To be honest, in Fang Zheng's opinion, this was more like a brother taking his sister out to play than a date between a boyfriend and a girlfriend. After arriving on the street, Illya once again showed her innocent, lively and lovely nature, and Fang Zheng also accompanied her to wander around in Crossbell.
They went fishing in the harbor area, strolled in Central Park, enjoyed a delicious meal at the Long Lao Restaurant on East Street, and then they watched a gorgeous play performed by the Rainbow Theater in the entertainment hall in the old city. Well, compared to movies, this kind of lively drama was not a particularly fun and interesting show for Fang Zheng, but it seemed that Illya was very interested in it. She enjoyed the whole performance with relish and was obviously very happy.
After the performance, Fang Zheng also brought Illya to the backstage.
But he had just opened the door...
"How dare you come here!!"
The blonde woman in front of him almost pounced over and grabbed Fang Zheng's collar, shaking him left and right.
"How long are we going to stay here? It's been so long, why hasn't your tower been built yet?!"
Facing Fang Zheng, Elijah was furious. At the beginning, Fang Zheng's Starlight Technology acquired the site of the Rainbow Theater to build the Starlight Tower. At the same time, as compensation, they also built a theater in the old city. Originally, Elijah thought that it would only take two or three years to complete. As a result, such a long time has passed, and the Starlight Tower has not been built yet?
Do I have to stay in this hellhole forever?
“Wa ...
Seeing this scene, Illya was so scared that she couldn't speak, while Fang Zheng just shrugged his shoulders and patted the hand of the blonde dancer in front of him.
"Okay, don't get excited. I know you have a lot of opinions about this, but I can guarantee that the Starlight Tower will be completed in a short time. But for you... there is still a lot of work to be done."
"……Work?"
"Of course, before that...won't you sign an autograph for my little girl first?"
As he spoke, Fang Zheng turned sideways and winked at his little girl, who immediately came up obediently.
"Hello, nice to meet you. I'm Illyasviel von Einzbern. Um... I really like your performance..."
"Oh, little sister, you're so cute. Your name is Ilya too?"
Looking at the cute and beautiful Illya in front of her, the blonde dancer's eyes suddenly lit up and she pounced on her.
"Hello, little cutie, my name is Ilya Platye. We are both called Ilya. Isn't this fate? Want an autograph? No problem, right?"
As she spoke, the blonde dancer took out a signature pad, quickly signed her name on it, and handed it to Illya with a smile. Then her expression changed and she glared at Fang Zheng again.
"So, when will your tower be completed?"
"Specifically, it will still take one to two years."
"So long?"
"You seem anxious?"
"Of course."
Hearing Fang Zheng's question, the blonde dancer immediately started complaining.
"Although it's possible to perform here, it's too much trouble. Besides, didn't you tell me there was something good? I've been waiting for it, but there's nothing!!"
"Okay, okay..."
Seeing the other party complaining to him, Fang Zheng raised his hands helplessly in surrender. He remembered that during the Johnny's Academy Festival, Fang Zheng did promise her something good, but the poor blonde dancer came back and waited foolishly until now without any belief... Well, no wonder she got mad.
It just so happens that I have already received the research and development progress report from Tolisha, um... it's almost done.
"Since you can't wait, then come with me, call all the troupe members, and we'll go to a good place."
"What?"
"Didn't you say you've been waiting for my surprise? Come with me and you'll find out."
Although they were somewhat puzzled, the Rainbow Troupe still followed Fang Zheng out of the theater, crossed the street, and came to another huge building not far away. From the outside, the building looked like a warehouse, and there was nothing special on the outside. Fang Zheng walked to the door, took out his ID card and swiped it. Soon, the door opened, and the group walked in.
"What is this place?"
Following Fang Zheng into the door, the blonde dancer looked around in confusion. Most of the warehouse was blank, with nothing in it. There were only some stage sets placed along the central wall. A group of people were surrounding the stage sets, doing something unknown. Tolisha was standing next to the group of people, staring intently at the report in front of her.
Seeing Fang Zheng coming, Tolisha hurriedly put down the report in her hand and came to Fang Zheng.
"Ah, Mr. Fang Zheng, you're here?"
"Well, are all the things here ready?"
"Almost. According to the R&D team, the only thing that is not perfect is the 'filter' system you mentioned..."
"That's okay. We can continue to adjust it when the time comes. Um... prepare and let them try it."
"clear."
