The huge theater was packed with people.
The many big shots from Peacock City who were present today looked at each other with curiosity, questioning, scrutinizing, or surprise.
Under the gaze of hundreds of eyes, Chen Lun walked onto the stage with ease.
The host bowed to the audience and then handed the stage to the "hope" of the theater, Mr. Jack.
The stage floor, made of high-grade logs, is very textured and polished to a high shine, which also raises the grade of the theater.
Chen Lun's leather shoes made a tapping sound as they stepped on the floor. The sound was picked up by a special microphone and then transmitted from the speakers placed around the theater.
In the quiet theater, no other noise could be heard except his footsteps.
Bang!
A retro spotlight was operated by the staff on the iron frame of the ceiling, projecting a beam of light onto Chen Lun.
He did not say any opening remarks, nor did he warm up the audience. He just smiled at the audience's burning gazes, spread his hands, and gently stroked his chest.
Sitting right in front of the stage were Viscount Harrington and his family.
Viscount Harrington looked at the young actor on the stage expressionlessly, not knowing what he was thinking. However, his wife and daughter beside him had astonished looks in their eyes.
That extremely handsome face shone brightly under the spotlight, dazzling people.
Chen Lun then took off his hat, turned it with a hat flower commonly used by magicians, held it in his palm, and then pointed the silver cane at the hat and gestured to the audience.
"I bet this guy's gonna pull a dove out of his hat."
Hoyle's brother Gadson chuckled and spoke to the noble lady beside him in a pretentious tone.
Sitting next to him was Miss Tracy, the daughter of Viscount Harrington.
Tracy had two braids on her head today and a beautiful lace top. She glanced at her father beside her, but he didn't seem to be paying attention to the performance.
Then Tracy turned around and winked at Gadson, smiling:
"I don't think so."
"Hey, let's wait and see."
Gadson gave Tracy a smile that he thought was handsome.
Flutter...
A white dove flew out of Chen Lun's black hat, flapping its wings and dancing on the stage.
The audience immediately booed and jeered.
They are tired of this old trick.
"Look, I was right, wasn't I? This guy doesn't have any special skills except for his good looks... I don't know where Hoyle found this third-rate magician. He really ruined the reputation of the theater."
Gadson smiled disdainfully.
Miss Tracy on the side showed a disappointed expression.
She had originally liked the magician on stage because of his appearance and was expecting to see a different performance, but what she saw was just the same old tricks.
But the magician seemed unconcerned about the audience's reaction. He still had a smile on his face and held up the black hat, facing the audience.
He twirled his silver cane, then tapped his black hat like a wizard casting a spell.
whoosh!
A black cat followed the white dove and suddenly jumped out of the hat.
The audience's boos suddenly dropped sharply, as if they were shocked by this scene.
The silver cane tapped again, and another hound jumped out of the hat.
Then came wild boars, antelopes, leopards and even tigers...it was as if there was a zoo hidden in that small black hat!
"Oh my sun! This is incredible!"
There were exclamations from the audience.
Gadson's eyes widened, and he and his brother Lance beside him seemed to have seen something unbelievable.
Viscount Harrington was awakened from his thoughts because he heard the cheers from the audience and the exclamations of his wife and daughter beside him.
"Dad! Look! The magician actually made so many animals come out of his hat. How did he do that?!"
Tracy's cheeks flushed and she looked a little excited.
Viscount Harrington watched the performance on the stage, was surprised at first, then seemed to think of something and frowned.
The stage has been occupied by various animals. They stand obediently in place, standing in a row, like sentinels waiting for inspection.
Chen Lun stood in front of the animals, and finally put the black hat gently back on his head, smiling and bowing to the audience.
The red curtain above slowly fell, gradually covering the stage, and the audience applauded.
Crackling...!
There was thunderous applause.
They knew this was just the appetizer.
The City Garden Theater has been promoted for such a long time, it is impossible for it to be just a show that starts off well but ends badly.
After the shocking performance just now, the audience felt that this strange magician was very interesting and had higher expectations for the next performance.
