Chapter five hundred and fortieth hard training(1/3)
But these resentments and doubts could only be hidden deep in his stomach. The Global Circus belongs to Anderson and his son. If you don’t give face to little Anderson, it means you won’t give face to Old Anderson. Na Duo is not so stupid as to this extent. He needs to endure and find opportunities. He believes in his ability. As long as he calms down, he will definitely think of a solution and find opportunities to get back the face he has lost today.
Anderson was very quick to do things. After announcing the four selected programs, he encouraged everyone and announced the end of the meeting.
Na Duo was unwilling to stay for a second and was the first to walk out of the rehearsal room.
The Peng family was in the innermost corner of the rehearsal room, so they naturally dragged it to the end before leaving. When everyone else walked out of the rehearsal room, Gan Lian couldn't help but cheer, but was strictly stopped by the old ghost with his eyes.
The eldest senior brother Zhao Daxin said: "Don't be proud of being proud. Junior sister, be careful of villains being bad. From now on, everyone is not allowed to go out alone. Even in the group, they must go together." The old ghost was very satisfied with Zhao Daxin's arrangement and nodded slightly.
After spending a few days safely, Na Duo seemed to have disappeared and never appeared in front of the brothers and sisters of the Peng family again. Zhao Daxin led his junior brothers and sisters to repeatedly ponder and temper the program, and made every detail of each link extremely perfect.
Lao Gui also adjusted the performance format of his program in several details, making the whole program look smoother.
The class and the Hu family were not idle either. After all, there were not many opportunities to be on the Broadway stage. If you couldn't grasp it this time, it was hard to say whether you could get such an opportunity next time.
With everyone's eager anticipation, the day of taking the stage on Broadway finally came.
Broadway Avenue starts with Battery Park and runs from south to north across Manhattan Island, with a total length of 25 kilometers. The Broadway stage that artists dream of is actually a general term for more than a dozen theaters distributed in the middle of Broadway Avenue. Due to their different locations, these theaters are divided into internal and external Broadway.
The theaters on Inner Broadway are all classic popular and highly commercially performed. However, the competitive nature of Outer Broadway is not as good as that of Onner Broadway, so they are highly inclusive of some experimental and fresh repertoire troupes that have not yet started.
The performance of the Universal Circus is naturally in a theater called Nedland on Broadway.
From the perspective of making money, Universal Circus does not need to be on the Broadway stage. It has a performance at its base in Brooklyn that can accommodate 500 audiences. The performances can fill the audience every night, and it is even hard to get tickets on weekends.
In addition, the Global Circus will organize performances in other places, and everywhere they go, it will be sensation. But Anderson and his son always believe that circus is also an art. If any art cannot be on the stage of Broadway, it will be like not really entering the palace of art. Therefore, this performance is not for the Global Circus, but for the Global Circus.
After the performance was confirmed, the Global Circus and the Theater joined forces to carry out various forms of publicity, with fame there and the price of the tickets set was very reasonable. Therefore, nearly a thousand tickets in the entire theater were sold out three days before the performance.
Although Luo Lie and An Zhai did not have a chance to appear on stage, the old ghost wanted to let the two of them see more of the world, so he discussed with Anderson and brought them to the Nedland Theater on Broadway.
However, the backstage management of the theater is quite strict, and non-performers must not enter, and even Mr. Anderson Jr. was stopped outside.
The backstage could not be entered, and there were no seat tickets in the theater. Luo Liean and Zhai could only stay near the storage room on the backstage of the theater. Where can I see the actors performing on stage pass by in a hurry, but I can't see the performances on the stage at all.
"It's better to stay at home to practice." Luo Lie felt bored and couldn't help but complain.
"I don't want it. I would rather stay here and suffocate than go back to practice martial arts." An Zhai tied a wall and drew a grid of four horizontal and four vertical lines on the ground, then pulled a few wall strips from the wall, broke them into several small pieces, and placed them on the bottom line of the grid: "Luo Lie, are you playing chess?"
