Chapter 138 Brilliant Again

On the first day of July, it was a rainy day. Jincheng is very lively early in the morning. Porters, hawkers, pedestrians coming and going on the streets. The busy figures in the workshops and shops, the shouts, shouts, bargains, laughter, together with the countless gold-dusted buildings, carved beams and paintings, and the joyful and contented smiles on everyone's faces, build a prosperous scene.

Suddenly, there was a continuous sound of gongs at the end of the busy street. The sound of the gong was loud, crisp, and deafening, and it immediately attracted everyone's attention. Everyone couldn't help but stop what they were doing and looked in the direction of the sound with curiosity.

But I saw a pair of people and horses slowly walking over on the other side of the street. The person who played the gong first was tall and big, burly, and imposing. Some people quickly recognized this person, and one of them shouted: "Isn't that Lin Hai who plays Guo Xiaobao?" ”

"It seems to be all Tingsong's play, what are they going to do?"

It's human nature to see the excitement, and everyone slowly gathers on both sides of the street with a smile on their faces.

Lin Hai greeted everyone with a smile while playing the gong. shouted loudly: "On the eighth day of the seventh month, listen to the new play!" Invite new and old spectators to come and watch the story of Tang monks and apprentices beating goblins and learning scriptures from the west! The show continues, and the excitement continues! ”

Behind Lin Hai is a huge poster propped up by two people with bamboo poles, on which the images of Tang monks and apprentices are painted, all of them are vivid and distinct. Everyone couldn't help but be happy when they saw the poster, and some people pointed to the poster on Sun Wukong and Zhu Bajie and shouted at Lin Hai: "These two people look really interesting, how do they look like monkeys and pigs?" ”

Lin Hai turned his head and grinned: "Everyone wants to know, come to Tingsong to watch our new play on July 8th, and you will know after watching it!" ”

The team walked forward slowly, after the poster, Tang Seng played by Mei Xianghua, wearing a robe, riding a white horse, Baoxiang solemnly walked into everyone's field of vision, behind him was a golden retriever, wearing a tiger skin shirt and holding a golden hoop stick, full of flexibility, scratching his ears and cheeks Sun Wukong; Zhu Bajie, who has big ears, a big belly, a long nose, a round body, and a cute smile; Dressed in a wide robe, he has a simple face. The sand monk who carried the burden, and then the horns on his head, the sturdy Bull Demon King, the Erlang God wearing bright armor and the roaring dog, and many countless goblins, with different images, strange appearances, unheard of, unseen, so that everyone was dazzled, and the exclamations were endless.

The long procession seemed to have no end in sight, slowly walking through the street, and the actors waved their weapons from time to time, and some even made all kinds of strange appearances, making everyone laugh. There are also some goblins who will hold some small clay figures with characters in their hands, Sun Wukong's, Zhu Bajie's, all kinds of monsters, as soon as they see the child, they will jump over with a smile, stuff a small clay figure into his hand, and then touch the child's head with a friendly expression. returned to the team with a smile, this was specially ordered by Ah Xing, to be smiling, and not to scare the child.

The actors were not idle, actively interacting with everyone, and there were other people on both sides of the line constantly shouting the name of the new play, the time of the performance, and the synopsis of the story. Everyone's curiosity was aroused, and the onlookers pointed and talked eagerly with the people next to them from time to time, and some people would curiously step forward to pull the clothes and weapons of those goblins.

The people on both sides of the street are getting more and more, and the people behind them can't see it, so they jump up vigorously to see the excitement, and the adults carry the children on their shoulders, everyone laughs, jumps, and shouts, and the scene is very lively.

This kind of propaganda parade lasted for a total of 7 days, and almost every corner of Jincheng was visited, and it was bound to cause a sensation everywhere it went. There are not no stories about fairies and ghosts in this world, but there is no story that brings together so many demons and monsters like Journey to the West.

People are talking and speculating, even children, women and old people, will join the ranks of the discussion, everyone gets together after tea and dinner to talk about those monsters who listen to the song, and children get together to compare whose little clay figure is the best-looking. In short, in the past seven days, no matter where you go, you will hear words like "Journey to the West", "Monkey King" and "Monster". Everyone's minds are occupied by these, and even Qingyun's cheap dramas don't have much heart to watch, because compared with the strange-shaped monsters in Tingsong, Qingyun's cookie-cutter heroic stories are boring.

