novelraw Chapter 913 - 895: They’re Here to See [Phantom of the Opera]! (6)
Chapter 913 - 895: They’re Here to See [Phantom of the Opera]! (6)
Chapter 913: Chapter 895: They’re Here to See [Phantom of the Opera]! (6)
As a result...
The way Yan Siyuan claimed to accompany her for the little New Year was just to send her a Happy New Year message at zero hours and a few seconds past midnight.
Hmm...
That’s all!
For this Happy New Year message, Ye Qingcao stayed up bitterly, scrolling through Douyin for two hours...
And then, she waited only to receive a Happy New Year!
She shut herself off...
...
New Year’s Day, January 1st.
A brand new year has arrived.
On the first day, there’s a national holiday, and all major attractions are overcrowded!
Places like the Forbidden City, the Summer Palace, the Temple of Heaven, the Old Summer Palace, and so on... are definitely impossible to visit!
Even places like Shichahai and Nanluo Guxiang... are absolutely out of the question!
So, on January 1st, the only plan Yan Siyuan and Ye Qingcao had in Beijing was to watch Huo Feng’s performance!
At 7:30 in the morning, the first thing Pu Sangzhi did upon waking up was check the weather from the balcony.
Sure enough... the smog was worse than yesterday!
Pu Sangzhi couldn’t help but sigh and said, "They’re just unlucky, a rare trip to Beijing, and they’ll probably spend all three days shrouded in smog."
Of course, by "they," she meant Yan Siyuan and Ye Qingcao.
She herself was used to Beijing’s smoggy weather, and always prepared to face it.
After all, this is Beijing...
Today, Pu Sangzhi woke up early, thinking of taking them to try authentic Old Beijing breakfast. In particular, she wanted to recommend the ’tasty’ Old Beijing mung bean milk to them.
But, they woke up quite late.
Pu Sangzhi sent them WeChat messages, but they didn’t reply, so she guessed they were still asleep.
Unable to wait any longer, she went to the canteen alone for breakfast.
After eating, she returned to the dormitory to work on her model.
Then, while working on the model, she waited for Ye Qingcao and Yan Siyuan to wake up.
Finally, not until after 10:30 did Ye Qingcao and Yan Siyuan start responding to her in their WeChat group of four.
This amount of time spent lounging in bed was certainly enough...
By noon, Huo Feng was likely very busy, rumored to be rushing to do makeup.
Pu Sangzhi then took Ye Qingcao and Yan Siyuan to a hidden, stylish café inside the Tsinghua campus for lunch.
They had pasta, pizza, and snacks, just a casual meal.
Anyway, Huo Feng would treat them to a Quanjude roast duck feast in the evening, the main event of the evening was yet to come.
In the afternoon, Pu Sangzhi took Yan Siyuan and Ye Qingcao cycling around the Tsinghua campus.
Even in the smog, Ye Qingcao and Yan Siyuan could still appreciate the beauty of Tsinghua.
Moreover, despite the smog, because it was a national holiday, many tourists still came to the campus.
Dedicated tour guides led groups wearing anti-smog masks, introducing the campus shrouded in a light mist to the visitors...
The tourists seemed very interested and listened attentively...
Tsinghua is ultimately a prestigious school, making it feel like a far-off dream for most people.
Later, Ye Qingcao even asked Yan Siyuan: "With your high exam scores, do you regret not coming to Tsinghua for school?"
Yan Siyuan gave Ye Qingcao a ’it’s all because of you’ look and said nothing.
Then, Ye Qingcao interpreted his look as ’I don’t think Tsinghua is that great’...
Ye Qingcao patted Yan Siyuan on the shoulder and said, "I like your proud and aloof personality! What’s so great about Tsinghua? It’s just a school! Our Zhejiang University is just as good! We’re a 985 and 211 too!"
Yan Siyuan said, "As long as you’re happy, think whatever you want."
Ye Qingcao: "Hehehe..."
Yan Siyuan shook his head, thinking he just liked how her naïve look made him seem particularly smart.
...
Around 1 PM, Pu Sangzhi left the Tsinghua campus with Yan Siyuan and Ye Qingcao, heading to the Beijing Theater.
She heard from Huo Feng that this performance was the most legitimate performance their Musical Club had ever done.
