Chapter 55 Evaluating Artists
The waiter has to start from smiling and standing, in fact, those maids and maids who followed Yu Xiu'er are better at it, and they must be used if they have talents, so Chun Tao and Hongmei were taught by Sun Xiangfu for an afternoon after the essentials of action, and arranged for them to first teach the thirty pairs of men and women who came to Yu Mansion to marry, and finally to teach those who were sent by the eldest grandson to them, who is called Sun Fuli, these people who have come to marry have no specific work! In the future, they will be arranged to work as a foreman and housekeeper in a restaurant.
The speed of the four great gentlemen was very fast, and before dinner, they brought dozens of truckloads of cloth and food, as well as more than a hundred musicians and artists to the Sun Mansion, and I don't know if they came to the Sun Mansion for dinner.
At this time, the second courtyard of the Sun Mansion is also full of people, and if any more people come, they will have to be stuffed into the backyard of the main family.
After the kitchen rarely opened a big pot of rice at full capacity, Sun Mansion took charge of the lamp, and the head of the house, Sun Xiangfu, cooperated with his wife and younger siblings, Uncle De, well, almost all the people in Sun Mansion who could walk into the front hall by themselves came.
There are also Changsun Chong, Lawyer Pei, Cheng Chumo and Wei Chi Baolin on the left and right, and they want to jointly test the level and unique skills of these artists who have been recruited.
"What, don't say much, remember, your performance must attract the eyes and ears of the guests, do these two things, you have already succeeded more than half of it, below, please the first contestant."
More than 100 artists have long been divided into multiple performance sequences, and after a while, the two people in the front line walked to the center of the conference living room, it was a father and daughter, the man was in his early twenties, and the little girl was only five or six years old.
"Let's introduce myself first." Sun Xiangfu, who was on the main seat, looked at the father and daughter in the center of the hall.
"My name is Zhao Xing, my daughter's name is Zhao Ya, our father and daughter are from Shandong, the family has performed acrobatics for generations, my father also performed juggling for the emperor in the palace of the former Sui, today I will perform a unique job for everyone, kick the bowl, please watch the big man in the hall."
"Please start your show."
After Sun Xiangfu finished speaking, the two fathers and daughters moved their props to the center of the hall, a large square table, a high small round stool was placed on the square table, the little girl Zhao Ya took off her coat, wearing only a red belly pocket and a wrap, and climbed up the high round stool neatly, first came to a handstand on the round stool, and then began to stand upside down, the soft waist was soon bent into a C-shape, and the whole butt was pressed on the two cupola braids on her head.
Then Zhao Xing under the table started the performance, throwing several big bowls quickly, street juggling! Just a few sets, a bowl in each hand, two in the air, from time to time to put one on the top of the head, change the pattern and continue to throw, the highlight is the father and daughter of the toss, one under the table with his hand, one on the high platform upside down, kicking, throwing each other like flowers to kick the bowl around, finally, the bowl all fell on the top of the head of Zhao Ya, who was independent on the high stool, even if the performance was over, it caused a burst of applause in the living room.
Sun Xiangfu has watched a lot of this kind of program on TV in later generations, and after watching the show with a basic expressionless face, he wrote the names of Zhao Xing and Zhao Ya on the white paper in front of him, and then wrote the words 'no stage fright' under their names, and then, there was no then.
"Next player, please."
"Ugh."
There was no imaginary reward, and seeing the expressionless face of the master sitting on the main seat, Zhao Xing's father and daughter were very worried, but they still quickly moved their props and tables and stools, and, soon, they returned to the crowd to watch, he really wanted to see what kind of performance could be rewarded by the master's family.
Then, the chest was broken with a big stone, the dancing knife breathed fire, and so on on more than a dozen street performers one after another, Sun Xiangfu finished reading it with a blank face, and left their names on the paper.
"Husband doesn't seem interested in this kind of performance?" Yu Xiu'er, who was sitting next to Sun Xiangfu, actually looked very energetic, but seeing that Sun Xiangfu hadn't laughed much all night, she asked.
"We're working, looking for a future for the restaurant, just these performances, some may be able to warm up the scene, some can only be performed once in the restaurant, the best, just watch a few more times will get tired, there is no show that I want to attract guests for a long time, so I will only remember their characteristics, and then use them to arrange the program I designed myself." Sun Xiangfu explained.
"Ah, husband, you can design the show yourself!" Yu Xiu'er said with some surprise.
"Of course, but it's not juggling, haven't you forgotten the singing show I arranged for the prince and them at Wangjingfeng? What I want is the kind of performance that has never been there before, something that can be talked about and passed on by word of mouth, not the rotten street stuff that they are performing now. ”
"How could the concubine not remember, but I haven't heard any new music from my husband for a long time, and I'm looking forward to it! You see, there are a lot of musicians and singers who are going to perform in the back, so you should choose some people and arrange a few new songs. ”
The two chatted quietly, and saw a fourteen or fifteen-year-old girl holding a yaoqin into the main hall.
"Zheng Zheng Zheng ······"
"The golden palm on the edge of the sky is dewed into frost, and the clouds are long with the word goose. The green cup and red sleeves take advantage of Chongyang, and the people are like hometowns.
