Vol 2 Chapter 20: Charity Auction (6,000 words)

The charity auction is held at the Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills. In the ornately-shaped Ballroom 3, celebrities and gentlemen are sitting around the round table. During the performance of the orchestra, they talk to each other in a low voice, polite , Reserved and ... dull.
Angela is holding a lady ’s handbag that she has n’t used for hundreds of years. She wears a royal blue dress, which perfectly complements her posture. She is very ladylike, or she looks like a lady, and is next to her parents. Led down to a round table.
"How are you, Steve." Jared shook hands with the middle-aged man who stood up.
"Not bad, you look great, Jared." The other responded with a smile. He split his hair, and framed rimless glasses on the bridge of his nose.
On the other side, Elena greeted her wife, "Hi Lauren, you look so beautiful tonight."
"Forget it, Elena, I know myself. The word pretty is more appropriate for you." The wife of the other said with a smile.
And Angela is naturally ... "Hey, Angie, you are becoming more and more attractive. If you are a few years away, you will be taken away by the limelight of this occasion." The girl with straight brown hair covered her mouth Laughed and said first.
"It's amazing, you're also charming, Sally." Angela said earnestly, shook hands with her, and then pulled her around her ear and said fiercely, "Don't make fun of me, Sally! You know Yes, if it weren't for a charity auction, I wouldn't have come to such an occasion! "However, the other party just laughed and didn't speak.
Sit down with the two sides and talk to each other about topics of interest.
"After the next loss, although I closed the hardware department. But the software department is quite good. Leaving Apple makes my world wider. How about, Jared, are you interested in investing?" Steve and Jared Talking about the company.
"Do you know, Elena, I personally think that the floating poem you designed is the best. I like that style of necklace very much." Lauren talked to Elena about jewelry.
But there is too much talk among the children. From dressing up to occasional jokes. Can be used for a few minutes. Especially to Angela, a star who grew up together. Sally gives full play to the nature of female gossip. Angela also has to answer questions. Just because Sally is her real ground. Is also recognized by my parents as a girlfriend!
The relationship between the two girls can no longer be described by intimacy. You know, Sally is often even taken by Angela's parents to various banquets. of course. This and her father are billionaires. Apple Inc. founder Steve Jobs couldn't get away.
High society has the rules of high society. Even Jared once rebelled against this class. In the eyes of parents. Jessica and Angela are very, very nice. But it is not a girlfriend to be a girlfriend. Only girls in the British aristocracy circle or the American elite. Is this qualified
of course. Angela scoffed at it. She never liked this tone. So whether in the UK or the US. Although there are several friends in this circle. But it's just talking.
Neither Jessica, Lindsay, or Natalie. Angela talked to them though. But beyond this there are always other places that affect her. Let her treat them as friends. So they can't be her girlfriends.
Only Sally is an exception. It's fun to talk about the cause. It was only a few months before Angela landed. The Jobs came to visit them. Sally, more than two years old, pointed at the baby girl in the crib indistinctly to her mother. I want this doll! If not then the body was out of control. Angela's eyes are definitely like flipping cards.
In this way, according to someone's "on the bar" statement, the two girls are thoroughly ... mixed together, Angela can swear in the name of her previous life, she has never done anything else to Sally, She even told each other secretly. Her previous life was a very, very "strong" man. Of course, in return, the other party laughed.
"I'm going to New York during the summer vacation. I won't make any movies with my grandparents, but the record will come out." Angela shook her head. You are not my fans. "
"Maybe I don't necessarily say it," Sally grinned. "To be honest, I really like your song, and the movie, the" Sixth Sense ", you played really well, I When I saw it, I forgot you were acting. "
"Well, is this your compliment?" Angela spread her hand.
