Chapter 99: Selling Songs
Song drum Yan Zhao'er, Wei Shu Mingsi. The pink color is colorful, and the dancing sleeves are brushed with flower branches.
Take the wine to the beauty, please sing Handan words. The clear zither is swirling, and the green clouds are hanging.
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Li Bai's "Handan Nanting Observation", the song is full of Qinglou style. On the night of the Qinglou, the sound of the warbler swallows, the shallow singing and chanting, the fat powder is in a row, and the brocade tent is a thousand heavy, whether it is in Beijing or Cangdu, there is no difference. When I stepped into the fireworks alley, I already felt the boundless breath of wind and moon. Standing in front of the largest green building in Cangdu, "Fengyue Building", I felt a hint of irony, this place I wanted to escape from at the beginning, I never thought that one day, I would actually take the initiative to step into the door.
A turtle slave has greeted him: "This boy is very angry, but it's the first time to come to find a girl?" ”
I smiled lightly, the turtle slave also knows how to read the eyes, seeing that I don't want to say more, he smiled and welcomed me into the hall: "Son, our girls in Fengyue Building, all of them are as beautiful as flowers, empathetic, if the son does not know the girl, the villain will introduce you to the two ......"
"Let's find a small compartment first." I said lightly, "What's the show today?" ”
When the turtle slave heard me say this, when I was a gentleman who often went in and out of the Goolan Courtyard, his eyes lit up: "The prince is a coincidence, today we have a Qing man in Fengyue Building who debuts on stage, singing and dancing is a must, and it is the most popular song in the capital......"
I smiled, got into the small compartment, and leaned on the couch: "That's good, I'm interested in taking a look." ”
The turtle slave saw that I was not salty or light, and he couldn't figure out my details, so he smiled and said, "Childe, do you want to call the two girls in to pay for the wine?" ”
"No, I'll call when I need to." I said lightly, I'm not here to remember. threw a tael of silver to him, although his face was silent, his heart twitched with pain, and when he saw that the turtle slave was smiling, he smiled with a charming smile: "That villain doesn't disturb the master's interest, if there is anything that needs to be ordered by the little one." ”
When he went out, Xiaohong, who pretended to be a little girl, spoke up: "The girl came here today, do you want to ......?" ”
She hesitated, then paused. I glanced up at her and chuckled, "Do you think I want to do my old job?" ”
Seeing my mocking expression, she frowned and said, "Girl......"
"Xiaohong, it's not easy to get rid of the life of relying on the door and laughing, will you really come back?" I opened the window, lowered the bamboo curtains, and watched the movement in the lobby.
"Girl......" Xiaohong looked at me in a daze, and I said, "Let's be a master today, you should just come out to have fun." ”
Xiaohong's face flew red, and she stomped her feet and said, "The girl is so serious." ”
The lobby was lively, and the Qingqi who the turtle slave said before came out on stage, but saw a brightly dressed woman in full makeup holding the piano on the performance stage, although her face was half down, she could still see that her face was good, and her expression was moving, which could be regarded as a beauty. She played the piano and sang a little song, I listened to the tune, I felt that the style of music was a little weird, and it seemed a little familiar, and when she sang the lyrics, I felt that something was wrong, it turned out that the lyrics vaguely had the shadow of the songs I sang in the capital before, and the lyrics were also very white, not words written according to the law, but songs written in imitation of the style of pop songs, which made people laugh and feel nondescript.
I smiled, listened to her singing, and looked up at Xiaohong: "What does Xiaohong think of her singing?" ”
"No girl sings well." Xiaohong smiled and patted me on the back, and I gave her a white look angrily and funny. The bidding has already begun outside, and the Qing Qi was auctioned by a thin old man for two hundred taels. I smiled faintly and said, "Xiaohong, open the door and tell the turtle slave to help me invite the bustard in." ”
Fengyue Lou's old bustard Liu Ruyue is a charming half-old, dressed up in a charming manner, when Yu Dieer was a shopkeeper in the shop before, she was quite fond of pestering him, and she found him several times by making clothes, but I haven't seen her face, so I can see her appearance clearly. When the old bustard entered the door, he was surprised when he saw me and Xiaohong, and said with a smile: "Yo, this son is the first time here, right?" Which girl do you like? Ruyue asked her to come over and say hello......"
I smiled and said, "Mother Liu, please take a seat." The song that the girl came on stage just now is a little chic, I don't know which musician composed it? ”
"Childe is polite, this is the most popular lyrics and songs in Beijing today, it is rumored that it was created by the Yanji Carmen girl of 'Leaning on the Red Mansion' back then, and it is very popular with guests, and Childe also likes this song?" Liu Ruyue sat down and asked with a smile.
"Miss Carmen?" I raised my eyebrows and said lightly, "I've heard Miss Carmen's song, and it doesn't look like it." ”
Liu Ruyue was stunned, her face was quite embarrassed: "It turns out that the son is from Beijing, and I don't hide it from the son, Miss Carmen has unparalleled lyrics and songs, and the capital is prevalent, so naturally some people will follow suit." ”
It turns out that the songs I sang at the beginning have spread to Cangdu, and they have become the fashion of Qinglou, and the women of Qinglou compete to imitate them, hoping to raise their value?
"So, these songs were written by Mother Liu's mother to imitate Miss Carmen's songs?" I let out a small smile and said softly.
Liu Ruyue's face was a little embarrassed: "Now in this Cangdu City, which Qinglou is like this......"
"It's a pity." I said lightly.
