Chapter 497 Cultural Performance
Lu Fan had no interest in whether Uncle Chen and Liu Xiuping lived or died.
These days, in order to give adults a sense of novelty every day, he works on planning proposals until very late, and sleeps less than three hours a day.
"Sir, after dinner, I've prepared a variety show. Many of the performers are celebrities from before the apocalypse, and they're all professional."
Ling Ran thought of the performance she had seen at the Weiyang base and became interested: "Xiao Lu is very thoughtful."
"As long as you are happy, that's all that matters. I feel it's never enough to do so much for you. There's a saying that goes, 'Love is always about feeling indebted.' My respect and admiration for you are definitely greater than my love for you."
Lu Fan immediately began to express his loyalty.
Everyone else was speechless.
Lu Fan, look at yourself in the mirror. How much do you still resemble your former self?
After the feast, everyone took a sightseeing bus to the venue for the cultural performance.
They actually set up a makeshift stage here, resembling a concert stage, though it was outdoors, of course.
There were many chairs set up below the stage. Besides Ling Ran, many people with superpowers and ordinary people from the base came to watch the performance.
In this post-apocalyptic world where only survival is a priority, they haven't had any leisure activities in a long time, so most of the people in the base came.
At a scene with tens of thousands of people, under the spotlight, all you could see were heads.
Even though everyone tried to keep their voices down, the scene was still bustling and noisy because there were so many people.
This is the scene that Ling Ran saw when she arrived.
Lu Fan kept observing Ling Ran's expression from the side.
It was his own idea to bring so many people to the cultural performance. He learned from Hao Ren that the audience at the Weiyang base performance was not large; it was mostly management and high-level ability users, totaling only a little over a hundred people.
Lu Fan guessed that if the adults liked watching performances, then she might also like the lively atmosphere of those performances.
This is a gamble.
If they win the bet, they'll definitely gain the favor of the adults; if they lose, he'll send them all home to continue gambling!
Fortunately, the adults didn't seem displeased.
Lu Fan breathed a sigh of relief and quickly led Ling Ran through the pre-arranged passage to the luxurious seats arranged in the front row.
Others who come to see the performance need to bring their own chairs.
Ling Ran sat on a large sofa, with two people behind her, ready to give her a massage at any time.
As for Pei Yi and the others, although their seats were slightly worse than Ling Ran's, they were still very good.
Once everyone had arrived, the stage lights came on, while the audience lights went out, and everyone quieted down.
The host, dressed in a sharp suit, stepped onto the stage with a microphone: "Hello everyone, I am your host, Wan Bo. Welcome to the first annual arts and culture performance of the Guardian Base. First of all, we would like to thank our Lady Ling Ran. Because of her, we are able to enjoy this wonderful performance tonight. Let's give her a round of applause!"
"Clap clap clap—"
Along with the applause came cheers: "Thank you, sir!"
These were naturally agreed upon in advance.
Lu Fan turned his head to look at Ling Ran, and seeing her relaxed expression, his tense nerves finally eased a little.
Next, let's watch the performance.
As long as everything is correct!
"Without further ado, let's move on to the first act of our cultural performance. Please welcome performer Feng Zhi with the song 'Fatal'."
As the host left the stage and the performers entered, before the intro even began, Ling Ran was already being adorned with gifts.
"How dare Feng Zhi sing 'Fatal' in front of adults?"
"I guess he wants guidance from an adult."
"I feel that no one can sing this song better than the adults."
I think so too.
Hearing these words, Lu Fan felt slightly embarrassed, but said, "Feng Zhi's singing is definitely not comparable to yours. He sang this song only to pay tribute to you."
"I see."
"I hope he doesn't sing too badly, otherwise I'll definitely listen to an adult sing to cleanse my ears."
The original singer of "Fatal": Meow meow meow? A tribute to the cover singer? You guys are something else! From now on, when he sings this song, he'll have to pay tribute to the adults too.
The performances came one after another, and probably because they were performed by professionals, they were still very well done despite the short preparation time.
There were a total of twenty programs, and the level of performance was in no way inferior to the gala performances of major TV stations before the apocalypse. There were also many stage special effects. I don't know where Lu Fan got them from in such a short time.
After reading it, everyone was shocked.
Pei Xiu patted Lu Fan on the shoulder: "Manager Lu, you're amazing! You managed to create such a great stage in such a short time, especially in this apocalyptic situation. That's truly incredible!"
To this, Lu Fan could only say...
People are forced to do things.
"Well done."
At this moment, Ling Ran praised him, and Lu Fan was somewhat excited upon hearing this: "If you are happy, then I, Lu, am very happy."
The audience left the venue in an orderly manner.
The guards were maintaining order, and thankfully everyone cooperated, knowing that today's cultural performance was crucial to the survival of the base, so no one tried to cause trouble.
After they had mostly left, Ling Ran raised her hand, and a pile of supplies appeared in front of Lu Fan.
There were twenty piles of supplies in total. Su Yimo immediately explained, "These are gifts from the adults to the performers, from left to right, corresponding to performers one through twenty."
These supplies weren't a huge amount, but they were definitely plentiful, containing many items that were rare even in the base.
For example, milk tea, beef jerky, spicy strips, instant noodles, and hot pot base are all incredibly tempting.
Even Lu Fan rarely gets to eat these.
After all, if the base has these good supplies, he usually uses them to reward the base's superhumans.
“Okay.” Lu Fan nodded and instructed his subordinate, “Xiao Wang, go and call those performers out to collect these supplies.”
"yes."
Ling Ran turned around again to face the seats where the audience had been, although there weren't many audience members left by then.
She waved her hand slightly, and a large quantity of rice and flour appeared on the open ground.
Lu Fan felt as if his breath had stopped.
How many kilograms would this weigh?
It must be at least a ton, right?
At this moment, Xiao Wang brought the performers over: "Road manager, the performers are all here."
"oh oh."
Lu Fan struggled to look away from the rice and said to the performers, "I've already told you, haven't I? These supplies are a reward from the master for your performance. Hurry up and thank the master."
Those who performed never expected this unexpected bonus.
After all, Lu Fan promised them a series of benefits before they came to perform, which is why they worked so hard, day and night, practicing and performing.
Fortunately, they didn't lose their basic skills, and they performed a program they were already familiar with, so they still presented a good stage performance.
But they didn't expect that this important figure would actually reward them for their good performance!
I made a profit!
I'm numb!
We've made a fortune, everyone!
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