Fanwai (3): Peking Opera master Cheng Xiaolou - the turmoil after becoming famous
[PS]: Thank you for the third article of Miss Doctor, when the big white is floating!
"Brother Cheng, Brother Cheng!" Assistant Xiao Chen ran in in a panic.
Mu Xin, the agent who was discussing softly with Cheng Xiaolou in the dressing room, stood up unhappily, frowned and said to Xiao Chen, "What's the matter of panicking and shouting?"
Since the success of Cheng Xiaolou's new drama last time, all kinds of things have been dizzying, and in this regard, Xiaolou decided to use his strength to break the trick and rehearse this big drama with the old-timers, completely overwhelming the voice of the opposition and stabilizing the godhead.
Right now, it is the front end of the opening of the big play, all the famous characters are there, and although the makeup room behind the scenes is soundproof, it can't keep everyone from inquiring. Assistant Xiao Chen's panic must have fallen in the eyes of those who cared, and as soon as he thought of this, Mu Xin's gaze at Xiao Chen became more and more unkind.
"Meditation, old Mu. On the contrary, it was Cheng Xiaolou who opened his mouth to comfort. "It's the show today that really makes or breaks the show, everything else is embellishment. ”
Lao Mu was still frowning. "But if he does that, people will think that you are not good at disciplining. ”
"In the eyes of others, I was originally young and arrogant, and it didn't matter if I was frizzy. Cheng Xiaolou smiled, his high-pitched eyebrows and eyes dignified and gentle. "Young people should be like young people. Besides, Lao Mu, even if there is no such thing as today, are the people who want to pick on my thorns still afraid that they won't be able to pick out the thorns? No one can please everyone, Xiao Chen, don't worry. ”
At this time, the opening gong and timpani had sounded, and everyone was silent, waiting for the show to begin.
In the gap between the two folds, Mu Xin asked Xiao Chen in a low voice, "What happened?"
Xiao Chen, who had been restless and frantically scrolling through his mobile phone, finally raised his head and replied with some concern: "Brother Mu, someone has found Brother Cheng's parents!"
Mu Xin snorted, his face gloomy. I took precautions, but I didn't expect that something went wrong here.
Earlier, when Cheng Xiaolou decided to turn the world upside down in the Peking Opera industry, Pan Yu had mentioned this issue to Cheng Xiaolou, but Cheng Xiaolou was vague. Cheng Xiaolou said that he was too young to have a vague memory of his parents' voice and hometown, and if he wanted to find someone, he could only ask Wu Mantun.
Pan Yu went to ask Wu Mantun, thinking that in the form of that time, this old dog didn't dare not tell the truth, but he didn't know the situation at Cheng Xiaolou's house.
This kind of "adoption" belongs to the gray area, the people do not raise officials and do not hold them accountable, it is very difficult to trace, plus Cheng Xiaolou has a feeling of avoiding his hometown, so Pan Yu did not investigate it deeply, and later he also specially reminded Mu Xin that he should try not to mention topics such as hometown and parents in front of Cheng Xiaolou, so as not to affect Cheng Xiaolou's mood, so Mu Xin didn't know anything about Cheng Xiaolou's hometown parents.
"What does it say on the Internet?" asked Mu Xin quickly.
"Well, it was a group of reporters who found the door of Brother Cheng's house, and ended up having a closed meal. is mainly to criticize Brother Cheng's family for being unreasonable and Brother Cheng for not honoring his parents after he is developed. ”
"Didn't mention child trafficking or human trafficking?"
"Not really. ”
Mu Xin breathed a long sigh of relief: "That's good. ”
Recently, several large-scale human trafficking and human trafficking chains have been stabbed in succession, and public opinion has been in an uproar for a while, especially the fact that several well-known Peking Opera troupes were involved in them and fell all at once, making all the people in Peking Opera very vigilant, for fear of touching the red line.
Nor are the victims immune. Duan Xiulun, known as the "Little Martial Saint", is a typical example of bad luck. At that time, his family was in difficulty, so his parents sent him to a local theater troupe as an "apprentice", which was actually sold to the class owner as a small worker.
"Martial Saint" Duan Guanhai happened to pass by, and felt that Duan Xiulun was a good seedling, and he had a heart of love for talent, so he gave the class owner a large sum of money to adopt Duan Xiulun. Duan Wusheng was a delicate person, and he knew that with his identity, reputation was more important than money, so he completed the adoption procedures after several twists and turns. Legally speaking, Duan Guanhai is Duan Xiulun's father.
