The Great Wei Music Bureau

Last time, we talked about Li Yi's competition with Dugu Long. The result was beyond doubt. If the most capable young man in Wei Dynasty could not beat a Buddhist outer sect disciple, it would be a slap in the face. However, this competition brought Li Yi a lot of gains.

When everyone returned to the Moon Palace in the Exiled Immortal Tower, Shiyu called several sisters to serve together, playing music, singing and dancing, eating and drinking, and Yuqi and the other two took the opportunity to take advantage of them, and they were having a great time. In short, Li Yi drank with them and organized a few small games, and everyone had a lot of fun.

Dugu Long, in particular, had a very different view of this talented scholar after sparring with Li Yi. Although he did not look down on scholars, he still had some thoughts about scholars who were only good at talking. But today he met a scholar who was good at fighting and had a good temper. Moreover, Li Yi had worked in the workplace in his previous life and was very measured in his words. The two of them quickly became good friends.

The next day, Li Yi rubbed his head and got up. He had indeed drunk a lot of wine last night. Dugu Long was a martial artist and could drink! He really could drink. He made everyone drunk before taking Dugu Yu away, including Li Yi. Li Yi tried hard to recall the sparring last night and summed up the experience. In fact, Li Yi said that he used 80% of his strength, which was a lie. He did not use the Dharma image of Acala. Only when he used the Dharma image could he be considered to have used his full strength. But he did not lie, because he was indeed afraid that he would not be able to get out of bed for a few days after using the Dharma image.

Last time, in order to save Yun, he used the Dharma image of Acala to resist several fourth-grade warriors for three incense sticks. Now that he has eaten Luo Han Guo, his power has greatly increased. According to Li Yi's own analysis, if he uses the Dharma image to resist, the limit is one hour, and the price is to lie down for three days. But if he faces Dugu Long, he can only resist for one incense stick at most. However, this result also makes Li Yi very satisfied. You know, Dugu Long is the strongest fourth-grade warrior in the Wei army, no one else. If he can resist him for one incense stick, what else can he ask for! As for the other fourth-grade warriors, he can be invincible, at least for one hour.

While Li Yi was still thinking, Shiyu came back with breakfast. After washing up and eating breakfast, Shiyu told Li Yi that Manager Zhou would come over later. Li Yi asked excitedly, "How was the profit last night?"

Shi Yu smiled and said, "Not counting the money you extorted from Yu Wenye, the income from tickets, drinks and fun at the Exiled Immortal Tower last night exceeded ten thousand taels. Li Lang, you really have a way!" Li Yi pinched Shi Yu's pretty face and smiled, "Don't worry, after the concert, you'll be free!"

"Freedom? What freedom do I need if I follow Li Lang? I'll go wherever you go!" Li Yi asked with a smile, "What if I go to a brothel to sing?"

Shi Yu smiled and said, "Then I will accompany you. Not to mention a brothel, even if it's a whorehouse, as long as you go, I will accompany you!" Li Yi laughed and said, "Then I will go to the brothel not to sing, but for something else!"

"You dare! I will break all three of your legs!" Shi Yu said as she stretched out her hand to pinch Li Yi's lower body! Li Yi quickly begged for mercy: "Lady, spare my life! I won't dare to do it again!" Shi Yu laughed triumphantly: "Humph! You don't have the guts!"

Li Yi said sternly: "Don't worry, when your matter is settled, I promise you that I will never go to the place of fireworks again! Okay?"

Shi Yu smiled and said, "Why? Li Lang has other ideas? Do you want to redeem other sisters?"

Li Yi suddenly thought of Bai Ling who stayed at Liu Mo Xuan, and slapped his forehead and said, "Shi Yu, there is something I really need to tell you in advance!"

Seeing Li Yi's serious face, Shi Yu asked, "What makes Li Lang so cautious?"

Li Yi scratched his head and said, "It's like this. Before I met you, I promised a girl that I would marry her."

Shiyu got angry all of a sudden, "Li Yi! You bastard! I suspected that you were from a family! You actually lied to me and said you had never slept with other women! Great! You are telling the truth now, because you think I, Wan Shiyu, will marry you, right?"

Li Yi said with a wronged look on his face: "I really have never slept with other women. Bailing and I just have a mutual affection for each other, so I made a promise before leaving Qing'an City to let her wait for me to come back and marry her."

