Chapter 118: Five Finger Mountain
The New Year's performance season at Jingyao Grand Theatre has always been very lively, and this year is no exception.
Theater players from all over the country even come to S Province to watch an opera and dance drama on Chinese New Year's Eve, or to watch a New Year's Eve concert with famous artists from all walks of life. Among these audiences, there are many people who really love art, and they are reluctant to miss the audio-visual feast gathered by famous artists, and of course, there are also some people who are elegant and just come to join in the fun.
Just as the medieval aristocracy took pride in entering the opera house, they dressed in sumptuous evening gowns and rested in the ornate boxes of the theater, where the grandeur of the framed stage and the powerful voice of the soprano complemented the elegant evening. This habit has continued to the present day, and there are always some people who will deliberately do something related to art after the money bag is full, wanting to rely on these to raise their value and prove their taste and cultivation.
Although they only know a little about the artistic value of it, for them, there is essentially no difference between watching the Royal Ballet and watching the Bolshoi Ballet, and whether the opening repertoire of the New Year's season of the Jingyao Grand Theatre is Swan Lake or Carmen does not have any effect, as long as it is worth enough.
However, no matter what kind of mentality the audience is coming for, it can bring quite intuitive profits to the Jingyao Grand Theater.
The most intuitive embodiment is that every year the performance tickets for the New Year's season of the Jingyao Grand Theater have to be grabbed, and there is nothing when the hand speed is slow, and scalping has become a carnival for scalpers.
As for the self-made Peking Opera Festival, it is the highlight of the New Year's performance season of the Jingyao Grand Theatre, and it is also a must-win place for scalpers from all walks of life.
The opening repertoire of the New Year's season every year is personally responsible for Mei Hanqiu, a titan in the industry. In recent years, Boss Mei's work has focused on the management of the National Peking Opera Association, except for occasional lectures at colleges and universities, there are few opportunities to appear on stage. After all, she has already gained fame and fortune in the Peking Opera industry, and her reputation is all over the world, and she has become a benchmark in the eyes of the public, of course, she does not need to rely on commercial performances to make money or accumulate popularity.
Therefore, now Mei Hanqiu has become more and more a hidden master, and she has a great reputation, except for the Ji family, who has been friends for many years, there is no possibility for those groups outside to invite her.
There is Mei Hanqiu's Peking Opera performance on stage, which is really priceless, Boss Mei's play is one less play, no one can say when she will completely close the mountain and stop singing, and even the Jade Emperor Buddha will not move her when the time comes. So much so that on Chinese New Year's Eve, the overlord Farewell Ji, who was picked up by Mei Hanqiu, had already made a big noise before the official announcement, and since the beginning of ticket sales, her popularity has always remained high.
When the tickets were officially opened, they were all swept away in less than a few minutes, and even because the performance tickets were too difficult to grab, the audience spontaneously pushed them to the hot searches, such as "Farewell My Concubine in Mei Hanqiu", "How Many Years of Being Single Hand Speed" and other popular changes in tricks, even compared to the superstar's concert.
Tonight's official performance, the stage is full, the huge drama hall with less than 1,000 seats can not accommodate the enthusiasm of the audience, even if the infield tickets are speculated to sky-high prices, the majority of fans are still willing to pay. After Mei Hanqiu's performance, the audience applauded for a long time, and the applause was endless, and the curtain call was thanked several times, and Boss Mei finally got off the stage.
is different from the dignified and feminine on the stage, Mei Hanqiu just glanced at her mobile phone a few times after getting off the stage, and her amorous eyes immediately sank, and her emotions condensed directly to the freezing point.
Then she didn't even say hello to the staff, went straight to the dressing room backstage, quickly took off her Peking Opera outfit, took off her makeup and changed into regular clothes, and then walked quickly to Ji Guangfan's office.
Ji Guangfan was sitting in front of the table to sort out the documents for the performance of the Grand Theater, and it was not too surprising to see Mei Hanqiu pushing the door directly without even knocking on the door, but he just lightly buckled the table with the documents, sorted out the edges of the paper neatly and put it aside.
"The performance is over" Seeing that no one next to Mei Hanqiu entered the house, Ji Munan raised his eyebrows slightly, and said casually, "You drink some water to moisten your throat first, there will be a celebration reception at the Jingyao Grand Theater in the evening, and we will go over together."
"You're still in the mood to celebrate, heh, Boss Ji is really interested. ”
Mei Hanqiu sat on the sofa as if no one was around, and sneered mercilessly.
She was wearing a black knitted dress, covered with a delicately made cashmere coat, the pearl pendant on her chest echoed the two full pearls on her earlobes, which made her skin softer and fairer, and the green jade bracelet on her wrist was so good that it seemed to overflow, even people who didn't know the goods could see that it was a good thing, and the price was definitely not cheap.
Although it has passed the year of not being confused, time is extremely tolerant of Mei Hanqiu, an absolute beauty.
