Chapter 12 Departure Theater
Qi Long and Gao Dongqiang eat separately. Since Gao Dongqiang started to exercise, his eating habits have changed greatly and he only eats low-fat and low-salt foods.
Qi Long was born in the Northeast, grew up in Shanxi Province, and studied in the capital. He has no affinity for heavy, greasy, and spicy food.
Wearing headphones and listening to songs from another world, Qi Long ate the old capital fried noodles with soybean paste.
A stack of fried sauce with oil and sauce separated, and several fresh and refreshing side dishes, mixed together with the noodles, it is so delicious.
After a few bites, have a sip of iced Arctic Ocean, so refreshing!
Soon, the bowl of noodles was finished. After Beibingyang finished drinking it, Qi Long started playing with his mobile phone.
Looking at the software that has accumulated nearly three thousand coins, Qi Long feels it is necessary to conduct a lottery. There is a guarantee of thirty times, and it will only cost three hundred coins, which is almost one-tenth, acceptable!
You will get more coins after the online platform edits and broadcasts his performance of "Tong Ren Tang" in the semi-finals of the crosstalk competition!
He did it right away. After wiping his hands thoroughly with a wet tissue, Qi Long opened the lucky wheel.
I was unlucky in the previous draws in the competition and got the first one to appear. According to the law of conservation of luck, something should happen to me, right?
If nothing else, give me something useful and useful in the guaranteed gift package!
It was my first time to draw ten times in a row, and I got a lot of coins. The good news is that one of them was ten coins, which is the first time I neither lost nor gained anything except the guaranteed minimum.
When I clicked the second ten-pull button, a purple light flashed and a strange pattern appeared in the box of the lottery winnings.
2% chance to unlock a random variety show.
Unlock: Go Fighting Season 1
Variety show?
Qi Long, who was originally excited about winning a different prize, suddenly became less excited.
What’s good about variety shows?
Based on Qi Long's understanding of variety shows, in this world, the vast majority of variety shows are just chatting, talking, and playing small games in the studio. Occasionally, there are one or two shows that go outdoors because the venue is not large enough and it is not interesting.
The other world should be similar, right?
Qi Long shook his head and pressed the third draw button.
However, the guaranteed gift package did not appear, and after reading the rules carefully, I found that the 2% bonus was also considered a prize, and the guarantee was recalculated.
Qi Long looked at his clean hands helplessly.
As expected, my luck is still a little bad.
If you're lucky, will you get hit by a car?
Helplessly, Qi Long spent another two hundred coins to open the gift package. This time it was not a permanent secret book, but a pill that permanently improved memory.
It's quite useful. I ate it.
As soon as he ate it, Qi Long felt a little sore in his brain, like the feeling of not getting enough sleep.
The names and performances of the contestants that he had memorized in the morning were now clear to him when he recalled them.
You can still remember the crosstalk jokes in videos you watched earlier without having to rewatch them.
This thing is good. It improves memory and helps you learn things faster. It’s very useful.
Qi Long had just put down his phone when Gao Dongqiang, who had just finished his light meal, appeared in front of him without anyone noticing.
"My father's legal team has contacted Deyunshe Company, and they agreed with our opinion. It seems that your senior brother Mr. Guo just wants Deyun to have more crosstalk performers who can show off, and the salary is not bad!"
"How to say?"
"In Xiaoyuanzi, each person gets 8 yuan for a show; for commercial performances, supporting actors get 45% of the ticket revenue; for personal performances, % of the ticket revenue!" Dongqiang reported to Qi Long while holding his mobile phone.
Qi Long nodded, that was indeed a lot.
The space in Xiaoyuan is limited, and there are only about 100 or 200 tickets in total. Most of the tickets are relatively cheap (not counting those sold by scalpers). A few dozen yuan is enough to listen to a crosstalk show, and the ticket revenue is probably only a few thousand yuan. In a Xiaoyuan show, there are usually at least six pairs of crosstalk performers. With twelve people, plus the teahouse staff and various maintenance costs, rent, etc., the profit is only about 70%, and Deyun Society itself can't get much.
Seven hundred out of several thousand dollars is already top-notch, and this is a price given to them as big names.
