Chapter Eighty-Eight: A Sense of Déjà vu
With Xiao Yao's memory, after walking around the backstage, he almost remembered the terrain and the location of various equipment. The pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info came back in a circle, and the staff had already come to announce the start of the rehearsal, and the models began to prepare in their respective appearance order.
Xiao Yao didn't jump around anymore, found a secluded place in the backstage and sat down quietly, and began to think about the layout of the entire backstage, which of the three areas can not affect the normal work of the staff, and can provide him with a good enough perspective of the shooting position.
It's a pity that Xiao Yao didn't start before he was interrupted by Betty Bellet. "Little young, the camera will be returned to you. Betty returned Xiao Yao's mirrorless camera to her, "The photo has not been deleted, even if there are still my photos in it." But don't leave after the rehearsal, I'll invite you to dinner, and you'll have to tell me when you filmed me in, and I'm already wary. After speaking, without waiting for Xiao Yao to answer, he turned around and walked quickly to the entrance of the passage leading to the stage. She was wide open and was the first to appear.
Xiao Yao took the camera and smiled, it really doesn't matter what he eats.
The whole show lasted no more than an hour, because the rehearsal was about the sequence of the process, the speed of the models' steps and the background music, so the rehearsal time did not exceed two hours in total.
According to the convention, every year, the Eva Show will invite two to three groups of singers or bands that are popular in the European and American music scene to be live performers, and two or three of the six units will perform live on stage and interact with the models.
This year is also the same, and the guests have already been decided. They are a female pop singer, a female hip-hop singer and a pop rock band, all of whom have achieved outstanding musical results this year. Originally, Xiao Yao thought that he would meet the two female singers and the rock band during the rehearsal, but he didn't expect that the rehearsal was about to end, and Xiao Yao didn't see them.
Later, Xiao Yao couldn't help but run out of the backstage, and found Chen Xuan, who was also thinking about a suitable shooting position, at the front scene and asked, before he understood the reason.
It turned out that the repertoire of the singer and the band had already been decided, and the duration of the song was fixed, and the performance time of the performers on stage was also fixed. Models just need to be careful not to collide with them on stage when they walk the catwalk. Whether it is the singer or these models, they are all people with extremely rich experience in performing on stage or catwalk, and it is basically impossible for them to bump into each other on stage.
As for the interaction between the singer and the model at that time, Eva Xiu wanted to see it completely improvised by both parties on stage, and did not want to design it in advance, the model and the singer were not actors, they wanted the interaction between the two on stage to be quite natural, so they improvised it.
The most famous interaction between singers and models in the Eva show was three years ago, when Betty Bellette's now-husband, Keith Craig, who was still her boyfriend at the time, was the lead singer of the Daydream Band, as a guest performer that year.
When the two appeared on the stage at the same time, not only did the little ambiguity between the eyes abuse a lot of single dogs, Keith even secretly followed from behind when Betty had already walked to the end of the catwalk closest to the audience, and kissed Betty when she was unprepared, making the atmosphere explode instantly, and the rich expressions on Betty's expression caught by the camera from panic to surprise to surprise were not designed during rehearsals and could be performed live.
Although Betty Bellet said domineeringly that she wanted Xiao Yao not to leave after the rehearsal and waited for her to invite him to dinner, Xiao Yao was only ten years old after all, and if she wanted to take him away, she still had to go through the consent of his guardian.
Betty had already asked the old man Giani about Xiao Yao's situation during the break in the rehearsal, and knew that this young young man's parents did not accompany him to the United States, and during this time in the United States, Xiao Yao's guardian should be his teacher Thiel Chen. Therefore, after the rehearsal, Betty directly found Chen Xuan and explained to him her willingness to invite Xiao Yao to dinner in the evening.
"Hotel Heather!" Chen Xuan replied to Betty.
"What do you mean?" Betty didn't understand what Chen Xuan meant.
"I mean this kid lives at the Heather Hotel. The room card is on himself, remember to send him back to the hotel after dinner. Chen Xuan shrugged and said, "Since you took him away, I'll find a place to play by myself at night." Questions?"
"Of course not. Betty said happily, "Don't worry, I'll definitely send him back to the hotel safely." ”
"Actually, I'm not worried. Chen Xuan smiled, "This is a very smart little guy, I guess even if he is thrown into Brooklyn, he can find a way back to the hotel by himself." I just don't want him to call me to save money. You know, I had an appointment with a beautiful woman at night. ”
Betty looked at Chen Xuan a little speechlessly, and then turned to Xiao Yao on the side and said, "Little Young, are you sure that it is the right decision for you to find him as your master and your temporary guardian in the United States?"
"The French are so unreliable," Xiao Yao spread his hands and said, "but he is the best photographer I have ever met." ”
"Don't fire the cannons. Chen Xuan glared at Xiao Yao and said, but he seemed to be quite satisfied with Xiao Yao's answer in the second half of the sentence, and stood up proudly and waved his hand at Betty and said, "Bye, this kid is handed over to you." Remember, if I don't see him at the hotel tomorrow, I'll come to you. ”
Looking at Chen Xuan's departing back, Xiao Yao asked Betty, "Aren't we leaving?"
