books44 Chapter 369 Esplendore Palace
Chapter 369 Esplendore Palace
Under normal circumstances, it only takes more than three hours to drive from Auguste Manor to Barcelona. Even though it will take a little longer because the first half of the journey is covered with snow and a snowplow is needed to clear the way, it will not exceed four hours at most.
So it would be faster to take a plane. Basically, the plane will land shortly after taking off, and the whole flight time is only more than half an hour.
As for how the program crew, holding a passport from China and a Schengen visa, boarding a private plane from the Bullfighting Country, and flying from France to the private airport of the Bullfighting Country with all the buffs stacked up, the problem of going through customs and border inspection is actually not as complicated as imagined.
Generally speaking, private airports do not handle international flights and therefore do not have customs and border control facilities, but that is generally the case.
The private airport of Duke Alaric's family is a special case. As the mascot king and the "third person" under the powerful prime minister, Grand Duke Alaric can represent the Bullfighting Kingdom as soon as he appears due to his special identity. Of course, his private airport will also have customs and border inspections to receive visitors from other countries.
Of course, the border inspection personnel at the Yalarik private airport are only expatriates. They are not stationed at the airport every day. They only go to work when the private airport is put into use. Most of the time, the airport is closed and empty.
To some extent, thanks to this sudden snowstorm, the old Beibeis and the program crew were able to take the audience friends in front of the screen in the future to experience the treatment of the privileged class flying on an international flight on a private jet.
Looking at the city below the window, which was divided into extremely neat and orderly areas that could be described as obsessive-compulsive, everyone knew that it was Barcelona.
Unfortunately, they didn't have time to explore the city any further. If nothing unexpected happened, they would have to return to the capital from Barcelona tomorrow, ending this tight but happy trip to a foreign country.
As if he already knew that they didn't have time to explore Barcelona in depth, the captain circled the city with his passengers several times, while their chief steward introduced the iconic buildings that could be seen on the plane, which was better than nothing.
"Look over there, guys. That's the Camp Nou." Su Xing accurately captured the place he wanted to see most in the miniature of the city.
Although he had stepped into the Camp Nou many times before, this was Su Xing's first time overlooking this great stadium from the air. The captain of the plane he had taken before did not specially circle several times to allow him to carefully observe the stadium, which looked only the size of a porcelain bowl from the air.
"Yes, that's Camp Nou. It seems you like Barcelona too?" The stewardess saw Su Xing so excited when she saw the stadium below. Even though she didn't understand what they were saying, she could guess what he meant. She smiled and said in English.
"We will make one final flight around the city and then continue southwest of Camp Nou. We expect to land in five minutes. Please take your seats and fasten your seatbelts."
Su Xing translated her words to others. Lu Hu felt very regretful after hearing it, because he felt that he did not have time to enjoy it for a while. He just took a circle on the plane to see what the private jet looked like. He returned to his seat and had not even warmed up before the plane had to land.
"It's okay. Just ask Mr. Su to drive his private plane to you. We will go back on his private plane tomorrow." Wang Yuexin joked.
"Alas, the signal on this plane is bad, otherwise I would have called my captain a long time ago. I guess he won't be able to come in time if I call him now." Su Xing pretended to take out his phone and check the time. "Hey, Yu Shao, where's your private plane?"
"Unfortunately, my private jet is being lent to someone else." Yu Yu sighed and spread his hands.
"Puff..." Zhang Yuan couldn't help it for a moment.
Yes, yes, Yu Yu’s private jet is indeed being requisitioned and used by them.
The plane landed safely on the runway, the cabin door opened, and everyone pretended to be rich and handsome men walking on the runway and walked off the plane in a swagger.
But when they saw a woman standing below, smiling and greeting them, they immediately faltered and gave a sheepish smile. The middle-aged woman, dressed in an elegant, smart suit, was standing next to several understated black SUVs. She greeted them politely, as if oblivious to their slightly awkward situation.
She introduced herself to everyone as a member of Larich's business department, who came here specifically to welcome the friends from the Kuaifa program team to the Esplendore Palace.
Everyone immediately responded politely. They didn't even have to take a single step. They got off the plane and immediately got back into the "shuttle bus."
Before getting on the bus, Zhao Hao glanced at the shuttle bus's logo, Aston Martin, 6. This old-fashioned car manufacturer that excels in private customization is indeed favored by the wealthy.
Just a few minutes after getting in the car, they arrived in front of a building. Veronica from Larich's Ministry of Commerce said that because they were Chinese nationals entering from France, according to customs and border inspection regulations, they had to undergo entry inspection first.
After completing the process and coming out from the other end of the building, Veronica will be waiting at the other door with the motorcade.
No one had any objection to this. They were already treated preferentially, so the entry inspection was just a formality. They lined up and got their stamps stamped at the window one by one. In less than ten minutes, everyone got back on the bus.
