War Palace and Knee Pillow, Austria’s Destiny

"Of course, the person will be handed over to the Secrecy Bureau." Captain Fitzclarenz said with a smile. It was obvious that it was just a bad joke.

Everyone also breathed a sigh of relief. After all, if there was a bomb on the ship, none of them would survive. Even if there were no bombs, Fitzclarenz, as the captain, could give them a drink by placing a few gunmen.

"Why are you doing this?" Victoria asked again.

"There is no reason. If I must, first of all, I am an Englishman, and secondly, I don't like the Russian accent." Captain Fitzclarenz replied with a shrug.

"I'm asking why you said it." Victoria emphasized her tone.

"The Bureau of Secrecy did ask me to keep it secret, but I think I should tell you that you are not safe and are in danger at all times. There is more than one person who even wants to harm you."

"thank you."

"You're welcome. Please enjoy your trip."

Queen Victoria said after Captain Fitzclarenz had left.

"What a strange guy."

"What a charming man," said Albert.

"Why are you jealous?"

"I didn't because I'm better than him."

"I don't believe it! Then prove it."

"Hmph, best of three games tonight, I'll show you my charm."

"It's not fair to win two out of three games!"

"What do you want?"

"How about best of three out of five games?"

The smile on Albert's face disappeared, and then he realized that he had been tricked. At this time, Victoria smiled like a fox who had just stolen the fruit.

Vienna, Lion's Pride Hotel.

Solomon's little granddaughter Scarlett used her lucky money (birthday gift money) from last year to make ten times the profit in the Vienna stock market, earning ten thousand florins from one thousand florins.

Judging from the salary level at that time, it took her only one year to earn what it would take ordinary people ninety years to earn.

Solomon Rothschild looked at that small account book (investment record) with great comfort. He seemed to see hope for the family's rise again.

Because it is not easy to make money from the Vienna stock market, retail investors have almost all bet on the Austrian royal family, while the remaining stocks are operated by professional bankers and investors.

When Solomon was happy, he gave his granddaughter ten thousand pounds as a reward. After some calculations, the little girl cried very sadly.

However, Solomon still reminded his granddaughter not to expand the scale of investment. This was an investment advice, but Scarlett did not take it to heart at the time.

On the other hand, Dark Moon Theater has opened, but this premiere was extremely low-key.

Solomon thought that he was right. The other party probably did not have talents in this field, and he had not heard of any major events happening in the city's literary and artistic circles recently.

However, he was wrong. The Dark Moon Theater Company's debut was a great success, and unlike traditional operas, it was not just about singing and dancing.

It is interspersed with a lot of dialogue and deduction plots, and of course the expression is more intuitive and has a stronger impact. Although it is a bit too frivolous in the eyes of traditional aristocrats and some academic masters, it is more popular and has a stronger shocking effect.

And the most important thing is that the threshold is very low. Currently, there are many good-looking people in Franz's Dark Moon Troupe who can dance, but there are very few people who understand music, and even fewer people who are proficient in singing and dancing.

But one advantage of these dancers is that most of them don't have stage fright. Moreover, this mode of interpretation with many plots makes it easier to highlight the protagonist's advantages.

In the past, the most they could do was to be lead dancers who dressed differently, but now they can also use language and voice to further enrich themselves and promote themselves.

This makes those dignitaries and dandies even more interested in chasing stars, because those stars seem to not only have good-looking skin, but also have interesting souls.

Of course, all of this was packaged by Franz. Just like the economic companies of later generations, he also prepared an assembly line specifically to defraud the wealthy Austrian class of their money. Anyway, civilians will almost never step into such a place in their lives.

Franz is not an all-rounder, nor can he devote too much energy to theater. But he can provide a new model to break the original pattern.

However, Franz still had to do it himself in the initial stage. For example, he created the play "Vienna Cafe" by borrowing from the later famous "Teahouse" script and adding some Indian musicals.

Of course, Franz only provided an idea, and the specific dialogue, narration, and character monologues were left to professionals.

As for choreography, Franz also provided some ideas, which are Korean dance and house dance in later generations. This kind of dance, especially for laymen, is undoubtedly an irreversible trend.

The reality is that bad money drives out good money, and the dancing skills that have been honed over many years are no match for a few twists of the waist to show off the charm.

It's just that these dances seemed a bit too open at the time, but they were different from the naked kick dancing and pole dancing in the cultural desert of the United States. They seemed less obscene, but more naked and lure.

In fact, Korean dance and house dance are simply a piece of cake for professional dancers, or they are overqualified.

Moreover, these four leading actresses of the four major theaters in Vienna are not ordinary people, and they quickly learned this dance.

A very deep script is performed in a relatively vulgar way, which seems to be a comedy but is another kind of tragedy.

Franz doesn't like this scenario of bad money driving out good money, so what he wants to break is not the market rules, but this vicious circle that has remained unchanged for thousands of years.

Franz didn't have time to watch them train. He would only open a door for others, and they would have to walk the rest of the way on their own.

Franz has done enough. If they still can't save themselves or surrender, they can only be blamed.

The atmosphere on the day of the premiere was more intense than any opera in Vienna's history, not even the previous king of operas, Wagner's "The Flying Dutchman".

The Dark Moon Troupe soon became a hot topic among Viennese high society, and the stars of the show were much more famous than their previous counterparts.

In fact, the social status of dancers and actors during this period was still very low, and they were more famous for their playwrights, which is exactly the opposite of modern times.

Flowers and applause flooded the entire venue, as did abuse and bad comments. After all, this model was a bit too deviant for nineteenth-century Vienna.

But it’s still the same as what Franz said before, when there is a quarrel, the side with the louder voice will usually have an advantage.

Negative comments are quickly silenced, and those who accuse this model are mostly women, but their voices are already weak in this era.

Coupled with the Stockholm Syndrome and the mentality of joining if you can't win, some women soon began to admire those glamorous dancers on the stage. There were even many aristocratic women who wanted to marry into a "good family". "To take the initiative to learn.

The Dark Moon Theater Company quickly became famous and became the most famous theater group in Vienna and even Austria.

In addition, Vienna at this time was a truly international metropolis - the heart of Europe. Soon this reputation spread throughout Europe and many people came here to visit it.

Of course, there were many people who wanted to join, so Franz threw out the so-called "trainee" plan.

The purpose of this is to select actors, and also to find some available people to do some darker activities, such as assassination, deception and the like.

At the same time, the popularity of "Mr. K" and the anger of Solomon Rothschild were rising.

I wrote in a bit of a rush today, and the plot may be a little off-kilter, so forgive me, forgive me. Of course I guess some people will like it.