The man's voice was very harsh, like a needle piercing Zhang He's heart.

"Thank you. Zhang He smiled.

Unexpectedly, Liu Qianrun couldn't hold on earlier than him, which shows that the current market is really bad.

At this time, a black sedan slowly drove up, with a local license plate, and stopped on the side of the road in the theater.

"That car belongs to the theater owner, and he happened to be here, so if you have anything, look for him. The man next to him said.

The car door opened, Liu Qianrun stepped out of the car, and when he saw Zhang He standing at the door, he looked puzzled.

"What are you doing here?" Liu Qianrun looked vigilant.

"Boss Liu, I want to talk to you. Zhang He said.

……

In a teahouse in Huayin, Liu Qianrun and Zhang He sat facing each other, with a pot of tea in front of them, and bursts of tea fragrance wafted in the air.

"I was going to steal from you, but it didn't work, I can't do it anymore. Liu Qianrun said with a smile.

Originally, there was a competitive relationship between the two, but now that his theater has been completely closed, these contradictions will naturally be eliminated, and Liu Qianrun has no grievances when he can sit with Zhang He.

"You don't have to steal the teacher, if you are willing to learn, we can teach you. Zhang He said.

"Teach me, are you willing to teach me?" Liu Qianrun said in surprise.

"Of course I do, as long as I can spread the old dialect, I can teach anything. Zhang He's tone was firm, not as if he was cheating.

"Spread the old way?" Liu Qianrun was shocked by Zhang He's words.

This is a national intangible cultural heritage.

"That's right, my purpose in opening this theater is to let more people know about the old language. Zhang He said with a smile.

The idea was crazy, which surprised Liu Qianrun.

They all opened theaters to make money, but they didn't expect Zhang He to have this idea.

"You're such a madman. Liu Qianrun shook his head again and again.

After speaking, he changed his words and said: "Your plan is about to fail, after your theater opened, there were fewer and fewer customers on my side, and in the end, only a dozen people were left to listen to the play, and the ticket money was not even enough for the artists' wages, so I had to close the store." ”

"I've talked to the other two theater owners, one of them is closed, and the other one is still open, but it's almost over, and I can't do it in this business. ”

"The name of intangible cultural heritage can only last for a while, and no one will care about this name after a long time, TV dramas, movies, and pop songs, which are not better than the old ones, if you continue to do it, you will definitely lose money. ”

Liu Qianrun is heartfelt, but what he says is the truth.

According to the current trend, the number of people in the Laohua Cultural Theater will continue to decline, and in the end, there will only be a few dozen people left.

"I'm sorry. Zhang He said apologetically.

"There's nothing to be sorry for, we are a copycat, you are authentic, you have natural advantages, not to mention that there are a few viewers who can distinguish between a copycat and an authentic, the reason why we closed our doors is not because of you, but because of the old dialect itself. Liu Qianrun took out two cigarettes from the cigarette box on the side, and handed one to Zhang He.

Zhang He hesitated for a moment and took the cigarette in his hand.

Liu Qianrun lit a lighter and leaned over and lit a cigarette for Zhang He.

The smoke curled up, and the two people swallowed the clouds and spitted out the fog.

"Zhang He, I advise you, don't do this again, what can intangible cultural heritage be, no one should listen to it or no one listen, if you continue to do this, you will only lose both people and money. Liu Qianrun persuaded.

"No, I'm going to do it, I can't break it. Zhang He said firmly.

"Broken? With the country behind you, what are you afraid of, it will definitely not be broken. Liu Qianrun didn't care.

In his opinion, since it is already an intangible cultural heritage, the country will definitely not let such an art be cut off.

But this is not the case, no matter how much policy inclination is given, no matter how much money is given, no one learns and no one listens, art will eventually disappear.

There are less than 50 veteran artists in the country, the average age is over 50 years old, and there is not a single young person.

"Boss Liu, thank you for your kindness, but I will still persevere. Zhang He thanked.

"You're just a madman, what's wrong with money, you have to do this. Liu Qianrun said a little angrily.

"I want to make the old cavity popular all over China, so that all Chinese people know the old cavity and have heard the old cavity, and I believe that our artists can do it with us." ”

"If the old man can become popular all over China, I will work for you and be a driver for you!" Liu Qianrun said disdainfully.