However, as soon as the turmoil began, Duan Xiulun's biological parents made a fuss, not to mention that Duan Wusheng bullied people and bought and sold human beings, resulting in the separation of flesh and blood, and made Duan Wusheng disgraced; Duan Xiulun was even more splashed with buckets of dirty water, saying that he disliked the poor and loved the rich and saw money, and did everything to become a disciple of the martial saint. In this second section, Xiulun's road to promotion to "Martial Saint" collapsed, and he had to close his door and wait for the dust to settle.
This is a lesson from the past, and Musin does not dare not take it as a warning. Cheng Xiaolou's matter is too similar to Duan Xiulun's, just by looking at the beginning, you can guess that there are countless big pits waiting for Xiaolou in the back, and the reason why it has not been fully rolled out is nothing more than waiting for the result of today's scene.
Nowadays, although Xiaolou looks like standing on the peak of flowers and cooking oil with brocade fire, the form is good, but in fact, because of the adaptation of Peking Opera and other things, many people have moved many people's jobs, and how many people are waiting for Xiaolou to fall into the abyss and then step on 10,000 feet.
"Remember how did you know the news of Xiaolou's parents?"
"Didn't there be a person who claimed to be Brother Cheng's uncle and harassed Brother Cheng before? The reporter contacted by that person seemed to be really a relative of Brother Cheng. Brother Mu, what do you think should be done?"
"Wait, Xiao Lou has to make his own decisions about this matter. Musin looked at the stage beyond the wall.
At this moment, the plot is developing to a difficult point in the whole play, and it is also a highlight. Liu Xiu, who has not yet become Emperor Guangwu of the Han Dynasty, and his beloved wife Yin Lihua went straight to the battlefield of Wang Mang's army after saying goodbye. The difficulties of this drama are almost all pressed on the heroine Yin Lihua.
Yin Lihua has been sitting still in the tent in this scene, because the princes from all sides came to visit one by one, so Yin Lihua's movements and expressions must be restrained and dignified, to reflect calm and generous, but also to show concern for her husband.
In other words, the actor of Yin Lihua has to swing between the two identities of ruler and wife, and its detailed performance must have the delicate demeanor of Xie Andao's junior thief in "The World Speaks New Language", but he broke the clogs. This is the requirement for Cheng Xiaolou in the plot.
In addition, this scene is grand, there are many roles, and a lot of old drama bones are entrusted to act, in this group portrait play, if Cheng Xiaolou can't control the whole audience like Yin Lihua and is rolled over by his predecessors, then his portrayal of Yin Lihua will collapse, and the play will be unbalanced. This is the requirement for Xiaolou on the stage.
Finally, the most important thing is the audience's request for Cheng Xiaolou. This play is the founder of the Yan faction, the famous work of Yan Weiping, the big green clothes, with Yan boss Zhuyu in front, the audience and drama critics are bound to be critical of Cheng Xiaolou, mediocrity is failure, and only extraordinarily brilliant can we win.
“…… When I heard the horse coming to report, I knew that the king had returned victorious. Ladies and gentlemen, the concubine must go and dress up, prepare lamb wine and reward the three armies!"
"Good!" burst into cheers.
Mu Xin and Xiao Chen glanced at each other, and it was done.
After Xiaolou finished removing his makeup, Mu Xin told Cheng Xiaolou what had happened.
"What are your plans?" asked Musin. Mu Xin didn't plan to give Cheng Xiaolou an idea, he knew that he was short of such schemes, and he knew that Xiaolou was very assertive.
Xiao Chen honestly looked at his nose and nose and did not say a word.
Cheng Xiaolou rarely leaked a look of hesitation.
Finally, Xiaolou made up his mind. "Now that they've all been found, let's go meet them. ”
It's impossible to meet without any preparation. Cheng Xiaolou told them that he planned to pretend to be a reporter to talk about it, and Pan Yu planned a route and identity for him.
Xiao Chen seduced them a little on the Internet, and Cheng Lu took them to the gate of Cheng's house, and then they witnessed a wonderful scolding battle. One of them is Cheng Xiaolou's father, and the other is Cheng Xiaolou's uncle.
