205 [Romeo and Juliet]
at the same time--
Macau, Gangding Theater.
This grand theater was originally called "Peter V Theater". It is an ancient theater located in the north of the Gang of Macau. It was once the Great Hall of the Portuguese in Macau and the place where native Portuguese gathered.
Today, the European-style theater building of Gangding Theater is the only European-style theater in Macau and the oldest European-style theater in the southern region.
Tonight, this ancient theater welcomed wonderful performances from many Italian treble singers.
Macau is full of powerful people, and even Hong Kong has many top wealthy people and important government figures. It can be said that the entire theater is full.
Due to special reasons, this performance is not open to the public, so many ordinary people cannot appreciate it. To be precise, it doesn’t matter that you can’t enter the theater gate at all.
It can be said that the audience who can enjoy Italian opera here tonight are all high-ranking people with status and status in Hong Kong and Macao, and are three percent of the social elites.
At this time, He Chaoqiong, who was wearing a white gauze evening dress, looked graceful and luxurious, sat upright in the middle of the Grand Theater with a reserved attitude, and a gentle man in his thirties and elegant.
The man was dressed very well, wearing a black suit and a gentlemanly tied around his neck, which was in sharp contrast to He Chaoqiong, who was wearing a white gauze evening dress.
On the oval stage, a soprano singer from faraway Italy stood in the center of the stage with heavy makeup and sang loudly in front of the microphone.
Listening carefully, the female singer sang a wonderful clip from the world-famous opera "The Girl of Camellia".
As far as He Chaoqiong knows, Dumas's Little Girl's "The Lady of Camellia" was originally translated by Lin Shu in the late 19th century. By the 1930s, Mr. Liu Bannong's translation appeared again.
He Chaoqiong has read many versions of "The Girl of Camellia". However, it is not easy to understand the Italian opera "The Girl of Camellia" carefully, because understanding it requires the listener to have a lot of European historical and cultural knowledge and experience.
The Italian opera "The Girl of Camellia" is adapted from Dumas's famous work of the same name. For 150 years, it has been known as the most brilliant gem in the history of world opera. He Chaoqiong has been obsessed with this opera for a long time, so when he learned that an Italian opera troupe came to perform, he booked the seats here very early.
Unfortunately, Xu Jinheng, who was sitting next to her and watched the performance with her, was obviously not very interested in this opera. He Chaoqiong had noticed that he yawned several times with his hands covering his mouth and yawning.
Xu Jinheng really doesn't like this traditional Italian opera. Xu Jinheng likes modern pop music, jazz, Elvis, Mike Jackson, and Hong Kong Alan Tam and Leslie Cheung, but he just doesn't like the Italian opera that is loud and deafening in front of him.
Xu Jinheng can be said to be an alien in the rich family. The reason why he became an alien is because he likes to hang out in the entertainment industry in Hong Kong, get close to beautiful celebrities in the entertainment industry in Hong Kong.
Because of this, Xu Jinheng has always been known as the two heroes of Xiangjiang, Liu Luanxiong, an alien among the rich.
In fact, compared to Liu's "fiction" and the female celebrities around him keep changing, Xu Jinheng can be said to be a very "infatuated" rich young man.
Especially the life-and-death relationship between Xu Jinheng and Hong Kong female star Liu Jialing has always been popular in Hong Kong media and is hailed as the last couple of "Romeo and Juliet" in Hong Kong.
It is said that this matter dates back to 1986. Liu Jialing met the grandson of the ship king Xu Jinheng under the introduction of Ng Junru. Although Liu Jialing was in love with her first love boyfriend, a successful man who works in the advertising industry. Xu Jinheng had an inexplicable favor for this Suzhou girl when he first met Liu Jialing, but due to his identity, he couldn't act immediately.
Perhaps it was a fate that was really a god-given fate. One night, when Liu Jialing was driving out, the tires of the car exploded. She called her friend Wu Junru for help, and Wu Junru handed over the task of saving the beauty to Xu Jinheng. Anyway, Xu Jinheng appeared in front of Liu Jialing. He was in a well-suited suit and replaced Liu Jialing with noble clothes, just like a video on TV, making herself dirty. A descendant of the Xu family with assets of over 10 billion Hong Kong dollars was willing to do such "hard work" for herself, and Liu Jialing was moved. Later, Xu Jinheng took the opportunity to take the initiative to date Liu Jialing alone, and finally moved her heart and successfully won the beauty's return.
After dating Xu Jinheng, Liu Jialing decided that he was his prince charming and hoped to marry into the Xu family one day. However, the Xu family is a wealthy family after all, and in their eyes, Liu Jialing was just an "actor" who longed to fly to the branch, so their relationship was under great pressure.
Despite this, the two resisted the prejudice of the Xu family at the beginning. Xu Jinheng simply moved out of the Xu family and lived with Liu Jialing in a residence on the old mountaintop road. Moreover, considering Liu Jialing's idea, making living together more "legitimate", Xu Jinheng also held a small engagement ceremony.
After the news spread, many rumors spread in the crowd. Some said that Xu Jinheng was just making fun of it and would always kick Liu Jialing away; some said that Liu Jialing was just clinging to wealth and just to marry into a wealthy family; some said that Xu Jinheng was so entangled by Liu Jialing that he had no choice but to use cohabitation as comfort.
But no matter what in the end, due to the gap in identity and the hype of external public opinion, Xu Jinheng and Liu Jialing eventually parted ways. The "Juliet" and "Romeo" who had been in love for a long time completely broke up two years later.
After breaking up, Xu Jinheng went on a blind date with He Chaoqiong, the eldest daughter of He Gambling King He Hongshen, according to the family arrangement. The two had no good feelings or dislike each other. In the words of the two at that time, they could try to get along first.
So, the children of rich men, who were both born with golden spoons in their hands, naturally got together. After being photographed by the media, Xu Jinheng, as the man, announced his relationship directly to the media after calling He Chaoqiong's permission.
Regarding this perfect couple, the media in Hong Kong and Macau no longer collectively disliked Xu Jinheng and Liu Jialing, but instead praised them together, believing that this is the real "golden boy and jade girl of a good match".
The previous relationship flashed in his mind. Xu Jinheng tried to put Liu Jialing away from his mind, supported his chin with his left hand, and hit a slap on the stage. He Chaoqiong, who had been focusing on the opera around him, suddenly said to him: "You don't need to be so embarrassed. If you feel bored, go out and have a rest."
After hearing this, Xu Jinheng couldn't help feeling embarrassed. He Chaoqiong felt cold on weekdays, but he didn't expect that he really knew how to care for people.
But immediately, another sentence from He Chaoqiong poured cold water on him.
"You yawn like this, it will affect my appreciation of opera; Zhongyou, your image will also affect me, what others will think when they see it..."
He Chaoqiong didn't even twist his face when he spoke, and didn't even look at Xu Jinheng.
Xu Jinheng felt his chest was blocked and said, "Then you appreciate it slowly. I won't disturb you, I'll go outside to smoke a cigarette."
After saying that, Xu Jinheng got up from his seat.
At this time, everyone was concentrating on appreciating the opera, and Xu Jinheng's move would inevitably disturb other audiences.
Chapter completed!