New York 2006

Chapter 208 Friends Gathering
After September, Luo Ji basically worked between three o'clock and one line, handling the company's affairs, going to school, and spending time with his two children.

No, today, Saturday, as soon as he finished handling the company's affairs, Luo Ji immediately threw away the paparazzi and sneaked to Robin's house in Brooklyn alone.

After opening the door and entering the house, Luo Ji saw her sitting on the sofa in the living room watching TV.

When she saw Luo Ji, she immediately came up and helped Luo Ji take off his coat and hang it on the hanger.

Today she is wearing a red dress with BlingBling artificial accessories on it, and she has lipstick on her mouth, looking bright and charming.

"Is there nothing going on in the company today? Why are you here so early?"

"Today is Saturday, there are relatively few things in the company. I came over after I finished handling the company's things, and I didn't even wait for Fiona. What is the child doing now?"

"Fell asleep."

"Where's the nanny?"

"I have nothing to do today, so I'll give them a day off."

The two walked to the sofa in the living room and sat down. Luo Ji put his backpack on the table, took out a DV from it, and started tinkering with it.

Robin said: "What are you doing with the DV?"

Luo Ji smiled and said, "Record the lives of two children. If you don't have time, you can take pictures of them. Come, I'll teach you how to use it."

Luo Ji approached her with the DV and introduced them one by one.When he was almost familiar with it, Luo Ji picked up the DV, pointed it at Robin, and said with a smile.

"Who is this beauty in front of me? Why is she so beautiful? Oh, I remembered, Ares, Diana, this is my mother. Do you think she is pretty?"

Robin was amused, stretched out his hand and patted him in the air: "I hate it, don't pat me."

"It seems like mom doesn't like other people filming her. Ares, Diana, I'll go find you on the second floor."

Luo Ji took the DV and filmed all the way to the baby room on the second floor, where the two children were sleeping quietly on the bed.Luo Ji approached them holding a DV.

"Ares, Diana, did you miss your father today?"

The two children were awakened by the silence. They looked at the DV in Luo Ji's hand with confusion and started babbling in baby talk.

"You miss daddy."

"Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!"

Luo Ji began to interact closely with the children, recording them one by one with his camera.Robin watched carefully from the side, his eyes couldn't help but soften.

Luo Ji took the DV, turned the camera and said, "So, did you miss your mother today? Look, she is this beautiful girl."

"Beep, oh, oh, oh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh."

Luo Ji smiled and said, "I didn't think about my mother. I know that the one you two love most is your father. Come on, come and give me a kiss."

Robin, who was standing aside, laughed angrily: "Felix, are you childish?"

Luo Ji said in a rogue manner: "The two of them liked me very much, didn't you see? The two of them are smiling at me now. Isn't that right, honey?"

After filming for more than ten minutes, the two children began to feel sleepy and their eyes became blurred.

A child's body is in a period of development, so it is important to ensure adequate sleep, otherwise it will affect brain development.

Luo Ji turned off the DV, gently closed the door, and went downstairs with Robin.

"Are you free tonight?" Robin asked.

Luo Ji took out a bottle of Pepsi from the refrigerator and opened it: "What's wrong? Is something wrong?"

"Matthew would like to treat you to dinner to thank you for providing business to his law firm."

Luo Ji took a sip of Pepsi and asked, "Okay, where is it?"

“A restaurant nearby.”

Luo Ji thought for a while and said, "Just let them stay at home and cook some casual meals. It doesn't have to be so formal. It's easy to be photographed outside."

"Okay, by the way, there are Ted and Tracy." Robin said
At night, Blake drove the two of them to the door of Matthew and Lily's apartment building in Brooklyn. The security conditions here were pretty good and it belonged to a middle-class community in New York.

Luo Ji took out a bottle of Romanée-Conti red wine from the back seat, and then said to Blake, "Pick me up later. If you have anything, ask the bodyguard or Fiona to pick us up."

