British 1986

Chapter 239 Arnold: I will be like this person in the future.

There were several knocks on the door, and before Allen could answer, the study door was pushed open.

Li Zhi came in with a tray, put the small bowl on the tray in front of Allen and said, "Drink some hangover soup. What are you busy with?"

Shaking the information and jewelry in his hands, he glanced at the curious Li Zhi and said, "This is not the information you showed me. I want to think about how I can integrate them to maximize their value."

Li Zhi glanced at Allen and said strangely: "Do you British always like to measure everything by value? In fact, there are some things in these materials that I have no idea of ​​​​exchanging them for money."

Allen was stunned when Li Zhi said this.

Putting aside everything else, he even understood what Li Zhi had not yet said.

In addition to being free and having money, she probably really likes some old or traditional handicrafts.

However, with the development of the times and the impact of foreign culture, many traditional Chinese handicrafts are about to be lost.

She probably did this with the intention of doing her part.

Anyway, as far as Allen knows, the current solid wood furniture with traditional Chinese craftsmanship has been impacted by some modern craftsmanship furniture.

With plywood, exquisite hardware, novel layout design, and a touch of paint, this is high-end, western-style furniture.

The price is more expensive than traditional furniture, and the profit is much higher than traditional furniture.

Under the impact of such a market environment, many old and traditional products cannot adapt to the market and will gradually be eliminated as they cannot keep up with the market.

It has to wait until years or even decades later, when people really get rich and start to miss the past, and then the charm of the old things will be awakened.

Let's put it this way, even if it is an ordinary notebook now, if English is printed on the cover, it will look very foreign.

This is the current trend and no one can change it.

Allen's ideas are too idealistic. He simply wants these things to adapt to the market now and not deviate from the times.

But how long can the people who make these things last?

Even give them money to support them.

After taking a sip of the hangover soup, it didn't taste very good, so Allen pushed the bowl aside.

He pulled Li Zhi to sit on his lap and told her what he had just thought.

"Look, this is what I think. These things you made are very messy, but the cultural symbols are very distinct. I wonder if I can integrate them together. It's not that some crafts are inferior to others, but It’s about putting various crafts into use where they can be used.”

He held up the hairpin in his hand and said, "Just like this kind of craftsmanship, if it is made larger, can it be made into a large headdress, such as a crown?"

"crown?"

Li Zhi's eyes widened, and he leaned on Allen and said in surprise: "Why make it a crown?"

"Tsk"

Allen had no choice but to educate Li Zhi on the hidden benefits.

As we all know, there is a very special certification in Great Britain called royal certification.

There are currently three types of this certification.

The first is the Queen's Certification.

It is a product of certain brands. After being favored and approved by the Queen, you can actively submit an application, and then you can use the Queen's unique logo and instructions on the brand.

That big royal crown logo looks very intimidating. As long as the product is successfully certified, its value will definitely increase.

Allen had had this idea before, but his product was not yet qualified for certification, so he checked with his boss to deny it.

The second type of certification is the prince's certification, which is the certification of Prince Philip.

This is also a royal certification. The difference between it and the Queen's certification is that most of the products certified by the Queen are women's items, such as jewelry, perfume, bags, clothes, etc.

The prince certification is more male-oriented, such as civilized sticks, postman hats, suits, leather shoes, and even notebooks!

And the last third type is dual certification. Both the Queen and the Prince thought this thing was good, so they both gave it certification. This is the highest standard.

It can be understood as a product for the royal family.

It is estimated that if Boss Cha has his own crown prince certification in the future, he can add two new royal certifications.

As long as any brand has this kind of certification, the quality of the entire brand will be added to a new level.

Allen had no choice but to come up with a fake Earl certification. Many of his things had an Earl's crown logo that looked like a crown. It also had the same meaning and looked very high-end.

But in fact, it can fool the layman, and his behavior does not belong to official certification.

Li Zhi frowned and said: "Then the queen must like the crown before it can be certified, right? Is there a time limit for this certification?"

