Chapter 945: A Big Show

December 20, 2003, afternoon.

New York City, Times Square.

Because Christmas is coming soon, the flow of people in Times Square is obviously a bit larger than usual. Since last night, there have been snowflakes, which have not been falling heavily, but there is a certain atmosphere of welcoming Christmas.

At a certain moment, four girls suddenly appeared, walking towards the center of Times Square from four directions. And from the moment they appeared, their strange costumes and shapes immediately attracted the attention of almost all passers-by around them.

The men and women around are almost all windbreakers, furs and down jackets, but these four girls are all wearing very thin, strange and beautiful clothes.

They also held a very strange thing in their arms, which looked like a musical instrument, a kind of harp.

They, their clothes, shapes, and the musical instruments in their arms are simply full of charming exotic colors.

So, when they walked slowly towards the center of Times Square with smiles on their faces, many passers-by stopped and looked at them one after another. Some people were still whispering, "Japanese? Chinese? Korean?"

Living in New York, the most famous modern metropolis in the world, almost everyone is qualified to say that they are well-informed, so when they saw such a strange dress in winter, they did not boo or follow, they thought it was A performance of performance art.

At this time, some people have noticed, but more people will not notice at all, from all directions of Times Square, at almost the same time, at least 10 or 20 video devices poured in, following the filming .

Several large outdoor screens in Times Square also stopped broadcasting commercials, and began to play scenes of bright landscape paintings - it is impossible for people with such a strong memory, but if they do, they will find , which was one of China's official promotional videos before the opening of the World Cup in China last year.

Its director is Li Qian.

In the entire Times Square, there may be thousands of people walking outdoors at the same time, suddenly there are dozens more people, which is not enough to attract large-scale attention, but at this time, there are still many Chinese people in Times Square, they are almost At first glance, he recognized the four girls who were walking towards the center of Times Square, and they were his compatriots.

Their sleeves are fluttering, and their shape is extremely beautiful.

This kind of classical beauty is not the same in any country or nation in the world except China.

Suddenly someone shouted in Chinese, "It's Feitian, the Feitian from Dunhuang! I remember this shape! They should be holding a pipa! Our Chinese pipa!"

Just when the four girls hadn't reached the center of the square, suddenly, in all directions of Times Square, more girls suddenly started pouring out.

They all have oriental faces, and their bodies are extremely beautiful. They are wearing strangely shaped clothes made of oriental silk fabrics.

And there seemed to be some specially painted patterns on the clothes, including landscapes, flowers and birds.

This time, even the Chinese don't know each other.

Because this style of clothing is only sold in a few stores in China at present, and the price is high. Although it has been sold for a year or two, there are still very few people who have seen them.

This style of clothing was named "cheongsam" by Li Qian.

And in such a season, in Times Square in New York before Christmas, when I suddenly saw such a group of beautiful oriental women walking in such clothes, countless people froze on the street at that moment.

They are so breathtakingly beautiful!

At this time, almost everyone in Times Square was alarmed.

And suddenly, music sounded.

It seemed like all the speakers around Times Square were playing the same music—a unique but nice, almost overhearing instrument.

Big beads and small beads fall on a jade plate.

When the crowd stops collectively and looks at the strange people around them and in front of them, some people will find that at some time, some people have set up various musical instruments with strange shapes in the square. Many people in robes are playing.

At this time, four women in plain white silk cheongsams walked up to a middle-aged man dressed in trendy clothes and wearing a hat. Behind the middle-aged man was a paint shelf, and in his hand was holding a rod brush.

On the plain white cheongsam, he began to paint.

Countless people were surprised to see it.

However, when the color is dyed, the plain white cheongsam seems to have a soul in an instant.

Those strange strokes of strokes instantly made the plain white cheongsam look agile and elegant.

At this time, about 30 or 40 women wearing various cheongsams had already gathered in Times Square, and the four flying women with pipas in their arms who were walking towards the center of the square at first had successfully converged, standing at the Times Square at this moment. In the center of the square, standing in the center of a group of women in cheongsams walking around, each facing one side, making various shape changes one by one—each one is so beautiful!

