American Life

Chapter 176 Are you coming to restock again? , competing for beauty

"You all will be present at the opening ceremony the day after tomorrow, and Hadley will also be there." Charlie said, looking at several people.

"Are you going to invite us to a movie?" Gisele Bundchen was stunned, not understanding what Charlie wanted to do.

Charlie shook his head: "This is not for you to walk through the employee aisle, but to dress up and walk on the red carpet as a guest at the opening ceremony."

"You want to gain attention by making your private life public?" Hadley works in a media group and is well aware of the benefits of attracting attention.

"You can't say that, you just appear as my 'friends' or 'employees'." Charlie corrected her statement.

There is a difference between acquiescence and direct admission. He does not want to arouse other moral condemnations, so it is better to leave sufficient space for discussion by the media and the audience.

"We'll discuss the specific details later." Charlie saw Kevin Feige and others walking out, so he sent a few people out first.

"Then we will meet directly in Los Angeles, and I will go there tonight to prepare." Kevin Feige said.

He had very thick dark circles under his eyes, and months of intense work had put a red light on his body.

"See you then." Charlie nodded, and then closed the thick door that was cast in one piece.

Little did he know that in the conversation they had just had outside, Gisele Bundchen and Hadley both showed varying degrees of rebelliousness in the face of his cheerful invitation.

"I can't fly for a long time, the little one in my belly is too noisy." Giselle frowned slightly.

"It's Black Friday soon, and there are a lot of things to be busy on stage." Hadley said, pretending to be distressed.

What's going on? You were complaining that the time spent with you was too little before, but now you're rejecting it again?
Charlie looked at Megan Fox beside the two of them, and saw her pulling down her sleeves in a panic, and her eyes were a little dodgy.

After thinking about it for a while, Charlie deduced the cause and effect. Obviously, Megan, who was not reliable, started to show off again.

"I'm so sleepy, I'm going to rest." Megan Fox, the instigator, immediately got up and found an excuse to run away when she saw something was not going well.

"Dear boss, I'm too tired, good night." Linnie, who had been watching the fire from the other side, gave Charlie a cheering gesture, asking Charlie to work harder tonight.

After the two left, Giselle and Hadley crossed their arms, and Giselle put on a bad face and said condescendingly:
"Forget it, you left Hadley and me in New York. Not only did you not come to see us, but you also bought such expensive things for other girls. Do you really care about us?"

She was not afraid of Charlie at all, relying on her belly.

On the other side, Hadley seemed to be understanding and said: "You can't blame Charlie entirely. After all, he has a lot of work to deal with and faces so many young girls every day. He forgot about the old yellow-faced woman. It makes sense.”

The two of them sang in harmony, talking to each other, which made Charlie feel very troubled.

In the final analysis, Charlie had to admit that he did care less about the two of them during this period.The promotion alone lasted for nearly a month, and including the beauty pageant, it took almost two months without a phone call from either of them.

Megan Fox can only be regarded as the trigger, and in the foreseeable future, according to the current situation, the relationship between the two will eventually become colder. After all, no matter how rich you are, you can't teleport or create a clone.

Charlie first admitted his mistake with unusual sincerity, and then talked about his thoughts.

"After the premiere, you all come back to Chicago with me."

"I won't go, it's good here." Giselle pouted. In New York, she was the hostess here, but when she came to Chicago, she naturally had to listen to Faith.

Hadley also refused, mainly because Chicago is more than 1000 kilometers away from where she works.

Fortunately, Charlie also had a trick in sleeping clothes, and the two women who harbored resentments finally obeyed.

The next day, Charlie took the two of them to the Saks Fifth Avenue shopping mall on Fifth Avenue in New York. It is a well-known high-end shopping mall in New York that covers all the top luxury brands in the world.

Gisele is not merciful at all and treats the Hermès store as a 24-hour convenience store.

A $999 trash can?Thousands of dollars for storage bins?A handmade soap dish?
ARE YOU KIDDING ME?
"Every year, Hermès invites well-known artists to design silk scarves. If you miss it, you won't be able to buy it. I plan to collect all the styles after 2000." Giselle said casually to Charlie, who was resting on the sofa in the store.

These tattered silk scarves range from $500 to $5000.

