[British and American Entertainment] The Road to True Love

Aglaia stayed with Tom on the set for another two days before returning to London. As soon as she got back, she immediately went to work. At the beginning of December, Ben gave Aglaia to revise three old songs, and Aglaia finally finished all the revisions.

She handed the "homework" back to Ben for review. After reading it carefully, Ben said that two of the songs had been revised and matured, but the other song still had some small areas that needed to be improved, and he took her to improve these areas together.

Ben also said with a smile: "Not bad, not bad, it's a little better than before, Aglaia, I hope you can keep it up, so that maybe in the near future, we can have an album that you arrange yourself."

Aglaia also happily replied: "I hope so too. This is the goal I have been pursuing." On the eve of the festival, the album was released.

Although there are a certain proportion of old songs in this album, the modification of these old songs can be regarded as giving it a new taste, so the sales volume is also good. After all, the festival is approaching, and there are still many people who are willing to buy an album to meet the occasion. of.

At Christmas, Tom really didn’t come back. He talked with Aglaia on the phone for almost half an hour on Christmas Eve, and said that he would definitely come back to spend the New Year’s Valentine’s Day with her, so he was reluctant to give up. hung up the phone.

Kronos and Maia sat aside, watching TV and staring at Aglaia's radiant face when she was talking on the phone from the corner of her eye. Ya was relieved to have the happiness she dreamed of.

As usual, the Christmas dinner is a cooperation between several brothers and sisters. Aglaia is in charge of baking dry flan, Kronos is in charge of roasting turkey for the main course, and Maia is making Christmas pudding, which she is relatively good at [Note 1].

Some people say that it is probably because the British eat only sandwiches almost every day on weekdays that they value this annual taste carnival more. Some people say that if after the Christmas dinner, the guests and family members can still wear their belts, Or still stand up, even if you haven't eaten well.

Aglaia's family doesn't have the problem of eating too much to stand up, because Marisa has paid attention to educating them on various etiquettes since they were young, especially dining etiquette. Out of style.

This is the third Christmas that the Aglaia family has spent in the company's dormitory. After dinner, when the siblings were cleaning up the dishes in the kitchen, Maia suddenly said, "Lea, when will we Being able to go back to LoveHouse for Christmas? I miss everything there."

The movements of Aglaia's hands paused, and then she looked at Maia's side face, and asked softly: "Does Maia miss LoveHouse?" Maia nodded and said, "Yes, I really do, there Although the environment is not as good as here, I like that place.”

Aglaia smiled, took off the housework gloves on her hand, touched Maia's head, and said, "Okay, if you want to go back, then we can go back soon, just be patient, my dear."

Seeing that Aglaya agreed, Maiya's eyes lit up. She knew that her sister would never lie to herself. If she said she could go back, she would definitely go back.

At night, after Maia fell asleep, Aglaia and Kronos were discussing about redecorating the LoveHouse in the living room. Aglaia asked, "Noth, what money do I have that I can use now? How many?"

Kronos said: "Leia, you don't need to worry about this at all, you already made a lot of money, plus I have been helping you with investment, now you don't talk about redecorating, you just buy it again There is absolutely no problem with several sets of single-family houses the same size as LoveHouse." [Note 2]

Aglaia touched her cheek with some embarrassment, and said, "Oh, really? I haven't paid attention to this, and I know you will take care of it for me. Well, if that's the case, we can have nothing to worry about. Carefully brought LoveHouse back to life.”

Kronos added: "I know a few solid interior decorators. After Christmas, I will take them to see LoveHouse and ask them to help design it. Leia, you tell me first, what do you think? Are there any special requirements for house design?"

Aglaia thought for a while and said: "There are not too many requirements. In fact, there are only two points. One is that I hope that the interior design of the house can be biased towards the retro style. I hope to reproduce the former glory of LoveHouse. The other is that I hope I can make a small garden in the open space behind the house. I don't have any other requirements."

Kronos nodded and said, "Okay, I'll figure it out. Aren't you going to be busy again after Christmas? Just leave it to me, and I'll get it right."

Aglea said: "Of course I'm not worried about your ability. I'm just worried about whether this will affect your studies? North, your school is in Oxfordshire, and you often go back to London to deal with things. Is it okay? convenient."

Kronos waved his hand indifferently and said, "Leia, you underestimate me too much. This little thing won't bother me. Besides, didn't I say that I just bought a car a while ago? Since there is a car, it is only about an hour’s drive from Oxfordshire to London [Note 3], don’t worry, it’s not a problem.”

