Chapter 102: The Orphan of the Fog Capital (54)
Drama fan Kelly definitely doesn't want to miss such a "big IP", and she has been talking about it a few days ago. On the 16th, the play had already reached its third day, and Kelly couldn't hold back anymore and asked to go to the play.
What, Kylie just came up with the idea and not the decision? That's right, in the past half a month, Kelly has unconsciously accepted the life arranged by Zhou Daoan, a personal doctor, and has begun to rely on her. Now she has little resistance to the fact that she can only make the trip with Zhou Daoan's consent when she puts forward her idea.
Of course, pregnant women can't just blindly recuperate, on the contrary, necessary exercise is an important prerequisite for healthy childbirth, not to mention, watching a play is also a kind of "prenatal education" (just kidding). So Zhou Daoan didn't object to Kelly going out - provided that he accompanied him.
What are you kidding, Kelly is more than 7 months pregnant, and pregnant women at this time need protection just as much as fine porcelain. What's more, this scene is still a tragedy, and it is difficult to guarantee that Kelly will not be too immersed and emotionally fluctuating, so he is more relieved to follow.
This is an important NPC to complete the mission by yourself......
When she went out, Kelly chirped like a bird, but Zhou Daoan, who was a man of two lives, showed a calmness that did not match her age. They took a public carriage and arrived at Boss Milk's small theater.
It stands to reason that the last time Kelly and Milk had a very unpleasant quarrel, they should have avoided it, but Kelly continued to choose this small theater like a nobody, and after asking, I knew-
"I'm the one who bought the annual pass here! Why should I waste my ticket money? β
Well, quite reasonable......
At half past nine in the morning, Zhou Daoan bought an eight-pence ticket and entered the theater with Kelly. Eightpence, you can buy a good seat, originally a little before and a little later, Zhou Daoan didn't care, but because Kelly's annual pass was very high, he also had to spend a "huge amount of money" - eightpence, which could support their nutritious food for a day. However, Kelly said very arrogantly that the eightpence was deducted from the "public money" she gave to Zhou Daoan.
Zhou Daoan smiled and did not refuse. After more than half a month of getting along, Kelly has a much better relationship with herself, under the hard shell, except for people with such a nature, who doesn't have a soft heart?
The show begins.
The drama "Othello", after all, is adapted from an opera, so a small part of the singing section is retained, otherwise it is just a plot of recitation, and there are only four acts, and one cannot last long. Coupled with the time to change the scene and open the curtain, this drama is only 2 hours.
Zhou Daoan naturally has no feeling for this kind of crude show, except for feeling the sense of age, whether it is costumes, singing, props, and performances, the level is extremely average, and the singing segment has destroyed some of the originally smooth plots, and it is even inferior to the Bollywood revue I watched in the previous life......
Even the plot, to be honest, one of Shakespeare's four great tragedies, the plot can be described as ups and downs at the time, groundbreaking, but the development of literature in later generations, the shaping of the plot has surpassed this era too much! Zhou Daoan almost guessed the back when he saw the front - of course, he was very virtuous and had no spoilers.
However, for Kelly, this somewhat abusive tragedy still looks like relish, and the mood also rises and falls with the plot. In Act IV, when the protagonist commits suicide, Kelly weeps bitterly as she watches the aging Henderson's exaggerated performance, in which the red silk cloth in place of blood is pulled out of her collar and flys. But it took a lot of effort for Zhou Daoan to hold back his laughter......
I'm sorry, it's not that we don't have artistic cells, but if you go to watch the special effects of the drama decades ago, you will also feel ridiculous and ridiculous......
However, for the retained singing segments, Zhou Daoan sounds it alone and feels good - after all, it is the painstaking work of the composer Bao Reliance, plus Verdi's arrangement, the retained singing passages are also the essence, which is indeed unique. When the protagonist Othello, who has a black face, loses his mind because of jealousy and resents Desdemona, the singing section involuntarily arouses Zhou Daoan's emotions and makes him faintly have an urge to take revenge.
Zhou Daoan was startled, biting the tip of his tongue to calm himself down, but subconsciously lowered his head slightly, already feeling that the Sarboni cursed gold coin in his pocket was emitting a scorching temperature!
Could it be that this magical inheritance item has made me lose my mind a little?
For a long time, this gold coin has been regarded by Zhou Daoan as the most relied on means of saving life, and it is always carried close to him. However, after using it twice, this gold coin seems to be faintly more compatible with Zhou Daoan! After subduing the Empress Wilhelm with gold coins recently, Zhou Daoan flashed the face of an ugly one-eyed dragon and wore a captain's characteristic three-cornered hat when he dreamed back more than once at midnight, and smiled horribly at him. Zhou Daoan was very suspicious that the owner of this ugly face was Salbourne.