After speaking, he directly took the bag and left the table angrily.

He originally wanted to persuade Zhang He, but he didn't expect that it would be useless at all, and he had nothing to say to such a person.

With the development of the economy, the entertainment life is becoming more and more abundant, and it is inevitable that the traditional quyi will show weakness, and almost all of them are in a half-dead state, and it is only a matter of time before they die.

Zhang He wants to promote the old style to the whole country, but it is difficult to reach the sky.

Now that the limelight of intangible cultural heritage has passed, the audience has left, and there are not many people left.

Who spends their time listening to clichés?

Looking at the back of Liu Qianrun leaving, Zhang He's heart was a little sad and a little lost.

"Is it impossible?" Zhang He asked himself.

Back in the theater, the next opening time was finalized and it was scheduled for Friday night.

At this time, most of the people in the main city were on vacation, and there was nothing to do.

Tickets began to go on sale at six o'clock, and the entrance to the theater was deserted, and passers-by only glanced at it, then turned their heads and continued to walk forward.

The old talk, after listening to it, you won't listen to it anymore, and young people have more interesting things.

A few elderly people came over, bought a few tickets and sat in the theater.

Zhang He and Zhang Chuan stood at the door, and their expressions were not very good-looking.

It's seven o'clock now, and only ten tickets have been sold for the one-hour theater, all of which are old men and aunts.

After a while, Wang Chen came from a distance, and when he saw the deserted appearance of the door, Wang Chen comforted: "Zhang He, it's okay, it's normal for business to be bad for a while, you have to stick to it." ”

"Brother Wang, come in, the old position is reserved for you. Zhang He smiled bitterly.

"Do it well, the other three are closed, and if you close again, we won't have a place to listen to the old talk. Wang Chen smiled and walked into the theater.

By the time the theater opened at 8 o'clock, thirty-three tickets had been sold, which was not enough for the cost of tonight's performance.

"Uncle He, there are fewer and fewer people, or we will shut it up. Zhang Chuan wondered.

Zhang He ignored it, turned around and walked into the theater.

The veteran artists in the backstage also saw the appearance of the audience, and their expressions were not very good-looking.

Zhang He walked in and said, "Grandfathers, uncles and aunts, no matter how many audiences there are, we have to continue acting." ”

Zhang Yusheng nodded and said, "That's for sure, there is only one audience, we have to perform well and work hard." ”

He has experienced the decline of the old style, at that time it was still a shadow puppet show, the artists sat behind the shadow puppet cloth, sometimes there was only one audience in front of the stage, but everyone still performed hard, without the slightest slack.

Because I like it, because I love it.

Artists perform for the audience, and they must perform seriously and be worthy of the money spent by the audience.

"Xiao Zhang, it's not me who said, if you lose money, forget it, it's not easy for you to make money, let's go back to the village and continue singing. Zhang Dongxue said.

They are all elders, and they can't bear to see Zhang He suffer like this.

"It doesn't matter, our theater can hold on. Zhang He said with a smile.

"I hope you keep it up. ”

At eight o'clock, the performance began, Zhang Yusheng took the performance team onto the stage, like an old farmer walking in the field, without the slightest artificiality, revealing a natural atmosphere.

There was sparse applause from the audience.

Uncover the red Luo tent with his hands, and stand beside the bed Xiao Luo Cheng. Zhang Yusheng played the Yueqin and sang.

This paragraph is selected from the old-fashioned script "Luo Cheng Zhengnan", Liu Xingwu took a sentence from the lyrics and named it "Snow and Frost on June 6th".

On the stage, Zhang Yusheng and several others sang attentively, danced and played.

There are few people in the audience, there is no hotness when there are many people, only quiet.

When Haojie saw the face of his good wife, he put his feet on the ground and beat his chest with his hands. Zhang Yusheng continued to sing.

A tune was quickly sung to the end.

"I have no choice but to stay in Hefengyi, the snow and frost fell on June 6, I was going to talk to you more, the rooster and the dog barked and the soul was difficult to walk, and I slapped a palm on the side of the bed before leaving, and woke up the people in Nanke's dream. ”

After the song was sung, the audience burst into applause.

Zhang Yusheng led the team to sing another song before leaving the stage, and then Zhang Dongxue's team sang on stage.

Although the audience was only 33 people, the artists did not slack off and still sang hard.

