Chapter 35: The Show Begins
Today, Mr. Guo has harvested more than one or two pieces of silver, so it will take less than two days to pay off Wang Fatzi's salary, and it also indirectly proves that storytelling is a good way to make money, of course, now it is because Mr. Guo is telling stories alone, I believe that in less than two days, there will be storytellers such as Mr. Zhao and Mr. Li in Chang'an. The fat man is a little worried that Mr. Guo will change jobs, or do it himself, Su Bai has not considered this, but there is no good way, people come to work here and they are not sold to you, I am afraid that people will change jobs, of course, the salary will be improved, so that people have a sense of belonging.
Of course, even if Mr. Guo jumps ship, Su Bai is not afraid, as long as Su Bai is there, is there still a lack of stories in Liaozhai? Joke!
Seeing that everything was ready, Su Bai clapped his hands and looked at Wang Fatzi and said, "Zhang San, are they sure there is no problem?" Wang Fatzi patted his stomach and made a look of me doing things you can rest assured, Su Bai thought that people are also experienced servants, so they shouldn't have to worry about it themselves, so let's prepare well and recuperate!
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Wang Fatzi finally decided to let the runner follow Mr. Guo home, and pick him up in the morning to ensure Mr. Guo's safety, Mr. Guo excused himself and said no, the fat man insisted on going his own way, and finally Mr. Guo had to agree.
Su Bai led Wang Xiaobao to leave first, tomorrow Cheng Chumo will come to chat and watch the play, and tomorrow morning he will help those actors put on makeup, on the one hand, he is also afraid that they will not use their own masks, after all, the masks have just been made by themselves.
I didn't say anything all night, got up early the next morning, washed up, drank some porridge and water at home, and took Erniu and Wang Xiaobao to Liaozhai, Su Bai touched Erniu's head and said: "Erniu, don't cry your nose in fright" Erniu's small chest, and said majestically: "Big brother underestimated me, you forgot that when we were in Cattle Village, when I stole honey, I didn't rush to the front, when was I afraid?" Su Bai smiled and didn't speak, don't frighten him when the time comes.
When it came to Liaozhai, the fat man Wang had arrived, and this fat man didn't know what he thought, so he actually put on makeup! The big fat face is painted like a ghost, and it seems that there is no need to pretend to be a ghost today, just let him play.
When Fat Wang saw Su Bai, he took two steps over and asked nervously, "When will Grandpa Cheng come?" Su Bai took two steps back and said, "What are you doing in this ghost?" Wang Fatzi thought that Su Bai was talking about others, and no one understood what Su Bai was talking about, so he touched his face and said: "What do you know, this is the first time I have met Cheng Xiaopapa, how can I leave a good impression on Xiaopai."
The corners of Su Bai's mouth twitched: "That's it?" Good impression? I'm afraid that Cheng Chumo will see you and think it's a ghost, if you come with a knife, maybe I'll go to burn paper for you next year! Hearing Su Bai's damage to himself, Wang Fatzi didn't take it to heart when he smiled, in his opinion, it must be Su Bai who was jealous of his handsome face! This is what my aunt made for herself in the morning, saying that it is the most popular makeup this year, like the aristocratic circle of the little grandfather, you must know how to appreciate it!
Su Bai really didn't want to look at this dead fat man, he was a little unappetizing, and called Zhang San and a few people: "You rehearse first, and I'll see if there is a problem when I play it first", Zhang San nodded yes, waved his hand to signal everyone to prepare, there is nothing good to change in the play "Painted Skin", only those who play Taoist priests need to change their robes. Playing Wang Sheng is one of the two old singers, named Qian Qing, Su Bai has a toothache to watch, he is a little too old, especially his beard, Su Bai is uncomfortable to watch, but looking at the eager eyes of the surrounding halls, it seems that this is nothing.
Chunhua plays Wang Sheng's second brother, Xia Hua plays Wang Sheng's wife, Qiuhua plays the painted skin demon, and another old singer Sun Hua plays the old Taoist, such a simple framework can come out. As the band's drums played, "Painted Skin" began...
Su Bai has a toothache when he sees it, it's really a bit eye-catching that this Wang Sheng, it seems that he still has too few actors, and it's not enough to play a small drama like "Painted Skin", what if he really plays a big drama like "The Legend of the White Snake" in the future?
The props are designed to be okay, and there are some small problems, for example, they didn't understand the mask designed by Su Bai yesterday, after Su Bai demonstrated it himself, they knew how to use it, and they were not too used to spotlights. Su Bai had no choice but to use a big killing weapon to add money! As long as this performance is good, everyone will give one or two silver! Including the fat girl with only a few simple dubbing, all one or two! Of course, this silver is for the fat man of the king....
