Kobe Bryant's buzzer-beater! The Lakers defeated the Clippers! The Black Mamba used his actions to prove that Los Angeles is still the world of LAL! - Los Angeles Times.
The winning streak continues! The Mavericks and Jazz both lost! Maybe the Lakers really still have hope? - Laker Nation.
Sorrow after the victory! Steve Nash injury report! The right ankle ligament is torn and the right knee cruciate ligament is slightly damaged! The Lakers officially announced that they will arrange repair surgery as soon as possible! - Lakers Nation.
Still using a backup center to replace Howard at the last moment? Is this how Mike D'Antoni hires people? If so, he is really the worst head coach in the league! - ESPN expert Herschel Von.
A lucky victory! But how long can goddess luck favor them? Let's wait and see! ——ESPN expert Henry Abbott.
The head coaches of the Mavericks and Jazz have stated that they are the most favorable contenders in the playoffs and will not easily let the Lakers succeed in taking the lead! - ESPN reporter Winston Jones.
The affair history of Lakers No. 29, the story he and Stallone’s daughter have to tell! - T.M.Z official website.
LAL people want to enter the playoffs? I will tell them the answer in the next game! Madison Square Garden will be their final destination! New York Knicks main star Carmelo Anthony said this.——
New York Times.
There is still hope for the Lakers, boys, don’t be discouraged! Overcoming difficulties is the best way to enhance cohesion! - Lakers legendary star "Magic" Johnson said on his personal Twitter.
On April 8, the Lakers flew from Los Angeles to New York. Their next opponent was the second best team in the Eastern Conference, the New York Knicks.
The Knicks' record this season has been booming. Except for the Miami Heat, the league's first defending champion, they are worthy of everyone in the Eastern Conference. Of course, if this record is placed in the Western Conference, they can only rank sixth in the Western Conference. This shows that the Eastern and Western Conferences
There is a huge difference in combat power. But even so, the Lakers dare not take it lightly, because they are currently only 11th in the Western Conference and have no right to laugh at the New Yorkers who have already locked up a playoff spot.
Due to the tight schedule and a long flight today, the training session in the afternoon was very relaxed. Mike D'Antoni still knew that the Lakers are an older team, so adequate rest is more important than rigorous training.
In the evening, Tang Qian received a call from Taylor, asking if Tang Qian could accompany her to a private event and she needed a male companion.
Tang Qian really didn't understand why it was necessary to bring a male or female companion to these upper-class social activities, but since he had already arrived in New York, it was okay to do a little favor. Recently, he
He was busy with the Lakers' pursuit of the top eight, so he had rejected Taylor's "dining appointments" several times before. As his first friend in the United States, he felt that it was a bit unethical to do so. So after a little thought, he agreed.
Come down.
In the evening, Taylor asked Hannah to drive to pick up Tang Qian. After driving for more than 40 minutes, Tang Qian followed Hannah into a private club. This place seemed to be accessible only to the rich and noble, and there were bodyguards outside.
, mighty and majestic, must be a specially trained professional bodyguard, Tang Qian even suspected that he was someone who retired from the army.
"Hannah, who is holding the party tonight?" Tang Qian asked.
The little girl Hannah replied: "It's not a party, this is a private concert. The organizer is the Williams family. They are a family that has produced super composing geniuses like Ralph Vaughan Williams. They are famous all over the world."
Enjoying a high status." Williams family? Ralph Vaughan Williams??? What are these? I've never heard of any of them. Are there any? Tang Qian has never heard of them.
In fact, it is quite normal, because people who are not in the music industry are extremely unfamiliar with this family and name. But people in the music circle are familiar with this name. The outstanding composer of classical music, Ralph Vaughan William.
Si, there are few people in the European and American music circles who do not respect this person. Because classical music is generally considered by the European and American public as "noble music", "classic music", "serious music" and "immortal music", it has a high status.
, far beyond imagination. Even European and American superstars often listen to classical music to recharge their batteries and improve their musical literacy. This is evident from this.
Although the musical aura of Ralph Vaughan Williams is not that of Chopin, Liszt, and Mendelssohn, and even worse than that of Haydn, Schumann, and Wagner, he is still one of the closest classical music masters today. Therefore, his family is
His status in European and American circles is quite good. If he holds a private banquet, countless big names in European and American music will respond, put down the work at hand and come to hear the news.
