hollywood billionaire

Chapter 280 Claridge's Hotel
"Not too shabby innit?"

After arriving at the Claridge's Hotel, Han Yi took a hot bath to relieve his fatigue. As soon as he put on his bathrobe and put on his slippers, he raised his phone and took a photo - of course not of himself. Such behavior of burning buns is not allowed in the first place. He who loves the camera would never be able to do it again in 1 years.

What he framed in the frame was the master bedroom of the Claridge's Hotel's world-famous Royal Suite.

This time when he came to the UK to participate in the Frieze Art Exhibition and the Masters Exhibition, Han Yi specially asked Corey McIntosh, the housekeeper of the mansion in Los Angeles, to help him book a hotel in London with the most classical and elegant decoration and the most historical heritage. , a top luxury hotel that best represents the local cultural characteristics.

This kind of request coming from Han Yi's mouth will indeed make people feel a little confused. After all, anyone who knows him a little bit knows his preference for modern minimalist style.

No. 864 Stradella Road, One57 #79, sea view villas in Lisbon's Alfama district, and even Shangri-La, the Broken Leaf Building where I stayed when I last visited London, all have futuristic architectural styles and interior decorations.

Why did you suddenly change your gender and have to experience a classic hotel?
The obvious answer is Passalacqua Estate.

After a long-distance conversation with Barbara in Nice, Han Yi was deeply touched by the wisdom and experience of Mrs. Bettencourt and François Barnier.Gain a deeper and newer understanding of life, wealth, and future possibilities.

The length of life may be determined in the end, but the width of life should not be artificially limited. Han Yi, who has been through it again, can better understand this truth.

Every unimagined road may lead Han Yi, who is hesitating in his comfort zone, to see a different kind of scenery that he could never see before, and affect a circle that he would never touch in his previous life.

The TV number is his attempt to move into the unknown.

So is Passalacqua Estate.

In order to understand Passalacqua as completely as possible and the retro luxury real estate it represents with a history of more than a century, Han Yi decided to leave the tallest building in the UK on the south side of London Bridge and embrace the gray and red tiles of Mayfair. wall.

The Claridge Hotel.

Corey McIntosh did not hesitate at all and recommended Han Yi as his first choice.

It is not easy to briefly and concisely introduce the 162-year-old Claridge's Hotel to strangers who know nothing about it. This is Britain's most luxurious hotel soaked in money and has preserved too much that should never be made public. secret.But perhaps a joke shared by one of the managers of Claridge's Hotel, Timothy Locke, who provided butler service for Han Yi's stay, with this distinguished guest can give people a glimpse of the glory that Claridge's Hotel has witnessed.

It is said that people used to call the operator here.They would ask, “Can I speak to the king?”

And the operator would reply: "Which one?"

This is the jaw-dropping guest list of the Claridge's Hotel. Audrey Hepburn may be on the Wall of Honor at the Bürgenstock Resort. Brad Pitt will receive free champagne at any hotel in Hollywood. K-Jagger could be a man of the hour at the Chateau Marmont in west London... but at Claridge's Hotel, they could only step aside in a hurry, with a look of admiration that they tried to hide, to make way for the big man who could really shake the world.

King Hassan II of the Kingdom of Morocco brings his own mattress wherever he goes, except at Claridge's where he uses the Savoy Simmons provided by the hotel.

King Peter II of Yugoslavia spent most of World War II in exile at Claridge's Hotel.Suite 212, where he lived for a long time, was ceded to Yugoslavia by the British government for one day on July 1945, 7, so that the king's heir, Crown Prince Alexander, could be born on Yugoslav soil.

After the war, and after the general election defeat that made Churchill depressed and run away to Lake Como to relax, he had to move out of No. [-] Downing Street. He had no place to stay in London and could only rent an apartment in Claridge's for a period of time.

As for the British royal family, not to mention, since the Queen and her husband visited this hotel, Claridge can simply be called the supernumerary palace of the first family of the British Isles.

Note that the queen and her husband mentioned here are not Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip.

It's Queen Victoria, and Prince Albert.

