Chapter 105: The Legend of the West Chamber
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The sound of silk and bamboo strings filled the inner room, and in the window place, several figures sang and danced. A few musicians are accompaniing. In addition to these performers and musicians, there were also a few people, and in front of the performers was Yang Er, who was holding a feather fan in her hand, beating rhythmically, and seemed to enjoy it very much.
'Hey... Got up. Li Chen was also there, but he was very annoying, he dozed off against the wall, he didn't want to, he was called up by Xiaohong, "Ah, what, it's over, okay, okay." Li Chen clapped his hands outside the situation, Xiaohong stroked his forehead, shook his head and sighed, Yang Erniang and Lu He were snickering on the side. The butler Fubo sat on the other side with a blank face and a gritted tooth.
"Li Jun, look at how the rehearsal is going today. After Yang Er snickered, he said, "This... Ahaha, I've been really tired lately. Seeing that there was nothing wrong with the front, I relaxed a little. Li Chen snorted, "I think it's very good, so be it." ’
Let them rehearse a few more times, after all, it's about to open." Yang Duzhi is an expert in this regard, so please ask Yang Duzhi. Li Chen got up, "I still have a lot of things to do, I'll go first." ''Walk slowly, Xiaohong, send Li Jun out on my behalf.'' ''Yes.'' ’
You made up this scene, and you actually fell asleep. Xiaohong helped her, slept for too long, her legs and feet were stiff, and she complained, "Aren't I too familiar?" And I don't have much research on opera, so it's better to ask an expert. As he walked, he went out with his mouth dressed.
'Hehe, this Li Jun is really interesting, he can write a repertoire that is deeply in the mood of his daughter's family, such as The Story of the West Chamber, but he looks like a flute head. Lu He watched the two of them go away, so he laughed and said, Yang Er just smiled faintly when he heard it, and waved his hand to let those servants continue to perform.
'I'm so embarrassed, don't you see those people snickering.' I really suspect that you and not with a pen are two people at all. Sending Li Chen out, Xiaohong is still complaining, Li Chen is feeling empty, maybe you really guessed it.
I'm so tired, I've been running at both ends these days. I'm getting tired. Li Chen said with a smile. On the one hand, Li Chen is not interested in such an opera, and on the other hand, he is really tired.
After a few days off from the Cold Food Festival, Li Chen worked hard to build an entertainment city. It's really desperate, because it's helpless.
After the foundation of the entertainment city was laid, it was in full swing, and it was time to complete it quickly, but it happened to be a holiday during the Cold Food Festival, Li Chen really felt that the Tang people were really too fake, too leisurely.
According to the statistics of later generations, the Tang people's annual vacation is more than 1/3 of the whole year, and there are more than 110 days. After the Lantern Festival, when you arrive at Shangsi, in less than a month, the Tang people can make another neutralization festival for the holiday, and you can know how much the Tang people can release.
Well? More than 110 days, less than 1/3? The Tang people use the lunar calendar, which has only 28 days in a month. There are twelve months in a year, and theoretically there are only 336 days in a year, so it is definitely not the author's miscalculation.
He was helpless, during a long vacation, the workers were unwilling to work overtime, so Li Chen could only put down his mind and concentrate on the vacation. After the winter food holiday, he immediately began to sprint, asking the workers to divide into two shifts and two districts, desperately trying to catch up with work.
Long before the start of construction, Li Chen had been in contact with all parties. Building an entertainment city is only a small part of the money. Don't look at the cheap land to buy, and it doesn't cost much to fill the soil, they all rely on some small snacks to trick the children into helping.
The real money is spent on those constructions, and the money flows out of his hands, but fortunately, there is a stupid baby to help, and he is naturally sensitive to numbers. At least that bunch of numbers, Li Chen felt that even if he had calculations in hand, it was not as fast as a stupid baby.
Someone had to help with the accounts, but he had to worry a lot about it. For example, it is expected that there will be thirteen ticks, that is, thirteen blocks, which programs will be arranged? Wang Xianyan plus Zhao Shuhai and the deserter Wang accounted for three. What about the other ten?
The new seven small wine shops are counted as one, and there are still nine owed. Li Chen contacted many famous performers, these people are resident performers in the theater, Li Chen attracted them with high salaries, because the entertainment city had just opened, and no one knew whether the future would be good or not, Li Chen used a fixed monthly salary, which exceeded their previous monthly income, and let them stay here.
There are talking, dancing, miscellaneous plays, and military dramas. There are also performances of 100 plays. It is worth mentioning in particular that those who perform a hundred operas will play with fire, and Li Chen is not allowed to do so. Just kidding, wooden buildings, in the Tang Dynasty, there was no firefighting equipment, and he didn't want to play to death himself.
With the employment system, some performers were hired, and the monthly guarantee plus the reward money was added to make some performers nod and agree, otherwise who would want to come to this entertainment city with an uncertain future?
