Chapter 17: Group Stage
The two began rehearsals in the afternoon and lasted until 6 p.m.
After eating supper, it was almost half past six, and Ye Qingfeng and Shen Xuejiao came to the lottery station without hurry.
At this time, there were still seven or eight people in the lottery shop, and everyone was waiting eagerly for the results of this draw.
Ye Qingfeng looked at his watch, there was still an hour and a half left before the lottery, and there were only 3 minutes before the lottery.
As soon as he sat down, Shen Xuejiao had already bought two bottles of water, unscrewed one bottle, and handed it to him, "Are you excited?" Hit five million for the first time in your life? β
Ye Qingfeng thanked him, took a sip of water, smiled and said, "This water is quite light, it doesn't taste good!" β
"yes, it doesn't taste good!"
Shen Xuejiao also smiled, "I haven't drunk it yet, but I already know what it tastes like!" β
She sat down beside Ye Qingfeng, tilted her head casually and naturally, leaning on his shoulder, with a sense of satisfaction and happiness.
Living to their extent, worldly money and power, these things that people are desperately pursuing, suddenly seem to become unimportant,
Aren't they all like that?
It's too easy to get, but there is no sense of expectation, and I won't deliberately cherish it.
Thinking of this, Shen Xuejiao reached out to hold his arm and leaned towards him again, "Thank you!" β
"Thank me for what?" Ye Qingfeng asked casually, her eyes kept staring at the clock on the wall, and she had to wait another 90 minutes.
Shen Xuejiao smiled and said nothing, her coquettish expression at this moment actually contained too many things, if the two were really together, I am afraid that even her feelings of happiness would be diluted a lot.
It is precisely this feeling of being between a brother and a sister and a lover that is the most wonderful, ambiguous and intoxicating.
The two snuggled up to each other like this,
Gradually,
Shen Xuejiao fell asleep leaning on his shoulder.
Ye Qingfeng quietly hugged her delicate waist, anyway, she would enter the fourth time and space in a while, and if she indulged occasionally, she shouldn't be able to pierce the thin window paper between the two of them.
Time passes minute by minute,
It's finally time for the draw.
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As Ye Qingfeng counts down, a set of numbers appears on the scrolling screen: 01-12-18-20-30-32-05
Silently writing down the number, Ye Qingfeng stretched out his left hand, his mind moved, and time came to an abrupt halt.
ββDivide-cut-lineββ
In his slow-flowing river of time, he sensed the two of them walking into the lottery shop.
"Excited?
Hit five million for the first time in your life? β
"Thank you, this water is quite light, it doesn't taste good!"
"yes, it doesn't really taste good...... I haven't drunk it yet, but I already know what it tastes like! β
Ye Qingfeng saw the right time, it was now.
When he opened his eyes again, he saw that it was only 3 minutes before the lottery was cut-off, and he immediately got up and walked to the counter, "Double color ball, direct selection, 01-12-18-20-30-32-05!" β
The proprietress confirmed again, Ye Qingfeng quickly scanned the code to pay, and at the same time that the two yuan arrived, a lottery ticket was also played.
"Here, your lottery ticket, get it!" The proprietress handed over the lottery ticket, just like it has been for more than ten years, with a gesture of effort, mechanical action, like handing over a piece of waste paper.
Maybe in her heart, she never thought that one day, this piece of waste paper would become 5 million yuan.
Ye Qingfeng took the lottery ticket and said lovingly, "If I win 5 million, I will definitely donate 50,000 yuan to your lottery station!" β
"Oops!" The proprietress smiled, "Then I have to thank you, even if you don't donate money to me, I have to thank you, this small shop since it opened, up to 5000 yuan, if you win 5 million, our lottery point will have an extra halo since then, the lottery point is a free publicity, many lottery players will go to our lottery point to buy lottery tickets, then I have to invite you to dinner!" β
"No, it should be me!" Ye Qingfeng said politely.
"Young man, it's better to be realistic, wait until you really win 5 million!" The proprietress shook her head, a contemptuous smile on her lips.
That's disheartened with reality,
Paralysis and despair of life.
