According to Chen Xuan''s request, Betty drives Xiao Yao back to the hotel after dinner. At the time of separation, Betty also took the initiative to contact Xiao Yao.
After being treated to a French dinner and playing two tunes in exchange for a membership card, Xiao Yao had a very good evening. After returning to the hotel, he took a very comfortable bath and then fell asleep on the luxurious bed.
At eleven o''clock the next morning, Chen Xuan arrived late. After entering the door, Xiao Yao can see from his radiant face that he had a good time last night.
"Are you too late today?" Xiao Yao frowned. Although his language is very good, but with this 10-year-old body, in New York, he really dare not go out of the hotel. In addition to getting up in the morning and going to the hotel gym for an hour, he has been stuffy in the hotel room all morning.
"The performance is in the evening, and there is no rehearsal today. There is nothing to do during the day, so it''s OK to come later." Chen Xuan said with a smile, not satisfied with Xiao Yao.
"Well, what are you going to do with me this afternoon?" Xiao Yao asked Chen xuandao.
"Whatever you want." Chen Xuan spread his hands, "the landmark I think you have to go to has taken you there yesterday. I''ll take you where you want to go today, OK?
"well, after lunch, you can take me to Broadway in the afternoon. If possible, we can go to one or two operas or musicals." Xiao Yaodao, since he has come to New York, Broadway is definitely one of the places he wants to go.
"What? You''re only ten years old. How can you be interested in the dullness of musicals and operas? " Chen Xuan''s temperament is obviously not the kind that can sit quietly in the theater for a few hours.
"Don''t you know that I played a drama in China the year before last?" Xiao Yao rolled his eyes.
"My God, you are a monster. I took a monster as a student Chen Xuan exaggerates to call a way. He has been to Xiao Yao''s home and seen Xiao Yao play musical instruments, but he didn''t know that he could perform in drama. Although Xiao Yao has been a student for two years, his understanding of Xiao Yao is not as comprehensive as Qin Qingyang and Yin Xi, whom he met only yesterday afternoon. Of course, it''s also because Chen Xuan didn''t go out of his way to understand it.
"You promised to do what I want today. Do you want to go back?" Xiao Yao stares at Chen Xuan and asks.
"Of course... No!" Chen Xuan really wants to go back, but seeing Xiao Yao''s eyes, he is defeated in the end. As a teacher, his basic reputation and face in front of students are still important.
After lunch, Chen Xuan takes Xiao Yao to Broadway.
Broadway is not a theater, but the name of a north-south street running through Manhattan Island in New York. Because there are a large number of theaters on both sides of this street, it is an important place for the development of American drama and musicals. Therefore, "Broadway" has become the synonym of musicals in the United States.
There are dozens of theaters on both sides of Broadway. The theaters on 44th to 53rd streets of Broadway are called inner Broadway, which perform classic, popular and commercial plays. The theaters on 41st and 56th streets of Broadway are called outer Broadway, which perform some practical, unknown and low-cost plays.
Generally speaking, a musical has almost two and a half hours including half-time. Xiao Yao has a whole afternoon, so first he takes Chen Xuan to watch a classic musical of the world on inner Broadway. After coming out, Xiao Yao takes the time to choose a short, experimental avant-garde short play on outer Broadway. After watching the two plays, it''s almost time for dinner.
Chen Xuan, who has watched the musical with Xiao Yao all afternoon, is broken down. At the end of the ordeal, Chen Xuan immediately takes Xiao Yao to have dinner in a hurry, and then takes him to the scene of EVA show in the evening ahead of time, throwing him into the unfinished backstage, as if unwilling to spend more time with him for a second.
Now it''s about an hour away from the performance time, the scene is not ready, and the backstage is also doing some preparatory work. Because CBS TV station in the United States will record and broadcast the whole performance in the evening, and there are several camera positions in the background. However, the location of the camera is fixed, and only a few fixed areas in the rest area, waiting area and passageway can be photographed, which is far less than Xiao Yao''s freedom to walk around with the camera.
Xiao Yao, with a camera hanging around his neck and a camera bag on his shoulder, immediately attracted the attention of most people in the backstage. As it was still early, none of the three groups of performers arrived, and only a part of the models arrived. The biggest brand Betty Bailette has not come yet, but the two Chinese models Qin Qingyang and Yin Xi who participated in the first time have arrived.
As preparations are still in progress at the scene, Xiao Yao doesn''t run around to affect other people''s work, so he finds a quiet corner to sit down and have a rest. However, his action of fiddling with the camera makes many models feel nervous.
Xiao Yao didn''t take the initiative to find the two Chinese models he knew, but Yin Xi took the initiative to come over and whispered in Xiao Yao''s ear with a smile: "children, be merciful. What''s the word? By the way, ask for light abuse. "Xiao Yao almost gushes out with a mouthful of old blood. He looks at Yin Xi with the expression of being defeated by you. "Sister, the camera is here," Xiao Yao pointed to the camera on one side, "can you stop being so unscrupulous?"
"What are you afraid of? They can''t understand the Chinese we speak." Yin Xi doesn''t care about Tao.
"Sister, do you know that there is another profession in the world called translation, so it''s difficult to find a Chinese translation?" Xiao Yao rolled his eyes.
"That''s not afraid. We are all Chinese. You should be partial to me." Yin Xi is upright and vigorous.
"Sister, you have a big heart and a bright future. I''m optimistic about you." Xiao Yao gives a thumbs up.