The smile on Miss Tracy's face never faded, her eyes sparkled as she stared at the red curtain on the stage, as if she didn't want to miss any scene.
Gadson and Lance looked at each other and both showed ugly expressions.
The more exciting the performance in the theater and the more shocked the audience were, the angrier they became... because they came here today just to see the desperate expression on their brother Hoyle's face after the performance went wrong.
Instead this show was a damn success!
"I hope that guy Kewei doesn't let me down, otherwise he will be in trouble!"
Lance whispered.
Gadson nodded, took a deep breath, and returned his gaze to the stage.
As the red curtain opened again, the audience couldn't help but exclaim.
"Oh my sun! What is that?!"
"It's a chainsaw! What a big chainsaw!"
"Wow...what on earth is that magician trying to do?!"
A huge metal table appeared on the stage, about four or five meters long and wide, with a circular saw in the middle, the sharp saw blade covered with sharp teeth. This seemed to be a tool specially used to cut down giant trees, but now it was placed on the stage.
Even before the show started, the audience took a deep breath.
Chen Lun looked at the audience's reactions and chuckled in his heart. It seemed that the "magic prop" he had asked Connie to make was quite effective.
He walked straight to the table and pressed a button.
Da la da la…
The engine was started and the chainsaw began to spin rapidly with a squeak.
Chen Lun picked up a large piece of pork from his feet and threw it onto the electric saw. With a "whoosh" sound, the huge piece of pork was sawed in half, and some meat mixed with fat fragments flew everywhere.
The audience was frightened by the bloody scene and exclaimed in surprise.
They also determined that this was not a fake, but a real chainsaw.
Chen Lun took the microphone, put it to his lips, raised a few bundles of ropes in his other hand, and said:
"Next, I will perform the 'chainsaw escape'. First, invite three audience members to come on stage and tie me up with these boarding ropes. Then I will be suspended in the air and gradually descend. I only have sixty seconds. If I cannot remove the ropes and escape within this limited time, then this chainsaw will... make a hissing sound and be sawed in half, just like that piece of pork."
The audience couldn't help but wipe their sweat while listening to his commentary.
But more people showed excitement on their faces. They raised their hands high and shouted loudly, hoping to be chosen by the magician.
In the end, Chen Lun "randomly" selected three audience members to go on stage.
A middle-aged nobleman, the head of "Golden Rum", and Mr. Gadson.
Gadson stroked the rope in his hand, feeling its toughness, and said to himself, "You asked for it."
He smiled on the surface, but he was determined to tie a knot and kill the arrogant magician.
The person in charge of "Golden Rum" also had bad intentions. He hoped that an accident would happen so that the rival theater would close down.
The nobles were just having fun and didn't care about the life or death of the magician.
The three men tied ropes around Chen Lun's hands, feet, chest and abdomen, tied them tightly and tied a knot. They also believed that it would be impossible to untie them by themselves in a short time.
As the three men stepped down from the stage, the rope around Chen Lun was caught by a large iron hook and slowly pulled into the air.
Squeak...!
The circular saw's blade was spinning rapidly, and the black-clad magician was slowly descending.
The audience held their breath and stared at the performance on the stage.
Lance asked his brother Gadson again in his ear, but Gadson just smiled sinisterly and whispered:
"He's dead!"
As the rope slowly descended, the young magician was already halfway down the distance. His expression seemed to become somewhat solemn , and his body swayed slightly, and it seemed that he still had not been able to untie the rope.
Everyone opened their eyes wide, unwilling to miss any moment.
It seemed that in the next second, the magician would fall on the chainsaw because he couldn't untie the rope and be torn in half alive.
At this moment, the rope hanging the magician was pulled straight, and the sharp-eyed audience in the front row suddenly discovered a horrible fact.
That means the rope is broken!
At the top crane, the rope was half broken and could break at any time!
"The rope is going to break!"
One of the nobles shouted.
The rest of the audience exclaimed when they heard this.
