There is a corridor on the top of the Grand Theater. Visitors can go up and experience the feeling of watching Taihu Lake from a height. They can clearly see the musical fountain in the distance.
The wind was relatively strong, sticking people's clothes to their skin. The water surface is also rippled like fish scales, and there are dazzling little suns in each one.
The sunlight reflected by water is the softest, and sometimes you can even see it with your eyes. However, this softness is also compared to metal, and it can still hurt your eyes if you look at it for a long time.
Chen Xing likes to look at rivers, lakes and seas. He likes the vast field of vision and the feeling of the wind blowing on his cheeks. In spring, it is probably especially good to take pictures of some scenery on the water.
But forget it now, there is no cover for you to hide from the sun when you stand here. Even if there is wind, you can't resist it. After Chen Xing walked around in a circle, he followed the other tourists who came up and walked down.
Before coming here, I originally wanted to watch a Shaoxing opera here, and then wait for the show to end to see the musical fountain.
But Chen Xing was really not interested in this dance drama, so he navigated to the Wujiang Culture and Art Center mentioned by the driver and planned to go there to see if there were any performances.
I don’t know if I’m looking for the wrong place. Although it’s not too far away, it’s really not close by walking, a full six kilometers away.
You can still sneak there in the morning and evening, but during the day... forget it. Still choose to take a ride there.
This art center is relatively ordinary in construction, but it is also a standard theater-shaped building. It doesn't look big, but it can probably seat up to seven or eight hundred people.
The navigation actually has two target points, one is this theater, and the other is an association or something. Chen Xing asked the driver to come here because there were no comments. At least there were comments about the performance here in the navigation.
The art center is right next to the highway. After getting off the bus, you can walk through a small green belt in front of it. "Dance Drama..." Why is it a dance drama again?
As soon as Chen Xing approached this place, he saw a huge advertisement. Perhaps it was because this theater was not as famous as the Grand Theater and it was not as attractive as the Grand Theater itself in attracting a large number of tourists. The advertisements here were very large.
In addition to a vertical billboard at the door, there is also a huge banner on top.
When Chen Xing saw the dance drama, he was really not very interested. But soon he thought it might be good to watch a dance drama?
Different from the previous advertisements for the Grand Theater, the vertical billboard there only has a flying peacock, and a close-up of Teacher Yang Liping's face in dance clothes... only a close-up of the face, and no one can see it from the neck down. .
But this dance drama in the cultural center looks very beautiful. On the huge banner above, on the left is the name of the dance drama "Zhaojun Leaving the Fortress", and apart from the text, there is a group of beautiful dancers dancing in red costumes, with natural and gentle expressions.
It's so beautiful... When I walked in, I saw that the vertical billboard at the door was exactly the same as that over there, but the characters were more expressive.
A beautiful woman is doing a classical dance pose, her posture is very elegant, and there is a long introduction in the lower right corner.
The dance drama "Zhaojun Goes Out of the Fortress" begins with the story of the Han Dynasty and the wars with the Xiongnu at the border fortress, telling the story of the Han Emperor
"Ningbian misses the country", Zhaojun
It is a good story to "please go to the fortress" and stay at the fortress forever to complete the mission of peace and Ningbian and promote national harmony.
Main actors: Zhaojun: Tang Shiyi... followed by a few names, there should be several actresses playing this role at the same time.
Chen Xing touched his chin and thought. He said that he was not interested in modern dance dramas, but as a person who loves ancient culture, Chen Xing also wanted to learn classical dance. Anyway, he had nothing to do tonight. Why not buy a ticket and go in to see it?
Chen Xing also confirmed that the performance was indeed tonight. He first went to the ticket sales place. Two girls in their twenties were chatting at the booth. When they saw Chen Xing come in, they immediately sat with their chests raised and looked like they were very professional.
"Are there any tickets for tonight's performance?" Chen Xing asked as soon as he came in.
"Is Zhaojun Leaving the Fortress? There seems to be no tickets, right? Let me take a look for you." Generally, the tickets for dance dramas are not sold out, but tonight's troupe, as well as the dance drama Zhaojun Leaving the Fortress, are somewhat famous in the country.
After they announced the performance on the Internet, people from other provinces even came to watch it.
"Sorry, there are no more tickets."
"No more?" Chen Xing shook his head in disappointment. But immediately an aunt walked up to Chen Xing and asked: "Handsome man, do you want to cut down the money?"
