Chapter 176: Threat
In the Japanese Concession, there lived a great gentleman, and everyone called him Mr. Tanaka, and the "greatness" of this Mr. Tanaka lies in the fact that he recommended many new industrial bosses to participate in the establishment of Manchukuo.
However, Manchuria is a good and good meat, and it is not that all patriots have basically participated, but the Luo family in Xunyang has somehow a new head of the family this year, as if the dynasty has changed.
Rejected their plan to drink the cooperation of the previous head of the family, and took the lead with the words prescribed by the ancestors, and the means of talking were even more neat.
made him have to wonder if his keen eye had missed this amazing figure in the years he had worked with the Luo family.
Seeing that the reason she said was the same as Luo Yunsheng before, but what she said was more sonorous than Luo Yunsheng's inadequate tone, obviously not a person to be messed with.
Tanaka just wanted to come to the door and persuade again, but their emperor had already said enough to let him go to the French Concession to live a peaceful old age.
Saying this, Tanaka can't give up his old man's heart, and besides, he is not old, at most he is middle-aged, he always feels that he can do something, and it is something that others can't do.
It also happened that his friends were worried about a troupe and invited them to sing, but they said all the good and bad things and didn't go.
Friends are helpless but want to force them like this, and because several business tycoons in Tianjin like their troupe, the bigwigs are useful to them in Manchuria and can't be offended, but if they don't offend their troupe, it's tantamount to offending the bigwigs, and the gains outweigh the losses.
Tanaka knew that his old friend was in a dilemma, and it was difficult to control his heart, so Mao recommended himself and planned to try it himself.
When they arrived at the theater, the sharp-eyed theater manager knew at a glance that this Mr. Tanaka had a great background, and they all stepped forward to greet him, and now this scene is Shen Yeling's presence.
So the Japanese soldiers chartered the field, and the manager saw that the others respectfully gave way to Tanaka, and suddenly shivered in his heart, and followed Tanaka upstairs with a soft and sticky foot.
Tanaka sat down, tilted his head, and the manager leaned his head towards him like a dog, Tanaka stared at Shen Yeling on the stage and asked, "What is this singing above?"
The manager respectfully said: "Boss Shen is singing "Picking Up the Jade Bracelet"."
Tanaka doesn't know how to act, but he is very interested in the characters with faces: "Boss Shen? But now the popular Shen Ye Ling Shen Boss".
Manager Han smiled and immediately raised his thumbs: "Taijun has good eyesight, that's right, this is Boss Shen, and the "Prison Mandarin Duck" sung with Zhang Changxin and Boss Zhang is known throughout Beiping."
Tanaka listened to the manager's explanation and nodded with satisfaction, he also heard Tanaka say that it was Shen Yeling who refused to sing to them first, and then the troupe advocated Changxin and said that he would not go, and the two brothers sang and harmonized until now.
Tanaka straightened his sleeves and stood up, Shen Yeling didn't know what he had done, and the audience applauded.
Tanaka brushed his sleeves and went to the backstage under the leadership of the manager, and on the backstage was a group of little apprentices who were ready to remove their makeup and unbun their hair in front of the vanity mirror.
Standing aside and shouting while helping to look at the figure, I don't have to think about it to know that it is this class of advocates Changxin is right, but Tanaka is still waiting for the manager to introduce Zhang Changxin to him.
Zhang Changxin ignored these Japanese soldiers, and saw that Tanaka was still carrying a small Japanese soldier behind him and guessed his identity, and shook hands with Tanaka's friendly hand, Zhang Changxin directly carried the back of his hand and vaguely passed.
Tanaka forced a smile a few times, pushed the glasses frame between his nose, and then said: "My friend has always wanted to ask your troupe to sing a play, but he has always been rejected by you, so I came this time... ”
Before Tanaka could finish speaking, Zhang Changxin had already interrupted him by shaking his hand: "Sir, let's go back, our troupe has a few inconvenient legs, and we really can't get to your house."
Tanaka raised his eyebrows: "Then I heard that the Du family's opera troupe, which is farther away than my friend's, also goes to their place to sing."
Tanaka's Chinese is very lame to speak, but in your words and my words, Zhang Changxin felt a trace of coercion from Tanaka's calmness.
He gave Tanaka a smile and turned around, leaving him speechless, and instructed the manager to let him drop off the guest.
Tanaka came today with a purpose, and he didn't want to leave, and then said, "I really have a problem that came from my ancestors, that is, I will not be lenient to people who disturb me with their voices to talk about important things."
He raised a hand and stretched it out into the air, and the soldier behind him immediately understood, took out a gun from his belt, and aimed the muzzle at Shen Ye Linglai, who was directly separated by a layer of cloth but showed through his figure.
Zhang Changxin looked at the apprentices who were extremely shocked in front of him and were removing their makeup, and they all stopped what they were doing and stood up in a daze.
Zhang Changxin didn't make a sound and let out a dantian, the voice that could be heard was very small, but the confidence was full, enough to show his sudden anger: "You put the gun down."
