Chapter 87 Dreams Come True
He Hui's heart sank when he thought of Tours's farewell performance which was full of farewell.
She knew Tulsi's pride and how much the pain of her ruptured ligaments had hit her.
After a moment of silence, He Hui asked, "How is your ankle recovering after the surgery?"
"Not bad, I can walk normally now." Tulse paused, "But completing the jump on the ice rink..."
He Hui understood what Tours said before he finished.
"But figure skating is more than just jumping," He Hui said firmly, "What touches people's hearts is the whole world you create."
"Really?" Tours' voice seemed to be more relaxed, even with a hint of teasing, "Thank you for your recognition of me, talented girl."
There was a hint of melancholy behind this laugh.
"Turles." He Hui suddenly called her name very seriously, "Can you skate to 'Serenade' again?"
Tours was suddenly stunned. That was the first piece she skated in the junior group after her debut. The configuration at that time seemed to be the simplest 3T+3T, 3Lz and 2A.
“Why Serenade?”
"It has a beginning and an end." He Hui said, "Besides, it's my favorite show."
He Hui's answer surprised Tours.
"Favorite? But it seems pretty mediocre."
“No, ‘Serenade’ is a sudden emergence of genius. It is a short program that makes everyone pay attention even though it is a simple triple-triple and double-double jump.”
He Hui spoke slowly, word by word, and her voice was transmitted through the signal across thousands of miles to Moscow, to Turles' ears, and struck her heart.
Tours: "......"
"I'll think about it, thank you for your invitation."
Beep, beep——
The call was hung up, and He Hui put a question mark after Turles' name on the list, indicating that it was pending.
She sighed, feeling mixed emotions.
The vast majority of the names on the list are followed by a check mark, indicating that a preliminary intention for cooperation has been reached.
As the performance programs were finalized one by one, He Hui's nervousness and anticipation accumulated little by little.
She immediately began looking for the country's top stage and lighting teams to join the ice show. As it was her first ice show, He Hui knew it would be difficult to achieve perfection, but she hoped to do it without regrets.
There are many expense items for ice performances, including performance fees for the contestants, rental fees for the venue, director, camera, and lighting team, promotion fees, etc. All of the expenses are spent on all the endorsement fees earned previously.
While busy, He Hui was worried every day, mainly about whether Tours was really convinced by her and could join the ice show.
*
The ice show hosted by He Hui started selling tickets two months before the official start. The venue of the ice show was the Capital Gymnasium when the China Cup was held in Beijing. There were many seats, so the pressure of ticket sales was not small.
"Oh, I don't know whether people will be interested in the ice show." Before the first round of pre-sales, Lin Xiaoman sat next to He Hui and shared the same concerns.
But everyone obviously underestimated the influence of He Hui, the figure skating genius who emerged out of nowhere.
This time, it was a professional ticketing platform, so the system crash did not occur as before. However, in less than five minutes, all the pre-sale tickets were sold out.
When all the seating areas were marked with the words "No Tickets", everyone looked at each other in confusion.
"That's all?" Lin Xiaoman curled her lips, feeling happy. "It seems that our Chinese figure skating is really going to rise!"
He Hui: "This time it shouldn't be a complete loss."
Lin Xiaoman smiled and said, "The young lady is finally concerned about money."
The first round of pre-sales is to see the situation and to make a prediction about the later promotion and final box office.
Such a hot result gave everyone a surprise and confidence. So much so that when the second round of ticket sales was sold out again, they were not surprised at all.
One month before the ice show started, the director found He Hui.
The director asked, "Has the Tours show been finalized? We need to do a few rehearsals in advance. If not, I'm afraid we'll have to find other backups as soon as possible."
"I'll let you know as soon as possible," He Hui replied.
When I got home, He Jianmu was sitting on the sofa and asked casually, "How was your ice show going?"
"Very good. Didn't you see the news? All the tickets are sold out." He Hui replied with his head tilted, his tone arrogant.
After that, she went straight up the stairs and returned to her room.
Two days ago, He Hui sent a follow-up message to Turles.
"How have you considered it?"
He Hui glanced at the bare interface on her phone and sighed. Now she urgently needed to find something to distract herself from her anxiety.
Fortunately, there are always dumbbells and yoga mats in the room. He Hui spread them out and started exercising, sweating and forgetting all the worries.
Ding Dong——
A text message suddenly popped up on the phone.
Tours: "I accept your invitation. The program is Serenade."
He Hui jumped up from the yoga mat in surprise, and the dumbbell slipped out of her hand due to the sudden movement.
If she hadn't been quick enough to catch the dumbbell that suddenly fell from her hand, a hole would have been smashed in her floor.
With Tours joining, all the programs of the ice show have been finalized.
Bing Yan’s Weibo account posted a preview.
@Ice World Performance: There will be a mysterious guest performing in this ice show, so stay tuned!
"Mysterious guest? As someone who got a ticket, I'm really looking forward to it!"
"Can people who have tickets please stop irritating those of us who didn't get a ticket?! I missed the ticket opening because I was in a meeting, and when the meeting was over, there were no tickets left, ahhh."
"It feels like there hasn't been an ice show in China for a long time. This time I can see the athletes from the national team. It feels like a great opportunity to support the Beijing Winter Olympics!"
In short, everything is moving forward in an orderly direction.
*
Family dinner time before the ice show begins.
He Hui waited calmly for everyone to take their seats, and then placed three figure skating tickets on the table.
"I'm so sorry. Without your support, I would have been able to organize my own ice show." He Hui put four fingers together and pushed one of the tickets in front of He Jianmu. "The day after tomorrow, Capital Gymnasium. This is a front-row ticket with the best view."