In this way, Li Chen still felt that it was not enough. He was prepared in terms of food, and he prepared good things that made the casino a hit. But in terms of performance, he needs something, but fortunately, Yang Er can help here. The story of the West Chamber, this is Li Chen's killer feature, and part of the killer feature.
Li Chen doesn't know what the evolution of opera is, anyway, there are no descendants of opera in the Tang Dynasty, and even the variations and legends are all single-chapter essays. It's not that there are no excellent works, but the kind of performances that are often dozens of chapters, carefully laid out, and extremely arouse the audience's mood in later generations have not yet appeared. It is not difficult to imagine why the Three Kingdoms and Journey to the West will be so popular.
Originally, it was not bad to move the Three Kingdoms and Journey to the West directly to the stage. This is more trouble-free and time-saving. However, Li Chen has fully considered that the Journey to the West is too fantastical, the sun of the Three Kingdoms is strong, and in the Tang Dynasty, women are also the main consumer force, which cannot be ignored. And women, what do they like best? Li Chen thought about it for a moment and clapped the board. The Legend of the West Chamber appeared.
From ancient times to the present, love operas like the Legend of the West Chamber have been the most loved by the majority of women. Those soap operas and eight-o'clock stalls, aren't they all full of this kind of love to death, you are crazy, I am stupid, this kind of plot? There is a West Chamber, which can fully make up for the lack of related products for the current female market.
'Uncle, what is the women's market?' When Li Chen said this, he didn't expect anyone to understand, after all, they were all half-old children, and their education level was not enough, so it was good to buy and sell things without counting them, and I hope they understand what the market is?
However, he was overjoyed by the big head's performance, and it seems that the big head is really talented in business. It's worth cultivating. So, Li Chen talked a lot, how to sell goods, the goods should be targeted, for that ethnic group, provide goods to satisfy them, and do not expect everyone to accept them, this is similar to the world, and he doesn't know much about things.
'Yun Qing performed well, quite talented, Yang Erniang has a good vision. Xiaohong sent Li Chen to the door, remembering the rehearsal about the West Chamber just now, and praised casually.
Yunqing is the opera proposed by Li Chenxin, and the West Chamber remembers the heroine, she plays Cui Yingying. The West Chamber, the full name, that dynasty, who got the work, Li Chen forgot..., I'm really sorry for the original author. However, as long as it's not the Tang Dynasty, it's fine. Besides, now that he created it in advance, the original author may be able to create a more interesting opera on this basis.
The West Chamber involved a lot of his energy, fortunately, Yang Er was very willing to help in this matter, like this with a continuous plot, and also performed by real people to get the opera, in the Tang Dynasty was just budding, but Li Chen took out a more mature model in later generations, which made Yang Er feel very fresh.
He provided the script, and then asked Yang Er to find someone. After that, we will jointly refer to it, improve it, and make continuous corrections. From singing, positioning, costumes, movements, music, expressions, and the transitions between each scene, Li Chen continued to put forward opinions according to his own feelings and the experience of later generations, and then Yang Er corrected them.
Seriously, without Yang Erniang, Li Chen feels that he can't change the West Chamber from a script to a drama for another year, not to mention a month. Li Chen felt that he was really lucky to be able to meet Yang Er.
'What's wrong?' Li Chen found that Xiaohong suddenly stopped talking, he took Xiaohong's hand and gently kneaded it twice, "Hmph, Yunqing is very beautiful~." Xiaohong snorted and pushed Li Chen out.
'Poof~~. Li Chen almost said, you are jealous. Because of this month, Yun Qing is obviously seducing him. It's not that Li Chen is handsome and masculine, the main thing is that Yunqing is a slave. Yang Erniang bought it for him, because she has skills, so the price is quite high.
But no matter how high the price is, she is a slave. No matter what dynasty the slave went to, even if it was the Song Dynasty, the status was not much higher. So Li Chen didn't despise her, although he was very moved, but he didn't accept it so readily, on the one hand, he was worried about Xiaohong, and on the other hand, Li Chen always had a feeling of taking advantage of people's danger. He didn't accept it, but he didn't refuse either, so he was misunderstood.
'Little Red, you know I've got a heart. Li Chen turned his head and gently hugged Xiaohong, "Hmph." Xiaohong snorted sullenly and let Li Chen hold her.
"That, Xiaohong, I want to say that I have a little foundation now, and I will be very busy in the future, you know, I adopted them Qige, and I usually have to teach them, and I have to take care of business, and then Ah Xiang and Datou are still girls, and that happened a while ago, I want to say that I hope there is someone who can help take care of them... Li Chen seized the opportunity to make a call, and then wanted to take the opportunity to say the last sentence...
'Say no more. 'Huh?' Xiaohong suddenly stopped Li Chen, Li Chen was so stunned that she stopped, and was about to continue to say something, but Xiaohong pushed her out of the door, and then she stomped her foot and threw down a sentence, "Don't come to me again in the future." Then he turned his head and left, leaving Li Chen with a stunned face, standing in place at a loss
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