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Chapter 534 A Good Show Must Be Matched With a Good Story (Two in One)

Reception, an economical and convenient form of hospitality.

As far as how economical and simple it can be, Jiang Qi can tell you very responsibly that the cost of today's banquet for practitioners in the opera circle is less than one-third of the previous annual meeting.

The annual meeting has many programs.

Music, stage art, and props all cost money, and food and drinks are also indispensable, not to mention many service staff.The annual meeting of the amusement park is outsourced by Jiang Qi to Gong Ye. For the sake of friends, Gong Ye doesn't have much middleman to make the difference.

Even so, holding the annual meeting every year also requires a lot of expenses.

Tonight's reception will be different.

The main focus is high quality and low price, even the wine at the reception is cheap wine bought from Yan Huaiyou's bar at cost price, and the kind that comes with several bartenders.

For this, Yan Huaiyou has to thank Jiang Qi for helping him clear the inventory.

In the corner, Jiang Qi, who was helping to clear the inventory, and Yan Huaiyou, who was clearing the inventory, sat at the long table and studied together the special wine that was said to be the exclusive formula provided by Gong Ye.

"What's this?" Jiang Qi asked curiously, pointing to a glass half full of ice cubes, which seemed to be purely a mysterious special drink of sparkling water in a thick glass.

"Vodka mixed with sparkling water." Yan Huaiyou said, "Why are you testing wine with me here when the reception is about to begin?"

"You have your own bar, why don't you come to my amusement park to make drinks." Jiang Qi complained, picked up the legendary vodka mixed with sparkling water and took a sip.

Nice, chilled peach sparkling water.

"That's not because all the bartenders in my bar have lent you a reception." Yan Huaiyou said righteously, "The bar will not be open tonight."

Jiang Qi ignored Yan Huaiyou's nonsense. As time went by, the business of Yan Huaiyou's bar could be said to be getting worse day by day.Gong Ye has become addicted to chasing dreams in the entertainment industry, and has no intention of retiring after filming online dramas after going bankrupt. Now he is actively contacting major video websites, hoping that there will be a website that can buy back the dramas he is holding. spot blood.

If Gong Ye's drama fails, he and Yan Huaiyou can form a brand new combination of bankruptcy partners.

"Did you mix wine with your sparkling water?" Jiang Qi asked.

"Ah?" Yan Huaiyou was shocked, put down the light beer mixed with water and ice cubes in his hand, took the wine glass in Jiang Qi's hand and smelled it, frowning, found a small glass and poured some for himself to taste.

"It seems that there is no wine added. It's not a big problem. You wait for me to add some for you." After speaking, Yan Huaiyou went to the table behind to find wine.

Jiang Qi: ...

If you don't close down, who will close down?

Gong Ye just mixed water with the wine, you forgot to mix the wine with the water.

"No need." Jiang Qi waved his hand, "It's just right to drink some iced sparkling water, I have to talk to someone later."

Hearing what Jiang Qi said, Yan Huaiyou had no choice but to give up taking the wine, and took a new cup to pour some light beer for Jiang Qi.

"Jiang Qi, try my special beer, why does it taste weird to me?"

Jiang Qi took a sip: "There is too much water. The last time I drank beer with such a light taste was at the barbecue stand at the back door of our school."

"19 yuan for a barrel of draft beer, full of water and no alcohol, so you won't get drunk after drinking enough."

"It shouldn't be, I made it according to the formula given to me by Gong Ye, why is it wrong?" Yan Huaiyou was puzzled.

Jiang Qi could only sigh and pat Yan Huaiyou on the shoulder.

"give up."

"It takes talent to add water to wine."

Yan Huaiyou also sighed: "Yeah, I can see it too. The same wine is sold differently from me and from Gong Ye. That kid really has a way of opening a bar."

"It's a pity that Gong Daozhi is not here. Have you heard? He has found a platform for his online drama and is willing to pay for it. We are talking about it."

"Huh?" Now it was Jiang Qi's turn to be shocked.

Jiang Qi is different from Yan Huaiyou. Yan Huaiyou only knows the name of Gong Ye's online drama, but not the hero and heroine, let alone their looks.