"Okay." Blake said with a smile, "You guys have fun."

After getting out of the car, Robin pointed to a bar nearby and introduced: "A few of us often come here to drink. This is where we met."

Luo Ji looked at the name of the bar, McLaren Bar. Looking through the glass, there were quite a lot of people. Many looked like they had just gotten off work. Young men and women gathered inside.

Luo Ji glanced at him, and the two of them walked towards the apartment: "When did you meet?"

"In early 2005, when I first came to New York from Canada, I met them here, Ted, Barney, Lily, and Matthew. Before, Ted, Matthew, and Lily, the three of them lived in this apartment. .Except now Ted has moved out and lives with Tracy.”

Luo Ji said casually: "Did you know they are getting married? Tracy notified me in advance."

Robin's eyes showed a trace of sadness, and he said casually: "Yeah."

"I heard that she also invited you to be a bridesmaid, right?"

"Ah."

The apartment was only four stories high and there was no elevator. The two of them walked along the stairs to the third floor while chatting.Under the leadership of Robin, the two came to 3C.

Robin made a shushing gesture at him, took out a bunch of keys from his backpack, opened the door, and shouted, "Surprise."

The two looked inside and saw Matthew and Ted sitting on the sofa in the room, while Tracy and Lily were busy in the kitchen.

"Hi, Logic, Robin." Matthew quickly stood up and came forward to say hello.

Luo Ji took off his mask, put his sunglasses into Robin's bag, smiled and handed the red wine to Matthew: "I brought you a gift."

Matthew took it and said with a smile: "Please come in, please come in quickly."

Entering the room, six people said hello.

Lily held an egg beater in her hand and a scarf wrapped in front of her clothes. She smiled and said to the two of them: "Logic, Robin, you two sit down for a while. The meal will be ready soon."

"Let me help you." Robin said.

Tracy hurriedly said: "No, no, you can just sit there. Lily and I are enough."

"It's okay." Lily said quickly: "No need really! Robin."

"I want it!" Robin said angrily.

The two of them couldn't resist her, so they had no choice but to let her enter the kitchen.

Luo Ji, Ted, and Matthew came to the sofa and sat down. Luo Ji thought about Lily's appearance just now and felt something was strange.

Luo Ji then asked Matthew next to him: "What's going on? Why don't you let Robin into the kitchen?"

Matthew whispered: "Robin's cooking is terrible."

"No, I've had her cooking recently, and it was pretty good!" Luo Ji said in surprise.

Ted and Matthew were surprised and said, "Really? When she returned to New York some time ago, she even cooked for us, and it was not delicious at all."

"Then I'm not sure."

After Luo Ji finished speaking casually, he looked at Robin who was busy in the kitchen, with many thoughts in his mind.She also saw Luo Ji and immediately gave a big smile.

"Logic, do you have a beer?"

"Have a bottle!" Luo Ji said.

Luo Ji, Ted, and Matthew were sitting on the sofa, drinking and chatting. On the TV, MTV was playing this year's Video Music Awards, and the show had just begun.

Ted asked: "Logic, why didn't you go to the MTV Video Music Awards this year?"

"I've been very busy recently, so I just pushed it because I don't have time." Luo Ji found an excuse and casually brushed it off.

The three of them were watching the TV carefully. The first person to appear was Britney, who opened the show this year and welcomed the audience.It seems that the effect of her licking the MTV station is very good, and the exposure rate of this opening ceremony is very good.

Last year he was humiliated by MTV, but this year he was given a sweet date. If it were Luo Ji, he wouldn't even be able to deal with MTV.

But if you think about it, you can understand that Britney is just a singer. Unlike Luo Ji, who has various industries, she can only rely on her popularity to make a living.Can't afford to offend media giants.

Singers have their ceiling after all. Only when you become a capitalist will others be afraid of you.

