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Along the Santa Monica Boulevard at the foot of Beverly Hills, all the way to the west, only twenty minutes to reach the most charming beach in Los Angeles.
Santa Monica has the most charming coastline in the City of Angels, lively bars, casual coffee shops, quiet wooden paths, neat bike paths, surf shops, cozy picnic areas, charming palm trees dotted with white Sandy beaches, blue waves mixed with white water splashing from the end of the horizon and lapping on the fine sand make Santa Monica a landmark vacation destination in Los Angeles. Swimming, surfing, shopping, sunbathing, and sports dot the sandy beaches of Santa Monica.
Santa Monica in the middle of the night is not shrouded by the sun, and it has a quiet beauty under the reflection of the blue moonlight. The raging sea breeze makes this beauty thrilling. Joseph drove to the center of Santa Monica, 3rd Street. Although it is a bland street name, it gathers a variety of street singers, dancers and wandering artists, with unique cafes, restaurants, art shops and bars on both sides of the street. , make it one of the busiest neighborhoods in Santa Monica.
Tonight is the time to say goodbye to the old and welcome the new, although it is not as lively as New York's Rockefeller Plaza (Rockefeller. Plaza), every year Rockefeller Plaza will hold a countdown concert, focusing on the eyes of the whole United States, and everyone will join the welcome through the TV screen. New Year's parade; but the hustle and bustle of Third Street has a different flavor.
This is not the kind of crowded shoulder-to-shoulder, but a paradise for all kinds of maverick artists. In the line of sight, you can see thin young people with black braids dancing hip-hop, and white-haired eights. The ten old people pulled up their skirts and danced to a flamenco. You can also see the glamorous young female dancers and dance partners in red dresses and buns performing a passionate tango, not to mention the flaming tango. In the ears, the drums were playing strong and hot music, but the street only a few hundred yards was like a carnival, isolating the dark night far from this area.
Although Hugo had just experienced a bad night, seeing the noisy scene in front of him, his tense and depressed mood could not be relieved little by little along with the rhythm around him.
Follow Joseph to a bar called "Barney's. Beer". Entering the bar, you enter a world shrouded in red lights. The wooden stairs are on the right hand side of the door, with hanging A lot of shabby used license plates, coupled with the design of stone brick walls and wooden decks, the style of road trips is vividly in front of you.
On the left is a row of TV screens showing the roar of Rockefeller Plaza, with Dick Clark (****. Clark) presiding over the countdown as always, but the roaring music inside the bar makes the TV The volume of the machine was completely submerged, almost every booth was filled with people, and there were constantly people going back and forth with beer glasses in the aisle.
There are four wooden barrels neatly placed on the table in the center, the height of one person. There are faucets under each barrel. Obviously, this is beer, and there are two or three people in front of each faucet waiting to get the wine. , and there were people behind him shouting and laughing.
"Wow, this is a party, a party!" Leonardo shouted excitedly, almost jumping up in place, even the shy Toby was excited, his pink cheeks swelled flushed. The two of them wanted to rush over to get the beer, but Hugo grabbed it directly, "We just arrived here, shouldn't we say hello to the master?"
But because the sound in the bar was so loud that even Hugo yelled, he couldn't hear it clearly. Leonardo and Toby both looked over with puzzled expressions, and Hugo could only open his mouth and say, "Alec Sis!" If you are joining a strange party, you can have fun; but this party is a party you know and the host is your friend, so it is a necessary courtesy to come forward and say hello.
Leonardo also realized his negligence and nodded quickly, but his feet couldn't hold it any longer, and he jumped up in place. Toby, who was standing beside him, was also smiling, his big eyes almost squinting. a seam. Hugo looked at the two young people who were eager to try and couldn't help but smile.
Finding a host among the crowds enjoying a party is not an easy task. But what is unexpected is that more than one-third of the people on the scene Toby and Leonardo actually know each other, and some of them are at least nodding acquaintances who know faces. In fact, this does not count Unexpectedly, it was originally a big gathering of second-tier and third-tier actors in the TV circle. Toby and the others are definitely more convenient than Hugo. So led by the two of them, Hugo found Alex, Charlize, and Karl in the darts area.
