Chapter 86: Wall Street and Broadway

At 10 o'clock in the morning, Xu Qing and three people appeared on Wall Street.

Xu Qing looked at the scene of Wall Street curiously, two lives, Xu Qing was the first time to come to Wall Street.

Xu Qing has seen or heard about Wall Street in many films and books, and its popularity in China is similar to that of Hollywood.

One is just a financial street, and the other is a film and television mecca that gave birth to many famous films.

In terms of communication, Hollywood has completely exploded Wall Street, but the popularity of the two in China is about the same, which shows the influence of Wall Street.

Wall Street is still very prosperous, and many financial institutions have their headquarters here, and the streets are full of people, most of whom are young men and women wearing suits or professional skirts.

There are also some tourists dressed in casual clothes with cameras in hand.

In fact, there is nothing to see on Wall Street, the street is very short, only more than 500 meters, and it is lined with towering buildings on both sides, exuding the smell of steel and glass.

The ordinary exterior of Wall Street hides a super-strong heart, but that heart was shattered after the events of the early 21st century.

Many financial institutions moved out of Wall Street after that incident.

Wall Street in the 21st century is more synonymous with the power of American capital.

Xu Qing walked slowly and unconsciously came to the famous New York Stock Exchange.

The New York Stock Exchange is the preferred place for many companies to list, including many Chinese companies, which also want to list here.

Most of the Huaxia companies that choose to be listed here are state-owned enterprises, and most of the private enterprises in Huaxia are listed on the NASDAQ.

After thinking for a while, Xu Qing entered the New York Stock Exchange.

The New York Stock Exchange is now open to the public, and after that event in the 21st century, regular visitors need to apply in advance to enter the exchange.

Xu Qing entered the visiting corridor on the second floor, and the trading hall on the first floor usually does not allow unrelated people to enter.

Through the bulletproof glass on the corridor, Xu Qing saw that there were dense trading seats in the trading hall, many people in suits and leather shoes sitting on the seats, and a group of people surrounded them.

The expressions of these people are either very excited, or very sad, or very calm, or very happy, all kinds of expressions, a living picture.

Xu Qing felt that if these people went to perform on Broadway, they would definitely get praise from the audience.

Seats on the New York Stock Exchange are expensive, now costing about $4 million per seat, and by 2001 the price had fallen to $1 million.

Xu Qing looked at the situation on the trading floor with great interest, and met a manager of the exchange, who recognized Xu Qing and invited Xu Qing and three people to visit the trading hall.

Xu Qing refused, he didn't want to enter the trading hall as a tourist, but to enter the trading floor as a bell ringer.

Well, Xu Qing is hypocritical.

Leaving the New York Stock Exchange, Xu Qing and the three of them continued to visit Wall Street.

If he is a person who is interested in finance, Wall Street is his holy place, but Xu Qing has no interest in finance, Wall Street is basically a variety of financial institutions, which is very boring.

After crossing Wall Street and walking for a while, Xu Qing and the three of them came to Broadway.

Broadway is a long, long street that is 25 kilometers long.

Along this 25-kilometre stretch, there are dozens of theatres where countless operas are staged every day.

Like Hollywood, Broadway is also a representative of the entertainment industry in the United States and has a great influence on the entertainment industry around the world.

Broadway is much more interesting than Wall Street, with its eclectic buildings, colorful shop and theater signs, colorful posters, and street performers performing on the streets.

Only street artists who are confident in their own strength dare to perform on the streets of Broadway.

They come to Broadway not only to get some source of livelihood, but more importantly, to get the attention of those theaters.

If they can get the attention of those theaters and perform in the theaters, their lives will change dramatically, and they will have the opportunity to become celebrities and be the center of public attention.

Xu Qing watched the performances of these street performers for a while, and knew that their level was higher than that of the street performers performing in Central Park.

But the cruel thing is that many street performers will not be noticed by those theaters for the rest of their lives, and those theaters have their own system of training performers, and they rarely recruit street performers into the theater to perform.

After walking for a while, Xu Qing actually saw several Chinese people performing.

The reason why Xu Qing thinks that these people are Chinese is because the project they perform is Sichuan opera face change and spitting fire.

Xu Qing was a little puzzled, whether in China or abroad, Sichuan opera would not appear on the streets.

Instead, on the big stage illuminated by lights, it brings a theatrical feast to the audience.

Performing Sichuan opera on the street is a bit of a self-surrendering identity.

Xu Qing suppressed the doubts in his heart and looked at these Sichuan opera performers intently.

I have to say that these performers have profound skills.

As soon as he raised his hand, an angry face appeared, and when he raised his hand, a face that was neither sad nor happy appeared.

The wonderful face-changing performance caused many onlookers to exclaim.

Sichuan opera face change originated in the 30s of the 20th century, and now it is not as common as in later generations, many foreigners have not seen this kind of magical face change performance, they think it is amazing.

"Honey, how did he do it?"

"I don't know, it's amazing!"

"Wow! He's changing his face so fast, my eyes can't keep up with his. ”

"His face is very interesting, the colors are very good. ”

……

If the face-changing performance only caused the onlookers to exclaim quietly, then the fire-spitting performance caused the onlookers to exclaim loudly, even in horror.

A large ball of fire erupted from the performer's mouth, and the fire was a little ferocious, like a fire dragon roaring.

Onlookers who were closer to the performers retreated for fear of being caught in the fire. Xu Qing was relatively far away from the performers, and he also felt a little burning.

"Isn't it true that the fire that comes out of his mouth will not burn his mouth and face?"

"Wow! That's cool! I want to learn this kind of acting. ”

"It's a great show!"

"I love his performances, they look better than those singing and dancing performances. ”

"I'm going to call the police, their performance is too dangerous! not only for their own safety, but also for the audience. ”

……

Xu Qing heard several onlookers around him say that they wanted to call the police, and some were worried about these performers, and it was easy to provoke the police by performing fires on the streets of the United States.

Xu Qing's fears soon became a reality, and several policemen appeared in the onlookers, staring fiercely at the Sichuan opera performers, especially the fire-breathing performers.