Chapter 458 Is This an Explosion?

As soon as "The Legend of the Princess" ended, Yang Chaoge went back to the office to write an application, pointed out the location of the room in the lounge for Feng Ling and others to Manager Zhu, and asked Manager Zhu to find it by himself.

In order to prevent the boss from suddenly being stupid and not allowing "The Legend of the Princess" to be added, Yang Chaoge also specifically added a sentence in the application report: At the suggestion of the drama department manager Zhu Zhenggang, he dragged Manager Zhu into the water.

Yang Chaoge was working overtime writing furiously in the office, while Feng Ling and others were laughing and removing their makeup in the lounge.

"Feng Ling, your eyebrows are still a little light. The lights in our theater are relatively bright, and they look pretty good now. But when the headlights are turned on, they fade a little, and they are not heroic enough."

"Yes, the princess spends most of her time pretending to be a man, so her eyebrows need to be a little thicker. I have my usual eyebrow pencil and eyebrow powder here. The color should be darker than the one you are using now. You can try it on tomorrow. Try it.”

The lounge wasn't too big to begin with, but the people from the amusement park troupe and the Fangyuan Theater troupe were all crowded in, making it seem very small.

Manager Zhu was shocked when he opened the door and came in. He thought that Yang Chaoge was too arrogant. Even if he didn't arrange a special lounge for Little Bailing, he actually arranged such a small one.

Look at how crowded this room is. Little Bailing can't even free her hands to remove her makeup in the mirror.

Feng Ling had already changed back into her regular clothes and had half of her makeup removed. She was a little surprised when she saw an unknown man suddenly enter the lounge through the mirror. She turned to look at Manager Zhu, her face full of confusion.

People from the Fangyuan Theater Company naturally knew Manager Zhu.

The head actress, Ms. Yao, smiled and said, "Manager Zhu, why are you here this late at night?"

Then Ms. Yao turned around and introduced Manager Zhu's situation to Feng Ling. She spoke quite loudly, and also told Jiang Qi, who was chatting with Feng Zhiqiu on the sofa.

After one night's baptism of "The Princess", Feng Zhiqiu and the staff of her script-killing shop deeply felt that they still loved traditional culture.

I didn’t love it before because I had no experience with it.

You see, didn’t you fall in love after being exposed to it?

If you ask them which part of traditional culture they love, they will definitely tell you in unison: Little Bailing!

Hearing that the sudden visitor was the manager of the drama department, Jiang Qi, who was discussing with Feng Zhiqiu how to post friends' promotions, quickly put down his phone and stood up to say hello to Manager Zhu.

"This is not the end of the first performance of "The Princess". The audience responded very enthusiastically. You, Manager Yang, had something to do and couldn't move away, so you sent me as a representative to invite all the staff of the Galaxy Script Theme Park Theater Troupe on behalf of the Fangyuan Theater Let’s eat.” Manager Zhu said with a smile, “Of course, tonight’s dinner is just a casual meal, the celebration banquet must be invited by you, Manager Yang, in person.”

Jiang Qi didn't know the rules of Fangyuan Theater, and he didn't know that this reason was made up by Manager Zhu. He thought that after the first performance, the actors would be invited to dinner, and he sighed in his heart that Fangyuan Theater was quite humane.

Although Fangyuan Theater provides three meals a day and provides lunch boxes for breakfast, lunch and dinner, the actors must not eat too much before the performance.

If you are full, it will easily affect the performance of the next performance. Most of the time, you just take a few bites to keep something in your stomach to avoid feeling dizzy on the stage. Whether it is a drama, opera, musical or dance drama, it consumes a lot of physical energy, and it is impossible not to eat at all.

Jiang Qi just asked Feng Zhiqiu on WeChat if there were any lighter stalls nearby that had longer operating hours.

"The Princess" starts at seven o'clock and ends not even before nine o'clock. Counting the time on the road, we will definitely be able to reach the food stall before ten o'clock. There is no need to look for a late-night snack spot specifically at this time, as one with slightly later opening hours will do.

Feng Zhiqiu recommended a snack bar in an alley near Fangyuan Theater to Jiang Qi. He said it served noodles, stir-fried vegetables and deep-fried dishes. He strongly recommended the small wontons, which were light and delicious.

Jiang Qi originally planned to take the troupe actors to eat wontons after taking off their makeup and packing their things.

