Years: Salted fish life since going to the countryside.

Chapter 1099 Special Hobbies
The reason why Han Li laughed was because of the English people's habit, and it is said that the more noble and gentlemanly a person is, the stronger his habit is.

How should I put it? The slightly older nobles and gentlemen in England have a unique aesthetic.

What they like are actually thin ankles, and they think the thinner the ankles, the more beautiful they are. As for figure and appearance, they have to take a back seat.

The English nobles and gentlemen's preference for thin ankles is just like the nobles and scholars in my country's feudal era who liked women with three-inch golden lotus feet.

However, people in our country are relatively conservative and have always kept such private matters secret.

But it's different in England. They say they feel an impulse when they see thin ankles.

In order to find the thinnest and most beautiful ankles, the English started an ankle beauty contest across the country many, many years ago.

The participating women hid behind a curtain and lined up, exposing their body below the knees, to be evaluated by the judges who were nobles, gentlemen, chairmen, managers, or certain public officials.

What are the evaluation criteria? Of course, the judges measure with a ruler, feel with their hands, and feel the symmetry of the bones and skin, and then score based on the data and senses.

The auditions at that time were blocked by a curtain, so faces and figures could not be seen, but as long as the ankles were delicate enough, even if one was ugly or had a pointed face, one could still get first place.

Therefore, when this event was held in England, everyone from 60-year-old aunts to 15 or 6-year-old girls flocked to participate, and everyone wanted to win the title of "the most beautiful ankles".

It is said that one year, a woman in her fifties actually won this title.

The trend of ankle-length beauty pageants changed in the 1950s with the rise of skirts.

Simply removing the curtain for the election has deprived those aunties and grandmas of the opportunity to advance, and it has also made the sense of mystery disappear a lot.

However, the most exciting ones are from France. After they learned the rules of the ankle beauty pageant from England, they started a competition for the most beautiful thighs when they returned home.

The same evaluation criteria also require the judges to measure with a ruler, grasp with their hands, and feel the relevant situations, and then score based on the data and senses.

After two years of trying this in France, it was suggested that some contestants' body shapes and appearances would affect the fairness of the judges' scoring, so they introduced the large garbage bag election method.

The method is to have contestants cover themselves with an oversized garbage bag that covers them from head to waist, leaving only their thighs exposed, and let the judges score them, so as to select the "garbage bag girl" with the most beautiful thighs.

Later, England also had its own competition for the most beautiful thighs. However, those old-fashioned and conservative English aristocrats still said publicly that thin ankles were the standard for judging the most beautiful women, but no one knew what they were like in private.

But no matter what, the aesthetic of thin ankles, driven by these aristocrats and gentlemen, is still one of the standards for judging beauty in England.

This is also the reason why Han Li heard these people complaining and mocking the "Iron Lady" in the coffee shop today.

They say that the "Iron Lady" has thick legs and it is impossible to distinguish between calf fat and ankle fat. This appearance will seriously affect the image of the English in the world.

(This is true. Later, the United States even produced a cartoon called "Family Guy" to mock the "Iron Lady" incident. The judge in the cartoon was President K, who later stepped down due to a sex scandal.)
In addition, Han Li also learned from these people that in the eyes of English nobles and gentlemen, the Royal Ascot Jockey Club will be held in the town of Ascot in the third week of June every year. This is a very important and grand event.

This event will prompt many English nobles and gentlemen to tailor-make a custom-fitting suit so that they can cheer for their own horses or the horses they raise with others.

Ordinary people would also go to watch the race in person a few days before, and they could also place bets on their favorite horses. Moreover, the horse racing here far exceeds that in Hong Kong in terms of both scale and funding.

This news made Han Li very interested. In his opinion, this kind of horse racing was just giving him money.

Therefore, after Han Li left the coffee shop, he went to a bookstore and bought two latest horse racing books, as well as some information about the horses participating in this year's competition.

The horse race was held in the small town of Ascot, which is about ten minutes' drive from Windsor Castle. However, due to the large number of participants and limited space, tickets for the event were difficult to buy. Many people could only watch on TV outside because they could not buy tickets.

Han Li had heard the solution to this problem just now in the coffee shop, which was to spend a lot of money to go to the private bar inside the racecourse and buy a high-end dining package that included ticket purchase.

This package is not the ultimate one. There are more advanced packages in those private bars. If you are not satisfied after entering, you can choose to upgrade the package on the spot.

