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When Chen Xingwei heard Simon say the word "closing the stall", he couldn't help feeling a little really uneasy.

Actually, I heard that all the tickets for tonight's show are sold out, and it's hard to get a ticket. The girls in the art troupe are already confident, and even thinking about the global tour that the man mentioned, Chen Xingwei asked if they could come to the New Year's Eve The thing about returning to China is that I am worried that the global tour will collide with the New Year, so I will definitely not have time to go back.

Of course, for many girls, frankly speaking, life is so good now, it doesn't matter if they go back or not.

Simon's "Close the stall" with a straight word made Chen Xingwei's excitement cool down a bit, and he wondered if he would really respond to the man's crow's mouth next.

Even if the man said more than once that it’s okay to screw up, but none of the people in the Guofeng Art Troupe think so in the past six months. After all, in the current life, all the girls feel like heaven, so it’s hard for people With peace of mind, it is inevitable to hold a certain idea in my heart: If there is no contribution, there will be no return.

Therefore, for a man's "picking", the girls basically have an expectant attitude and take it for granted.

As for this show, the same is true.

Thinking of this, Chen Xingwei couldn't help being a little envious of Li Youhu who was still filming "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in China. That girl is really lucky. She just entered this circle, and then she went out of the circle. Without accident, she will soon be able to Become a big star.And they, even if they are absolutely satisfied with their current life, occasionally cannot help but think about it, what should they do in the future?

After all, it is impossible for the man next to them to support them for a lifetime. Maybe when he loses interest in them, or just gets bored and wants to change to a new batch of girls, where will they go.

In any case, you will definitely lose everything now.

That's right.

The current life is so good, it is not directly proportional to their efforts, how can it last for a long time?

Simon didn't know what the woman in his arms was thinking, so he stopped discussing sensitive issues with Celia and began to focus more on watching the performance on the stage.

Afterwards, he found that Chen Xingwei had successfully sat on Simon's lap. Of course, he didn't want her to please a man too much. Several girls who were eaten by Simon last time also came over one after another, even if the man's arms were occupied. , or sitting around Simon.

Wei Canchai successfully grabbed the seat to Simon's left, and he dragged the man's arm around Chen Xingwei's waist over, holding the man's big hand and pretending to read his palm, while talking about another thing: "Simon, Caifan , well, she can't use that name now, anyway, that, do you remember?"

Simon nodded.

The girl who left the Guofeng Art Troupe after her last relationship.

In fact, Simon didn't care much about it.

Simon didn't deny his possessiveness, but he never forced it either.The girls around must have felt that the girl was 'kicked out', but in reality it was just that she was no longer suitable to stay in the Guofeng Art Troupe after she fell in love, that's all.

Wei Cancha carefully scrutinized Simon's expression, and leaned a little closer to the man with his slender body, who was only wearing a close-fitting dance suit to facilitate a change, before saying, "We heard recently that she was dumped by that boyfriend, and, That guy even cheated her out of her savings."

Simon just hummed, without any fluctuations in his heart, raised the arm that was snatched by Wei Cancha and pinched the girl's delicate chin: "Don't talk about that."

Chapter 1077 Premiere

The Metropolitan Opera on Manhattan's Upper West Side.

After the last rehearsal in the morning, the time quickly came to the evening.

The theme performance of the Guofeng Art Troupe starts at 7 o'clock in the evening, and there are still more than ten minutes before the opening. The theater is almost full, and many audiences are taking advantage of the last time before the opening to look through the beautifully bound program brochure that comes with the tickets. Bilingual in Chinese and English, combined with the background of Chinese-style ink painting, it introduced in detail the historical status in Chinese culture and the general content of a total of 12 dances in the audience tonight.

Michael Morton, the resident cultural critic, sat in the center of the hall with an excellent view, flipping through the program brochure in front of him, while listening to the bickering of a young couple behind him.

"I really don't understand why you want to see this, Vinnie, and I've asked, and the ticket price this time is much higher than before. I know that the dance team is rumored to be created by Simon Westeros himself, but, from Chinese classical dance, tsk, are they going to perform kung fu on stage?"

"Jack, what else do you know about China besides kung fu?"

“Chinese food is pretty good.”

"Now I feel more and more cheated by you, I shouldn't marry you."

"Hey, it's too late."

"Well, I know enough about Simon to make all of you men feel inferior, so, you just shut up."

"In any case, no matter how much you like Westeros, you still have no chance to become the second Jennifer Bury. Speaking of which, that little guy is really lucky, chasing stars and chasing a net worth of more than 4 million U.S. dollars. Miracle."

"To shut up!"

"OK."

Michael Morton never looked back. However, he was still in the media circle and was very familiar with a lot of gossip. When he heard some words from the man in the young couple behind him, he couldn't help thinking that the chances were still quite high, or he might be married. On the contrary, the chances are greater. After all, Westeros has some fetishes for women, which is not a secret.