When Hugo and the others arrived, Charlize was playing darts and saw Charlize neatly tying his long golden hair into a ponytail. The golden color that was dyed this afternoon was as soft as a Persian carpet in the red light of the bar. But it happened to be roughly tied into a ponytail, destroying most of the beauty. The ponytail shows Charlize's baby fat chin and slender neck. A simple white round neck T-shirt allows the light to clearly outline Charlize's beautiful collarbone. The hem of the clothes is simply tied with a knot, which is full of beauty. The slender waist set off the **** long legs wrapped in jeans, and finally matched with a pair of black military boots. The heroic appearance is mixed with the feminine beauty, which makes Charlize look breathtakingly beautiful. .
Charlize didn't care about other people's eyes at all. She picked up the dart in her hand and aimed at the bullseye with all her attention. One, another, Charlize shot four darts in a row in the red area in the middle, everyone was looking forward to it. With the last dart in Charlize's hand, the surrounding noise subsided in an instant, as if the noise in the bar was blocked from the dart area. Charlize didn't hesitate, squinted his left eye, and then flicked his right wrist lightly, and the dart flew out lightly and quickly.
With a "snap", the darts landed in the dark blue area of the bull's-eye, and everyone around immediately started booing. The applause was turbulent along with the sound of beer mugs colliding. Charlize jumped up right where he was, and shouted excitedly twice in a row. The wanton smile was so dazzling that everything around him lost its color.
Charlize jumped on the spot a few times and excitedly gave Carl a high five, while Alex and another unfamiliar but familiar strong man standing next to him had a depressed look, and Alex was unconvinced. shouted, "Again, again!"
Compared to the party at Sidney's, this is the real New Year's Eve party. In Sidney's house, it's not that the party is not lively enough, but that there are too many interests involved under the noise, and the opportunities all over the place make people lose the essence of hedonic carnival, making the whole party more noisy than lively, and everything is just a mere surface. But the party in front of them really enjoyed the last madness before the new year. The heroic laughter, swaying sweat and collision of beer completely ignited the temperature of the air.
Charlize jumped twice and accidentally saw Hugo and Joseph. To be honest, it's really not easy to ignore them. Both are big men. Moreover, Joseph is huge and occupies a large enough position in the line of sight. . Charlize's eyes and Hugo's eyes met in the air, she showed a hint of surprise, obviously did not expect Hugo to appear, but then she showed a bright smile and expressed her welcome to Hugo.
No inquiry, no hesitation, just the purest welcome. It finally unburdened the smile on Hugo's face and showed it again, especially when he heard Alex's surprised exclamation, "Oh, dog. Shit! You really did it, you really did. It's coming!" Seeing Alex's undisguised sincere expression, the smile on Hugo's face became even brighter, and he knew that he had made the right choice. Such friends are the ones who should spend time together tonight.
Alex rushed up excitedly, gave Hugo a big hug, and then expressed the most sincere welcome to Leonardo and Toby, "There are rewards for those who are late, and you must drink three glasses first. Beer." Alex's brows didn't hide his happiness at all, "We've already drank two barrels of beer. If you don't contribute a little bit, it will be too poor."
Alex's words made Leonardo scream immediately, "I'm the first, I'm the first!" He responded immediately, and Toby, who was standing beside him, didn't speak, but his face was full. He raised his hand with a smile and joined the beer application.
"Haha, only three cups? Alex, you are stingy." Hugo said with a smile, which immediately made Alex raise his eyebrows, "Hugo Lancaster, you are challenging Is my drink limit?"
"No, I'm challenging the bottom line of your wallet." Hugo's witty remark made everyone around him burst into laughter, and Alex was even more embarrassed and funny.
"Oh, this is..." Hugo saw the strong man next to Alex walking over. In the red light, the strong man's cheek was covered by the shadow cast by the poster above his head. Two-thirds, it was not clear to see, but Hugo felt more and more that this figure was very familiar.
"Hey, Dropnell." Joseph greeted first, then turned to look at Hugo, "Me and Carl's roommate."
Karl, who was standing behind, immediately shouted, "I told you, he is real, right!"
Hugo suddenly realized that this figure is probably the man he saw last time at the entrance of the stairs at home. No wonder the character is familiar, and it really is Carl and Joseph's roommate, "One of the top ten mysterious events in 1992!"
Hugo's remarks made Alex, Joseph, Charlize, and Karl burst into laughter, but Dropnier was at a loss. But he still took a step forward and stretched out his big hand like a palm fan, "Finally meet, happy new year."
Hugo held the other's hand, and after seeing the other's face coming out of the shadows, he was stunned for a while, and after two seconds of hesitation, he said, "Fu Jin?!"