Entertaining Children

"Three million for the second time!" Lu Ke paused, and repeated the highest price for the second time, his eyes still looking at Shi Lingqiang.

Shi Lingqiang thought for a while, then put down the number plate in his hand. Leng Qiuning did not participate in the previous bidding, but deliberately waited until the deal was close before making a sudden bid, and immediately quoted an integer of three million, showing an attitude that she was determined to win this guitar. Anyway, it wasn't bidding with Xiao Yao, so Shi Lingqiang decided to give up.

"Three million for the third time! Deal!" Seeing Shi Lingqiang put down the number plate, Lu Ke also knew that he would not bid any more, so he knocked down the gavel in his hand, "Congratulations to Ms. Leng Qiuning of No. The price of one million won this handmade acoustic guitar donated by Xiao Yao. Next, please come to the stage, and Xiao Yao will personally hand over this guitar to Mr. Leng."

"Thank you Mr. Leng for being so face-saving!" After taking the guitar from the etiquette model and handing it to Leng Qiuning, Xiao Yao laughed softly.

"You're welcome, let's contribute to the disaster area." Leng Qiuning smiled, "Besides, I still owe you a favor."

"It's just a meal, three million for a guitar, how come it's all paid off?" Xiao Yao laughed.

"No, the money is for the disaster-stricken area. This guitar is my birthday present for Xiaodi, and it is not considered as a favor for you." Leng Qiuning shook her head and said, "Do you still have the business card I gave you? The promise is still valid, if you need my help, you can still find me."

"Xiao Di? Sister Di?" Xiao Yao said, "From girl Di to Xiao Di, you are so familiar with her."

"Yeah, besides you, I'm the only guest who can book a room at her place now." Leng Qiuning said with a slightly smug smile, "As far as I know, the only guests who can be called her friends are the two of us. Yes. Her birthday is coming up, I know she likes to play the guitar, if I give her a guitar that you made by yourself as a birthday present, I think she will be very happy."

What the two of them were talking about was Xie Di, the female owner of the "Grandpa's Secret Garden" in the old alley of Yanjing. And this Leng Qiuning was the lady that Xiao Yao met when he took Sun Tingting to Xie Di's "Grandpa's Secret Garden" for dinner on his eighteenth birthday.

Originally, Xiao Yao had booked the venue with Xie Di that day, but the temporary cancellation of the booking prevented Leng Qiuning from being turned away by Xie Di. The food that Leng Qiuning ate that day was divided from the food prepared for Xiao Yao. Xie Di did not charge her for the meal. Later, Xiao Yao helped Leng Qiuning take a lot of photos, and Leng Qiuning felt owed Xiao Yao was a favor, and before leaving, he gave Xiao Yao a business card, saying that he could find her anytime he needed help.

"Sister Di's birthday is coming soon? I don't even know when her birthday will be." Xiao Yao said, "Speaking of which, I haven't been to her place for more than a year. I have to go to her place next time I go back to Yanjing."

"OK,

She must be happy to see you too. " Leng Qiuning laughed.

"You two seem to be very familiar." Seeing Leng Qiuning and Xiao Yao standing on the stage and having a heated conversation in a low voice, Xiao Wei, who was standing aside, said with a smile.

"I'm sorry, I haven't seen you for a long time, so I just chatted a few more words." Knowing that Xiao Wei was secretly reminding the two of them that they had been standing on the stage for a long time, Leng Qiuning bowed slightly, and raised his hand again The guitar said to Lu Ke, "Can you ask someone to keep it for me for a while? I'll pick it up after the party is over, and it's not convenient for me to take it back to my seat now. Also, is there any guitar bag or guitar case? I’m afraid I’ll bump it accidentally.” The guitar is not like the bags and necklaces before, which can be placed on the table casually. This thing is too big and there is no space on the table. There is really no place to put it.

"Of course." Lu Ke reached out to take the guitar, handed it back to the etiquette model standing next to him, and said, "We will keep it safe for you. Xiao Yao has equipped this guitar with an exclusive guitar case. The party is over. After that, we will put it in the guitar case and give it to you together.”

After setting up the guitar, Xiao Yao and Leng Qiuning also walked off the stage to the applause of the guests and returned to their respective seats.

The auction will continue. The next auction items are still all kinds of luxury goods donated by stars or celebrities. Since they are all donated by private individuals, no matter whether they have been used or not, they are considered second-hand items. Therefore, these items are mainly jewelry, watches, bags and other accessories, as well as some relatively high-end golf club bags. something like that, but basically no clothes.