"Of course, but I'm really curious, why did you go to the movie, Mr. Jared would not object." Sally shrugged, then looked at her father, "If it was my father, he would definitely not allow it I'll go into the entertainment industry. "
"Because I want to go, I know what should be done and what shouldn't be done, and that's it, Dad disagrees? Then refute him!" Angela said proudly, and then changed the topic. "Or say something else Right, like high school life? I'm going to Beverly High School in September. "
"High school life? Don't mention it, if you want to enter a prestigious university, you have to study hard. It will be more tiring than middle school, but if you don't want to ..." Shali said, then she changed the topic: "Yes Now, Angie, Andrew Stanton made a short 3d animation for me. Very cute, I was wondering if I could make one for you? "
"Sari, do you have a boyfriend?" Angela blinked
"I knew you would guess that. He's a dad's all-rounder. Pixar secretly told you that he likes me a little." Lisa said with a smile. "Wait, you say Pixar? The Pixar animation company that makes short animations? "Angela asked suddenly.
"Yes, what's wrong?" Sally asked strangely.
"No, nothing ... I was just thinking, what if they make long 3d animations ..." Angela said hesitatingly.
Sally had to keep asking, but at this time the host announced that the auction had begun. So she temporarily put down the thought. Lots of donated items were put up for auction, and there were a lot of interesting things, such as a set of exquisite porcelain collections, which attracted many people's attention.
However, Angela's attention was not on it. Her mind was completely put on Sally's words just now, and she found a good opportunity to make money! Capitalize on Pixar now!
If not all of her mind was in music and movies, she would have forgotten this. Angela, who likes every Pixar animation, knows a little about Pixar's development history. In 1984, Pixar was in a trough. It didn't take off until after "Toy Story" in 1995. I didn't think of it. It was a failure. Steve Jobs is their boss! As long as he successfully injects money and writes the script of "Toy Story", Pixar can take off early. Then ...
When Angela was thinking confidently, the host's voice suddenly passed into her ears: "This is a Sony d-777 version of the CD player, a brand new and concept machine, only this one, by Ellie Donated by Ms. Kennedy, starting price is $ 500 "
Angela hurriedly looked forward, and the silver-gray circular CD player was placed diagonally on the table, reflecting the light with a very metallic texture, which made her fancy. The girl also came to the auction to choose a gift for Natalie. You should know that she has never given each other anything in these years. Even for her birthday, she just sent a card and made a phone call.
but. If the gift is too valuable, Natalie's personality will definitely not be accepted, and Angela will not have time to do it herself like Jessica or Lindsay, so I have to choose it at the auction. The money spent is Take it for charity activities, I believe Natalie will not refuse.
Someone already held the sign
"600!" The auctioneer called.
Angela followed by holding up a sign that was already in her hand. She remembers that Natalie likes to listen to songs, so giving this to her and adding her own record should be good.
After several more bids, the girl stabilized, and then raised the sign until no one called again.
"1000!" The auctioneer shouted, and then he paused. No one was asking again, so he asked, "It's $ 1,000 now. No. 65. Once, is there anything higher?"
quickly. He saw a sign in front of a round table, and yelled: "1100"
Angela frowned, and raised her sign again.
But the other party also raised a sign
The girl calmly raised the sign again
But as if against her, the opponent immediately raised a sign
Angela sighed and looked at the round table. Not far away was a girl about the same size as herself, in a pink Barbie suit, and her eyes were staring at her blinklessly, girl He smiled and waved to Angela, his expression was full of expectations
I knew it was her! The girl thought angrily, how could she come to Los Angeles? Have a summer vacation?
Angela didn't ask again. She knew that no matter how she called, the guy would continue to increase. She didn't want to be entangled with that grind. The auctioneer made a final decision after three consecutive questions: "$ 1500, transaction, congratulations to No. 89 Miss! "
"It's her again?" Lisa found the girl too.
"No one but her." Angela waved her helplessly, saying hello.
The auction went on, and for the time being none of the girls wanted, Angela was a little boring.
"Let's go." She said softly to Sally, then stood up and walked to the bathroom.
