Chapter 40 third quarter

No matter how arrogant Med III was, he still couldn't believe the scene in front of him. How could it be impossible for Zhang Xian to reach the sky in his own hands, but it was easy for Zhang Xian. Many magicians in the audience saw that Zhang Xian broke apart the colored balls as lightly as if there was nothing. They had already seen that this was Zhang Xian's magic show, and their laughter stopped suddenly. Zhang Xian broke the colored ball apart, and did not immediately take out the note from inside. Instead, he held the colored ball in both hands and held it in the air, and his whole body suddenly froze.

Everyone looked at Zhang Xian's hands, wondering what he was going to do. With a slight movement of Zhang Xian's hands, he slowly moved away from the colored ball, and saw the colored ball divided into two halves suspended in the air, floating up and down gently. There was no sound, no one spoke in the hall, and they didn't even dare to breathe, watching the bizarre scene in front of them. Zhang Xian lowered his hands slowly and looked up at the colored balls floating in the air. The colored balls were spinning bit by bit, as if they were floating in an invisible piece of water in the air.

The strip of paper in the colored ball floated out of the colored ball, floating between the two hemispheres.Zhang Xian slowly raised his hand, took off the note in the air, and held it in his hand, then stretched out his other hand, grabbed it in the air, and put away the colored balls that were divided into two halves. Zhang Xian unfolded the note in his hand, neither thanking nor speaking, as if nothing happened just now. And the hundreds of people in the audience were even more puzzled. Should they applaud or applaud now? Who is this Chinese named Zhang Xian, and how did he do it just now?

In the silence, there was a strange cry, and the black priest who ate the toad screamed excitedly, rushed from the crowd to the rostrum, yelled in an incomprehensible language, and bared his teeth and claws at Zhang Xian. Crackling applause came from a corner of the hall, accompanied by authentic Beijing-style applause, and everyone turned their heads to see that it was Zhao Chengxu, Li Yi, and Cao Qian who were applauding Zhang Xian. The magician Bailey, who had been standing in the distance, had already squeezed forward and applauded with Li Yi's applause. Since Bailey applauded, the applause gradually became louder.

The black priest was even more excited, turned around and shouted at the crowd with his hands raised high. Zhang Xian had already unfolded the note and showed everyone the front and back, but there was nothing on the note. Everyone in the audience was stunned again, and the applause stopped. What's going on? Zhang Xian handed the blank paper to Maide III, Maide III was already stupid, he took it dully, looked at the front and back, it was really empty, he couldn't help but look back at Sir Hunter. Sir Hunter stood up a long time ago. He didn't understand how Zhang Xian let the colored balls that were divided into two halves float in the air just now. Now he saw a piece of white paper again, which was beyond his expectation.Sir Hunter has always been meticulous in his work, why would he put a blank piece of paper inside the colored ball?

Sir Hunter walked to Meide, took the note from Meade III, and saw that there was no writing.If this kind of mistake really happened, Sir Hunter would be suspected of having a problem with his fairness. Sir Hunter knew that at this time, he could not stand still on the field, and it was the best policy to solve it quickly. He had to say to Zhang Xian very sorry: "Zhang Xian Sir, this may be a mistake on our part, please draw another colored ball." Zhang Xian waved his hands, looked at Maid III, smiled slightly, and said, "Mr. Maid, I think the note should be on your body."

Maide III was shocked, slapped his body, put his hand into his trouser pocket, and found a piece of paper. When he opened it, there was a number clearly written on it, which was C17.Meide III looked at Sir Hunter, and then at Zhang Xian. Even if he had two heads, he couldn't figure out what was going on. Sir Hunter took the note from Meide III's hand, glanced at it, and felt that his face was slightly hot. Sir Hunter showed the note to the audience and said, "Mr. Zhang drew number C17! Mr. Zhang just performed a wonderful magic trick!" No one in the audience spoke, and the silence was a little scary.

Sir Hunter turned to Zhang Xian, nodded politely, and said, "Mr. Zhang, just now Maide III used the word pigtail, which is very inappropriate. On behalf of the World Magic Conference, I apologize to you. I hope you can forgive us My fault! Chinese magic is very great and amazing, and Mr. Zhang is also very great and amazing. I wish you good results. I am very sorry, please forgive me." Zhang Xian replied in English with a smile: "Sir Hunter, thank you." Applause rang out, this time it was sincere applause. Everyone admired Zhang Xian's magic and wisdom from the bottom of their hearts. They never dared to look down on this Chinese who came from afar, the magician named Zhang Xian.

Zhang Xian won the respect he deserved with his magic, the hall was calm again, and the lottery went on smoothly until the end. Zhao Chengxu did not expect Zhang Xian to be able to communicate with people in English. After Zhang Xian came back, Zhao Chengxu asked several times. Zhang Xian just smiled and said that he had a good language talent. After working with foreigners for a while, he could communicate in English simply.Zhao Chengxu knew that Zhang Xian's English ability was not limited to simple English communication, why did Zhang Xian never mention that he knew English when he set off?Zhao Chengxu is a real person, and he felt that any miracle could happen to Zhang Xian, since Zhang Xian didn't want to say more, he didn't ask any more.