"Um..." Chen Xing was stunned for a moment when he saw her face. Usually the people who came to chat with him were young and beautiful girls. This was the first time he turned around and saw an old face that had experienced vicissitudes of life. He was shocked... But It didn't take long to realize who she was.
"Do you have a ticket?"
"If you have a ticket, you have a ticket. There are two more seats in the pool, both in the front row. There are also tickets on the second floor. The seats with the best viewing experience only cost this number." She said nothing and made a three sign.
"Three hundred?" The aunt shook her head and made another five.
"Five hundred?" Chen Xing has never bought scalper tickets, and he hates the Riddler.
"Oh, young people have never seen a show? What kind of show can you see for 3,500 cents? You can't even see it if you go to buy a ticket for 3,500 cents, and you still watch the show, I'm talking about... 3,000, Do you want 3,000 tickets?" Chen Xing was shocked, I want a shit!
He is indeed not short of money, but wouldn't it be a waste of money to watch a dance drama for three thousand yuan? There are so many stars in the Jiaxing Music Festival, and the ticket price is only 900 yuan. You have to charge me 3,000 yuan for a performance of up to two or three hours. Are you mentally ill or am I mentally ill?
"No, no, no!" It can also be seen from this that Chen Xing has never looked for scalpers. It is normal for scalpers to double the price. Anyway, the tickets are here. If you want to see them, just say whether you want to buy them or not.
"Hey, handsome man, don't worry. It's the pool seat. The pool seat is the closest to the stage. It's only a few meters away from the actors. If you like a certain actor, you can see their every move clearly."
"Where is the pool seat?"
"It's the front row below the stage. My ticket is for the first row inside the front row."
"Can we watch the show well? It's too close, too close."
"There is also a viewing area. The best viewing area. Tickets for the second floor are sold to you for two thousand yuan." She stopped talking nonsense. She also discovered that Chen Xing was just a fool. To put it too broadly, I guess Chen Xing Xing didn't understand either, and generally speaking, this stupid young man was not a policeman, so there was no need to be cautious.
"Are the tickets for the second floor more expensive?"
"yes."
"Then you also charge me three thousand for the ticket in front?"
"Then you can negotiate the price." Auntie was also in a hurry to buy tickets. They knew on the Internet that the tickets for this play were easily sold, and there were many people who wanted to see them, so they came to grab them.
But I found that those people were all talk but no action. There was a lot of clamor on the Internet, but few people came to them to buy tickets.
This also has something to do with the fact that they only sell tickets on site. There were no stars in the dance drama, and no die-hard fans were willing to come outside the theater to get tickets. The tickets were sold out as soon as everyone saw it.
I would just feel a little regretful that I didn't get a ticket, and I wouldn't think of going to the venue to look for scalpers. In the end, Chen Xing spent a thousand and three dollars to buy a ticket for the pool seat. He really didn’t know as much about dance dramas as other audience members. Before today, he had never even heard of dance dramas a few times, let alone Chinese classical music. Dance drama.
To put it bluntly, he was just bored at night and came to see the beautiful woman. Therefore, compared to the areas with good visuals at the back, the Chizuo area is Chen Xing's best choice.
Chen Xing felt uneasy after getting the ticket, so he went back to the ticket center to find the two beauties and asked: "Beautiful beauty, help me see if this ticket is genuine?"
"What? Did you buy a ticket?" They were also surprised and took a look at Chen Xing's ticket.
"It's true. Our theater is rarely this busy, and the tickets for the pool seats haven't been sold for a long time."
"Can I see where this ticket is?" One of the beauties clicked on the computer, and the screen in front of Chen Xing displayed the floor plan of their theater, which looked like a movie theater.
The theater of the Cultural and Art Center is divided into two floors. The third floor cannot be called a floor, but can only be called a box. The tickets for the box seats are all given away by the theater, so they can't grab them. The front seats on the second floor are the best tickets. In comparison, the pool seats are cheaper, even though they are closest to the stage.
The pool seats are usually where the live band performs. If the performance does not require a live band, the theater will cover this area and put seats in it, so that it can charge more ticket money and accommodate more audiences.
Chen Xing checked it and found that the aunt was right. It was indeed very close to the stage. The other girl selling tickets looked younger and more active. She was holding her hands on the stage and asked Chen Xing curiously: "Where did you get your tickets? You're not a scalper, are you?"
"They were looking for me."
"My God, there really are scalpers. Sister Lin, there are scalpers in our theater too!" Sister Lin is the one who operates the computer. After hearing this, she glanced outside the room and asked Chen Xing: "Is it that aunt?" ?”
