As people grow older, they will gradually feel that there is always a gap between imagination and reality in many, many things, so they often say that things are not as expected.
This time it was different.
After arriving in the United States for just one night, the girls from the Guofeng Art Troupe, who had always felt more or less unreal about this job, discovered that reality was even better than they imagined, so much better that most of the girls were so excited that they stayed up all night. Mian, curiously exploring everything in the villa like a cat arriving at a new home.
A castle-like villa that is completely out of the dormitory category.
In addition to the bedrooms that the girls can detect even if they don't have much experience, the villa has a library, entertainment room, gym, indoor bar, private screening room and other facilities.
For example, the luxurious private screening room located on the underground floor covering an area of several hundred square meters can not only seat 100 people at a time, but also has an uncountable number of standard 35MM film copies in the film library, at least thousands of them. After asking the waitress who was always patiently accompanying me, the screening room was specially remodeled for them.
The girls, who were exploring everywhere like a treasure hunt, also found a wine cellar.
The spacious and retro underground space, with five-meter-high mahogany wine racks, is laid out like a library. When you step into it, it feels like a dense honeycomb filled with all kinds of wine. According to the waitress, There are 10,000 bottles in total, and again, girls can take whatever they want.
early morning.
When he woke up, he raised his wrist and looked at his watch. At 6:15 in the morning, Chen Xingwei sat up. After a moment of confusion, he finally remembered where he was.
The bright summer light shines through the gaps in the curtains, it's a beautiful day.
Glancing at the other side of the big bed, Li Youhu was no longer there.
The only problem with this job is probably this.
For some reason, since we were still in China, 100 girls have been divided into 50 groups, and they live together every day. Especially when two girls only have one bed, even if they are of the same sex, many people are not used to it.
Chen Xingwei is the one who is not used to it.
After all, even though they have known each other for many years, her relationship with Li Youhu has never been very good.
However, it doesn't seem to matter now.
Compared with the superior life at this time, not to mention two people sleeping together, even if four people share a bed, probably few girls will object.
Going to bed with bare feet, Chen Xingwei took off his silk suspender pajamas and was about to walk to the bathroom. He thought of something and took off the Van Cleef & Arpels watch on his wrist. This was just obtained yesterday. Every girl who stays here There is a complete set of personal belongings related to food, clothing, housing and transportation, so that many girls want to throw away all the pile of daily necessities specially prepared when they come.
Living in such an environment and using things brought from China seems very incongruous.
After washing himself carefully and taking a shower, Chen Xingwei walked out of the bathroom wrapped in a bath towel, went to the closet and opened the door. Inside was a cabinet full of brand-new women's clothes. A girl had listed them yesterday, and they knew them. There are all kinds of luxury brands that you don’t know.
After picking and choosing for a while, I finally settled on a Fendi black dress.
May meet that person today.
Imagining that other girls must be in all their glory, she picked a conservative long skirt, which should attract some extra attention.
She also equipped herself with a pair of black high heels in the shoe cabinet. After putting them on, she sat in front of the dressing table and put on light makeup. Finally, she put on the Van Cleef & Arpels women's watch again and picked up a burgundy Hermès satchel. , walked out of the bedroom, it was already past seven o'clock.
When they came to the outside, they discovered that Li Youhu had not left, but was sitting in front of the computer by the balcony, staring at the screen intently.
Moreover, the other party was only wearing a set of black bottom clothes, with a slender waist, slender legs, and a graceful figure developed through many years of dancing career.
Speaking of which, the reason why both of them were able to get up early was mainly because Li Youhu was very sensible or reserved last night and did not explore around the villa like other girls. He went to bed on time at ten o'clock in the evening and talked about a bunch of things. A little country girl who has never seen the world.
Even though he was equally curious in his heart, Chen Xingwei forced himself and Li Youhu to rest together.
Didn't join in the fun.
Seeing the other party sitting at the computer desk, Chen Xingwei asked, "Youhu, what are you doing?"
"has a problem!"
Chen Xingwei was confused: "Huh?"
Li Youhu tapped awkwardly on the keyboard a few more times, and finally turned around and looked over: "Xingwei, do you think we are worth... Well, all this around? I just checked, but I got that Vacheron Constantin watch yesterday. , the price reaches US$16,000. Based on my salary in China, I won’t be able to afford it in 20 years. I think this may be a trap.”
Chen Xingwei walked over, stood behind Li Youhu, and looked at the LCD screen that she had never seen before in China. There was a translation interface on it, which was roughly about Simon Westeros. He glanced at it a few times. , asked: "Then what problem did you find?"
Li Youhu shook his head: "No, but I think this is abnormal."
"Okay," Chen Xingwei couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips: "Let's keep things simple. Do you think we can have anything worthy of Mr. Westeros' plot?"
