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Chapter 119 The photo unexpectedly won an award

Due to changes in sponsor arrangements, the Pebble Beach Auto Show in 1994 changed from August to early July.

Since the establishment of the Pebble Beach Auto Show in 1950, more than 40 sponsors including Lamborghini, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Ferrari and other brands have provided sponsorships.

The advertising and sponsorship fees of these brands will be donated to charity by the organizer. Generally, the donation is made by automakers. The organizer's income during the exhibition will be used for charity, which is the biggest difference between it and ordinary commercial auto shows.

This year is a bit different, and famous Swiss watch manufacturers have also participated, and they have to say what is the relationship between the two industries that are not in line with each other, probably the dial inlaid on the car dashboard.

Since its participating models are priceless antique classic cars and concept cars produced by major auto manufacturers, it has also won the title of "the world's most luxurious auto show".

Mr. Han received invitations from the organizer like in previous years, and was sandwiched in a thick stack of letters. He was inconspicuous at all. He received countless inexplicable invitations every day, such as donations or gatherings by charitable organizations, etc. The organizer casts a wide net. Basically, a well-known American rich man handed one, and he doesn't need to reply.

I wanted to throw it to Joseph and let him deal with it, but suddenly I remembered that my grandson had liked antique cars since he was a child. I smiled helplessly, pulled it out and put it in my pocket, and asked him if he wanted to go home.

With the invitation letter, there was also a box sent by National Geographic magazine, which contained a cash check of 3,000 US dollars. The old man was curious to open the accompanying letter, which read a photo called "Fluorescent Coast", and won the gold medal in the 1994 National Geographic Traveler Photography Competition.

The trophy made of glass was placed in a box, and the editor of National Geographic also wrote a letter explaining the situation.

It turned out that the photos distributed in the Maldives last year were secretly sent by an American tourist to the Traveler Photography Competition held by National Geographic magazine to participate in the exhibition, and unexpectedly won the first place.

Only after contacting the exhibitors did I know that the photos were not taken by him. Those who have the money to travel to the Maldives naturally would not care about these thousands of dollars and did not do anything to impersonate them.

The list of winners has been announced long ago, and even the magazine has been published. After asking multiple questions, I learned that the Sos Group had helped when buying Pisces Island. And I heard that the person who took this group of photos was a Chinese boy. The editor-in-chief thought that there should be a relationship between them, so he sent the thing over.

Among the checks of 3,000 US dollars, 2,000 is the first prize, and the other 1,000 US dollars is the reward for the photos published by National Geographic. The old man didn't know that his grandson had this talent, so he was very happy to hold the trophy.

Joseph didn't know the reason, but the boss laughed, and he couldn't make any mistakes...

National Geographic Magazine is one of the most well-known magazines in the world. It has tens of thousands of photos submitted every month, and the selection rate is less than one thousandth. The shooting cost can be compared with filming.

National Geographic shoots and writes an average of 150 special stories every year. For this reason, contracted photographers around the world travel more than 1 million miles, and each special requires hundreds of film.

I heard that in 1992, in order to do deep water shooting in Siberia, the magazine's photographer Christopher transported $1 million worth of photography equipment to Lake Baikal, using a total of 171 boxes, and finally only 6 photos were published.

In the eyes of most readers, this magazine means authority and science. It is more like an encyclopedia than an ordinary magazine. The cover of National Geographic magazine last month was one of the photos taken by Han Xuan: his group of little feet.

At the beginning of the magazine, the situation in Pisces Island in the Maldives was also introduced in detail. It is said that there are countless couples who are preparing to go on their honeymoon, ready to try their luck, dive, and the corals are nothing important, the fluorescent coast.

If Han Xuan knew that the photos he took triggered a wave of tourism in Maldives, which led to the Four Seasons Hotel and White Horse Hotel paying attention to it early, and the Maldives President would definitely have to give him a medal.

The boy didn't know yet, he was lying in the room to write a book.

I came back from Irvine yesterday and went around to my grandfather, Dimen Pictures. Today I planned to go to Santa Monica Beach to play, but the temperature of 37 degrees was 80 degrees, which made him completely uninterested in going out. After tanning on Pisces Island in winter, his skin improved after half a year. Although he didn't rely on his face to make a living, he couldn't be like an Indian.

"The Legend of Pirates" was very smooth. I just wrote that the protagonist made a wish to the Sea God Sai Vipotan and obtained the ice-type ability. Unlike "Harry Potter" copied from the assembly line, all the plots of this book now need to be designed by yourself. It seems that it will not be completed in two years. Fortunately, it was released in the branch, and the first book is just written for more than 200,000 words.

The sky gradually became darker, and the central air conditioner never stopped from morning to night. Now it was finally over. The housekeeper hurriedly turned on the backup equipment and contacted the manufacturer to send someone to repair it.

After sitting for most of the day, he felt sore all over. He stood up and twisted his waist. Han Xuan went downstairs to find something to eat in the kitchen.

Grandma was reading a book by the window, but when she leaned over, she found that she was reading Qiong Yao's novel "The Misty Rain". The boy's grandma did not wipe her tears like a young girl. The different ways of thinking made it difficult for her to accept some of the clips, but she still had relish and pushed Han Xuan's head away: "Don't move, block me."

After this novel was made into a TV series in mainland China, it was called "Love Deep Rain". During the summer vacation of Han Xuan's junior high school graduation, he had read the full episode at home. Some of the abuse plots can still be remembered. He said funny: "Okay, since you say I am ruthless, I am cruel, I am unreasonable, I will show you ruthlessly, I will show you cruelly, cruelly, and unreasonable!"

"Look! You also said that you are not ruthless, not cruel, not unreasonable, and now you are fully showing your ruthless, cruel, and unreasonable side!"

Grandma was so amused that she closed the book: "Go and go! Your grandpa is coming back soon and tells the kitchen that you can make dinner."

"Go to ask Mr. Adolf or Ms. Haili?" Han Xuan raised his head and asked. There were as many as thirty housekeepers and maids in this villa, and their respective divisions of labor were different.

Adolf was the chief steward invited by the old man from England. He served Earl Earl of Edward Spencer when he was young. He also held Princess Diana decades ago. He received a pure British court etiquette education to keep a huge villa in an orderly manner.

As the only female housekeeper, Haili was responsible for arranging the daily work of all maids. Most of them stayed in the kitchen, laundry room and other places. Han Xuan only met her once when she came to Beverly Hills.

The boy's grandmother looked at the novel in her hand again and waved her hand: "Just find Mr. Adolf, don't disturb me..."
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