Jiang Qi has seen the male and female protagonists of web dramas, and Jiang Qi has never forgotten that bright hair color.

Since the Unbelievable Academy of Magic and Ms. Xu's economic company have not long-term but stable cooperation, Jiang Qi thinks that he has a certain understanding of the entertainment industry, especially past artists.

Small fire depends on holding, big fire depends on life.

Ms. Xu's life is not bad.

Ever since the vlog of the Unbelievable Academy of Magic became popular, Ms. Xu has become a star.First, I picked up a TV series based on the popularity of the vlog, and it just aired a year later, and the response was very good.

Relying on the popularity of online dramas, Ms. Xu received a few more endorsements that can be quickly realized.

Jiang Qi watched Ms. Xu's Moments last night, and it seemed that she had received a drama with a good lineup as the second female lead, and it was worth posting on Moments to show off.

Compared with Ms. Xu's brilliant stardom, the hero and heroine with bright hair are not so lucky.

The vlog was filmed, and it was filmed with the help of Ms. Xu, with its own enthusiasm.

As a result, the focus of netizens was all on Ms. Xu's second brush with the Incredible Academy of Magic, and no one cared about the outdated duo.

Variety shows are also on the show, and the variety show that Ms. Xu took over, was a guest on the first episode.

As a result, variety shows were very popular, but the two still found no such person.

Fortunately, Ms. Xu is their colleague and not their boss, otherwise Ms. Xu would vomit blood from the anger of these two unlucky employees.

Considering such a miraculous popularity, but it is not his own physique that is popular, Jiang Qi has reason to suspect that even if Gong Ye's "Overbearing President Loves Hardly" can become popular, it is not the male and female protagonists who are popular.

The possibility of Gong Ye's fire is relatively high.

"How much does the platform plan to pay for it?" Jiang Qi asked curiously, "I remember that Gong Ye joined the group with full capital and invested a lot of money."

"I don't know." Yan Huaiyou shook his head, "It seems that the price is not bad, and he seems to be planning to make a second part."

Jiang Qi and Yan Huaiyou sat in the corner and chatted for a while, and Jiang Qi went to greet the guests at the entrance of the tavern when the time was almost up.

Jiang Qi came early, and he came to see the layout of the tavern before the end of "Mulberry Picking Girl" at the theater.The interior space of the tavern is limited. In order to prevent the guests from feeling that the reception venue is too small and crowded, Principal Peggy uses space magic to increase the interior space of the tavern.

At the same time, it won't be too big to be too outrageous, and it will be seen by others.

Under Principal Peggy's exquisite spatial magic, it's hard for people who haven't been to the tavern before to see anything.People who have been to the tavern will only feel that the interior space of the tavern is so large after removing the previous tables and chairs and bar counters and putting them on self-service long tables, clearing out most of the decorations to make room.

At 9:20, the guests entered the venue one after another.

The advantage of a group of acquaintances participating in the same reception is that the reception cannot be left alone, as long as they are not enemies standing together, there must be something to talk about.

Jiang Qi didn't even need to say hello, as the host of the reception, Jiang Qi was a stranger to most of the guests.

People in this industry rarely have social fear, and most of them are social experts.

When it comes to singing on the stage, the timid people can't even get on the stage.

As a qualified boss, Jiang Qi kept in mind that his task tonight was to find out the profits from the "Mulberry Picking Girl" tour from the bosses of major theaters.

If you want to find out the share, you must first find out the word-of-mouth of "Mulberry Picking Girl".

For literary films, the box office can actually be predicted by word of mouth.

In the first half of the reception, Jiang Qi was like a diligent and idle bee. He seemed to be busy socializing, but in fact he didn’t talk about anything. He just walked through the crowd and listened to everyone’s comments on tonight’s performance. .

The audience's evaluation was beyond Jiang Qi's expectation.

Pure praise.

Whether it's people in the industry, reporters, theater owners, or the family members of the theater owner, all the comments on tonight's "Mulberry Picker" are praises.

The difference is nothing more than that some people praise very implicitly, while others praise very enthusiastically.

Among them, Cai Jiamin was the most enthusiastic.

