Yunding Ranch

Chapter 146 The Opening of the Conference
Hearing Lu Li's call, not to mention Alice and Daniel, even Brandon and Song Lingyi came over one after another. At this time, many other cowboys beside the ticket office turned their heads and turned towards the source of the voice. Look over - and they see Brandon walking up.

"Brandon!" "Cowboy kid." "Scott's boy."... The voices came one after another, and there were many old acquaintances around, and Brandon and Song Lingyi's footsteps suddenly slowed down.

Lu Li obviously did not expect this situation. It seems that the cowboys who can show their skills at the cowboy convention are all celebrities in Texas, enjoying the same treatment as Hollywood stars, and they are surrounded by crowds in the blink of an eye. Song Lingyi, Lu Li rushed over with a few big strides, and stood beside Song Lingyi before the crowd closed. Lu Li was still worried about Song Lingyi, who was tall and strong like a hill.

Sure enough, seeing Lu Li approaching, Song Lingyi subconsciously leaned towards Lu Li, finding a sense of security, but Song Lingyi did not panic, raised her head to look at Lu Li, and asked with a puzzled face, "What's going on?" ?" Lu Li explained his guess, and Song Lingyi couldn't help but smile, "So, Brandon is still a big star?"

Brandon who was standing next to him couldn't help being a little embarrassed when he heard this, and quickly explained, "All of them are old friends." Then Brandon raised his head, looked at everyone, and took the initiative to introduce, "This It's Lingyi, who came to Dezhou as a special guest."

The surrounding crowd greeted Song Lingyi one after another, but left Lu Li aside in the cold.Song Lingyi was flattered, but she cheered herself up and nodded to everyone. After the crowd dispersed, Song Lingyi came back to her senses and sighed, "Don't they all say that Texans are very xenophobic?"

Brandon puffed up his chest a little, "That's all the prejudice against us. In fact, Texans are the most hospitable." Standing next to Lu Li, he smiled silently, causing Brandon to look at him. Come over, "What? You disagree?"

Lu Li raised his hands and made a gesture of surrender, "I dare not disagree, and I don't see what the occasion is here." This teasing made Song Lingyi laugh happily, and Brandon's zombie face became even colder. It seemed that even the temperature of the air had dropped a little.

Texans are indeed xenophobic. Most of the time, they refuse to greet Asian faces. Lu Li has a deep understanding of this. It was because Brandon was present at the introduction just now, and Texans are the ones who value men's loyalty the most, so they took the initiative to give face .What's more, the xenophobia of Texans is deep in their bones, and they may be more tolerant to tourists, but if they choose to take root here, the experience will be completely different.

If it wasn't for the recommendation from Lily and Ronald's wedding anniversary party, Lu Li might still be wandering outside the circle of the ranch.Life is like this, the event may be just a small thing at the time, but it will play an important turning point in the future; vice versa, at the moment, you will feel that the world is falling apart, as if the world has collapsed, but you will find out after the passage of time that it is those sufferings And setbacks made me who I am now.unique self.

Lu Li brought Song Lingyi and Brandon to the front of the billboard. Alice and Daniel were already standing there, and they both showed excited expressions, "Brandon, you look so different from usual."

Brandon said calmly, "Don't you think we won't use photo editing software in Texas?"

That serious gesture spoke such contrasting words that several people exchanged glances, and then burst out laughing.

"Tourists are also an important part of the cowboy convention now, and there are more and more promotional activities, this is just one part of it." Brandon explained simply.

Lu Li had heard from Cole before.The previous cowboy conventions were very repulsive to tourists, but the economic situation is deteriorating, and now they have to compromise. It can be felt that the convention has made many improvements and innovations, and the tolerance and welcome of tourists is obviously different.To make up my mind, Brandon stood in the studio with a face full of embarrassment and stiffness, accepted the photo, and then posed various actions. The picture made people laugh.

"Mom, who did you buy?" Lu Li and his group walked back to their seats.

Song Lingyi took out three tickets from her pocket, "Brandon recommended me to buy one, he thinks this young man has great potential; then I bought one, I like this guy named Lu Li, he looks very good Handsome..." Before Song Lingyi finished speaking, Lu Li burst out laughing, and then heard Alice nodding, "I bought it too, I bought it too! He's really handsome, isn't he? "

Song Lingyi said in surprise, "Do you think so? Me too! Haha, I just took a photo with Lu Li's billboard!" As soon as Song Lingyi finished speaking, Alice walked over immediately, shouting, "Ah? Show me, show me! If I had known earlier, I would have taken pictures with him too!"