When it was over, the audience slowly left the theater.

Standing at the door, Zhang He sent off the audience one by one with a smile, and said, "Welcome to come again next time." ”

"Young man, my wife and I love to hear you sing the same old words, you must not close the door, or we will have no place to listen. An elderly couple laughed.

"We're not going to close our doors. Zhang He said with a smile.

Hearing this answer, the couple slowly left the door of the theater.

Zhang He sighed, waited until the artists left, locked the door of the theater, and returned to the village.

In the old cavity protection center, Liu Xingwu sorted out the script, discussed the follow-up performance with the old artists, and then returned to the office.

"Zhang He, our recent performances have also become less, and now we basically don't go out. Liu Xingwu said.

As the limelight of intangible cultural heritage passed, the old dialect fell into silence again.

Although after the intangible cultural heritage, the reputation of the old cavity has been greatly improved, but the fundamental problem has not been solved.

The masses of the people know very little about the old language, let alone the love for the old language, almost nothing.

Liu Xingwu also said that there is no money to undertake the government's public welfare performances, and all expenses are paid by himself.

The expenses for transportation, accommodation, catering and performance staff have to go from the funds of the Laoyan Conservation Center, this small center does not have much money at all, if it were not supported by the performance expenses of Huashan, it would have been almost gone.

"I thought Lao Yan could go out this time, but it seems that he still thinks too much. Zhang He smiled bitterly.

"Is our path wrong?" Liu Xingwu was a little puzzled.

In the end, they have only gone to Weinan now, and they have not left Weinan yet.

But if you want to get out, you have to spend money, and if you don't have money, you can't do anything.

"Director Liu, I have completed the investigation report. At this time, Lin Xiong walked into the office.

He was holding a piece of paper with some information on it.

"Okay, I'll take a look. Liu Xingwu took the paper.

He glanced at it, and then handed it to Zhang He.

"Look at it. ”

Zhang He looked puzzled, took the paper in his hand and looked at it.

"This is your investigation report on the old man. Zhang He looked surprised.

The content of the investigation report is a survey of the main urban area of Huayin, mainly around the old dialect, and the results show that almost the entire Huayin people know the art of the old dialect.

"Our old dialect has fallen into the dilemma of development, and now all Huayin people know the old dialect, those who really love to listen to it will definitely listen, and those who don't like to listen will not listen, most people have heard it. Liu Xingwu said.

Zhang He took a closer look at the report, and this was indeed the case.

The performances of the small theater are limited, they can only be in Huayin City, and most of them are residents of the main city, and other people who are far away may come a few times once in a while, but they will not come often.

You can watch TV while sitting at home, why do you have to go so far to listen to the old talk.

"The people in Huayin have heard it, but they only stay in Huayin, and the old man can't expand his influence. Zhang He nodded.

"Let the old man go out!" Liu Xingwu said.

"Let the old man go out to perform and participate in various activities, so that outsiders can also know the old voice. Zhang He nodded in agreement.

Today's plan is to let the old man go out, otherwise the old man can only become a local Huayin opera and survive.

What Zhang He wants is to make Lao Yan popular all over China, he originally wanted to play steadily, but now it seems that he must speed up and let Lao Yan go out as soon as possible, out of Huayin, and into the wider world.

Article 17 of the Interim Measures for the Protection and Management of National Intangible Cultural Heritage states that the cultural administrative departments of the people's governments at or above the county level shall encourage and support the promotion and popularization of national intangible cultural heritage knowledge through festivals, exhibitions, training, education, mass media and other means, and promote its inheritance and social sharing. Liu Xingwu said.

"The performance team needs to go out more, you can't just stay here, you are right, if there is no event, we should go to the event, we take the initiative to find it, so that others can recognize it. Zhang He's mind was also active.

He had always wanted to perform in the theater before, but he didn't think about it.

You can take the initiative to find some companies and let the old man perform when organizing activities.

There have been some events this year, and the organizers will pay people to perform, all of which are the same thing, other arts can, why can't the old ones.

"Recently, I plan to find some activities organized by the government or state-owned enterprises to let Lao Yan participate in the performance, and you can find some private enterprises to see if you can let Lao Yan perform. Liu Xingwu's eyes flickered.

"We split up. Zhang He immediately agreed.