Li Youhu thought for a while, turned his head to look at her, and suddenly said: "Xingwei, you are still... that one, right?"
Chen Xingwei saw Li Youhu's eyes sliding down to his waist and glared at her: "What are you talking about?"
"Me too," Li Youhu said, "Moreover, I now understand why Zhuo Yue, who entered the final interview stage with us, was rejected after the second physical examination because she and her boyfriend secretly rented a room. .”
Zhuoyue is another colleague of theirs in the Oriental Song and Dance Ensemble.
Chen Xingwei heard what Li Youhu said and asked, "Does this have something to do with the problem you discovered?"
"Of course, didn't you just ask us if we have anything worthy of Simon Westeros' plot?" Li Youhu gently swayed his slim figure on the leather chair: "This is it."
"That's it, why are you still struggling?"
"I haven't finished speaking yet," Li Youhu said: "This is just a reason I thought of, but if it is just this, I think... the reason is still not sufficient. So, this is a game, what may happen next Stuff is waiting for us.”
When it comes to thinking, the upright Li Youhu is far inferior to Chen Xingwei.
Regarding this issue, Chen Xingwei had private doubts, but she was not as entangled as Li Youhu. Anyway, as Li Youhu just said, the most precious thing they have now is probably this body. If the man wanted to take it away, Chen Xingwei felt that he would not refuse.
As for the rest.
She didn't think people like her had anything worthy of that superior man's plans.
Moreover, what she has received now is far more than what she is willing to pay. Even if you lose nothing in the end, as long as you can successfully become a U.S. citizen in the near future, that will be enough. Chen Xingwei left her hometown to study dance in the capital when she was young. She has strong self-reliance and has become an American citizen. Even if everything disappears now, she believes that she can live a good life with her own abilities.
After all, this is America.
Thinking of this, Chen Xingwei patted Li Youhu on the shoulder: "Stop thinking nonsense, you'd better go wash up and go downstairs for breakfast. Miss Chen will come over in the morning..." At this point, Chen Xingwei paused for a moment. , did not continue, she originally wanted to say that someone might show up today.
However, there is no need to remind the other party about this matter.
Li Youhu was not in a hurry at all. He also raised his wrist to look at the Vacheron Constantin watch he got yesterday: "It's still early. By the way, Xingwei, I just checked the watch in your hand."
"Um?"
"$3,000."
"Um!?"
Li Youhu showed a gloating smile: "Anyway, you chose it first yesterday, so you can only blame yourself. My Vacheron Constantin is worth 16,000 US dollars, and your Van Cleef & Arpels is only 3,000 US dollars."
With that said, Li Youhu turned back to the computer in front of him, and after some tapping, the price information of two women's watches quickly appeared on the screen.
Before Chen Xingwei could react, Li Youhu had already jumped up from the office chair and was about to return to the bedroom. When he saw Chen Xingwei's eyes widened and he was staring blankly at the computer screen, he suddenly felt sorry for himself. However, she was unwilling to let her roommate exchange her $16,000 watch for $3,000. She happened to see the burgundy Hermès bag Chen Xingwei placed next to her. She hesitated and added: "But, okay. Wei, your Hermès is much more expensive than my Gucci. Well, yours is better."
There is obviously no confidence in this statement.
Because I also quietly checked, Hermès can be said to be the king of bags, but although Chen Xingwei’s bag is not the worst, it is still several ranks behind the top Birkin bag, and the price is only US$3,000. The orange Gucci handbag selected by Li Youhu yesterday was priced at US$1,800.
Obviously there is a slight difference, but it is far from the big difference between two watches.
After all, the difference of 13,000 US dollars, based on their salary standards when they were in the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe, would take more than ten years to earn so much money.
After washing up, Li Youhu, who only changed into a small set of T-shirt and jeans, dressed casually, walked out of the bedroom again. Someone was no longer there. He went downstairs to the restaurant. Chen Xingwei was nowhere to be seen. He skillfully took the daily menu from the waiter. I picked a breakfast and started chatting with the girls in the restaurant who were mostly dressed up.
And he quickly understood what the girls were thinking.
Everyone thought that Simon Westeros would show up today, that's why they were so interested, and they also understood what their roommate was thinking.
Li Youhu is just a bit more carefree and upright, but he is by no means stupid. After breakfast, I was hesitant to go upstairs and change clothes, but someone informed me that Chen Qing was about to arrive, and asked everyone to gather at the nearby practice room first.
Yesterday I became familiar with the general layout of this manor.
