Chapter 918 You Are Not a Gentleman at All

London, England, is a world-famous financial center. It was once the capital of the British Empire and is also a world-famous foggy city. The weather here in winter is very similar to that of Yanjing more than a decade later. Almost the entire winter is shrouded in thick fog. However, London's is water fog, while Yanjing's is smog.

Wimbledon Stables, one of the five major horse farms in the UK, is located in the small village of Wimbledon in southwest London and has a history of more than 100 years. It is a gathering place for many nobles.

As for the opportunity of British nobles, the first scene that people think of is a group of women with aristocratic temperament, wearing somewhat exaggerated puffy skirts and exquisite cloth hats.

Men are either in suits and leather shoes, or in knight costumes. The crowd dances on the grass in the last century, just like a group of conservative antiques immersed in the glory of the past.

But in fact, the gathering of British nobles is very grand. But unless it is some grand occasion, it will not give people a feeling of the European medieval knight era.

They are formally dressed but not as old-fashioned as they look in videos and photos. Although the ladies will also dress up, the puffy skirts will only appear in some specific etiquette occasions. Most of them care more about their hats.

Having an exquisite, high-end and beautiful hat is very important for both men and women. Black coat, shiny leather shoes, a black hat, and a cane are the men's outfits that can be seen everywhere on the streets of London in winter and early spring.

Women's hats are much more varied, and they are not usually worn like men. They only wear their favorite hats when attending banquets.

So at the Wimbledon Stables aristocratic gathering on weekends, perhaps the knight's outfit when riding a horse makes you feel like you are back in the Middle Ages. At other times, men are more like wearing formal clothes when they go to work, while women wear their favorite hats as if they are going on an outing.

Today is Saturday, and Wimbledon Racecourse is holding a small gathering among aristocrats, and there is an equestrian show that everyone likes very much.

And the knights of the equestrian show are not ordinary professional riders, but the young descendants of the aristocrats who are gathering now. As a member of the nobility in the UK, whether you serve the royal family, even if you are just a doorman, or work in the government, even if you are an ordinary civil servant.

These are all very decent jobs. You may not get a particularly high salary for such a job, but you can get a good social status.

If you want to be an actor or an athlete, your parents will not object. But not the kind of star in movies and TV series, but to be an opera or drama performer, which they think is very high-end.

For athletes, they feel that swimming or polo is pretty good. But the best is equestrianism, or aristocratic sports like snooker, and golf is also OK. Others are a bit unpresentable in their eyes, and it would be a disgrace to their status if they do it.

Under the guidance of the staff of the horse farm, Yang Dongxu walked into the horse farm, accompanied by Maserati CEO Carlo Rossi. After several months of screening and contact, Carlo finally found a very suitable partner-the Spencer family.

People may feel unfamiliar with the Spencer family alone, but if you mention Princess Diana, I guess everyone will know. And the Spencer family is Princess Diana's family.

Compared with some dramas of joining a wealthy family and the family's family rising to the sky. Princess Diana was able to marry the prince. In addition to her own excellence, her family was also a member of the nobility and had a high status.

So although Princess Diana's death was sad, her death did not cause her family to decline directly. On the contrary, the Spencer family is still strong and more influential than before.

For example, they have blood relations with Charles II, the Duke of Marlborough, the Duke of Devon, the Duke of Abercon, and even the US President Falkland, and the Chicago gang leader Al Capone.

"This is the youngest daughter of Wolf, the current head of the Spencer family, Dale Spencer, a master equestrian athlete who once won the third place in the World Equestrian Masters. Her status in the Spencer family is somewhat special.

Although she does not manage much property and is not planning to start a business in any industry, she is very much loved by Wolf." The equestrian competition was about to begin when the two came in.

So it was a bit impolite and abrupt to greet people at this time. Therefore, Yang Dongxu and Carlo came to the edge of the audience and sat down, just like the audience who came to appreciate the internal competition of the racecourse, and Carlo quietly introduced some important people to Yang Dongxu.

Although BMW is very good in China, and Maserati sports cars are at the forefront of the world's sports car industry. But both BMW and Maserati are several levels lower than the Spencer family, both in terms of assets and social status.

So when Carlo first chose the Spencer family, the initial contact was not too smooth. However, after some efforts, he still contacted the Spencer family's most favored youngest daughter, Dale Spencer, through some relationships.