This kind of playful thought was only fleeting, and Morton's attention was quickly focused on tonight's performance.

Compared with the young couple behind him who probably don't often watch operas, Michael Morton has a better feeling for the ticket price of this performance. It is indeed really expensive. Compared with the previous ticket price, it is at least 50% higher, definitely exceeding the price in his hand. Nice but nowhere near the bonus manual that comes with the extra fare expense.

And this time it was his own money.

If it weren't for the singing and dancing team created by Simon Westeros, Michael would never have come to watch this kind of Chinese classical dance that he has no interest in at all. After all, like many Westerners, in his impression of China, apart from Kung Fu and Chinese food is probably about poverty and backwardness.

As a fairly well-known drama critic in the circle, since he rarely let himself pay this time, if the next performance does not satisfy him, even if it involves Simon Westeros, in his review article tomorrow There will be absolutely no good things to say.

However, after carefully considering the details of the ticket price, Michael Morton felt that even if his criticism was harsh, a certain young tycoon might not care.

Thinking of this, the time soon came to 7 o'clock.

The lights in the theater dimmed, and a moment later, the curtain rose, and the background of the stage was a row of vertical bamboo slips, which were filled with beautiful ancient seal characters.

The elegant and upright music sounded.

Different from Western symphonies, most of the audience at the scene heard this kind of sound like knocking metal for the first time. Only the audience in the upstairs box overlooked the orchestra pit in front of the stage, and they could see the audience in ancient Chinese costumes. oriental woman is striking a row of chimes.

Immediately, accompanied by the chanting of like-minded women, two rows of dignified and elegant women in ancient costumes slowly came to the stage.

Even though there are two completely different cultures, but listening to the music and singing in his ears, and looking at the hardcover and elegant ancient woman on the stage, Michael Morton's most intuitive feeling is only one word: beauty.

Or, nearly 4000 audience members who have been curious about the show basically felt the same way.

Many years later, certain events have repeatedly proved that "XX has no borders" is a joke, but at this moment, even with a completely different cultural background, this cultural beauty accumulated by a nation for thousands of years still hits people's hearts.

Theater backstage.

Listening to the music coming from the front desk, the other girls who were ready to dress up raised their hearts, and they inevitably lacked a little confidence.

In fact, everyone feels that in addition to the handbook that comes with the ticket, there should be more notes for the audience. Some people suggested that the corresponding poems should be recited before each dance during the planning stage. After all, these ordinary Americans do not have a The man is so proficient in Chinese culture, and as a result, similar suggestions are directly rejected by someone without any explanation.

Clearly not too concerned about how the show will succeed or fail.

And the tickets for this time, when it was learned that someone personally raised the average theater ticket price for this show by 50%, everyone felt that someone might still want them to fail.

In front of the dressing table, Wei Canchai stood obediently like a small piece of wood, and spread his hands slightly to ask Mr. Wang to check her makeup. Wang Dongyue looked at the girl's nervous appearance, and comforted her: "Relax, you are just a group dance, wait for you It’s not good to be like this when you’re only dancing solo.”

"It's just nervous," Wei Canchai said, actively trying to avoid the topic to help himself relax, and said, "By the way, Teacher Wang, Simon said during the day that we can go back to China during the New Year."

Wang Dongyue nodded slightly and hummed lightly.

Wei Cancha, who gets along well with several teachers on weekdays, noticed that Mr. Wang was not in a good mood after hearing what he said, and he roughly knew why: "Mr. Wang, isn't your green card coming soon? Wait for you If you get a green card, you should be able to bring your uncle and children to the United States, right?"

Wang Dongyue paused, looked at the girl in front of her hesitantly, and then said: "Sanshi, I think... can you help me to mention it in front of Mr. Westeros?"

When Wei Canchai heard the words, she immediately remembered the man's indifferent reaction when she told him about Feng Caifan in the morning. However, she hesitated a little and said, "Okay, Teacher Wang, but I can't guarantee anything." .”

Wang Dongyue hurriedly said: "You just need to help mention it."

After all, it is still a matter of emigration.

Unlike the young girls in the Guofeng Art Troupe who only need to take care of themselves, the group of female teachers who came with me half a year ago basically all have families. Compared with many who thought it was heaven before going abroad, they found it was hell after going abroad. For overseas travellers, the remuneration provided by the Guofeng Art Troupe fully meets the expectations of Chinese people for the West in this era, and even exceeds it. Therefore, these teachers inevitably want to go further and let their families come together.

It's just that the Guofeng Art Troupe has not yet reached this level of charity. To achieve this, they basically need to operate it themselves.

This is not easy.

