The flight at pm·14:50 landed at Los Angeles International Airport at 11:45 am on the same day. It was a twelve-hour flight and a fifteen-hour time difference. Fortunately, Xia Yu, three people and one cat, slept soundly on the plane.
Once you get through it, you can overcome jet lag with ease.
After getting off the plane, there was no need for Xia Yu to make arrangements. In Lao Dai's words - "In front of Wen Sui, a little rich woman, we are both country bumpkins who suddenly made a fortune. What are the arrangements? Honestly
Just wait to be 'arranged', don't waste your time!"
A "low-key and luxurious" Les Royce Ghost is picked up at the airport. This car is very high-profile in China, even if it is driven around the imperial capital, but in the "large rural area" of Los Angeles, it is really nothing.
A luxury car.
You have to know that if you go around the streets here, you can see several tens of millions or even more expensive cars at any time - several million is really not a ball, I can only say, "unpretentious"
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Los Angeles, also known as the City of Angels, is the second largest city in the United States and an important port in the west.
It is also the base of Hollywood and the city where famous attractions such as the Avenue of Stars, Universal Studios, and Disneyland are located.
Of course, there is also the Staples Center (Sports Center), where the LoL Global Finals will be held, and it also held a memorial event to commemorate the pop superstar Michael Jackson.
As well as Beverly Hills, a famous affluent area in the beautiful country - this hillside is known as the "city within a city" of Los Angeles and is also known as the most exclusive residential area in the world. Even the pop star Michael Jackson and the star Kobe Bryant and their family once lived here.
After a while.
Nowadays, because of Hollywood and the living environment here, it has become a place where top stars and rich people in the beautiful country live.
at the same time.
There is also the world's most upscale commercial street, and the famous Golden Globe and Oscar awards are also held here.
Finally, the car drove into Beverly Hills, a wealthy area of Los Angeles. Wen Sui originally planned to take them directly to his home. Their family had several properties here, including top-level villas and villas. No wonder Dai Chengbi was so angry with Wen Sui.
Sui's wealth is "scornful".
In fact, when it comes to expensive, it is not too expensive. From six million to ten to twenty million US dollars, most of them are less than a house in Taoli Shuyuan, the imperial capital. But the most expensive handful are still very expensive, costing several thousand dollars.
Ten thousand square meters...
However, in the beautiful country, the most expensive thing is not the house, especially in wealthy areas, but the monthly and annual maintenance costs of the house. In addition to the house, there are also yards, hills, property fees, and security fees - these seven or seven
Eighty-eight dollars plus one dollar is not cheap.
As for not going there, the main reason is that I don’t want to be too troublesome. The itinerary in the beautiful country is only three or four days at most. If it is ten days and a half, it would be interesting to live there. It is not necessary to experience it briefly in three or four days.
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Finally, the group of people settled in one of the hotels in Beverly Hills. As for why they settled here, on the one hand, it is right next to Hollywood, the Walk of Fame, and Universal Studios, basically surrounding the area.
However, the urban area of Los Angeles is quite large, about the size of five imperial cities, but has a permanent population of more than 1,000 and less than 20 million.
In addition to the handful of high-rise buildings in the city center, most of the large stretches of buildings are bungalows - but absolutely.
It really doesn’t mean that a city has to be like a magical city with high-rise buildings to prove the prosperity of a city.
After all, in terms of prosperity, Los Angeles is more prosperous than the imperial capital, and its per capita income is more than eight times higher.
The hotel is very magnificent, with a little bit of the artistic conception of Western-style architecture, but it is just a little bit, not much. In fact, it is not much different from some of the top hotels in the country. After all, the beautiful country only has a history of more than 200 years. I really want to find that kind of hotel.
Medieval centuries, ancient European-style buildings, you have to go to Europe, the buildings there are more artistic, the ones in Los Angeles are basically built in the later years... - I won’t go into details.
But the difference is that in addition to tourists, there are also various movie stars who hang out in Hollywood all year round.
In just one check-in time, Xia Yu had already met several American drama actors.
Although Xia Yu became famous at the Berlin Film Festival this year, her actual influence has not increased much!
A "Cure" also caused a small ripple overseas, but it was really not that noticeable. Unless there are a few more movies, or in other words, a movie that can shock Hollywood and trigger a global frenzy can change.
status quo!