"After the equestrian competition, she will go to the back to change clothes, then drink something, and then come out to contact her friends. We only have less than ten minutes of contact time when she drinks." Carlo continued.

"Does she have any other hobbies besides equestrianism?" Yang Dongxu asked.

This is to approach a person carefully, and to accompany the other person throughout the process so as not to make the other person angry. How long has he not done this kind of thing?

It seems that since the disintegration of the former Soviet Union, although he did not make much money from it, he has won a lot of favors from high-level people by relying on the relationships he had established in advance, and he has not asked anyone for help.

"Fashion design, fashion, jewelry, yes, and food. In addition to winning the third place in equestrianism and being a master equestrian, she is also her own food critic and an honorary critic specially invited by Michelin."

"Food? This can be done with some articles, even if I don't know how much she knows about Chinese food?" Yang Dongxu touched his chin.

Michelin and others can achieve world-recognized goodness, so they naturally have their own abilities. Otherwise, why is it not Michelin or Michelin that gives the same level to food?

However, he reserves his opinion on Michelin's rating of Chinese food. Chinese and Western food have their own strengths. If you insist on using the standards of Western food to require Chinese food, it is simply irrelevant.

Therefore, when a Michelin honorary critic discusses food with a senior Chinese food lover, he needs to be careful. After all, this time the other party is in a strong position, and he can't make it too awkward.

"You should know a lot. In fact, when many British noble families choose full-time chefs if conditions permit, Chinese chefs rank high in their choices. There are also Chinese chefs in the British Queen's professional chef team.

However, compared with the authentic Chinese food you have eaten in China, foreign Chinese food has more or less changed. You need to pay attention when talking about it. By the way, the British like to drink tea." Carlo reminded.

"I know, black tea, right? We can talk about this." Yang Dongxu nodded, but his brows were still slightly frowned.

Because the contact time is too short, whether you talk about food or tea in less than ten minutes, it will give people a feeling that the entry is too blunt, and it is very likely that everyone will be embarrassed.

Even if you can talk about something speculative, this kind of hobby is equivalent to not talking for less than an hour or two. If you just feel a little atmosphere here, and then the time is up there, it will be even more embarrassing.

Carlo continued to remind him of the important things, while Yang Dongxu looked at the horse farm and his mind was working quickly. If you are doing something boring, you will feel that time is passing very slowly. For example, Yang Dongxu knows nothing about equestrianism. He likes to gallop on horses, and has no appreciation for equestrianism of performance nature.

But if you are in a hurry, you will find that time is passing very quickly. For example, Yang Dongxu has not figured out how to maximize the effect of these ten minutes, and then the equestrian performance is over.

Amidst the applause, Dale first led the horse back to the stable, and then went to the back to take a shower and change clothes. During this period, Yang Dongxu had about four minutes to think, but forty minutes passed in the blink of an eye.

"The boss of Maserati is actually a Chinese, which surprised me." Just when he was sitting on the chair thinking, Dale, who had changed her clothes, came to him and sat down.

Just now, because the distance was too far outside the horse farm, and Dale was wearing a knight's costume and protective gear, Yang Dongxu didn't pay too much attention.

Now that Yang Dongxu was facing Dai'er, he realized that the girl was nearly 1.8 meters tall, with long brown wavy hair, a British girl's signature, and a pair of charming sapphire eyes.

Her smile gave people a very friendly feeling, without the arrogance of a young noble, or the condescending look. But there was a sense of distance in the affinity, as if the Queen of England was smiling at you again, looking very kind. But you couldn't run over and give this old man a hug.

"If you didn't know this information in advance, I think we didn't do our job well enough." Yang Dongxu smiled faintly.

This sentence was a bit irrelevant, but Dai'er obviously understood it. If she didn't know in advance that the boss of Maserati was a Chinese, it proved that she had not investigated Maserati before.

There were only two reasons for not investigating. One was that Carlo's work was not done well. Even if he had won such a ten-minute contact time, other work needed to be further strengthened.

The second reason is naturally that Dale has no interest in cooperating with Maserati, and naturally does not care who the other party's boss is. The only reason she gave this opportunity for contact is perhaps because she was a little curious, or perhaps to kill some boring ten minutes.