Hearing Fang Zheng's instructions, Tolisha nodded, then quickly turned around and returned to the group of researchers. Fang Zheng turned around and looked at the blonde dancer with a smile.
"Okay, go up."
"What do you want me to do?"
"Go up and perform a scene."
Fang Zheng pointed to the stage setting over there.
"Just think of it as if you were on stage in a theater, improvising."
Having said this, Fang Zheng looked at Illya.
"Do you want to go up and try it too?"
"Hey? Me me me?"
Hearing Fang Zheng suddenly speaking to her, Illya was startled and shook her head hastily.
"I, I, I can't..."
"Go up and do the third section of radio gymnastics or something. No one here knows how to use this thing, so just show them how."
As he spoke, Fang Zheng smiled and patted Illya's head.
"Don't worry, our Illya is so cute, she will be cute no matter how you take the photo."
"Uh... um... okay then..."
Hearing Fang Zheng's words, Illya hesitated for a moment, then nodded.
At the same time, the researchers were ready, and then the blonde dancer walked onto the stage, took a deep breath, and began her performance.
It must be said that as a fairly famous drama actress, the blonde dancer was quite good in this aspect. She improvised a segment from the drama Golden Sun based on the backdrop, which was a perfect ending.
Then, under the gaze of everyone, Illya walked onto the stage with a red face. Of course, she couldn't perform like the blonde dancer, but Fang Zheng naturally had other ways.
"Hey, look over here, Illya."
Coming to the camera, Fang Zheng waved to Illya, who subconsciously looked over.
"Come and introduce yourself, what's your name?"
"My name is Illyasviel von Einzbern."
"How old is he?"
"Yes, that is...a secret."
“When was your first experience?”
"That... was not long ago... Wahhhhhh!! MASTER, what do you want me to say in front of so many people!!!"
Having said that, Illya's face turned red, and she immediately jumped off the stage, then ran to the shadow in the corner with a red face and hid there.
"I say, what on earth are you doing?"
At this moment, the blonde dancer also asked in confusion, while Fang Zheng chuckled.
"Come with me."
As he spoke, Fang Zheng led the confused crowd to a wall inside the warehouse. On this wall, there was a dark stone slab that looked like an obsidian slab, similar to a landscape painting. Fang Zheng made a gesture, and soon he saw the staff next to him come up and connect a few wires to the "slate", then turned it on. Then he saw the black stone slab flash, and the next moment, an unexpected scene appeared on it.
I saw that the originally black stone surface was now showing colorful colors, and in it, a blonde dancer was dancing gracefully, and even her singing and voice could be heard clearly.
Seeing this scene, all the staff of the Rainbow Theater were stunned.
"What, what is this?"
"Moving photos?"
"And the voice is exactly the same as Elijah's!!!"
"As you can see."
At this moment Fang Zheng also clapped his hands, attracting everyone's attention.
"This is our latest product from Starlight Technology. It can capture everything that is going on and release it, just like a guide camera. However, unlike a guide camera, the images it releases are movable, which means that we can spread art in this way."
“…”
After hearing Fang Zheng's introduction, no one spoke. The Rainbow Theater is a leading theater company, and the people here are very sensitive to art. After they recovered from the initial shock, they immediately realized what a subversive state this would be for the entire performing arts!
“This is the next task I will assign to the Rainbow Troupe.”
Fang Zheng tapped the camera beside him.
"I require you to work with the R&D team to film a musical movie."
"...singing and dancing..."
"……Movie……?"
Hearing Fang Zheng's request, everyone looked at each other.
Of course they are familiar with singing and dancing, but what are movies?
"I will give you the specific script later. What you need to do now is to learn how to use these devices and use them for filming... I think you have also discovered, Ilya, that although your acting ability is great, the feeling presented on the screen is completely different."
“…”
Hearing Fang Zheng's words, the blonde dancer nodded seriously. She had also discovered that when Fang Zheng asked her to perform before, she also strictly required it according to her own standards on stage. However, her performance shown on the screen looked mediocre and seemed to have no charm at all.
On the contrary, Illya's weird interview, although it was a failure in itself, she kept staring at the screen, giving people the feeling that she was talking to the audience in front of the screen. Even when Illya shyly ran away in the end, the feeling conveyed from the screen was that of lovable cuteness.
"Leave it to me, Mr. Fang Zheng!"
The blonde dancer was also excited at this moment. She clenched her fists tightly. As an actress, she was very interested in this new form of performance and couldn't wait.
"I promise I won't let you down!"