After the anti-inflammatory injection, it was already dusk when they arrived at Odense.
After work, a group of well-dressed Asians were surrounded by all kinds of camera equipment on the crowded streets of a foreign country. They looked at each other.
"What should we do?" Liu Ziyu asked. "It'll be dark in four to five hours. Where are we going to stay?"
Liu Ziyu didn't speak much the whole day. Maybe it was because she was scared yesterday. This was the first time she spoke seriously.
Zhang Yunfei looked at the remaining twenty yuan in Tao Tao's hand. "We have to find a way to make some money. Otherwise, we'll have to sleep at the station or be sofa patrons."
He understood. "How do we make money?"
"Sell your personal belongings …" Qi Xingchen waved at the director. "Is that okay?"
Director Zhao said, "Yes."
The guests were greatly relieved. If they knew they could sell their belongings, they would have done it long ago. They wouldn't have had to suffer so much.
As people at the top of the pyramid of the entertainment industry, they all had at least one or two valuable items.
"But —" The director kept them in suspense and added, "You can only sell it to fans."
Everyone wailed. "I knew it! The program is not that simple!"
Denmark was different from the US and UK. There were very few Chinese people there.
They were popular in China, but not in Northern Europe. Where could they find fans?
Everyone sighed in unison. At this time, Zhang Yunfei seemed to have thought of something and turned to Bai Ye.
The rest of the people also reacted and looked at Bai Ye. "You've had a global concert tour, right?"
"Then you're the only one who has fans here." Zhang Yunfei pretended to be sad. "It's not that I don't want to help you, but I can't. I can only trouble you."
He didn't know what to say. He could sell his belongings, but he didn't want to sell them to fans.
Usually, he would give them to his fans if they wanted something. He had never taken a single cent from them.
Everyone looked at Bai Ye expectantly. Firstly, they really wanted to get some money and find a hotel to sleep in. Secondly, Bai Ye selling things would definitely have a special variety effect.
"Let's think of something else," Qi Xingchen glanced at Bai Ye from the corner of his eye and said, "Looking for fans in a crowd of strangers is like looking for a needle in a haystack."
"You're right. Finding fans isn't smart enough. The problem is, what else can we do?" Luo Qiuman felt a headache coming on.
With so many Asians standing there chattering, a small group of curious Danes stopped on the other side of the road and craned their necks to look over.
Seeing that they were surrounded, Qi Xingchen knew that it was useless to just stand there. He thought for a moment and said, "Brother Yunfei, can you give me the rest of the money?"
This amount of money couldn't even buy a meal, so it was useless to keep it. Zhang Yunfei waved his hand, indicating that Tao Tao should give it to him.
"Wait for me for a few minutes. I'll be right out."
Qi Xingchen took the money from Tao Tao, looked back for a moment, and ran into the supermarket behind him.
Everyone obeyed and waited in place. In less than ten minutes, he came back as promised. He was holding a low-quality umbrella and six discounted porcelain plates with missing corners.
Zhang Yunfei laughed, "Xing Xing, why did you buy this?"
"We'll each have a plate and beg for food on the street."
Zhang Yunfei immediately looked like he wanted to beat him to death.
"I'm just kidding," Qi Xingchen stopped smiling and said seriously, "I have a way to make money. Brothers and sisters, please help me clear out a space."
Everyone was skeptical. Tao Tao was curious, "Xing Xing, you want to sell your skills to make money?"
"Something like that." Qi Xingchen took off his jacket and stretched his body.
For the first time, Liu Ziyu spoke to him in a non-sarcastic tone. Qi Xingchen raised his eyebrows. For the sake of the variety show, he said, "Just wait and see."
Everyone was skeptical. They used their bodies to block the pedestrians and cleared out a circle for him that wouldn't affect traffic.
Bai Ye looked at him skillfully stretching the tendons and curled the corners of his lips.
“Ladies and Gentleman.....”
After warming up, Qi Xingchen cleared his throat, bowed to the onlooking Danes, and said in English, "Hello, everyone. We are from China and accidentally lost our wallets on the journey.
Now, I'll perform two traditional Chinese performances for everyone. If everyone likes them, can you sponsor us for some travel expenses? "
The fiery red glow of the sunset danced on Qi Xingchen's body, outlining his lean, powerful figure and clean facial features.
It also jumped into his eyes. In the center of his dark pupils, there seemed to be a small burning sun, blazing and bright.
The Odense people didn't see many Asian faces, and such a dazzling young man was even rarer. They stopped and stood in front of him, cheering, "Okay, come on cutie!"
"Thank you, then I'll embarrass myself."
Qi Xingchen took off his shoes and lay down. He raised his right foot at a 90-degree angle to his body, opened the umbrella, and placed the handle on the tip of his right foot's thumb.
Everyone was confused. The handle was so small, and so was his toe. If he let go, wouldn't the umbrella fall?
However, something miraculous happened right after.
Qi Xingchen let go, but the umbrella didn't fall.
… Not only did it not fall, but he also used the strength of his leg to kick the umbrella into the air.
Then it spun in the air and fell back onto Qi Xingchen's toe with the top of the umbrella facing down …
What kind of magical skill was this?
All the passersby were stunned. They took out their phones to take pictures and record videos.
In the video, the umbrella flew up and down on the tip of the young man's foot. Whether it was the edge or the top of the umbrella, it fell steadily.
Soon after, the young man raised his other leg and showed off his two feet in turn.
The pink petal pattern on the umbrella spun, flew up, and fell. It was as if the petals were falling from the umbrella, fluttering in the wind. It was very romantic.