The two of them used to be the mainstays of the Shanxi Province Crosstalk Society. Because the troupe sold few tickets and the ticket prices were low, they might only earn fifty or one hundred yuan.
For supporting actors in commercial performances, 8% of the fee is usually given to other supporting actors, but in the end they were directly given %, which is considered a high price.
As for the last 45%, it is also higher than the industry standard. Most are 40%, and they have 5% more.
From this we can see that Lao Guo really has no intention of making money from them.
"That's great. I'll make a phone call to thank my senior brother for going. By the way, I'll ask if it can be arranged today. We've both practiced enough on our own, and we need to go on stage more often to get a feel for crosstalk!" Qi Long suggested.
Gao Dongqiang was noncommittal: "Do you still need to find the feeling? It's good enough. I think you just like the crosstalk stage and don't want to leave!"
"Isn't it the same for you? Which rich second generation is like you, performing in a small theater all the time, flying back and forth from the imperial capital to Jin Province every week for a performance fee of fifty or one hundred? It's not even enough to cover the cost of your air tickets. Isn't it because you love crosstalk?" Qi Long joked in return.
Dong Qiang did not refute. Yes, Qi Long was injured this year, and he had partnered with others, but he always felt that something was missing and what he said was boring. He still preferred to talk with his old partner Qi Long.
During the recording of the afternoon program, Deyun Vice President Luan Yunping sent a letter to Qi Long, saying that their time had been adjusted and they could perform a show at the Sanlitun Deyun Society small theater near the crosstalk competition venue. He had arranged for other actors to provide support and speak less to make time for them.
The two of them have about 30 minutes to perform, and the maximum overtime is 10 minutes. It's a small theater, so there's no need to be precise with the performance. It doesn't matter if they get off work a little late, as long as they finish the performance before the mall closes.
After finishing the recording in the afternoon, the two brothers rushed to Sanlitun. When they entered the backstage, the performance had already begun in front of the stage.
This is the Deyun Team 6 led by Zhang Helun. As soon as they entered, all the actors including Helun stood up and bowed to greet the two elders.
Qi Long and Gao Dongqiang were about the same age as them, even a little younger than Zhang Helun, and they did not act like elders, and also returned the greetings slightly.
Then Qi Long and Gao Dongqiang came to the backstage and first saluted the ancestor Dongfang Shuo.
Then burn incense to the portraits of Mr. Hou Yaowen and Mr. Zhang Wenshun.
Before, the Beichuncheng Theater was not the Deyun Society’s venue, and there was no photo of the master backstage. Now that he has come to the Deyun Society’s venue, Qi Long as a disciple must burn incense.
Inside the theater, some audience members who often listened to crosstalk noticed that something was wrong.
The first few crosstalks were performed too quickly. Basically, they got to the point after just a few sentences and the performance was over very quickly.
Generally, those who can get into the role and finish the performance quickly are trainees, because they lack the ability and have limited level. They are still at the stage of memorizing the text. It is good enough for them to perform the main role well, and there is no requirement for them to perform well in the filling part.
However, although the artistic level of these actors on the stage is not very high, they have long since left the category of students. Why are they being rushed like this?
Experienced viewers analyzed that there was probably a big job at the back, so those in the front were in a hurry and left some time for them.
Sure enough, in the finale, which was the second-to-last program announcement, the host announced a crosstalk artist who was not on the program list:
"Please enjoy the crosstalk "Criticizing the Three Kingdoms", performed by Qi Long and Gao Dongqiang!"
There were some die-hard fans of De Yun Society in the audience, so they naturally recognized that this was the person who had been hotly discussed in the De Yun Society crosstalk lovers' group in the past two days.
When everyone found out that he was from the Shanxi Crosstalk Society, they felt a little regretful that such an outstanding crosstalk artist was not from the Deyun Society.
I didn’t expect that just a few days later, I saw them make a surprise appearance at the Deyun Society Small Theater!
For a moment, those who knew about Uncle Master Qi Long's applause and cheers were also infected by this and applauded enthusiastically.
Qi Long and Gao Dongqiang, wearing gowns, went on stage.
Compared to competitions where the audience are all colleagues and the judges are all crosstalk masters, this small garden allows them to relax a lot!
(End of this chapter)