"Oh, it seems that the Williams family is quite famous here." Tang Qian said casually.
"They are more than famous." Hannah said as she led the way: "They are very well-known in the music circle. Many exclusive classical compositions are in their hands and have not been leaked to the outside world." Classical music is very particular.
What is written is composition, which is somewhat similar to the ancient Chinese "Guangling San" meaning, which is completely different from the current recording studio demos. Therefore, the "drafts" that many masters created at will are also extremely precious "objects" now. At least for those in the circle
From a human perspective, it is like this.
"That's it." Tang Qian still didn't quite understand, but hearing Hannah's tone, he suddenly felt "unsure."
Opening the door, there were already many people inside, and judging by their appearance, they were all respectable people.
In Europe and the United States, as long as people with some status like to listen to classical music to "pretend to be cool", whether you understand it or not is not the key. The main thing is that this is a habit that has been passed down for hundreds of years. Everyone does it, and you don't do it.
It seems a bit too low-level. However, there are still many knowledgeable people in this group tonight, and there are several faces that Tang Qian knows.
"Don, you're finally here? Well, you're well dressed. It seems I have a good eye for choosing clothes." Taylor also wore an evening dress tonight, lavender, with her entire back exposed, looking both noble and sexy. Of course,
This kind of clothes can only be worn on this occasion. It is troublesome and inconvenient to wear it out normally. Tang Qian smiled bitterly and said: "It's such a waste that you bring me a suit every time you call me. I
The materials don’t look cheap.”
"It won't cost much anyway." Taylor said very domineeringly: "Behave at the dance later and don't embarrass me."
Dance? Dance party? Why is it a dance party again??? Why do you Westerners dance so easily???
Thinking of the embarrassing experience at Sophia's graduation dance last time, Tang Qian complained a lot.
Because his dancing skills are really bad!
In the past, I used to laugh at the male protagonists on TV who were clumsy and would step on the insteps of their female partners. After the last personal experience, Tang Qian really wanted to shout, "TV dramas don't deceive me." Don't think that dancing is a thing.
It's a very simple thing. If you have never practiced, it's okay to dance ugly. You are afraid of embarrassing your female partner. Europeans and Americans have had many opportunities to dance since they were young. There are various dances and parties.
Even those who don't know how to dance make perfect with practice. Unlike Tang Qian, this is never popular in China, so last time was his first time to really dance.
"Um, Taylor, can I, can I not dance? My dancing skills are terrible..." Before Tang Qian finished speaking, Taylor said casually: "How bad can it be? Just be a little bit better.
You follow me and I will set the pace and rhythm."
"But I simply..." Before Tang Qian could finish speaking, the lights in the hall dimmed, and then someone walked up to the stage and began to speak. From what the people around him said, he should be the great classical musician.
The grandson of Ralph Vaughan Williams. Then a grand classical music tune began to be performed. It has to be said that although it was the first time for Tang Qian to hear such "high-end" music, it was different from the pop music he had heard before.
Compared with classical music, both the effect and the way of playing are completely different.
If most pop music involves one person playing one piece, then classical music involves a group of people playing one piece. And the duration is much longer than that of pop music. But to be honest, it would take Tang Qian to listen to the music around him.
Like Taylor, he listens intoxicated and dazzled, but he really doesn’t have this realm and level. As a person who doesn’t listen to a lot of pop music, it’s really difficult for him to understand classical music.
Because truly appreciating classical music actually requires strong music analysis skills and musical literacy to support it. For example, if you have just become literate, even if you know a lot of words, it will never be better than watching Dream of Red Mansions, Les Misérables, etc.
It would be interesting to read stories. Classical music is like calculus in mathematics. Tang Qian is just at the level of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, so if he is asked to fully appreciate the classical music on stage, he is not yet able to do it.
This is not to belittle pop music, but just in terms of the rigor and complexity of performance, it is not on the same level as classical music. Anyway, Tang Qian sounded a little confused, and he didn't feel Taylor's at all.
mood.
After the song ended, Tang Qian finally breathed a sigh of relief. He suddenly felt that it was not easy to be a member of the upper class.
