When Chen Gong and Gao Ran took over Dongjun, Han Zhan's opera garden in Yedu City was officially opened to the public.

The day before the opening, Fu Zhu also came over to ask Han Zhan for instructions: "Lord, the opera garden will open tomorrow, and I don't know how to charge the fee." ”

"The tickets for the opera garden are divided into three classes: A, B, and C." Han Zhan stretched out three fingers and said, "Ten dollars for the C ticket, sit on the bench behind and watch the play; B ticket is 100 yuan, you can sit at the square table in front of you to watch the play, and you can also enjoy tea and pastries; You can sit on the second floor to watch the play, and you can enjoy tea, pastries, wine and meat. ”

After the completion of the building of the opera garden, Han Zhan ordered eight square tables to be placed in the hall on the ground floor, close to the stage, divided into two rows, each row of four square tables, each square table has a bench around each side, and one bench can seat two people; Near the doorway, there are five rows of benches, each with six benches, each of which can seat four people; The upstairs seating is designed according to the standard of four people per table, and there are ten tables in total.

After a while, he found that the income of one performance was more than 70 yuan, and if there were three performances a day, then it would be more than 200 yuan. In the past, Jizhou's annual income will be more than 70,000 yuan, and it will be able to raise a lot of soldiers and horses. From this point of view, the Lord's public setting up a drama garden is really a good business with great profits.

"Now there are only four plays, each running for three days, and then the next one." Don't look at the Huangmei opera that he made, Emperor Xian of Han and Chao Chinese Wu both like it, but whether the dignitaries and nobles of the Beijing division and the people buy it, Han Zhan is still bottomless: "After watching it for half a month, when you see that one is popular, you can increase the performance time, and if you are not popular, you can temporarily withdraw it." ”

In this way, on the first day of the opening of the opera garden, the people outside who watched the excitement were crowded. They are all asking what this Huangmei Opera is, and whether it is similar to the previous hundred operas.

However, these people are ordinary people, where can they easily see Huangmei Opera, and they have been idle for a long time, and they don't understand what is going on. For those of the same kind who spend ten dollars to listen to the play, they scoffed: "When you watch a hundred plays, you don't give a penny." Now if you go into a theater to watch a play, you have to pay ten dollars, which is a loser. ”

Seeing that the play was about to start, the 100 soldiers sent by Fu to maintain order drove the people watching the excitement to both sides of the road, so that those dignitaries who came by car could enter the theater smoothly to watch the play.

The people who bought the square table tickets on the ground floor were basically all officials, and after meeting each other, they all bowed to each other. A filial piety surnamed Li couldn't help frowning when he saw the ordinary people sitting on the bench in the back row, and said to his colleagues on the side: "How can this be true, how can we sit with ordinary people and watch the play?" The owner of the theater should be asked to drive these people out. ”

The official who invited him to watch the play hurriedly said to him: "Brother Li, be cautious, be cautious." This opera garden was opened by the Marquis of Anyang, if your words leak out, I'm afraid there will be trouble, don't mention this matter again. If Brother Li doesn't want to sit with these ordinary people and watch the play, he can sit on the second floor next time. ”

Li Xiaolian looked up at the second floor and saw that the people sitting on it were basically rich businessmen and tycoons who dragged their families. Thinking about it again, if it weren't for the invitation of a friend, it is estimated that I would not even be able to afford a theater ticket for 100 yuan, let alone a second-floor ticket worth a penny. He secretly decided in his heart that if this Huangmei opera was not good for a while, even if he offended his friends, he would get up and leave.

The girls in the opera troupe backstage freshened up early and cleaned up, and silently recited the opera in their hearts that they were already familiar with. Don't look at them performing many times, but it is the first time to act in the theater garden, and I don't know if the song I sing can be loved by the guests who come today.

When the sound of musical instruments came from the stage, everyone knew that the performance had begun, and the opera garden, which was originally as lively as a vegetable market, suddenly became silent, and only the sounds of various musical instruments coming from behind the curtain could be heard.

As a woman with pink eyebrows appeared on the stage, all the audience had a feeling of brightness. As soon as the girl spoke, the singing voice was gentle and clear, as clear as a nightingale, which made everyone listen to it as if they were fascinated.

Even Li Xiaolian, who was reluctant to listen to the play with ordinary people just now, shook his head when he heard it, and the feather fan in his right hand rhythmically tapped the palm of his left hand. At this moment, he only has the girls singing on stage in his eyes, where can he still consider whether watching the play with the common people will damage his filial piety.

"Brother Li," Seeing that Li Xiaolian was so engaged, the officials on the side asked tentatively: "I don't know that today's Huangmei Opera may enter your eyes?" ”

Li Xiaolian nodded and said seriously: "Yes, it's really good." I want to ask, is this Huangmei Opera only sung today, or is it often there. ”

"Every day, three times a day." The official replied, "It is said that there are now four Huangmei operas, each of which is sung for three days. Today's one is called "The Female Concubine", and the next performance is called "Tianxian Pei". If Brother Li likes it, we can come back in three days......"

"So good, very good!" Li Xiaolian said yes again and again, he had long forgotten in his heart, not long ago, he kept saying that he didn't want to watch the play with ordinary people, and even planned to leave when he found that Huangmei Opera was not good. He even thought in his heart that if he could listen to the play here every day, even if he sat on the bench in the back, he could do it.

In order to find out whether the people of this era would like later dramas like Huangmei Opera, Han Zhan also sent people to check on the opera garden, and when he learned that it was full, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. He began to ponder that if Huangmei Opera could become an instant hit among the people, then he could let the counties controlled by Jizhou select people to come here to learn Huangmei Opera, and strive to build opera gardens in all parts of Jizhou within half a year to a year.

In addition to Han Zhan, people who care about the news of the opening of the opera garden also have many civil and military forces in Jizhou. Although they have long watched Huangmei Opera in the Prefecture Pastoral Mansion, and even sent singers from their own families to study, everyone has no idea whether Huangmei Opera can be liked by many people in Beijing.

When he learned that the first performance of the opera garden was full, and all the tickets for the theater had been sold out within three days, Xun Yu seemed to see a way to make money. He knew very well in his heart that if there were a few more such projects that could make money, Jizhou's strength would become stronger and stronger, not to mention one or two princes, even if more princes were united, they would be able to deal with it easily.