Changing his mind on this topic, Wei Canchai also relaxed. Hearing the warm applause coming from the first team at the front desk just ended, Wei Canchai became more confident. You know, at the 12 Among the dances, it is considered to be a fairly standard one. The reason why it is used as the opening chapter is only because it is the beginning, and the more exciting ones will come later.

In the exact words of a certain man, this is called getting better.

Now that the first dance was met with applause, the response from the audience should only get better.

The facts are also like Wei Cancha's judgment.

The final finalized duration of the performance is 100 minutes, with a total of 12 dances, corresponding to the twelve poems in the play.

Although the opening was quite successful, Wei Cancha's solo dance and Simon's own choreography and several other dances aroused even warmer applause than the opening.

When the last dance was over and all the members of the art troupe came to the stage to take a curtain call, many audience members realized that the 100 minutes passed by so quickly that many audience members did not leave immediately, but tried to go to the backstage to get close to the audience. The dancers who just brought themselves a visual feast communicated face to face.

Although most people who tried this way were stopped, some lucky ones with strong connections were able to pass the level.

As a resident drama critic, Michael Morton was one of them, and Joseph Volpe, the general manager of the Metropolitan Theater, personally led him in together with some other special guests, which made the person sitting behind Morton A wave of envy at the young couple who also wanted to go backstage after the show.

"First of all, I would like to congratulate you, Joseph, haven't you always wanted to make some reforms to the theater? This performance will definitely be a sensation."

Everyone went to the backstage together, Joseph Volpe heard Michael Morton say this, but smiled wryly: "You should know, Mike, this is just a special case. Frankly speaking, fortunately, it succeeded, and the next games should also be Very popular, otherwise, well, I really don't know what to say."

The main reason is that a certain young tycoon is really messing around.

Just insisting on greatly increasing ticket prices, Joseph Volpe was very opposed to it at the beginning, but unfortunately he is only a professional manager after all, and his arms can't twist his thighs.

It worked out pretty well.

Even Joseph Volpe, of course, hoped that this would bring about some changes.

You must know that the operas mainly staged by the Metropolitan Opera House are actually similar to Chinese Peking Opera, and they are all of the "national quintessence" level, but they can't escape the fate of becoming more and more popular. When traveling in New York, the overseas tourists who watched a show by the way are a large number of silver-haired people and very few young people.

Tonight's performance was an exception because of a certain young tycoon.

Before the performance started, Joseph Volpe observed it quietly. There were nearly 4000 spectators at the scene, and the young audience who came here especially for the name accounted for most of them.

If this situation can continue, that is, the ticket price will increase by 50%, and there will be more audience members, Joseph Volpe can wake up with a smile from his dreams.

Unfortunately, these can only be imagined in a dream.

Let’s just talk about this performance. The plan is to only increase 12 performances in the two months from the most popular December to January next year. This is actually the Metropolitan Opera’s more than 1 performances per year divided into 9 or 200 dramas. Average, but, after the end, it can be said that it was a good start, but it stopped abruptly.Because Joseph Volpe couldn't find a replacement program at all, and a certain young tycoon had no intention of making this team permanent, the opera house had to return to tradition.

All in all, it's just a flash in the pan.

Everyone chatted and entered the backstage, and found that it was busy but not chaotic. A large number of staff members were helping the dancers remove makeup and organize various props in an orderly manner.

Some media people who followed into the backstage were very interested in the various Chinese musical instruments used in this performance, but found that all the musical instruments were put into professional storage boxes for the first time, and it was impossible to experience it. As the general manager, Joseph Volpe can only explain with a wry smile again.

The answer is simple: expensive.

Not only the musical instruments, but also the costumes and jewelry of the dancers, and even the props used in some dances, are so expensive that the Guofeng Art Troupe doesn't even trust the theater staff to help them, and arranges them by themselves.

Joseph Volpe personally even felt a little envious and jealous about this.

You know, as a theater manager, Joseph is also responsible for the preparation of some operas. This season, because he invested $19 in props and scenery for an original new opera, Joseph was questioned by the board of directors, thinking it was too wasteful. And the various props used by the dancers in this show... well, just one of them, the Guqin, is said to be a real Chinese antique, worth more than 30 US dollars.

From this alone, it can be seen how much manpower and material resources were spent behind this performance. It is a strange thing that the result is not a sensation, regardless of the cost and only pursues perfection.

Not surprisingly, the next day, news about the performance by the Guofeng Art Troupe spread quickly.

Michael Morton praised this performance in his column as "a perfect, exquisite, charming and elegant visual feast".

In addition, New York, , , and even other important newspapers around the East Coast, such as , etc., have successively reported on this performance.There is even a Broadway drama critic who has accumulated a large number of fans on Facebook and directly posted a blog post, claiming that he is "full of jealousy that Simon Westeros can have such a team of dancers", which is a bit of a national style art The background of the troupe, and this blog post was not only not restricted, but also promoted, and the Guofeng Art Troupe became more well-known for a while.