Shiyu suddenly turned from anger to sadness, and she lay on the bed and cried loudly. Li Yi was helpless now. He couldn't stand seeing women cry, and he couldn't stand seeing beautiful women cry, and he couldn't stand seeing his beloved beautiful woman cry! Shiyu was in tears, and Li Yi was sweating like rain. No matter how he tried to coax her, it didn't work. At this moment, Shiyu became the sun and Li Yi became the earth, circling around Shiyu.

Of course, Li Yi not only revolved but also rotated on his own axis until he became dizzy. He also fell on the bed, looked at the rotating ceiling and sighed: "How about I postpone the engagement?"

Shi Yu suddenly raised her head, stopped crying, looked at Li Yi infatuatedly and said, "Li Lang, are you serious?"

Li Yi turned his head and looked at Shi Yu's tearful eyes and said helplessly: "Alas, if I don't say this, will you stop crying?"

Shiyu's eyes were like a tap. When the valve was opened by Li Yi, water began to flow out again!

Li Yi hugged Shiyu and said, "Oh, my dear aunt, can you please stop crying? Your crying makes me feel like a cat scratching me! You said I promised Bailing that I would marry her, and I, Li Yi, can't be a person who doesn't keep my word! If I break my promise to Bailing today, aren't you afraid that I will break my promise to you in the future?"

Sometimes women's ability to grasp words is really speechless. Why do I say that? Shi Yu glared at Li Yi and scolded: "Li! You still want to have a future! Tell me! How many women do you still have!"

Li Yi said, "No more! Really no more! Just you and Bailing!" But Li Yi realized that Shiyu was relieved, and quickly added, "Shiyu, Bailing was very kind to me. When I was down and out and had to sleep on the streets, it was Bailing..."

He suddenly thought of Xiao Ye, but immediately dismissed the idea. He had never thought of marrying Xiao Ye, so he continued, "It was Bai Ling who made me the musician of Liu Mo Xuan, and that's how Li Yi is today. You said it was such a great favor, I can't treat him unfairly!"

"Oh? Then you promised yourself to me! Then what am I? Just a whim? Or just someone who was attracted by my beauty?"

Li Yi was thinking all of that! But he didn't dare to say it, so he could only coax her: "Shiyu, can't you see how sincere I am to you? Can't the poems I wrote for you and the songs I composed for you express my feelings for you?"

Shiyu recalled the night they met, and her anger gradually subsided. She asked, "Then let me ask you, who is prettier, me or Bai Ling?"

"Of course it's you! I've never seen anyone more beautiful than you in my life!"

"Then let me ask you, who will be the wife? Who will be the concubine?" Li Yi was shocked. This was a life-threatening question. If he tricked Shiyu into saying that she would be his wife, then when he saw Bailing later, she would cry, make a scene, and even threaten to hang herself. Oh! Just thinking about it made his head explode!

Just when Li Yi didn't know how to answer, Yue'er came in and said that Manager Zhou had arrived. Li Yi grabbed Yue'er tightly and said, "Where is Manager Zhou? Take me to see him!"

Yue'er looked at Shiyu, whose eyes were red from crying. Shiyu did not move. She was not fit to meet people in her current state. She just kept wiping her tears. Yue'er said, "Manager Zhou is waiting for you in the elegant room. Why are you crying? Did you bully me?"

Li Yi said angrily, "Nonsense! How could I bully Shiyu! She cried with joy when she knew she could redeem herself! You silly girl, if you dare to say that again, I'll beat you with a stick! You stay here and take good care of Shiyu. I'm going to talk to Manager Zhou about the singing party!" He turned around and ran away...

Yue Er came to the young lady and asked, "Young lady, did Master Li bully you again?"

Shi Yu wiped her tears and said, "That Li guy has another woman. He just told me that he promised to marry a girl named Bailing in Qing'an City!"

"My God! This Li guy is actually engaged! How dare he come to mess with my lady! Miss, don't worry about it! Leave it to Xing'er and me. Tonight, we will find someone to tie him up and throw him into the Bishui Lake!"

Yue Er was furious when he finished speaking and was about to go find someone, but Shi Yu stopped him and said, "Forget it, Miss Bai Ling knew Li Lang before me, and she was very kind to him!"