In addition, there is a certain degree of "face blindness" among different races. Therefore, even if Xia Yu did not wear a mask or sunglasses, these people were surprised that the three of them did not use the beauty of other Orientals, that is, they looked at each other.
nod.
After completing the check-in formalities and setting up the nest for little ancestor Yuan Bao, we put on our cat bags and started our trip with three people and one cat.
Xia Yu didn't go directly to Xia Yi. Xia Yu watched the live broadcast of the semi-finals. Xia Yi's team narrowly won. Therefore, it is estimated that the entire LPL team is uniting to provide "special training" to Xia Yi's "God of Wealth" team.
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After all, this is the first time that lpl has entered the global finals. Even if there is internal disagreement, we still hope that there will be a team that can win this global finals on behalf of lpl!
Their opponent this time is Kimchi’s lck.
That's right, for the games produced by Beautiful Country, so far, except for the first global finals, which reached the semi-finals, the rest of the games in the North American theater are similar to LPL, and they are all at the bottom.
Xia Yu and his party first went to Hollywood next door for a walk. The so-called "Avenue of Stars" is a road with more than two thousand stars engraved on both sides of the road. "More than two thousand" is recorded on it, which is very important for entertainment.
The names of actors, musicians, directors, and producers who have made outstanding contributions to the industry - a total of eight names have been recorded in the three places in China, two of which are acquaintances of Xia Yu.
One is Zhuang He and the other is Gu Zhao!
But there are so many names that it’s hard to find them!
But after a brief search on Weibo, there were detailed location records on it. After giving Wen Sui a look, the little girl's eyes rolled around in a circle and around a few turns, and she quickly found the "star" that belonged to the old man.
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Xia Yu took a photo and sent it to the old man and his wife’s WeChat. It was one o’clock in the afternoon on the 3rd in Los Angeles, and it should be seven o’clock in the morning on the 4th in China. Sure enough, as soon as he sent it, within three minutes, Mrs. Zhuang sent her a message.
Replied the message.
[We, Yu Bao, strive to carve our own "stars" on this Avenue of Stars]
Xia Yu replied with a big smile.
If the old man didn't reply, don't even think about it. The old man basically never replied to Xia Yu's WeChat messages. If anything happened, he would always call directly.
Reply to WeChat? It doesn’t exist!
Xia Yu has been wearing a mask and sunglasses for who knows how long, and she only relaxed when she went to Europe. In China, she has no "real" freedom since she came back. She didn't complain, knowing that this was
She enjoyed so much attention and so many expectations, so she sighed and stopped wearing a mask after getting off the plane.
This refreshing feeling of walking down the street, I have to say, is amazing.
However, if it had been before the release of "The Cure", Xia Yu might have been more comfortable.
Valley eel
After "The Cure" was released, not only domestically but also many overseas Chinese and international students watched the movie. Xia Yu is already well-known, but these people generally don't follow so-called popular stars.
But this time, Xia Yu proved her acting skills with her strength, so - walking on the Avenue of Stars, she met quite a few movie "fans", and she was not particularly ecstatic.
After all, in Hollywood, you can meet any superstar. The enthusiasm has long since disappeared, but it is quite surprising. After all, the popularity of "The Cure" is still there!
As for those who wanted to take photos and sign autographs, whether they were Chinese or overseas Chinese, international students, or tourists, Xia Yu generously cooperated with them. She quite enjoyed this "star chasing" mode of actively maintaining a certain distance.
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After the Avenue of Stars, the three of them and one cat went straight to Disneyland. Along the way, Wen Sui and Xue Tong also warned them to take care of their bags and keep an eye on them at all times, because there is indeed a mixed bag here.
The urban area of Los Angeles is huge.
Although it is said that Hollywood is next door and Disney is next door, in fact they are not close. In addition, because the people are not densely populated, the subway only has a few main roads, so various transfers are relatively troublesome. Unlike
The country is so convenient and free!
As for self-driving, it's not that I haven't thought about it, but Los Angeles is a famous "congested city" in the beautiful country. It's not the same as the imperial capital. The traffic arteries here are not as convenient as in China.
Plus there is one car per person here.
Normally it's fine, but during the morning and evening rush hours, the traffic jams are really heavy. You don't have so much time, so don't waste it on traffic jams.
Not to mention that because of the LoL Global Finals, loyal fans who love this game came to Los Angeles in the past two or three days.
This blockage is even more serious, and the "blocked city" is worthy of its name.
