Chapter 31 Datang Entertainment Industry
If you want to say that the entertainment star with the highest reputation among the rich people in West Sichuan Province, of course, it must belong to the well-known prostitutes of the four famous shops in Chengdu Prefecture. When Tang people visit Qinglou, the first thing is to learn, and then to be beautiful. Therefore, many well-known prostitutes are mediocre.
But after these well-known prostitutes served as Xi Jiao, and were sent by the Ming Mansion to carry out the extravagant drinking order, her image in the eyes of the drinkers was immediately completely different.
I don't dare to say that sows have become sables, but their ordinary appearance will become shining. is in response to that sentence: there is poetry and books in the belly.
And this wine order is the most fashionable entertainment method in contemporary Datang. If there are eighteen people at a table, the public recommends the highly respected person as the Ming Mansion, that is, the supervisor. It is known as Xi Jiao, that is, wine Jiao. This position is the most technical.
First of all, she has to set the rules of the wine order, such as spring, summer, autumn and winter, and hold a specific seasonal rhyme. At the same time, she is the judge, judging whether the wine order poems spoken by each drinker are in line with her rules.
The work of this judge is not only to simply say what is right and what is wrong, but also to quote scriptures and scriptures, and open his mouth into poems, so that people can lose convincingly, and have no place to be ashamed, so that the winner can feel at ease and be proud.
If a talented man wins the rise, write a poem on the spot. I know that I must immediately make a song and return it.
You asked Cao Zhi to be the wine correction of the Tang Dynasty, but they were not qualified. There are still seven more steps to go down.
There is also a Hu record in the wine order game, which is generally taken by the powerful person of Kong Wu, who is punished, and he goes up to pour wine. The disciples of Shushan are in the Qinglou Famous Workshop, and they generally do this.
In the ten days after Lei Changye came down from Emei, he asked the master for leave, secretly ran to Chengdu Mansion alone, took turns drinking in the four famous shops, and took the initiative to serve as the secretary of the liquor order bureau of the famous people, and tried his best to cooperate with everyone who knew the liquor order, and at the same time observed the attitude of the rich son who came to the famous shop to sell gold.
After some investigation, he found that this group of wealthy children in Yizhou had declined. The poems and words do not reach the meaning, and the literary style cannot be put on the table. There is no longer a situation where there are many talented children in the Tang Dynasty.
This is secretly in line with the current situation in the world where the imperial court is weak, the feudal towns are numerous, the military generals are domineering, and the poetry and literature are out of power. However, the old bustards of the four famous squares still insisted on taking the entertainment route of the Tang Dynasty.
This kind of entertainment route, which attracted big families and high-ranking officials, was suitable for Gyeonggi Province, which was controlled by the central court, but in other provinces where there were many feudal towns, the strict requirements of the wine order for poetry and literary talents made it lose the favor of nouveau riche, warlords, local tyrants, the children of most families and Jianghu figures.
They would rather go into the tea room of the next level or have fun in the lower place. And these are the most mainstream money bags in Yizhou City.
After a period of market research, a huge plan gradually took shape in his mind.
He quickly rushed back to Leshan and began to study the Holy Circle and the Treasure Talisman in Mozi's Five Elements Records behind closed doors.
The Holy Circle in the Five Elements of Mozi is to invite some famous craftsmen and masters who are respected by the world as leaders. The original intention of the creation is to break the bad habit of all schools of art not to learn, so that some masters who have no knowledge in the world can not be passed on, and who die depressed can go to the people who set up the formation through the magic circle, so that they can use their learning.
The reason why the word "sacred" is used is because any kind of skill that can improve the lives of the people is, in Mozi's eyes, a holy science.
The head of the sect highly respected this magic circle technique, so he explained it in great detail and thoughtfully.
Lei Changye used his profound knowledge of talismans, combined with annotations and books, to complete the formation in only one night.
He tried to inject his true qi himself, but of course it didn't work. The rank of the Holy Array is only higher than that of the Heavenly Pivot Exorcism Array, and no one can do it unless the head of the Sect, Lu Zu, arrives in person.
However, Lei Changye has a "jade talisman". He couldn't wait to put the jade talisman in the center of the array.
The jade rune turned into a pool of clear water and merged into the array, and the magic circle he drew suddenly flashed with a bright green light, and the runes that had been drawn were wriggling like tadpoles, changing positions in the green light, and carrying out extremely complicated fine-tuning.
After a few moments, the green light dimmed. The circle was silent.