The famous lord of the past and the gold worshiper, the heir of the Hilton Hotel, was too impressed. The girl frowned, stretched out her hand under the faucet, and the cool water spontaneously poured out, enclosing her slender hands and calming down in her heart. With that person, troubles will continue in the future, in fact ... the realization is already troublesome.
The door was gently pushed open.
"Hi, Angela. How are you?" A familiar and troublesome voice came from behind him. Paris Hilton Shi Ran came to the washbasin and tidy up her dress.
She said to herself: "Do you know, I think that designers who design hotels do not think about the hearts of girls. I hope they open up independent girl toilets, with pink as the keynote, so that every girl who comes in can use it. The mood has become brighter and brighter. "The natural sense of superiority is fully revealed.
"That's a wonderful idea, Paris." Angela said casually.
However, the other party actually thought about it: "I can also renovate the open part into an opera house. The Hilton Hotel is too monotonous. It will be very popular! Will you be the first guest? Anji Pull?"
"Perhaps," Angela said uncritically, "well. I'm leaving."
"Wait, Angela," Paris stopped her, "don't you blame me for taking a CD?"
Angela twitched, but replied, "No!"
"That's great, I thought you would be mad at me." Paris pretended to be assured. But the slyness and complacency in his eyes couldn't hide it.
The girl was too lazy to say anything more to her, waving her hand and was about to say goodbye, but the other party immediately held her back: "Are you free in the summer vacation? Maybe we can go out shopping together, oh, your eyes are always so charming, know Well, I'm always thinking, I can be just like you. "
"Thank you ... praise, Paris." Angela heard a bitter chill, to the girl in front of her. She really didn't want to have too much intersection with her. In fact, she didn't have any bad feelings towards her. It was just that the style of Paris Hilton in the past life was too memorable.
"Okay. I'm going back now, we all have our own arrangements, aren't we? So let's talk about it later." Angela tried to keep her smile as long as possible, and then turned out of the bathroom without looking at the disappointment of the other party.
Back at the round table, the auctioneer was showing a set of Russian handmade dolls. It's a lady's collection. A total of five are from a family. They are very beautifully made and custom-made, starting at $ 100.
After thinking about it, Angela thought that this thing was also good. Natalie should also like it, so she raised the sign.
After several bids, it has reached $ 600. Girl bids are the highest. No one competes with her.
"$ 600 for the first time and $ 600 for the second time." The auctioneer was about to lift the hammer. Another sign was raised, and he hurriedly shouted:
Thinking about her with her knees, Angela frowned slightly and raised her sign, but Paris seemed to be going against her. Every time she increased the price, the other person would definitely increase it, and several times, Add to the price of 1500.
Angela bit her lip, gave up again, and looked at the other person again, and Paris was ashamed of her, as if sorry. Is she deliberate and self-defeating, or is she trying to attract her attention?
The auction is still going on, but the items received are not suitable for gifts. Although Angela is very patient, she can't help but feel a little irritable, maybe she shouldn't give in just now.
Finally, another item entered her eyes.
"This is a crystal bracelet donated by Mrs. Shirley Crouch. There are 14 crystals in total. Each crystal is exactly the same size and each one has a micro-engraving. The starting price is $ 1,000."
The channeling crystal bracelet shone brightly under the light, each light seemed to flow on the water crystal grains, very beautiful, Angela nodded secretly, and the first one raised the sign.
But as she expected, Paris immediately raised her sign.
This time, Angela would not let her pretend any more, and directly shouted, "10,000!"
The auctioneer was slightly surprised, but still followed, "10,000!"
The guests whispered a little, and turned their eyes to Angela. Paris was a little ugly. She bit her lip and looked at her father, Richard Hilton. She begged her father and bit her ears. After getting consent, he raised his sign and shouted, "20,000"
As soon as the auctioneer's voice fell, Angela had already raised her sign again. Called directly: "50,000!"
