Chapter 43: The Oiran Contest
Everyone followed the sound to the front yard, and saw that the main building of Shanglin Yuan was full of friends, and there were no less than hundreds of people gathered. The hall in the building has been occupied by dozens of tables of eight immortals, and on the other side of the hall, there is a platform more than half a person high, which looks like the layout of a theater.
Fortunately, Qiao Qitai had already arranged and reserved the best location in the building. Zhu Youzhen was surrounded by everyone, and went straight to the table closest to the table and sat down, which immediately attracted the envy of the surrounding crowd. First, I envy the four sisters of Meilan, Zhuju and Ju that Zhu Youzhen is carrying, which can be called a beautiful crown; Second, I also envy Zhu Youzhen's extraordinary ability to occupy the best position.
Qiao Qitai was proud in his heart, and said to Zhu Youzhen flatteringly: "Don't hide it from Gongzi You, just for this position, Qiao spent a thousand taels of silver." The other tables cost hundreds of taels of silver. Even if you don't have a seat, as long as you enter the market, you must pay fifty taels of silver. This Shanglin Yuan is really worthy of the name of the gold cave! β
Everyone hurriedly thanked Qiao Qitai for his hospitality. The four sisters lowered their heads shyly, although they had never been in Shanglin Yuan, they were very familiar with this environment, for fear of being recognized by the past benefactors and causing unnecessary trouble for Zhu Youzhen.
Zhu Youzhen had just sat down, only to hear the crowd around him coaxing: "Why haven't you started yet?" Tell the girls to come out, the uncle is impatient! Chang Liantian, Zheng Tuohai and others at this table also followed suit. And although Lin Youkun, Qiao Qitai, Li Zicheng and others did not coax, they were also smiling, obviously they were all veterans of Fengyue here.
Although Zhu Youzhen had read countless films from island countries in his previous life, it was the first time he had come to this weathered place. While feeling a little embarrassed, I was also excited by the atmosphere around me, and I was secretly looking forward to the appearance of "Oiran".
After a while, a young man walked up to the front desk and said loudly: "Duomeng is the prime minister, and Jiang Saburo of Shanglin Yuan has thanked him first!" Please sit still, the girls have finished setting their makeup backstage, and the Oiran Contest will start soon! Before the start of the competition, the villain will explain the rules of the competition! β
The crowd suddenly fell silent and craned their necks to listen to this person's explanation. Qiao Qitai took the opportunity to laugh at Zhu Youzhen in a low voice: "This Jiang Sanlang's name Jiang Yingqiu is the third son of Jiang Wanliu, the owner of Shanglin Garden, and he is also the young master here. β
Zhu Youjian saw that this person was born with a face like a crown of jade, skin like powder, a full heavenly court, a straight nose and a square mouth, and a beautiful man. I thought that it was already popular at this time, and it seems that the "mother" culture of our dynasty has a long history, but it is not imported from Korea or Japan.
While thinking about it, I listened to Jiang Yingqiu say: "In this year's National Oiran Competition, the division of the Beijing Division will be hosted by our Shanglin Garden. Each of the powder houses in Beijing has a first-class girl who performs on stage. After the performance, you can buy lottery tickets and put them in the box corresponding to your favorite girl.
"The ballot papers are named, and one vote is ten taels of silver. In the end, the three girls with the most votes are the champions, Bangyan, and Tanhua of this year's Jingshi Oiran Competition, and tomorrow they will also represent Jingshi Fan Lou to participate in the World Oiran Finals held in Tongzhou!
"Also, you should all know very well that the top girl usually picks up customers just for show. But this time there is an exception, the public who votes the most in each girl's ballot box is the only benefactor of the girl within half a month! Now, the Oiran Contest has officially begun! β
The crowd in the audience suddenly went crazy, who doesn't want to have a night with Oiran? Some of the deep-pocketed guys were already eager to try, and looking at the stance, they wanted to take all the top three Oiran into their arms. Of course, there are also some people who know that their strength is not good, and they just want to feast their eyes and see the beauty of the Oiran, and it is worth the trip.
Suddenly, a gong sounded, and the audience suddenly fell silent, knowing that Zhengjiao was about to appear. But the stage was still empty, only a gentle singing voice came from behind the curtain: "The cold cicada is poignant, the long pavilion is late, and the showers are at the beginning of the break." β
The song was as thin as a gossamer, but it was clear to the ears of everyone in the venue. Although only one sentence is sung, it immediately outlines a lonely scene of early autumn dusk. After singing this sentence for a long time, everyone woke up like a dream and burst into warm applause.
With this applause, a beautiful woman with a pipa in her arms walked out of the backstage, singing as she walked: "The Dumen tent has no clue, and the nostalgia is urged." Holding hands and looking at each other's teary eyes, they were speechless and choked! Thinking of going to a thousand miles of smoke and waves, the twilight is heavy and the sky is wide. β
Many people have already recognized her, and they all applauded: "It is worthy of Wu Mengmei, the top girl of Wuyu Building!" This song "Yulin Bell" with three changes in willows, only Miss Wu can sing so sincerely, tactfully and lowly! Immediately, there were many guests who couldn't hold their breath to buy lottery tickets, hurriedly wrote their names, and then put them into Wu Mengmei's ticket box. Even Zheng Tuohai couldn't hold back, bought a hundred tickets in one go, and smashed them in, which immediately attracted an exclamation from onlookers.