After Jiang Qi was fooled by Wang Pingxiu's short story, out of prudent consideration, Jiang Qi deliberately searched for Cai Jiamin on the Internet.

If you don't search, you don't know.

In Jiang Qi's opinion, the mediocre Cai Jiamin is a genuine top-notch Kunqu opera.

Cai Jiamin was born in a family of opera artists, and has been fascinated by opera since she was a child. At the age of 6, she was accepted as a closed disciple by Kunqu opera master Mr. Xiong Lao.In the early years, Mr. Xiong was also a well-known existence in the opera circle. He was a well-deserved boss Xiong for guaranteeing the ticket sales of the theater.Mr. Xiong Lao has a total of 7 disciples, all of whom are active in the opera circle, the most famous of which is Cai Jiamin.

Cai Jiamin is now not only engaged in opera performances, but also teaches in schools. Like Yin Fei, he has taught many students under his hands.It's just that these students are ordinary students, not disciples. Cai Jiamin has not yet accepted apprentices.

I want to worship her as my teacher, there are many Kunqu opera performers who have a good name and a good teacher, but unfortunately Cai Jiamin doesn't like any of them.

Combining the information found on the Internet and the short story written by Wang Pingxiu, Jiang Qi's judgment of Cai Jiamin is because he is quite talented, but at the same time he is very arrogant, a little bit unreal, and he may get a slap in the face because he looks down on others. An image that hovers between good and bad.

result……

"Manager Wang, you are really talented. I really like your "Mulberry Picking Girl" very much!"

This was the first sentence that Jiang Qi heard from Cai Jiamin.

The voice is high, extremely excited, deafening, and directly hits the soul.

When Jiang Qi passed by and heard this sentence, for a second he thought that the protagonist of today's reception was Wang Xinghua.

The protagonist of today's reception should undoubtedly be Feng Ling.

The reception was a by-product of the premiere of "The Mulberry Picker". More than 90% of the guests who came to watch the premiere today came for Feng Ling.

According to the normal script, tonight's reception should be before Feng Ling's appearance. Everyone chatted happily and commented on "Mulberry Picking Girl".When Feng Ling packed up and appeared, she would become the well-deserved focus of the reception. Everyone wanted to chat with her. The reception turned into a peer exchange meeting on the spot, and the atmosphere of the reception also reached a climax.

At this time, people who need to socialize can be dispatched.

Theater owners, journalists, and peers with lesser status who can't squeeze Feng Ling to chat with her, or who can't join the fellowship meeting at all, will become Jiang Qi, Wang Xinghua, Wang Pingxiu and others who have been lurking at the reception all the time. The social object of Principal Peggy and Shen Lirong.

At the reception tonight, everyone has missions on them.

Feng Ling's task is to stand in the C position, communicate enthusiastically with colleagues, sell Amway quietly during the communication process, promote "Mulberry Picking Girl", and prepare for the upcoming endorsement.

Jiang Qi's task is to find out the tour quotations and maintain relationships with the owners of major theaters.

Wang Pingxiu's task is to win over the reporters, make friends with the reporters, and let the reporters take the business list of bragging about "Mulberry Picking Girl" at a lower price as much as possible, and write two more reports.

The tasks of Wang Xinghua, Shen Lirong and Principal Peggy are the same, to win over other practitioners, and by the way, let's talk about it, and see if they can get everyone to promote "Mulberry Picker" for free.

If you can't promote it for free, then give money to promote it.

This is the original script.

Anyone who has received the script knows that the plot often does not develop so smoothly according to the direction written in the script, and there must be more or less deviations.

It's just that the direction of the offset today is a bit strange.

Just when Wang Xinghua was following a well-known industry insider she knew, and Jiang Qi was following Wang Xinghua and the theater owner next to the insider, Cai Jiamin also followed Wang Xinghua.

Then there was the sentence that Jiang Qi heard, which can be called the chanting of a ten-year-old fan chasing stars.

Cai Jiamin was really excited.

After watching "Mulberry Picking Girl", on the way to Xuecun Tavern, Cai Jiamin became more and more excited as she thought about it.

Wang Xinghua told Jiang Qi before the mulberry picker's book was corrected.This movie is likely to be well-received or not. You can't count on the box office, you can only count on word of mouth.