Luo Lie shook his head and said, "You can play by yourself. I can't hit you again, so I'll do it better."
An Zhai can also have fun playing chess alone. He didn't say that he played chess with himself, but he muttered: "Luo Lie, your chess is so bad... Luo Lie, you lost? Surrender!..." He played two roles alone, saying that he played Luo Lie constantly lost three games in a row.
Luo Lie just smiled and continued to squeeze his legs and split or push-ups.
The performance has begun, and the first program belongs to the mattress. The Nedland Theater sent a song and dance program to rehearse. Although Luo Lianzhai could not see the performance on the stage, the sound of the theater could be heard clearly. The two brothers clearly heard the laughter of the audience during the singing and dancing performance.
After the show was over, the performance time for the Global Circus was up. At this time, a blond girl walked towards Luo Lianzhai crying.
The little girl should be about the same age as Luo Lie, and she has not taken off her performance costume she is wearing yet.
"What's wrong with you? Why are you crying?" Luo Lie couldn't count why. He only glanced at the little girl and felt a strong sense of intimacy. It seemed that this little girl had seen it somewhere, and she was very happy to get along with each other. "Stop crying, my grandfather said that frequent crying of children will affect their vision."
The little girl responded with tears in her eyes: "But, I messed up my first performance."
Luo Lie remembered the laughter of the audience in the show just now. It must be caused by the embarrassment made by this little girl. "Failure is the mother of success. If you want to succeed, you must withstand failure."
The little girl's sadness came and went quickly. Someone was talking with her, and her attention soon came out of the shadow of failure just now. "Oh my god, I didn't even realize that you are an oriental boy. You speak very well in English and deceived my ears."
Luo Lie said: "Yes, I am a Chinese. You won't look down on us Chinese like others, right?"
The little girl exaggeratedly: "Oh, how could it be? My mother said that without Chinese people, our railway would not be able to be repaired so quickly, and I would not be able to come from the far west coast to New York."
Luo Lie smiled shyly and said, "But, I did not participate in the construction of the railway."
The little girl giggled and said, "You are so humorous, can you tell me your name?"
Luo Lie said: "My Chinese name is Luo Lie, and Celena gave me an English name called Nuoli."
The little girl was suddenly stunned and asked, "Celina? Which Celinena? What is her full name?"
Luo Lie shrugged his shoulders and said, "I only know that her name is Celena..."
Halfway through his words, a middle-aged woman's voice came from a distance: "Alice, where are you?"
The little girl quickly responded: "Teacher Linda, I'm here!"
A woman appeared in the distance, waved to this side, and said, "Alice, you are the only one who has not taken off your makeup, everyone is still waiting for you!"
Alice responded, "I know, I'll come here now." As she said that, she made a face at the woman, and then said to Luo Lie: "My name is Alice, I'm very happy to know you, Nuoli, and I hope to see you again next time."
Luo Lie was about to reach out to shake hands with Alice, but Alice had turned around and ran away.
The performance of the Universal Circus was quite successful, and the applause from the theater alone can be seen. The later the performance, the more exciting the program was, while the applause from the audience became more and more intense.
After Alice left, Luo Lie continued to practice martial arts, and the more he practiced, he became more and more focused. An Zhai continued to play his stone chess. The two brothers didn't pay attention. The master and the old ghost had finished performing, and the senior brothers and sisters started the last show of the performance.
The program was rehearsed many times, and there was no possibility of mistakes. The audience in the theater was attracted by the wonderful performances, and only bursts of exclamations were heard, but they rarely heard applause. Until the end, the elder brother fired two flying knives with one hand and hit the two bowls in the air. After a brief shock, the audience burst into thunderous applause. The applause even Luo Lian Zhai on the backstage was shocked.