Yin Xi hummed, wrinkled his nose, got up and said, "it''s a deal. I''ll go change my clothes and warn you not to follow me to take pictures." Before putting on the underwear to be displayed in the official opening ceremony, in order to change clothes conveniently and improve the speed, the models were all on standby in bathrobes. Not long after Yin Xi arrived, he was still in casual clothes and had not changed bathrobes.
"Are you inviting me? You know I have access to the changing area Xiao Yao raises his camera.
"You dare!" Yin Xi turns around and stares at Xiao Yao. His right hand reaches out his two fingers in the middle of the meal and compares with Xiao Yao''s eyes. It means that I should be careful to blind your dog''s eyes. After a threat, Yin Xi turns around and goes to the dressing area.
Xiao Yao smiles and doesn''t get up to keep up. It''s not that he doesn''t dare, but that he doesn''t think it''s meaningful to just take pictures of changing clothes. Now that the performance hasn''t started and there''s no sense of urgency, most of our attention is on his guard. It''s hard to take any interesting pictures.
When the performance really starts, the backstage is busy, and everyone''s attention is focused on the show and ignores Xiao Yao, it is his time to play.
Betty bellette arrived half an hour before the show, which was not a big time at all. She is the signing model of EVA show, and EVA is also the biggest and most important part of her business contract. Naturally, she won''t give her boss any trouble.
After a few minutes, three groups of guests arrived one after another. All the equipment on the scene had been installed and put into the final stage of testing and debugging.
This year is the tenth year of the EVA show. EVA attaches great importance to it, and the preparation work is also very full and thoughtful. But even so, it can not prevent the occurrence of natural and man-made disasters.
More than ten minutes before the performance started, the accident really happened. It was not the model or the staff who had the accident, but the invited guests. After staying in the bathroom for about ten minutes, the keyboard player in the pop rock band, one of the guests, was helped out with his right wrist and sent directly to the hospital.
It is said that he slipped in the bathroom, and then by extreme coincidence, when he slipped, his right hand propped up on the ground. As a result, the position and strength of that one didn''t work right, and he hurt his wrist. On the surface, it''s supposed to be a wrist contusion. As a keyboard player, his hand is a meal eater, not to mention that he can''t play the piano due to wrist contusion. Even if he can barely play, no one asks him to risk his career for a show.
Dunn Gianni, who got the news, was so angry that he couldn''t find the right person for this kind of thing, even if he wanted to find someone to scold him. Blame the cleaner for cleaning the floor too clean?
Complaining can''t solve the problem. In the face of such a sudden situation, Dunn Gianni can only find the members of the band for the first time to discuss the solution.
Before the guests came on stage, they were also waiting backstage, so Dunn went directly backstage.
"Eric, is it possible to perform without a keyboard?" Dunn asked Eric Byrne, the band leader and lead singer and guitarist.
"It''s impossible," Eric Bowen said, shaking his head. "The sound of the keyboard in the soundtrack of this song is very important. There''s a solo of the keyboard. Without the keyboard, the player can''t play it at all."
"How about another song?" Dunn came up with another proposal.
"I don''t recommend changing songs." Eric said, "first of all, most of our songs and the sound of the keyboard are very important. Second, we have been rehearsing this song these days. I can''t guarantee the effect of the scene. Third, I''m not sure about the control of the length of time when I change to other songs. I''m worried that there will be problems with the timing of the model show. "
"What do you mean?" Dunn had nothing to say but to ask Eric.
"Find a keyboard player to save the field." Eric said: "the rhythm of time is controlled by the drummer. All I need is that he can remember the score, play it correctly, cooperate with us well, and complete the solo under the guidance of the drummer. Even so, this requirement is a bit high, it needs a very good keyboard player to do it. "
"In this case, where can I find a keyboard player for you?" Deng en sighed, "today''s audience, there are many stars in the music circle, but there are pure singers, band lead singers and people who can play guitar, but none of them are famous for playing keyboard."
As one of the heaviest models in the show, Betty bellette was also beside Donne. Hearing this, Betty suddenly thought of someone. Looking around backstage, I saw a guy holding a camera in a corner and taking a picture. He pointed to Dunn and Eric and said, "Dunn, Eric, I think we can let him have a try.""Who?" At the same time, Dunn and Eric look up to the direction Betty pointed out, just to see Xiao Yao who put down the camera and showed a look of astonishment.
"Are you kidding?" Donne looks back at Betty.
"Who''s that guy?" Eric asked, too, but it was Donne.
"That''s the backstage photographer we hired this time, and he''s only ten years old." Donne replied.
Eric smelled the speech, looked at Betty, and asked the same words as Donne: "ten year old photographer, Betty, are you kidding?"
"No," said Betty, raising her hand, "I''m serious."
"Listen," Betty went on, "last night in the restaurant, I saw him play two piano pieces with my own eyes, and he did quite well. I also recorded it with my mobile phone, but now my mobile phone is not with me. If you don''t believe me, I can go and show you my mobile phone. "
Seeing that both of them didn''t respond, Betty didn''t rush to get her mobile phone, but continued: "Qin and Yin told me that his father was a very famous musician in Huaxia, who had been learning music since he was a child. Two years ago, he performed piano playing and singing at his father''s wedding, and also experienced the grand scene of more than 200 people. Dunn, you must think he''s a photographic genius. That''s why you brought him here. In terms of music, I think he''s also a genius. "