Chapter 92: The Vienna Café
"Of course, the person was handed over to the Secrecy Bureau." Captain Fitzclarenc laughed, apparently it was just a bad joke.
Everyone also breathed a sigh of relief, after all, if there was a bomb on the ship, none of them would survive. Even if there were no bombs, Fitz Clarenc, as the captain, would have planted a few gunmen enough for them to drink.
"Why are you doing this?" Victoria asked again.
"For no reason, if I have to, I'm first and foremost an Englishman, and secondly I don't like the tongue of the Russians." Captain Fitzclarenc replied with a shrug.
"I'm asking why you're saying it." Victoria accentuated her tone.
"The Secrecy Bureau does ask me to keep it a secret, but I think I should tell you that you are not safe, and that you are in constant danger, and that there is more than one person who wants to harm you."
"Thank you."
"You're welcome. Please enjoy your trip. ”
When Captain Fitzclarenc left, Queen Victoria said.
"What a strange guy."
"What an attractive man." Albert said.
"Why are you jealous?"
"I didn't, because I'm better than him."
"I don't believe it! Prove it. ”
"Hmph, two wins in three games at night, I'll let you see my charm."
"It's not fair to have two wins in three games!"
"And what do you want?"
"It's better to win three out of five games, right?"
The smile on Albert's face vanished, and that's when he realized that he had been tricked. At this time, Victoria smiled like a fox who had just stolen the fruit
Vienna, Lion's Pride Hotel.
Solomon's youngest granddaughter, Scarlett, used her last year's New Year's money (birthday money) to make a tenfold profit on the Vienna stock market, from 1,000 florins to 10,000 florins.
Judging from the salary level at that time, it only took her one year to earn ninety years for ordinary people to make money.
Solomon Rothschild looked at the small ledger (investment record) with great relief, and he seemed to see hope for the family's rise again.
Because it was not easy to make money from the Vienna stock market, retail investors were almost all betting on the Austrian royal family, while the rest of the stocks were operated by professional bankers and investors.
As soon as Solomon was happy, he gave his little granddaughter ten thousand pounds as a reward, and the little girl cried bitterly after some calculations
However, Solomon still reminded his little granddaughter not to expand the scale of the investment, which was an investment advice, but Scarlett did not take it to heart at the time.
On the other hand, the Darkmoon Theater has opened, but this premiere is unusually low-key.
In Solomon's mind, he was right, the other party should not have talents in this area, and he did not hear about any major events in the city's literary and artistic circles recently.
However, he was still wrong, the premiere of the Darkmoon Theatre Company was very successful, and unlike traditional opera, it was not just singing and dancing.
It is interspersed with a large number of dialogues and deductive plots, of course, the expression is more intuitive and the impact is stronger, although it seems a little too light in the eyes of traditional aristocrats and some academic celebrities, but it is better than more popular and shocking, and the effect is stronger.
And the most important thing is that the threshold is very low, at present, there are many people in Franz's Dark Moon Troupe who can dance and have good looks, but there are very few people who understand music, and even fewer people who are proficient in singing and dancing at the same time.
But there is one advantage to these dancers, most of them are not stage frightened. And this mode of deducing the plot is more likely to highlight the advantages of the protagonist.
In the past, they could only dress as a different lead dancer, but now they can use their verbal voice to further enrich themselves and sell themselves.
This makes those dignitaries and gentlemen even more interested in chasing stars, because those stars seem to not only have good-looking skins, but also interesting souls.
Of course, all this was packaged by Franz, and just like the economic companies of later generations, he also prepared an assembly line to pit the money of the wealthy class in Austria, and in any case, the common people would never set foot in such a place for almost their entire lives.
Franz was not a generalist and could not devote too much energy to the theater. But he can offer a new model to break the old pattern.
However, at the initial stage, Franz still had to do it himself, such as borrowing the famous script of "The Teahouse" and some Indian musical and dance dramas to create the play "Vienna Cafe".
Of course, Franz only provides an idea, and the specific dialogue, narration, and character monologues are left to the professionals.
As for choreography, Franz also provided some ideas, that is, Korean dance and house dance in later generations. This dance, which is danced exclusively for the layman, is undoubtedly an irreversible trend.
The reality of bad money driving out good money is so ruthless, but the dance skills that have been honed for many years are no match for a few twists and turns.
It's just that these dances seemed a little too open at the time, but they were not quite the same as the naked kick and pole dancing in the cultural desert of the United States, which seemed to be less lewd, but more naked and seductive.
In fact, Korean dance and house dance are a piece of cake for professional dancers, or a bit overkill.
Moreover, these four former masters of the four major theaters in Vienna are not very human, and they quickly learned this dance.
Interpreting a very deep script in a relatively vulgar way seems to be a comedy but another tragedy.
Franz didn't like this kind of script of bad money driving out good money, so what he wanted to break was not the rules of the market, but the cycle that would not change for thousands of years.
Franz didn't have time to watch them train, he would only open a door for them, and they would have to walk the way back.
Franz has done enough, and if they still can't save themselves, or if they fall for themselves, then they can only be blamed.
The atmosphere on the day of the premiere was more intense than any other opera in Viennese history, not even the previous opera king Wagner's The Flying Dutchman.
The Darkmoon Theatre soon became a hot topic in Viennese high society, and several of the leading actors became much more well-known than their previous counterparts.
In fact, the social status of dancers and actors in this period was still very low, and the famous playwrights were more than the opposite.
Flowers and applause flooded the room, just as much as invincing and criticism, a pattern that was a bit too deviant for nineteenth-century Vienna.
But again, as Franz said before, the louder side usually has an advantage when it comes to quarrels.
Negative comments were quickly drowned out, and most of the critics of this model were women, but their voices were already weak in this era.
Coupled with Stockholm syndrome and the psychology of joining if you can't beat it, some women soon began to worship those glamorous dancers on the stage, and even many aristocratic women took the initiative to learn in order to marry a "good family".
The Darkmoon Theatre Company soon became one of the most famous theatre companies in Vienna and even in Austria.
In addition, at this time, Vienna was a veritable cosmopolitan city - the heart of Europe, and soon this fame spread throughout Europe, and many people came to visit it.
Of course, there were many people who wanted to join it, so Franz threw out the so-called "trainee" program.
The purpose of this is to select actors, and on the other hand, to find some available people to do some shady things, such as assassination, deception, etc.
At the same time, the popularity of "Mr. K" and the anger of Solomon Rothschild were soaring.
It's a bit of a rush to write today, and the plot may be a little floating, forgive me, forgive me. Of course, I guess some people will like it.
(End of chapter)