Finally, it was Chen Xia's turn to perform, and the young clerk from the hospital office came over to urge her.
Secretary Li also heard it, turned around and asked in surprise, "Hey, what's Section Chief Chen going to perform today? Qigong or fart kung fu?"
This joke caused a burst of laughter from the people around. Of course, most of them were flattering, but it also made more people realize that the General Affairs Section Chief in front of them was "the one who pleased the Emperor."
Chen Xia raised the props in his hand,
"I'm going to show you a magic trick that's absolutely eye-popping. Secretary Li and Commissioner Han, please hold your chins up, or we on duty in the surgical department will have a lot to do."
Dean Gu scolded with a smile: "Get lost, you have no respect for your elders. How dare you talk to your superiors like that?"
"Haha, I think Section Chief Chen is great. Young people should be full of energy. Let's wait and see."
Secretary Li knew it was a joke, of course. Nonsense, this guy's pharmaceutical factory has only been in operation for a few days, and it has generated nearly 10 million Hong Kong dollars in foreign exchange. He is an absolute treasure, of course he must be loved very much.
Chen Xia originally wanted to prepare a tuxedo and wear a top hat, but was stopped by his father-in-law. It was 1983 now, and he was wearing such Western style. Was he going to heaven?
So Chen Xia wore the suit he wore at his wedding, and to hide his identity, he made a huge cloak, then went on stage holding a cardboard box.
As soon as everyone saw Chen Xia coming on stage, the young people started applauding and some people even whistled. The atmosphere was quite good.
A few old directors were looking back, wondering which brat was tired of living and came to the People's Hospital to act like a hooligan?
The young people immediately recoiled when they saw this. Even whistling is not allowed? Alas, this is really an era where even the bar atmosphere group will starve to death.
After Chen Xia came on stage, he made a gesture to silence the audience.
"I heard a lot of employees want to expose my magic tricks tonight? They want to embarrass me. Hey, let me make a bet. If anyone can catch me today, I'll treat you to dinner at Lanxiang Restaurant for a week straight. How about that?"
"Fuck, so arrogant!"
"Comrades, keep your eyes open and keep a close eye on us today."
"Come on, Mr. Chen, we support you!"
As soon as these words were spoken, there was an uproar and the meeting hall was in an uproar. Dean Gu frowned, but Secretary Li was smiling and seemed very interested, so he didn't say anything.
Gu Lin stood behind the scenes and raised her fist: "Come on, husband. Come on, husband."
Chen Xia turned around and raised his eyebrows at her. There was another round of applause from the audience, and of course there were a lot of boos in jest.
The music started, and the background music was the Guangdong folk music "Bu Bu Gao".
Accompanied by the music, Chen Xia first took off his cloak and shook it twice to indicate if there was anything here.
Everyone stared with wide eyes, as if trying to see if there was any hidden pocket or something in the cloak.
Chen Xia unbuttoned his suit and jumped a few times on the stage to show that he was not hiding anything.
Then the performance officially began. No one dared to breathe, and everyone concentrated on finding the flaws in the magic.
Chen Xia put on a cloak, and except for his head, the rest of his body was retracted into the cloak. Then he made a few faces, and suddenly the cloak opened, and several bunches of plastic flowers appeared in an instant.
Chen Xia even bowed like a gentleman and smiled as he handed it to the announcer, Gu Lin, who was standing next to him. The whole audience laughed. Everyone knew they were a couple, so naturally no one said anything.
This is just the beginning.
Then Chen Xiaren hid in his cloak again, shaking his head. Then, as the cloak opened, several pigeons flew out. The pigeons flew around the venue a few times, and then two little white rabbits ran out from under his feet.
At this moment, there was an exclamation in the venue, and everyone seemed to have seen something incredible.
This kind of magic, which became commonplace decades later, was still a novelty at that time. After all, there were no acrobatic troupes in an 18th-tier city like Yuezhou, and no one had ever seen a magic trick that could transform a living creature into something alive.
Everyone applauded enthusiastically, and the young staff of the hospital were busy communicating:
"What did you see? Where's the flaw?"
"Definitely in the cape. There must be something wrong with him hiding himself."
"Nonsense, I know there's something fishy about this cloak, but where are he hiding these pigeons and rabbits?"
No one could figure it out no matter how hard they tried, so the young people's unwillingness to admit defeat came out, and their eyes were as big as X-ray machines.
Chen Xia on the stage took the cardboard boxes next to him and opened them all to show everyone. They were empty, and he threw them up a few times.
Then he closed the box and put his hand in. Suddenly, his face looked like it was pinched by something and he cried out "ouch". The audience in the audience was startled and Gu Lin almost ran over.
At this time, Chen Xia slowly took out his hand, and a handful of White Rabbit milk candies instantly appeared in his hand. Then he raised his hand to signal and threw it to the audience, causing everyone to scramble for it again.
But that’s not all. Chen Xia then grabbed the second handful of candies from the cardboard box. The third handful was chocolate candies, the fourth handful was peanut candies, and the fifth handful was fruit candies.
He grabbed handfuls of candy from the cardboard box and threw them toward the audience, which stunned everyone.
At this time, many young employees really wanted to run to the stage and grab the cardboard box to see how many candies were hidden inside.
Amidst everyone's warm applause, Chen Xia raised his little finger contemptuously towards the young people in the back row, indicating that they were all trash and that he had not seen even the slightest flaw. This resulted in another round of boos and laughter.
At this time, Chen Xia's hand reached into the cardboard box again mysteriously, and soon he took out a stethoscope. Chen Xia shook his head in disgust; then he felt around again and took out a white coat;
He touched again and took out a pair of obstetric forceps. Chen Xia looked very surprised and clamped it a few times as if it was unbelievable. The audience couldn't help laughing again.
Old Mrs. Zeng was laughing happily in the audience. This was the forceps that Chen Xia had borrowed from her a few days ago. She was wondering why such an embarrassing tool was needed for the performance, but it turned out that was the funny part.
The music was about to end, and Chen Xia had also finished his performance. He put on his cloak again, clucked a few times like a hen, and then jumped away, and an egg appeared on the stage.
Chen Xia was surprised again, then clucked a few times and jumped away, and another egg appeared.
In this way, he jumped to the edge of the stage, and an egg appeared on the ground with every step he took. He jumped for 15 steps and there were 15 eggs neatly stacked in a row on the ground.
The audience laughed wildly, many of them almost died from laughing, and the applause was quite enthusiastic.
In the end, no one could see the flaw in Chen Xia's magic, but his final trick earned him a nickname:
"People treat old hens."
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