Paramount Gate, the largest vocal venue in Shanghai.

If you look up slightly, you can see the domed roof of Paramount Gate towering high into the night sky, reflecting the light of the stars and lights in the dark night.

Hua Ting can imagine how the Paramount Hall, which is only one door away from him at the moment, is full of lights and wine, singing and dancing.

In the past, I could only watch Paramount in TV dramas, watching how several men desperately competed for the red roses and white roses in the minds of hundreds of millions of men, and never thought that one day I would be able to experience this real Paramount in the 30s!

How many men's dreams does this Paramount carry? How many poignant love stories have you played?

When Hua heard this, she couldn't help but think of her grandfather......

With a burst of laughter as crisp as silver bells, several rickshaws were neatly parked at the Paramount gate. Four young women dressed in elaborate evening makeup and brightly colored cheongsams got out of the car with graceful steps.

Willow eyebrows, phoenix eyes, thin waist, standing collar cheongsam high slit.

This is the real women of the Republic of China, their beautiful eyes are flowing, the autumn waves are overflowing, like a few butterflies about to dance, stepping on the red steps of Paramount with brisk steps.

Paramount steps are the highest in the vocal music venues of Shanghai Beach, the steps are also paved with a long red carpet, already at this point, there are still a lot of guests coming and going, but there are few mud marks left on the red carpet, it is estimated that most of the people who come to this kind of place are rich and noble, usually do not walk much, the soles of the shoes are very clean, they wear bright dresses, shiny leather shoes, and step on the clean red carpet nobly, and slowly integrate into the singing and dancing of Paramount.

The doorman outside the hall saw that Hua was dressed like this, and unceremoniously stepped on the red carpet with a few dirty shoe prints, and insisted on not letting him in, and Chen Shu on the side had to take off his hat.

"It turned out to be Mr. Cai's person, come, please!" The doorman bent respectfully, his eyes no longer showing the disdain he had before.

"It seems that Mr. Cai is a merry old man!" Hua Ting quipped.

Chen Shu put on his hat again, straightened the brim of his hat and said, "Mr. Cai often comes here, and he doesn't bring anyone with him," the tone sounded loyal, "There are often people making trouble here, and I will come over to take a look if I have nothing to do." ”

The Paramount Hall is really as she imagined, most of the female guests are wearing cheongsams, and the men are also wearing straight suits, with elegant expressions and movements, and it can be seen that they are all Paramount regular customers with old Shanghai plots.

The jazz music in the hall changed from the moment the flowers entered the door to a bouncing melody, and the guests all stood up from their seats and came to the center of the hall to beat to the cheerful beat, and the air was filled with a strong atmosphere of old Shanghai.

Although it was just autumn, the heating in the hall was full of heat, the dancers on the stage were thinly dressed, their thighs were dancing hard to the music, and the celebrities in the audience were smiling and laughing, and the champagne in the glass and the bright stage lights intertwined, exuding an alluring crystal color......

In such a gold, silver and jade Paramount Gate, Hua Ting was almost drunk.

I remember one time, in 2000, a boss surnamed Zheng in Shanghai specially planned a large-scale luxury song and dance show of "Shanghai in 1930" in order to reproduce the style of Paramount back then. Hua Ting followed the grandfather who was in his 70s at the time to the scene of this song and dance show, because she was too young, she didn't know what nostalgia was at that time, and she would only stare at the dancers on the stage squirming hard.

Later, Paramount was renovated, the club on the first floor, the bar on the second floor, the restaurant on the third floor, and the dance hall on the fourth floor still had an old Shanghai flavor, but Grandpa never went again.

Cai Bingrong sat alone in the VIP seat closer to the stage, drinking the whiskey in his hand lonely, without Miss Wu by his side.

It seems that he is not as romantic as Hua Ting.

"Mr. Cai." Chen Shu bowed his head and said hello.

Cai Bingrong glanced at him, nodded, didn't notice Hua Ting on the side, turned his head and continued to drink his whiskey.