After singing the song, Wu Mengmei gave a deep salute to the guests in the venue, and threw a wink at Zheng Tuohai, who voted the most, before slowly retreating backstage. Zheng Tuohaiden's body was soft, and he couldn't wait to rush up and eat Wu Mengmei in one bite.
Qiao Qitai quipped: "Why is Boss Zheng so anxious? This Oiran contest has just begun, and there are still a lot of girls in the back. In case you fall in love with another girl, won't this thousand taels of silver be spent? β
Zheng Tuohai grinned and said: "Boss Qiao doesn't know, I, Zheng, have come to Beijing to do business for more than ten years, and I have seen not a hundred or eighty popular girls, but there has never been one like Miss Wu that fascinates Zheng." It's not been a day or two since I've been praising Miss Wu, and this time I'm going to pry her to be the champion of this Oiran! β
As he was talking, the crowd erupted into a louder cheer, but it turned out to be Gao Ying'er, the top brand of Shanglin Yuan, who took the stage. She is younger than Wu Mengmei, only twenty years old, but she is also more soft and lovely. At this time, the location is advantageous, and there are naturally more guests.
This time she played the guqin. As her slender ten fingers gently plucked, the melodious sound of the piano immediately drowned out the cheers.
Li Zicheng saw Zhu Youzhen staring intently at Gao Ying'er on the stage, and said with a smile: "You Gongzi, what do you think of Miss Gao's song "Spring River Flower Moonlight Night?" "He actually wants to see if Zhu Youzhen wants to spend time with this Gao Ying'er, if Zhu Youzhen really has this intention, he will take out and throw 10,000 taels of silver, take Gao Ying'er down, and send it to Zhu Youzhen, to be a great favor.
Zhu Youzhen couldn't guess Li Zicheng's thoughts, he wanted his brother to listen to pop music, this ancient rhythm, it's really a toad jumping into a well, I don't understand! Thinking about it, I can't say it so bluntly, so I would be timid, so I had to pretend to be an expert and shook my head gently.
Li Zicheng also said that he couldn't look down on Gao Ying'er's appearance, so he had to laugh it off, and thought to himself: This "You Gongzi" is really unfathomable, and even Gao Ying'er is difficult to enter his eyes. It's no wonder that the four twin beauties beside him are definitely not inferior in appearance to any girl on the stage.
If Zhu Youzhen knew Li Zicheng's intentions, I am afraid that he would even regret his intestines.
In this way, the girls from the major brothels in Beijing came to the stage to perform like a marquee, and the guests at dozens of tables below were not idle, watching the beauties while feasting, which was really beautiful and delicious. The same is true for Zhu Youzhen's table, where several silver boss diligently persuaded Zhu Youzhen to drink, and once again swore that there would be no problem with the silver deposited into his silver number.
At the end of the so-called wine glass, the policy is relaxed; Chopsticks in one fell swoop, you can. These bosses are all veterans in the business field, how not to know this. After all, Zhu Youzhen was just a poor student in his previous life, where could he withstand these sugar-coated shells, and immediately promised to divide the 120,000 taels of silver into four equal parts, and deposit them into the four silver accounts respectively, and no longer ask for mortgages.
When several people saw that their goal was achieved, they were all overjoyed, and they took turns to toast Zhu Youzhen like the stars holding the moon, and they simply held him to the sky, and they almost knelt down and called Zhu Youzhen Dad.
Although Zhu Youzhen also drank a lot of wine, the wine at this time was made of pure grains, and it could not be compared with his previous life in terms of alcohol content, so his brain was still sober. He deposited his silver into different silver numbers, which can be regarded as following the investment principle of "don't put all your eggs in the same basket" in his previous life. Anyway, he also studied economics, and today he finally put what he learned into practice.
When everyone handed over the cups, the Oiran Contest also had a result. As a result of the vote, Gao Ying'er of Shanglin Yuan unexpectedly won the champion of the Oiran of the Beijing Division. Wu Mengmei of Wuyu Tower won the list, while Murong Xue, the top brand of Drunken Star Tower, succumbed to Tanhua. And in order to get the opportunity to go to Wushan with Wu Mengmei, Zheng Tuohai actually spent 8,800 taels of silver!
Zhu Youzhen was dumbfounded and said: "Boss Zheng is really temperamental, just to spend half a month with a woman in a green building, he used nearly 10,000 taels of silver, which is really worth a thousand gold!" β
Qiao Qitai said with a smile: "Gongzi You doesn't know, Boss Zheng is very shrewd, this silver is not in vain." After tonight, who else in Jingshi doesn't know Boss Zheng's financial resources? I'm afraid that the wealth is rolling in, and in a few days, Boss Zheng will even earn back the profits! β
Only then did Zhu Youzhen understand that the prostitutes at this time were just like the famous cars in their previous lives, and they were also a symbol of status and wealth. Thinking about those CEOs in the previous life, even if the company has been in arrears with employees' wages for several months, they have to borrow money to buy a Mercedes-Benz BMW to decorate the faΓ§ade. If there is no such word as "Xiangche Beauty", it seems that basically these two are of the same nature.
When everyone was making a noise, Jiang Yingqiu, the young master, jumped to the front desk again and said loudly: "Don't be busy, everyone, there will be more exciting programs in Shanglin Yuan tonight!" β
Zhu Youzhen originally thought that after the Oiran Contest was over, it was time for everyone to go back to their homes and find their mothers. I heard that the later shows were more exciting, and I was aroused again.
I saw Jiang Yingqiu give an order, and four shirtless big men lifted a heavy table of eight immortals to the front desk.
On the table of the Eight Immortals, there is a girl with messy clothes and big ties!