How much do you think this meal will cost? Coming out of the club, Guo Yan reluctantly turned back a lot, today she is a long insight, and she really experienced the corruption of capitalism.

"I can know that, but I wonder if our monthly income is not enough." In fact, Shen Long can estimate the difference based on his own experience, but he still doesn't say much, for fear of scaring Guo Yan.

"One meal to eat our wages for the past few years? That's too extravagant, isn't it? Even this, Guo Yan was shocked, in the past when she was in the capital, she dared to think that a meal could cost so much money.

"It's not just about a meal, you haven't counted these two tickets." Shen Long shook off the concert tickets given to them by Yo-Yo Ma, "Let's go to a concert once, and it is estimated that we will have a month's income." ”

"Isn't this a ticket of four hundred and eight dollars? Two are only more than 800? That has a month's income? Guo Yan looked at the price on the ticket and asked, they now earn about $3,000 a month.

"You're just going to a concert? That's the thing. Shen Long shook his clothes, pointed to Guo Yan's clothes and said, "Do you think we are in China, and we can go to the concert with whatever we wear?" In the United States, you have to wear formal clothes to watch concerts, and the two of us have two sets, plus tickets, isn't it a month's income. ”

It's not like you've seen it in the past two months, but when there are performances at Carnegie Hall and Eveley-Fisher Hall, the men and women who come in and out are all dressed in tuxedos, bow ties, and top hats, and women's dresses and long skirts, which are not cheap at first glance.

"I thought we were picking up a bargain, and I didn't pay attention and had to put money in it...... Qi Ming, you said it was appropriate for us not to go? As soon as she thought of this, Guo Yan began to play drums in her heart, how much does it cost.

"It's definitely not appropriate not to go, this is the ticket given to us by the pony, if he doesn't see us on stage at that time, I guess he will be unhappy." Yo-Yo Ma is twenty-seven this year, a few years younger than Wang Qiming, so he is called a pony.

"What then?" Guo Yan was worried, yes, they were still counting on Yo-Yo Ma to introduce them to the mainstream music scene in New York, and it was not good to make people unhappy.

"This money still has to be spent, I think tomorrow I will take you to Chinatown to find a tailor shop and make you a set of cheongsam, the cheongsam can also be regarded as a dress, and it is in line with our identity, we are all in the United States, you should also have good clothes to wear; As for me, let's go to a second-hand store and buy a cheap set first. Shen Long said.

"Cheongsams are second-hand, right?" Guo Yan is reluctant to wear new clothes only by herself, since she wants to buy second-hand, then it's good together, anyway, it's not that she can't wear them, in China, who hasn't grown up wearing the old clothes of her brothers and sisters?

"Men and women are different, I don't wear second-hand clothes, if you wear old clothes, others will look down on us when they see them......" Shen Long babbled to Guo Yan and said a bunch of things about it, "So let's make you a new body, you have to go early tomorrow morning, the concert is a few days away, I'm afraid it's too late to go." ”

"Qi Ming ......" husband wears second-hand clothes and saves money to make new clothes for himself, which moved Guo Yan to tears, and she cried when she fell into Shen Long's arms.

Back at home, Guo Yan is still immersed in today's meeting, which is not only to increase knowledge, but more importantly, to meet Yo-Yo Ma, and see the hope of entering the mainstream music circle in New York.

"Eh, Qiming, did you see the pony's piano? The tone is so good, it's a lot better than the best cello in our group, if only you could have such a piano. Guo Yan talked about Yo-Yo Ma's piano.

"I guess there's no hope, I heard that his piano costs millions of dollars." The one that Yo-Yo Ma is holding now is the Montaniana cello, which will be worth 30 million US dollars in the future, and Shen Long estimates that if he takes it out for auction now, it is estimated that it can be sold for several million.

"What? Millions of dollars for a cello? Guo Yan felt that her brain was not enough, didn't this mean that a piano could be worth the salary income of their entire troupe for hundreds of years?

"Well, listen to Boris and they said, Xiaoma's piano is an antique from the eighteenth century, and if it is placed in our country, it must at least be an object from the Qianlong period, and the person who used it before is also a master, so can it be cheap!" Shen Long popularized Guo Yan's knowledge.

"Hey, if I can have such a piano, then I can't put it at home, then I dare to take it out and play it." Guo Yan glanced at Shen Long, "Hey, you're bold, you dared to pull it just now, if you break it, you can't afford to sell the two of us." ”

Just now Shen Long used Yo-Yo Ma's piano to demonstrate fingering to him, Guo Yan didn't think there was anything at the time, but now when he heard the price of this piano, he was immediately frightened, let alone broken, even if he grinded off a small piece of lacquer, he couldn't afford to pay for it.

"Hey, in the United States, learning art has always been a luxury, there is such a saying, it is called three generations to produce an artist, which means that the first generation of engineering, with a certain foundation, his children can have the money to go to business school to study finance and economics, and when the third generation is reached, the family does not have to worry about money, and is qualified to study music and art...... Being an artist is too expensive to learn art. "And it doesn't necessarily bring financial benefits, there are so many people who study art every year, and only a few end up becoming famous.

"Before going abroad, I thought that everything was good in the United States, but when I arrived, I realized that the United States is not a paradise; As far as our family is concerned, I am afraid that we are not qualified to study art in the United States. Guo Yan sighed.

When they got up the next morning, they hurriedly went to Chinatown, found a tailor shop, made a set of cheongsam for Guo Yan, and then returned to Greenwich Village, found a second-hand store, and Shen Long picked out a tuxedo for himself.

After two days, the tailor shop hurried and finally finished the cheongsam before the concert opened, Shen Long changed into a dress, Guo Yan changed into a cheongsam, the two of them packed up seriously, and then took a taxi and drove to Lincoln Art Center.

Yo-Yo Ma gave a good ticket, the position is quite high, Guo Yan sat on the chair and felt it, well, it is indeed much more comfortable than watching concerts in China.

As the performance began, Yo-Yo Ma appeared on the stage, which immediately attracted the attention of the audience, Guo Yan couldn't help but glance at Shen Long, when can we be like him, Shen Long smiled, there will be a day.

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