To be honest, he had been looking forward to this day since He Hui dared to say that he would organize an ice show on his own.
She raised one eyebrow proudly and stared at He Jianmu's face, obviously not wanting to miss any of his expressions.
He Jianmu looked at the ticket printed with "Ice World Performance Beijing Station", his eyebrows slightly raised, wrinkles squeezed out, and his lips pressed into a straight line.
Everything seemed normal, except that He Jianmu's fingers paused slightly when touching the ticket. He opened his lips but could not speak.
"Thank you." He Jianmu finally accepted the ticket and uttered two words dryly in response.
Seeing his stubborn father being humiliated, He Hui felt happy.
As if afraid that He Jianmu didn't know that he had won the duel, He Hui continued, "You're welcome. Although you didn't pay a cent, I'll still buy you the ticket."
He Jianmu: “…”
His face turned red with anger, but he couldn't refute it.
He Hui curled his lips with satisfaction and gave the other two tickets to Lu Yanfeng and Lu Xing.
Lu Yanfeng was full of pride: "Our Huihui is really amazing! She can accomplish anything she wants to do!"
Lu Xing blinked his eyes and happily took the ticket.
"Thank you for your support." He Hui smiled sweetly at the three of them.
*
The ice show that day made the Capital Gymnasium lively again.
He Hui's fans still account for the majority, but other members of the Chinese team have also received a lot of attention because of their performance in the past two seasons.
"Are you here to see Tang Meng?"
"Yeah, yeah! I found her so cute at the World Team Championship! She quickly went straight into the pit hehe. What about you?"
“I’m a fan of the conspicuous package side view haha.”
......
The opening show is the segment where all the athletes appear together.
The spotlight landed on the ice rink with a snap, and the contestants came on stage in groups of two as designed, greeting the audience around them.
At one end of the dark and narrow entrance passage, Turles tightened his grip on He Hui's hand.
"It's been a while since I performed in front of so many people." Tours' eyes were unclear.
"Nervous?" He Hui didn't let go, and turned his head to ask Turles, "How is your ankle injury these days?"
"No, my ankle is fine. I'm just excited." Tours shook his head and looked at the light at the other end of the passage. "Thank you for your invitation."
The host's voice interrupted the impromptu conversation.
——"Let us welcome Olympic champion and world champion He Hui and the mysterious guest of this ice show!"
When He Hui appeared with Tours, there was a sudden cry of surprise and commotion in the venue.
"Is this Tulsi? God, I'm not seeing things, am I?"
"It's Tours! This is her first public ice performance after retirement, right? Even He Hui was invited?!"
"Turles looks like he's in great shape! He's the last one on the field, what will he perform?"
“I don’t know, maybe Olympic music?”
All the athletes skated around the ice rink to the sound of distinct drum beats, waving vigorously to the audience on all four sides, instantly arousing everyone's excitement.
He Hui looked up at the dark seat and felt the blood rushing from his feet to his head, as if his heart was about to jump out of his chest.
She did it! The ice show is on!!
This ice show hosted by myself truly unfolded a beautiful picture before our eyes.
Dreams come true.
After skating around the field three times, He Hui was still reluctant to leave. Even when he returned to the backstage, he was still keeping a close eye on everything on the field.
The first to take the stage was Wang Yunfei, a female singles player in the youth group. She is thirteen years old this year and has five triple-week reserves. She is a newcomer that everyone has high hopes for.
"Wang Yunfei feels that she can enter the Junior Grand Prix Finals next season." Tan Ling came close to He Hui and said, "She is actually very happy that you can invite her."
"Really? She skates well, and she will be invited sooner or later." He Hui looked at the girl who had just completed a triple jump on the field, his eyes full of admiration.
Tan Ling curled her lips and said, "That's not necessarily true. According to the domestic figure skating audience, it would be good if the ice show didn't lose money. Who would do charity every day?"
Tan Ling glanced at He Hui and continued, "If we want to hold it every year, we will definitely need a steady stream of backup forces and a better market foundation."
He Hui nodded. "Indeed, it is not easy to find a good business model to achieve long-term profitability."
"But today's was a success!" Tan Ling patted He Hui on the shoulder, "It's a good start!"
*
He Hui has two programs, the first one is scheduled at the end of the first half and the program is adapted from the exhibition skating of next season.
The performance piece was from Pirates of the Caribbean. He Hui appeared handsomely dressed as a female pirate, with smoky makeup, battle-damaged makeup on her face, a wide-brimmed pirate hat on her head, and a western knife on her waist as a prop.
The familiar movie theme song sounded, He Hui performed a sword flower, and slid out with powerful steps.
Screams were heard everywhere.
"Ahh, so handsome!" "He Hui!!"
After nearly twenty seconds of choreographed performances of difficult and simple steps set to music, He Hui placed his sword in the corner of the ice rink, took a deep breath and sped up again.
For the ice performance, He Hui's jump was specially upgraded.
Her first jump at the beginning was 4Lz+3T, He Hui's new signature jump.
Followed by a spotlight, He Hui jumped on the ice to the sound of majestic music and drum beats, with an astonishing height, distance and degree of completion.
The ice landing was also easy and beautiful, the flying ice flowers looked beautiful in the dark, and the 3T that was connected immediately was completely stress-free.
He Hui touched the brim of his hat handsomely on the court, while continuing to slide at a faster speed.
"Wow, I actually saw He Hui's 4Lz+3T with my own eyes! It's worth the money!!"
"My heart is shaking with excitement. I wonder if there will be another four weeks later?!"
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