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Yang Guifei played by Mei Lanfang, before anyone arrived, the voice came first: "Swing!" ”

Mei Lanfang, who was wearing a phoenix crown, was extremely enchanting in figure and appearance, and she couldn't tell that she was a man at all.

The two palace maids followed behind Mei Lanfang with a screen fan in their hands, and stood still at the back of the stage, but Mei Lanfang threw up her sleeves and walked to the front of the stage, and the band played a four-flat tune, only to hear him sing: "The island ice wheel is turning at the beginning, see the jade rabbit, see the jade rabbit and rise eastward." The ice wheel is far from the island, and the sky is very clear. When the moon is empty, it is just like Chang'e leaving the Moon Palace, and the slave is like Chang'e leaving the Moon Palace. ”

"Good!"

The Chinese audience cheered in unison.

Although the foreign audience did not know the tradition of "applauding", they still applauded vigorously, and many foreign devils looked at the stage obsessively.

Under the influence of Meng Xiaodong and several friends, Zhou Hexuan has gradually learned to appreciate the wonders of Peking Opera. He was also impressed by Mei Lanfang's super high skills, the eyes, the expression, the singing, and the figure, all with a kind of seductive charm, which can bend straight men on the spot.

The only thing Zhou Hexuan wanted to complain about was that for fear that the gringos would not understand, someone at the scene held a sign with an English translation written on it: "A full moon rises on the island, ah, I see the bright moon rising in the east again." The full moon rose from the sea, and the sky and the earth were bright. The bright moon hangs in the sky, as if the moon god left the palace of the moon, and I also left the palace like the god of the moon. ”

Those manual English translations are not big fonts, and Zhou Hexuan estimates that the audience in the back row can't see it clearly at all.

But as the performance continued, both Chinese and foreigners fell into a frenzy for art. Those gringos were very interesting, at first they just applauded, and soon they learned from the Chinese to applaud together.

"Consume!"

After all, the number of foreigners is more, and the voices of the Chinese audience are completely suppressed, and the "consumption" is non-stop.

For Westerners, Peking Opera is amazing.

Traditional opera has only singing, no dialogue; Traditional dramas, on the other hand, only have dialogues and are not sung.

Chinese Peking Opera is actually read and sung, and there are subtle physical performances attached to it. Coupled with the exquisite and gorgeous costumes and strange props, everything makes Westerners feel so fresh and wonderful.

The American audience, in particular, was even more fascinated by it.

Don't look at the United States today, which is very powerful, but it is regarded as a desert of culture and art. Top Western artists are all in Europe, and they are basically not seen in the United States, and even if second-rate European artists perform in the United States, they will be treated as masters by Americans.

A bunch of unseen dirt buns!

U.S. Secretary of State Stimson was already stunned at the moment, with an incredulous expression on his face.

Mei Lanfang finished performing "The Drunken Concubine" and performed another "Dream in the Garden", and the whole performance came to an end.

"Bang bang bang!"

The audience gave a standing ovation.

All the actors returned backstage to remove their make-up and return to the stage in modern attire, where the embassy interpreter introduced their names and the roles they had just played in the play.

When he heard that it was a man playing Yang Guifei, Stimson couldn't help but exclaim: "Even buy Ka, it's unbelievable!" ”

Mei Lanfang is on fire.

Officials of the U.S. State Department, as well as envoys from various countries, lined up to shake hands with Mei Lanfang, full of beautiful words.

The next morning, several newspapers in Washington reported on the performance and called Peking Opera "the perfect art from the Far East."

Although Mei Lanfang was invited to perform on Broadway, she didn't know much about the operation of the United States.

It just so happens that Professor Zhang Pengchun of Nankai University is now lecturing in the United States, and the two are old friends.

Mei Lanfang found Zhang Pengchun, who helped him come up with two ideas: first, before the commercial performance, he should first do publicity in the newspaper; Second, hire an agent who is familiar with the American show business.

