Lu Tao didn't expect Chen Pei to be so affectionate to him, and he couldn't help but feel stunned, and it was not easy to answer her words, so he had to pick up the wine glass in his hand and drink half a glass of red wine......

At about ten o'clock, the band on the right side of the stage of the performing arts bar suddenly withdrew, and several men holding Peking Opera instruments such as Jinghu, erhu, strings, flutes, and suona sat in the original band position.

Subsequently, the owner and host of the performing arts bar walked to the stage and said in a more sensational tone: "Bosses, gentlemen, ladies, next is the special program of our Qinyun Performing Arts Bar - the quintessence of Peking Opera performance time." The VIPs who have been here know that our Qinyun Performing Arts Bar has signed a long-term performance contract with the Nanjiang Provincial Peking Opera Company, and we are also the only performing arts bar in all the entertainment venues in the provincial capital that has signed a performance contract with the Provincial Peking Opera Company.

"Some old customers may also know that the contemptible person was originally an actor of the Provincial Peking Opera Company, and later resigned and went to the sea to found this performing arts bar, but my love for Peking Opera has not changed at all, so in the five years since our Qinyun opened, every night from ten o'clock to ten and a half past is a fixed Peking Opera performance time, which can be regarded as my meager contribution to the development of the quintessence of national art! Okay, let's not talk about it, let's invite our first Peking Opera actor to perform tonight. He is Liu Changqing, a national second-class actor of the Provincial Peking Opera Company, and the opening repertoire of today's performance for us is the classic singing segment 'Fighting the Tiger on the Mountain' from the revolutionary modern Peking Opera "Outwitting the Tiger Mountain", please enjoy!"

With warm applause, a middle-aged actor dressed as the reconnaissance hero Yang Zirong came to the stage and sang the classic track "Fighting the Tiger on the Mountain" with a passionate voice, sonorous rhythm, and chic movements. Subsequently, several Peking Opera performers came to the stage and sang classic singing segments in the repertoire such as "The Case of Quanmei", "Empty City Strategy", "Yutang Spring", "Peony Pavilion", etc., which won warm applause and applause from the audience again and again.

However, in this piece of applause and applause, there were some strange sounds, which came from Lu Tao's next table.

There were seven or eight people seated at this table, five men and three women. One of them, a sturdy-looking young man in his thirties, was probably the centerpiece of the table, surrounded by men and women vying to speak to him, with a sinister smile on their faces every time they spoke to him. Lu Tao's ears are more sensitive, and he accidentally heard those people call him "Min Shao" when calling this arrogant and vulgar man, and it is estimated that he is either a second-generation official or a rich second-generation.

Since the first Peking Opera actor came on stage, this Min Shao has been cheering and whistling, and from time to time he picked up his hand and slammed it on the table, making a piercing sound, causing the surrounding audience to look sideways, but because he found that everyone at the table seemed to be drunk, no one came forward to scold them.

When the third actor finished singing the fragment of "Yutang Chun", the host on the stage found that Min Shao's table was too uncomfortable, so he walked down from the stage, stood in front of Min Shao with his waist, and said with a smile: "Min Shao, you drank a little higher tonight, do you want to come to my office to drink a cup of strong tea to relieve hangover?"

Min Shao glared at him and shouted: "Fat Liang, when did you see me Min Shao drunk? What hangover tea do you want to drink?" Tell you, I specially brought a few brothers and sisters over tonight to see your new Peking Opera actors, the new Peking Opera star Lin Susu that you boasted about in the advertisement outside your door. Your advertisement blew her into the sky, saying that she had been studying Peking Opera since she was a child, and had received personal guidance from several Peking Opera masters, and that she would enter the National Peking Opera Company in the future.

"I won't hide it from you: I don't know Peking Opera, and I don't like Peking Opera, but I'm very interested in your Lin Susu. Judging from your advertisement, this Lin Susu is very beautiful, which fits my Min Shao's eyes very well. Another point, I like girls to wear ancient costumes the most, this Lin Susu put on the costume of singing Peking Opera, it is even more sultry, I am here to cheer her on today. Hurry up and let this Lin Susu play, I'm impatient!"

The host, known as "Liang Fatman", hurriedly smiled and answered "yes", and then hurriedly went on stage. At this time, another actor happened to finish singing a paragraph, and Liang Fatzi began to speak: "Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to solemnly recommend a new star of Peking Opera to you. This rising star graduated from the Peking Opera Performance Department of the Central Academy of Drama and is a new seedling cultivated by our provincial Peking Opera Company. Her name is Lin Susu, and she is an authentic fellow villager with me, both from Qingxi County, Huaisha City-"

When Chen Pei heard this, he turned his face to look at Lu Tao, and said in a low voice: "Lu Tao, this new star of Peking Opera is your hometown, and he is also from Qingxi County, Huaisha City, maybe it is one of your villages!"

Lu Tao smiled and said: "We have a lot of surnames Lin in Qingxi County, distributed in five or six townships, but our village is basically surnamed Lu, and it is basically impossible for her to be in the same village as me, but she can indeed be regarded as my authentic fellow countryman." By the way, this fat man Liang said that he is also from Qingxi County, so how can he be related to Zhang Wenqing? Qingxi County and Taolin County are separated by two or three hundred kilometers!"

Chen Pei looked at him with strange eyes and said, "You usually look quite smart, why are you short-circuited at this time? Who said that if you are two or three hundred kilometers apart, you can't be relatives? I heard Zhang Wenqing say that his mother is from Qingxi County, surnamed Liang, and is the cousin of Liang Fatzi, the owner and host of this performing arts bar, what's so strange about this?"

Lu Tao raised his hand and scratched his head, smiled embarrassedly and said, "As soon as you explain this, I feel that my head is indeed a little short-circuited." From this point of view, Zhang Wenqing and this fat man Liang are still relatively close relatives!"

When Lu Tao was talking to Chen Pei, Liang Fatzi continued to introduce Lin Susu: "Miss Lin Susu mainly focuses on Mei Pai Danjiao Tsing Yi, and also focuses on Shang Pai Tsing Yi and Hua Yi business, and won the 'Most Potential Rising Star Award' in the National Youth Peking Opera Television Competition when she was in her third year of university. Now, let us welcome our new Peking Opera star Miss Lin Susu to the stage to perform wonderful repertoire for us with the warmest applause!"

In the thunderous applause, a woman in ancient costume, wearing a red embroidered water-sleeved gown and a seven-star forehead, came out of the left side of the stage with light steps, first made a few sleeve movements with her back to the audience, and then turned to face the audience, and began to sing in a bright voice with the accompaniment of Jinghu:

"I heard the sound of the golden drum and the sound of the horn

Evoke me to break through the heavens and top the clouds

I want the peach blossoms to be majestic immediately

Enemy blood splash pomegranate skirt

In his lifetime, he should fulfill his responsibilities

How can an inch of land belong to someone else?

What is the king of clowns

I can be a million soldiers with a sword—"

When the last sentence was sung, "I can be a million soldiers with a sword", the audience once again burst into thunderous applause and cheers.