The guys, who had been so cheerful and cheerful all the way from Pizza Country to Bullfighting Country, were about to meet the big shot, but now they were quiet and reserved. The three in the younger group even started to play along, insisting on pushing the three older brothers into the front car and pushing them forward. The weak, pitiful, and clueless guys were better off paddling in the back.
As Chen Fusheng said before, "Every time it's time, the big brother shows up." Only when necessary, the three members of Flower of Shanghai will be called "brother" by their younger brothers who usually act like disrespectful to each other. It's quite a life.
Originally, Yu Yu was also hanging around Yue Lai and Yue Jiang Zhi, following them and sweetly calling them "brother". But who would have thought that Professor Wang Zhengliang had "no teacher ethics". When he was pushed into the first car by them, he directly reached out and pulled Yu Yu, the hidden heir of Alaric, into the car and sat with their three big brothers.
They symbolically saved Yu Yu but unsurprisingly failed. Yue Lai, Yue Jiang Zhi and the other two quickly returned to the second car, and laughed in the car with Zhao Hao and Dalin, gloating because they were not the ones who suffered the consequences.
Amidst the laughter and chatter, everyone noticed that the scenery outside the window looked like some kind of natural scenic area, with no signs of entering the manor. Dalin, who was sitting in the passenger seat, asked the driver next to him in English with a strong porcelain accent how long it would take them to reach the Alaric Manor.
The driver looked at Dalin with a hint of doubt. Just when Dalin thought he hadn't explained himself clearly, or that the driver didn't understand English, the other party finally spoke. He answered in English so standard that there was no accent:
"When will we arrive? Friends, we have actually been at the Duke's manor the entire time."
ha?
"You mean this is also within the territory of Esplendore Palace?" In the first car, the three people in the older group were as shocked as the younger group.
Yu Yu still had a microphone on his body. He didn't say much. Only when Veronica introduced the surroundings to them in the passenger seat did he and Su Xing cooperate in translating for Chen Fusheng and Wang Zhengliang.
It was not until she said that they were already within the main residence of Alaric that Su Xing took a breath and forgot to translate, while Yu Yu continued to calmly interpret these words to the two elder brothers simultaneously, and then the two of them became less calm.
"So that airport just now..." Chen Fusheng pointed behind him and looked at Yu Yu.
Yu Renji Yu translated it to Veronica verbatim.
Veronica paused, then nodded with a professional smile.
Inside the car, several people who knew Yu Yu's identity well watched him pretending, and suddenly their surprise at the size of the Alaric Manor was diluted a little.
Since it’s a private airport, it makes sense that it’s located within the Esplendor Palace. Furthermore, the Esplendor Palace also has a private beach right next to the private airport.
Before, the brothers knew that Alaric was rich and powerful, but this understanding was only superficial. Now they suddenly had a deeper understanding of Yu Yu's family.
Against the backdrop of such a vague and illusory behemoth that seems like it belongs in another world, their Yu Yu is still as real as when they first met. He broke into their world and refused to leave, and has been their friend for more than ten or twenty years. It is incredible to think about it.
The car stopped shortly afterwards.
They could indeed drive directly to the gate of the manor house, but in front of them was Alaric's front garden. Although it was not as large as the back garden, the scenery was still beautiful. Veronica recommended that if they were interested, they could get off here and stroll from the front garden to the palace gate.
The brothers, who were basically not tired that day, felt it was comfortable to take a walk in such a natural forest oxygen bar, so they got out of the car and followed Veronica to stroll in the garden.
Spring was about to come, and a batch of new plants were transplanted in the garden. At this time, the gardeners were pruning flowers, plants and trees. They saw new guests coming to the manor and greeted them in a friendly manner.
One of the middle-aged gardeners, who seemed to be the leader of these gardeners, was standing on a ladder, pruning the branches of an unknown short tree. His round figure made him look shaky as he stood on the stool, but in fact his feet were very stable, and there were two young gardeners helping him hold the ladder, so he was not as dangerous as he looked.
Seeing a dozen or so people with Asian faces approaching, a group behind them holding cameras, he climbed down the ladder, ignoring the hand extended by the gardener holding the ladder below and took the initiative to greet them: "Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, you must be the variety show crew that came all the way from China, right?"
He greeted people in very standard English, took off his gloves and shook hands with the seven artists in the front row.
"Hello, hello, uncle." This Chinese dialect was interspersed among a few simple English greetings. It came from Land Rover, who was fluent in speaking it. Soon he realized it and changed it to a simple "hello".
Who would have thought that the gardener actually understood what Lu Hu said? When he shook hands with him, he smiled and praised him kindly: "You are quite polite, young man."
His Chinese is quite authentic, and just like his English, he has no accent at all.
Eh?
Lu Hu was stunned. The uncle had already passed him and stood in front of Yu Yu, with a bit of exaggerated surprise on his face: "Huh? There are actually Western faces among your Chinese artists?"
Yu Yu extended her hand with a bright smile: "We live in a world of diversity and inclusiveness."
But no matter how inclusive you are, you should not enter the entertainment industry because your acting skills are too bad, dad.