"Don't keep bringing journalists to me and delay me in doing business. Cheng Xiaolou's father looked impatient. "My own son, can I still not know? I didn't call Cheng Xiaolou's son-"
"Yes, yes, it was given by the master, look at your name, Cheng Nansheng, it's not soil-"
"I don't have a son named Cheng Nansheng! I Cheng Qiao has three children in my life, Cheng Jiansheng, Cheng Lisheng, and Cheng Jian, and there is nothing else! Whoever asks me is the same thing! I'll tell you Cheng Lu! Don't think about some crooked things every day! If you bring these people to the door, I'll teach you the family law for the old man!"
Cheng Lu shrank obviously, obviously the psychological shadow left by this law on him was not small, but then he trembled again, and said vividly: "What age is this, and the family law is still ...... Let me tell you, if you weren't my brother, would I still be so hard-working? You don't pay attention to it, I don't know wow, do you know what Cheng Xiaolou is now? That's called a horn! How many people are holding it! That money is earned a lot, and just a little leakage from the cracks of his fingers is more than what we have earned in our lifetime! Besides, you are his father, isn't it natural to spend his money? Ah, even if you don't talk about money, can you miss him? Can your sister-in-law not want him?"
Cheng Qiao fell silent.
Cheng Lu smiled proudly, and was about to take advantage of the victory to pursue, Cheng Qiao said: "I only have three children in my life, and I only raised three children. You go, don't bother me in the future. ”
Cheng Lu was full of color, and was about to scold, but was pulled away by Mu Xin, who received Cheng Xiaolou's signal. Cheng Xiaolou stopped Cheng Qiao, who was about to return to the store, Cheng Qiao's face was not good: "I don't entertain reporters, I have nothing to do with Cheng Xiaolou, you were deceived by my brother." ”
Cheng ...... Master Cheng," Cheng Xiaolou glanced at the storefront and saw that it was a small musical instrument shop, selling some ethnic musical instruments such as Jinghu drumming. "I want to buy a moon qin, can you recommend it?"
Cheng Qiao was obviously impatient, but he still let Cheng Xiaolou into the store. "You buy it and leave, don't ask me questions. ”
Entering the house, Xiao Lou took off his hat and scarf and showed his face.
"You...... Are you ......?" Cheng Qiao hesitated.
"My name is Cheng Xiaolou. ”
Cheng Qiao stared at Cheng Xiaolou's eyes and said slowly: "I gave birth to four children in my life, but unfortunately I only supported three, my second son Nan had a hard life, and when he was four years old, he had a serious illness, he didn't survive and died." Now I only have three children, and I will always have these three children, the eldest Jiansheng is in the provincial capital, the three daughters have just joined the work, and the youngest child is studying, his grades are very good, and my old Cheng family pointed to him. My wife and I are in good health, and running this small shop is enough to make a living. ”
Cheng Xiaolou looked at the short and fat man in front of him with white sideburns and wrinkles at the corners of his eyes, and tears almost burst out of his eyes. It's not your father.
Xiao Lou thought to himself. Your father and your mother are in another world together.
"I ......" Cheng Xiaolou stabilized his emotions. "If my parents were still alive, I wanted them to be proud of me. ”
"I'm ...... lad Although they are not your parents, but I think they don't expect you to achieve much in your career, they just want you to be happy and don't want to cause you trouble. If you're proud of yourself, then I guess so are they. ”
Cheng Xiaolou bowed deeply, but Cheng Qiao didn't stop him. Then he took out the money he was going to give to Cheng Qiao, but was stopped by Cheng Qiao.
After pushing and giving in a few times in a row, Cheng Xiaolou suddenly became anxious: "This is the money I used to buy a musical instrument." ”
Cheng Qiao took out a few from the stack of money, and then pushed the rest of the money to Cheng Xiaolou. "I don't have that expensive instruments. If you want to buy a moon qin, it is best to go to Taifeng Qin Shop, my musical instrument is enough for beginners. ”
Seeing Cheng Xiaolou come out, Mu Xin and the others hurriedly surrounded him, and the group got into the car, and Mu Xin asked, "How is it?"
Cheng Xiaolou sighed and pointed to the Yueqin in his hand: "I bought a Yueqin for three hundred yuan." ”
"He didn't kill you!" Xiao Chen's heart was straightforward, and he was pinched hard by Mu Xin, and swallowed his screams aggrievedly under Mu Xin's gaze.
"Yes, how can a real parent slaughter their own child. Cheng Xiaolou had a smile on his face.