"Hey, since your boss isn't close to women, why did you come to this kind of place?" Hua Tingting is really curious.

Because the music in the hall was too loud, Chen Shu couldn't hear it very clearly, and motioned for her to say it again.

So Hua listened to him and repeated what he had just said, which attracted Cai Bingrong's attention, but he only glanced at her and didn't recognize her.

Chen Shu shook his head, indicating that he didn't know very well.

After a long bounce, the music softened and the guests in the center of the hall returned to their seats.

Hua Ting noticed a tall woman wearing a lilac cheongsam and covering most of her face with a feather fan slowly coming from the corner of the stage.

Her appearance sucked the attention of all the men present, they stopped their movements, and their eyes were in the direction of the stage in unison, even Cai Bingrong was no exception.

The woman on the stage slowly put down the fan in her hand, with a little smile in her eyes, a pair of upturned apricot eyes can not see any love except for the amorous style, she looked at the microphone, slightly tilted her head, wavy black hair hung down, covering half of the hooked corners of the mouth, just this one action, the original simple clothes seemed to be dyed in a thousand colors, and the appearance was extremely beautiful.

The men present were a little stunned for a while, just because that face took away all the glamour present, she didn't need to apply too much fat powder, she was already charming.

Even Hua Ting was stunned, this woman, although she could see that she was in her early 30s, was better than all the young girls present.

She slowly stretched out her hands with red silk gloves, slightly supported the microphone in front of her, tilted her head and cleared her throat before she burst into a bright smile, "Thank you to everyone here for your support." ”

As soon as he said such a sentence, the men in the audience were out of control, and the applause was like thunder, as if they were clapping with their lives.

She blinked, said a beautiful opening and started singing.

As the prelude to the song sounded, she opened her mouth slightly, and a low magnetic voice flowed out of the speaker, making Hua Ting instantly think of a sentence, the so-called moving as soon as she opened her mouth, which describes such a voice.

"Who is she?" Hua Ting approached Chen Shu, allowing him to hear more clearly.

"Zhao Yiran." For the beautiful and moving woman on the stage, Chen Shu didn't seem to be very interested, and his eyes lazily swept the surroundings.

Zhao Yiran? This name is very familiar, and it sounds like I've seen it somewhere......

On stage, she sang a sad love song, the tone was very enchanting, with her bass voice, as if scratching the tip of people's hearts.

"Paramount top?" The flower remembered it.

"Hmm." He replied lightly.

Hua heard this name in the newspaper, as if it meant that many rich and powerful sons in Shanghai Tang even ten years younger than her wanted to marry her as their wives, and their reputation could be said to be red through half of Shanghai.

How? This Cai Bingrong also wants to marry her?

One song is over.

Zhao Yiran nodded in thanks, handed over the stage to the next person on stage, walked off the stage by himself, and held up his glass to socialize with everyone from all walks of life.

I'm afraid this is the moment that the men here are waiting for.

Hua Ting noticed that the inspector in a low-key suit in the corner on the side looked at Zhao Yiran, who was only two meters away from him, and the gentleness in his eyes deepened, he gently shook the pale liquid in the cup, and a smile climbed up his face.

"Inspector?" Hua Ting couldn't control her curiosity, and the volume was so high that Cai Bingrong glanced back at her again.

Still didn't recognize it.

Zhao Yiran held the wine glass and walked in this direction with a light gait, and Chen Shu whispered in her ear: "The inspector is also a frequent visitor here. ”

"Isn't it? He doesn't look like a person who likes this kind of place. ”

"It seems to be for her too."

In Chen Shu's mouth, she was already standing in front of Cai Bingrong.

The corners of his mouth are frivolous, his eyes are smiling, it is obviously a normal expression, but when he puts it on Zhao Yiran, there is a different kind of sexiness.

Cai Bingrong got up and clinked glasses with her, but he didn't say anything, but his eyes were full of deep meaning.

Could it be that there is an untold story between these two people?

