pick up jade

Chapter 33

The Younger and Younger of the Yu family wrote very frequently this year, mostly asking about the situation in the city and about Yu Dongrong's business.Since last year, there have been more businessmen from Wa country here.There used to be quite a few expatriates from various countries in the city, but the newly opened big foreign firms are all owned by them, so it is inevitable that they will be more eye-catching.As a business competitor, Yu Dongrong is very dissatisfied with this situation.However nothing seems to work.Because anyone who sticks with them is easy to be relied on, and pestered to do business with you.

The products of the Yu family and the Yao family were consumed so much outside the customs that they had to go to the south to pave the way.Yu Dongrong had a kind face on his face, but he had scolded all eighteen generations of ancestors of these little devils in his heart.So cooperation is impossible - I also know that this group of people will not benefit the collaborators much, so they simply hide if they can't be provoked.He didn't go to trading houses and shops much anymore, for fear of being blocked.So he ran around the city, haunting various card tables.Obviously it is a pastime, but secretly it is to inquire about news and hide.Fortunately, the Orientals have not been able to enter the poker tables of the masters and wives.

But playing cards is very tiring, because he always has to calculate who will win and who will lose, how much to enter and withdraw, and to remember the cards.It took a long time to finish a dozen, and it was more tiring than reading accounts.So I often accept it as soon as it is good, and run to the theater after collecting it.

After several months of preparation, the full version of "The Brahma Palace" is finally coming out.

There have been a lot of plays in the city these days.In terms of popularity, Ye Xiaodie's organ drama "Fengshen Bang" is the most popular. He sang Daji in it, and his costumes and performances are very bold.Although it has been repeatedly ordered to promote righteousness, it is unreasonable for a vixen to be righteous, so how to act is still how to act.In the middle part, Daji wants to seduce King Zhou, and the costume she uses is still semi-transparent.But this gimmick is really nothing compared to the value of the whole play.Ye Xiaodie has added a lot of new accents to the play, I'm afraid that after this play, many people with ambition but no talent will take it apart and use it for spare parts.Another commendable thing in the play is the setting and mechanism, which is indeed much more interesting than a few people singing dryly on a small stage.

It was actually a little risky for the Wufu class to play the scripted version of "The Palace of the Brahma King" when it was in the limelight.But it had to be done, because it would run out of seats without something new and available.

When he was about to take the stage, Xiao Yulin became very nervous.In that archery scene, he practiced over and over again, but he failed to achieve a hundred shots. There are always three or four out of ten times when he will miss.I don't know how many layers of skin on my hands have been worn off, and it looks bloody all the time.

After tying it up, Qin Meixiang came out and saw him holding the bow in a daze.So he walked over and patted him: "It's okay. If you dare to turn down such a high table, what's the point of shooting a few small arrows?"

Xiao Yulin hesitated and said, "But I..."

Qin Meixiang has been singing opera for more years than him, so she understands this kind of stage fright.He smiled encouragingly: "Actually, I didn't expect you to be able to hit every shot. If the shot really misses, the plumber will have his own way."

Xiao Yulin looked at him suspiciously: "Really?"

Qin Meixiang smiled: "When have I ever lied to you? They are quick-witted and have plenty of solutions. You just have to sing boldly."

Xiao Yulin's face was not much relaxed, he bowed his head: "Then I will be a fool."

Qin Meixiang shook her head: "No. This is just a bad policy. The best policy is that if you hit the arrow, none of this will happen. Don't think about not being able to hit it, but think about how to hit it. If you hit it, from now on From now on, you will have one more unique skill - no other martial arts student can do it." He pressed his shoulder: "Just you, the first one in the city."

Xiao Yulin's expression finally became firm.

The gongs and drums on the stage sounded.Two people came on stage one by one.

The story is about the love between Orion Huayun and Yelu Hanyan, the younger sister of the nobleman Yelushou.But the identities of the two are different. Yelu Hanyan misses Huayun endlessly after returning home, but her elder brother decides to marry an old man.Hanyan was imprisoned in the mansion because of her refusal.Yelushou wanted to dismiss the wife of scholar Han Mei, but was stopped by Hua Yun and Han Mei.Yelushou arrested them and sent them to hard labor and forced to marry Han's wife.In the name of selling flowers, Hua Mu leads Hua Yun, who is disguised as Han's wife, to sneak into Hanyan's boudoir. She not only saves Han's wife, but also completes a couple of lovers.In the end, all the heroes rioted in Yelu Mansion, and the curtain ended with Huayun and Hanyan getting married.