Why are they applauded but not seated?Because the mulberry girl has a viewing threshold.

The Mulberry Picker is just like the heroes in the game who need to operate skills, it is easy to use, but it is not suitable for novices.

Everyone knows that running is faster than walking, but you can't expect a baby who has just learned to roll over to run for you on the spot.

The current opera environment is doomed that "Mulberry Picking Girl" will not have too many audiences.

The above problems are not a problem for Cai Jiamin.

Cai Jiamin sings Kunqu Opera.

Compared with the viewing threshold, Kunqu Opera has never lost.

Cai Jiamin walked all the way, and thought about it all the way. The more I think about it, the more I feel that Kunqu Opera can produce another new play with a slightly wider audience, a slightly lower threshold for viewing, and at the same time, it does not lose artistry and meets the requirements and aesthetics of Kunqu Opera. It depends on Wang Xinghua up!
If Manager Wang can write a playbook of the level of "The Girl Picking Mulberry", he will definitely be able to write a good playbook for Kunqu Opera!

Manager Wang, the future of Kunqu opera depends on you!

As soon as Cai Jiamin entered the tavern, she began to look for Wang Xinghua.

Cai Jiamin doesn't care about the layout, magic props, food, drinks, peer exchanges.

Nothing is more important than the future of Kunqu Opera!
Wang Xinghua came with Feng Ling, and Cai Jiamin searched for as long as the other guests chatted.After finally finding Wang Xinghua, can Cai Jiamin rush forward without being excited?

With this pounce, Wang Xinghua was stunned.

Of course Wang Xinghua knew Cai Jiamin.

The protagonist of a short story her father made up.

Seeing Cai Jiamin rushing towards her, Wang Xinghua's first reaction was: No, the little story my father made up to trick the boss was heard by the boss, and the boss came to settle the score with me.

Dad, you really killed your daughter!
"Manager Wang, I want to talk to you about "Mulberry Picking Girl". Do you have time?"

"Mulberry picking girl, talk to me?!" Wang Xinghua pointed to herself incredulously, "I am..."

"You are the creator, I really like this play so much. I don't know if you have time to chat with me about the part before the bed in the first scene. I wrote down two lines specially, which are..."

"Oh, these two sentences are right. There are a lot of people here, why don't we go to the corner? It's quiet over there."

"Great, let's add WeChat, I'll scan you!"

Cai Jiamin joyfully dragged Wang Xinghua to the corner to talk in detail.

Jiang Qi looked dumbfounded from the sidelines.

"What's the matter?" Jiang Qi murmured.

A familiar voice answered Jiang Qi's doubts.

"Boss Cai, it's not unusual."

Jiang Qi looked back and found that it was Ge Hong.Ge Hong, who knows how to play, is holding a glass of grass juice and a chocolate donut with a bite in his hand.

Unlike some theater owners who love fried chicken and don't know how to play, Ge Hong is undoubtedly a theater owner who knows how to play.

After all, he didn't inherit the theater from his parents, he opened it with his own money.

"What's wrong with Boss Cai?" Jiang Qi couldn't hold back, and asked a question that sounded very amateurish.

"Boss Cai sings Kunqu opera. Boss Jiang, you may not know that Boss Cai has been crazy about trying to get Kunqu opera out of the circle all these years." Ge Hong said with a smile, "The number of young audiences who are willing to watch operas is decreasing , the threshold for watching Kunqu opera is so high, and the theater tickets are getting harder to sell every year.”

"Boss Cai is so anxious that he can't wait to produce a good new script of Kunqu Opera. Now that there is someone who can write a script of opera, can Boss Cai not be excited?"

"No wonder." Jiang Qi suddenly realized, "But Boss Cai may be disappointed."

In order to change "The Mulberry Picking Girl", Wang Xinghua has put all her efforts into it. It can be said that she has worked hard and gone through fire and water for the white moonlight in her heart.

Wang Xinghua can write 10 brainless novels a month, and ask her to write another playbook that is not inferior to "Mulberry Picking Girl".

Now that she is human, it is easier to kill her directly.

