229 Paramount
The commotion caused by boxing champion France caused the diners to retreat one after another, and Xiao Nan had no choice but to go out with the crowd and return to the residence to rest temporarily.
Xiao Nan's injuries all over his body can only be regarded as half better, and he is still a little unsupported, he went out for a spin, he was already showing fatigue, Wanyue took off his prosthetic leg despite his objections, and let him rest well before going to Baile Gate.
"You're not in good health, what's the fuss? What Paramount to go to? Wanyue said.
Xiao Nan lay on the recliner and said, "I just want to go and see, and it's not a toss, I'm just sitting there." This is Shanghai's most iconic landmark! β
"Are you really interested in those singers? I heard that they are all the brightest social stars in Shanghai. Wanyue said, "Being famous in Shanghai is equivalent to being famous in the whole country and even in East Asia." β
"I just want to see, you know I don't think anything wrong about them." Xiao Nan said.
"You don't know how attractive you are." Wanyue sighed, "I'll turn on the radio and listen to it for you, and see what the radio stations in Shanghai are broadcasting." β
"Wanyue...... I think, if you ......" Xiao Nan suddenly had a bold idea, but when the words came to his mouth, he swallowed it back, after all, this idea is too unreliable, in case it can't be realized, don't boast about it.
No matter how understanding Wanyue was, she didn't know what he was going to say, she just thought that he was not convinced by the Paramount affair and was hesitant.
"If you really want to go, go there, but if you really can't hold on, I'll bring you back immediately." She said softly.
Xiao Nan nodded, he actually thought for a moment, what if Wanyue lived not in this chaotic era, but in a future where the female environment was fairer?
He felt that Wanyue deserved a better life.
It's just that the idea is a bit too unrealistic to know how exactly it can be realized. After all, Fu Xi's power of time and space travel is still a mysterious force that he can't control at all.
I don't know when it will be activated, and I don't know how effective it will be.
Wan Yue sat next to him and massaged the stump of his right leg without suspicion, Xiao Nan turned his head slightly, and when he saw the thin silver light on Wan Yue's neck, he recognized that it was the first gift he gave Wan Yue - the white gold necklace.
"I didn't expect you to carry this chain all the time." Xiao Nan said.
"It's my favorite and most precious piece of jewelry." Wanyue touched the necklace, and she could recall the warm time she had with Xiao Nan.
"Let's go out to eat fried tofu together, remember?" Xiao Nan said with a smile.
Wanyue nodded: "It seems that we haven't taken care of that old man's business for a long time, he is now opening a stall in our shopping mall, and the business is quite hot." β
"If only you always had such happy memories." Xiao Nan said, "Actually, I'm sorry for you." β
"I'm satisfied." Wan Yue held his hand, "And you can get happiness from ordinary life, which is my greater happiness." β
Xiao Nan lowered his eyes and nodded, "I'll try not to worry you." When it's really over and we're free, I'm going to take you to a place where you can really fly freely. The sea and the sky are unrestrained. β
"Then you must live well until then." Wan Yue stared at his face and said. Xiao Nan took off his glasses and revealed a pair of real human eyes, even without Fu Xi's ability, those eyes were enough to make people intoxicated.
Because it's too gentle.
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The one who came to pick them up to Paramount was a car appointed by the Shaw Chamber of Commerce.
Xiao Nan is more troublesome to take the car, his legs and feet are inconvenient, and he has to carry a wheelchair and many bedding with the car, so he will also bring a few servants with him, so the mute can also follow them to see the world, and he is so happy that he dances with his hands.
Perhaps with this in mind, the cars for Xiao Nan are much more spacious than ordinary cars.
He listened to Xiao Nan's words the most, Xiao Nan told him to stay in the mansion first, and he stayed honestly, but it could be seen that the days on the boat made him suffocated, and he came out to see that everything was fresh, and he stuck his face on the glass window along the way, smirking non-stop.
And Xiao Nan was playing with a pure gold sapphire pocket watch included in a set of cheongsam that Wanyue bought for him, most of the aristocratic young masters in this era wore this kind of pocket watch to show their demeanor, and Xiao Nan was not exempt from vulgarity.