Ms. Yao looked at Manager Zhu, but did not expose his lies, and said: "Then, Manager Zhu, would you please invite us local actors who have not performed on stage?"

"Of course you have to invite me. You decide the place."

When Manager Zhu said this, people in the room started discussing.

"Go to the porridge shop. I know there is a porridge shop nearby that serves very good seafood porridge."

"Is the hotpot restaurant still open at this point?"

"Haidilao is definitely open."

"Haidilao is too far away. It takes half an hour to drive there."

"I know a good barbecue stand."

"Okay." After hearing the various discussions among the troupe members, Ms. Yao stood up and took charge of the overall situation, "How dare you to say barbecue and hot pot. I really thought that Feng Ling and the others would not sing in the opera tomorrow. They will be with us tomorrow afternoon. There are two more shows the day after tomorrow in the afternoon.”

"If you ask me, just go to the place where we usually eat, the small wontons in clear soup. If you don't want to eat wontons, just eat something else."

Ms. Yao is the leading actress, so her words naturally carry weight. No one had any objections to her proposal, and it was unanimously approved.

"Okay." Manager Zhu clapped his hands, "Then just listen to Yao Shuang."

After everyone had taken off their makeup and packed their belongings, everyone followed Yao Shuang to the store she mentioned.

Fangyuan Theater is on the edge of the CBD. Everywhere you look there are high-rise buildings. Many high-rise buildings are still brightly lit at ten o'clock in the evening. It must be that the 996 workers who work overtime have not yet finished their get off work. There were also many office workers dressed in white-collar clothing on the road. Some were walking in a hurry towards the subway station, while others were chatting and laughing in groups, chatting about what to eat next, probably going for late-night snacks.

The slightly dim light of the street lights, the colorful colors of the neon lights, the light full of resentment from the high-rise buildings and the faint moonlight illuminated the streets.

Yao Shuang led everyone along the way, away from the tall buildings, to a group of relatively low buildings, and finally turned into an alley.

The alley is quite lively.

They are all restaurants selling food, and there are many white-collar workers in formal suits, who look very reliable.

Jiang Qi suspected that Feng Zhiqiu was talking about the same store as Yao Shuang.

The shop is not small, the store is quite large, with two floors, it is a noodle shop.

They are a husband and wife team, they look to be in their thirties or forties, and there is a table of customers sitting in the shop. As soon as Yao Shuang entered, she said skillfully: "Boss, there are forty or fifty of us here, can we sit down?"

"We can't sit down. It's not cold today. Let's sit some on the first floor and set up a few tables outside. The rest can sit next door. I'll talk to the neighbor next door, okay?" The landlady answered very skillfully, and it was obvious that these things in Fangyuan Theater Actors like to come here as a group to have late-night snacks after work.

"Okay, we have a performance tomorrow, the boss lady remembers to take care of it."

"I know, it's light, not spicy."

Then everyone started ordering food. Those who had a performance tomorrow basically ordered wontons, clear soup noodles and the like. This store sells a variety of things, with a menu that fills a whole wall. Manager Zhu didn’t have to worry about it because he didn’t have to go on stage, so he ordered a beef offal stew for himself. Jiang Qi was a little full from the lunch box at night, so he only ordered a small bowl of wontons. .

The couple in the shop got busy, and Manager Zhu went to a snack shop not far away to buy a batch of freshly squeezed juice. The clerk at the snack shop happily delivered the small boxes one after another.

Then Manager Zhu sat down and chatted with Feng Ling.

The conversation was very professional. Manager Zhu actually analyzed the play "The Legend of the Princess" with Feng Ling. Later on, the conversation changed from talking about the play to talking about how the current opera can be reformed and get out of the predicament of being stuck in its own way.

At this point in the conversation, Feng Ling could no longer continue the conversation, so he had to send in reinforcements to capture Wang Xinghua, who was writing the playbook, and chat with her.

Wang Xinghua just took advantage of the crowds to buy something to eat along the alley. From fried rice, skewers, fried chicken, milk tea, pan-fried to egg-filled cakes, hand cakes, she passed by with an unfinished hand cake in her hand. When the wonton shop was about to go to the Douhua shop on the other side, Feng Ling caught him on the spot and was forced to talk to Manager Zhu about the changes in opera over the years.