"Yes, what's wrong?"
"Selling scalping tickets is against the law." Chen Xing: "..." She didn't tell Chen Xing that she didn't know. He thought scalpers were buying tickets at a low price, and then selling the tickets at a high price to other people in need. At best, it was considered speculative behavior in the past, but now that they are no longer guilty of this crime, is it still illegal?
Chen Xing asked nervously: "What if I buy it?" The young beauty smiled: "I don't know, it's probably illegal, right?" Chen Xing thought deeply.
Forget it, forget it and call the police! You bought the ticket yourself, and calling the police is a report. Don’t let others take away this credit.
At worst, it's just a loss of more than a thousand yuan. Moreover, there will definitely be no one holding tickets for this position, and it will be possible to buy them again in the theater by then.
The person selling the tickets may not even know that Chen Xing bought the tickets but instead of going back to wait for the show to start, he went to the ticket hall to confirm.
At this time, she was still looking at the people coming and going in front of the theater bitterly. Seeing who was stopping at the door of the theater, she went up and asked: "Friend, are you going to cut off the tickets?" She had no idea that the three people in the ticket hall were plotting to report. .
Several phone calls were made. The two girls notified the supervisor first, and Chen Xing directly called a branch office only two kilometers away from here.
Two minutes later, a man who looked like a leader came out of the door in the ticket hall. As soon as he came in, he asked: "Really? Gou Lin, are the tickets for our theater so popular?" The people in their cultural and art center never hold any concerts, they only promote traditional culture, usually Yue opera or other things. Local opera, then folk orchestra, classical orchestra, classical dance drama and so on.
Although the crew performing tonight's performance is somewhat famous on the Internet, a quick search revealed that scalping tickets for dance dramas is not very easy to sell.
Therefore, this was the first time he heard that there were scalpers in their theater.
"Yes, it's true, this handsome guy discovered it!" Another young girl rushed to say. The leader looked at Chen Xing and said enthusiastically: "Thank you, fancier, you have done us a big favor. It is also our negligence. We have never thought about the problem of ticket scalpers, and we don't know how many seats will be available tonight." ." There are two types of scalpers, one is professional scalpers and the other is self-directed and acted.
He confirmed that no one in the crew did such a thing, so the people outside must be ticket sellers in society.
Under the identification of the employee, he also saw the middle-aged aunt wandering on the side of the road. With her sneaky look, she could be called a thief, let alone a ticket seller.
The leader looked at her and then at Chen Xing, who was sitting on a chair playing with his mobile phone behind him. Sure enough, temperament is something that cannot be seen or touched, but it is definitely related to a person's heart.
That aunt looked timid, and the temperament she developed was also related to her profession. And this guest named Chen Xing, at first glance, seems to be a very cultivated person, rich and confident.
"Did you call the police?"
"Call the police." He was talking to Chen Xing when suddenly a few plainclothes men in front of him held down the aunt, scaring many people around - and then they immediately took out their mobile phones and took pictures of whatever happened. A circle of friends.
Then a person came in and asked, "Who called the police?" Chen Xing raised his hand, put away his phone and stood up, saying, "I called the police. Did you catch the person?"
"We've caught him. Over there, can you help us identify him? Just right here." His attitude was very good and he was very polite.
Chen Xing glanced outside. The aunt was cursing and shouting that she was wronged.
"It's her." Chen Xing nodded.
"Then do you have time? If you have time, can you come with us to make a transcript? It's very simple. If you don't have time, you can do it here." In reality, there is no such thing as having to ask the person who calls the police to follow them to make the transcript. Regulations, otherwise many illegal things will be seen and people will not want to pay attention to them.
Some unimportant things can be handled on the spot. And when it comes to evidence, the tickets found on Auntie’s body are evidence.
Chen Xing took out the ticket he bought and said, "I spent more than a thousand to buy one. I'll give you the ticket. Can you help me get the money back?"
"Of course it's no problem." He took the ticket from Chen Xing's hand, stretched out his hand and said, "Thank you for your cooperation, little brother." Chen Xing shook hands with him.
The theater leader who just walked out followed them, and Chen Xing and the two ticket sales girls were left in the ticket hall.
Chen Xing asked: "What about my ticket for tonight's performance?"
"Hehe, you suddenly want to watch a show? Don't worry, there's no one at that seat anyway. I'll just ask for another ticket for you later."
