Chapter Seventy-Five: Best Actor
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Garion already has a bold idea in mind, but he still needs the cooperation of others to put on a play.
Zola opened a separate room for Nana to live in temporarily, anyway, all the expenses were counted on his good friend's head, and he didn't have any psychological pressure.
After settling the other party, he pulled Zola into his room and told him a bold plan.
"I'll play your servant, and then you'll pretend to be a count from Paris to ask him for his guilt?"
Zola finally knew how bold Garion's idea was, and he lowered his voice and said, "You're afraid you're crazy, pretending to be an earl?" If you find out, you're going to jail! β
Garion gave him a blank look and enlightened him, "So I'm going to make up the lie." Do you think they won't know about Princess Mathilde's arrival in Rouen? Do you think they didn't know that Flaubert and Princess Mathilde would be going to the opera house in the center of Rouen tonight? Viscount Mifa must have received the news that he would appear punctually at the opera house and try to make a face in front of the princess. β
"And then?"
"And then, most crucially, we went to Monsieur Flaubert, hoping to go in with Princess Mathilde. Since he promised to invite you, me and Verne, this little request will naturally not be refused. β
"Remember, when the time comes, I will be the Count of Paris, a close courtier. And your character is the butler who is bullied by Viscount Mifa. β
He stood in front of the mirror, looked up and down, and said with a displeased frown, "But before I do that, I have to change into an evening gown and dress myself up enough to look like an earl." β
He put his hand in front of Zola and said confidently, "Give the money." β
"Clams?"
"Could it be that I have to pay for it yourself for you? Have you ever seen a rich man walk to the opera house to see a show on his own? β
Zola said distressedly, "Then you ...... How much? β
"All."
Early the next morning, Gary and Zola visited Flaubert directly and expressed their reluctance. When he heard about Viscount Mifa's evil deeds of forcing Liang Liang into a prostitute, he was also very indignant, and expressed his willingness to help this little favor.
"Princess Mathilde is a kind person and will not refuse this request."
Then he hurried to the carriage shop in Rouen, rented a luxury carriage with a coachman as standard, and then ordered an expensive suit to pack himself up and try to look like an elegant and decent nobleman.
At the end of the day, all the five hundred francs were spent on these things, but fortunately all the money belonged to Zola, and Galion did not feel sorry for it.
"But I'm distressed!"
Sitting in the carriage of two hundred francs a day, Zola felt his heart dripping blood, especially the well-dressed man in front of him, who claimed to be the Count of Garion, and he thought in his heart that he should calm down and not do anything stupid.
"What's distressed, these expenses will be returned to you later with interest."
Garion said disdainfully, poking his head out a little to look at the spacious and comfortable carriage in front of him, where Flaubert and Princess Mathilde were sitting and laughing.
Sure enough, a penny is difficult to defeat a hero.
Verne also comforted Zola, "Don't worry, although this plan is very bold, but we have Princess Mathilde behind us, and they dare not do anything." β
"Thank you for your comfort, Verne, but I still feel sorry for the gold franc that I threw out."
Zola subconsciously touched his nose, but grinned in pain, so he had to follow his advice and wait quietly to watch a good show.
"When you get to the door of the opera house, you'll know why it's so expensive."
Garion slowly closed his eyes and recuperated, thinking about how to blackmail the viscount who had never seen the world. I silently whispered in my heart, it's time for them to know what it means to graduate from the Drama Academy.
Arriving at the OpΓ©ra in the center of Rouen, Zola got a real glimpse of the charm of the opera capital. The soft pole of the Seine is the shadow of the opera house, and the square building is exquisitely detailed and splendid, and is known as a place of painting, marble and gold ornamentation.
The luxury made him suddenly think that he was standing in front of the Paris Opera House, which was about to be completed.
Zola, playing the role of a servant, did not travel with Verne and Galian, but calmly walked up to Princess Mathilde, smiled at her, and followed the two of them up the steps with a natural expression.
