Chapter 119: Journey to the East
It's already July back to SLO again.
The heat above the head does not change, and it seems that the continuous heat has been in place since mid-May, or rather...... Is this reason called summer? It didn't affect An Feng much, he floated comfortably on the water, and it wasn't until Joanna woke up the lazy worm that was about to sink that he was reluctant to leave the water.
"Being in water for a long time is not good for your skin." Joanna handed him the bath towel.
An Feng took the bath towel and was not serious: "Obey, Miss!" ”
Joanna turned the laptop screen to him: "I've decided, for this musical, The Phantom of the Opera, the biggest performance of the year, it's a classic. ”
"Interesting, isn't it?" An Feng sat down and looked at the screen.
Joanna frowned: "Interesting? What a strange statement. The musical is a feast for the eyes and ears, and you will find that it is worth the trip, believe my vision, the enduring musical is not in vain, I have watched it a total of six times, and I am still full of anticipation! ”
"Hopefully it's like you say." An Feng always felt that these elegant artistic enjoyments were far away from him, and they were usually talked about by those in high society or those who were suspected of pretending, but now it mattered, Joanna liked it. Therefore, a good man must learn to accept the preferences of his other half...... Find the address and the name of the theater, which is located on New York's famous Broadway, a thriving area for theaters.
An Feng looked up and asked, "Do you need me to reserve a place?" ”
"Well, it's better to be like this, I don't want to miss out." Joanna said.
"No problem." An Feng dialed the secretary's phone number and won the two tickets for the best location he could find.
"That's it, the box on the second floor is facing the stage." An Feng triumphantly invited credit.
"Great!" Joanna kisses him.
"Not enough!" An Feng put his arm around her waist. He took her into his arms and kissed her a few more times: "That's it." Is it worth my hard work? ”
Joanna broke away a little: "It's wet, it's so annoying." ”
"It didn't take less than ten seconds for it to go from liking to hating? I'm really worthless! An Feng said sadly.
"You are my dearest though. But—" Joanna put her arm around his neck, "just hate." ”
An Feng quarreled with her a few times, and asked casually, "Then what are we going to do next?" ”
"Prepare your costume!" Joanna said.
Clothing includes clothes and jewelry...... It is necessary to prepare, because as long as a woman attends any public occasion, she will try her best to "arm" herself, but An Feng didn't expect to pay attention to so many rules.
First of all, the clothing required for formal occasions, that is, the so-called dress, it is divided into morning, noon and evening according to time, that is, morning dress. Afternoon and evening dresses. Further down, there are many types of dresses for this evening, semi-formal quasi-dresses, cocktail dresses for cocktail parties, and traditional evening dresses for formal banquets......
It is said that although the British don't know how to eat, they are very good at wearing, and the degree of attention to one of these small items alone makes An Feng a little dazzled, if he goes to the real upper class...... He is grateful that he has a girlfriend from a wealthy family. It saves him the effort to use his brain.
After shopping for two days in a row, after getting together all the outfits, there were only three people who met with relatives and friends. This time, my parents were not in a hurry to come, I heard that I went to travel to the land of China with my friends, and the planning was very rich. Meet my sister's family of three. Joanna, who needs no introduction at all, is introduced, and takes a helicopter home in their gossip eyes. Don't give them time, after giving them some instructions. Both fled California.
In addition to watching the theater, this trip also has the intention of traveling, I have been living on the west coast, occasionally changing my taste, and it is not bad to experience the eastern style. Business jet travel, in the time is very casual, take off in the morning, arrive in New York at one o'clock in the afternoon, the customary rent a luxury SUV, hotel suites.
After a short nap, as night fell, Joanna appeared in a quasi-gown, a red knee-length bodycon dress, and the bright red represented her beautiful mood. With a simple leather wallet in the hand, stepping on white high heels, and a bright white pearl necklace around the neck, a faint smile, elegant and vulgar.
Compared with the luxurious traditional evening dress, Joanna's quasi-dress is more casual, less solemn, and more lively. She took An Feng's hand and walked out of the hotel, where an extended courtesy car was waiting at the door, and the driver in a tuxedo pulled the door for them.