At this time, there was another singing sound.

Accompanied by the music of several classical instruments from China, a female voice sang slowly with a substandard accent, "What a beautiful jasmine, what a beautiful jasmine, the fragrance is beautiful and full of branches, It is fragrant and white people praise..."

Hearing the sound of "jasmine flower", many of the not too many Chinese people in Times Square subconsciously covered their mouths even though they spoke Chinese with a strong western accent.

Although the tune is unfamiliar, it is full of the charm of a Chinese tune, and the kindness of the local accent is enough to make people excited and want to shed tears uncontrollably.

But at this moment, for the vast majority of Westerners and Americans in the square, even if they don't understand Chinese or the lyrics at all, in this situation, hearing such a melodious singing voice, in an instant I also feel like hearing the sounds of nature, and I am instantly fascinated by it.

Suddenly, a girl from the West screamed and said loudly, "It's Millie Mayfair!"

Within a local area, many people heard the scream, and then countless people instantly turned their heads to look in the direction of the scream—it turned out to be Millie Mayfair, who has become popular in recent years!

I don't know how many people are her fans and fans at the scene, but at this time, everyone who saw her could feel that she sang with such emotion and heart - and her cheongsam style made the original Millie Mayfair, known as "the pinnacle of beauty in the American music industry", is becoming more and more glamorous.

At this time, passers-by who were lucky enough to bring a camera, photographers who had contacted in advance, and professional reporters from several major newspapers began to point at Millie Mayfair and snapped photos!

At this time, among the passers-by who had been staring at the Chinese painting on the cheongsam, someone suddenly stared at the painter's face with wide eyes, and then said in a trembling voice: "Yes!" Cao! Chinese Cao! Bassist of the Four Beauties... Oh my God, is that you? Chinese Cao?"

No one answered, Cao Zhan was concentrating on painting.

In fact, just around Cao Zhan, in addition to a video camera and two cameras, there were at least three or four plainclothes security guards standing in concealment—there were at least a hundred guards in the entire Times Square at this moment. Such security guards in plain clothes. Once they find that the situation is wrong, their task is to stand up and stop or even subdue those fanatical spectators as soon as possible.

After all, with Millie Mayfair and Zhan Cao, this is no longer just a street show.

Fortunately, although many people were very excited, no one rushed over recklessly.

In the European and American regions who are used to street art, almost everyone understands that this is a performance.

So, no one interrupted.

And at this moment, when Millie Mayfair finished her first stanza, she smiled and waved to the fans who shouted her name in the crowd, and at the same time turned back and pointed in the other direction of Times Square.

Amidst the accompaniment of the strange oriental music, suddenly there was another female voice resembling the sound of heaven——

"What a beautiful jasmine, what a beautiful jasmine, the fragrance is beautiful and full of branches, it is fragrant and white people praise..."

At this time, on the other side of Times Square, there was also a woman in a cheongsam, singing and walking slowly towards the center of the square.

Her voice is a standard Chinese pronunciation, and her singing is ethereal and clear. The first impression she gave to most people in the square at the moment is the level of complete fascination!

He actually managed to beat Millie Mayfair, the young queen who had a huge influence in Europe and the United States who appeared earlier!

Although the vast majority of people at the scene did not recognize this face at all, the voice alone was enough to shock them collectively in the first place.

However, at this time, among the few Chinese people in the square, many people recognized the owner of the voice as soon as the voice opened——

Zhou Mo!

Even if you hear it all over the world, people will never forget her unique voice!

Ethereal and decadent!

There is a strange beauty that cannot be explained clearly.

But at this moment, when those Chinese bravely squeezed out of the crowd and saw Zhou Mao in cheongsam walking towards the square with their own eyes, they couldn't help biting their lips excitedly.

When Zhou Mo was wearing a cheongsam, although she was still expressionless, she was so beautiful!

It is far more beautiful than any of her past concerts, any evening parties, and the cover of any album—it is so beautiful that she is no longer human.

At 3:10 p.m. in Times Square, New York, the hustle and bustle and commotion stopped.