The opera house was already crowded with a group of Rouen high society people who wanted to witness the princess.
The mayor also brought his wife with him, and it was their greatest honor that Princess Mathilde was able to visit Rouen.
Viscount Mifa was also in the middle of the group, and he watched with envy as the three men beside Princess Mathilde were talking and laughing with the mayor, wondering when he would be like them.
The largest private room at the OpΓ©ra du Rouen had been booked by Princess Mathilde, and Viscount Mifa could only go to the small private room to listen to the opera, but just as he was about to turn around, he heard the mayor behind him say, "Viscount Mifa, this gentleman is looking for you." β
"Looking for me?"
Viscount Mifa turned around excitedly, it was his dream to be able to get in touch with the Parisian magnates next to the princess, he knew very well that his title was only bought with money, and in front of those real Parisian nobles, he would always be just a small role.
However, when the man with a height of 1.8 meters walked towards him, Viscount Mifa did not see the slightest kind look on his face, but a cold look with hostility.
Viscount Mifa rolled his throat and asked in a panic, "May I ask who you are?" β
Garion straightened his sleeves and said indifferently, "I am Count Garion, as you can see, a friend of Princess Mathilde and a courtier of Empress Eugenie. β
Originally, he wanted to add the title of Senate member to flaunt the orthodoxy of the Bonaparte Conservative Party, but he abandoned the idea when he thought that the minimum age of the councillor was 35.
The pure Parisian accent, the single-breasted vest of high-end gray twill fabric and the black gown, set off Galion's height of 1.8 meters elegantly. Coupled with the calmness of talking and laughing with Parisian celebrities, the first side will indeed make people mistakenly think that they are aristocrats from Paris, and with a sense of superiority over childbirth, they despise others outside Paris.
In their eyes, except for Paris, they can only be regarded as squires, not worthy of the title of nobility.
Thinking of the way he had been talking and laughing with Princess Mathilde just now, Viscount Mifa did not doubt the lie he had telled. Instead, he asked hesitantly, "May I ask what Count Garion is looking for me?" β
"Oh."
He dragged a lazy long voice, but his expression was an aristocratic style, and he looked indifferently at the uneasy viscount in front of him.
"To be honest, I don't really like to be away from Paris for too long, because for us, the so-called aristocracy everywhere else is hillbillies."
"So there's nothing special, I'm here to ask about the sin today."
Sure enough, the corner of Viscount Mifa's mouth twitched, and he subconsciously clenched his fists, and he asked uneasily, "It's not like this, I don't know where I accidentally offended Count Garion?" β
Hum.
Garion deliberately stepped forward, and Viscount Bimifa squinted his eyes, restrained the noble style just now, and said word by word, "Before, your servant beat my butler on the street, did you slap me in the face?" β
Viscount Mifa panicked, and he stammered, "This ...... There must be some misunderstanding here...... Count Garion, I'll take care of it. β
Obviously, Viscount Mifa's exquisite answer did not satisfy GariΓ‘n, he withdrew his fist and spread his hands and said, "Forget it, since Viscount Mifa thinks it was a misunderstanding, then I will find Princess Mathilde to judge, by the way, she is more protective." β
"Wait."
Viscount Mifa hurriedly stopped Garion, and he suddenly remembered that the servant had reported that he had been obstructed when he captured the daughter of a certain gambler, and he had a vague sense of foreboding in his heart.
"Can Count Garion tell me more about what happened? I'll take care of it. β
Viscount Mifa said with a serious expression, "I apologize for Count Garion's offense, and I will personally come to apologize for my sins afterwards." β
The effect of wanting to capture the past has been achieved, and Garion did not give the other party an answer directly, but turned his head coldly, left a sentence and walked in the direction of the opera hall.
"If an apology is useful, there is no need for the police."
With the innate nobility and disdain of the Parisian aristocracy, he added, "You have made such a mistake, think about it yourself!" β