Hua Ting quietly observed the facial expressions of several people around her, and found that the inspector had been observing Zhao Yiran's every move, intentionally or unintentionally.

Does he like this woman, or does he have some case in his hands?

Zhao Yiran drank half a glass of wine, said thank you to Cai Bingrong, and turned around to go to another table.

"Why don't you sit down for a while?" Cai Bingrong retained, and his voice was rare and gentle.

Zhao Yiran shook his head and chuckled: "I'm afraid other people will be unhappy." ”

Cai Bingrong was not reluctant, sat down and continued to drink his wine.

Zhao Yiran clinked glasses with every guest present, drank, and had a standard entertainment smile on her face, although she was smiling and welcoming, as long as people with a little heart could see that this smiling face actually maintained a little alienation, she was just going away, playing official, only when facing the inspector, it would become different.

It seemed that the inspector was very familiar with her, and a smile crawled all over his face as he spoke.

Hua couldn't help but be curious when she heard it: "The two of them know each other?" ”

Chen Shu looked over there and nodded: "I've known each other for a long time." ”

The woman in red on the stage sang and danced hard, but it only attracted the attention of a few people present, no wonder Zhao Yiran is a Paramount red card, 90% of the men in this hall are going to her, right? Who else is the woman on the table?

"It's so late, it's time for you to go home, right?"

Chen Shu's reminder reminded her of Bai Qihong's warehouse.

Bai Qihong should have been angry at this time, right?

It's really late when you think about it, and it's time to go home, otherwise Madame Bai doesn't know what to worry about.

"Then I'm ......"

The sound of a "pop" is the sound of the wine glass colliding with the marble floor, which is extremely sharp in this soft jazz music.

In the VIP seat closest to the stage, a drunken man staggered up from the couch, gasping for breath and his cheeks flushed, apparently drunk, and was annoyed, grabbing another wine glass on the table and throwing it on the ground.

And Zhao Yiran, who was standing opposite him, looked like he hadn't heard or seen anything, and pecked the red wine in the glass with a leisurely expression.

The drunken man was held by the arms of the two attendants behind him, staggering and trying to stand up straight, but his legs didn't obey the call, and he couldn't stand steadily, he raised the bantam in his hand, pointed in the direction of Zhao Yiran, and said, "Ben, Ben, young master's words, you dare not listen!?" ”

Zhao Yiran smiled as always, "What does Jin Dashao want me to hear?" There was contempt in the charming smile that was not even evil.

Another arrogant and arrogant young master.

Although the guests present paid attention to the movement over there, no one dared to jump out.

"Who is he?" Hua Ting's eyes swept over the place where the inspector was sitting just now, and the person was gone.

"Paramount shareholders, the Jin family," Chen Shu said, "most people here are afraid of him." ”

"Afraid of him? Will he eat you? ”

"Maybe."

"Maybe?"

He actually answered so seriously, he wanted to laugh.

"Young Master Ben is going to take you to Hangzhou today!" The drunken Jin family stumbled forward, trying to grab the hand of the woman opposite, but pounced.

Zhao Yiran turned sideways and skillfully dodged.

"Let's go! Come with me! The Jin family stumbled forward again, and Zhao Yiran took a step back.

"You woman! Ate the Ambition Leopard Guts!? The Jin family began to roar.

Zhao Yiran handed the wine glass back to the waiter on the side, smiled at the corner of his mouth, and gently spit out four words: "I will not accompany you." ”

“cao！” The Jin family was furious, shook off the hands of the two entourages, pounced forward, and firmly grabbed one of Zhao Yiran's wrists.

The dancers on the stage stopped singing, and the dancers also stopped dancing, all of them looking timidly at the scene.

"Chen Shu." Cai Bingrong just called his name faintly.

He understood it in his heart, and took steps in the direction of Zhao Yiran.

"Huh!" The righteous cells in his body began to move again, and Hua Tingsan stepped forward to cross him, "This kind of thing men will only help more and more, let me come!" ”

But I forgot that I am not a man or a woman now.