When the manager saw this kind of scene, he hoped that the two families would not be hurt and angry, and he stood in the middle and persuaded him inside and out.
Tanaka spread innocently in front of them with his other hand: "He made a noise so much that I had to die if I talked with Boss Zhang."
In this world, Zhang Changxin only follows one point, whoever says anything to his junior brother in front of him that doesn't sound good to him, he will be the first to rush up and cut him.
However, Tanaka hit the muzzle of the gun for no reason, and several little apprentices behind him also picked up the sharp weapons in his hands and prepared to have a battle with Tanaka.
But outside, Tanaka's subordinates, if he shot and killed Shen Yeling at this time, then they would flock to it at that time, and it was not known whether they would live or die.
The students who were paraded in the streets outside shouted slogans and passed from this street in their theater to another street, and this year was not only students, but all young people who were waving the banner of patriotism and the anti-Qing banner, as soon as they saw them, they came forward one after another, saying that they sang for the Japanese and for the princes of the previous dynasty.
What is the use of these people targeting them like this, they have the ability to pee on the ancestral tomb of Cixi and snatch back all the treasures of the Old Summer Palace looted by Britain and France.
In this way, it is a reckless man who beats his own people, and it is no better for his own people to harm his own people, Zhang Changxin let go of his fist and said vigorously: "Mr. Tanaka, don't forget that you beat my junior brother to death, not only Beiping, but even Tianjin will know that my junior brother Shen Yeling was killed by your Tanaka."
Tanaka could also guess that Zhang Changxin would say this, and he also made up his mind in his heart: "So what's the matter, people in the whole world will only think that what I killed is just a play, how much value can the drama be in your China, their pity for Shen Yeling will only stay for a while, and for us in Manchukuo, the loss is not big, I can continue to work to make up for it."
Tanaka closed one eye, wanting to aim at the snatch in his hand more accurately, but Shen Yeling on the stage was very active, one left and one right, Tanaka had to change the gun in his hand with his figure.
He smiled shallowly, and said while considering Zhang Changxin: "Boss Zhang, if Boss Shen finishes singing this play, she won't be singing in the future, don't you artists like to immerse themselves in it, I will also fulfill him and let him die on stage, wouldn't it be beautiful."
Beads of sweat slid across Zhang Changxin's head, and he sank into his dantian, tightened the fist in his hand again, thought about it for a while, and then said: "Mr. Tanaka, we will sing in the church of your friend."
Isn't it really for Tanaka to come this time, he finally compromised and said it in exchange for Tanaka slowly putting down the gun in his hand.
The corners of Tanaka's mouth showed a smile that could not be seen, and he returned the pistol to the soldier, putting his hands in his pockets: "Isn't this good, Boss Zhang already has this consciousness and doesn't need my friend to talk a little more, my friend's car will return to take you over on time at eight o'clock tomorrow night."
After saying that, he turned around and walked away.
After a battle with Tanaka, Zhang Changxin was so exhausted that he almost fell to the ground and fainted, and thanks to the little apprentices who helped him up, he insisted on it for so long, and the matter of preserving the reputation of the troupe was still ruined.
This night, Zhang Changxin hid in the homes of Shen Yeling and Xu Man, just because he was worried about this matter.
Seeing Zhang Changxin so distressed, Shen Yeling came up with a plan: "There is no need for the entire troupe to go over together, they just want to listen to the drama and have fun, the songs sung by one person in this drama book abound, and it doesn't matter who is in charge." I'll just go up and sing them a song."
Seeing Shen Yeling volunteering so much, Zhang Changxin was uneasy, he felt that Shen Yeling was singing on it, and Tanaka in the audience might point a gun at him again.
He was frightened during the day, and he didn't dare to let his junior brother sing, so he decided to go into battle himself.
He glanced at it and said very easily: "Eh, you little cub, I don't know how many catties and taels you have, the drama has not yet been practiced to show off in front of others, and when the time comes, the little Japanese will not be able to appreciate the essence of this Peking opera, but in the future, we will have to laugh at us, we have to have it, don't fight with me for my brother."
He just said that he knew that his junior brother could come to me every time he sang, and he was more diligent than himself when he got up early and was greedy for darkness, and he was delayed for three years and let him precipitate for three years, why couldn't he practice at home?
The two brothers were pushing and shouting, and they were all vying to sing the Japanese congregation and bear the charge of the whole country.
"I'm telling you, sixteen, don't fight with me, if you go on stage, believe it or not, we'll sing one by one."
This is the rhythm of the gang, Shen Yeling was stunned and took a few steps back in disbelief, he stretched out his hand and wanted to grab Zhang Changxin: "Senior brother"
Unexpectedly, Zhang Changxin turned around and moved farther and farther away from him, and threatened: "Don't say more, say more about the next time we sing on stage, my blood will be splashed on the stage."
Zhang Changxin pushed open the door and strode towards the door, his figure gradually submerged in the darkness.