"And since Ji Yunqing's accident, the Japanese gendarmerie and No. 76 have become in a state of confrontation with us. On the side of the military commanders, not a single soldier can be mobilized. However, we need a person who not only has a firm anti-Japanese stance, has friendship with the military commanders, and has the experience of often going to dance halls, but also has free time for three hours, and preferably has a certain reputation, so that Japan has some scruples. ”

"Thinking about it, there is only Brother Yu! So, please help for the rest of your life! ”

"How can you help?"

"Brother Yu only needs to let Jensen hear - the old man of mountains and rivers, these four words, Jensen naturally knows that this is a hundred thousand urgent warnings! Since the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, countless people have died because of the siege of the motherland, and these deceased people are our wake-up call! ”

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After Chen Mo explained the precautions, the rest of his life left and went straight to the Huadu Ballroom where Jensen and Lu Wenying were located. Every day at this time, Jensen and Lu Wenying dance in the ballroom. Although Jensen is here, Lu Wenying no longer needs to dance with others to earn a living income.

But she's been in the ballroom for a few years, and she's so familiar with everything about the ballroom that she's turned into a love that she can't let go of. So, she would stay in the ballroom and occasionally sing a song or perform a small show. When it comes to dancing with people, her only dance partner is Jensen.

It has now been an hour since Zhang Deqin informed the Japanese gendarmerie of the suspicions. Although the gendarmerie informant could delay the report by three hours, once reported, the Japanese gendarmerie would be dispatched. So, the rest of your life is only two hours.

And for the rest of his life, he thought about plans as he walked. It is not easy to get to know someone in two hours, to gain trust, to warn, and to flee calmly.

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Shanghai's dance halls have a long history. Since the opening of Shanghai, Western culture has been introduced to China, and dancing has changed from a low-level profession to an amateur way to relax and relax. Whether or not to dance Western dance is a criterion for judging a person's ability, status and quality.

According to records, in 1850, seven years after the opening of the port of Shanghai, the British held the first ballroom ball in Shanghai. Although nearly a century has passed, the record is no longer clear. But it's true. After the merger of the British and American concessions, a special dance hall appeared in Shanghai.

Ballroom dancing has since appeared in Shanghai Tang. At this time, Shanghai was just a city in its infancy, and all kinds of prosperous places had not yet been established, and most of the places were just fields and fishing villages.

The real prosperity of Shanghai dance halls began in the twenties. At this time, not long after the end of the First World War in Western Europe, the originally prosperous European powers had been in tatters after the baptism of war. In the Far East, Shanghai, which can be ranked first, has become a refuge and a paradise for all kinds of wealthy people.

In the twenties, there were dozens of dance halls in Shanghai, such as Greater China, Paris, Peach Blossom Palace, Far East, Juelu, Moon Palace, Phoenix, Dadong, East Asia, Xinxin, Chang'e, etc., almost all of which were concentrated in the area of Xizang Road, North Sichuan Road and Nanjing East Road. In the dance hall, the dancers dressed in different clothes are as charming as silk, which has made Shanghai Tang's reputation famous.

At this time, Shanghainese people already regarded ballroom dancing as an indispensable part of their lives. At the end of a hard day, go to the dance hall and dance to the music, the best way to relieve fatigue!

Therefore, by the thirties, Shanghai's dance halls were developing exponentially, growing from dozens to more than 100! In the same era, there were only five dance halls in Tianjin, in Wuhan in the same era, there were only three dance halls, and in Hong Kong in the same era, there were only seven dance halls! The number of dance halls in Shanghai is basically equivalent to the number of dance halls in other major cities in the country combined!

This can no longer be regarded as a simple lead, but a cultural difference of a whole era! Therefore, Shanghai has another nickname - the first Yuefu in the Far East!

The section of Tibet Road from Nanjing Road to Yan'an Road alone, there are eight dance halls of Gaofeng, Far East, Juelu, Xiaoyao, Daxin, Guotai, MGM and Vienna, so in the mouth of Shanghainese, Xizang Road, at least this section of Tibet Road is also called "Dance Field Road".

Although Lu Wenying's Huadu Ballroom is just an inconspicuous one among many dance halls, the income of Lu Wenying and other dancers is not low. Dancers who know how to grasp the psychology of guests, such as Lu Wenying, even if they don't dance, they will have an income of 6,000 Yinyang every month! And the most ordinary dancers, as long as they are beautiful, also have an income of two or three thousand silver oceans every month.

And this income is twelve times that of a bank clerk!

An ordinary dancer would have this income, let alone a ballroom owner! Where this dance hall is, it's also where money gathers! Naturally, the decoration should not be stingy!

Although he has been to Shanghai for a while in the rest of his life, he has only been to the dance hall a handful of times, and most of them have been pulled by Catteres or Zhang Shankun. After entering the Huadu Ballroom, but I felt that my eyes were flickering. During this time, it is gorgeous and dazzling, and it is not inferior to the top dance halls such as Paramount and Metropolis!

It's just that there are too many places to imitate and borrow, and the decoration of the two top dance halls has been borrowed in an uncoordinated manner, although gorgeous, in the eyes of Yu Sheng, who has specialized in the art of architecture in later generations, it is a bit nondescript.

There is a Romanesque dome in the middle of the ballroom, and a circular dance floor underneath. Parking lots, hot water, air-conditioning, lighting and sound equipment, as well as a ballroom lounge are all available. Under the carved beams, many men and women dance on the spring floor of the dance floor, and an uncountable number of unrecognizable people sit outside the dance floor.

This kind of dance step originated in the European court in the 15th century. Six hundred years ago in Europe, the Middle Ages had just ended, and the Renaissance was in its infancy. When religious imprisonment is broken, there is vitality in human nature. The ball became a frequent event in the courts of the major European nobles and principalities, large and small.

Over time, these balls gave birth to some gorgeous dance steps suitable for showing the beauty of human body rhythm, forming a fixed set of court dances. It is called "Pavan", "La Voldi" or "Volta". After the formation of the court dance, it became a compulsory course for the noble ladies and knights of this era.

Although the court dance is rigid, it has strict dance steps, manners, manners, and procedures. However, there are always some inexplicable benefits for the formation of correcting people's posture and human temperament. Europeans at the time believed that the study of dance would enable one to acquire the reserve and nobility, chic and grace that an elite class must always exhibit.