"It's not okay even if she's doing me a favor! If she's doing me a favor, I have to marry her home! That girl is still treating Master Li like that..."

Yue'er thought for a while and said, "Miss, she still has feelings for Mr. Li, and Mr. Li wants to help her redeem herself..." She became less and less confident as she spoke, and looked at Shiyu and asked, "Miss, it seems that we are not quite right in this matter. After all, he knew her first..."

Shi Yu clenched her fists and said, "So what if we met first? Humph! Tonight I must make that Li guy decide who will be the wife and who will be the concubine! Yue'er, if I can't make him my legal wife, I'll find someone to kidnap him and throw him into the lake!"

Yue'er nodded and said, "Yes! OK! I'll go discuss it with Xing'er right away!" Then she walked out, and suddenly turned around to look at Shiyu and asked, "Miss, are we really going to throw him into the lake?" Shiyu's eyes flashed with ferocity, and she nodded heavily. Yue'er nodded in response and then went to find Xing'er...

The scene switches to Li Yi. The talented Li Yi escaped the disaster temporarily by escaping from the danger. He came to the elegant room to meet Manager Zhou. The two of them first exchanged normal business praises. One said that Master Li was indeed a great talent. Not only was he the best writer in Beijing, but he was also very good at making money. The other said that it was all thanks to the fame of the Exiled Immortal Tower, its wide network of contacts, and the good spread of news...

Anyway, after a few rounds of flattery, they got down to business. Li Yi asked, "Manager Zhou, can we finalize the singing party?"

"Of course, the boss is very willing to cooperate with you! He also asked me to ask Mr. Li what specific arrangements he wants and what difficulties he has. I will do everything I can for you."

"Oh, that's good. To be honest, Li does have a lot of ideas for this concert. Let's talk about it slowly, from the stage layout, banquet arrangement, personnel arrangement, concert process, emergency measures, etc. Let's go through them one by one."

Manager Zhou felt a bit overwhelmed when listening to Li Yi's words. He didn't expect that Li Yi was so rude and actually mentioned so many things to do at once. How could he know how to arrange these specific matters? He hurriedly said, "Mr. Li, Mr. Li, are all the things you just mentioned difficult? I still have a lot of things to do, and I'm afraid I don't have that much time. You should pick out some difficult and important things to tell me, so that we can save some time."

Li Yi understood what Manager Zhou meant, thought for a moment and said, "The most difficult thing is to build a stage on the lake. Manager Zhou needs you to come up with a solution for this."

Manager Zhou was stunned and said, "What? We want to build a stage on the lake? How do we do that?"

Li Yi smiled and said, "Tie the small boats together with iron chains, and then lay wooden planks on top to build a platform. Then build a stage on the platform. It doesn't need to be too big. The stage can be five meters long and thirty meters wide." This is half the size of a basketball court, which is not a very big stage.

Manager Zhou was confused and asked, "I don't quite understand. Mr. Li, could you explain it in detail?" Li Yi looked at Manager Zhou and shook his head, "I'm afraid I can't explain it clearly. How about this, I'll draw it for Manager Zhou to see."

So Li Yi took Manager Zhou to Shiyu's study, sat at the table, spread out the paper and started to paint. Shiyu was trying to cover her red eyes at the dressing table. When she saw Manager Zhou coming, she didn't have time to greet him, but saw Li Yi writing and painting at the table. Manager Zhou was surprised. Shiyu quickened her makeup and soon came to the side. She was also deeply shocked by the stage drawn by Li Yi.

Sitting, Li Yi drew one picture after another, connecting the boats with iron chains and wooden boards, and then fixing them with wooden stakes to form a boat array as the bottom layer. Then he leveled and built a stage on it, with a trapezoidal front and a rectangular back. There should be a large curtain three meters long and two meters high behind the stage, with the four big characters "Sleepless Night" written on it. Light poles were set up around the boat array, and ropes were hung to form a mesh. Lights were hung at each node for lighting. Next, Li Yi drew a detailed picture of the stage, the position of the band, the positions of the dancers and singers, etc. Li Yi also drew a banquet layout, setting up ten upper tables, fifteen middle tables and a design for the stands along the lakeshore. In short, Li Yi drew a floor plan, a layered diagram, a side view, and a lot of them.