Now that Kronos has said this, Aglaia is relieved. She knows Kronos's abilities, and he will not talk empty words. Since he said that there are reliable people to help, he will not appear. What's the problem, so Aglea also handed over the matter to Cronus.

About a week after Christmas, just after the holidays, people in various positions began to work one after another. When Aglaia met with a few acquaintances in the company, he found that the faces of Luca and Ben were obviously round. lap.

Jonathan was still dressed neatly as an elite. As soon as he saw Luka's fat face, he couldn't help but go up and poke his cheek, and laughed loudly: "Oh, Luka! Look at your face. Face, are you really middle-aged and starting to put on weight? Tell me honestly, have you been weighed recently? How much weight have you gained?"

Luka waved his hand away, and said angrily: "Fuck you! Men, appearance is not important, strength is the real ability! What's the matter with a little flesh, only people like you who love beauty will care about this! "

Seeing that Jonathan was about to reply again, Aglea quickly grabbed Jonathan and said, "By the way, Jonathan, I want to ask you about the commercial I'm about to shoot, let's go aside and talk. "

After pulling Jonathan for a distance, Aglaia said: "Jonathan, you deliberately teased Luka again, and you made him jump again, so I will argue with you again."

Jonathan straightened his coat and said with a smile: "Just quarrel, it's not the first time I've quarreled with him, you don't know, Luka looks like a frog every time he quarrels with me with staring eyes, It's so funny! Hahaha..." Aglaia glanced at him speechlessly, this Jonathan really did not want to explain.

Within a few days, the group who completed all the relevant procedures went to Germany to shoot the jewelry advertisement that had been confirmed last year. The brand of this jewelry is Thomas Sabo, an old German silver jewelry [Note 4].

This silver jewelry brand, founded in 1984, has been committed to creating high-quality sterling silver jewelry with a unique style from the very beginning. In terms of after-sales, it has followed the German style of rigor and conscientiousness, so it has always had a good sales situation.

In 2013, there are some differences for Thomas Sabo, because starting from this year, Thomas Sabo women's series will have a brand new name: GlamAndSoul, and starting from this year, all women's jewelry launched by Thomas Sabo will belong to GlamAndSoul. series, and Aglaia, also had the honor of being the first spokesperson for the rebranded series.

In addition to adhering to the three-color metal design concept that Thomas Sabo has always adopted, the new Thomas Sabo for spring and summer has added new highlights, such as the jewelry decorated with black and white zircon and mother-of-pearl, which is reminiscent of the "Arabian Nights" series of jewelry. , as well as various new jewelry shapes full of fun in life: starfish, dazzling sunflowers, small beetles and so on.

Along with the launch of the women's series GlamAndSoul, there is also the men's series RebelAtHeart [Note 5]. Although it is a men's series, there are still many of them that can be unisex, so Aglaia will interpret these two models .

Susanne Kolbli, the creative director of Thomas Sabo [Note 6] believes that Aglaia has the natural elegance of a British lady, and when she is an adult, she is even more charming and free and easy, which is very suitable for the new season's jewelry, so As soon as the finished design came out, she decided that Aglaia would be the spokesperson.

The shooting location was chosen in the historical town of Lauf on the Pegnitz River in Bavaria, Germany [Note 7], which is the headquarters of Thomas Sabo.

Accompanied by Jonathan, Alice and a German translator provided by the company, Aglaia arrived in Lauf Town and visited the headquarters accompanied by relevant personnel. The next day, the filming began.

In this shooting, Aglaia mainly has two styles, one is mainly white, with a simple dress and simple updo hair, which highlights the diverse charm of the GlamAndSoul series.

The other style was much more chic. Aglaia's long wavy hair was temporarily blown straight, and she put on a slim-fit black three-quarter-sleeve suit jacket with one button, but buttoned it up. There was no underwear or primer underneath.

The large expanse of fair skin exposed on the neckline of the suit, which is almost deep V, is covered by several necklaces of different lengths, which not only serve as a cover, but also serve as a decoration, sexy but not gaudy. 【Note 8】Susanne Kolbli who came to watch the shooting also said that she was very satisfied with this set of photos.