"How to say?" Ge Hong was a little curious.

"That's it..." Jiang Qi was thinking about how to explain "Mulberry Picking Girl" which is hard to come by, and noticed that the boss needed help, so Wang Pingxiu put aside the communication with the new journalist friends and rushed over.

""Mulberry Picking Girl" is a playbook that Xinghua spent more than ten years grinding out. It is of great significance to her. If she wants to write another playbook of a similar type, she may not be able to write it in another 10 years. Come out." Wang Pingxiu said.

"More than ten years?!" Ge Hong was so surprised that his pupils dilated.

The plot of sharpening a sword for ten years usually only happens in novels and TV dramas. In real life, writing a playbook for more than ten years...

Ge Hong looked at Wang Pingxiu with suspicion.

"Who is this?" Ge Hong asked.

"Wang Pingxiu, he is Manager Wang's father." Jiang Qi quickly introduced, "Mr. Wang ran a troupe before, and now works in the publicity department of our amusement park."

Hearing that Wang Pingxiu is Wang Xinghua's father, the suspicion in Ge Hong's eyes lessened a bit, he reached out his hand to shake hands with Wang Pingxiu and said with a smile, "It turns out that we are colleagues, nice to meet you."

"Don't dare to dare. I said before that I am the troupe leader of the grass-stage troupe in the countryside. I earn a little hard money all year round to barely support myself. It is incomparable to Boss Ge and your big business."

When Wang Pingxiu flatters, he pays attention to a straightforward narrative without any foreshadowing, twists and embellishments, which is very intuitive and easy to understand.

Ge Hong was obviously very useful, with a smile in his eyes, and he did not forget the topic just now: "Mr. Wang, you just said that the play "Mulberry Picking Girl" has been written for more than ten years. If I remember correctly, Manager Wang is only [-] this year. .In this way, didn't the playbook start writing when Manager Wang was a few years old?"

Ge Hong didn't deliberately lower his voice, the people around him could basically hear what he said.

Hearing what Ge Hong said, the bystanders who didn't care about the content of their chat could not help but become curious.The reporters who had chatted with Wang Pingxiu also came over one after another, poking their heads out of curiosity, wanting to find some exciting news.

Started writing playbooks at the age of seven or eight, child prodigy!
"Old Wang, is it true?"

"It's a bit exaggerated to start writing at a young age."

"Did you have this idea when you were a child, but it has only been implemented in the past few years, so it has been written for more than 10 years."

"possible."

"This is more reasonable."

"Old Wang, what is the situation? Don't worry, we have nothing to do with you. We will never add fuel to your report!"

Seeing that the atmosphere was getting better, Wang Pingxiu took a deep breath and explained the whole story.

Wang Pingxiu sighed, showing a slightly sad expression, his eyes full of nostalgia: "Speaking of which, this child Xinghua is also bitter."

"Her mother left when he was very young, and Xinghua has no impression of her mother at all. Didn't I run a small opera troupe at first, and everyone should know what the country opera troupe was like in the early years. Those who work in a string of households earn a few hard-earned money after a year of busy work, barely making ends meet."

"Xinghua's health is not good, it's a medicine jar, her grandparents didn't dare to let her go out, so they locked her at home. At that time, the family was poor and couldn't afford a TV. It was not a problem for children to be locked at home every day. .”

"My grandfather is a teacher. There are many books left over from the past at home, such as the "San Zi Jing". My father used these books at home to enlighten Xinghua when he was free. If you don’t know how to count, you can recite the Three Character Classic.”

Everyone nodded, suddenly: "It's no wonder Manager Wang is so talented, it turns out he was nurtured from childhood."

Wang Pingxiu went on to make up: "Later my parents passed away, so I took Xinghua with me. I don't know how to take care of children, so Xinghua stayed in the troupe every day and got along with the actors in the troupe. It took a long time. I love going to the theater.”

Everyone understands: "It's no wonder I've heard it through my eyes and ears."

"Speaking of which, the story of the mulberry girl was actually told to Xinghua by an accompanist who played the erhu in our troupe at the time. I remember that the master's surname was Wang. Besides playing the erhu, Master Wang occasionally wrote plays part-time. Master Wang taught Xinghua the writing method of the playbook."