Whispers were louder, and Sally couldn't help whispering, "Angie, you are too bad!"
"It doesn't matter, my dear, it's me who makes the land myself, doesn't it?" Angela shrugged with a smile. As she said, she has her own private property than girls of the same age, as long as her father allows it. How you want to use it is up to you.
Paris hesitated, looking like she wanted to bid again, but her father, Richard, held her arm, so Angela finally got the crystal bracelet, which she didn't notice. There was a grieving expression on Paris's face. As Angela had previously guessed, the other person just wanted to attract her attention, but ...
Out of the VIP passage at New York Airport, Grandpa's driver, Mr. Donald, was already waiting outside.
"Welcome to New York, Mr. Frank, Miss Angela," said the other, taking the luggage in Frank's hand.
"Hello, Mr. Donald. Is Grandpa okay?" Angela responded politely. She was wearing a straw hat, and her golden brown hair was still tucked into the hat. There are small sunglasses on the bridge of the nose, which looks very refreshing.
"Mr. went out for a walk with his wife every day, and he was very physically and mentally." Donald, who was walking ahead, replied.
"I'll rest assured that way." Angela slightly relieved and got into the car with her.
"Mr. Donald, please take me to Rockefeller Center," Frank said at this time.
"Okay, sir." Donald nodded a little. Started the car.
Angela said, after a brief glance, "Can't you visit Grandpa first? Frank?"
"Actually I want to, dear, but there is something important for me and your godfather. I want to solve this problem before visiting Mr. Kleist. Brian has called me several times. You know, Julie has finished filming, and I can fly directly from Los Angeles to London with her. "Frank explained.
"Okay. I'm just asking." The girl shrugged. Then he flicked his finger: "Let's go, I'll go with you. Anyway, I've never been to the godfather's company before."
"It's up to you." Frank didn't object.
The car quickly arrived at the Rockefeller Center. This 22-acre, 19-building activity area is known as one of the greatest urban plans of the 20th century. It has a beautiful design and reasonable layout, and is the office location of many group companies.
After finding a place to park, the girl and her husband walked into the International Building, took the elevator to the 22nd floor, and the Bryant Land Fund was here.
"Hello, do you have any help?" The receptionist was in charge of a beautiful lady.
"Yes, I have a date with Mr. Benjamin. You can look it up, Frank Albert." Frank nodded.
"Just a moment ... yes, Mr. Albert, here is your name. Can you wait a bit in the reception room inside? Mr. Benjamin has an appointment in progress."
"Okay, no problem." Frank said, and walked inside with the girl.
"Please wait a minute, Mr. Albert." The lady called him busy, then looked at the girl in a little embarrassment.
Frank smiled and made a reassuring gesture: "Don't worry about Miss, this is my niece, and one of the people Mr. Benjamin wants to meet, she will not cause any trouble." Angela also waved in cooperation.
The lady hesitated before nodding her head: "Well, please be careful."
Large and small entered the reception room together. The inside is completely another space. The outside is bright and tidy, but there is no natural light inside. It has a completely dark tone. It used to be a classic and heavy momentum, especially the two in front of the office. The tall oak doors make the whole room empty and oppressive.
"Does the East Coast investor's office like to decorate this way so as to be the first to be heard?" Frank said as he looked around the room.
"Perhaps because there is always something unconfident in his heart and needs to be strengthened with the environment?" Angela speculated maliciously about her godfather.
"In fact, it's a strategy, and some people like it very much." A voice was uploaded from the sofa.
The two daredevils only realized that there was still a person sitting on the sofa, covering their faces completely with a newspaper.
"Sorry, I didn't notice that there was another gentleman here." Frank quickly apologized.
"It doesn't matter, I've been used to ignoring it anyway." The man shrugged and put down the newspaper. He was almost 40 years old, with sharp edges and a confident look, but with a self-mockery in the corner of his mouth, looking frustrated.
By this time, Angela had yelled, "Uncle Vincent ?!"
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