Wang Xinghua said that she didn't know the changes in opera over the years. She had been a ghost for many years, but she was an earthbound spirit. She was trapped in the theater and couldn't get out, so she didn't know what was happening outside.

Not to mention that her world and this world are not the same world. Wang Xinghua could only answer randomly when Manager Zhu said it, as if she was a scumbag who was randomly checked by the teacher, and even the finger cakes in her hands became tasteless.

Jiang Qi was originally sitting at the table next to Feng Ling, but after hearing this, he had moved the small bench to the table in the next store.

It happened to be at the same table as Yao Shuang.

"Isn't Manager Zhu the manager of the drama department? Why do I feel like he understands opera very well?" Jiang Qi asked.

Yao Shuang nodded: "Manager Zhu is the manager of the drama department, but he started out as a drama actor."

"I sang in Shanghai Opera and later changed my career to become a drama actor. After acting in dramas for a few years, I went to the entertainment industry to film movies for a few years. Don't look at it. Manager Zhu seems to have gained weight now. When he was acting before, he always played the role of emperor. The show says he was quite handsome when he was young.”

"I heard from Manager Yang that Manager Zhu's family is from an opera family, and his parents are both veteran opera actors. If our opera department invites foreign opera troupes to sing in operas, Manager Zhu will always come over to watch. There is quite a lot of tension between our two departments. Cooked."

After saying that, Yao Shuang sighed: "But in Fangyuan Theater, our two departments can be said to be one in the sky and one underground."

Jiang Qi could understand what Yao Shuang meant. Theater tickets cost twice as much as theater tickets. They were not in the sky and on the earth.

In the profession of being an opera actor, apart from the illusory artistic pursuit, the most important thing is money. Theater tickets are sold cheaply, but if the tickets cannot be sold, there will naturally be no money.

If you don’t have enough money to eat, how can you talk about artistic pursuits?

Jiang Qi didn't get involved in this kind of conversation. Jiang Qi looked around and pointed to a nearby store with lights on on the second floor, a locked door on the first floor and no signboard, and asked, "Is this a shop or a residence?"

Yao Shuang took a look at it: "I don't know, maybe it's a takeout shop, the kind where people live on the second floor."

The two chatted for a while, and then the wontons were served.

Each wonton is small and delicate, with thin skin and little meat, and is quite hot when steaming.

In addition to the wontons, there are also floating shrimps, seaweed, chopped mustard and a little chopped green onion in the bowl. The green green onion is really beautiful. Jiang Qi took a sip of the wonton soup. It was slightly salty and very fresh, and he couldn't taste too much seasoning, which showed that the soup was specially cooked with care.

No wonder this restaurant has become the first choice for the actors of the Fangyuan Theater after get off work. It is light and delicious. It is indeed a beautiful thing to come here after get off work on a winter night to have hot wontons.

After eating supper, Jiang Qi and the theater troupe returned to the hotel.

The hotel booked by Fangyuan Theater for the troupe is nearby. The hotel is small and not expensive. Of course, the environment cannot be said to be very good, but it is not bad. Although the house is small, it has all the internal organs. Wang Xinghua has inspected it and found that it is hygienic and can be lived in.

The members of the troupe all share double rooms. As the boss, Jiang Qi has some privileges and lives in single rooms.

Have a good night's sleep.

When Jiang Qi woke up the next morning, he found that all the troupe members had gone to the Fangyuan Theater. There was a rehearsal room in the theater, and everyone got up early to rehearse.

Wang Xinghua also got up early, tried all the breakfast restaurants nearby, and recommended three to Jiang Qi that she thought tasted good. One of them is at the entrance of a community 2 kilometers away from the hotel in a straight line. I don’t know how Wang Xinghua ate all the way there.

Considering that this distant breakfast restaurant was Wang Xinghua's five-star recommendation, Jiang Qi was idle and scanned a shared bicycle to ride there.

Then Jiang Qi met Feng Zhiqiu who was having breakfast in this breakfast shop.

Jiang Qi:?

Feng Zhiqiu:?

"What a coincidence." Feng Zhiqiu, still biting the pan-fried bun, asked Jiang Qi to sit down, "So Boss Jiang, the hotel you are staying in is near here. Wait, is there a hotel near my home?"