Although quite a few celebrities raised their placards to participate in the auction, overall, the majority of those who took pictures of these items were various entrepreneurs. After all, when it comes to simply competing for financial resources, those business people are still better than celebrities.

In the auction of the next few lots, there was no more intense bidding scene. The transaction prices are all within one million yuan, which is at the same level as the prices of the previous lots.

Looking back at the entire auction, only Yin Xi's necklace and Xiao Yao's guitar sold for more than one million yuan, and Xiao Yao's guitar also became the bid at tonight's auction with a transaction price of three million yuan. king.

After the auction ended, the whole dinner came to an end.

As the organizer, the person in charge of "Polaroid" magazine and the editor-in-chief of the magazine came to the stage to announce to everyone the total amount of donations raised in the auction tonight, and after giving a speech of thanks to everyone, the whole banquet started at It ended with applause from the guests.

"Polaroid" is the first time to hold a charity gala, and it has the meaning of competing with its old rivals. Naturally, it wants to start its own brand. Although due to the general environment, the party was not too lively, but there were a lot of big stars and social celebrities invited, which can be called star-studded, and the results achieved were also very good, and they must have spared no effort in publicity.

A lot of media reporters were invited to the charity gala that night, and "Polaroid" magazine did a lot of public relations work afterwards. On the second day of the charity gala, after many Chinese media published detailed reports about the gala, there were also a lot of comments and posts discussing the gala on various places such as Weibo, post bars, and forums on the Internet.

Since it was an auction, the bidder on the spot must have been a key point that had to be mentioned in the news reports. Xiao Yao's guitar was the top bidder at the auction, so it naturally became a hot topic of discussion in the media and on the Internet.

In addition, the interaction between Xiao Yao and Shi Lingqiang and Leng Qiuning, two business celebrities that night, was also quite interesting.

"Xiao Yao had trouble with the son of the richest man in Yanjing? "

"Xiao Yao has a close personal relationship with the legendary strong woman in the business world? "

There are also some speculations and discussions about the relationship between Xiao Yao and these two people in the media and the Internet. These are the same topics that people like to talk about, just like Xiao Yao used a guitar to exchange a huge sum of three million yuan for the disaster area. Xiao Yao has once again become a popular figure in the media and on the Internet.

On the day Xiao Yao came back from the disaster area, there were only three or four days left before the start of school in Shanghai Opera, and the charity party of "Bao Li" was on the third night after Xiao Yao returned to Shanghai, that is to say, After the charity gala, Shenxi started school. So, amidst the discussions, Xiao Yao ushered in the second academic year of his college career.

Generally speaking, freshmen in colleges and universities report to school a few days later than senior senior students. This is also one of the foundations of the tradition of welcoming senior students in colleges and universities.

When applying for the drama art exam in March this year, Xiao Yao happened to be preparing for the "Singer" program, and he didn't show up outside the exam room to watch the handsome men and women who might become younger brothers and younger sisters in the future. Many examinees who wanted to meet Xiao Yao, a star student of Shenxi, were disappointed.

When applying for the opera art test, the teaching assistants around the examiner are all graduate students. Even the staff who register for the roll call are basically graduate students. All the students who work are juniors, juniors and seniors. There is basically nothing for sophomores. They can only appear as onlookers. It is normal for Xiao Yao not to show up for such personal interests. However, the sophomore members of the student union and ordinary students are the main force in the orientation work for freshmen.

When the club was recruiting new students shortly after the start of school last year, the student union of the acting department had offered Xiao Yao an invitation to join the student union. Although Xiao Yao resigned from the position of monitor in his class, he did not reject joining the student union, but stated that his time was limited and he did not want to hold any fixed position in the club. With the star Xiao Yao around, it would be relatively easier for the student union to organize activities and go out to solicit sponsorships, so the student union met Xiao Yao's request, and Xiao Yao also joined the student union of the Shenxi Acting Department. In the freshman year, Xiao Yao also actively participated in some student union activities when he was free from work.

It stands to reason that ordinary students are voluntary in this kind of welcome activity, but members of the student union should be required to participate. But in this orientation event, there was still no Xiao Yao in the team of old students welcoming the new students, which also disappointed some freshmen who came to report again.

In fact, not only the first-year freshmen who came to report, but even the sophomore acting students did not see Xiao Yao after school started. Because after Xiao Yao came to the school to go through the reporting procedures, he asked the school for leave again. Since Xiao Yao didn't live in the school's dormitory since this school year, and he didn't have to carry luggage to the dormitory, even the two former roommates who had a good relationship with Xiao Yao in the class didn't see Xiao Yao.