After coming out of the Avenue of Stars, the three of them and the cat went straight to Disneyland. In fact, none of the three of them really liked this kind of park.
Wen Sui came here every year to go shopping with her brothers and sisters. Ever since she was a child, she had long been tired of shopping.
Xue Tong likes to be quiet. Give her a book and she can sit there all day long.
Her biggest ideal is to save enough money, buy a store in the imperial capital, and open a bookstore. She doesn't expect to make money, she can lose money. She can grow flowers, read books, and drink coffee. She just likes that kind of comfort.
Xia Yu is similar. She prefers places with fewer people. When there are more people, she gets irritated easily. However, with the mentality of "come here, come here", it is not in vain to come and check in.
Little Ancestor Yuan Bao really liked it and wanted to jump down, but no one allowed you in. Before going in, Xia Yu specially found a pet boarding house and stayed there for half a day. The price was high, but it was safe.
But Xia Yu was not afraid, whether it was getting lost or germs - the little guy was not happy at first and grinned at the store. After entering, his eyes widened.
He was dazzled by the piles of little female cats. Although he didn't bother to play with them, it was quite interesting to nest together and watch these cats jumping around. Xia Yuli also didn't like them.
If it is far away, it will be at ease.
Fireworks are set off at Disneyland starting in September, and they will only be set off in the evenings of May, Saturday, and July, so the three of them didn’t go shopping for too long. They had lunch and walked back from about three o’clock to seven o’clock.
After shopping, there is no need to think about it all day long.
I probably found a Western restaurant and had a steak meal, which made me feel warm and ready to go back. Probably only steaks, chicken steaks, and fish were more popular with Xia Yuwei. As for foie gras, eating
If it's fresh, it's still good, but if it's too much, it's really boring.
Although there is no place like Times Square in Los Angeles, there are quite a lot of freelance musicians and small hip-hop groups in Hollywood. Every other place, there is a small group of people gathered around, some playing guitar.
There was a saxophone player - and the three of them even saw a beautiful woman wearing ancient Chinese costumes and wearing a veil playing the guzheng... -
I just took a look at these three people and one cat. Although Xia Yu was not wearing a mask, he was wearing a cap. Moreover, most of the onlookers in these places were foreigners, and there were relatively few Chinese people.
There are also homeless people. Most of them are surrounded by one or two pets, either dogs or cats. They must be somewhat careless. Some of them do nothing, just lean on the roadside, petting dogs, cats, and sunbathing.
sun.
There was an old man who was not so sloppily dressed and played the harmonium, which was pretty good.
Anyway, after dinner, it was still early, so I sat on the roadside and listened.
The main reason is that there is no one in this place, and most of them are attracted by the "street dance performance" and "guzheng performance" in the other two big corners.
The three of them listened for about twenty minutes. When they left, Wen Sui put five dollars into the box.
The old man looked up, smiled slightly, and said in American English, "Thank you!"
When we returned to the hotel, it was still early. At 9:30, there was an inner courtyard on the first floor of the hotel with an outdoor coffee bar -... There was a swimming pool in front of the bar. It was so late and no one was swimming. It was okay.
It’s such a beautiful view that a bunch of people gathered together just to have some fun!
However, there is a big curtain in front of the bar, showing several games of the LoL Global Finals these days. That boy Xia Yi performed pretty well.
Because Xia Yu and the others had to go to bed early in the evening, they didn't order coffee. Instead, they ordered some tea and sat in a corner, listening to these people chatting.
Basically, what they were talking about was the upcoming "Lol" global finals. Even though the enthusiasm in China seemed to be low and people generally couldn't hear it, when it came to these foreigners, it was really a lively conversation.
At the same time, there are also some movies and American dramas being filmed, one of which is about "The Black Moon Project" that Gu Zhao is filming -... This film started filming in May and has been filming for nearly five months. It is said that it will be on November 1
The moon is about to be finished.
In fact, in the middle of last month, Cheng Yun's filming was completed. However, due to many previous incidents, she did not publicize the completion in a high-profile manner, and she did not return to China for the time being, but stayed in the beautiful country.
side.
In fact, when he came to Los Angeles, Xia Yu had thought about whether to visit a class. Other Hollywood crews basically had no chance, but for the crew hosted by Gu Zhao, it was no problem to visit a class, and Cheng Yun was not on the crew either.
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She was still thinking about this matter, but unexpectedly, around ten o'clock, her new mobile phone rang.