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Blue Poplar Village, Dreamspring Garden.
Ma Wu led his men into the dance hall and had them dismantle the gramophone. Once it was removed, he handed it over to Li Banfeng to deal with.
Little Chuan's heart ached as he watched.
This gramophone was a masterpiece from the Miao Sound Gramophone Shop. Craftsmanship of this level was extremely rare in Puluo Province.
"Master Wu, without the gramophone, how can this still be called a dance hall?" Little Chuan protested. "Are people supposed to dance in silence?"
Ma Wu turned and glanced toward a corner of the hall. "Isn't the band already practicing?"
He had recently put together a small band in Blue Poplar Village. They had violins and brass horns that could play Western music, as well as a yangqin[1] and a pipa for traditional tunes.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Prrrraaa~
The trumpet suddenly cracked and sputtered.
Little Chuan shook his head repeatedly. "Master Wu, can anyone actually listen to this?"
"Not many people here even know how to dance anyway. Just make do with it," Ma Wu said calmly. "Go to Greenwater City and find Chief Steward Qiu. Tell him to keep an eye on his gramophone. The Ling Family has planted a hook."
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At the Paramount Club, Lu Yuanhai arrived with several men and began dismantling the gramophones.
Yang Yanzheng grew anxious. "Second Young Master, what are you doing?"
"Those gramophones are far too noisy," Lu Yuanhai replied. "They are unpleasant to listen to. From now on, everything will be replaced with live bands."
The grand dance hall had never used gramophones in the first place. The space was simply too large, and a gramophone could not produce enough sound to fill it.
Lu Yuanhai ordered his men to remove the gramophones from both the circular...
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