinking of something, he still nodded slightly to Giselle.
After watching the documentary, it was almost closing time for the museum. The four of them left in a hurry. According to Candace’s suggestion, they found a restaurant for dinner. Eric sent Candice who lived nearby home first, and asked the two The girl's residence, and asked the driver to drive to the lower city.
The apartments arranged by the two brokerage companies for Giselle and Alexander are in the East Village of the lower city. The car drove to the destination, and there were old red brick apartments close to each other everywhere. The car stopped outside an apartment building , here is Alexander's residence, and Giselle's rental house happens to be not far from here.
The car stopped, Giselle and Alexander got out of the car, and Eric also got out of the car, looking curiously at the dark streets around. Although the sky had already darkened, Eric could still spot the street and New York at a glance. different from other places.
A major feature of the United States is that there are many cars. In Manhattan, most of the streets are full of cars of all kinds. But this dilapidated street looks empty at first glance. Obviously, the people who live here even buy cars. Great low-income people, and these neighborhoods are usually very chaotic.
Looking at the figures dangling in the dim street lights, Eric asked, "Are you safe living here?"
Although they had expected it in their hearts, neither Giselle nor Alexander thought that Eric would send them back.
After a day of getting along, Eric's mature, stable temperament and gentle and considerate personality made the two girls unknowingly develop a good impression of him, which made them not only lose their final restraint and anxiety, but instead looked forward something.
At this time, standing on the side of this already familiar street, the two girls were slightly startled, and at the same time felt a sense of loss in their hearts.
After hearing Eric's words, the girls realized that Alexander followed Eric's gaze and looked around, saying, "It's okay, the company has told us not to go out at night, um..." After hesitating for a while, Alexander plucked up his courage and said, "Eric, can you go up and sit down?"
Eric said: "You should have other roommates, right?"
"Well, the four of us live together, but it's okay, they will definitely welcome you."
"Forget it," Eric said with a smile, "I won't bother you, go up."
Alexander nodded regretfully, and reluctantly walked towards the apartment. Eric watched the girl enter the door, and said to Giselle beside him, "Get in the car."
Giselle pointed to the intersection not far away, and said, "It's on the street ahead, we can walk there."
There were two bodyguards in the car, and Eric was not worried about being robbed, so he nodded and said, "Okay."
The two walked forward side by side. Giselle moved closer to Eric while walking, hesitated for a moment, and carefully stretched out her arms to hold Eric. Seeing that he was just smiling, she felt relieved and hinted in a low voice. Said: "Eric, I'm the only one in my apartment."
Eric smiled and said, "Your company is quite generous, willing to rent an apartment for you alone."
"No, my roommates, they are all in Milan."
Eric also remembered that February is the day when several major fashion weeks will be held. Due to different legal regulations, New York Fashion Week will not use models under the age of 16, but in relatively open Europe, models can appear on stage at the age of 14, which is why most well-known models started in Europe.
If the guess is correct, the following Milan Fashion Week should be the stage where Giselle made her debut, but unfortunately she was suddenly recalled to the United States.
"I just want to meet you two. I didn't expect it to affect your work. Well, Milan Fashion Week should not have opened yet. It's not too late for you to fly back tomorrow, right?"
"It's okay," Giselle shook her head, "I want to stay in the United States and concentrate on preparing for the movie."
"Oh, there is nothing to prepare for your role," Eric shook his head, and said, "So let's go to Milan. If there is any problem, I can say hello to your company's senior management."
Giselle seemed to want to say something, but she nodded obediently.
The two walked to the intersection, turned a corner, and soon arrived outside Giselle's residence.
"Eric," Giselle was about to speak, remembering the situation when Eric rejected Alexander just now, hesitated for a while, leaned against Eric, and said in a low voice: "You can stay tonight Yes, and, I, in fact, I still…”
Having said that, the girl suddenly got stuck.
She was embarrassed to find that she didn't know how to say a certain English word.
In Portuguese, he probably doesn't understand.
Of course Eric realized what the girl was going to say. Seeing her suddenly stuck and embarrassed, he quickly understood what was happening. A smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. He stretched out his hand to pick Giselle's chin, leaned forward and kissed her lightly, and said: "Forget it tonight, but if this is the case, then let me keep it." (To be continued.)