The depth of Claridge's Hotel is evident from this.

The royal suite that Han Yi stayed in is the most fascinating classic on Brook Street.If the Claridge's Hotel is an annex to Buckingham Palace, then this suite is the place in the hotel that best reflects the royal living standards.Designed by the famous Chinese designer Michelle Wu himself, the royal suite perfectly combines the grandeur of European classics, the traditional imprint of the Victorian era, and modernist details.

The monochromatic stone floors contain intricate foliage and floral patterns, paying homage to one of the greatest seventeenth-century homes, Wentworth Woodhouse in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, and a tribute to Claridge. The hotel's welcoming lobby echoes the Art Deco style.Craftsmen from the world-famous hand-painted wallpaper brand De Gournay painted the carefully designed dining room walls with Britain’s national flowers: roses, thistles, clovers and daffodils.The hand-embroidery on the sliding door of the dressing room adopts the craftsmanship of Queen Victoria's coronation dress.There is no doubt that the forms of wallpaper and embroidery are all Chinese styles that fascinated European aristocrats in the [-]th century.

The long mahogany table in the restaurant, which can seat eight diners at the same time, is a carefully restored antique from the Victorian era. The chairs are made of Buckingham blue silk with gold thread and piping. They are used by the royal family and are the only remaining ones in the UK. Handmade in Gainsborough, one of the classic textile mills.The overall display of the living room is modeled after the Elysée Palace. Even the piano placed next to the desk is an original grand piano by Gilbert and Sullivan.

Gilbert & Sullivan is not the name of a piano brand, but a group of internationally renowned drama creation groups in the Victorian era.The playwright WS Gilbert wrote the libretto and lyrics, and the composer Arthur Sullivan composed the melody and arrangement. The two collaborated on a total of 1871 comedy operas between 1896 and 14, which were the most popular operas in the United Kingdom during the reign of Queen Victoria. One of the most proud cultural symbols.

In general, the Claridge's Hotel's restoration of the royal lifestyle has been meticulous to a fault-finding level.When staying in this suite, except that you won't be surrounded by the chamberlain and the monarch's personal secretary, the actual experience is not much different from when the Queen is on a visit.No matter how picky you are, you can't find anything wrong with it.

...Well, if I have to say it, maybe the shockingly expensive price counts.

The price of 25600 pounds per night, because there is only one room, is the same as Claridge's Mayfair Mansion, penthouse, and Prince Alexander's suite - yes, the suite No. 212 where the Crown Prince of Yugoslavia was born - no. Reservations are open to the public, you can only inquire in advance and wait patiently in line.

Of course, this kind of obstacle is not a problem for Han Yi. In fact, with the rapid accumulation of wealth, the difficulties that he can regard as "problems" are also sharply reduced.There is no need to use other connections, Chase Private Bank can help him get it done directly.

A comfortable journey without any worries. The Claridge's Hotel's facilities and services far exceeded five-star standards. Coupled with the exceptionally sunny weather in London today, Han Yi, who originally thought he would not be attracted to this style, was a little touched.

If this is what retro style truly looks like…

Then it is not as outdated and pedantic as imagined.

After briefly checking the photos and confirming that his figure did not accidentally appear in a mirror, Han Yi pressed the send button - to be precise, he pressed the send button four times.

WeChat twice, WhatsApp once, and iMessage once.

Passed to Xu Yiru, Zhao Youzhen, Barbara Pavin, and Madison Beal respectively.

Chatting with four people at the same time would keep him busy.Needless to say, Xiao Xu and Xiao Zhao spent almost two weeks in Europe. They chatted with Han Yi very frequently, at least dozens or hundreds of messages a day, sharing every detail of each other's lives.For the three people who know each other's feelings - which sounds a bit strange - it is normal for them to stick to each other in cyberspace even though they cannot stick to each other in reality.

For Barbara Pavon, the two of them are very busy in their respective careers, and the number of contacts between them has plummeted. However, after the Facetime in Nice that lasted for almost two hours, they became in touch again after being so far apart. Get up, especially during these two or three days when Barbara is also back in Europe.