Everyone is even waiting for the eighth day of the seventh month to come. As for the ticket price, which is five times more expensive than Qingyun, under everyone's strong curiosity and anxious waiting, it seems insignificant!

Ah Xing listened to Steward Xu's report on the publicity effect with a smile in the study, but turned her head to Ling Zifeng and said, "Uncle Ling, the day Journey to the West will be staged, it will be very popular." At that time, there will be two performances a day, and in the afternoon, we will be playing an opera, and it won't be long before we can return to the glory of the past! ”

Ling Zifeng nodded with a smile and said, "It's even more brilliant than in the past!" ”

Steward Xu was also full of red light, he looked at Ah Xing with admiration, and sighed: "Although I know that Miss A Xing will be able to turn the tide, but watching Miss A Xing walk down step by step, the whimsy and the courage and strategy of Miss A Xing are all admirable!" ”

Ah Xing shook her head and said: "Which is the credit of me alone, it is all the result of everyone's joint efforts, just like Xu Guan You, if there is no accurate news from you, our new drama will not go so smoothly!" By the way, how is the situation of Qingyun now? ”

Steward Xu replied: "Now there are a lot fewer guests in Qingyun. He smiled. Now Master Hu must be so anxious that he jumps to his feet! He invested so much money in Qingyun, but he couldn't achieve the desired effect, he must not be able to explain it to his father! ”

As Steward Xu expected, Hu Lingxuan scolded Master Bai in Qingyun's study.

He pointed at Master Bai, glared, and said angrily: "I gave you so much money, you didn't need to help me do anything, and you dared to ask me for twice the monthly silver?" Listening to the new drama of Songkai, you didn't find out any news before, so what's the use of you telling me so much now. Time is so urgent, how can I possibly put out a similar drama to compete with them! And ......" He snorted, slapped his hand heavily on the table, and made a loud "bang", which frightened Master Bai, and his head couldn't help lowering lower.

Hu Lingxuan's eyes showed resentment, and he had already seen the publicity of their new play, and the characters in it were beyond his imagination! He also once instructed Qingyun's script master to write a similar play, but the feeling of writing it was very dry, it was nothing more than a monster suddenly running out, and then a hero ran away from the monster, and even he couldn't stand it. But after listening to the publicity of Song's new drama, he had a feeling that their story must be wonderful, and maybe another miracle will be created!

But what should he do now? Qingyun threw so much money and couldn't get it back, his father couldn't explain it, the most important thing was that he couldn't raise his head in front of Ah Xing, she would look down on herself even more, would it be possible between her and him?

Hu Lingxuan's heart swelled with a kind of irritability and anger, this kind of boredom had nowhere to vent, and finally it was vented on Master Bai's body, "You are so ineffective, you have no achievements at all, Qingyun will not keep a useless person like you, you get out of me, you will not step into Qingyun half a step in the future!" ”

Master Bai was anxious and shouted, "Master Hu, you can't drive me away!" Now I have nowhere else to go but Qingyun! ”

Hu Lingxuan looked at him and sneered: "An incompetent betrayer will never end well!" You can do it yourself in the future! Yonghua, drive him out! ”

Yonghua called the nursing courtyard to pull out the shouting Master Bai, Hu Lingxuan turned the desk, walked to the window, and looked at the Tingsong Theater across the street through the window. Sighing softly, now I can only wait to see how the new drama of Song will turn out!

The eighth day of the seventh month is an unforgettable day for all of us in Tingsong. Because this day marks the beginning of Tingsong becoming a national miracle. It also marks the beginning of A-Xing's brilliant life.

