Chapter 432 Vienna Cafe

"Of course, we handed the person over to the Secret Service." Captain Fitzclarentz said with a smile, obviously it was just a bad joke.

Everyone also breathed a sigh of relief. After all, if there was a bomb on the ship, none of them would survive. Even if there was no bomb, Fitzclarentz, as the captain, would plant a few gunmen to make them suffer.

"Why did you do this?" Victoria asked again.

"No reason, if you must, I am first of all a British, and secondly I don't like the Russian tongue-twisting sound." Captain Fitzclarentz shrugged and replied.

"I'm asking why you said it." Victoria emphasized.

"The Secret Service did ask me to keep it secret, but I think I should tell you that you are not safe and are in danger at all times, and there are more than one person who wants to harm you."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome. Please enjoy your trip."

Queen Victoria said when Captain Fitzclarentz left.

"What a strange guy."

"What a charming man." Albert said.

"Why are you jealous?"

"I'm not, because I'm better than him."

"I don't believe it! Then prove it."

"Hmph, two wins out of three tonight, I'll show you my charm."

"Two wins out of three is not fair!"

"Then what do you want?"

"How about three wins out of five?"

The smile on Albert's face disappeared, and only then did he realize that he was being tricked. Victoria smiled like a fox who had just stolen fruit

Vienna, Lion's Pride Hotel.

Solomon's granddaughter Scarlett used her New Year's money (birthday gift) last year to make ten times the profit in the Vienna stock market, from one thousand florins to ten thousand florins.

Based on the salary level at the time, she earned the money that ordinary people could only earn in ninety years in just one year.

Solomon Rothschild looked at the small account book (investment record) with great comfort, and he seemed to see the hope of the family's rise again.

Because it is not easy to make money from the Vienna stock market, retail investors almost bet on the Austrian royal family, and the remaining stocks are operated by professional bankers and investors.

Solomon was so happy that he gave his granddaughter 10,000 pounds as a reward. The little girl cried sadly after some calculations.

However, Solomon still reminded his granddaughter not to expand the scale of investment. This was an investment advice, but Scarlett did not take it to heart at the time.

On the other side, the Dark Moon Theater opened, but this premiere was unusually low-key.

Solomon thought he was right. The other party should not have talents in this area, and he had not heard of any major events in the literary and artistic circles in the city recently.

However, he was still wrong. The premiere of the Dark Moon Theater was very successful, and unlike traditional operas, it was not just singing and dancing.

There were a lot of dialogues and interpretations of the plot, which were of course more intuitive and more impactful. Although it seemed a bit too frivolous to traditional aristocrats and some academic bigwigs, it was more popular and more shocking.

And the most important thing is that the threshold is very low. At present, there are many people in Franz's Dark Moon Troupe who can dance and have good looks, but there are few people who understand music, and even fewer people who are proficient in singing and dancing at the same time.

But these dancers have an advantage, most of them are not stage fright. And this mode of performing many plots is easier to highlight the advantages of the protagonist.

In the past, they could only be the lead dancers with unique clothes, but now they can use language and voice to further enrich themselves and promote themselves.

This makes those dignitaries and dandies more interested in chasing stars, because those stars seem to have not only good-looking skins, but also interesting souls.

Of course, all of this is packaged by Franz. Just like the economic companies in later generations, he also prepared an assembly line to cheat the money of the wealthy class in Austria. Anyway, ordinary people will hardly step into such places in their lives.

Franz is not a generalist, and it is impossible for him to devote too much energy to the theater. But he can provide a new model to break the original pattern.

However, Franz still had to do it himself in the initial stage. For example, he borrowed from the famous "Tea House" script and added some Indian musicals to create the play "Vienna Cafe".

Of course, Franz only provided an idea, and the specific dialogues, narrations, and character monologues were left to professionals.

As for choreography, Franz also provided some ideas, which were the Korean dance and home dance of later generations. This kind of dance specially danced for laymen is undoubtedly an irreversible trend.

Bad money drives out good money. Reality is so ruthless. The dance skills that have been polished for many years cannot match the style of twisting the waist and showing off.

It's just that these dances seemed a bit too open at the time, but they were different from the naked kicking dance and pole dance in the cultural desert of the United States. They seemed not so vulgar, but more naked and seductive.

In fact, Korean dance and home dance are simply a piece of cake for professional dancers, or a bit of a waste of talent.

Moreover, these four leading actresses of the four major theaters in Vienna were not ordinary people. They quickly learned this dance.

A very profound script was performed in a relatively vulgar way. It seemed like a comedy but it was another kind of tragedy.

Franz didn't like this kind of script where bad money drives out good money, so what he wanted to break was not the market rules, but this vicious circle that had not changed for thousands of years.

Franz didn't have time to watch them train, he would only help them open a door, and the rest of the road would depend on them.

Franz had done enough, if they still couldn't save themselves, or fell into depravity, then they could only be blamed.

The atmosphere on the day of the premiere was more enthusiastic than any opera in Vienna's history, even Wagner's "The Flying Dutchman", the king of opera, could not compare with it.

The Dark Moon Theater soon became a hot topic in Vienna's upper class, and the popularity of several leading actors also greatly exceeded that of their previous peers.

In fact, the social status of dancers and actors in this period was still very low, and more famous playwrights were famous, which was exactly the opposite of modern times.

Flowers and applause flooded the entire venue, and there were also many insults and bad reviews. After all, this model was a bit too unorthodox for Vienna in the 19th century.

But as Franz said before, in a quarrel, the louder side usually has the advantage.

Negative comments were quickly drowned out, and most of the people who criticized this model were women, but their voices were weak in this era.

Coupled with Stockholm syndrome and the mentality of joining if you can't beat them, some women soon began to admire those glamorous dancers on the stage, and even many noble women took the initiative to learn in order to marry a "good family".

The Dark Moon Troupe quickly became famous and became the most famous troupe in Vienna, and even in Austria.

In addition, Vienna at this time was a veritable international metropolis-the heart of Europe, and soon this reputation spread throughout Europe and many people came to visit.

Of course, many people wanted to join, so Franz threw out the so-called "trainee" plan.

The purpose of doing this is to select actors, and also to find some available people to do some darker things, such as assassination, deception, etc.

At the same time, the popularity of "Mr. K" and the anger of Solomon Rothschild are also rising.

I was a bit rushed to write today, so the plot may be a bit drifting, please forgive me. Of course, I think some people will like it.