"Yes." Jiang Qi insisted that the straight-line distance of 2 kilometers was close. Feng Zhiqiu nodded without delving into it and continued eating the fried buns.

After finishing the fried buns on the plate, Feng Zhiqiu took out her hand and opened the phone on the table, found WeChat and opened Moments, showing Jiang Qi the comments in her Moments.

Of course, a major event like a script to kill a store and team-building must be posted on WeChat Moments. After editing 6 versions of copywriting last night, Feng Zhiqiu finally chose the simplest and most daily one, with a nine-square grid photo. At first glance, it is completely invisible. The employees of the script killing shop are all trustworthy.

It will only make people think that Feng Zhiqiu loves traditional culture so much that she spent huge sums of money out of her own pocket to buy front-row VIP tickets for all the employees to watch the show.

And the content of the opera is very interesting and innovative, and it is simply worth the money.

The first thing Jiang Qi saw was countless likes that couldn't fit on the screen.

By visual inspection, there are at least one or two hundred likes.

The comments section is also horribly long.

Basically everyone who comments will receive an amway reply from Feng Zhiqiu. The fan leader is so conscientious and touching, which is touching.

"I checked the tickets this morning, and the tickets for this afternoon's "The Princess" have been sold out."

"Sold out?" Jiang Qi was a little surprised. He initially thought that today's tickets would be sold out.

But later I thought it was unlikely. After all, the Fangyuan Theater is not an amusement park. There are so many guests in the amusement park every day, and the tickets are cheap. It is quite easy to sell out before word of mouth is fully fermented.

Although tickets to the Fangyuan Theater are not expensive, buying a ticket for a good seat costs several hundred. Jiang Qi feels that one night is not enough to build a good reputation.

What he initially wanted was to sell more than 80% of the tickets on Saturday and 90% of the tickets on Sunday, giving him a satisfactory answer.

Then we will discuss with Fangyuan Theater about adding performances on weekday nights and renegotiate the share.

The contract was signed for two weeks, and 14 performances were performed in two weeks. Feng Ling and the others made their trip worthwhile.

"The ones on Sunday afternoon are also sold out." Feng Zhiqiu released another piece of bombshell news, and sounded a little regretful, "I originally wanted to watch it again."

"Boss Jiang, do you have any more shows in the future? Can you add an extra show? If so, can you give me a ticket for a good seat in secret?"

"Of course, it would be better if you could give me a few tickets for the secret operation. I can also bring my grandparents to see it."

Jiang Qi thought for a while and felt that the problem was not big, and it was not like he did not pay for the secret operation, so he said: "I will ask it for you."

"Thank you, Boss Jiang!"

After breakfast, Jiang Qi rode his bicycle to the theater, wanting to talk to Yang Chaoge about extra performances.

Both of these shows are sold out, so we have to talk about it!

As a result, as soon as Jiang Qi arrived at the entrance of Fangyuan Theater, before he could find a parking space for his bicycle, he was caught on the spot by Yang Chaoge who came out to buy juice.

"Boss Jiang!" Yang Chaoge was like an intern girl, holding a box of freshly squeezed juice that everyone drank in the alley last night, shouting excitedly, "Great, so you are here, I will give you You didn’t answer the phone call, you didn’t reply to the message, I thought you weren’t awake yet.”

Jiang Qi said he was riding his bicycle and not looking at his phone.

"Why did Manager Yang come out to buy juice in person?"

Yang Chaoge did not answer Jiang Qi's question and continued to say excitedly: "The tickets for today and tomorrow are sold out. Boss Jiang, do you know?"

Jiang Qi nodded: "I just found out."

Seeing Jiang Qi being so calm, Yang Chaoge thought to himself that he was indeed the boss of Little Bailing. He had seen the big world, and such exciting things were normal.

Alas, I really envy Boss Jiang for being able to discover the pearl of Little Bailing.

Yang Chaoge felt that if Xiao Bailing was a member of their troupe, she would probably be able to wake up laughing in her dreams, and her smile when she came to work every morning would be sincere.

"You don't know how many people called this morning to ask if there are still more performances of "The Princess", clamoring for additional tickets. Look at this extra show..."

"Isn't it clearly stated in the contract? The performance lasts for 14 days. As long as the conditions are right, there is no problem in adding an additional performance."

