Chapter 286 Happy French People

Chapter 287 Happy French People

Joseph rubbed his ears, put down the "Draft of the French-Austrian Trade Agreement" in his hand, frowned and looked at the huge French window.

The window was closed, but it still couldn't block the tsunami-like cheers coming from the Square of Versailles.

He then remembered that today was the day of the French Star finals, so he had to shake his head and stand up. It seemed that he had to go to the Tuileries Palace to work.

Emang walked over quickly and bowed, saying: "Your Highness, Her Majesty the Queen sent someone to urge you, the game is about to start."

Joseph nodded and stretched, asked the servant to help him change his clothes, and then rushed to the square. Anyway, there was nothing else to do, so he simply went to watch the game with his mother. She liked this kind of activity the most.

When he walked out of the gate of Versailles Palace, he heard noisy voices coming from the marble courtyard, "No, we need to add some more emotions! Especially the part about my father's death..."

"At that time, my father had to work five jobs every day so that I could continue to dance. He was busy until 12 o'clock in the evening before he could go to bed, and he had to go to the workshop at 5 o'clock in the morning."

"Although I don't have a right hand, no family, and even few friends, I still have singing, and singing is everything to me..."

"Really! I heard the voice of God that day... So I regained my confidence, bravely returned to the qualifying round, and finally succeeded! Thank God!"

Joseph smiled and shook his head. He knew that these were the contestants who were going to participate, and the marble courtyard was now used as their preparation area.

In order to maximize the topic effect of the competition, he specifically asked all contestants to tell a story of their own before the competition, the more sensational the better.

What he didn't expect was that the French in the 18th century were very perceptive. After only a few rounds of competition, everyone discovered the importance of "pre-match stories"-when the singing and dancing skills of two people were close, the victory or defeat was determined by the degree of sensationalism of the story. Even if the story is touching enough, it is more important than strength.

So the contestants' stories are getting more and more exciting. It is said that some dramatists have started to help people write "pre-match stories" to make money.

This has greatly increased the popularity of the competition. Now the competition is not only popular all over France, but almost all of Europe is talking about it.

The organizing committee of the Star of France even compiled the stories of these contestants into a book for sale. The promotion version has been issued for three issues, and the sales are amazing.

The temporary wooden auditorium surrounds the tall stage in the middle of the Versailles Palace Square in a ring. According to the design, there are more than 5,000 seats here. At this time, each position is squeezed with two people, but most of the audience still stand on the periphery, stretching their necks to look at the stage.

In order to cooperate with the Star of France competition, the Paris City Hall also specifically requires all workshops and shops to give employees at least one day off during the three-day finals. This greatly increased the number of spectators.

Joseph came to the VIP area of ​​the auditorium through the road opened by the guards in the crowd. The people along the way learned that it was the Crown Prince who came, and they all bowed to him.

Joseph sat down next to Queen Marie and chatted with his mother about the competition. He couldn't help but think of the last time he watched sword fighting with Clementine on Louis XVI's birthday. He suddenly felt that it would be more fun to have a little girl chattering beside him.

However, he was relieved that his cousin returned to Austria. He was really afraid that the queen would force him to marry a close relative. For him, who is familiar with modern genetics, that would definitely be a huge disaster in life...

A loud trumpet sounded all around, accompanied by drums and piano music. Louis XVI's sister-in-law, the Countess of Provence, came to the center of the stage and announced the official start of the final of the Star of France.

Then the host told the twists and turns of the qualifying round and encouraged the contestants to perform at their best...

There were hundreds of reporters from various countries in the stands, desperately recording the competition process in their notebooks. Now this competition is the focus of public opinion. Whoever's newspaper sends back the manuscript the fastest will have the highest newspaper sales.

The French people who came to watch the game were so excited that they cheered constantly, or were moved to tears by the players, and were completely immersed in a carnival feast.

All the daily toil and depression were completely forgotten at this moment.

In fact, since the preliminaries two months ago, their lives have been all about various players and well-received songs and dances.

It can be said that during this period, the French people were the happiest group in the whole of Europe. Now, unless they are about to starve to death, they will not care even if someone incites them to make a big revolution.

Joseph looked at the young people singing and dancing on the stage, and glanced at the tens of thousands of citizens around him who were intoxicated, and nodded secretly. The routine of national entertainment in the future is really useful.

He immediately thought that after the French Star was over, should we continue to hold a French Games, or even a European Games.

It can even boost the economy.

He immediately sorted out the current sports events - horse riding, sword fighting, tennis, golf...

It seems that they are all aristocratic sports, and only cricket can be promoted among the people.

He sighed, OK, it seems that he has to "invent" football.

However, for people of this era, leather football is still not affordable for ordinary people.

Joseph planned in his mind that he could ask the finance department to take out some money to buy public footballs for each parish and provide them for everyone to use.

He smiled, in this way, maybe he could still see the beloved World Cup in the 18th century.

Well, can the French Ligue 1 also appear in advance?

You can even form a professional team yourself. Paris Dauphin? Thinking about it, I'm a little excited...

In addition to the selection and awarding of the "Louis Prize" that has been put on the agenda, as well as the new Paris Fashion Week, etc., there are almost a variety of events in France this year.

Joseph suddenly slapped his thigh. Well, if this happens, the housing prices in Paris will definitely rise again, and new real estate projects must be arranged quickly. It can be combined with the Paris-Versailles integrated project to develop the wasteland between the two. This is all money!

…

Three days later.

The French Star Competition has come to an end, and Aurelien Toner, a civilian boy from Brittany, finally won the championship.

The runner-up was a businessman from Paris, and the third runner-up was a clerk from Bordeaux.

It's not that the commoners are very strong, but that most of the nobles are arrogant and don't want to compete with the commoners, so they didn't sign up to participate.

However, when the nobles of the Palace of Versailles saw that Tona was presented with a trophy and a bonus of 30,000 livres by the Countess of Provence amidst the cheers of thousands of people, and joined the palace band, they all felt extremely regretful and silently decided in their hearts that they must participate. Next year’s Star of France! Is the face of any nobleman worth 30,000 livres?

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