A total of more than 140 magicians were divided into seven groups: A, B, C, D, E, F, and G. Each group had about twenty magicians.Zhang Xian is in Group C, and is in the same group as British magician Bailey. Zhao Chengxu and Zhang Xian have learned from the discussions of the contestants that Group C has become a veritable group of death. According to the rules of the conference, each group will directly advance to the top two, and then sixteen people will be selected from the fourteen third and fourth places according to their scores to form twenty finalists, so in the preliminaries Only by winning the first and second place can we have full confidence to enter the finals.

Competition will undoubtedly be fierce. According to the schedule of the conference, after the group draw, the preliminaries will officially start on the fourth day. The players in group A will perform first, followed by groups B, C, D, E, F, and G. The preliminaries will last for seven days, and each group will be judged on the same day After the top two teams in the competition, there will be a two-day break before the announcement of the finalists, followed by the crucial final. All the preliminaries and finals were held in the attached theater of the Wallace Hotel, but the contestants were not allowed to observe the competition, and the audience was composed of celebrities from various countries in the western world. For them, this is a grand festival, and they are all happy Come, but if you don't get Sir Hunter's invitation, you must not come to watch.Even the magicians participating in the preliminaries are not allowed to watch in the auditorium, but can only wait in the background for their appearance, so no other contestants except the performers and the audience know what kind of magic each person is performing. The reason why the secrecy system of the World Magic Conference is so strict is Sir Hunter’s means to protect magicians, because the mystery of magic is the key to the survival of this industry. Every magic performance in the World Magic Conference is the brainchild of magicians. Their magic tricks are never even performed in public to earn income, and they exist like myths. If some magicians deliberately imitate other people's magic tricks, it will undoubtedly be detrimental to the entire magic industry. As the president of the British Association of Magicians, Sir Hunter's practices are worth learning from in the Chinese magic circle. The public preparation time was only three days. After the preliminaries of Group A began, the Wallace Theater would not allow any contestants to enter casually. They could only transport the corresponding props to the Wallace Theater on the day of the performance and wait for themselves to play. Every day is divided into seven time periods, and the magicians of each group are allowed to visit the Wallace Theater. Therefore, Zhang Xian, like other magicians, arrives on time every day, and carefully does a lot of survey work, not sloppy at all. The third day is the day when each magician registers with the conference for the required theater cooperation, that is, what the Wallace Theater should prepare for the magicians, such as lighting and curtains.But most of the rich and powerful Western magicians absolutely do not expect Wallace Theater to do anything for the effect of their own magic. They have hired a large number of assistants and built various huge props just in case. , so there are not many things that can really use the Wallace Theater to appear. So on the third day, what was really busy was the backstage warehouse of the theater. Countless huge equipment, tightly packed, were shipped in from outside. There were a total of thousands of people. The laborers worked non-stop all day long. It can be seen that there are some magicians participating in the competition. How much preparation was made, how much energy and money was spent. Compared with the mobilization of magicians from all over the world, Zhang Xian and the others seemed a little relaxed.Apart from bringing two big suitcases, Zhang Xian didn't prepare any other "big guys".Zhang Xian's performance during the lottery draw has attracted the attention of many people, so Zhang Xian's every move has been closely watched.Many magicians wondered, did Zhang Xian want to perform the ball floating on the stage of the huge Wallace Theater?This is not necessarily a good idea. Stage magic is the world of large-scale magic. Small tricks are not easy to attract people's attention, and even many audiences can't understand what happened. Even if you have magical finger skills, you can't do it perfectly. show it. Even Cao Qian and Zhao Chengxu didn't know what Zhang Xian was going to perform. Li Yi was Zhang Xian's assistant, but he knew it, but his mouth was stricter than Zhang Xian's.Zhang Xian asked Li Yi to be his assistant, not only because Li Yi was smart and clever, but more importantly, Li Yi was able to avoid temptation and keep absolute secrecy. Zhang Xian and the others came to the registration office of the Wallace Theatre, and Zhang Xian personally told the registrar in English about the help he needed. The registrar was a foreigner with a big nose. He didn't know Zhang Xian's strength. Seeing that Zhang Xian and the others were Chinese, they didn't have a good face at all, so they recorded carelessly impatiently. Zhang Xian’s requirements are actually very simple. The first is that the lights need to be completely dark before the performance, and gradually light up after the performance. The second is that a pure black curtain is needed as a lining. The third is to hang a special rope from the height of the stage. down. The registrar didn't complete the record at all, so he said eccentrically: "Oh! Chinese, do you still need these in Chinese magic?"