Han Lin called and ordered the guards of his house to wait in front of the Black Cat Ballroom on Yu Qiaqing Road immediately, and he quickly drove to the Black Cat Ballroom with Peng Jiacui.

Yu Qiaqing Road is one of the most prosperous and lively roads in the public concession, with restaurants, nightclubs and dance halls on the roadside, and at night, the neon lights of the buildings illuminate the entire street, and it will not close until dawn, a veritable scene of the city that never sleeps.

The Black Cat Ballroom is the earliest independent high-end dance hall in the Public Concession, located in the interior of the Paris Hotel, with a very gorgeous decoration, with professional backup dancers, and at night, it is completely comparable to Paramount.

The dance halls in the concession area are generally open to the public from 5 p.m. to 12 a.m., but they often start to open at 1 p.m., and the time period from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. is called the ballroom tea dance time.

Dancing in the ballroom requires a dance ticket, which is the voucher and qualification for consumption, and the guests buy the dance ticket by the waiter or waiter, and the dance ticket is a dollar a copy, a total of five. When a guest dances with a dancer, they are given a ticket for each dance, and some customers often give one ticket at a time in order to be able to win the pleasure of the dancer.

It sounds like the consumption of one dollar is indeed not much, but this is just the cost of dancing, a song is only a few minutes, one dollar can eat a meal of mutton shabu in Beiping, can eat a Western meal in Shanghai, can buy 16 catties of rice or 5 catties of pork, it is a lot.

If the guest brings their own female companion, they do not need to buy a dance ticket, and it is usually the cost of the drink.

In the dance halls in the concession area, the dancers are called "dragon heads" and the dancers are called "trailers".

Some dancers invite their favorite dancers to dance, first open champagne to show their sincerity, the price of champagne is ten yuan a bottle, and the dancers usually get 10% or even 20% of the commission.

In order to please their dance partners, the guests sometimes stuff money into the dancers, and they are afraid of being seen in the venue, so they wrap the tips in flower handkerchiefs in advance and quietly stuff them into each other when they are dancing.

The average dancer in the major dance halls in the concession area earns about 100 yuan per month, which is considered a high-income class, even if it is a skilled worker in a Shanghai factory, the monthly salary is more than a dozen yuan to 20 yuan, so the profession of a backup dancer has also attracted many entrants.

But the monthly income of a popular dancer can reach three hundred or even five hundred yuan, while the monthly income of the top dance hall queen can reach two or three thousand yuan, and Shen Xueyan can barely reach such a level.

To get to this point, you can't achieve it with a beautiful face and a good figure, you also need to be good at observing words and feelings, have a certain amount of knowledge, and have good communication skills.

Singers who sing in dance halls earn more after becoming famous.

Li Xiangbin, the dancer of the Juelu Ballroom, is a highly talented student of the Patriotic Girls' School, Li Lina, who first went to the Juelu Ballroom and then to the Paris Ballroom, is a high-talent student of the Santa Maria Girls' School, and it is said that she is also a movie star, and the Parisian dancer Xu Xiaoman is a high-talent student of the Zhende Girls' School.

Han Lin stepped into the dance hall, there was no music at this time, and many people were watching the excitement.

The six guards hurriedly parted the crowd, and Han Lin almost didn't laugh when he saw the scene in front of him.

I saw Ding Mocun, Li Shiqun and Tang Huimin being blocked in a corner of the dance hall by a group of ruffians and hooligans watching the scene, with an iron-blue face, obvious slap marks on their faces, and shoe prints on their clothes.

"Brother Mocun, who beat you?" Han Lin asked.

"We came to the dance hall to order Miss Wang Qi to dance, but someone actually stopped us, quarreled a few words, they called this group of bastards, they punched and kicked us, and asked us to pay 2,000 yuan as compensation, it was too deceitful!" Li Shiqun said angrily.

Han Lin saw a twenty-two or three-year-old girl next to her, wearing a black gold velvet cheongsam, such a color usually has a noble sense of mystery, her skin is white and moist, her eyes are clear and bright, giving people a smart feeling, such a girl is definitely very smart.

Her figure is slender and curvy, graceful as if a ghostly eagle, which is quite visually impactful, convex and backward, like the golden ratio. It may be that he has been on such an occasion for a long time, don't look at his age, but he has a mature style that makes people obsessed, and Han Lin, who is used to seeing beautiful women, also has an instant sense of amazement.

Wang Qian? How does it sound familiar?

I know, don't you have to marry the first dancer in Shanghai who is a traitor, the famous Gone with the Wind!

To say that the most famous top backup dancer, is none other than Wang Qian of the Black Cat Dance Hall, she is the kind of level with a monthly income of two or three thousand yuan, not only good at waltz and tango, but also can perform Spanish dance and gypsy dance, often won full applause, is the treasure of the Black Cat Dance Hall.

Wang Qi wears a black dress or cheongsam all year round, with a rose red belt or braided belt, which is quite eye-catching, this woman is not only quite talented in dancing, but also versatile.

She is proficient in English, French and Japanese Chinese, can calligraphy and painting, is a disciple of a famous painter at that time, is good at singing Peking Opera and Kunqu Opera, and has co-performed Peking Opera with Peking Opera masters.

"What about the ballroom manager? Let's clear it! Han Lin felt that in front of everyone, such a thing was not easy to handle, and he had to find a place for the three of them.

"You said you would clear the field? If we don't open for business overnight, how much money will we lose, and can you afford to pay for it? A man in a suit stepped forward and said.

"Then the trouble is to say the number, I will compensate you, as long as you dare to accept it, I dare to give it!" Han Lin said with a smile and took out the checkbook from his pocket.

But whoever opens a dance hall, there are definitely people behind it, one is the police patrol room of the concession, and the other is the Qing Gang, both of which are indispensable, so the people in these dance halls are very confident in speaking.

But he didn't know Han Lin's energy in the concession area, he was not afraid of the police department, nor was he afraid of the Green Gang, if they dared to accept the compensation money, the black cat dance hall would not be opened again.

"This gentleman is very open, everyone, our ballroom has something to deal with tonight, I'm sorry everyone, come back tomorrow night!" The ballroom manager waved at everyone.

When the dancing guests saw such a scene, they also knew that they would not be able to dance tonight, in fact, this kind of thing is also common in dance halls, and there are countless precedents for fighting in order to snatch dance partners.

"If you offend this person, it's still unknown whether this black cat dance hall can be opened again in the future!" Someone said after going out.

"Who is this? The black cat dance hall with the support of big forces can't stand it? Someone next to him asked playfully.

"You can't say it, you can't say it, anyway, in the Public Concession and the French Concession, there are really few people who dare to provoke him, take his money, the owner of this dance hall, I'm afraid I will lose money to sell pants!" The man said with a smile.

(End of chapter)