Except for a few fine lines at the corners of her eyes, Mei Hanqiu's eyebrows and eyes have not changed much, her water-cut eyes are still as delicate and moving as when she was young, and the stunning fading of the youth and skin that has not gone through the world has faded, she is like a fine wine carefully buried under the mud for many years at the moment, even through the wine seal, you can smell the intoxicating aroma of wine.
It is a gift precipitated by time, and it is an unattainable style between a smile and a smile, even Ji Guangfan has to admit that Mei Hanqiu's demeanor is like a heavenly man, and she is a natural actor.
Farewell My Concubine, the overlord who sang the whole concert tonight, Mei Hanqiu's voice was a little tight when she got off the stage at this time, and when she saw the best Tieguanyin brewing in the teapot on the table, she didn't see Ji Guangfan, and immediately raised her slender fingers coated with Kodan and picked up the teacup.
After decades of stage kung fu, the four skills and five methods of Peking Opera have become Mei Hanqiu's habits, even if it is just pouring a cup of tea, she subconsciously pinched her orchid fingers, raised her eyebrows slightly and passed her eyes.
However, unlike this soft figure, Mei Hanqiu's words at the moment were sharp and harsh.
"Boss Ji must be busy with official business and don't have time to care about those things on the Internet, why don't I remind you to look at your phone first and then tell me, what happy events are worth celebrating today, and what kind of merit are you going to celebrate?"
Ji Guangfan heard Mei Hanqiu's meaning, frowned slightly, and responded lightly, "Are you talking about the news of the premiere of the spring garden, I still have been performing just now, and I haven't seen this." ”
"Co-author Boss Ji thinks that I don't hear anything outside the window, shouldn't I know anything" Mei Hanqiu glanced at Ji Guangfan with slanted eyes, and said in an unkind tone, "Open the news these days, where is it not the news of the spring garden, or I don't want to see it, and I have to not let me see that the spring garden is just a new small theater troupe, and the first performance is a sensation to this extent, if time can there be you and me to celebrate, celebrate the Yangtze River after the waves push the front waves?"
Mei Hanqiu's words were not polite at all, and the atmosphere was a little awkward for a while.
After a few seconds, Ji Guangfan chuckled, when he spoke, he seemed to be very light-hearted, but the meaning of the words was quite clear and simple, "Xiaoqiu, you can't be angry with me, in this situation, you are grasshoppers in the same boat, one is prosperous and the other is lost, at this time, mutual suspicion will not do any good to both of us." ”
"I'm not separating from you, it's just that you see, what are you doing, it's not good for your Mu Nan to provoke anyone, but you want to provoke Qinqing's children, isn't it okay to find trouble?"
"If the little son of the Su family wants to do a Peking Opera performance, he must have his considerations, and Liyuantang is also in Xinguang City, that is, if Mu Nan doesn't provoke Su Yiyang, people can bypass Liyuantang without touching it."
Ji Guangfan put his fingers on his chin, brushed the beard on his lips unhurriedly, and said lightly, "Spring is full of gardens developing so rapidly, I don't want to see it, but in all fairness, the little son of the Xiaoqiu Su family and the boy of the Feng family got together, and also invited the pair of brothers of the Beiping Yue family who saw the head and the end of the dragon to come over, and it was the son of the Zhong family who did the publicity. ”
"What is inevitable, it's not like stepping on the top of your Ji family's head to get up. Mei Hanqiu didn't save face for Ji Guangfan at all, and said coldly, "If you didn't see the documentary they promoted, people almost pointed at your Ji family's nose and scolded, but you were also calm and ignored."
Ji Guangfan didn't answer this unscrupulous complaint, he knew Mei Hanqiu's temper on the outside and on the inside, and he didn't bother to comfort these complicated little emotions, but said sharply, "What you are worried about is not the spring garden, but the son of the old man coming to the door."
was directly pierced by Ji Guangfan, Mei Hanqiu frowned slightly, and sighed in a low voice, her face was as usual, but the fingers twisted together directly revealed her thoughts.
"When I worshiped the Buddha a few days ago, the Bodhi that had been with it for five years was suddenly broken, and I knew what big things would happen during this time, and it didn't take long to see the child of Qinqing and the child of the Feng family get together Brother Ji, it's been almost twenty years, you say, what do they want to do this time?"
"You don't have to worry about those who don't, they don't necessarily think so far. Ji Guangfan didn't answer Mei Hanqiu directly, but just changed his words, "Compared to these, Xiaoqiu, you really plan to let the spring garden participate in that selection."
"Then what do you say I can do" Mei Hanqiu frowned a little irritably, and couldn't hide her sigh at all, "The old man in the family has already spoken, and you don't know the situation of the Mei family, or I want to resist, but I can't bear it."
After a while, Ji Guangfan squinted his eyes meaninglessly, hooked the corners of his lips and opened his mouth in relief.
"Forget it, Xiaoqiu, it doesn't hurt to give the qualification of Spring Manyuan, no matter how much Sun Monkey jumps, he can't jump out of the Five Finger Mountain of the Buddha, it is impossible to turn over the things of the year, and no one can move us. ”
When he said this, although Ji Guangfan was smiling on his face, there was no trace of a smile in his eyes.
What is revealed is only the bitter coldness and depth.