Chapter 115: Liyuan Spring Seventeen
Liu Banyue didn't move out of the palace in the end, he is the boss of the troupe, and no one will say anything if he lives in the palace, if he lives close to the troupe, he will provoke gossip. Ping An is very interested in the new troupe. The new troupe is called Qingyang Class, and the original class owner is still Liu Banyue's uncle, but the old man is old and can't run the team anymore, and after coming to the capital, he has a serious illness, and the money is almost spent, so he has to sell the props and clothes in the troupe for money. Liu Banyue happened to pass by, and when she saw those props and clothes, she missed them, so she thought about buying them. As a result, I contacted the seller and turned out to be an acquaintance.
In the end, Liu Banyue took the money to treat the old class owner, and the old class owner wanted to entrust the troupe to Liu Banyue. Liu Banyue herself definitely can't be the head of the class anymore, so she became the behind-the-scenes boss of the drama troupe, and when the old head of the class got better, she still let him be the head of the class.
This Qingyang class is just like the previous Qingxi class, wandering around and singing. After Liu Banyue became the boss, she let them settle down, bought a large courtyard in the capital, and transformed it into a stage, singing in front and living in the back. The people in the Qingyang class are very happy and can settle down, who wants to run around and live without a fixed place? In ancient times, unlike modern times, the traffic was very poor, and it was extremely difficult to walk all the way. Now that I have a fixed residence, I don't have to go in the wind and rain, I can sleep well and eat well, not to mention how happy my life is. Thanks to the boss! I heard that the boss is the nephew of the class owner, and he originally did their job, but now he has become the father-in-law of the prince, and the apprentices he taught have all become military attachés! Tsk, what a winner in life, is the idol and goal of everyone in their industry!
Ping An was interested in the Qingyang class, and when he was fine, he also followed the Qingyang class for a few turns. The Qingyang class is now rehearsing a new play, and the new play is the masterpiece of the Qingxi class "The Legend of the White Snake". The story of "The Legend of the White Snake" was naturally taken out safely. There are a few books to pass the time in her storage compartment, and the stories in the books are very interesting, but some of the stories are not understandable to Ping An, and some stories can be understood and interesting, so Ping An told them to Liu Banyue and Liu Suifeng Liu Yixing and others. Liu Banyue and others also felt wonderful after hearing it, so they adapted these stories into repertoire and performed them for the audience, which was sought after by the audience in Huzhou. This is also one of the reasons why the Qingxi class was able to gain a firm foothold in Huzhou. However, because of the inconvenient transportation, such a wonderful repertoire did not reach the north.
The singing skills and skills of the people in the Qingyang class are no worse than those in the Qingxi class, and there are experienced people like Liu Banyue on the side, and it only took a month for the whole "White Lady" to be arranged. Ping An helped find a down-and-out scholar who could draw, gave him five taels of silver, and asked him to help paint several propaganda posters. One of them is a combination of images of the White Lady, Xu Xian, Xiaoqing and Fahai painted according to the appearance of the play, and the other is a scene of water flooding the golden mountain according to the picture dictated by Ping'an. The other paintings are all hung on both sides of the front of the stage, and the main two posters are supported by boards outside the theater gate to attract passers-by.
The propaganda poster that combines the images is not enough, but the picture of the water flooding the golden mountain has attracted a lot of people, the monks and goblins fighting on it, the flood is all over the sky, where has anyone seen such a scene? I haven't heard of such myths and stories. So, when the celebration class opened on the first day, many people came to listen to the play, and the seats in the entire theater garden were filled.
"The Legend of the White Snake" written by Liu Banyue and others has a total of 30 performances, one per day, and it is sung in exactly one month. On the first day, the performance was the grievances of Xu Xian, the White Lady and Fahai, and the White Lady's transformation into a human form, guarding Guanyin, and going down the mountain to repay her kindness. Such an opening is really attractive, immortals, monsters, past lives, and retribution...... These stalks are all used badly in modern times, but for the ancients, they are really novel, and they are fully engaged in the plot. By the end of today's performance, there was a shout of appreciation from the bottom of the stage.
After all, the capital is the capital, and there are many rich people, especially some gentlemen, and new and interesting things attract them the most, and they are not stingy with money. The reward for this day in Qingyang was more than the money they had earned in the past two or three months. The people in the Qingyang class were encouraged, and when they acted the next day, they were more engaged and motivated, and they performed better.
The next day, there were more people who came to see the play, and Liu Banyue and the old class owner had to add many chairs and stools in the courtyard to make the people squeeze into the play. Although the people who came to see the play were dissatisfied, they were worried about the following plot and were unwilling to leave, so the whole garden was overwhelmed.
The plot of this day is also very exciting, the white lady and Xiaoqing fought and accepted Xiaoqing as a maid; The White Lady and Xu Xian met on the broken bridge, sat in the same boat, and crossed the same boat in ten years...... The audience was fascinated by it, and the reward money was constantly thrown onto the stage.
With the help of "The Legend of the White Snake", the Qingyang class became popular. It's not that no one wants to fight the idea of the Qingyang class, but after finding out that the behind-the-scenes boss of the Qingyang class is the father-in-law of Chai Wangye, these people don't dare to stretch out their hands anymore, so they can only listen to the play honestly.
A month later, "The Legend of the White Snake" ended, and the Qingyang class staged "Journey to the West" again. Hey, this is even more attractive, after all, the people who come to watch the play are men, and they prefer to watch Brother Monkey fight monsters compared to the love and love of "The Legend of the White Snake".
The people in the Qingyang class are very busy every day, and they regularly perform "Journey to the West" at night, and during the day, they are invited by rich families to sing "The Legend of the White Snake" to the ladies and ladies. But fortunately, the main actors of the two plays do not coincide, otherwise they would not be able to support it at all.
Liu Banyue's career has a second spring, and she is happy every day, and she no longer looks as listless as when she first came to the capital. Occasionally bored, he also went on stage to string plays, as a pastime, people would only say that he could play, and would not look down on him or look down on him, so that Liu Banyue deeply understood the impact of the improvement of Dao's status.
Duofu Duolu and Duokang will occasionally give Liu Banyue a play, and they have never forgotten the past years.
Just after the performance of "Journey to the West" and the Qingyang class staged a new play "A Chinese Ghost Story", news came from the south: Emperor Zhou E, the queen of the Southern Tang Dynasty, died.
Hearing the news, Ping An and Liu Banyue and the others all thought of Duoxi, who had not been remembered for a long time.
"I don't know if Emperor Zhou E thought of Senior Brother Duoxi before he died." Ping An sighed. She heard rumors that Empress Zhou had a deep relationship with Emperor Li Yu and his wife, and every time he was not worthy of his own senior brother, she thought that Emperor Zhou E betrayed Duoxi's deep affection for her, so she had a lot of impressions of Emperor Zhou E.