Allen chuckled and said: "As long as the jewelry is really good-looking, I am very confident in the certification. As for the time limit, certification is once every five years. This is one of the means to ensure product quality. As long as the first certification is successful, as long as the brand If there is no problem with the quality and quantity, there will be no problem with subsequent renewals.”

Allen hugged Li Zhi and told her about the prospects of this kind of thing. It's not like only nobles can carry this kind of thing. As long as it looks good and has a good reputation, some wealthy businessmen and rich people also like to buy these things.

Women can wear this kind of crown-like headdress when attending any banquet.

As long as they don't wear it blindly when attending banquets held by nobles, under normal circumstances, when the two classes are out of contact, whoever wants to wear it can wear it.

When those Hong Kong sisters were selected and ranked first, second, third and third, didn’t they also wear those little crowns?

After Allen said this, Li Zhi also became a little interested. When she didn't go to Wales to find Allen, to be honest, it was quite boring. She was not very good at doing business, so she could only go to the mainland to go shopping. With a small amount of money, I now see that the prospects are quite good, and I have new motivation.

He kissed Allen gently and said, "Master, it's getting late."

"Haha, let's go!"

After resting well in Xiangjiang for a few days, Allen met Shuzhen one after another, and the Korean sisters she had been helping to take care of, and arranged for them to go to Australia to study with Nicole. After explaining the rest of the little things, he looked at It wasn't long before Boss Cha came over.

In order to prevent him from running into people who came to visit him earlier, Allen came and left in a hurry without letting anyone see him off. He took a few bodyguards and boarded the plane back to Wales in a very low-key manner.

Cardiff International Airport, when you first hear the name, you may think that this place must be very luxurious, high-end, and very international.

But...in fact, places like Cardiff International Airport and Seoul International Airport are very similar.

They are all representatives who have only their name, gold and jade on the outside, and ruins on the inside.

The scale of the entire airport is very small. Think about a small city with a population of 20 to 300,000 people. Even if it is the capital of Wales, how big can its airport be? !

There are no high-rise buildings. The entire waiting room is just an ordinary large flat-floor hall. Whether buying tickets or waiting for the flight, it is like a very ordinary bank handling business hall in later generations.

Several rows of iron three-seat chairs, plus those iron fences, this is the entire waiting area of ​​Cardiff International Airport.

Standing in the back half of the terminal hall, you can also see the planes on the runway inside the airport through the windows.

Cameron was waiting for the plane with Arnold.

Today is the day for Arnold to return to the United States. Cameron, who is doing post-production special effects at the Cardiff office, personally drove Arnold to the airport.

Cameron is also regarded as Arnold's noble man. He has been using him since the first "Terminator", allowing Arnold to achieve the leap from a fitness boy to a small movie star.

The relationship between the two is quite good in private.

Just now, a staff member in the departure hall used a loudspeaker to announce that the boarding time would be postponed. The specific reason was not given.

There were only a dozen passengers in the waiting room.

Cameron got bored of waiting, so he invited Arnold and the two of them to stand by the trash can next to the window of the waiting room and smoke.

"Director, look over there!"

Arnold held a cigarette in his hand and pointed blankly to the side of the runway not far away.

Next to the usually empty runway, today there was a row of Land Rovers parked, with two old Bentley-looking cars at the front.

"Eh? Isn't that Mr. Allen's car?"

Cameron saw the two iconic Bentleys from a distance and recognized them at a glance as Allen's car. Plus, the figure on the runway looked like Butler Huth.

this.

The reason why the boarding time was delayed has been found. Mr. Allen is coming back, and the entire airport must give him the highest priority, even if his plane has not landed yet, but there is no way, this is Wales, This is how nobles are treated!

"That's Sir Allen's motorcade. Did you see the man standing in front? The one with a bit of a beer belly is Sir Hu Te. It seems that Sir Allen should be back today."

Cameron pointed to Arnold the motorcade in the distance and the middle-aged man standing beside the car.