Mei Lanfang is really rich, and the publicity fee is very simple. Before the Mei Opera Troupe set off, the newspapers in New York had begun to report on it all over the world, and in the articles, they popularized the knowledge of Peking Opera to the American people.

When Mei Lanfang stepped on the train to New York, the New York Times headline read: "Mei Lanfang, a great artist popular with 50,000 people, is coming to New York!" ”

Zhou Hexuan set off before Mei Lanfang, but before leaving Washington, he had a conversation with Situ Juncong in the hotel.

Zhou Hexuan's first sentence asked: "What is the relationship between Your Excellency and Mr. Situ Meitang?" ”

Situ Juncong smiled: "It's just a fellow villager and the same name." ”

Zhou Hexuan didn't believe it, because Situ Junxuan was too young, and the position he held was also very delicate.

Let's first make it clear that there is a difference between the China Zhi Gong Dang and the Hongmen.

The first leader of the China Zhi Gong Party was Chen Jiongming, and the second leader was Li Jishen, and its main place of activity was in mainland China.

Situ Meitang leads the Wuzhou Hongmen Zhigong Church, headquartered in San Francisco, USA.

Although the two nominally belonged to the same organization and eventually merged, they are now managed and operated separately.

As for Situ Juncong, he is actually a member of the China Zhi Gong Party, and he is also the only member of the Zhi Gong Party who has been accepted by Wuzhou Hongmen. He now has two capacities, one is in charge of the propaganda work of the China Zhi Gong Party, and the other is in charge of the liaison work between the Hongmen in Wuzhou and China.

This key and sensitive identity, coupled with his surname Situ, how can it not make people think too much?

Even if he is not a direct descendant of Situ Meitang, he is at least a clansman.

Situ Juncong didn't go around the bend, and said directly: "Mr. Zhou, I'm afraid you're not from Hongmen, right?" ”

"Why do you say that?" Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.

Situ explained: "I have been traveling in San Francisco, Hong Kong and Guangzhou for many years, and I have long heard of Mr. Zhou's name, and I also learned from the mouth of the Qingbang that Mr. Zhou calls himself a Hongmen brother. I immediately went to San Francisco to check with Mr. Szeto Meitang about the facts. Mr. Situ Meitang took this very seriously and investigated all the Hongmen Tangkou in the United States, but none of them existed in Mr. Zhou. ”

"Hahaha," Zhou Hexuan couldn't stop laughing, and said honestly, "Brother Situ, don't hide it, the Tianjin Youth Gang wanted to pull me into the gang at that time." In the case that he couldn't shirk it, he had to say that he was a member of the Hongmen. This is indeed inconsiderate, and I hope that Brother Situ will explain the truth to Mr. Szeto Meitang. ”

"I see." Situ Junliang couldn't cry or laugh.

You must know that Zhou Hexuan has made a great reputation in Europe and the United States, and the Hongmen side of the United States also attaches great importance to it. When I heard that Zhou Hexuan was also a disciple of Hongmen, I spent a lot of time and manpower and investigated for more than a year, and finally came to the conclusion: There is no such person!

Situ Junxuan chatted with Zhou Hexuan for a while, and tentatively invited: "Is Mr. Zhou willing to join the Zhi Gong Party?" ”

Zhou Hexuan asked: "Is it the China Zhi Gong Party, or the Wuzhou Hongmen Zhi Gong Church?" ”

"You can all join, the two are not in conflict, and we are already planning to gradually merge into one." Situ Jun said.

The China Zhi Gong Party has too deep ties with China, and Zhou Hexuan carefully considered it and said: "I should join Wuzhou Hongmen." ”

Situ Juncong asked, "Then let's set a time first." ”

Zhou Hexuan said: "I will go to New York next, and when I am done, I will go to San Francisco to apologize to Mr. Szeto Meitang." ”

"Don't dare to apologize," Situ Juncong hugged his fists and said, "I'm waiting for Brother Zhou!" ”