"Tang, what do you think of this piece? Is it particularly beautiful and shocking?" Taylor said with a still unfinished expression. Tang Qian paused and said, "Well, Taylor, I think it's okay, but it's a bit long, classical music."
Are all songs this long?"
"Long? That's short, okay!" Taylor raised his mouth angrily and said: "Oh, forget it, I know you athletes lack artistic cells! It seems that I will take you to listen more often in the future to improve your skills.
Art appreciation level and appreciation ability!”
"Ah, I don't think it's necessary. I'm not a musician. Why do I need such a high level of art appreciation and ability?"
"Don! Why are you so unwilling to make progress! People should keep improving! You only know about the progress in football skills, don't you know how to improve other aspects?" Taylor seemed a little angry when he heard this.
Looking at Tang Qian, he said. When Tang Qian saw the former's posture, he immediately "raised his hands in surrender" and said: "Okay, okay, I understand, then I'll listen to you. Anyway, I think it's good, it sounds better than I thought."
.”
"What? Tang, you are so mad at me!" Taylor reacted so violently because she wanted Tang Qian to get closer to her and develop a common interest and hobby. That was undoubtedly the biggest catalyst.
.Besides, she couldn't tolerate her "Knight of Death" knowing nothing about classical music! That's why she brought Tang Qian to listen carefully and let the latter feel the charm of classical music.
"Well, didn't I promise you already? Why are you still angry?" Tang Qian was a little confused because he didn't understand where Taylor was angry. At this moment, the lights on the scene turned on again.
After standing up, the emcee also stood up and said loudly: "Mr. Williams said that the dance has started and everyone can enter the dance floor."
As soon as Taylor heard this, he became energetic, stretched out his hand and said: "Don, pull me up."
"Is this tonight's social etiquette?" Tang Qian looked around and asked.
"No, it's just that the high heels I wore tonight are too high. It's hard to stand up when I sit down!" Taylor's face turned slightly red and she told the truth. There was no way, she was already very tall, but with her height
Tang Qian, who is over 7 feet, is still too petite. So in order to not be too "small", her high heels tonight are at least over 15cm. Even with a waterproof platform, the height is still a bit too high.
Getting up is indeed a bit difficult.
Tang Qian suddenly understood, and immediately mentioned Taylor, and then said: "Where are we going? Over there?"
Taylor looked at it and shook his head and said: "So remote? We are not criminals! Go over there!"
Tang Qian raised his head and glanced, and secretly cried in his heart: Isn't that the middle? This Taylor is really good, I already said that I don't know how to dance, wouldn't it be embarrassing to run over there, ugh!
Of course he is an Oriental and doesn't know the psychology of Taylor, a typical successful American woman. She is confident and flamboyant. She subconsciously demands that she be the center of attention wherever she goes. Of course, this is also a work-related disease of big stars, and it has been deeply ingrained over the years.
In front of so many people, Tang Qian couldn't refuse, so he could only bite the bullet and walked into the center of the dance floor with Taylor.
This was completely different from being focused on on the basketball court. The sense of strangeness and embarrassment made Tang Qian inexplicably nervous. But at this moment, a voice like Lan came to his ears and said: "
Why are you standing there stupidly? Tang, put your arm around me, how else would you be able to dance?" "Oh, okay." Tang Qian was unfamiliar with dancing to begin with, and in a hurry, he hugged me with his backhand, and... actually...
"something is wrong.
In an instant, Taylor Swift's pretty face turned red, but with so many people there, she couldn't warn loudly, so she could only lower her voice and said: "Don, Don, put your hands up, you, you..."
"What's wrong with me?" Tang Qian still had not recovered from the "dancing syndrome", so he asked blankly.
This stupid guy didn’t do it on purpose!!!
When Taylor saw that Tang Qian was confused, his face turned even redder, and he whispered with some embarrassment and anger: "You pinched my butt!"
"Butt?" Tang Qian was stunned when he heard the words, and suddenly woke up. His brain nerves sensed it, and it was true that the five fingers of his right hand were hugging not his waist, but... his butt. And because he was slightly nervous, Tang Qian subconsciously put some force in his hand, so his right hand
The fingers were bent all the way and sunk deeply into the charming right buttock beneath her body.
I'm going to... make a big deal now!
Tang Qian screamed in his heart that something was wrong.
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