"It's a pity?" Liu Ruyue was stunned, "What did Childe say?" ”
"That girl just now, the song she sang is not suitable for her temperament, if she changes to another song, her bid price tonight should be more than two hundred taels." I looked at the old bustard, "What does Mother Liu think if she changes to this song?" Saying that, without waiting for her to react, I gently hummed a song "Full Moon in the West Building", just now I thought that with that clear voice, singing this song should be extremely beautiful. That Liu Ruyue listened to me hum a few words, her eyes lit up, but she couldn't understand what I was thinking, and said worriedly: "Childe, this song ......"
"I'm here today to talk to Mother Liu about business." The corners of my lips pursed a light smile: "Since Mother Liu wants to find someone to buy a song, it is better to buy it with me, I guarantee that the song I give you is definitely what Mother Liu wants." ”
"I said how come there are guests who have chartered a small box, but they are not called girls, it turns out that the drunkard does not mean to drink." Liu Ruyue looked at me, her face was different from the cautious and cautious just now, and she looked at me with a smile: "It turns out that the girl is here to talk to Ruyue about business." ”
I raised my eyebrows and smiled faintly, she obviously saw that I was a woman when she entered the door, but she found out my intentions before she broke it, and it was indeed the master of the eight faces. I didn't take the sudden change in her attitude, I just looked at her with a light smile, and said lightly: "Mother Liu is really a delicate person, I don't know if I am interested in the little girl's business?" ”
"The song that the girl sang just now is beautiful, but it is not very similar to the style of Miss Carmen." Liu Ruyue smiled, "What else does the girl have to say?" ”
"That song just now is for that girl." I said, "Does Mother Liu want that kind of glamorous song from Miss Carmen?" ”
"What the girl sings is nothing more than a song that amuses the guests." Liu Ruyue smiled, "Does the girl have it?" ”
I smiled, and then better than the word "Carmen" that shocking the world is afraid that there is less, since you want a vulgar song, I will give you a vulgar one, I opened my mouth to sing Huang An's "Jun Mo Pan", this song is vulgar, the words of my favorite "Jun Mo Pan" have also been changed to vulgar, when I first heard it, I once had the urge to hit the wall, but the man who sings to find pleasure listens, it is still pleasing to listen.
Liu Ruyue listened to me quietly after singing, and there was a smile in her eyes: "These two songs of the girl are completely different styles, Ruyue is really curious, these songs are all written by the girl?" ”
"It's made by people from my hometown." I smiled, "Mother Liu, that song was a joke with you just now, how about I sing it to you again?" ”
Since it is to sell things, of course, we must pay attention to the quality of the goods, I took the heart of jokes and sang "Streamer Flying" seriously, I don't believe that this song is sung, you will not be tempted. Sure enough, when Liu Ruyue heard this song, her face was stunned, and when I finished singing, I didn't speak for a long time, I smiled and said lightly: "Mother Liu, can you still hear this song?" ”
"Hear, hear." Liu Ruyue came back to her senses, looked at me with a happy face and said, "What do you want to do with this business, girl?" ”
"Five thousand taels of silver." I quoted a price, I wanted to say four thousand taels, think about my comeback and capital, anyway, the money of this Qinglou is easy to come by, ask for more surnames.
"Girl, your price is a lion's mouth." Liu Ruyue is also a person who has seen wind and waves, and she is not angry when she hears me so bid, and she says quietly, "You want to sell these three songs for 5,000 taels, are you wronged by me Liu Ruyue?" I asked people to write songs, and it was only five taels of silver for the pen polishing fee. ”
"Naturally, it's not the price of three songs." I secretly praised, smiled, and said lightly: "I don't hide it from Mother Liu, I urgently need this money, if Mother Liu agrees to pay me this money at one time, I can provide you with songs at any time within a year." Five thousand taels of silver is said to be a lot less, but it is not too much, if my song can make Liu's mother customers overflow, five thousand taels will be easy to earn back. ”
"That's right, but it's still unknown whether the girl's song can be profitable, not to mention that I don't know the girl's details, if the girl takes the money and leaves, won't I lose a lot?" Liu Ruyue thought very carefully, I forgot this, that is, why did she believe me?
"What does Mother Liu want to do?" In business, I naturally can't just talk about it and dispel her concerns.
"It's still a song to pay the bills, and the goods and money are paid twice, and there is no delay or arrears." Liu Ruyue said, "I pay the bill at the market price, how about it?" ”
"A song of five taels of silver?" I smiled slightly and stood up, "Mother Liu, it seems that this business can't be negotiated." "There is more than one green building in this Cangdu City, I will change my home and sell it.
"Don't worry, girl." Seeing that I wanted to leave, Liu Ru smiled and said, "The girl is not satisfied with the price, how about you quote a price?" ”
"One hundred and twenty songs." I opened my mouth and said, "Mother Liu, this price can't be less." ”
She chuckled and said, "Girl, the girl in our building, she may not be able to have a hundred taels of silver when she receives a guest, your price is too high." ”
I smiled faintly: "Mother Liu, the same thing is used on different people, and the effect will be different." You're a sensible person who knows how to use good things to the right point. ”
She looked at me steadily, and a smile of unknown meaning tugged at the corner of her lips: "The girl is also a smart person. Okay, just say this to the girl, one hundred taels of silver, I want it. ”
I smiled faintly, one hundred taels of silver a song, which is a lot, but these few days to raise enough four thousand taels, I have to sell forty songs, Fengyue Lou will not have such a large demand, it seems that there are still a few more Qinglou. It's really humorous, I finally got out of the Qinglou, but I didn't expect to rely on the Qinglou to save my life. Maybe selling songs can't fully raise the arrears, but all in all, it's a pretty good start today. I smiled and said to Liu Ruyue: "In this way, I will write the lyrics and ask Liu's mother to ask the musician to memorize the score." ”
――2006、11、28
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