With money as a driving force, the servants were obviously much better when they performed again, Wang Fatzi watched the rehearsal absentmindedly, he had watched it countless times, and now these no longer aroused his interest, and now all his thoughts are how to talk to Cheng Chu for a while, how to climb a little incense with the future Lu Guogong. Su Bai looked at both sides in a row, and after finally confirming that there was no problem at all, let them go to the backstage and wait.
didn't dare to tell the people to act for Cheng Chumo today, for fear that they would put pressure on them and make them perform badly.
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Approaching noon, Su Bai was also a little impatient, not to mention Wang Fatzi, sweating in autumn was like rain, and the makeup on his face was also spent, that was called a child who couldn't bear to gamble, Su Bai finally couldn't stand his current image, let Wang Xiaobao go and fetch a basin of water, and forcibly remove Wang Fatzi's makeup, if he didn't remove his makeup, he had to vomit it, it was too ugly!
Mr. Guo secretly gave Su Bai a thumbs up on the side, obviously thinking that the image of Wang Fatzi just now was a little too scary, today Mr. Guo and the two runners who picked him up came in through the back door, although there was some trouble, but fortunately the fans didn't block it.
"Sigh law~" Suddenly a horse bark came in front of the door, Wang Fatzi suddenly came to the spirit, today the door is also full of people, not to mention five hundred people, can separate the crowd and squeeze in must be nobles! Needless to say, it should be Cheng Chumo who is here! immediately pulled Su Bai and ran to the door. As soon as I went out, I saw a two-horse carriage parked at the door, and the surrounding people were stopped by more than ten soldiers on both sides, leaving a road for the carriage.
As soon as the curtain of the car was lifted, a little black fat man jumped out inside, followed by a little black fat man who also jumped out inside, looked around, and after seeing Su Bai, his eyes lit up, and he walked over with his chest in one step, stretched out his hand and patted Su Bai's shoulder and said: "Brother Ugly Niu has a heart, and he is looking for so many people to welcome me, hahaha, ashamed."
The corners of Su Bai's mouth twitched, welcome? Do you still want to be shameless? People came to listen to the book, okay, Wang Fatzi saw that it was indeed Cheng Chumo, and quickly stretched out his hand to poke Su Bai twice on the waist, wanting Su Bai to introduce himself, Su Bai welcomed the two little black fat men and several soldiers into the store, and stretched out his hand to introduce: "Brother Cheng, this is my partner, Wang Fugui, a good person, worth a hand", Wang Fugui hurriedly bowed and said: "Villain Wang Fugui, see the little grandfather", Cheng Chumo waved his hand indifferently and said: "Okay, you are the partner of the ugly cow brother, then we are friends, You don't have to see the outside like this", and then pushed out the little black fat man behind him and introduced: "This is my younger brother, Cheng Chuliang", Wang Fugui hurriedly bowed again, Su Bai pulled out Wang Erniu on the side and introduced: "This is my younger brother, Wang Erniu", after speaking, he and Cheng Chumo stared at each other, and finally laughed together~
Cheng Chumo looked at the tables and chairs on the first floor to visit the position, led Cheng Chuliang to the front row, and turned back to Su Bai and said: "I want to see what the drama you said scares countless heroes and heroes looks like", Su Bai smiled and said: "You'll know in a while", after speaking, he gave Wang Xiaobao a look next to him, Wang Xiaobao nodded and ran to the backstage, informing Zhang San that they were ready to perform immediately.
Wang Fatzi followed behind Su Bai with some trepidation, looking at Su Bai with envy, he also wanted to be like Su Bai, he could talk and laugh with the little grandfather, but he was a little nervous and speechless. Su Bai patted the fat on his back and said: "Go find someone to go outside to distribute vouchers, just do the same as you did yesterday, and then let Mr. Guo go out to tell the story, you don't need to find someone to take the lead in throwing money today, yesterday's old audience knows how to do it", Wang Fat Man breathed a sigh of relief, there was something for him to do and he could relax a little, nodded and ordered a powerful guy to go outside and distribute vouchers.
Su Bai instructed a few remaining runners to close all the curtains, and the spotlights on the second floor were lit, and a few runners knew Cheng Chumo's identity, and hurriedly went to do it when they heard the order.
The curtains are specially made, not made of fabric, but sewn with animal skins, and there is absolutely no light on the window, and several soldiers behind Cheng Chumo became nervous, and their hands were quietly pressed on the handle of the knife, as if they were planning to kill them if there was any trouble, Su Bai hurriedly persuaded: "Generals, don't be nervous, don't be nervous, these are just to better watch the show."
Several soldiers didn't listen to Su Bai, and two of the knives had already been pulled out halfway, and at this time, the three spotlights on the second floor lit up at the same time and converged in the center of the stage~