In order to please the old couple, of course the white hand agreed, anyway, they all paid for it themselves, so they simply hired a good drama troupe.

The white hand hurriedly called the village department, and it was the secretary Tong Guojun who answered the phone. He asked Tong Guojun to go to the old captain immediately, saying that he had already found the troupe, so that the old captain didn't have to look for it anymore.

After the white hand made the call, Guan Suqin called the county Yue Opera Troupe again and asked Li Yulian, the person in charge of the troupe, to come to his home.

It turned out that Li Yulian was the goddaughter of Lao Du and his family.

Li Yulian's appearance at Du's house made the white hand association's eyes light up, he thought it was a woman in her forties and fifties, but he didn't expect it to be a beauty in her twenties and thirties.

The white hand didn't know that Li Yulian was the top brand of the county Yue Opera Troupe, learned opera at the age of eight, and won the championship when performing in the provincial meeting.

Li Yulian is unmarried, in fact, she is in her thirties, but she is well maintained, so she looks like a woman in her twenties.

Li Yulian became the head of the troupe three years ago, just when the opera industry was in recession and the troupe continued to lose talent.

On the contrary, in recent years, private theater troupes in society have sprung up. They don't care about fame, they are not afraid of hardship, they are widely haunted in the countryside, and they are prosperous.

Lao Du introduced Bai Shou and Li Yulian, and also said what he meant, "Yulian, I think your troupe should change its thinking." You can't sustain it with that little financial allocation. Leaning on those performances in the county theater, you can't get enough to eat. You should wipe off your face and take the initiative to go out to the vast countryside like a folk troupe. ”

Li Yulian said: "Godfather, godmother, I also want to go out, but everything is difficult at the beginning, and I don't know how to take the first step." ”

Guan Suqin pointed to the white hand and said: "Xiao Li, you learn from him, he is from the countryside, he knows a lot." ”

White-handed hurriedly said: "I don't understand this either, I'm just hearsay." ”

"Director Bai, tell me about it." Li Yulian said.

"In our rural areas, cultural life is poor, except for the township film team showing open-air movies, there are almost zero others. In the past few years, there has been a folk troupe, which has become the hottest cultural life in the countryside. ”

"Are there many folk theater troupes?" Li Yulian asked.

"Not much. According to those old people who like to watch dramas, there are only three or four in our county, and there seem to be quite a lot of other counties. They have a common feature, that is, the leaders are from the regular troupe. Either out of life or out of love, they pulled up a group of people and set up a grass platform team. As long as you go to the cultural department and the industrial and commercial department to register, a troupe is born. ”

"Do rural people like to go to the theater?"

"There's nothing wrong with that, on the contrary, they're desperate for it. Few young people in the countryside have seen a play. Middle-aged people in rural areas like to watch plays, and the people who like to watch plays the most are the elderly and women. Often a village invites an opera troupe to sing, and the fans of the surrounding garden at least ten miles away will jump over. ”

"In other words, the performance market shouldn't be a problem?" Write a book

"Well, that's certainly not a problem. Now that the standard of living has improved, farmers are willing to spend money. Generally speaking, villages with good economic conditions have this demand. According to them, in Wenlin County, for example, there are nearly 800 administrative villages, and at least half of them have the ability to invite opera troupes to sing. ”

"Director Bai, do you understand the operation of the drama troupe? Can you tell me about it? ”

He glanced at Lao Du and Guan Suqin with his white hands, and looked a little reluctant to continue.

Guan Suqin asked curiously, "Xiaobai, how do you know about this?" ”

Lao Du glared at his wife, "Needless to say, his father is running an opera troupe." ”

There is a story in this, Li Yulian saw it, but she didn't dare to speak.

The white hand sighed lightly, "Don't hide it from the second elder and Captain Li." My father was in Tianzhou City and met a woman who was an actress in the local Yue Opera Troupe. They live together and have two children. Now that the policy is relaxed, they have formed a theater troupe and are active among the local people. ”

"I see." Li Yulian nodded.

"Two years ago, after we found out that my father had a woman outside, my father didn't dare to come home again. Except for one person, he has also cut off contact with our family and the people in our village, and this person is the old captain. The old captain was idle, so he was secretly invited by my father to go and stayed with the troupe for a long time. Therefore, the old captain knows the operation of the troupe, and everything I know is what the old captain told me. ”

Li Yulian said: "Director Bai, if it's convenient, please tell me more." ”

"There's nothing you can't say. The folk opera troupe pays attention to lean and efficient, as well as hard-working. The troupe generally does not have more than 30 people, and if there are too many people, there will be more people who will share the money. However, although the opera troupe does not support idlers, it has two positions, and there is no need to sing, but both are indispensable. ”

"What are the two positions?" Li Yulian asked.

"A person is in charge of logistics and life, and he has to be able to cook and cook. Of course, if you are on a budget, you can let the actor or backstage work part-time. The other person is a salesman. It's better for this person to have some connections and be able to speak well. He has to go out to work so that the troupe can perform, so that the troupe can have economic benefits. ”

Li Yulian nodded and said, "Director Bai, please continue." ”

"Folk opera troupes performing in rural areas should respect the customs and habits of rural areas. For example, if you invite any gods or Buddhas, what ancestral tablets, etc., the troupe must cooperate. For example, if a village hires one troupe at a time, the performance time starts at three days, or five or seven days, and is odd rather than even. The troupe also had to leave time slots, because sometimes they had a performance of three or five days, but maybe it would increase to five or seven days. ”

"Director Bai, what else is there to pay attention to?"

"Also, it's singing on the farm, and I have to perform twice a day, one during the day and one at night. During the day it is about two to four thirty o'clock in the afternoon, and at night it is about six and a half past ten o'clock. In addition, the spring, autumn and winter of the year are the seasons for rural performances. In summer, that is, in the fifth month of the lunar calendar, in June, and July, it is also a habit in the countryside. Like now, in the eighth month of the lunar calendar, the folk opera troupe should have work to do. ”

When Li Yulian heard this, she asked the question she was most concerned about, "Director Bai, under normal circumstances, how much does it cost to act for a day?" ”

"Well, in a typical theater company, it's one hundred and thirty to one hundred and fifty yuan a day. A good troupe, 180 to 200 yuan. Rural people invite opera troupes, and generally the village does not pay for it, but the villagers raise funds, some more, some less, and some charter the scene. It is said that a troupe of 30 people can earn 150 yuan a day, and as long as they perform for 20 days a month, the per capita monthly income can reach 50 or 60 yuan after excluding expenses. ”

Li Yulian suddenly asked, "Director Bai, if it's my troupe, how many days can your village perform?" How much money can I give in a day? ”