The first show of the day was in the evening. Before it got dark, there was a long queue outside the gate of Tingsong Theater, and the queue leader couldn't see the edge at a glance. All the people in Tingsong were shocked. Ah Xing was afraid of an accident, so she arranged all the nursing homes in the theater to maintain order there. Because the theater can only accommodate close to 200 people. So for the rest of the people, Ah Xing personally came forward to apologize, and promised that there would be two performances a day in the future, so that everyone would not be in a hurry. The guests waited for so long and couldn't enter, and their hearts were a little angry, but Ah Xing's kind face and soft voice made everyone lose their anger at once, and they all expressed their understanding, and they came over next time.

The guests who could not enter the venue were very regretful, but the guests who entered the venue were very happy, the ingenious conception of Journey to the West, the interesting characters, the exciting and thrilling plot, and the changing scenes, even the novel and realistic scenes deeply attracted all the hearts of the guests. Especially the competition between Sun Wukong and Erlang God, the lights were darkened a total of 7 times in that scene, and the two of them would transform once every time the lights were black, and every time the lights were black, the audience couldn't help but cry out "ah", and after the blink of an eye, when the lights were lit up again, after a cloud of white fog, the two transformed again and again, so that the audience couldn't help but cheer loudly and applaud warmly.

There is also a scene with many heavenly soldiers and generals, Ah Xing in order to perform the exciting effect, specially accompanied by the sound of gongs and drums, as the fight becomes more and more intense, the sound of gongs and drums is also tight, the sound is like beating on the tip of people's hearts, so that the audience is excited, when they see the thrilling place, they even stand up and clap their hands loudly!

Throughout the performance, the audience's response was so enthusiastic that there seemed to be a buzzing in everyone's ears long after the performance.

After the drama ended, Ling Zifeng took the stage and explained to the audience that this is a serial drama, and there will be many wonderful stories in the future, and he also revealed a little about the story behind it, which aroused the audience's interest. Finally, the performance time of the second episode was also explained, and the audience was invited to cheer again.

Everyone was still watching it, and they also felt that this story was unfinished, only after listening to Ling Zifeng's explanation, they knew that this was the case, and when they heard that there was an unfinished story about Sun Monkey in the future, they couldn't help but start looking forward to the next episode.

In the following days, Journey to the West almost swept the entertainment industry in Jincheng, not to mention that there were fewer and fewer guests in Qingyun Cinema, and no matter how low the ticket price was, it could not attract guests. It's that other wine shops, teahouses, and even Ji courtyards have been more or less affected. For no other reason, the guests go to watch Journey to the West in their leisure time, so there are fewer other entertainment activities.

In order to grab a sneak peek of the position, some people bought tickets to enter the afternoon show, and then waited for the stage of Journey to the West to wait for the performance of Journey to the West. In this way, even the opera scene is full!

Not to mention the private room, which was booked early during this time. There are few private rooms, many nobles, and many times they can't book private rooms if they have money. Some people who ask for errands or sycophants use private rooms to watch Journey to the West to make nobles happy, which once became the most popular bribery method. And those noblewomen are also very anxious to watch Journey to the West, and many dignitaries and nobles have sent invitations to Tingsong, hoping that they can perform in the mansion, but the project of scene props is too huge, so Ah Xing can only refuse one by one before she can't think of a good solution. To the disappointment of those noble ladies.

Not only the guests of Jincheng, but also some businessmen came to Jincheng to watch the Journey to the West, and when they returned to their hometowns, many slightly wealthier families made a special trip to Jincheng to watch the play. There are the most people in the surrounding cities, and every morning, many people from the surrounding cities drive into the city in carriages, just to see Journey to the West! In this way, not only Tingsong benefited, but even Jincheng's inns and restaurants, and even shops and wine shops benefited together, Tingsong's Journey to the West is like one of the most distinctive symbols of Jincheng, and gradually brought prosperity to the economy of the entire Jincheng!

Later, King Jin was happy, and on the other hand, out of his love for Journey to the West, he specially rewarded Tingsong Theater. After watching Journey to the West once, he wrote the three words "Journey to the West" in front of everyone, and then ordered someone to make this character into a golden plaque and reward it at Tingsong Theater. This incident shook the entire Jincheng, and since then, Tingsong Theater has enjoyed an unsurpassed status in the Jincheng opera industry. When people talked about Tingsong and Axing, they no longer dared to have contempt in their tones.