"As long as you like it." Charlie said magnanimously, glad in her heart that her boring collecting habit was not on the Kelly bag.

The Ultimate Leek Giselle went through some stocking and finally asked the clerk to bring out the hard goods, a Hermès Birkin Blue Crocodile worth more than 15 US dollars, made of blue crocodile leather, equipped with 18K gold buttons and hundreds of diamonds.

It took a full two and a half hours to purchase goods at Hermès, and she bought more than 30 US dollars in Hermès merchandise, which the three nannies who accompanied her could not handle.

"Since you like it so much, I will have people prepare to open a Hermès store near my home in Chicago tomorrow. Hadley, you like Balenciaga, right? Open one next to it."

Instead of buying goods, it is better to open a store, so that you can earn a small amount of money from other rich women. I just don’t know what procedures are required. Then I can consult with Tom Ford.

When Giselle heard this, her eyes turned red and she was almost moved to tears.

She now finally understood her place in Charlie's heart.

"Charlie, you are the best man in the world." She excitedly left red lip marks on Charlie's cheeks.

On the other side, Hadley was also deeply touched. The previous question... What was the previous question?
On the way out of the mall, Charlie also saw a store specializing in selling high-end toys in an unobtrusive corner of the mall. It can be translated as "Huamachi" in Chinese, and the interior is quite dazzling. Hadley and Gisele didn't know much about it. He walked in with Charlie without mind.

When you enter the door, you will see something 24K gold-plated in the "Treasure of the Town Store", which sells for more than six figures.

Giselle even stretched out her hand to measure it, shaking her head with disdain.

Charlie looked at another shelf, which was decorated in a black Gothic style.

"This neck necklace is quite beautiful." Giselle looked at the black neck necklace inlaid with diamonds and didn't react at first.

"This is not a neck necklace, it has a more straightforward name..." Hadley said with a smile.

Seeing Hadley's special smile, Giselle realized something and quickly stuck out her tongue and moved away.

"My mind is contaminated by you."

Charlie on the other hand was observing carefully, and he was ready to learn from the previous lessons.

"I've been too good to you. If there are rewards, there must be corresponding punishments, otherwise things will go wrong sooner or later."

Tonight, let’s take action on Megan Fox who talks irresponsibly.

"Wrap these up." Charlie waved his hand proudly.

When she got home, Meghan opened the door. Looking at the many luxury bags carried by several nannies, her eyes lit up and she said with joy: "Charlie, what good things did you buy me again?"

"It's a really great thing. You will definitely like it. I will open it for you myself tonight." Charlie smiled.

It was only evening, so he was not in a hurry. He first called Faith, Taylor and others and asked them to start preparing for the world premiere in a few days.As for Ivanie, she took the initiative to call.

"The bread is baked and can be served to my father." The filial daughter Ivani said excitedly.

The two of them calculated the time.

"That is to say... on the night of the beauty pageant?"

"Yes, to be precise, it was the night my father called me."

"This...it's better not to go into so much detail. Your father is getting older. I'm really afraid that he won't survive." Charlie felt slightly embarrassed.

"makes sense."

"In that case, you have to come to the premiere."

"Okay, let's see who is the most beautiful one." Ivanie hung up the phone with a smile, and she could feel the smell of gunpowder just on the phone.

After putting down the phone, I heard four women at the dinner table discussing whose dress they should wear at the premiere.

Giselle even called "Wang Weiwei" directly, a famous Chinese fashion designer.

"When did you know her?"

Charlie's understanding of this designer is still limited to wedding dress design. She is considered the top wedding dress designer in the world.

none of them.

Of course, Vera Wang also participated in dress design. In 1990, she had her own store in the most luxurious neighborhood in Manhattan.

"I was her model before," Gisele explained.

"Can you get me a set too?" Megan Fox hurriedly asked upon seeing this.

There are only a few days left, and it is definitely not possible to customize it by hand. You can only get a ready-made set from the other party.

Giselle shrugged: "She doesn't have any more. One set is mine and the other is Hadley's. I'm afraid you have to try other channels."

Megan was a lot of bluster last night, and she finally found a chance to win back a victory.

