After breakfast, Ryan finished his latest work email, left the Waldorf Astoria and went to Lincoln Center for the Arts again, but this time not at the Metropolitan Opera, but at the City Theatre of New York, where the New York Ballet is based.

The Black Swan crew signed a partnership agreement with the New York Ballet to assist the crew in choreography and filming, as well as provide a training venue for the crew's actors.

Ryan was unlucky, and just after turning Eighth Avenue, he was stuck in Manhattan and didn't arrive at the New York City Theater until nearly noon.

Since it was the first time to come here, Ryan asked a few questions, and under the guidance of a staff member, he went around the backstage of the theater through the back door, and circled the long corridor for half a circle, and then found the practice room of the "Black Swan" crew.

Entering the practice room lightly, the most striking thing was not the people who were training, but the huge mirror hanging on the wall, Ryan did not go directly to the girls in training, but looked at Natalie in a tight dance costume with great interest through the mirror.

It's not just Natalie who is practicing, Gail who didn't see yesterday? Gado and Scarlett? Johnson was among them, they had only been training for a little over a month, and it was impossible for them to make too complex movements, just to practice some basic skills under the guidance of a tall and lanky dancer.

"Stand on one foot, clamp the inside of your legs, lift your kneecaps, and tighten your glutes so that the muscles on both sides of your hips are slightly recessed."

The dancer, who seemed to be a little familiar, was doing a demonstration and talking about the essentials of the movements.

"Keep your center of gravity absolutely vertical, with your feet evenly supporting your weight, and the ten toes of your feet gripping the ground tightly......"

"Well, that's it!"

He didn't seem to see Ryan coming in, and he didn't mean to interrupt the training, "Relax your shoulders and pull back a little harder, your waist upright, but you don't want to collapse." ”

Go to the corner. Ryan sat on a bench and watched with interest at ballet training that he had never seen in the field before.

Among several actresses, Natalie is the most natural, although she has been out of ballet for many years, she finally has some foundation; Gail? Gado has long legs and a light body, and he is still a model, and those basic movements seem to be done; Scarlett has lost a lot of weight from the last time she saw her, and although she still looks fleshy, she is still trying to keep up with the pace of training.

"The head is naturally upright and the breath is even and deep. Look straight ahead with both eyes, don't stretch your neck forward, and don't shrink your chin......"

Hearing the voice from there, Ryan couldn't help but hold his chin, remembering Natalie's reminder last night, and gradually had some memories, as if Nat had indeed seen the tall and thin ballet dancer when she appeared in "The Seagull" on Broadway, and remembered that she was still in Natalie's dressing room backstage. He was holding a bouquet of flowers......

It turned out to be the suitor of Nat......

Thinking of this, Ryan suddenly found that the other party's obviously mature face brought more than vague memories from previous years. There is another sense of familiarity.

His brows couldn't help but furrow, it shouldn't be such a coincidence, right?

A 'pop' clapping sound rang out, followed by the voice, "That's all for the morning's basic exercises." ”

Stand in the corner. Ryan didn't move, and it wasn't until Natalie and the others came over that he gave up the memories he was rummaging through.

"Hi. Ryan. ”

Gail? Gado beckoned, and Ryan smiled and nodded at her, his gaze falling on the man who followed behind.

Ryan ......

Natalie also noticed that the other party was following, and hurriedly introduced, "This is Benjamin?" Millerpi, choreographer and principal dancer of the New York Ballet. ”

"Hello." Ryan squinted his eyes and held out his hand, "I think we've met." ”

"Yes." The other party shook his hand, "A few years ago, backstage at a Broadway theater. ”

With a polite and polite smile, Ryan's eyes turned back to Natalie, "Let's go change our clothes, let's go to lunch together." ”

Then, he looked at the other two, "Scarlett, Gail, let's go together." ”

"Okay."

The two girls, one tall and one short, nodded one after another, Gail? Gado seemed to want to say something, but was Scarlett? Johnson pulled, "It's not early, let's hurry." Ryan, can you wait outside the locker room? ”

"Of course."

Following Natalie and Gail being pulled by Scarlett? Behind Gardo, Ryan walked out of the dance studio, turned the corner of the hallway, entered a dressing room, and randomly found a chair near the wooden wall, and sat on it waiting for the three girls who entered the back dressing room to change.

In the locker room, Gail? Gado put down the dance costume he had taken off, and asked puzzled while buttoning his bust, "Scarlett, why did you pull me just now?" I just wanted to ask Benjamin ...... out of politeness."

"Didn't you notice?" Scarlett put on her shirt and pouted, "Ryan doesn't like that coach and is even hostile to him. ”

"Is there one?" Gail? Gado asked curiously, "Why didn't I feel it?" ”

"I've known Ryan for over a decade." Scarlett looked at Natalie, "He has some subconscious habits that others may not understand, but he can't hide from those of us who grew up together, and he doesn't hide his thoughts much in front of us." ”

"Is that so, Nat?" Gail? Gado looked at Natalie as well.