Everyone thought of a word -
Stage accident!
"Oh my God!"
Miss Tracy covered her mouth and looked at the torn rope and the shaky magician in disbelief. Gadson beside her smiled excitedly. He and his brother Lance looked at each other and thought of the same thing tacitly.
That guy Covey did a great job!
He must have tampered with this rope!
Just heard a snap!
Clear sounds came from the speakers around the theater.
The young magician had not yet untied the restraints on his body when the rope that was hanging him broke, causing him to fall suddenly from mid-air.
Hoyle's pupils shrank behind the scenes.
“Fuck!!”
BANG!!
There was a loud bang.
The black-clad magician crashed straight into the chainsaw!
His body suddenly split into two!
"Oh my god!"
“It’s horrible!”
Many ladies couldn't bear to watch any longer, so they turned their heads away and prayed silently.
The audience even stood up and started to cheer.
Covey, the dwarf group, the Selina sisters, the Gadson and Lance brothers and others all showed proud smiles.
“Hurry up and save them!!”
Hoyle suddenly rushed onto the stage from behind the scenes, looking pale and shouting loudly.
But the next second.
The magician who was split into two halves actually climbed up on the metal table, then gathered himself together and returned to his original state.
He stepped on the button to stop the chainsaw, then jumped down and saluted to all the audience.
There was dead silence in the audience.
Immediately.
Wow!!
The whole audience was boiling.
"How is this possible?!"
Gadson screamed.
Kewei, the dwarf group and the Selina sisters were stunned and looked at the scene in disbelief.
"He...he was clearly sawed in half! I saw it clearly!"
"This is impossible! How is this possible?!"
Covey's growling voice became distorted, expressing his incredible emotions.
He had personally checked the props that he had destroyed with great effort. This was a stage accident that would have definitely resulted in death. How could that person be unscathed? !
Miss Tracy ignored her father's stern look and stood up, cheering.
"It's incredible! It's wonderful !"
Many audience members like her were also shouting wildly.
It was the first time they had seen such a wonderful performance, and they even mistakenly believed that the "stage accident" was intentional to add to the drama.
However, Chen Lun turned around, glanced at the darkness behind the scenes, and sneered to himself.
Then he looked at Hoyle who was stunned in front of him and said with a smile:
"Mr. Hoyle, thank you for your cooperation. It seems that you also have a talent for acting."
"ah……"
Hoyle came to his senses and quickly understood the other party's intention. He laughed dryly twice, waved to the audience, and said into the microphone:
"As the owner of a theater, I also long to be on stage. Thank you Mr. Jack for giving me this opportunity."
There was laughter from the audience.
After seeing off the frightened Hoyle, Chen Lun walked directly to the edge of the stage, overlooking the crowded audience, and spoke in a deep and magnetic voice:
"The appetizers are over, and now comes the real highlight of the day..."
The audience was shocked.
This is just an appetizer?!
Are you kidding me?!
What show will be more exciting than the chainsaw escape?!
The audience stared at the magician on the stage with eager eyes. The anticipation in their hearts was like a erupting volcano. Their curiosity, as hot as lava, had already reached the sky.
"Please invite our City Garden Theater magicians Kewei, the elves and the Selena sisters to come on stage and serve as guests for the next magic show."
Chen Lun said calmly.
“?!”
Kewei and his group were stunned backstage.
"What is that guy talking about? Why should we be..."
Before he finished speaking, his eyes widened because he found that the three dwarfs and the sisters in front of him actually walked towards the stage obediently.
Their expressions were dull, like puppets being manipulated by someone.
A chill rose in Kewei's heart.
An inexplicable fear arose and rushed straight to the top of my head.
What kind of witchcraft is this?!
However, he soon lost consciousness and his body followed the others onto the stage.
"In addition to the guests from the theater, of course, the participation of the audience is indispensable..."
Chen Lun smiled and gently pointed at an audience member in the audience.
"I?"
Tracy pointed at herself, a look of surprise on her pretty face.