Chapter 439: Competing on the same stage
Qin Zihe's English is very pure, and he also has a faint New York accent, Kane was stunned when he heard it. He didn't expect that the Chinese book's English would be so pure, which made him feel a little cordial, and hurriedly said: "I didn't want to remember that Mr.'s English is so pure, I was very surprised!" ”
Qin Zihe said with a smile: "I lived in New York for 12 years, and I didn't return to China until I graduated from Columbia University with a master's degree in economics, which is only four years, although I don't use English often. But it didn't fall behind! ”
Kane said, "Oh, that's what happened, no wonder, no wonder! "When he heard that Qin Zihe had lived in New York for 12 years and graduated from Columbia University with a master's degree in economics," this made him very happy, and he was somewhat stunned about dealing with Chinese officials before he came. And Qin Zihe's American background made him believe. This trip to China must be a pleasant journey.
Qin Zihe introduced Mayor Hexin to Kane, Kane introduced several important officials to Qin Zihe and Hexin, and after the Young Pioneers stepped forward to offer huā, the group went out of the pick-up hall to the parking lot, Qin Zihe did not take his No. 1 car this time, but accompanied Kane on the luxury bus. Heshing gave up another bus.
Wan Yong, the mayor of Songjiang, was very face-saving, "sent a police car to open the way, and the siren went all the way to the Harry Potter Hotel, Kane was shocked by the way China was received, in the United States, such a reception can only be enjoyed by heads of state! The members of the delegation were also shocked, and at the same time there was a hint of joy!
The hardware and software equipment of the Harry Potter Hotel are world-class, which completely breaks the impression of Kane and others on the poverty and backwardness of China, especially the pure French and Western food at the dinner, which makes him say OK, of course. The dinner was a combination of Chinese and Western food, and he was full of praise for the Chinese national cuisine after tasting it.
Wang Guozhong and Wan Yong stayed with them until the end of the dinner before leaving. Qin Zihe and He Xin kept sending them outside the hotel to get in the car before going back, and the members of the delegation were very tired due to the time difference. I went back to my room early to rest.
The next day, Qin Zihe and He Xin accompanied the members of the delegation on a day tour in Songjiang and returned to Huihe at 3 p.m. As soon as you enter the territory of the Hui River, colorful flags are displayed everywhere, and there is a jubilant atmosphere. When I arrived at the Huihe City Hotel, a grand welcome ceremony was held, and the military band, drum band and primary and secondary school students holding huā bunches were very grand. The pomp and circumstance is unprecedented.
The Tongjiang Municipal Party Committee and Mayor Bai Wannian came to Huihe to participate in this welcome ceremony!
Although Qin Zihe introduced Qian Wanli and Bai Wannian to Kane very vividly in English, "Although Kane understands that one of these two people is also a book, and the other is also a mayor, and they are more than Qin Zihe's officials. But they didn't understand what the relationship between them was, so they had to boil it down to the leaders of neighboring cities to congratulate them on becoming sister cities!
The welcome evening review is very grand, this time it is mainly based on Chinese national cuisine, but it is only for the members of the delegation who are really not used to eating Chinese food to provide Western food, "Chinese national food is very delicious, at first the members of the delegation still want to call Western food, but they feel that it is very rude to do so" so they ate Chinese food. But I liked it while eating, and I didn't mention Western food anymore, and as a result, I didn't use any Western food prepared for dinner.
The next day "the two sides held talks in groups, and the city government and the Jersey City government discussed the final details of the establishment of a sister city. In the evening, representatives of China and the United States and people from all walks of life in Huihe gathered in the performance hall of Huihe Ji Theater to watch the cultural performances of China and the United States.
Huihe City originally had a city-owned Ji Opera Troupe. The level of performance is also very high, and the performance tasks are full during the planned economy period. After the reform and opening up into the market economy. The Ji Opera Troupe was pushed to the market and was self-financed, but it couldn't hold on for a year, so the troupe had to rent out the practice hall and turn it into a dance hall, and the Ji Opera Troupe was changed to a movie and a venue for performance groups from all over the world. Barely making ends meet.
The Cultural Affairs Bureau urgently recruited these actors back to organize the rehearsal of the traditional Ji Opera "Qin Xianglian", and claimed that if they were brilliant in front of the American delegation this time, they would have the opportunity to perform in the United States, and after they came back, they would be classified as career editors, and the city raised them, which made all the actors very excited, and the rehearsals were also very hard, and the repertoire of "Qin Xianglian" was how many times they had performed before. This time, it will get twice the result with half the effort, and it will soon reach the performance level.
For comedy, although the locals of Huihe are familiar with it, they are not interested, especially if a singing segment can be sung for nearly ten minutes, they can't help but commotion. They were interested in the program brought by the American representative, and it took more than an hour to sing "Qin Langlian" in its entirety.
The representatives of the Jersey City delegates were very fond of the Ji Opera wearing classical costumes and painting heavy faces, although they couldn't understand the lyrics at all, they also had an expression of "excited" and cheered from time to time.
As soon as "Qin Xianglian" ended, the members of the American delegation applauded warmly, and the local audience in Huihe also applauded warmly, but the American delegation applauded sincerely, and the applause of the local audience in Huihe was, you are finally finished, we finally wait to see the Americans perform!
The Jersey City Cabaret Troupe presented the classic Broadway musical "Cats", which was lavishly decorated because mainland audiences had seen clips of Broadway performances in some American blockbusters. The actors' costumes are revealing, and there are times when they perform without tops, so there is a lot of anticipation. But because it takes a while to set up the stage scene, the audience can't wait. Some even fought. Whistle, Qin Zihe's face couldn't help but darken. Isn't this the face of the people of Huihe! But without him speaking, the police inspector who maintained order had already rushed over, and the whistle suddenly disappeared......
Music plays. The curtain slowly opened. More than 30 actors danced in gorgeous scenes, and the actor who played the role of a cat was dressed in a tight-fitting huā pattern costume, showing the curves of Miaoman, no different from no clothes at all, wearing gorgeous headdresses and long skirts underneath. The bare-bellied actors shook out a lot of huā, and there were really two topless actresses on the stage. However, the breasts were covered by clever painting, and "the whole theater suddenly boiled ......!" ~!