Is this what is called a spiritual heritage item? Will it retain a hint of its original owner? Subtly, influencing the mood and personality of the holder?
However, the reason why the influence is slightly stronger this time is because of the infectious music singing...... Zhou Daoan couldn't help but ponder: in his previous life, he was very sensitive to sound, and this time he became a ferryman, and the skill "ventriloquist" drawn in the first task also increased his sensitivity to sound. When the actors are singing and the musicians are playing, Zhou Daoan can even immediately follow and hum a long main melody...... It seems that his musical talent has also improved?
Just as Zhou Daoan was looking at himself and pondering the subtle changes, the drama ended quickly.
There were still a lot of people in the theater, and Zhou Daoan watched Kelly sit unsatisfied, so he was not in a hurry. Waiting for others to leave can also avoid crowding.
"Miss Kelly!"
As soon as the audience left, the cleaning children were busy β the tickets for the small theaters were cheap, starting at 2 pence, and they had to make money by arranging a few more shows a day.
This dirty-faced child can be regarded as an old employee of the small theater, and when he saw Kelly sitting in the front row, he called out and said hello.
"It's you, Barry, and what about Milk? Is it in the background? I haven't been here for 1 month and missed at least five performances (new plays), right? Shouldn't Milk have extended my annual pass? Kelly didn't care if the kid could call the shots or not, and said to herself.
"It's in the background! It seems that some kind of big man has come...... Are you going to find him? Maybe he doesn't have time to see you right now! Barry replied quickly as he swept the rows of seats on the floor with his hands and feet.
"Big shots?" Kelly raised her eyebrows, "Then forget it, I don't have time to wait for him...... Look for him next time! Goodbye, Barry......"
Kelly said as she struggled to her feet. At this time, most of the people in the theater were gone, and it was completely uncrowded.
Zhou Daoan also got up with him, and was about to turn around and leave, when he suddenly glanced at the corner of the curtain behind the stage, and several familiar figures flashed.
"Frank?" Zhou Daoan frowned slightly. He immediately recognized the figures as police detectives he was familiar with, but then, he furrowed his brow again. In addition to handling cases, the police also have a lot of small things to maintain law and order on a daily basis, and even come to the ground to inspect and check fire prevention and theft prevention measures. It's also normal to appear in this high-traffic theater.
Zhou Daoan didn't mean to meet the other party, so he continued to turn around and left with Kelly. It's just that the moment before he walked out of the theater door, he felt as if there was some kind of gaze, and he looked at himself from the side. When he turned his head to look, he found nothing.
Did you overdo it? Zhou Daoan squinted, and seeing that Kelly was walking without noticing, he immediately followed.
This small theatre is not far from St. Mary's Cathedral β which, like Goldston Street, is part of the building that surrounds the cathedral. The buildings here are relatively dense and have a high flow of people.
It was daytime, and it was close to noon, and many people had left their jobs to get a quick meal. Kelly had a hard time making the trip and wanted a change of taste, so she suggested going to a restaurant to eat at - it is said that it is an MSL restaurant, which has been open here for more than 20 years, and the beef and mutton dishes are excellent and the prices are also affordable!
Since they are all out, then satisfy Kelly's wishes, a meal will not affect anything, Zhou Daoan agreed, because the distance was not far, the two of them walked like this, heading towards the destination.
But it didn't take long to walk out, and there were four middle-aged people wearing cross armbands, all of whom were ordinary people, but they were holding hardwood sticks in their hands, like some kind of patrolman. As soon as they saw Zhou Daoan, who looked obviously exotic, they immediately walked over from the other side of the street.
ββ¦β¦ Church District Resident Vigilance Committee, sorry, we have a routine inquiry. The first middle-aged man was not tall and very stocky, and stretched out his hand to stop Zhou Daoan.
"Resident Vigilance Committee, what's that for?"
Zhou Daoan didn't say anything, and Kelly on the side had already spoken. She naturally said whatever she wanted, without the slightest consciousness of interjecting.
"It's the people of our neighborhood who have formed the Vigilance Coalition of their own accord, ma'amβhaven't you heard of an ogre Jack near the church district?" Another relatively thin middle-aged man took up the question and answered.
"It's Jack the Ripper, not some ogre ......," corrected a third, older man in an earthy yellow coat.
"Yes, but he also eats people! Otherwise......" The thin man swallowed the words back as if he remembered something, glanced at the stocky man in the lead, and saw that the other party did not react, so he breathed a sigh of relief.
"Ogre? Ripper? What's that? But Kelly on the side had already asked with interest.