Not long after the opening, Xiao Yulin shoots arrows after singing.He stood still, took a deep breath and drew his bow.With a whoosh, it hit the paper eagle's head.Although it didn't hit the eye completely, it still shot the target smoothly.Qin Meixiang gave him an encouraging smile while turning her back.Xiao Yulin also raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and in the eyes of the audience, it was the way the two of them were eyeing each other.

This climax went well, and the rest of the burden was on Qin Meixiang herself.

He lost nearly ten catties for this play.A person who wasn't fat before now became a weak willow Fufeng.However, the audience didn't know this, they only felt that Boss Qin was swaying.

In fact, Boss Qin deliberately reduced his appetite.Because one part of this play is called "Hanging Paintings", he has to perform various movements on the props and stools half a palm wide.Because this kind of stool is stretched at both ends, if a person walks to one end of the stool, the other side of the stool will be pried up and overturned.In order to maintain balance, it is natural that the person standing on the tip of the stool should be as light as possible.In fact, Qin Meixiang didn't need to lose weight in the first place, but he learned the kung fu very well.But in order to make the performance better and to be more secure on stage, he restrained himself consciously or unconsciously in terms of diet.

When it came to this play, the audience saw him jumping up and lightly landing on the stool, but neither the stool nor his body shook at all.Immediately afterwards, he walked back and forth on the stool, bent down to hang the picture, and made thrilling and graceful movements on the tip of the stool, such as white crane spreading its wings, boy praying for birthday, golden rooster standing alone, etc.

Huadan play puts more emphasis on workmanship, and every time he has a certain figure, it is like a painting.The applause from below was getting louder and louder, and he hadn't rested since he got on the stool.

In the past two days, the plot may be relatively flat, let's talk about the actor's kung fu.It will return to the main storyline in two days.

Even the play was performed for a total of two days, and because of the good response from the audience, an additional performance was scheduled.However, the reviews in the newspapers were not very high, and the story was criticized for being clichéd and repeated.Only the two scenes of shooting eagles and hanging paintings received stingy praise.

There are actually subtle differences between the tastes of critics and audiences.There is inevitably a bit of competition between elegance and vulgarity.So everyone read the newspaper, laughed and cursed, and then passed.

After the play, Qin Meixiang was a little lost.Xu Pingshan didn't know where he had been during this time, and he hadn't come to pick him up for many days.When I went to the concert, I passed by Xu Mansion, where the guards were heavily guarded, and there were more guards patrolling than usual.He wanted to ask, but the gatekeepers were all strangers, and they drove him away without saying a word: They didn't know who Boss Qin was, so naturally they wouldn't reveal any information to him.

It was okay when there was a play to be performed, but now that the play is over, I feel uneasy.He asked Yu Dongrong, and Young Master Yu Qi was also quite at a loss.The Yu family is well-informed, if Young Master Yu doesn't know, it's even more impossible for others to know.

Young Master Yu Qi mentioned that everyone in the Wufu class was going to Juxianju for dinner.The soy pork knuckle in that shop is a must, and both Xiao Yulin and himself love it.Qin Meixiang said she was tired and declined politely.Before leaving, Yu Dongrong looked at him worriedly, but Boss Qin just smiled at him reassuringly.

Everyone in the backstage has left, only Lao Dou, the piano player, is still there.The old man has been playing the piano for Qin Meixiang since he came on stage, it has been many years.Qin Meixiang was a little strange, because Lao Dou's wife always started cooking during the time of the play, so the old man ran faster than anyone else after the play.This time it was strange.

He greeted in a warm voice: "Uncle Dou, Qiye treats you, why don't you come over?"

Old Dou rarely said seriously: "Boss Qin, I have one thing I want to ask you. It's an embarrassing thing, but I can't do anything about it, old man. In order to save people, I have to brazenly ask you for kindness."

Qin Meixiang comforted: "You know me. We have been in love for many years. If I can do my best, I will definitely help."

Hearing what he said, Lao Dou looked slightly relieved, and sighed: "Have you heard about the Hua family?"