"Failed!" Lei Changye was shocked. It cost him a jade talisman.
He crouched down to the center of the circle and carefully looked at the runes of the circle. Many of the rune lines he drew have changed, and it is obvious that there are errors and omissions in the depiction of talismans in both the "Mozi Five Elements Record" and Lu Zu's annotations. The power of a jade talisman cannot be corrected.
"How many jade talismans do you want?" Lei Changye couldn't breathe in pain. He only has thirty jade talismans, and the source of the jade talisman is uncertain, so if he uses one, he will have one less.
After a brief mental adjustment, he decided to invest in another one.
The green light rose again, and the runes of the magic circle began to wriggle and fine-tune in a large area again. During this time, Lei Changye even forgot to breathe, and just watched with concern.
Finally, the wriggling of the circle spell stopped, the green light remained constant, and the circle construction succeeded.
Lei Changye hurriedly walked into the magic circle and silently recited the incantation in Mozi's Five Elements Chronicle.
A moment later, a flash of thought pierced his brain. He suddenly felt that his skills and experience in painting had become incomparably profound and sophisticated, and that he could paint pictures that were enough to amaze the world at any time.
He looked overjoyed. Although it cost two jade talismans, it was worth it. He invited the great painter Zhang Xuan of the Tang Dynasty to come to the upper body. Zhang Xuan is best at figure painting, especially ladies' paintings. "The Spring Outing of the Lady of the Kingdom of Qiu" was painted by him.
Lei Changye took advantage of the fact that the painting saint was still hot in his head, and hurriedly drew a picture of the night rain in the rivers and lakes on a roll of rice paper.
On the picture, a stunning beauty with a high uphead and red hair, half-exposed shoulders, holding a lantern in her hand, is walking to the brightly lit building in the night.
Then he immediately took out the treasure talisman he had drawn a long time ago, combined it with the battery talisman to form a battery treasure talisman, and pasted it on the picture of the night rain in the rivers and lakes he had drawn.
The stunning beauty in this picture of the night rain of the rivers and lakes was stimulated by the battery treasure charm and actually moved. She carried the lantern and turned back sharply, turning sideways, revealing her face.
Her long hair flew and curled, covering her face, revealing only her sparkling eyes, which were so beautiful that they were seductive.
Her shirt, which was covered by red, turned out to be just a bathrobe-like dress, and a slender and beautiful long leg emerged from the gap in the bathrobe, looming.
She turned to one side, revealing the plaque on the platform of the night rain: "Long Night Pai Society".
The front of the lantern she was carrying was also revealed: "Lei Gong Brand".
"Perfect!" Lei Changye narrowed his eyes.
The four famous squares of Chengdu Mansion belong to the Cui family, the Wu family and the Zhang family, which are the three wealthy families in Yizhou. The Wu family and the Zhang family have taken root in Bashu since the Western Han Dynasty, stretching for hundreds of years, with deep roots. The Cui clan is a branch of the Cui clan that moved south from Hebei Province to Jiannan to avoid trouble.
The Wu family and the Zhang family are the head snakes of the land, and their forces are intertwined in Bashu, and they each occupy a large number of places. Although the Cui family is an outsider, the court is full of friends, and Cui Pi has become the envoy of the western Sichuan Festival, a strong family, and his strength is above all the clans. Therefore, the Cui family can monopolize two famous shops in Chengdu Mansion.
If we divide the size of the industry according to the income share, although the Qinglou industry is profitable, its share is still much smaller than that of traditional high-quality industries such as field products, water transportation, iron, salt, tea, and wine.
However, the Qinglou is the center for making friends with local heroes and collecting and transmitting news, and many officialdom entertainments and money and silver bribes are handed over in the Qinglou. Therefore, the major families still attach considerable importance to letting the promising children of their own clans take charge of the Qinglou industry.
The three bosses of the four famous shops in Chengdu Fuli, one is Cui Xueyi, the eldest lady of the Cui family branch of Shuzhou, the other is Wu Jiansong, the second son of the Wu family branch of the Meizhou Wu family, and the last is Zhang Dan, the youngest son of the seven sons of the Yizhou Zhang family.
Among them, Cui Xueyi is in charge of the Scattered Flower Workshop next to the Scattered Flower Building and the Virtuous Workshop next to the Dexian Building. There are as many as fifteen people who have won the Oiran in these two famous green buildings, which can be said to be a star-making factory. There are one or two of them that are good-looking.
