Chapter 1210: Art Is for the Rich

"How much do you think this meal will cost?" After leaving the club, Guo Yan reluctantly turned her head back a lot. Today, she has gained a lot of knowledge and truly experienced the corruption of capitalism.

"I don't know that, but I think our monthly income is probably not enough." In fact, Shen Long can guess based on his own experience that the difference is close, so he said less, for fear of scaring Guo Yan. .

"Eating our salary for several years for one meal? Isn't this too extravagant?" Even this, Guo Yan was shocked. How dare she think about a meal when she was in the capital in the past? can spend so much money.

"It's not just about a meal, you haven't counted these two tickets yet." Shen Long shook off the concert tickets that Yo-Yo Ma gave them, "It probably takes a month for us to go to a concert. income."

"Isn't this ticket priced at 408 US dollars? Two tickets are only more than 800 dollars? How about a month's income?" Guo Yan looked at the price on the tickets and asked. The two of them now cost 3,000 dollars a month. Income of around US dollars.

"Are you just going to the concert like this? That's the case." Shen Long shook his clothes, pointed to Guo Yan's clothes and said, "You think we are in China, and you can wear whatever you want. Going to a concert? In the United States, you have to wear formal clothes to watch a concert, and we both wear two suits, plus tickets, isn’t it a month’s income.”

It's not like you haven't seen it in the past two months, but when there are performances at Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall, the men and women who come in and out are all wearing formal dresses, and the men wear tuxedos, bow ties, Wear a top hat and a long dress for women. These clothes are not cheap at first glance.

"I thought we were picking up a bargain, but if we didn't pay attention, we had to put money in it... Qiming, is it okay for you to say that we don't go?" Thinking of this, Guo Yan's heart began to beat, how much does it cost? ah.

"It's definitely inappropriate not to go. This is the ticket that Xiao Ma gave us. If he doesn't see us on stage, he will probably be unhappy." Yo-Yo Ma is 27 years old this year and is a few years younger than Wang Qiming, so Just call it a pony.

"Then what should we do?" Guo Yan was worried. Yes, they were still counting on Yo-Yo Ma to introduce them into the New York mainstream music circle, so it's not good to make people unhappy.

"The money still needs to be spent. I think tomorrow I will take you to a tailor shop in Chinatown to make you a cheongsam. The cheongsam can also be regarded as a dress, and it fits our identities. We are all in the United States. You should be pregnant too." Clothes to wear; as for me, go to a second-hand store to buy a cheap set." Shen Long said.

"There are second-hand cheongsams, right?" Guo Yan couldn't bear to wear new clothes by herself. Since she wanted to buy second-hand ones, then let's go together. Anyway, it's not impossible to wear them. In China, who didn't grow up wearing older siblings' old clothes? ?

"Men and women are different,

It’s okay for me to wear second-hand clothes. If you wear old clothes, others will look down on us..." Shen Long told Guo Yan a lot of details, "So let's make you a new one. , I have to go early tomorrow morning, the concert is only a few days away, I'm afraid I won't be able to make it if I go late. "

"Qingming..." My husband wears second-hand clothes and saves money to make new ones for himself. This moved Guo Yan to tears, and she threw herself into Shen Long's arms and began to cry.

Back home, Guo Yan was still immersed in today's meeting. This meeting not only increased her knowledge, but more importantly, she got to know Yo-Yo Ma and saw the hope of entering the mainstream music circle in New York.

"Hey, Qiming, have you seen Xiao Ma's violin? The tone is so good, it's much better than the best cello in our group. It would be great if you could have such a violin sometime. .” Guo Yan talked about Yo-Yo Ma’s piano.

"Then there is no hope. I heard that his violin costs millions of dollars." Yo-Yo Ma is holding a Montagnana cello, which will be worth 30 million dollars in the future. If it is put up for auction, it is estimated that it can sell for several million.

"What? A few million dollars to buy a cello?" Guo Yan felt that she was out of her mind. Doesn't this mean that a single cello can equal the salaries of their entire group for hundreds of years?

"Well, I heard from Boris and the others that Xiaoma's violin is an antique from the 18th century. If it is placed in our country, it must be at least from the Qianlong period. The person who used it before is also a master. Can it be cheaper!" Shen Long popularized knowledge to Guo Yan.

"Hey, if I can have such a piano, I can't keep it at home, so I dare to take it out and play it." Guo Yan glanced at Shen Long, "Hey, you are so bold, you dared to play it just now." Go ahead and pull it, if it breaks, we won’t be able to pay for it if we sell it.”

Just now Shen Long showed him fingering with Yo-Yo Ma's violin. At that time, Guo Yan didn't think there was anything wrong with it. Now when he heard the price of the violin, he was terrified. Let alone break it, it just rubbed off a small piece of paint. I can't afford to pay for that.

"Hey, in the United States, studying art has always been a luxury. There is a saying that it takes three generations to produce an artist, which means that the first generation who studies engineering has a certain foundation, and his children can be rich. Go to a business school to study finance and economics, and when the third generation, the family no longer has to worry about money, they are qualified to study music and fine arts... Be an artist, because learning art is too expensive.” And It may not necessarily bring economic benefits. There are so many people who study art every year, but only a few become famous in the end.

"Before going abroad, I thought that everything in the United States was good, but I didn't realize until later that the United States is not a paradise; just the two of us, in the United States, I am afraid that we are not qualified to study art." Guo Yan sighed.

When they got up the next morning, the two of them hurried to Chinatown, found a tailor shop, and made a set of cheongsam for Guo Yan, then returned to Greenwich Village, found a second-hand shop, and Shen Long picked out a cheongsam for himself. Set of tuxedos.

Two days later, the tailor shop was in a hurry, and finally finished the cheongsam before the opening of the concert. Shen Long changed into the dress, Guo Yan changed into the cheongsam, the two of them tidied up carefully, and then took a taxi , headed for the Lincoln Center for the Arts.

The ticket Yo-Yo Ma gave was good, and the seat was quite near the front. Guo Yan sat on the chair and felt it. Well, it was indeed much more comfortable than watching the concert in China.

As the performance started, Yo-Yo Ma appeared on the stage and immediately attracted the attention of the audience. Guo Yan couldn't help but glance at Shen Long. When can we be like him? Shen Long is smiling, there will always be a day of.