After the filming was completed, Aglaia proposed to Susanne Kolbli, hoping to customize a RebelAtHeart iris series cufflinks.During the shooting, Aglea noticed this cuff, with a simple iris design, a black bottom plate, and a silver three-dimensional iris decoration, which looks very generous [Note 9].

Aglaia took advantage of the opportunity and remembered that Tom's birthday would be coming in more than half a month, so he came up with the idea of ​​customizing cufflinks.

Susanne naturally agreed, and asked Aglaia if she had any special requirements. The girl proposed that she hoped to replace the original black-plated bottom plate of the cufflinks with black zircon inlays, and put them on the cufflinks. On the back, engrave the words "T·H" in curly script.

Susanne asked her assistant to write down these requirements, and said that the finished product would be available in two weeks at the latest. Aglaia calculated the time and thought it should be in time for Tom's birthday, so she happily paid the deposit and left Thomas Sabo's house. Headquarters, stayed at a hotel in Munich, the capital of Bavaria, at night.

Because the filming ended ahead of schedule, there are still many days left on the visas of Aglaia and his team, and there is still a lot of time before the next work arrangement. Jonathan generously expressed that he would give everyone a few days off so that they can have fun in Bavaria some.

Aglaia and Alice cheered, and each gave Jonathan a grateful hug. Alice even almost messed up Jonathan's hairstyle, causing Jonathan, who has always paid attention to his image, to almost explode.

The accompanying German translator was also a young girl named Fenty. Everyone was in their early twenties and they got to know each other very quickly. The three girls immediately decided to go out for fun the next morning.

They originally tried to invite Jonathan, but Jonathan lazily crossed his legs and lay in the hotel cafe with an appearance of "I'm an old man and I want to rest". The three girls were very disappointed and simply ignored him. I went out by myself.

Several people have a clear division of labor, and Fenty, who is fluent in German, is responsible for diplomacy, which means asking for directions, reading street signs, reading maps, and so on.Aglaia, who has a big wallet, is in charge of finances. To put it bluntly, she is responsible for giving money, while Alice is in charge of logistics, which are actually all kinds of other miscellaneous things.

After the division of labor was completed, the three girls rented a car, driven by Fenty, and went straight to the famous Neuschwanstein Castle.Fenty's driving skills are good. Although the rented car is a second-hand car and the condition of the car is not very good, Fenty still drives very steadily. They set off at 12:10 in the morning and arrived in Fussen at around [-]:[-] noon. 【Note [-]】

After they had some simple German-style lunch in the town, they arrived at Neuschwanstein Castle, found an English-speaking tour guide, and accompanied by the tour guide, they toured this fairy-tale castle.

When I visited the castle for most of the time, perhaps because I lingered too much on the exquisite interiors and beautiful paintings inside the palace, when Aglaia came back to her senses, she found that she had fallen behind and could no longer find Aglaia. Liz, Fenty and the guide disappeared.

She frowned, and tried to find them by herself, but she couldn't find them, so she had to come out of the castle, go to an open space in the center of the castle, sit down on the long stone steps beside the space, and took out her mobile phone Send a message to Alice and tell them that he is waiting for them here.

There was more than one guest from Aglaia on the stone steps. A few steps below Aglaia sat a middle-aged man in a gray woolen suit and a brown felt hat, holding a gun in his hand. A cane with a black and silver tip, resting against it. 【Note 11】

Although she was a little curious about the simple pattern on the head of the man's cane, Aglaia didn't stare at him all the time for the sake of politeness. She quickly looked away and took out her thermos cup from her bag, which contained When she was eating at noon, she asked the owner of the restaurant to fill her with hot water to quench her thirst and keep out the cold.

Before she could take a sip, the middle-aged man at the bottom of the stone steps suddenly coughed violently. Aglaia thought about it, put her bag on her back, and held her thermos cup and the lid of the cup filled with hot water. He got up, walked to the man's side and sat down, handed him the lid of the cup in his hand, and tentatively said in English: "Are you okay? Do you want some hot water?"

The middle-aged man was covering his mouth with a handkerchief and coughing. Hearing this, he turned his head and looked at Aglaia. When he noticed the girl's blond hair and blue eyes, his original sharp and guarded expression eased a little.

He looked at the girl's sincere eyes again, finally put down the handkerchief, reached out to take the hot water from the girl, and said in English with a German accent: "Thank you."

The girl smiled and said, "You're welcome." Seeing that the man had finished drinking, she took the lid of the cup, poured another cup of hot water and handed it to him. The man took the refilled cup without hesitation this time. build.