In addition to the main villa, there are three other auxiliary villas, large and small, mainly used as residences for waiters and the like. Further west along the corridor on the west side of the main villa, passing through a fence, this place was originally a sparse forest, and further away is a long lake extending to the northeast that is connected to the sea in the south. The estates southwest of East Hampton circle a corner of the city.
Now there is a single-story red brick style building in the woods near the lake and the sea. It has a boxy appearance and looks like a factory building at first glance. However, this building has obviously been designed. Although it is a new building , the appearance has been deliberately aged and has a mottled appearance, which perfectly matches the surrounding environment and gives people the feeling of a holiday villa in the wilderness.
This is where the girls will practice and rehearse in the future.
Initially, I considered letting the girls practice dancing directly in the villa. In fact, the space is enough, but it will eventually become crowded, so this special practice room was built.
I just saw it outside yesterday. When Li Youhu walked into this building with other girls, he felt suddenly enlightened. Although it is a single-story design, the interior of the practice room has a ceiling height of 8 meters. The overall building has a square layout, with lengths of 50 meters each. In addition to five practice rooms of different sizes, there are also changing rooms and medical facilities. Rooms, lounges and other facilities.
Everyone quickly gathered in the largest practice room.
This is a room facing the lake. The large glass window on the west side shows the open blue lake in summer. A little further away is the other side of the lake. The distance is actually not that far, but because the vegetation is sparser than on this side of the lake, there are just There are low shrubs and weeds, and the view is very wide. You can see other villas among the green trees.
It’s a completely different feeling than when I was in China.
After all, China is very densely populated. Even in remote areas, residents are often tightly packed together, making it difficult to have such a clear sense of space.
Everyone was passing the time in various ways, when suddenly a girl standing by the window pointed to the sky: "Look, there is a helicopter coming."
"Ah, it's really a helicopter, or two."
"Let me see, let me see."
"You're not here to come to us, are you?"
"It seems so. The height has decreased. Wow, it's so big."
"I don't think so. This seems to be a military helicopter. Civilian helicopters are not that big."
During this period of confusion, two huge black helicopters passed over the roof of the training house, entered the lawn area of the manor slightly north, and began to land.
So confirmed.
No one ran out to watch, it was too obvious, but the girls couldn't help but talk. Some people thought that the appearance of two unusual-looking helicopters might be the arrival of Simon Westeros. I can't help but secretly pay attention to my clothes and makeup.
Li Youhu, the only one in the crowd wearing a small T-shirt and jeans, regretted it even more.
It's over now.
Unfortunately, it is definitely impossible to run back and change clothes now.
I had some luck at first. After all, yesterday Miss Chen only said that she would come today, but she did not say that Simon Westeros would show up. However, when a handsome young man with a tall and tall figure brought Chen Qing and several entourage Entering the practice room, Li Youhu's illusions were completely shattered, so he had to quietly hide himself behind the crowd, secretly begging someone not to notice him.
Then everyone discovered another problem.
Simon Westeros has come in, and everyone is still noisy. A certain man doesn't seem to mind, but Chen Qing, who is following him, looks obviously unhappy, waiting for Westeros to go and talk to a few people first. When a choreographer said hello, he came over and motioned for the girls to gather in the stands on the side of the practice room.
This largest practice room covers an area of about 500 square meters, with a five-level grandstand on the south side. After hearing the instructions, the girls quickly sat in rows on the grandstand.
Then they all looked at someone.
Li Youhu, who consciously hid in a corner of the stands, was still gossiping about the interaction between Simon Westeros and a certain lady named Liu. Unfortunately, he was a little disappointed and didn't find anything special.
Simon said hello to the choreographer, turned around, walked over, clapped his hands twice, and asked in standard Chinese: "Are you still used to it?"
Get used to it!
The girls almost said in unison. If they are not used to such superior conditions, they will really have no choice but to go to heaven.
However, no one dared to respond. At most, they just smiled at a certain man.
Simon did not force the girls to answer, and his smile remained gentle: "Okay, let's get down to business. I have established the Guofeng Art Fund in the name of the Guofeng Art Troupe. Chen Qing will explain the details to you later. Probably, in the future This fund is run by you and is mainly engaged in various charitable activities. I will first inject a sum of funds, but in the future, you need to raise it through performances."
After saying that, and giving the girls some time to digest, Simon continued: "Then, it's about the tour, which was decided last time in Yangshuo. It's the end of May now, and you have half a year to prepare. Originally I plan to give you one year, but considering that you are all the best dancers, half a year should be enough. I hope everyone can participate in making suggestions as much as possible. If you do well, you will be rewarded in the future. In addition, this year’s choreography theme is "The Book of Songs" ", creating dances based on chapters in "The Book of Songs", such as "Plucking Wei", this can be decided directly. You need to finalize the program of 90 minutes to 120 minutes. At the end of this year, I will arrange for everyone to audition in New York first. If the response Good, let’s go on a global tour. Of course, if it fails, there will be no more.”