Lu Li exchanged glances with Brandon, Daniel, and Cole, and a look of helplessness flashed in their eyes. Sure enough, women and men see things from completely different angles.

The group returned to their seats. Fred and Randy walked over with a large pile of popcorn and roasted corn in their hands, shouting, "Help, help! .”

Lu Li took the popcorn from Fred, and he quickly shouted, "No, go to the back, Marianne and the others still have beer in their hands, the three girls can't hold it, hurry up and help!"

Lu Huaijin stood up immediately, followed behind Lu Li, and went to greet the girls behind. Everyone brought beer, and then distributed snacks. They discussed the betting situation just now, and everyone circulated the brochure.The women were discussing the kanban of handsome cowboys, while the men were discussing the ability and qualifications of the first contestant, and the scene suddenly became lively.

"Bang! Bang!"

The salute sounded at the scene, and all the people who were chatting stopped and looked in the same direction at the same time. At the entrance on the right, two cowgirls walked slowly into the arena carrying flags. The two of them The pace of the horses was deliberately slowed down. The well-dressed horses raised their hooves high, and then slowly lowered them down in an orderly manner, just like a gorgeous performance, successfully combining strength and beauty. The national flag and a Texas state flag fluttered in the wind, simple yet grand.

The audience stood up. Lu Huaijin and Song Lingyi looked at Lu Li, and then stood up too. Song Lingyi leaned into Lu Li's ear, "What shall we do when the American national anthem is sung?"

"We are in charge of laughing." Song Lingyi was stunned by Lu Li's answer. He obviously didn't understand what it meant, but Lu Li didn't continue to explain. He just patted Song Lingyi on the shoulder and signaled her to look forward.

Song Lingyi raised her head to look at Lu Huaijin, but found that he was also in a daze, and the two of them could only follow everyone's applause while looking into the venue.

After two cowgirls carried flags across the venue, four female singers walked into the venue through the entrance at the other end, each of them wearing simple plaid shirts and jeans, without too exaggerated costumes, However, the way of appearance was very special—they walked out from the fence where the cows were herding. Their thin bodies looked very petite under the tall fence, and they were even more exquisite in the spacious field.

"They are..." Lu Li looked at the big screen, his face was still a little strange, and he didn't seem to have any impression, so he leaned into Cole's ear and asked.

"They are all former contestants of 'The Voice of America', and they have all been on TV, although they didn't enter the live broadcast week." Cole's simple explanation made Lu Li suddenly understand, and nodded to express his understanding.

While speaking, the four female singers began to sing the American national anthem together.Instead of choosing an accompaniment, they sang completely a cappella, "Ah! At the dawn of the morning, you can see, what makes us so proud?"

The starting tone of the whole song was really too low, as if it had penetrated the soil and penetrated into the ground. The deep voice didn't look like a female voice at all, but rather like thunder.

Song Lingyi frowned slightly, raised her head and saw the smile on Lu Li's mouth, "Why does this song sound weird?" Song Lingyi always felt that something was wrong, but she was not familiar with the American national anthem, so she couldn't say a word So come here.

Lu Li finally couldn't hold back, and smiled lightly, "They are singing out of tune." After saying this, Song Lingyi and Lu Huaijin looked over in disbelief. They couldn't believe that someone would take their own country's The national anthem was sung out of tune - not by a tune-deaf amateur, but by a professional performing in a formal setting, which is... this is incredible.

Lu Li has already gotten used to it, "The American national anthem is really difficult to sing. Firstly, there are too many lyrics, and secondly, the ups and downs of the melody are very strange. Even real professional singers often make mistakes when singing. There's also a national anthem error special."

Lu Li didn't believe it before, thinking it must be a joke, but later found out that it was true.

A few years ago, Beyoncé attended the Super Bowl performance of the "Spring Festival Gala" in the United States. She chose to lip sync when singing the national anthem. She was criticized by the media and fans, but Beyoncé clearly knew that she would definitely suffer such treatment if she did so. I still chose lip-syncing, because in many of the top sporting events live broadcast across the country, professional singers made embarrassments while singing the national anthem, either forgetting the lyrics or completely out of tune, and even broke the sound.

Before Lu Li could continue to explain, the scene suddenly fell into an eerie silence, and everyone looked over in unison—the four female singers forgot their lyrics at the same time, and the scene seemed a little awkward.

(End of this chapter)