The dance hall is no stranger to Wen Hao, when he used to be a killer, he often went to the dance hall, sometimes to find excitement, sometimes to release pressure, and sometimes it was also the reason for loneliness and emptiness.

Most of them are looking for flowers and willows, and there are also women who have been touched by Wen Hao, but as a killer, there are always some things that are not visible, so when getting along with people, they are cautious and always dare not trust others too much.

Now he will go to the dance hall to pick up women, to protect her, this is something Wen Hao has never done before, think about himself, a selfish killer before, today will go to the dance hall to pick up women.

Wen Hao has never admitted that he is a good person, but he has done good things. There was also a case of rescuing children who had fallen into the water. However, in his heart, he never thought that he wanted to be a good person when he saved people, his swimming skills could not be compared with professional athletes, at least he was a master swimmer, and saving people was just a matter of raising his hands for him. If there is real danger, he may not go into the water to save people, and he will not take his own life to save people.

However, because of this incident, it was publicized by people, and it appeared in major newspapers that he was brave and brave, sacrificed himself to save people, and let the whole society learn from him.

Wen Hao couldn't laugh bitterly, he didn't know how many people he killed in the dark, some of them may be evil, sometimes they are legitimate businessmen, but they offended people, someone spent money to ask Wen Hao to kill people, Wen Hao didn't care about it at that time, he was rich and rich.

But because he occasionally saved someone, he suddenly became a good person, a hero, and all the halos of progressive youth were put on his head.

Once he killed someone and was stopped by the police, but someone recognized him as a heroic hero who saved people and escaped that catastrophe.

Through this incident, he understood that the real wicked people are not terrible, and the terrible things are those who do good on the surface and do some good deeds to cover up the evil they do in secret, the dark side of this kind of person will be covered by the aura of the surface, and it is not easy to be discovered, and even if someone finds out, it will be hard to believe when they say it.

Like him, if someone says he's a killer, many people will say he's not the one who went out of his way to save a child from drowning? How can it be a killer?

Wen Hao is a person who can kill people for money, but he will also save him if he can. He didn't think much about saving people for the first time, but he saw that the children in the water were very pitiful and helpless. I couldn't help but move my heart to detect the hidden.

Wen Hao thinks that he can't be a selfless person completely, but he can't be a purely selfish person. His selfishness is a big part of his life, but sometimes he does things that are good for others.

Wen Hao walked and looked, Shanghai really lived up to its reputation at night, although it was late, but the streets were full of people, rickshaws, and cars were also flowing through the streets. I was especially quick to get to Xizang Road, which was the location of the dance hall where Zhao Jingxiang worked.

Xizang Road has the title of "Dance Venue Road" in old Shanghai, there are 100 dance halls in old Shanghai, and there are eight dance halls in this short distance of 100 meters from Xizang Road.

These ballrooms are located between residential areas, business districts and commercial districts, so that the transportation is convenient, the flow of people is dispersed, and the dance halls are easy to form a climate and atmosphere.

The old Shanghainese had three hobbies of entertainment, one was the old tradition of theater in China, and the other was the dance hall and the movie, two new things that had a significant impact on the lives of Shanghainese.

At that time, the number of dance halls in Shanghai was the largest in the country, and during the same period, there were only five in Tianjin, three in Wuhan, seven in Hong Kong, and nearly 100 in Shanghai, much more than the number in Tokyo, Japan at that time.

The dance hall in Shanghai is a good place for leisure and entertainment for Shanghai citizens after cinemas and movies, and the earliest dance halls are ancillary facilities of restaurants, hotels and clubs, but due to poor conditions, the small place cannot move large balls.

Later, there were some professional dance halls, the earliest was the "Black Cat Ballroom" was the first independently operated dance hall, the red dance queen Ji Xiang of the Black Cat Ballroom at that time, was called the "Gone with the Wind" in Shanghai by Shanghainese people, and it was a smash hit in Shanghai.

The dance hall where Zhao Jingxiang went to work was a mid-range dance hall, and the people who went to it were all middle-class people, mostly company employees, clerks, students, and some Shanghai citizens with good family conditions. However, bank employees are not allowed to enter the ballroom, and the bank management is very serious and the staff of the bank are not allowed to enter the ballroom, and if they are found, they will be warned or dismissed.

Most dancers do not have a very high level of education, and there are not many college students who become dancers, unless the family life is very difficult and there is no other means of earning a living.

The dance hall where Zhao Jingxiang works is called "Lido Ballroom", Wen Hao came to the door of Lido Ballroom and saw many men and women wearing suits and cheongsams coming in and out of the door of the ballroom. There are also some students who look like people.

Originally, Wen Hao also wanted the dance hall to be regarded as a high-consumption entertainment activity in old Shanghai, and he also wanted to wait for Zhao Jingxiang to come out at the door, after all, he was still wearing a student uniform, I don't know if he could let him in, but he saw that there were also a small number of students entering, and he also wanted to see what the dance hall in old Shanghai was like, although he had been out of a lot of high-end and luxurious dance halls, and he had not seen the dance hall more than 80 years ago, and the dance hall in old Shanghai was very famous at that time.