After Simon said this, many girls' eyes once again fell on a girl wearing a black Fendi dress.
Chen Xingwei.
On the terrace of the Hilltop Villa, it was because of the other party's words that Simon Westeros changed his mind and let them go on a so-called public tour. He also said that if they failed and embarrassed him, they would be fired.
During this period of time, everyone almost forgot about this incident because of someone's joking tone at the time.
Unexpectedly, Simon Westeros has not forgotten.
The phrase "if you fail, there will be nothing more" in someone's words just now probably means the same thing as it did at that time, right
But who can be sure that foreigners will like a dance with the theme of "The Book of Songs"? After all, even they themselves wouldn't be too interested in this ancient book if their names hadn't come from "Audition".
The contracts everyone signed were for five years. Originally, if we could have five years like this, it would have been worth it in a lifetime.
But now, suddenly it may be shortened to half a year.
How can you be willing to do so
Chen Xingwei in the stands felt the gazes around him, and his pressure suddenly doubled, and he secretly regretted why he had talked so much in the first place.
As for the Guofeng Art Fund that Simon mentioned at the same time, the girls, who knew very little about the Western foundation system, didn't pay much attention to it. What everyone was thinking about at this time was how to keep their jobs.
After Simon finished speaking briefly, he also noticed where the girls were looking. He just smiled and said again: "So, do you have any questions?"
The girls looked at each other.
There are many problems.
However, no one dared to speak rashly this time. After all, if he asked inappropriate questions like Chen Xingwei again, he would be the target of public criticism again.
After a few seconds of silence, no one had the courage to speak. Simon stopped waiting and clapped his hands gently and said, "In that case, let Chen Qing tell everyone about your daily arrangements in the future."
After finishing speaking, he was about to leave when someone from the corner of the stand finally raised his hand.
Simon looked over and asked, "Is there a fox?"
Li Youhu originally did not want to take the lead, but she was impatient and really wanted to know a certain answer. It was better to confirm in advance than to wait for half a year to get the result, so she said: "Mr. Westeros, I want to ask, Half a year from now, well, if our show fails, will we really be fired?”
Simon felt that a hundred pairs of bright eyes suddenly focused on him after hearing Li Youhu's words. He deliberately paused for a moment before saying: "No. But, the public performance failed. In the future, You can only dance for me. Of course, I am not saying this to make you feel slack, because if I don’t even like your dancing, then there is no need for the Guofeng Art Troupe to exist."
call-
It was obvious that all the girls were relieved.
Chen Xingwei almost shed tears.
Without the man's explanation, she could imagine that her next days would be extremely sad.
The biggest problem was solved, the atmosphere relaxed, and another girl raised her hand.
Simon looked over and recognized it equally accurately: "Jagged?"
"Mr. Westeros, we should mainly dance for you alone, right? Then when will you watch us dance?"
Simon smiled and said, "You can watch it whenever you want."
"So, do you have time today?"
"Yes, I have."
"Actually, I recently conceived a solo dance."
Bichi!
Scheming!
It's so shameless in public!
When Wei Cancha said this, a bunch of girls in the stands couldn't help but post barrages in their minds.
"That's it. Then let's go to the practice room next door and let me take a look first." Simon was also very happy. After agreeing, he smiled and said to the others: "Okay, that's it. Let Chen talk to you next."
After saying that, he gestured to Wei Canzai and turned around to go out.
The girl who was originally sitting in the group of girls with a soft temperament and was secretly a road-crazy girl didn't show any signs of sloppiness. She stood up, jumped off the stand, and followed a certain man out the door.
Bichi!
Scheming!
It's so shameless in public!
Seeing this situation, the girls felt a series of envy, jealousy and hatred in their hearts. They noticed that Wei Canzhao was not wearing the expensive brand clothes he got after arriving here, but an oriental style. Retro long skirt, only then did I realize that the other party was obviously prepared in advance.
Why.
If I had known earlier, I should have prepared.
The dancers sitting here are selected from hundreds of thousands of candidates. There is no doubt about their excellence. Who doesn’t have some unique ideas
pity.
Opportunities are fleeting.
Chen Qing didn't give them another chance to make any moves, and stepped forward to talk about future arrangements.
It's generally very simple.
The next work and life arrangement is, starting from next Monday, five days a week, nine to five, and it is not all dance practice. In the first three months, every afternoon is English training. Outside of working hours, including weekends, everything is arranged by yourself.
Chen Qing also added something.
If girls want to achieve better results, such as a public performance half a year later, it is best to take the initiative to put in more extra time. However, this is not mandatory, it all depends on personal awareness.