However, this most important annual horse race in England has very strict dress code. Many places, including private bars, have clear requirements that men must wear vests, top hats and black leather shoes, and women must wear dresses below the knee, high heels and top hats.

Even for those who could only buy grandstand tickets, men had to wear suits and women had to wear outer skirts, high heels, and top hats. If Han Li wanted to observe the horses up close and place bets, then the grandstand tickets would not be suitable.

Otherwise, Han Li wouldn't have known what the horse was called before the race. How could he place bets and make money in this situation?
Although you can't get close to the participating horses in the private bar, it should be possible to take a look at them from a distance and find out the names of the horses.

However, if Han Li were to go for the private bar package, then the mass-market suits he was wearing now would no longer be suitable.

Therefore, if Han Li wanted to make some visible money from horse racing, what he needed now was to buy two sets of relatively high-end clothes so that he would not be too conspicuous when staying in those private bars.

Having said that, Han Li did so and soon found a private tailor shop that was said to have a long history.

However, Han Li did not expect that the English people's work efficiency would be so low. It would take two months to make a set of clothes at the fastest speed.

Although there are still many horse races in two months, I will miss one as large and grand as this one.

When Han Li first heard the time, he immediately complained in his heart.

But I think that although I won't need it this time, I may have to go to some high-end occasions in the future, so it is necessary to have two decent sets of clothes.

In the end, Han Li left the tailor shop cursing in his heart because the price was too unfair.

The money spent on two suits including top hats, vests, shirts, and two pairs of custom-made shoes was enough for Han Li to buy two carts of clothes in the mall.

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At this time, Han Li thought of He Mi's craftsmanship. Her clothing making skills were far superior to those tailors, and her skills were not inferior to theirs at all.

So Han Li began to think about the feasibility of letting He Mi run a high-end, private custom tailor shop in China.

Han Li thought about it for a while and felt that this could definitely work. Popularity always spreads from the top down, and he currently has the resources of the elders and their children on the scene.

In the future, with the resources of young people such as Liu Zhongcheng, Zhang Hailin, Hou Huidong, Li Yunzhi, Guan Haijiao and Song Guanghui, it should not be difficult to launch a private custom clothing brand.

Moreover, Han Li had no plans to let He Mi expand his business. Private tailor shops like those in England were good enough. They made a lot of money, and he would come into contact with rich and powerful people.

As long as Han Li doesn't do anything stupid, He Mi's business will be able to continue. She doesn't have to compete with those people in the business world for the market. She doesn't have to be famous. The only way to make money is to keep quiet.

The more Han Li thought about it, the more feasible it seemed, so he found a hotel near the tailor shop and stayed there.

The advantage of living here is that as long as Han Li has free time, he can observe the situation of this store at any time, so that he can observe and understand the operating rules of this store, and then he can give it to He Mi for reference.

After Han Li found a place to stay, it was already late, so he found a high-end restaurant to fill his stomach. Those who had finished their meals after get off work started to head towards bars and nightclubs.

Han Li also wanted to experience the situation in the bars in the West District. The two unknown ladies who had been working for free last night said that this was a wealthy area, and both the bars and nightclubs were much more upscale than other places.

Han Li didn't know which bar was the most fun, but it was the same as choosing a restaurant to eat in an unfamiliar city. You just had to follow the crowd and go to the restaurants with the largest traffic.

Of course, bars are not exactly the same as restaurants, and the issue of age is involved here.

What Han Li needs to do now is to screen out those middle-aged people and follow the group of young people.

Because young people are the most fun-loving and the most receptive to new things.

Therefore, Han Li thought that he just needed to follow the group of young people. Generally speaking, the bars and nightclubs they liked would not be wrong.

Han Li followed some young people to the door of a bar. From the sign on the door, he could tell that this bar was cooler and more lively than the one he went to last night. The girls who came here must be of higher quality as well.

Han Li nodded secretly and was about to go in when he was stopped by two people at the door.

"Sir, your attire does not meet the requirements of our store, so I'm sorry."

Han Li was confused when he heard this. His clothes didn't meet the requirements of their store? He couldn't enter? Did they also require custom-made clothes to enter?
However, Han Li looked around and immediately felt something was wrong, because many young people's clothes were not as good as the one he was wearing. What was going on?
(End of this chapter)