Once the presents had been examined by Vitas, there was the following dialog between me and him:
I: Chinese fans ask you to take warm clothes for your Asian tour in April.
V.: Is it cold there?
I: Yes, they say, there is a severe climate and an awful weather in April, especially in mountainous Central China. Chinese fans worry about your health, so they asked to predict you on this point.
V.: I see.
(Vitas is a genius example of laconic brevity. :) He always says shortly but to the point.)
I (looking at the gifted presents at the table): Please, don't forget the presents in the dressing room. All the fans made an effort to please you and want you to take their gifts.
V.: No, I won't forget them.
Vitas began to pack the presents back into the envelope and, during this process, said powerfully: "The Chinese are great!"
(I don't now what he meant by this phrase – the high quality of the released Chinese discs of Vitas, the efforts of the Chinese to make much pleasure to him, their big love and care for him, or all this together. :) )
And then he slightly grinned and gorgeously pronounced in Chinese: "I love you".
I think this wasn't addressed to me. :) He said this phrase just to demonstrate his knowledge of Chinese once more. :))) And this had a due effect! – The woman still standing at the entrance and seemingly having lost the hope to get Vitas' autograph looked at him with round eyes as at an extraterrestrial. She knew that Vitas is very popular in China and often performs there but she evidently didn't imagine that he can speak Chinese! It was a real shock to her! :)