After the entire performance, the theater owner, Mr. Nedland from Eastern Europe, was extremely excited and held Anderson's hands tightly, and strongly demanded to sign a long-term cooperation contract with the Global Circus, and named the last program performed by Peng Jiaban as a cooperative reserved program. Every performance will be the finale.
Anderson Jr. showed the cunning of a businessman. He neither refused nor agreed. He just told Nedland that his father had not returned yet, and that all the major events of the circus must be discussed with his father before he could decide.
Anderson Jr. knew very well that this performance of the Global Circus must be a hit. I dare not say anything else that the Peng family's program will definitely become a topic of conversation for people in New York after dinner, and the starring actor Zhao Daxin will definitely become a big star who resounds throughout the city.
What he urgently needs to do now is not to negotiate a contract with Mr. Nedland, but should sign a long-term contract with Peng Jiaban and Zhao Daxin immediately. As long as he can own Peng Jiaban for a long time, then which theater to reach a long-term cooperation contract is just who has issued more preferential conditions.
Nedland is also a successful businessman. Of course, he could understand Anderson's cunning thoughts. It was just that people were waiting for a price, and he could only compete fairly with other theaters. If you want to blame, you could only blame yourself for the reason that he had only signed a performance contract with the Global Circus with the mentality of trying.
Anderson, little, got rid of Nedland's entanglement and quickly found the old ghost. At this time, the actors of the Global Circus had already taken off their makeup and packed up their things to get on the bus and return.
"No, Mr. Old Ghost, let them go back first. You and your disciples stay. I want to take you to browse the scenery of New York."
The old ghost blinked his eyelids casually and understood the intention of Anderson. He ate someone's mouth and his hands were soft. The old ghost didn't want to be at a disadvantage at the negotiating table for the next new contract, so he declined: "Mr. Anderson, look, it's getting late, and the children's performance is very hard. They need to rest early. Otherwise, they will browse the scenery of New York again. Do you think it's good?"
Anderson felt that he was a little anxious, so he took a step back: "Then like this, I have arranged a few cars for you."
This is OK. Lao Gui nodded and was huddled with the people from the Hu family in that class. It was indeed a bit disgusting.
The senior brother and sister were about to get on the car, but Zhao Daxin slapped his forehead and shouted, "Why did I forget Xiaoqi and Xiaoba?" No wonder, everyone's performance was so successful, and they were still extremely excited. Their minds were filled with clips from the performance and the various performances of the audience off the stage. Who could still think of Luo Liean Zhailai?
Fortunately, Luo Lianzhai was very focused on practicing martial arts and playing chess, and did not realize that the background was empty. When Zhao Daxin found the two of them, the lights in the background were still on.
"You two..." Zhao Daxin was both relieved and angry. The one who comforted Luo Lie, although no one else watched, still did not forget to practice martial arts. The one who was angry was naturally An Zhai. He really couldn't lift it up because he was holding tofu with ponytails.
I took a bus to pass the Brooklyn Bridge again. This was the third time I passed this bridge. The first time I was walking, shocked by the majesty of the bridge. The second time I took a bus from Brooklyn to Broadway. All my thoughts were on the performance. No one would care about the scenery of the bridge.
But this third time was completely different. The success of the performance made everyone realize that although this trip to Broadway is the first, it will definitely not be the last. Perhaps their main performance venue in the future will be on Broadway instead of the base of the Flower Ball Circus in Brooklyn.
When they passed this bridge again, everyone felt a little as if they had already conquered the bridge.
Sitting in the car, Anderson Jr. was not in the mood to enjoy the scenery of the Brooklyn Bridge. He was full of thought about how to tie the old ghost and his apprentices with a long appointment.
He didn't get along much with the old ghost, and the old ghost's performance always made Anderson unsure. Therefore, the more he thought about it in the car, the more he felt unsure. In the end, he couldn't stand it and sent an invitation to the old ghost.
"Mr. Lao Gui, just tonight, yes, tonight, wait until we return to the base and come to my office, and we will talk about the next step of cooperation. Is it OK?"
