It's been three months since Alex started his trip. Alex left United States right after Academy Awards. At Academy Awards Alex lost both his nominations but he was not disappointed. He had his whole future ahead of him.
'Empire of the Sun' won 5 Oscars for Best Sound, Best Sound Editing, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Visual Effects.
Kim won her first Oscar in Supporting Actress category for "Tootsie". Alex was the one who presented that award. Kim hugged him tightly with tears rolling down her eyes when she accepted that award.
The next day Alex was on his way to England. For Alex the trip was an education. In every stop he visits a movie theatre and observes the audience response and locks away the observation in his memory palace.
Though Alex was popular in the Europe but Alex had his ways to fit himself in the crowd. Moreover in these three months Alex grew another 3 inches. His facial features had sharp edges that hadn't been there before making Alex look like an young man rather than a boy. And he looks quite handsome.
After England Alex visited Germany, Poland and France. Now Alex was on his way to Italy.
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Alex's first stop was Milan, the most populous metropolitan area in Italy. It's the financial and industrial centre of Italy. It is also one of the fashion centres of the Europe.
You can go anywhere in Italy using city trams. Alex enjoyed these rides very much. You can still see the remnants of ancient Roman colony in the city.
Alex was staying in 'Principe di Savoia', a five-star hotel and one of the land marks of Milan. Normal couldn't get the suite in this hotel. Alex had to expose his status to get the suite. It's worth it anyway as the management allotted Presidential Suite for Alex.
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"Is there a club nearby Roberto? " Alex asked his chaffeur Roberto provided by the hotel. Alex was speaking in Italian.
"Si, Signore(Yes, Sir)" Roberto replied "Signore, is it really your first time in Italy?"
"Yes, why?"
"Your Italian is good though your pronounciation is crude."
Alex smiled "Well, I have a good memory." Alex learned basic Italian in a week through the books. One of the advantages of photographic memory.
The chaffeur stopped the car near a nightclub. By the looks of it, seems to be very popular as there was a long waiting line. But Roberto seems to know the bouncers as Alex entered the club without a fuss.
"One of the perks of being the customer of 'Principe de Savoia'" Roberto explained.
Alex understood even without Roberto's explanation.
Alex can see that it's a very lively croud and abnormally so. Didn't need a genius to figure out the cause. Alex heard and read about the "disappeared generation" in Italy because of the drugs.
In fact, the 1980s were years of economic and social modernization, years in which the Italian society quickly got rid of the previous decades’ features. As a consequence, the increased financial capacity of large segments of the population allowed a cross-cutting diffusion of drugs, in particular heroin. The middle class and professionals had newfound disposable income, and thanks to the lack of education on the drug, were using it in many cases to purchase heroin.
Alex just ordered a club soda where as Roberto ordered a whiskey. Alex observed the crowd and he can tell most of them were either rich kids or models. After all Milan was the fashion hub of Europe.
Suddenly Alex saw a face which looked quite familiar. And it didn't take long to figure out who that was. She should be 18 this year. It's none other than Italian Sex Icon "Monica Bellucci".
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Monica Bellucci at 18