"In order to prevent you from saying bad things about me in Chinese and I don't understand it, I also invited Qin and Yin to come along. Betty said, "They're still changing, so we'll have to wait." ”
There is a saying in Huaxia that many friends have many paths, not to mention that whether it is fame, income, status or influence in the industry, Betty Belette is a cut above Qin Qingyang and Yin Xi. Befriending Betty is quite beneficial for the development of the two, especially in the European and American fashion circles. Therefore, Betty invited her to dinner, and the two naturally agreed.
"Are you sure they'll help you?" Xiao Yao said, "The three of us are from the same country. ”
As he was talking, Qin Qingyang and Yin Xi had already changed their clothes and came out and walked over to them. Yin Xi even jumped out of the way, deliberately calling Xiao Yao's nickname in Chinese with a fierce face: "Demon, this fairy is going to accept you today." "I took Xiao Yao around the backstage just now, and Qin Qingyang and Yin Xi and Xiao Yao are already familiar with each other.
After all, there are only three of them in this foreign place, Xiao Yao is not only young, but also looks very easy to get along with, and there are many people in his temperament, Yin Xi, who is crazy and familiar with the attributes, is unscrupulous towards Xiao Yao. And she calls herself a fairy because of her appearance and her hard photo style and temperament, she was rated as the most "fairy" model in the domestic circle, so she also got the nickname of "fairy".
Betty frowned, looked at Yin Xi and said, "You call him yaonie? What does that mean?" Although she doesn't know Chinese, Betty can easily tell that the first two words are Yin Xi calling Xiao Yao.
"Huh?" How do you translate the demon in English, Yin Xi was stunned, and he really couldn't find the right words to translate for a while.
"She said I was a bad person, a demon. Xiao Yao laughed, using the words evildoer and demon.
"Why do you call him that, did he do anything bad to you?" Betty said as she looked at Yin Xi suspiciously.
"No, of course not. Qin Qingyang, who was still more stable, explained to Betty: "Yanie does have some bad meanings, but in our Huaxia, it is also used by us to call some people who are smarter than geniuses. ”
"Smarter than genius?" Bette repeated.
"Yes. Smarter than genius, this kind of person is so smart that it can make people feel frightened, so he will borrow names such as demons and monsters to call these people, not that he is necessarily a bad person. Qin Qingyang nodded.
"Understood. Betty nodded, "So, you must know more about him before Yin calls him that, would you mind sharing it with me?"
"Aren't you going to eat, I'm dying of hunger!" Xiao Yao exclaimed exaggeratedly, decisively interrupting the gossip between the women.
"Okay, let's eat. Betty nodded and led the way to the parking lot.
Because it was a private dinner, Betty didn't bring an assistant and agent, Qin Qingyang and Yin Xi naturally didn't bring either, and Xiao Yao didn't have either of these at all. Four people can eat, and one car is enough. Qin Qingyang and Yin Xi came to New York this time, and they both rented relatively large and comfortable nanny cars, Xiao Yao took Chen Xuan's car, and only Betty had a private car, so the group naturally set off in Betty's car.
Betty drove, Xiao Yao got into the co-pilot by himself, and left the two seats in the back to the two Chinese girls.
The car drove out, and Yin Xi, who was in the back seat, couldn't help but whisper to Qin Qingyang in Chinese: "Don't you think Betty is very good to the little demon, it's just the first time we met, I actually invited him to dinner privately, not to mention driving him personally, and asked the two of us fellow countrymen to accompany him, wouldn't it be to fancy this little guy?"
Qin Qingyang slapped Yin Xi and said, "Don't talk nonsense. Betty has just given birth to a child for only three months, and this is the time when maternal love is overflowing and she especially likes children. ”
"Cut~" Yin Xi pursed his lips, "Mother's love is overflowing and looking for her own children." ”
"Their own children are in Los Angeles, and she has to go back if she wants to see them. Don't you want to let the family's emotions be transferred?" Qin Qingyang said, "It's you, don't keep shouting Xiao Yao's demons, it's not good." Qin Qingyang and Yin Xi are in a circle, the two have known each other and have a good relationship when they are in China, this time they came to the United States to participate in the Eva show, the two of them are Chinese models, and after getting along during this time, this relationship is naturally going further, she is a few years older, and she unconsciously entered the role of her sister.
"I don't think he's okay to hear me call him that. Maybe he'd like me to call him a demon. Yin Xi said indifferently.
Betty drove the car intently, and occasionally paid attention to Xiao Yao in the co-pilot looking out the window to observe the night view of New York, but he didn't pay much attention to the two peers in the back seat who were biting their ears quietly.
When the car arrived at its destination, Betty pulled the car over on the side of the road in front of a restaurant. After the four of them got out of the car, a waiter at the door greeted them and called "Ms. Belette", took Betty's car keys and helped park the car. As a popular model and fashion celebrity, Betty Belette did not change her husband's surname after getting married, so outsiders generally call her Ms. Belette. Looking at the performance of the parking attendant, it is obvious that Betty is either a member of this restaurant or a regular customer.
Xiao Yao followed Betty into the dining room, and at a casual glance, he found that there was a performance stage in the hall with a black grand piano on it. Taking a closer look at the layout and various furnishings in the restaurant, Xiao Yao has a sense of déjà vu.