Ye Qingfeng was still like that, smiling slightly, as if saying to herself, and as if she was saying to the proprietress herself, "Being a man, you should still have expectations!" β
"Qingfeng, let's go eat first, shall we?" Shen Xuejiao walked over, picked up the lottery ticket, smiled and said, "What do you want to eat, sister, please you?" β
"I, I'm ......" Ye Qingfeng just wanted to say something, but his mouth suddenly couldn't make a sound, and his consciousness began to blur.
alas
His time to stay in the old time has come,
The next moment,
His consciousness folded back into the future.
ββDivide-cut-lineββ
Suddenly, open your eyes.
Ye Qingfeng found himself sitting in the food stall next to the lottery shop, and Shen Xuejiao on the opposite side was drinking beer, without any ladylike image, but with a little more female boldness.
And the lottery ticket was on the table, pressed under her purse.
Shen Xuejiao looked at his confused eyes, her cheeks flushed, "You're back?" β
"Hmm!" Ye Qingfeng nodded, and glanced out of the corner of his eye, only to see that there were beer bottles under the table.
Oh, my God!
I walked for more than an hour, why did this girl drink so much?
Ye Qingfeng was about to call the waiter to pay, when he heard the laughter of the proprietress killing a pig from the lottery shop next door.
"Hahaha, five million, we won the lottery, ...... won"
The proprietress was so excited that she almost had a stroke, and she couldn't wait for the whole world to know the good news.
However, Ye Qingfeng, the person who won the lottery, was extremely calm, and looked at Shen Xuejiao in a daze, "Sister, are you okay?" β
"Who am your sister and I? Of course I'm fine! Shen Xuejiao seemed to be really drunk, burped, and beckoned to the waiter, "Pay!" β
After speaking, she stood up and shook it, drunk and confused, "Husband, let's go home!" β
And then
She fell straight towards Ye Qingfeng.
"What happened during my absence?"
Ye Qingfeng hugged Shen Xuejiao, who was as soft as water, and the faint fragrance coming from the end of his nose made him feel a little uneasy.
Shen Xuejiao's face was full of tiredness, she reached out and grabbed her hair, called her husband vaguely, and dozed off again.
Ye Qingfeng smiled slightly, stretched out her hand to brush her hair, and carefully looked at the royal sister in her arms, with slender eyebrows, a straight nose bridge, plump pink lips, and a sharp melon seed face, with a flush in her white skin.
This intoxicated woman has a breathtaking beauty.
He didn't dare to look at it anymore, and after paying the bill, he carried Shen Xuejiao on his back.
Under the gentle street lamp, the hazy silhouettes of the two gradually disappeared into the depths of darkness.
Is there you, even if you fall into hell, you won't be lonely anymore?
Next
The scene of the group stage of the Minjiang Grand Theater was very lively, and as far as the eye could see, the 500 seats were full and full.
Photographers, media reporters, on-site voting representatives, guests, judges, hosts, contestants...... Everyone is busy preparing for the next game.
After a burst of enthusiastic cheerleading dances, the host Wu Shuang made his debut.
"Hello everyone, I'm the host Wu Shuang, the 16 groups of players who stood out in the "Magic Talent" city audition last week will enter the group quarterfinals today, and then please use our warm applause to welcome the 16 groups of players on the stage!"
The host's voice fell, the curtain on the left side slowly opened, and sixteen groups of magicians led by Li Jiaxuan came in turn.
Ye Qingfeng only felt that the applause from the audience was thunderous, and the lights were staggered, which made him nervous like never before.
After the host introduced the 16 groups of contestants in the order of promotion, he invited the magic observer and chief judge, Wang Yundi, the senior magician of the Provincial Union Magician Association.
"To be honest, since I appeared on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala five years ago, I have never felt such a nervous mood, I am very honored, this time I can be a guest as a special chief judge of the "Magic Talent" City Competition, I hope that all the audience friends today, as well as our media friends, will send your blessings and auspicious light to the 16 groups of Chinese players on the stage!"
After Teacher Wang Yundi spoke, there was another round of applause from the audience.