Paramount is supposed to have been renovated in the thirties, but I don't know why it already existed in this era. It is difficult to say that the behavior of the Xiao family and Dashuai slightly affected the course of history.
However, Xiao Nan was still very excited to come to Paramount in person.
When the car drove to the front of the gate, there was already a lot of traffic under the steps, and many celebrities gathered. Xiao Nan's reputation in the mainland doesn't work here, in the eyes of others, he is just an ordinary son of a wealthy family. The only thing that stands out is probably that he is in a wheelchair.
As soon as he got out of the car, Wan Yue and the mute carefully covered him with the blanket covering his legs, so that he couldn't see that one leg was missing.
Quite a few reporters were waiting here, taking pictures of the celebrities at the bottom of the steps. Xiao Nan took advantage of the fact that he was carried to the top of the steps and observed carefully, and sure enough, he saw many Chinese and foreign celebrities, which was quite exciting.
Entering the door is a spacious lobby hall, where the waiters are neatly arranged to welcome the guests, their heads shiny and shiny, extremely conspicuous. Since the setting inside is so advanced that there is even an elevator, this provides a lot of convenience for Xiao Nan.
The place where Xiao Nan is going is the big dance hall on the third floor, which is also the venue for today's finals of the song queen selection. His seat was close to the stage. Although the decoration inside can be called the first-class level in China, it is still much worse than the cruise ship of the Xiao family.
For Xiao Nan, there is no need for a seat at all, his rattan wheelchair is a recliner type, and he can even lie down and take a nap when he is bored.
After Xiao Nan took Wanyue and the others to sit down, a waiter came over to deliver wine, and Wanyue ordered juice for Xiao Nan, considering Xiao Nan's injury and his amount of alcohol, it was better to let him not drink a drop of wine. Besides, even if Xiao Nan drinks, it is only three glasses of wine.
After the guests gathered, the grand opening was opened, with all the lights concentrated on the stage, a large banner surrounded by flowers, and colored lanterns, on which the words of the East Asian Queen of Songs Grand Final were written. The previous generation of singers Sheng Wu wore a gorgeous cheongsam to warm up first, and as soon as she appeared, the audience applauded thunderously.
As soon as she opened her voice in front of the old-fashioned microphone, the audience was quiet, and they were all immersed in her beautiful singing voice.
And the song she sings is the most popular theme song of deep love and rain in Shanghai today - misty and rainy. After singing a song, there was another earth-shattering cheer below, and even Wanyue was a little obsessed, holding her cheeks and saying:
"This song is so good, it really deserves to be a big Shanghai, and even the popular songs here are not the kind of general glamorous sounds, the love is deep ~ rainy and misty ~"
She's catchy!
And Sheng Wu's second song shocked Xiao Nan even more, it turned out to be the theme song of "Huanzhu Gege": "I fly to you~ The rain falls gently~ As long as you have no complaints, I have no regrets......"
Unexpectedly, Xiao Tianyou likes Qiong Yao drama so much.
It's just that there is still a real sense of the times here. It's simply a modern Qiong Yao opera song couplet.
Xiao Nan only felt that he had come to lose. Who wants to listen to a singer sing a modern song!
He's going to listen to the night Shanghai! Hypocritical! That's the flavor of the Republic of China!
So while everyone was immersed in this so-called natural sound, Xiao Nan was bored eating fruit and drinking juice.
"Drink less, you still need my help to go to the toilet." Miao Feng said coldly.
"I don't need your help." Xiao Nan replied resentfully.
"Can you stand on one leg and hush?" Miao Feng asked.
"Shut up!" Xiao Nan glared at him, Miao Feng is a thing, sometimes he really speaks without holding back.
"Be quiet!" Wanyue turned around and reminded them that everyone was listening to the song, and they were arguing.
The two of them were silent.
When Sheng Wu sang the third song, she was replaced by other singers to sing, and it turned out that the so-called special concert of such a big name as her only sang three songs.