"Scarlett is right." Natalie buttoned up her shirt, "Ryan gives me the same feeling as Scarlett. ”

"Why is that? Doesn't seem like they're familiar? Scarlett pinched her thin face in the mirror, and suddenly said, "Ryan said that he had met Benjamin before, did it have anything to do with that meeting?" ”

"I think ......," Natalie said after a moment's hesitation, "it should be." ”

"They can't be rivals in love, right?"

Hear Gail? Natalie couldn't help but shrug her shoulders when Gado quipped, "When I was in 'The Seagull,' Benjamin used to woo me, and once Ryan came backstage to look for me, and he happened to come and deliver flowers. ”

"Wow, that's exciting." Scarlett and Gail? Gado looked at each other and laughed at the same time, "We've got a good show." ”

"You ......," Natalie shook her head at the two guys who were afraid of chaos in the world, "give up those frivolous thoughts, do you think Ryan will take a person who I rejected a long time ago?" ”

"Let me think about it." Scarlett didn't listen to Natalie at all, and was she still talking to Gail? Gado muttered, "With Ryan's approach to the enemy." He would first disgrace the other person, then turn him into a pauper, and then build it into a concrete pillar and throw it under the Hudson Estuary. ”

"Scarlett." Ryan's voice suddenly rang out, "Am I that bored?" Or have you been taught badly by Alison? Do you need me to ask Ms. Sloan for another English etiquette teacher for you? ”

"Hey, hey, hey......" Scarlett said dissatisfiedly through the boardwalk, "how can you do that?" How can you eavesdrop on whispers between women! ”

"I'm sorry." Ryan reached back and flicked it against the plank wall. "The soundproofing is so poor, I think you ignore that this is not a locker room at home."

There was a 'knock knock' on the inside of the wooden wall, followed by Scarlett's grumbling, "Hell, the locker room wall is just a composite panel." ”

"Alright, Scarlett."

It was Natalie's voice, "Ryan won't mind. ”

"Of course not." Ryan shook his head and smiled, "So, Scarlett will pay for the lunch." ”

The Lincoln Center is located in Manhattan. Four people in a car went straight to Jean on Fifth Avenue? Georges's Restaurant, a three-Michelin-starred restaurant known for its luxury, is known as the best French restaurant and fashion landmark in New York. If you want to dine in it, you often need to make a reservation well in advance.

But for some special customers, these are not a problem.

A long time ago, Scarlett had said to Ryan that she wanted to prove the status of a New York man. Just look at him to let? Reservations are not required at George's Restaurant.

This was a joke, of course, but when the four of Ryan entered the restaurant, the woman who claimed to be the most powerful woman in all of New York, the usher in the restaurant who had decided not to give a seat, said nothing. Immediately, as Ryan asked, he brought the four of them to a table near the window.

Because of the energy intake, except for Ryan, who ordered foie gras and French steak, the other three only ordered a few delicate snacks.

Ryan ......

After a few appetizers, looking at the steak brought to Ryan, Scarlett gritted her teeth and said, "You're tempting. Trick us into making mistakes. ”

"Scarlett, Nat said you managed to lose 100 pounds." Ryan deliberately squeezed her, "But why do you still look like 120 pounds?" ”

"Is there one?" It was as if the words were squeezed out between the teeth.

"Pay attention to your dining etiquette." Ryan gestured to her waving fork, "Scarlett! ”

"Nat!" Scarlett couldn't help but turn to Natalie, who was watching the hilarious, "Can you take care of your boyfriend?" ”

As soon as she finished speaking, she laughed first, and the three Ryan also laughed under their breath.

The speed of the meal for the four of them was not fast, and occasionally they talked about topics of interest, and they would have a small discussion, and the topics turned around from fashion, movies, and gossip, and finally fell on the political zhì.

Of course, the most Hollywood insiders must be talking about Hollywood-related politics.

"I heard that the new round of Six-Party Talks has broken down."

In her past and present lives, Chubby Chick is one of Hollywood's stars who actively participates in politics, "Iran wants to continue to push forward with nuclear tests." ”

"Well......" Natalie continued, "the Film Association has also canceled the delegation to Iran. ”

"But I heard that Ahmadinejad will come to North America next year." Ryan glanced at his watch and took the lead in standing up, "Iran is not Iraq, and war will not break out lightly." ”

Scarlett and Gail? Gado was in front, Ryan and Natalie were behind, and they walked out of the restaurant.

As she walked to the front desk, Natalie suddenly lowered her voice and said, "I can change the choreography." ”

"There's no need." Ryan shook her hand gently, "It's just a ballet choreographer you've rejected." (To be continued......)