Just 4 minutes ago, Barbara sent Han Yi a photo of herself in the hotel room.Not a selfie, not that kind of selfie, but the scenery outside the window of the Verona Palace View Hotel where she stayed.

In the narrow streets with strong Italian style, the Lion Gate, which stood here during the Roman Republic, is in the center of the picture surrounded by tourists.

On October 10, Barbara Pavin will be invited to attend the Verona Arena along with her fellow supermodels Jon Smalls, Irina Shayk and Anja Lubick. 7 Intimissimi On Ice performance with Andrea Bocelli as guest performer.

Today, her task was to take a set of promotional photos for the Intimissimi brand near Juliet's House in the old town of Verona.

The flight time from Verona to London is only two hours and five minutes.

However, the two of them tacitly did not mention whether they wanted to find a chance to meet. They just kept using photos and videos to exchange and appreciate the different views of the world in their eyes.

We are all adults. Some melodies, after drawing a rest, do not start another page.

As for Madison Beal...

Han Yi didn't take the initiative to provoke him, but he couldn't resist the Changdao girl's pressing step by step.

Maddie has such a character, she always shows unusual enthusiasm for the people she likes.Whether it's her mother, her father, or her best friend, every once in a while, she will choose a person she likes the most, and then she will have fun 24 hours a day.

"I found that I have a tendency... similar to obsessive-compulsive disorder." Madison herself admitted this at the early morning cocktail party after the VMA awards ceremony. "With the people I like most, I will become like me." Need to spend every day, every second with you like I'm just crazy about you...in the least creepy way possible."

"Like...if you are my favorite person, good luck to you."

Unfortunately, since May this year, Madison Beal's favorite person has been Han Yi.

It is still unclear whether the future will change, but at least there is no end in sight now.

Therefore, of course, Madison Beal became the first person to reply to Han Yi's message.

It's not just words.

is a straightforward Facetime video chat request.

"Not too shabby in...oh what——"

The pictures were connected, and on the other side of the screen, Madison, who had half-closed his eyes lazily, suddenly opened his eyes wide.She subconsciously lowered her phone, covered it with her hand over the lens, looked around to make sure no one else noticed her, and then moved closer to the camera.

"We just jumped to that, didn't we? No foreplay I guess."

"I..." Han Yi looked down at his bathrobe and felt angry for a moment.

He couldn't refute it, because he chose this look himself.

"I didn't expect you to FaceTime in public."

"I didn't expect you to be naked at three o'clock in the afternoon!" Madison covered her mouth and snickered.

"A bubble bath in the afternoon is very beneficial to the body and soul." Han Yi looked very serious, "You should learn this little trick to make life simpler and more enjoyable."

"You can learn, but you don't have time to do it... Look."

Madison switched to the rear camera to show Han Yi her current environment.

In a dilapidated warehouse that looked abandoned for a long time, there were several deliberately old shopping trolleys piled in the corner.In the center of the venue, a dozen staff members were orderly placing power sockets, LED lighting fixtures, lighting panels and microphones.There were several monitors placed near the main entrance. A beautiful woman with a brown ponytail and Sennheiser monitoring headphones hanging around her neck was whispering instructions to her assistant.

Han Yi recognized her, as well as the tall, blond and thin man who was holding his hands behind her and looking like he was about to fall asleep at any moment.

The woman's name is Hannah Lux Davis, a well-known MV director in the music industry. She has produced videos for Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Jessie J, Ariana Grande, and Demi Lowe. Watteau, David Guetta, and even Snoop Dogg have all photographed works.

She is a long-time collaborator with Interscope and executive produced Madison Beer’s new collaborative single.

As for the man standing behind, his real name is Colson Baker, and his stage name...according to Eminem, it's Machine Gun Kelly who "names himself after a damn gun, and has a man-bun".

On October 10, the same day Han Yi arrived in London to participate in the Fritz Art Exhibition, Madison Beale, who had been busy since "Cold Water" reached the top, was still working continuously.

At this moment, Maddie is filming her second video after signing with Han Music.

The MV for "Bad Things".

(End of this chapter)