Even the guests, who were Chinese and had seen acrobatics before, couldn't believe that there was such a talent around them. They were stunned like the Danes.
Only the cameraman remembered his job. He stared at Qi Xingchen's performance while aiming the camera at Qi Xingchen. From time to time, he would take pictures of the audience's reactions.
After the performance, Qi Xingchen patted his clothes and stood up to get the plate.
The plate was on the ground. When he bent down, his snow-white waist slipped with his clothes and was accidentally exposed.
Then, Qi Xingchen felt someone tug at the back of his T-shirt until he stood up straight with the plate.
"Thank you, Brother Bai Ye …" he whispered. "But it's okay. I'm not a girl. I'm not afraid of being seen."
Bai Ye looked away and shook his head without saying anything.
Qi Xingchen ignored him and showed the plate to the audience to show that it was a porcelain plate.
"Honey, take the plate and follow me. I'll give you all the delicious food in my house!"
A Danish boy thought that he was taking the plate to ask for food. He pushed the people in front of him aside and shouted.
"Thank you." Qi Xingchen was amused by him. "Wait a minute."
His smile was even more beautiful. At this time, many people had recovered from the shock of the umbrella. They took out their wallets and gave Tao Tao some money.
Tao Tao clicked her tongue as she accepted the money. After one round, she had received seven to eight hundred kronor.
The umbrellas were a rather entertaining show, so Qi Xingchen planned to do something more interesting next.
He walked to the front of the crowd with the plate and handed it to the girl in the first row.
The girl opened her mouth in surprise. She thought that the beautiful Chinese boy was going to give her a gift. Just as she was about to take it —
Qi Xingchen raised his hand and threw the plate into the sky.
The girl and the crowd raised their heads subconsciously. After throwing the first plate, Qi Xingchen threw the second one. When he threw the third one, he caught the first one.
The audience's heads kept moving up and down, up and down, up and down …
Throwing was the most basic part of acrobatics. The difficulty increased with the number of objects thrown. It was also related to the weight of the objects thrown. The heavier the object, the harder it was to control the rhythm.
However, Qi Xingchen didn't care at all. He increased the number of plates to four, then to five, and …
Unfortunately, there was only enough money to buy six plates. Otherwise, he could break the audience's neck.
After throwing the plates, Tao Tao accepted another wave of money.
After two performances, the audience was almost emptied by Qi Xingchen.
He smiled gently. "Thank you for your support. I'll give you the next performance. You don't have to pay."
After that, he lay down like before.
Then, with an umbrella on his feet, he started throwing plates!!!
Director Zhao couldn't help it. "Not only can this kid hold an umbrella and throw plates, but he can also throw plates while holding an umbrella?!"
"Hahahahaha!" The assistant director laughed. "Old Zhao, this kid is really a treasure!
Do you believe that his video will go viral again tomorrow? "
Even though Qi Xingchen said that they didn't have to pay for the last part, the passersby still generously took out money.
A girl with black hair came forward and stuffed a roll of money into Qi Xingchen's hands. She insisted on taking a photo with him.
Qi Xingchen took the photo in a good mood. The girl suddenly burst into tears.
"What's wrong?" Qi Xingchen put down his phone. "Are you not feeling well?"
"No, no." The girl's Chinese wasn't very fluent. "My mother is from China. I was born and raised in Denmark.
When I was young, my mother told me that my motherland is very good and powerful. There are many, many magical things.
I've always wanted to return to China for a visit, but I haven't found the opportunity.
Thank you, thank you for bringing China's culture here, so that the Chinese who left home can experience their motherland up close. Thank you for showing the Danes and letting them know that there is such an ancient and mysterious race in the East. "
The girl's accent was very heavy and her words were very confusing. Her words were too formal, and it took a long time for everyone to understand.
Qi Xingchen saw that she described his street acrobatics as "cultural transmission" and was a little embarrassed. Then, he felt a lump in his throat.
After leaving her homeland for decades, she was like a duckweed that couldn't find its roots. It was easy to imagine how much she missed and how sad she was.
He took out a pen and paper from his bag and wrote down his address and phone number. "If you have time to return to China, you can contact me. I'll take you to see our magnificent rivers and mountains."
"Really?" The girl cried even harder. "You're really kind!
You're also welcome to come and play with me often! "
Qi Xingchen smiled. "Okay."
In order to let Qi Xingchen find her, the girl left her Facebook.
Liu Ziyu came over to take a look and gasped in shock — this girl was actually a blogger with three million fans!
After sending the girl off, the guests couldn't hold back their joy and pretended to be calm as they squeezed out of the crowd.
Then, after completely leaving the passersby's sight, six heads quickly gathered together.
"Tao Tao, count it quickly," Zhang Yunfei said excitedly. "How much?"
"Let me see. One hundred, two hundred, three hundred …" Tao Tao's voice grew louder as she counted. "Three thousand and two hundred, we have three thousand and two hundred!"
Luo Qiuman's eyes widened when she heard the number. "Oh my god, it's actually so much?!
It's almost half of the travel fund! "
"Yeah," Liu Ziyu agreed. "Xing Xing, you're really our hero!"
Qi Xingchen put his hand on his back and pinched it twice. He felt very strange.
With Liu Ziyu's personality, this sentence should have been sarcastic.
But now, her tone was normal, as if she really regarded him as a hero.
Qi Xingchen wasn't used to hearing his companions' praise and quickly stopped. "Let's find a place to stay first. It'll be completely dark soon."
"Yes, yes, yes." Everyone reacted and searched for hotels on their phones.
Qi Xingchen also searched. Vaguely, he felt that someone was looking at his back.