Cui Xueyi is old and unmarried, concentrates on running the Qinglou, is quite ambitious, is an outlier in the Cui family, and even in the entire Jiannan, and has a lot of the charm of the Qinglou industry Wu Zetian.
Wu Jiansong runs the Guanjinfang next to Zhang Yilou, although he is good at poetry, but his ambition is not to engage in business, so the Guanjinfang is decent, not bad.
Zhang Dan is a well-known wine-colored and wealthy person, and he is also a bit talented, which is a natural match for the Qinglou industry. Although his West House is the smallest, it has the most new gadgets in it, and the Oiran is also very coquettish. Although Lei Changye said that he went into the market to investigate, he was still a little reluctant when he came out.
After Lei Changye was ready, the first entry point he found was Zhang Dan. Because the characteristics of this product are too distinct.
On this day, according to Zhang Dan's habits, Lei Changye met Zhang Dan who was ordering affairs with the old bustard and the big teapot in the Xiloufang Hospitality Flower Hall at the first hour of the day.
Zhang Dan loves to visit the Qinglou, so he is extremely proficient in all the affairs and gadgets of the Qinglou, and even plays a difficult game like the wine order. Let him be in charge of the Qinglou, basically the same as an Internet addict boy in charge of the pipe bar, like a fish in water.
As soon as he saw Lei Changye, Zhang Dan smiled. He and Lei Changye have already known each other, and he has done several drinking orders, and he has been forced to drink a few times, in the eyes of this kind of gentleman, this is already a fortune teller.
"Brother Long Night, hey, you haven't been here for a long time, and when you carry out the drinking order today, you have to be merciful. Zhang Dan said with a smile.
"It's easy to say, it's easy to say. Lei Changye smiled slightly, "Today I don't want to drink order, I want to talk to Brother Zhang about some business." ”
"Oh, what care does Brother Changye have?" Zhang Dan raised his eyebrows, not paying too much attention. There were too many people talking to him about business, but he wasn't interested in it unless there was a qualified young prostitute who needed to trade.
"Brother Zhang's time is precious, I'll make a long story short, how about taking a look at this painting first?" Lei Changye took out the picture scroll of the night rain in the rivers and lakes that he had framed from his backpack behind his back and showed it to Zhang Dan.
"Ha......" Zhang Dan gasped, his eyes almost protruding from his sockets.
Although it was just a simple retrospective, the peerless wind god, the cold and charming temperament, the long legs like a white snake, and a red coat covering the whole body, made Zhang Dan completely lose control.
"How much? No, do you want Xiloufang?" Zhang Dan said.
"Brother Zhang, calm down. ”
"Whew......" Zhang Dan gasped for air. He was a little too excited, of course he wouldn't give the West Building Fang to Lei Changye, as the end of the seven sons of the Zhang family, the son of the concubine, the odd flowers and the income from the shop on weekdays were filled in by him in the Qinglou, and he couldn't take out much money to buy this peerless painting.
"This painting is not for sale, if Brother Zhang likes it, just promise me a few conditions, I will allow you to hang this painting in the flower hall of the West Building. Lei Changye said with a smile.
"This is true!" Zhang Dan had the urge to kneel down and worship Lei Changye at this moment.
The beauty of this painting is enough to captivate the soul. Zhang Dan naturally dreams of seeing it every day. If you can hang this painting in the flower hall and the future business of Xiloufang, it is not too good.
"Brother Zhang, little brother, I have a card club in Suishan Town, called the Long Night Card Club. The company specializes in thunder public cards. Recently, a new style of play has been introduced, called auto-propelled cards. Lei Changye said.
"Oh, tell me about it!" Zhang Dan's interest increased.
"The game of the Lei Gong card brother has known, this self-propelled card with the spell card, and the Lei Gong card is the same, but it is eight people to play together, relying on the dealer to give each person different cards, make up a specific combination, and then randomly and people to fight, each battle lost a number of blood, until the blood is dead, this card guest out. Eight people play together, and one person wins the championship, which is quite exciting. ”
"Sounds interesting, but what does this have to do with me?" asked Zhang Dan.
"In order to make this auto-propelled card have fun, you need a lotus-tongued, witty dealer, not only to be able to tell the players about the characteristics of the spell cards, the rules of the winners, to take care of everyone's emotions, but also to describe the process of the spell card duel clearly, the exit into a chapter, fascinating, and immersive. Lei Changye said in a deep voice.
"Hmm...... You're saying you need ...... Do you know?" Zhang Dan raised his eyebrows.
PS: A very long chapter, shyly begging for a ticket.