The host began to introduce the other three judges, namely Professor Du Xiaojuan of Drama Studies, Professor Wang Yan of the Dance School of the Art Troupe, and Professor Liu Bin of the Minjiang Music Performance Department.
Ye Qingfeng and other contestants applauded vigorously on the stage, laughing like fools, weird and funny.
And that's not all, the host continued, "Similarly, we have the right to vote for the 1,000 super viewers at the scene, who are enthusiastic viewers and media representatives of "Magic Talent" from all over the country, and will follow their hearts and make the most just choice after each contestant takes the stage!" β
It's almost all about to be introduced, and the host announced the first group of matchups: Li Jiaxuan VS Yu Haijiang
But before the performance, a pre-match interview is first shown on the big screen.
Li Jiaxi's pre-game interview was very beautifully produced, a beautiful woman from the Western Regions sat in front of the camera, and said generously, "Many years ago, when ordinary people thought of magicians, what immediately came to mind was the impression that on the stage, wearing a vulgar tuxedo, taking out a rabbit from a hat, or shouting three times at an empty box, you could take out many streamers and other impressions!" β
At this time, Li Jiaxuan on the stage smiled lightly at Ye Qingfeng, quite disdainful.
And Ye Qingfeng immediately became the focus of everyone, because in order to look formal today, he deliberately wore a tuxedo and a gentleman's hat.
Ye Qingfeng didn't care, he just had to be cool, no matter what others said.
Li Jiaxia's video is still playing, "For many people, magic tricks are unpopular and deceitful tricks, but, thanks to the blessing of the times, today's magicians have begun to get rid of the traditional impression that they may be dressed like you and me, and instead of taking a rabbit out of their hats, they are predicting the future, turning back time, or guessing your thoughts and other superpowers." In the past few years of studying magic abroad, I have seen magicians conjure up large objects such as airplanes, helicopters, automobiles, and even trains, with sophisticated high-tech stage special effects, integrating exquisite drama, dance and other fields.
Magic is no longer magic, but a diverse form of entertainment.
Magic is beautiful, and the beauty of magic comes from the strong visual shock it brings us.
The essence and spirit of magic is to make the audience feel unprecedented joy with incredible phenomena.
Therefore, magic is not a deception, magic is noble and appreciated, deception is vulgar and takes pleasure in fooling people, and the greatest contribution of magic is that it brings joy to people.
There are many arts in the world, but not every art is understandable for everyone.
The most amazing thing about magic is that it can bring the same joy to people from different cultures.
People who like basketball may not understand football, and people who like football may not appreciate a good baseball game, but no matter who they are, what country they come from, and what kind of cultural and educational background they have, they must know how to appreciate an excellent magic show.
Magic is healthy, it helps us build our self-confidence and improve our ability to communicate with others, so that we can shine in the crowd.
During the years when I was studying abroad, there were many extracurricular activities for college students, such as learning to dance street dance, learn to skateboard, learn to sing, and so on......
Many parents don't understand why young people like these activities.
Due to the different birth years and different experiences, parents can't understand the street dance we dance, and even worry about their children standing on skateboards, and the older generation doesn't appreciate the pop songs we hum, they prefer opera......
But magic is different, and when we perform a magic trick for parents, they know that their children have done something seemingly impossible.
I studied dance from above, I devoted myself to the field of magic, and this time I came back to join the mainland competition to give our country a legendary ......"
Ye Qingfeng looked at the nearly 10-minute pre-game interview on the screen, and sighed sadly in his heart, he believed that with this sensational and positive energy campaign, he would definitely earn a lot of support for Li Jiaxuan on the mobile side of the field.
On the other hand, the other contestants only spoke for 90 seconds, how unfair is this!
But he felt fortunate that he was not assigned to Li Jiaxi's group.
It is no exaggeration to say that with Li Jiaxi's explosive popularity, whoever is in a group with her is undoubtedly a group of death.
After the pre-game interview was played, the contestants left the stage one by one, and the entire stage was handed over to Li Jiaxi.
And the magic trick she performed this time is a very difficult and extremely dangerous project - underwater escape technique!
One of the props turned out to be a piranha!