Courtesy cars merge into the traffic and come to Broadway, which runs north and south of Manhattan, and all the way north, the roadside is dotted with dozens of theaters, large and small, and the most you can see on the road is dense crowds, towering skyscrapers, and huge advertisements on the walls of the buildings like psoriasis.
Especially when passing through Times Square, the high-rise buildings are dense and the flow of people is congested, and the advertisers have not missed any opportunity to publicize it - that is, to put psoriasis on the building.
The courtesy car followed the double-decker sightseeing bus in front, and An Feng felt the congestion of the economic center of the world and the atmosphere of science and technology.
"Right there, tonight's theater." Joanna looked out the window.
An Feng followed her gaze, the car drove closer and closer, and a huge LCD billboard on the right hand side of the building displayed a white mask, with "phantom" written in English underneath, with the dark background, it looked a little ghostly.
The car stopped steadily, and immediately someone stepped forward, opened the rear door of the extended car, An Feng walked out of the car first, and then handed it to Joanna, and asked her to get out of the car very graciously. When I turned around, there was a long queue at the entrance of the theater waiting for admission, winding and circling, estimated to be at the end of the street, the weather was hot, but the audience's enthusiasm was undiminished.
Joanna glanced at the team: "That's the charm. ”
However, they don't have to queue up, VIP is used to reflect the first step, and after scanning the tickets in the special channel, they were invited in by a special reception.
They sat in the box on the second floor, the box area is independent of each other, not spacious, but the location is very right, looking around, you can appreciate the grandeur and majesty of the stage, in the style of a classical European theater, surrounded by carved beams and statues, no doubt, the original design has taken a lot of effort.
The audience entered one after another, most of them were dressed in formal attire, some were rigorous, and they were full of suits and dresses; Some are relaxed, a shirt and suit pants, but the ladies are very particular about their clothes, either bright and enthusiastic, or cold and indifferent...... The musical also unfolds in this solemn atmosphere.
What to say about this play, An Feng was amazed by the lighting and sound effects at the beginning, and then it was dull, because the performance of the musical was a bit ...... Just like Disney animation, a line is still stated in the front, and suddenly it is sung in bel canto at the end. Abbreviation: Can't speak well.
Sneaking a glance at Joanna, who was fascinated by watching the drama, fortunately she was accompanied by a sister, and the actresses on the stage were also more eye-catching, until the moving song "The-phantom-of-the-opera" by the heroine and the phantom began, and An Feng really devoted himself to the plot.
After the more than two hours of repertoire performance, according to An Feng's personal brain supplement, it is actually about a love triangle between two men and a woman who hate and love, among the two male protagonists, one is short and ugly, and the other is rich and handsome, the heroine admired the musical talent of the short and ugly at first, but then she was still no match for the brilliance of Gao Fushuai, and finally abandoned the spare tire and threw herself into the arms of Gao Fushuai, and the short and ugly disappeared heartbroken.
An Feng commented: "If you are ugly and fierce, you have no true love!" ”
Joanna didn't know that An Feng had made up so many plots in her own brain, and she was about to be able to make up a brain-dead copycat version of the Phantom of the Opera...... Her comment on An Feng is undeniable: "Because Phantom's heart is originally distorted by hatred, and the resentment of society closes the soul, and it is destined not to love." ”
An Feng shook his head: "If it weren't for the heroine's curiosity to take off the mask of the phantom and reveal half of his ugly face, and then he murdered the heroine, they would have a good ending in the end." So the conclusion is to give each other privacy, and you can't lose your temper with your own girl, otherwise it will give Gao Fushuai a chance. ”
Joanna smiled, "You like the Phantom character a lot?" ”
An Feng said: "I pity him for the pain that he really loves, but he can't get at the end." It is true that he did a lot of impulsive acts, killing people and destroying her for her, but wasn't the starting point just to like the heroine? Look at his last confession to the heroine who is about to elope with Gao Fushuai, when he says the painful 'I love you', it proves that if you love someone, no matter how crazy things can be done. ”
Joanna looked at him, "Are you too?" ”
"Of course." An Feng turned his head and met her light brown eyes: "But I don't need to be crazy, because I already have what I love." ”
Joanna put her arms around his neck and kissed him affectionately: "I will always be yours." (To be continued......)