This year Britney is wearing a silver BlingBling skirt, which is much more beautiful than last year's look.My overall condition is much better than last year.

However, she had tanned her face and looked a few years older, which was not good-looking. Luo Ji still liked her white skin.

Matthew looked at the TV and complained: "Why is the venue still so small? It's almost the same as a lecture theater at Wesleyan School."

"It really doesn't look good," Ted agreed.

In addition to Britney, who was introducing the opening ceremony to the audience, the camera also showed the audience below from time to time.

Luo Ji saw many familiar people, including Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, Rihanna, Katy Perry, Linkin Park, Brother Jonathan, Leanna Lewis, Bruno Mars, and Taylor Lautner. and Kristen Stewart, among others.

But he didn't see Taylor. Luo Ji heard from Braun that she would participate in this year's MTV Video Music Awards.

She is the most popular singer in the United States this year, and her album has been sold out immediately. It makes no sense not to show her on camera.

On the TV, Britney smiled and said: "Next, let's invite Taylor Swift to perform her song "Love Story" for us."

Taylor wore a white dress with a glass slipper underneath, her golden hair hanging on both sides, like a princess coming out of a fairy tale, followed by a group of dancers, which was in line with the "fairy tale elements" of her album.

We were both young when I first saw you
We were young when we first met you

I closed my eyes and the flashback starts
The scene happened again when I closed my eyes

Matthew and Ted watched the scene on the TV, and then glanced at Luo Ji next to them with strange eyes.

Luo Ji pretended not to see it and said calmly: "It's not bad. Her on-site skills have improved a lot."

"Indeed." Matthew agreed with a smile.

Her performance soon ended, and Taylor on TV bowed and walked offstage. The opening performance was in line with her achievements and status this year.

The next first award is for Best Female Video, and the winners are Britney, Mariah Carey, Katy Perry, Rihanna, and Leanna Lewis.

MTV's selection ends before July 7st every year. The MVs of Lady Gaga and Taylor's songs have not been released before then, so they can only participate in the selection next year.

"The winner is Britney Spears."

It seems that her strategy of continuing to lick MTV is very successful, isn't the reward coming?But soon Luo Ji felt uncomfortable. Her manager Larry Rudolph appeared on the screen, and the two of them were embracing each other passionately.

Britney had her iconic fake smile on her face, which remained unchanged throughout her speech. She was like a meticulous machine, exquisite and perfect.

A very perfect superstar, but he lacks spirituality.

Luo Ji was chatting with Ted Matthew and drinking beer.

Suddenly, he almost couldn't help but spit out the beer in his mouth.Paris Hilton actually appeared on TV!

"She was humiliated like that last year, how could she still appear on MTV this year?" Ted said.

Luo Ji calmed down: "It's just for exposure and traffic. But I really didn't expect that her lower limit would be so low. But she is still a talent."

Matthew said: "I heard that Lindsay Lohan will also participate this year."

Ted looked at Luo Ji in confusion: "Is the three of them having a slut summit meeting again?"

"I haven't seen Britney and the two of them in the media together for a long time. They probably don't play together anymore." Luo Ji said casually.

The three of them had a lively chat. Luo Ji told them some gossip and hype in the entertainment industry, and the two of them listened with great interest.Sure enough, gossiping can easily bring us closer to each other.

Robin in the kitchen interrupted the conversation between the three of them: "Stop chatting, dinner is about to start, you three clear the table."

"Okay!" Luo Ji said quickly.

After a while, a sumptuous dinner was prepared. Matthew took out the Romanée-Conti red wine that Luo Ji had just brought, opened it, and poured a glass for each of them.

"I would like to first thank Logic here for providing business to my new law firm. Let us all pay tribute to Logic."

Several people raised their glasses to greet Luo Ji, and Luo Ji raised their glasses in return: "Cheers."

A few people chatted and laughed and talked about some interesting things in life. This feeling was quite good, adding some daily warmth to the busy life.

(End of this chapter)