The crowd automatically retreated and tightened the distance, freeing up a large space for the sudden artistic performance in the square, while models in cheongsams walked around, showing their clothes and showing the beauty and beauty of oriental women The figures of the four flying women are still constantly changing their postures and shapes, showing the ultimate beauty of Chinese women more than a thousand years ago in the Dunhuang murals.

The wind blows their flowing sleeves, and pieces of crystal clear snowflakes slowly fall down.

Cao Zhan, the outstanding bass player from the Four Great Beauties, is still painting with enthusiasm, and the four models in front of him in plain white cheongsams will be painted with Mei Lan one by one within ten minutes. Bamboo chrysanthemum.

Several musicians in moon-white oriental robes were playing a variety of exotic oriental musical instruments, and they played through radio and amplification equipment with all the audio equipment in Times Square.

Millie Mayfair and Zhou Mo, two queens who are well-known in the East and the West, and their voice quality and singing skills have reached a certain level, performed a beautiful oriental ballad with their own different accents.

Such a scene, such a street performance, is so beautiful that it takes one's breath away.

And as many as dozens of cameras, and even more cameras, recorded all the beauty that happened in this square at this moment.

Tonight, its edited images will be broadcast on the three largest television networks in the United States, and its photos and reports will be broadcast on the largest-selling newspapers across the United States tonight and tomorrow morning.

The people who will see the beautiful images of this moment, will hear the beautiful music of this moment, and will know that such a performance took place in Times Square in New York will be North America, and almost everyone in the world. .

The singing died down, and Millie Mayfair and Zhou Mo gathered in the center of the square.

But the music did not stop, and Cao Zhan's paintings, musicians' performances, and models' demonstrations did not stop either.

The music began to change from melodious and carefree to a kind of sad and mournful, but still bright and beautiful.

Another oriental woman in a cheongsam walked slowly out of the crowd on the other side of the square. Her face was also so delicate and beautiful. Her cheongsam was painted with decorative patterns similar to those of Peking opera costumes, which were very different from others. , her voice has a beauty and melodiousness that is completely different from the two queens of Millie Mayfair and Zhou Mo——

"But it turns out that the flowers are blooming everywhere, and it seems like this is all in ruins..."

Don't talk about foreigners, even the Chinese can listen to it directly at this time.

As a treasure of ancient Chinese art, Kunqu opera has become less popular and popular in recent hundreds of years, so even in China, not many people are familiar with its tunes and singing.

But the beauty of her singing, the beauty of her eloquence, there is no need to question it.

As a Tsing Yi actor of Peking Opera, Cheng Suping has been learning opera since she was a child, and Kunqu Opera is one of her basic skills. This episode of "Garden Touring Dreams" is definitely one of her specialties.

Yiyi Yaya, yingying into rhyme.

The gentle and delicate beauty of Kunqu opera was fully sung by Cheng Suping at this moment!

The entire Times Square in New York was completely silent.

Only Cheng Suying's unique singing voice remains.

For more than ten minutes, "Garden: A Dream" was still being sung over there, and Cao Zhan's four screens were finally finished. He straightened up, looked around, and nodded to the four models.

The four models turned around and walked towards the center of the square.

Many passers-by and spectators who have been paying attention to the painting process here just now were very surprised to see the pictures full of oriental mysterious beauty on the four models at this moment.

Plum, orchid, bamboo, chrysanthemum.

People who don't understand Chinese culture may not understand anything, and they may not be able to figure out what kind of oriental philosophy is hidden behind these four pictures, and what kind of implication they have in Chinese culture, but the simplest and most exposed beauty is every Individuals can understand - even if they are expressed, it is often just some simple lines.

A typical Chinese art expression.

Another two minutes later, this small section of "A Garden of Dreams" was closed, and Cheng Suying smiled, nodded slowly and bowed slightly to the audience in front of him.

The instrument stopped slowly.

Some people wanted to applaud subconsciously, but before the applause could be heard, many large screens around Times Square lowered a huge picture almost simultaneously, with the words written in English——

"Merry Christmas!"

After taking a breath, the applause and whistles in Times Square quickly resounded.

and last for several minutes.