Hua Manshan, who sang Xiaosheng, went to Shenjiang with a theater troupe last year to walk acupuncture points, and got involved in a romantic lawsuit.He has a handsome appearance, and his acting is full of talents and beauties. He has always been loved by young ladies and wives.But people's temperaments are different. Although Huamanshan is suave and suave on stage, he is actually a very responsible person when he is off the stage, and he has a very good relationship with his wife.Even the tabloids, which are always on the lookout for rumors, couldn't find anything new about him.

However, sometimes, people should expect disasters.In order to make money, Boss Hua stayed in Shenjiang for half a year, and was taken by a wealthy business lady living in Shenjiang.It is said that this kind of thing has happened a lot, and I have met more or less good-looking actors.If you don't want to be good friends, just decline politely.But this young lady is stubborn and insists on marrying him crying.Not to mention that Hua Manshan is already married, even if she is unmarried, such a marriage is absolutely unacceptable.Since ancient times, we have paid attention to the right family, and the status of an actor is so humble.A famous lady marrying an actor, no matter to which side, it's just like a joke.

So he just avoided it.That young lady became infatuated with madness. Seeing that she and her sweetheart had no hope of being a married couple in this life, she thought of committing suicide.When Boss Hua's performance ended, the lady climbed up the fence on the second floor of the theater in front of the audience, and forced Hua Manshan to marry her with death.

In the end, Hua Manshan couldn't persuade her, so she couldn't tell whether she jumped or fell from the top.It was an inch when it landed, and the back of his head hit the iron railing, and he died on the spot.

This matter was too much trouble, and the newspapers were noisy for more than a month.Hua Manshan suffered a lawsuit because of this and was arrested and sent to the detention center.

There is nothing to say about this matter.But from a theoretical point of view, Boss Hua is quite innocent.It's just that other people don't think so.Especially that lady's family.A woman who has not been out of the cabinet pursues an actor so vigorously, where will the family's reputation be placed, and where will the family's face be placed?Besides, how can a lady go to disregard her face to please an actor?So he insisted that it was Hua Manshan who deliberately seduced him, and then abandoned him at the beginning and finally killed him.

The lawsuit wrangled for a long time, and finally he was released after paying an astronomical sum.But because of the influence of the young lady's family in the local area, Hua Manshan suffered a lot in the detention center, and passed away within half a month after being released.The Hua family suffered a catastrophe, and they worked hard, but ended up losing their personal wealth.Mrs. Hua couldn't think about it for a while, and took advantage of everyone's absence during the funeral to hang herself on the roof beam.

All of a sudden, the family was ruined, and only a seven-year-old son was left behind, who was taken over by his uncle's house.The Hua family spent all their money in order to save people, leaving only a small mouth that can eat.Most ordinary people are struggling to make ends meet these days, and my uncle's family already has six or seven children.When Hua Manshan was there, he was still able to help them all the time, but now that he is gone, this child is worthless.So he came to ask his colleagues in Liyuan to let him learn opera.It sounds good, it is to let the child have a skill in the future, but it sounds bad, it is too cumbersome and does not want to raise it.

Speaking of which, Qin Meixiang and Huamanshan have always been just acquaintances, and have never worked together.But Lao Dou's wife is Hua Manshan's cousin in terms of seniority, and Lao Dou also played the piano for Hua Manshan's uncle in the past, and the two families are closer than ordinary relatives.

When Qin Meixiang heard about Lao Dou's home, she almost knew what was going on.He hesitated and said, "Do you want...to let me connect and take this kid to Wufu Class to learn opera?"

Qin Meixiang felt embarrassed: "You know that at such a young age, my plays still have many imperfections. If I have an artist, I can tell him that it's okay to play for a few days. But if you really want to enter the industry, I'm afraid I can't bear this burden. But since you said it, if he has nowhere to go, just stay with me for now, and he won't be short of a pair of bowls and chopsticks."

Lao Dou is very clear about Boss Qin's temperament.Since he spoke like this, no matter whether the child can sing or not in the future, there will always be a proper way out.Immediately bowed deeply: "Boss Qin, you are a good person. I don't want to thank you for your kindness. I will kowtow to you on behalf of the Hua family." As he said that, he was about to kneel down.

Qin Meixiang helped him up in a hurry: "Don't ruin my life soon. For so many years, you have been with me conscientiously, and you have never asked me for anything. I miss you in my heart." He comforted: "In the future, you can rest assured."

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