"hiss"

Although the airport is not a big airport, and the place is not big, although I have seen many privileged behaviors before, but it was so aboveboard, even the plane he took had not even landed, and the boarding time of the entire airport passengers had to be delayed. Everyone The behavior of everyone having to give way to him still shocked Arnold.

This is the real privilege, an aboveboard privilege.

Having been filming in Wales for so long, Arnold has only seen the Lord from a distance, without even speaking to him, which he has always regretted.

But today's battle really stimulated Arnold.

If a man reaches this point, then he is truly a master!

rich?

What's the use of just having money?

This is power, real power, or hereditary power!

This is the true earth emperor.

Cameron looked at Arnold, who was staring blankly at the motorcade beside the runway at the airport, patted him on the shoulder and said, "What's wrong? Envy?"

It would be a lie to say that I am not envious!

Arnold nodded seriously, and an idea suddenly came to his mind.

I want to be like this Excellency in the future!

"Hahaha, when you do well in the film industry in the future and apply for dual citizenship, you may be able to accept the canonization of Her Majesty the Queen and become an honorary knight. But even if you become a knight, you will only be one more than an ordinary person. A little bit of privilege is not enough to reach the level of your Excellency."

Cameron comforted the young and energetic Arnold.

"Haha, director"

Arnold turned his head, his big rectangular face smiled ugly, but his eyes were extremely bright and said: "Director, thank you for taking me with you in this movie. I have learned a lot and seen you by following you for so long. A lot of stuff arrived, thank you!”

Cameron thought Arnold was being sentimental because he was about to break up, so he hugged Arnold and patted his shoulder to comfort him.

Arnold's eyes were fixed on the plane that had already landed and started taxiing. At this moment, some kind of ambition grew crazily in his heart. Great Britain needed a knighthood to do this, but in the United States, that was not necessarily the case!

From Adelaide, which has a certain colonial atmosphere, to Darwin, where natives gather, to Hong Kong, where flowers are blooming and people are crowded, and finally back to Wales, which is quiet and peaceful, even a little too plain.

Allen sat in the car on the way back and looked at the scenery outside the car window without saying a word.

He has walked this road many times, spanning several years.

But in the past few years, except for the changes in the seasons, the scenery outside the window will be slightly different.

Everything else, whether it's roads or buildings, are still the same. What they looked like a few decades ago will still be what they look like now, a few decades from now.

Maybe it will still be something like that.

"Click."

As the car bumped slightly, just like on the road out of the city, there was a small hole in the road. It's been a few years. Maybe someone could just shovel some dirt in and fill it up, but this hole is Still so stubborn.

Everything here existed a long time ago and will not change much. It has no vitality and is even a little lifeless.

This is what Americans often call the pedantry and twilight of the empire.

He turned his head and glanced at Hu Te, who had been looking at him with a worried expression since he got in the car, and said: "It's nothing. I just went out for a walk, and in the end I realized that it's better to be at home. I haven't been here recently. Time, are you okay at home?"

"Okay, young master, it's nothing big. The new castle has been started. In addition, your yacht plan has also been sent. I have put it in your study. Princess Christina also sent a gift and she called. I invited you to spend the summer in Spain, and I said you were on a business trip to Australia.”

"Um"

These are all things that require him to come back to continue, and Allen is used to it.

When he comes back this time, he plans to stay there for a while. The external situation is changing every day.

Thinking of this, Allen suddenly remembered something.

"By the way. Has Rex reported to you recently? What is that? What is his name? It's the little liar who was sent to Russia. Is there any news about him?"

How long has it been? People have been sent out, but there is no news. Could it be that they were killed?

It's not like Allen, who caught him and interrogated him for a few words. Finally, we can let him come out to work.

Go over there, and if you are caught accidentally, then...

Allen couldn't save him.

"Rex?"

Hu Te frowned and thought for a while. He hadn't seen Rex for a while. The last time he met was before Christmas last year. Did he ask Rex to come to the manor to get the reward from the young master?