Chapter 70: Mazurka - Solo Dance III
The mazurka is actually more like a solo ballet dance, which is basically performed by young and energetic men, because the mazurka dance is interspersed with a large number of aerial jumps, aerial heel strikes, sliding steps and kneeling spins, which are similar to ballet techniques, but not those movements that old bones can skillfully control.
In addition, between a pair of male and female dancers, men usually have to show their masculine, handsome and proud side, these three words can also usually be put on the heads of young men in their twenties, and men above Ben 3 have long stayed away from these three words.
The ladies are expected to express their feminine, ethereal and gorgeous side in the mazurka dance, and these three words can only be used for young girls who are like flowers.
The mazzurka's most masculine, handsome and proud is a handsome and upright military uniform, while the most feminine, flowing and gorgeous ladies are a silk dress of the Romantic period. When military uniforms and silk dresses meet perfectly, a pair of the most fashionable dancers appear.
After comparing the dances of two young couples, William and Elizabeth, Victoria and the bearded man, who danced to the piano music of the mazurka on the dance floor, Joey alone came to the conclusion that William's Prussian blue military uniform and Elizabeth's pink silk dress were definitely the most pleasing pair of mazurka dancers.
The reason why Joey is alone is because five minutes ago, the Mazurka band was just getting ready, and Joey was talking to Mary about the Midnight Duel chapter when a maid came to Mary's side, and after whispering a few words, Mary's face was immediately full of unhappiness and helplessness.
Seeing this, Joey hurriedly asked Mary what was going on. After a moment's hesitation, Mary whispered to Joey, "Joey, my grandmother told me to come and look for her, I'm going to be out of company first." Well, Joey, you go get busy first, I'll be sure to come back to you later. ”
Of course, Joey didn't know that this was the ultimate killer used by Queen Eugenie to prevent herself from making another shameless move, and then using brazen tricks to trick her little Mary into dancing, and then break up the two directly.
After Mary left, Joey lost any interest in the food in the restaurant, and after hurriedly eating the food on the plate, Joey aimlessly followed the sound of the mazurka piano and returned to the ballroom, where he saw the two young couples, brother and sister, dancing mazuka.
Just as Joey was holding his chin in his hands, watching William jump in the air on the dance floor, wondering how William could quickly change from a waltz tuxedo to a Prussian military uniform, three tall old men and a middle-aged gentleman stood beside Joey, and the middle-aged gentleman woke Joey who was thinking off the line with a low cough.
Prince Waldemar's instinct for etiquette, cultivated over the years, saved Joey's proper demeanor at this moment. Joey, according to his body's instincts, quickly saluted the four gentlemen respectfully.
After introducing each other, Joey was surprised to find that the old man with a gray beard among them was the famous Mr. Ernst Werner Siemens, and the old man with a gray horned beard standing next to him was his younger brother, Karl Heinrich Siemens. If you add Sir Georg Wilhelm von Siemens in the smoking room, Siemens is in the womb today.
The third is a middle-aged gentleman with very clean lips and jaws, just a thick black beard on the temples, his name is Ernst Merck from the Merck family in Hamburg. If the Siemens brothers surprised Joey, then this Mr. Merck brought Joey nothing but shock.
The Mercks are an ancient family from the city of Hamburg in the Free and Hanseatic cities. How to describe the power of this ancient family, let's put it this way, then and now, one of the largest banks in Germany, Deutsche Commerzbank, has always held most of its shares.
In addition to the Commerzbank, which monopolized the financial industry in Hamburg, the Merck family also has the world's oldest pharmaceutical company founded in 1668, which is one of the world's five largest pharmaceutical companies today, and the famous Bayer Pharmaceuticals is not among the top five.
Bayer Pharmaceuticals developed drugs like aspirin and heroes, Merck Pharmaceuticals developed colored ecstasy and cocaine, Berlin's Temt Company invented ice, and almost all the drugs we know were invented by German chemists.
The spirit of German chemists before 1945 is commendable, but some of their inventions may not be their original intention, but they have brought endless hidden dangers to future generations. This must be recognized and seriously criticized, and in some periods, German chemistry did not bring the world all angels.
By the way, Libaier Pharmaceutical was founded in 1863, but in fact it was a small company in 1879, and it did not have the reputation and strength to receive an invitation from the Imperial Palace.
The last one was an old man with long white hair, Joey was equally shocked by his name and the company he owned, the old man's name was Friedrich Engelhorn, from the west of Mannheim in the Grand Duchy of Baden, the port city of Ludwigshafen on the Rhine in the Kingdom of Bavaria (you read that right, Bavaria is so capricious, there is an enclave on the Rhine), and his company was called BASF Aniline and Soda Factory in 1879.
Later, during the First World War, there was a famous explosive called TNT that was produced by this factory, and by the way, TNT explosives had nothing to do with Nobel, Nobel invented the Dana explosive, and the inventor of TNT was called Julius Wilbrand.
During the Second World War, the famous German I.G. Farben was composed of this factory and four other factories, and in 1963 it was officially renamed BASF-BASF, and since then it has been the world's first giant in chemistry.
The great achievements of Germany represented behind these four gentlemen put tremendous pressure on Joey. Once again, Joy bowed respectfully to the great figures of German history.
The four gentlemen looked at each other, and they all had a very good impression of Joey being so polite to the common people.
In the nineteenth century, Germany was still a society with a distinction between nobles and commoners, and the Siemens brothers, among the four old men, were given the title of nobility by Joey's father in 1889, while the other two did not have the title of nobility until their deaths. There was once a German joke in history about the German Empire, when the nobles of other countries of the world were busy turning themselves into merchants, and the German merchants were busy turning themselves into aristocrats.
Some doctrines often call the aristocracy as representing decay and decline, maybe the Mayan civilization, the Indian civilization of those nobles who take pleasure in cutting off their heads, can be regarded as real decay and decline, but Germany, Britain and even France as the representative of the Western European aristocracy, may be a little decadent and declining, but in the brave and good at fighting, knowledgeable and good at running the family and business is more famous, but the Russian nobles can be a little arrogant and lascivious, after all, the lewd monk Rasputin is famous all over the world.
The eldest, Friedrich Engelhorn, the eldest of the four, spoke first, "Your Royal Highness Prince Waldmar, we are all good friends of Sir Grusen, and it was Sir Grusen who recommended us to meet His Royal Highness. ”
"Four honorable gentlemen, I wonder if there is anything I can serve?" Joey asked respectfully.
"Before we ask His Royal Highness the Prince for help, we all have some questions and would like to hear His Royal Highness's opinion." Mr. Engolhorn smiled.
"Have a question and want to hear from me? Four distinguished gentlemen, you're not kidding me, are you? Joey was a little surprised.
"Your Royal Highness, may we call you Joey, as Sir Gruson did?" "Also, if it is convenient for us to find a room to talk to His Royal Highness the Prince," asked Mr. Ernst Werner Siemens. ”
"Of course, I'm glad that four distinguished gentlemen can call me that." After Joey turned his head and found an unoccupied side hall next to the ballroom, he invited the four of them, "Four honorable gentlemen, please come here." ”
After entering this side room, the youngest Mr. Ernst Merck was the first to speak, "Joey, Professor Koch is also a friend of mine, we talked for a long time last night, and Professor Koch told me a lot of stories about you. But there are some questions, and I'd like to hear your opinion directly. ”
Mr. Merck smiled and asked Joey the first question, "Joey, I would like to ask, what do you think about drugs?" ”
"What do you think about drugs?" Joey was stunned.