The author has something to say: When I was replying to the comments yesterday, I saw the suggestion that kkk gave me and suggested that I write more compactly. After thinking about it, I decided to speed up the pace of writing in the future so as not to damage the overall style of the article. It would be the best if it can make you feel faster.

This kind of writing can be said to be due to Bei's own personality.I don't like things that are too hasty. I always feel that if life is too hasty and too fast, many precious moments will be lost.This attitude is probably also reflected in my writing.So I will spend a whole chapter just talking about singing K, because I think such a warm moment is worth writing.

I have also read articles with a very tight pace, but every time I read such an article, I feel a little tired, and I often think, should I be so rushed?It feels like everything is coming together, okay?So when I write my own, I like the way of eloquence.

Since a relative made this suggestion, a certain North will also accept it, and I will make some adjustments, hoping to allow everyone to read it better.

PS: I have been so busy recently that I have been dizzy, and I almost fell asleep when I was cooking. In addition, this person in Bei has a little obsessive-compulsive disorder. During the hours of typing each time, at least a quarter It was spent on searching for information, so the speed of updating codewords is really not fast ╮(╯▽╰)╭.

Regarding the update speed, please bear with me, girls. Old readers who are familiar with me know that if it is not that the time in Beijing is really too late, or there is an emergency, I have never delayed the update on purpose. Don't rush me, give me a way out dear...

PPS: The next update, the old rules, before 9:[-] p.m. on Tuesday.

I almost forgot the welfare map, so quickly attach:

[Note 1]: Attach a picture of Christmas pudding:

[Note 2]: I checked the information about housing in the UK. If you buy a house in the UK, the land belongs to you forever, which means that the house will always be yours, and you can leave it to your descendants. Even if war breaks out and the house is blown up, the land is still yours.Buying an apartment has no property rights, and only a contract of about 100 years cannot be inherited.Let's talk about the price.London is the most expensive place in the UK. Renting or buying a house in other cities is much cheaper than London. Of course, London is also divided into regions. There is a big difference between rich areas and poor areas.Generally, buying a house requires more than 250 million RMB.The average apartment is more than 120 million.If you want to buy a good school district, the lot must be around 400 million RMB, and the interior is decorated and furnished.

[Note 3]: Statistics show that Oxfordshire is about 80 kilometers away from London, and it takes about an hour to drive.

[Note 4]: Thomas Sabo is currently considered an internationally renowned silver jewelry brand, just like most foreign brands. The name of this brand is the name of its founder, and a picture of the brand logo is attached:

[Note 5]: The GlamAndSoul and RebelAtHeart (Rebel Gentleman) series were newly launched in 2013, and they were officially launched on the OTC in February 2013.

[Note 6]: In the early 90s, Mr. Thomas Sabo hired Ms. Susanne Kolbli as the designer and creative director of the company.Their successful cooperation has enabled the Thomas Sabo silver jewelry brand to successfully defeat many jewelers and win their customers.What needs to be explained is that the name of this lady originally had two dots on the letter "o", but the * cannot be displayed, so there is only a version without dots.

[Note 7]: According to the data, Thomas Sabo is headquartered in LaufanderPegnitz in Bavaria (that is, the town of Lauf an der Pegnitz).Attached is a geographical map, the green part is Bavaria, and the red dot is the approximate location of the town of Lauf.The color is painted by myself, there are bound to be painted out of bounds around, and the dots are also marked by myself, for reference only, not for textual research purposes.

[Note 8]: The picture of this shape is attached.The photo was taken by British socialite Bobby Delevingne, who is the spokesperson of Thomas Sabo's 2013 spring and summer collection in real life.In the text, let's cheat a little bit and switch to our Leia.

[Note 9]: Attach the picture of this iris cufflinks:

【Note 10】: Neuschwanstein Castle is located in the southwest of Bavaria, Germany, about 4 kilometers from the town of Fussen (Fussen), not far from the border between Germany and Austria.Attached is a picture of Neuschwanstein Castle:

[Note 11]: Some relatives may wonder why Leia did not go to the tourist service center when she got lost, but sat on the steps and waited. The reason is actually very simple, because in winter, the tourist service center in Neuschwanstein Castle is not open.In addition, don’t think that the cane is a privilege of the British. If you pay attention to the history of German clothing development, you will find that palms are also very common accessories in German men’s clothing.