Another person understood: "Indeed, at that time, many seniors knew how to write playbooks. Regardless of whether it was good or bad, everyone was willing to think about it and write."

"Yes, there are not many people who are willing to write now."

Wang Pingxiu tactically drank water, leaving time for the audience to discuss, and then he continued after everyone sighed: "So strictly speaking, Xinghua has been writing the story of the mulberry girl since she was 8 years old. The first playbook she wrote."

"Because of her poor health, Xinghua was always bullied by her classmates at school, so she didn't actually go to school much, and spent most of her time with the troupe members."

"Later the troupe disbanded, and I went out to do business. Xinghua was also [-] or [-] years old at the time, and her health was better than when she was a child, so I let her stay in her hometown to go to school."

"I only found out in the past few days that Xinghua has never given up writing about the mulberry picking girl these years. In fact, the book was almost finished last year, but she was not very satisfied with some parts. This is not just the same as last year's theater troupe. Going out on tour, Xinghua took this opportunity to meet a lot of opera actors, and everyone communicated and learned from each other, and Xinghua also received a lot of help from everyone, and then she completed the Mulberry Picking Girl."

"It is not so much that today's play was written by Xinghua after ten years of hard work, it is better to say that it was written with the help of Xinghua's colleagues in the industry over the years. This playbook is not the hard work of Xinghua alone, but by everyone. The crystallization of wisdom."

"Without the help of everyone, Xinghua would not have been able to complete the creation of "Mulberry Picking Girl"."

Hearing what Wang Pingxiu said, everyone nodded.

"Indeed, I heard Sister Zhao talk about this last year."

"Sister Zhao also helped out. I heard from Xiao Cao."

"What a show, what a show!"

"I didn't expect Manager Wang's opera to be a love for decades."

"Ashamed, really ashamed."

Colleagues are still lamenting, and the reporters have already started to write, pulling Wang Pingxiu aside.

"Old Wang, tell me more!"

"Do you still have the contact information of Master Wang? Can you make an appointment for a phone interview?"

"When did Manager Wang continue to create Mulberry Picking Girl?"

"Old Wang, is Manager Wang free tomorrow? I want to make an exclusive appointment with her..."

"Fuck, Chen, you have to be ashamed, there are so many people here, you ask for an exclusive, why do you ask for an exclusive?"

"That's right, you want your writing to be more exclusive? Old Wang, please give me the contact information of Master Wang. I want to make an exclusive interview with him."

"Chu, do you want to be ashamed?"

In a few words, the reporters were about to fight.

The initiator of the topic, Ge Hong, was also very moved.

Ge Hong finished eating the donut with emotion, and when he choked on it, he drank half a cup of grass juice to smooth the donut down. The corners of his eyes glowed. caused tears.

"I didn't expect that "Mulberry Picking Girl" has such a touching creation story." Ge Hong sighed.

"Yeah, I really didn't expect it." Jiang Qi said with a deadpan expression.

Unexpectedly, Wang Pingxiu's level of storytelling has improved to a higher level.

Jiang Qi had no way of judging whether the story was made up by Wang Pingxiu long ago or on the spot.

"Boss Jiang!" Ge Hong said emotionally, "The tour of "Mulberry Picking Girl" in Shanghai must be held at the Fangyuan Theater!"

"Last year's "The Legend of the Emperor" was still too hasty, and the early publicity has not been in place. This year's "Mulberry Picking Girl" tour, our Fangyuan Theater must start promoting it two months in advance, and the No. 1 theater will perform, and the dividends will remain the same. .”

"Such a good show, such a good story, even if it doesn't make money, I still have to promote it!"

I just finished listening to the same story, and I am about to talk to Jiang Qi about the share ratio for Qiao Mimi, to see if I can negotiate a more suitable price with other theater owners: ...

Damn, Ge Hong, what's the matter with you.

You want to sell favors, and you secretly sell them in private. If you say it so directly, won't it make me feel awkward standing next to me?

Should I have heard it or not?

The other theater owners squeezed out a smile: "Boss Ge is right, such a good show should be well publicized!"

(End of this chapter)