Basketball glory

After seeing off the motorcycle boy, we arrived at the supermarket Carlos mentioned in less than 5 minutes' walk.

Indeed, as Carlos said, a large stage was set up at the entrance of the supermarket, and the big Wal-Mart neon sign was very attractive.

It is not without reason that Wal-Mart ranked first among the Fortune 500 companies last year. In the largest slum in Brazil, apart from supermarkets run by locals, this is the only supermarket chain in the world that has the guts to contract such a large piece of land for construction.

It's the supermarket.

The vicinity of this supermarket has become the most prosperous place in the entire slum, with bright lights like a big city with a famous nightlife. If you ignore the gunmen who can be seen everywhere, I am afraid this will be the real City of God.

An Ran glanced around and found no sign of Ellie, but he was not too anxious because An Ran had already seen several Jinbei business cars parked on the outside of the parking lot. Looking at the car stickers and decorations, it was clear that they were Olympic Games.

Village cars, this proves that there is no problem with today’s so-called performances.

Carlos glanced at An Ran and did not leave immediately. Instead, he said curiously: "You are not here just to watch celebrities perform, right? There are really not many outsiders who dare to come to Rocinha at night."

An Ran spoke perfunctorily, without explaining too much. He just looked for Ellie seriously. He couldn't let go when he couldn't see her. But seeing An Ran's expression, Carlos curled his lips relentlessly and muttered "Damn it."

The groupies then also raised their heads and looked towards the direction of the stage.

Although the show has not started, no less than a hundred people have gathered. Looking at the flow of people at the intersection not far away, I am afraid that this number will continue to increase in a short time. The stage seems to have been set up in the afternoon, but there is not a single performer in sight.

, making An Ran feel like something is always going to happen.

A tall and thin man stood up on the stage with a wireless microphone, tried the sound, and then shouted loudly.

An Ran glanced at Carlos beside him and asked seriously, "Can you be my translator?" Then she saw his little hand stretched out and three fingers waved in front of An Ran.

It wasn't until An Ran skillfully drew out 30 reais that he quickly put it away like a money man and agreed to be the translator.

An Ran looked at the people on the stage

The host's tall and thin appearance was very familiar, and his blond curly hair was unusually tied up, but I couldn't remember who he was for the moment.

Carlos said dutifully: "Welcome to the performance, dear friends, how are you?" Regardless of whether An Ran heard it or not, he explained: "These people are rich people, because we have the front office here."

There have been demonstrations in recent days to oppose the hosting of the Olympics, which has caused a lot of friction with them, and additional police have been deployed here to prevent us from causing trouble."

Carlos sneered: "Do these people really think that sending hundreds of policemen will make us swallow our anger? They are so naive. The government sent these actors here today, probably to ease the conflict with us.

, I hope we support the Olympics. Haha, if this money is used in our lives, we support the Olympics with our hands and feet, and now we can’t even afford food, why will no one care about it at that time?”

I don’t know what the people on the stage said, but Carlos seemed very excited and complained to An Ran. I’m afraid the real situation is not much different from what he said, because what he saw in An Ran’s eyes was a large area of ​​skinny and wilted skin.

Miserable people are hiding in every corner.

Only people with relatively better conditions would come to this Wal-Mart and listen to the high-sounding bragging and serious deception of these politicians.

Sure enough, after he delivered a long paragraph about how the government will not give up on you and you must have a sense of national honor, the applause he received was sparse. On the contrary, after the program started, it caused waves of laughter from the local onlookers.

Applause.

These are stars that can only be seen on TV. Now they are all dressed in a stylish way to perform and sing for themselves. What an honor!

An Ran noticed that even the police near the cordon, the gangsters with guns wandering in the distance, and the security guards hired by Wal-Mart all focused their attention on the stage. The oversized speakers were so loud that they could not even hear people within three meters.

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An Ran saw Carlos open his mouth and said something. Since he couldn't hear clearly, he could only squat down and then vaguely guessed what he wanted to say.

"Look at the person behind the curtain, is it a man or a woman?"

An Ran looked in the direction of his finger. A thin young man crossed his arms and looked coldly at the stage. His white cheeks were covered with powder and there was no trace of blood.

It makes people look very uncomfortable. The hair that is parted in the middle is very soft, and people can’t help but feel that this person is really a sissy at first glance. However, this feminine style has a lot of fans.

My sister likes him. It can be seen from the way many people look at him. He seems to be a star who has a lot of support.

Pushing the frame, the young man walked back behind the curtain, and those who looked at him sighed.

"You haven't told me whether this person is a boy or a girl." Carlos tugged at An Ran's sleeve and said dissatisfied.

Hearing this, An Ran laughed and became more playful, and said to him: "You can't see that this is normal, because he is neither a man nor a woman."

Carlos was obviously dissatisfied with this answer, and pouted and said: "Liar, do you think I will believe it?" Then what he heard was An Ran's bursts of laughter.

The actors walked to the stage one by one, and the sound of the speakers was getting louder and louder. Many familiar actors were protected by police when they came on stage. It seems that the organizer still cares about these actors, but after all this time, they are still

I didn't see Ellie. I didn't reply to the text messages I sent to her. I don't know if she was putting on makeup or rehearsing.

After an unknown amount of time, Carlos suddenly said: "It's almost over. Do you want to go back or stay?"

An Ran was stunned for a moment and asked: "Isn't this host announcing the curtain? There will be no program next?"

Carlos nodded and said affirmatively: "He has already said that today's program is over. I hope everyone will continue to support the Olympics and not do anything that damages the country's image. He also promised that he would bring some athletes over to greet everyone in a few days."

As Carlos asked again whether he wanted to stay or go back, An Ran's brows furrowed a little bit, because all the programs were over, but there was no sign of Ellie at all.

An Ran was confident that nothing had been missed. Even An Ran had carefully looked at every backup dancer, and there was absolutely no sign of Ellie. There was still no reply to the text messages on her phone.

An Ran only realized the seriousness of the matter at this moment. Something might have happened to Ellie!

The person who also did not come on stage was the feminine man. An Ran finally knew where the bad premonition in her mind came from.