"Okay, it doesn't matter, I'll look for it myself." Megan Fox said, Charlie couldn't help herself with this matter. She planned to use the remuneration to buy a beautiful evening dress.

Similar "looking for goods" behavior also happens to other women.

Elle Saab, Alexander McQueen, Oscar de la Renta, Carolina Herrera, a number of well-known designers in the fashion field have also participated in this battle of "striving for beauty".

Different from the previous company family portraits, although Charlie never expressed anything verbally, he decided to gather everyone together after the premiere. For these women, this was a real "seniority ranking", who If you lose, you won’t be able to hold your head up in the future!
"By the way, Charlie, what did you buy me?" After finishing the meal, Megan couldn't wait to pull Charlie into the room.

"Open it yourself." Charlie sat directly on the chair.

Megan Fox opened the pure black gift box with joy. Her original smile disappeared in an instant, her eyebrows raised, and she gasped.

"OH, NO!"

Two hours later, Meghan was still repeating the words of admission she had just said countless times.

Charlie thought she at least had a long memory.

But I saw Megan showing a satisfied smile.

"I seem to like this feeling, can I continue?"

"???"

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"Linnie, I think you seem to need help." The next day, Charlie looked at Linni and said.

"You're talking about the dress? Those clothes are too expensive, I can't afford them. I can just buy a similar one when I get to Los Angeles." Linney talked about her plan.

Finally, there is someone who doesn't spend money randomly, and Charlie feels relieved.

Everything is ready, and on the first night of the Christmas holiday, the world premiere of the Iron Man remake begins as scheduled.

Hollywood Boulevard is filled with signboards with the image of Iron Man. The eaves of the Huaxia Theater are also decorated in a steel style. A red carpet is laid out in front of the dragon wall carved with a flying dragon at the main entrance.

The first batch to step onto the red carpet were a group of Marvel veterans.

The first is Stan Lee, known as the "Father of Marvel".On the left is Joe Simon, the veteran who created the character of Captain America, and on the right is Steve Ditko, who is famous for creating Spider-Man and Doctor Strange.

Jack Kirby, one of the co-founders of Marvel, John Romita, the distinguished editor-in-chief and art director, Chris Claremont, the father of the X-Men...

The average age of these people is around 70 years old. Relying on Stan Lee's request and Charlie's financial ability to bring these people together, this battle never appeared when Iron Man was released last time.

Next up on the red carpet were a group of core executives from Marvel Studios, led by Kevin Feige, including CEO Avi Arad, chief creative officer Joe Casada Quesada and COO Ivan Axelrod (Ike Perlmutter).

In an interview, Kevin Feige said that the official start of the premiere will announce some news about the Marvel Universe...

After that, Hollywood stars came one after another, some of whom had appeared at the previous press conference.

Facing the camera, Nicole Kidman waved gracefully. Today she wore a pale pink trailing evening gown, with her blond hair combed to one side, looking elegant and intellectual.

But soon, the reporters gathered nearby to take pictures dispersed in droves.

"Faith Hill is here!"

Nicole Kidman turned her head and saw Faith Hill, wearing a dress from the cutting-edge high-end brand Ralph & Russo, stepping out of the car at the end of the red carpet.

This is a hollow dress full of natural floral elements, and her bulging pregnancy belly is more obvious.

The progress of the two of them is really fast, and they both have children.

After being surprised, Nicole Kidman suddenly felt a little lost.

She still put on an elegant smile, walked over and took Faith's hand.

"Watch your feet."

"I haven't had a chance to talk to you, thank you for your kindness." Faith welcomed Nicole Kidman's arrival like a host.

"I will have to fawn over you from now on. Congratulations, Faith." Nicole Kidman smiled.

Rich Americans, especially those closely related to the entertainment industry, are often surrounded by members of the opposite sex. Some of them will have children, but most of them will not be exposed.

Charlie chose to let Faith appear in public, or on such an important occasion. The implication was to affirm Faith's status to the outside world.

That’s why Nicole Kidman said congratulations.

But Faith shook her head and said in a confused tone: "You said this too early, I'm not the only one here."

Nicole Kidman is getting more confused.

There was another commotion behind them.

"Gisele Bundchen, what's wrong with her?" Nicole Kidman's expression management failed.

(End of this chapter)