Lan Pei purple, chrysanthemum hairpin yellow, diligent and old-fashioned. If you want to exchange intoxication for sadness, don't break your gut. ”
It was Sun Xiangfu Chongyang's plagiarized "Ruan Langgui" on Wangjingfeng, which was sung by this singer named Yao Hongsleeve at this time, but it was different from Yu Xiuer's clear and tactful, and there was another taste of grievance.
After singing the word, Yao Hongsleeve was waiting for Sun Xiangfu's comment in the hall, but Sun Xiangfu said, "You sing it again with my pronunciation, do, rui, mi, fa, shudder, la, west, tremble." ”
Yao Hongsleeve was a little surprised, but he still sang with Sun Xiangfu, "Do, Rui, Mi, Fa, Shuffle, La, West, Shake." ”
Another "Do, Rui, Mi, Hair, Trembling, La, West, Shake~"
This time, Sun Xiangfu's scale was significantly higher, but Yao Hongsleeve still sang along.
However, when Sun Xiangfu raised the scale again, Yao Hongsleeve almost broke the sound with difficulty.
Then Sun Xiangfu became expressionless again, picked up the pen and wrote the words 'soft mid-bass' under Yao Hongsleeve's name on the paper, and asked the next contestant to start performing.
"I've also taken a fancy to that woman! It turned out to be just an audition! But the husband's method of audition is really peculiar. ”
Yu Xiu'er on the side was still a little apprehensive when she saw Sun Xiangfu singing and singing with the woman just now, and at this moment, she saw Sun Xiangfu regain her expressionless appearance, and saw a few words of comment, and suddenly realized that she was confident, even if Sun Xiangfu added two more scales, she could keep up, and she was much stronger than this Yao Hongsleeve in terms of treble.
Sun Xiangfu will naturally not say anything to Yu Xiu'er at this time about the octave space above the scale, this period is just five scales of the palace Shangjiao light rain, after trying the notes of several singers in succession, some musicians came up to perform, for the instruments he didn't understand, Sun Xiangfu divided them according to the timbre, and when these performances were all completed, two hours had passed, and it was almost midnight.
"That's the end of tonight! Congratulations, all of you have been stayed, starting tomorrow, not only will you be able to eat and live in the house, but you will also receive different training, during the training period, you will get a more fixed salary, however, after the restaurant opens, if your performance is applauded and rewarded by the guests, there will be a commission, and there is no upper limit on the commission. ”
Sun Xiangfu wants to launch a drama in the restaurant, or a drama, interspersed with some sketches, singing and dancing and other warm-up performances, so there are a lot of people to use, and the performances brought by these more than 100 people may not be exciting, but they all have experience in performing in public, which is enough.
For Sun Xiangfu's announcement, many artists are naturally happy, and artists in this era can have a stable two meals and a small amount of income in a large family, which is almost their ultimate goal.
Back in his room, Sun Xiangfu impatiently took off his clothes and climbed on the bed, Yu Xiu'er, who was still in the honeymoon period, naturally knew what he was going to do, but sat on the round stool in the room with a shelf and said, "I teach my younger brothers and sisters to study during the day, and the concubine is so hard, I don't know if the husband can have a poem to comfort the concubine." ”
"Uh······"
Sun Xiangfu can remember really not too many ancient poems, with one less one, generally do not read out, otherwise, it will be troublesome when it is out of stock at a critical time.
However, looking at Yu Xiuer's posture, there is a lot of poetry and the rhythm of the bed tonight, which belongs to the second general situation that affects a happy life, no way, women in any era need to be coaxed!
"Lady, go to bed first, and compose poems for you for your husband." Sun Xiangfu hooked his finger at Yu Xiu'er and said.
"If you don't believe it, you compose a poem first." Yu Xiu'er turned her pretty face and shook off a sentence.
This little lady, is this suddenly crazy, are you jealous when you see other women singing my words? Looks like something has to come out and shock her.
Sun Xiangfu thought so, so he coughed and said, "Since the lady teaches her younger brothers and sisters to study hard, she will make a poem for her husband to persuade her to learn, and listen to it: persuade the gentleman not to cherish the golden clothes, and persuade the monarch not to cherish the youth, there are flowers that can be broken straight and must be broken, and there are no flowers and empty branches." ”
"Hey, good poetry!"
Yu Xiu'er repeatedly read the poem that Sun Xiangfu had just written, and then turned her pretty face to look at Sun Xiangfu on the bed, although the person was still a cheap expression at the moment, but she felt that this was the cynicism that talented people should have, what is called Xi Shi in the eyes of a lover, this is the realistic version.
"Lady, go to bed and rest! Human ethics is important, and this poem has another meaning in addition to persuasion. Sun Xiangfu hooked his finger again.
"What do you mean?"
Yu Xiu'er listened to the good poem, and finally went to bed with a wide dress, and Sun Xiangfu, who slept alone outside all night, stripped her of her in three times and divided by two, and after some clouds and rain, she said in her ear, "There are flowers that can be broken straight and must be broken, don't wait for no flowers and empty branches!" I don't have much when I'm young and energetic, and when I'm old, I don't move anything. ”