The old ghost smiled faintly and said, "Mr. Anderson, I appreciate your honesty. Please rest assured. I have made a promise to your father. When we Chinese do things, we pay attention to a promise worth a thousand gold. Sometimes, promises are even more effective than contracts. Of course, I can understand your feelings. Let's discuss this. Tonight, our master and apprentice will discuss it. I think they may have some reasonable requests to Mr. Anderson, so I think it is more appropriate to find some time to discuss it tomorrow."
Anderson, little, seemed a little excited, instead, said, "Thank you Mr. Lao Gui, then we have a promise. I will wait for you in the office tomorrow morning."
When we returned to the dormitory, our senior brothers and sisters gathered in the room of Zhao Daxin and Luo Lie. How to sign a new contract? Although we still have to listen to the master in the end, since the master said that he asked everyone to discuss it fully, everyone still talked a lot, but what they proposed was all irrelevant conditions.
Zhao Daxin smiled and said, "Seventh Junior Brother can make a great contribution to this achievement. Let's talk about it, seventh Junior Brother, what kind of request do you want to make?"
Luo Lie thought about it carefully and said, "I will bring An Zhai and me and I to the future performances, and I will also have to go to that theater for future performances."
Zhao Daxin said suspiciously: "Why? Is it important to perform in which theater?"
Somehow, Luo Lie's cheeks suddenly turned red.
Zhao Daxin said: "What's wrong? Sorry? It's okay, just say it out loud. As long as the reason is sufficient, I think the master will definitely support you."
Luo Lie stammered and didn't want to say it out.
At this time, An Zhai suddenly said, "I know that Luo Lie met a foreign girl in that theater. He must still want to see that girl."
Before An Zhai finished speaking, the senior brothers and sisters had already laughed and turned red, while Luo Lie's cheeks became even more shameful.
"What are you laughing at? What's so funny?" Zhao Daxin resisted the urge to laugh out loud and pretended to scold the junior brothers and sisters, "In my opinion, Junior Brother Seven's request is much more serious than the messy requests you made!"
During the negotiations the next day, Lao Gui naturally did not make the weird request from Luo Lie. For both parties, one party stayed sincerely, while the other party really didn't want to leave. Therefore, the negotiations went very smoothly. In just one hour, a new contract with a duration of up to five years was reached.
After just getting over the idea of keeping Peng Jiaban for a long time, Nedland came to the door and brought a very sincere cooperation plan to the Global Circus. "Mr. Anderson, if other theaters offer you more attractive terms during the contract period, I am willing to match it immediately. This is already written into the contract terms."
Nedland opened the contract and specifically pointed this clause to Anderson Jr.
With this clause, Anderson was already satisfied. After the two discussed some details of the cooperation, they basically determined the cooperative relationship.
So, Luo Lie fulfilled his wish.
Another week, on the new weekend, Peng Jiaban appeared on the stage of the Nedland Grand Theater for the second time, and the theater still adhered to the rule that non-stage actors are not allowed to enter the backstage.
Luo Lie and An Zhai were thrown into the open space in front of the storage room again. An Zhai continued to play with his stone chess, but he was no longer so naive, but he held his cheek and thought about the method of each step carefully. Luo Lie practiced his skills as usual, but he did not have the care he had done the last time, and he glanced outside from time to time.
The theater still uses singing and dancing as a preview, but after a long time of performance, Alice did not show up.
"Luo Lie, why don't we sneak into the backstage to find her?" An Zhai stared at the chessboard on the ground, but he was very aware of Luo Lie's every move.
"Who do you want to find?" Luo Lie was shy and couldn't help pretending to be stupid.
An Zhai threw away the chess piece in his hand, raised his head and looked at Luo Lie, and said, "Alis!"
Luo Lie pretended to be an adult, shrugged his shoulders and said, "What are you looking for for her?"
To be continued...