Especially the "Paramount" dance hall, Wen Hao has seen and heard about it in many novels, movies, and TV, but Paramount was officially opened to the public in 1933, and it seems that there is no Paramount for 31 years, and it will take two years to see it, and now I can only look at other dance halls, Wen Hao is a pity that he can't see the "No. 1 Dance Hall in the Far East".

As long as you don't die, you still have the opportunity to see the first dance hall in the Far East, and maybe be the first batch of guests of Paramount.

However, today you can only go to this dance hall called Lido, although it is not very famous in Shanghai, but this dance hall is very Western from the door, there are some magnificent Baroque architectural styles, the appearance is simple and elegant, and the shape is soft and decorated.

Wen Hao also followed others into the dance hall, and the waiters outside the door did not stop him because of Wen Hao's student dress, maybe there were many students who came, so he didn't make a fuss.

When you come in, the exterior is completely opposite to the exterior decoration, but the inside is very gorgeous, creating a strong contrast between the inside and the outside.

In the center of the ballroom is a dome-shaped hall with a brocade curtain on the roof and a flower paper on the four walls. The floor is bright and bright, not much worse than the current dance hall, maybe the worse is the sound, lighting effects, and the others are even better.

Most of the men in the dance hall are in suits, and most of the women are empty cheongsams. It's the same convention,

Dancers are scattered around the ballroom, waiting for an invitation or conversation from the dancers, and there are many sofas around the ballroom, seats for guests to sit in, numbered plates on each table, and a wine list underneath. There were also flowers, matches, ashtrays on the table.

After Wen Hao came in, he hurriedly looked for his sister Zhao Jingxiang in the crowd, and did not find Zhao Jingxiang in the corner of the dance hall.

Wen Hao wondered if he was dancing with someone, and turned his face to look for Zhao Jingxiang on the dance floor in the middle, but he still didn't find Zhao Jingxiang when he looked left and right.

"Did I hear it wrong, or did she go to the bathroom?" Wen Hao thought to himself.

At this time, a dancer saw Wen Hao looking around, and came over to ask Wen Hao if he wanted to dance. "I'm not here to dance, I'm here to find someone." Wen Hao said, he thought that this woman was also a dancer here, and she must know Zhao Jingxiang.

"Do you know Zhao Jingxiang? He also works here? How I didn't see her. Wen Hao asked.

"Seeing that you are not very old, you have a good vision, although Zhao Jingxiang has not been here for a long time, she is a relatively popular dancer here. A lot of people like to dance with her. I didn't think you liked her too, but unfortunately, I'm afraid you won't be able to see her today. The dancer said.

"Didn't she come to work, or ......" Wen Hao asked with some concern.

"She's gone to a better dance hall now, and she's been poached." The dancer said with some envy.

"She's going to that ballroom now." Wen Hao was a little anxious when he heard this, and went to another dance hall Zhao Jingxiang didn't tell him, and she was a little unhappy. But there are also some worries about Zhao Jingxiang.

"It seems that you really like Zhao Jingxiang, but I'm afraid that you will fall into the flowers intentionally and ruthlessly. You're just a poor student now, so it's better to study with peace of mind and not waste your energy here. The dancer said kindly to Wen Hao.

It is true that many students abandon their studies because they are obsessed with dancing girls, and some people are bankrupt for dancing girls, and it is not uncommon for them to be jealous of dancing girls.

"I'm her brother, I'm here to take her home, not to dance with her." Wen Hao said with tears and laughter.

"You're her brother, why haven't you heard her talk about it, you can't lie to me, right?" The dancer looked at Wen Hao with suspicion.

"I'm really her brother, but I'm not a brother and sister, we grew up together." Wen Hao explained.

"I believe it, I have a good relationship with her, she said that there is a younger brother who is not biological, if you say that it is a brother and sister, I will slap you to death, trying to lie to me. My name is Zhang Yulan and your sister are good friends, she really doesn't work here now, today a big class of Santa Ana Ballroom came to poach your sister to them, where the dance hall is of high grade and has a lot of income. Your sister said that school was about to start, and she was worried about your and her tuition, so Santa Anna's big class came to pull him to work there, she thought about the high income, so she agreed, but the environment there is more complicated than this, high-ranking officials and nobles, rich businessmen enjoy a lot, and they are generous, but it is also difficult to wait. Sister Zai told Wen Hao in detail.

Wen Hao was a little worried when he heard it, here are some ordinary Shanghai citizens dancing here, Wen Hao thinks it's not bad, at least the quality of the people here is still relatively good, but the more upscale the place, the darker it is. It's even more troublesome to run into some powerful people. Although the income there is high, Wen Hao doesn't want Zhao Jingxiang to work there, in case he meets some unreasonable people or people with ulterior motives that day, then Zhao Jingxiang will suffer a loss and regret it for the rest of his life.