Because they rented the broadcasting hall of the Beijing Theater, which cost quite a bit of money.
However, the ticket prices were also high because the tickets were available to the general public, so the whole club was in a profitable state.
This time, except for certain senior leaders of Tsinghua who had free tickets, everyone else, including their own club members, had to buy tickets to watch the performance.
So, the tickets for Pu Sangzhi, Ye Qingcao, and Yan Siyuan were bought by Huo Feng.
Huo Feng even bought tickets for the middle and front row seats!
You Xinran’s family brought many elders as well, and there were more elders this time than at the last "Butterfly Lovers" performance.
Of course, the ticket money was also paid by You Xinran, and they were good seats.
Aside from that, no other students in the club were willing to pay for guests to watch...
In this over 1000-seat performance sold out, their club still made a lot of money from ticket sales!
This money will be entirely used for the club’s operations and spending.
However, although it seemed like a lot of ticket money, the club also put a lot of effort and heart into ensuring the success of this performance.
To highly restore the original "Phantom of the Opera," You Xinran hired many dancers from external troupes.
These actors, paid 500 per person per show, filled in the shortage of extras in their club.
Because, in the original "Phantom of the Opera," besides a few leading and supporting roles, there were also many extras doing ballet and dancing.
It’s also necessary to have so many people on stage to reflect the spectacular level of the performance.
Otherwise, if the stage is sparsely populated with just a few club actors, the performance would inevitably seem small-scale.
Of course, Pu Sangzhi, Ye Qingcao, and Yan Siyuan, as the audience, did not know about these things.
They only knew that Huo Feng had enthusiastically boasted that this performance would be incredibly stunning, making them absolutely watch Huo Feng’s superb acting skills!
The performance officially started at 2:30.
Pu Sangzhi and the other two arrived at the Beijing Theater around 1:30, showed their tickets to the theater staff, but the staff said they could only check tickets 20 minutes before the show started.
So, the three of them had to wait outside.
While waiting, Huo Feng seemed to be free...
In their four-person WeChat group, Huo Feng was happily chatting with them and even shared a photo of himself after putting on makeup.
He played the role of the male second lead, the agent Raul, wearing a set of Western medieval-style clothes and a yellow wig.
Though it’s a wig, it was well-fitted and styled, making it look like real hair.
Huo Feng’s features were deep and handsome, and he looked very dashing with this Western look!
Just looking at the photo, Ye Qingcao couldn’t help but exclaim, "Wow, Brother Feng is so handsome~"
Next to her, Pu Sangzhi couldn’t help but feel proud hearing others praise her boyfriend like that.
Of course, she also thought Huo Feng looked good.
"Have you two watched the musical ’Phantom of the Opera’?"
From the side, Yan Siyuan asked the two of them.
Yan Siyuan had watched the movie version of Phantom of the Opera. The novel’s plot is quite thin, but after being made into a movie, it somehow became very attractive, turning into a classic opera.
Pu Sangzhi and Ye Qingcao both nodded to indicate, "We’ve seen it."
Indeed, when they were kids, they went to see "Phantom of the Opera" at the Shanghai Theater with both sets of parents.
At that time, Ye Qingcao was still young, lively in nature, and was quite restless in the theater.
By the end of the show, she hadn’t absorbed much knowledge or remembered much of the plot.
The only thing she remembered was that when the leading man took off his mask, his face was extremely terrifying, leaving quite a psychological shadow on young her!
At least Ye Qingcao was relieved that Brother Feng played the handsome male second lead rather than the hideous leading man!
Pu Sangzhi had a pretty solid impression of the basic plot of "Phantom of the Opera" because, when she watched the musical as a child, Ye Xi sat next to her, providing explanations when she didn’t understand.
She then gradually understood the plot and the characters...
However, given that so many years have passed, Pu Sangzhi only retained the general plot, having forgotten many details.
Therefore, Huo Feng performing in "Phantom of the Opera" made her quite expectant.
Putting aside Huo Feng’s role and the cp dynamics with You Xinran, Pu Sangzhi came purely with the mindset of watching a performance.
She assured herself that today she was here to see Actor Huo Feng and would never equate the person on stage with her boyfriend!