Before the game began, those beautiful players wearing cheongsams rushed into the audience one by one and made a special trip to toast each VIP seat. It is estimated that it was to solicit votes, or it was a deliberate trick by the organizers to show these girls as gifts to the nobles present.
And the order of toasting is not arbitrary, those singers with the most beautiful and charming posture are arranged to toast at the most prestigious guest seats, and the contestant assigned to Xiao Nan's table is a girl who is obviously not as glamorous as other women, she speaks clumsily, and her expression is obviously very stiff. After the waiter brought the wine plate, she showed a bitter smile that she forcibly squeezed out, picked up a glass of wine, and even stammered a little nervously when she spoke:
"Sir, I, I toast you with a glass of wine, I am No. 23, named An Qing......"
Although she was wearing heavy makeup, she could see that she was only seventeen or eighteen years old, and her fingers were obviously very rough, indicating that she came from the bottom of the townspeople, and it may be really helpless to be able to stand here.
When she held up the wine glass, Xiao Nan said, "You don't have to toast, girl, I'm not in good health, don't drink." β
With that, he picked up the juice and raised his glass to her.
An Qing breathed a sigh of relief, cast a grateful look at Xiao Nan, and then bowed deeply to Xiao Nan.
It's just that when she continued to toast to the second table of guests, she was obviously not so lucky, the guests disliked her expression too stiffly, and even used her hands and feet, she did not deliberately flatter like the other contestants, but deliberately avoided it, so she knocked over the wine glass and stained the placket of the guests.
Like the waiter who was beaten to death in the dining room, the guest was a rude and irascible fat young master, and he slapped her on the cheek. Seeing that he was still going to fist and kick An Qing, Xiao Nan said:
"Wanyue, you go and persuade you."
As soon as he finished speaking, Wan Yue had already appeared behind the young master and grabbed his wrist: "Sir, this is an occasion for everyone's entertainment, isn't it okay for you to ruin the atmosphere like this?" β
The young master was held by Wanyue's wrist, and he couldn't move, he screamed, and wanted to struggle, when the commotion became bigger and bigger, and a man in the corner motioned to a few entourages to come over and directly took the fat man who was making trouble.
Calm returned to the venue.
Xiao Nan naturally saw all this in his eyes, and seeing the rapid calm appearance of everyone, he knew that the man in the corner was not small. And the man also sent a waiter to bring Xiao Nan champagne and a note of reparation, on which his business card was pressed, and the business card was impressively printed with the man's extraordinary identity.
He turned out to be someone from the Japanese military department! His name is Toshio Okawa, and this name should be a pseudonym, but this person's identity is definitely not ordinary. From his eyes and attitude towards Xiao Nan, we can know that he may be one of the participants in the "experiment".
All the experimenters sent to directly contact Xiao Nan are quasi-cannon fodder. Even the old gods of the past have become test subjects driven by the palace people, which shows the huge strength of the other party.
Xiao Nan only relies on this business card, and it is difficult to judge what level of experimental participant this Toshio Okawa is, but it must be difficult to deal with.
At the same time, it once again proved that he was under the surveillance of the other party.
After experiencing a small turmoil, the song queen contest officially began, and each table can offer flowers to their favorite singers, and the one who gets the most flowers is the queen of songs, in fact, this method of judging may be more "fair" than finding a few pretending judges.
Compared with Sheng Wu's songs, these singers sang the true taste of this era, An Qing looked more stiff on stage, but her voice can indeed be called a golden voice. If you don't look at the typhoon, her singing voice and singing skills have already surpassed Sheng Wu, but with the turmoil just now, her cheeks are red and swollen, and she is dressed plainly, so she can't attract the men in the audience at all.
However, something even more unexpected happened.
I saw that in the process of giving flowers, Toshio Okawa actually walked directly on the stage, scanned the audience with confident eyes, and said: "I heard that there is a gentleman present, he has magical powers, and anyone who meets him will get a change of fate."
Therefore, I want to help him complete his 'miracle' againβI will buy the bouquets in your hands for 10,000 oceans, and these bouquets will all be dedicated to Miss An Qing. β
After he said these brainless words, he looked at Xiao Nan, his eyes were extremely sharp, full of provocations.