Magic (2016)
“The sheer number of people, the noise, the chaos in the airport, the traffic, the pollution. She had never experienced anything like it as they drove into the city, and Jean-Philippe pointed out sights and buildings to her and explained what she was seeing. There were fascinating colorful remnants of China’s history in Beijing, along with some new, intriguing aspects of the city, for her to report to Vogue, but her first view of it was how he lived as a foreigner who worked there, and she was shocked at the ugliness and discomforts of his life. She was horrified at the tiny apartment and how unpleasant it was. Had he gone there with his family, he would have made more effort to find a decent place to live. As it was, he made do with a company apartment, and didn’t care. His heart was in Paris, not here. He was here only to work.
After she saw his Spartan bare-bones apartment, they went to her hotel. Vogue had booked her into the Opposite House, which was sleek and modern and had a great pool.
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