The reason why Xiao Yao asked for leave was related to the recent earthquake in Wuyou County. This time, he received an invitation from CCTV to go to Yanjing to participate in CCTV's disaster relief party. Xiao Yao asked for a lot of leave when he participated in "Singer" last semester, but his final final grades were still among the best in the whole series. This time, it was an extremely powerful reason to ask for leave to participate in the CCTV Disaster Relief Gala. Naturally, the school did not hesitate. He was allowed to leave.

After the rescue work is over, the next step is to prepare for the post-disaster reconstruction work. Even fashion magazine companies such as "Polaroid" have organized fundraising activities for the reconstruction of the earthquake-stricken area. will be indifferent. In fact, CCTV has already started planning this disaster relief party, but because CCTV's party has a high standard and invites a lot of stars, it is more difficult to organize and coordinate, and there are more and more complicated things to be arranged, so the time for the party is limited. It's a little bit late.

Xiao Yao is naturally obliged to contribute to the disaster area. He has even been to the charity gala held by fashion magazines. Xiao Yao naturally has no reason to refuse to participate in such an influential disaster relief gala held by CCTV.

Although Xiao Yao didn't sing at the "Polaroid" charity gala, he planned to release a disaster relief song long before he participated in the charity gala. Now that he has received the invitation from CCTV's disaster relief party, Xiao Yao also plans to save the song for the CCTV party before releasing it. It’s just that the disaster relief song prepared by Xiao Yao is a new song sung by men and women. He originally planned to ask Fan Linxuan from his studio to sing with him, but the program team of the CCTV disaster relief party did not agree to let Xiao Yao and Fan Linxuan cooperate at the party. Performance.

As the only star who has participated in disaster relief work on the spot, Xiao Yao is the key invitee of this CCTV disaster relief gala. As a personal participant in the rescue work, the party arranged an on-site interview with him, allowing him to talk about his personal feelings during the rescue in the disaster area. Because of such a special status, the program group also gave Xiao Yao the treatment that only a national veteran artist can perform, that is, he can perform a program alone at the party. Xiao Yao's song to be performed is not a problem if it is an original song, it is a chorus song, and it is not a problem to perform with a female singer, but there is a problem with performing on stage with Fan Linxuan.

Although Fan Linxuan is also a star who has attended the Spring Festival Gala, this disaster relief show is not a cultural show. There are only more than a dozen songs in the program list, and there are no dances, cross talk sketches, and folk art programs. The opportunities for stars to perform are very limited. . Many big-name top singers can only participate in the chorus, and have no chance to perform in separate programs. Xiao Yao had a special identity and made special contributions in this incident. Regardless of his fame and status, the program crew gave him a chance to perform alone, and other big-name stars couldn't say anything. But Fan Linxuan couldn't do it. If Fan Linxuan went up to sing with Xiao Yao, other top singers who were much more famous and powerful than her would definitely have objections.

The program team will not accept Xiao Yao's reason that this song is only suitable for Fan Linxuan's voice. If you, Xiao Yao, think that Fan Linxuan is the most suitable for that song, that's fine. When the song is released, you can cooperate with Fan Linxuan to record the official version. This program group doesn't care. But the disaster relief show is not a singing competition, nor is it a concert. Its symbolic significance is greater than the actual auditory enjoyment. Whoever you Xiao Yao will perform with at the disaster relief show, this program group will take care of it. They gave Xiao Yao a list of China's top female singers in various styles, and Xiao Yao could only choose from the female singers on the list they gave for the partner at the party.

In this matter, Xiao Yao did not challenge CCTV capriciously, and very cooperatively chose a female singer who he thought was more suitable from the female singers given by the program group to cooperate with him.

In addition to limiting the scope of cooperation partners in Xiao Yao's performance, the program team gave Xiao Yao a lot of freedom in the content of this program. Not only did it agree that Xiao Yao could sing the new song he created, but he also delegated the authority to Xiao Yao for the stage design of the entire show, as long as they saw it in the final rehearsal and it was okay. Of course, this is also because the people in the program group know Xiao Yao's ability, and his consistent performance on stage gives the program group full confidence in him.

Since the program group delegated the authority to design stage performances for himself, Xiao Yao was not polite. It happened that there were some other things on hand that could be used for the performance of this chorus song at the disaster relief party, so after going through the reporting procedures on the first day of school, Xiao Yao directly asked for leave from the school to concentrate on preparing for the disaster relief party performance.