Yang Chaoge said with great expectation: "What about adding 4 more shows? From Monday to Thursday nights, our boss has made the decision. Theater No. 2 has 530 seats, and the drama department will make way for us!"

Jiang Qi didn't answer and waited for Yang Chaoge to continue.

"The share can be increased to 52%. Of course, with the pressure to perform additional performances, we cannot afford to miss out on daily benefits. The hotel we are living in now is too shabby. We are looking for a new hotel nearby. If it is far away, you don't have to worry. , our theater will send a car to pick you up."

"For three meals, you can tell us in advance what dishes you like, and our orderers will order the meals according to the tastes of the actors."

"If you have any other requests, you can make them."

The attitude couldn't be better.

"Let's go in and talk in detail?"

"Okay, let's go in and talk in detail."

After a morning of discussions, the amusement park and the Fangyuan Theater signed a supplementary contract regarding the treatment of additional venues.

The share is calculated at 52%.

Let’s discuss again.

If the four shows in Theater No. 2 are still full, then the next share cannot be settled at 55 points. It is possible to talk about 60% or even 70%.

After signing the contract, Yang Chaoge thought for a moment, if the four shows in Theater 2 were still full, how high a share would their Fangyuan Theater have to offer to show sincerity.

As soon as this idea appeared in his mind, Yang Chaoge couldn't help but smile and thought that he was just dreaming.

What is the concept of theater 2 being sold out for 4 performances?

There are 530 tickets for one game, and 2,120 tickets for 4 games.

If "The Princess" is moved to Theater No. 2, the price will increase.

Not to mention doubling the price of theater tickets, a 30% increase is definitely necessary.

Based on an average of 300 per capita, 160,000 tickets can be sold for one show.

It is no exaggeration to say that the opera department of Fangyuan Theater usually sells 160,000 tickets in a month, and Yang Chaoge can even post it on WeChat to celebrate.

Without the support of national policies, the drama department would have been canceled long ago and would have suffered losses on its own. The boss's request for the opera department has always been not to make a profit, but not to lose too much.

Thinking of this, Yang Chaoge couldn't help but feel a little more hopeful.

If it could really be sold out...

So can "The Princess" be performed in Theater No. 1 next?

When he thought of Theater No. 1, Yang Chaoge's heart was filled with excitement.

In Yang Chaoge's mind, Theater No. 1 is the most suitable for performing big plays.

The stage is large, the auditorium is large, and the equipment is good. Both the actors and the audience are comfortable.

Of course, the cost of performing a show is also high.

For such a big theater, if it cannot sell tickets, the theater will suffer losses.

Thinking of this, Yang Chaoge felt like he was dreaming again.

Returning to Theater No. 1, "The Princess" can be performed in Theater No. 2, which is a day recorded in the history of the drama department. No matter how the subsequent ticket sales are, "The Legend of the Princess" is the most brilliant drama in Fangyuan Theater.

While he was thinking wildly, Yang Chaosing's phone rang.

A call from Manager Zhu.

"Hey, what's the matter with Manager Zhu?"

"Yang Chaoge, your opera club is promising!" Manager Zhu's excited and excited voice on the other end of the phone made Yang Chaoge's ears hurt.

Yang Chaoge silently took his phone away and said, "Yes, you also saw that the tickets for Saturday and Sunday are sold out, right?"

"Who told you this? All your tickets for Monday are sold out!"

"Ah?" Yang Chaoge was stunned, "Tickets for...Monday? Weren't they just released?"

"That's right, the tickets were sold out in 2 hours and 17 minutes. Your drama department has set a new record!"

Yang Chaoge:! ! !

Mom, our drama club is on the verge of success!

Great future!

"I heard that the hotel your drama department arranged for Xiao Bailing and the others was a cheap hotel nearby. Oh my God, how could you do such a thing?!"

"What if there is noisy outside the hotel at night, what if the bed is uneasy to sleep on, what if there is no hot water in the middle of the shower? Aren't you affecting Little Bailing's performance?"

"You don't have the money to apply. If you can't apply, I'll help you fight. How can you let Xiao Bailing and others live in a place like that!"

Yang Chaoge was a little sluggish after being yelled at by Manager Zhu. He wanted to use the computer and then the mobile phone, and his hands didn't know whether to click the mouse or switch to the mobile phone interface.

"I...I'm looking for a new hotel, looking, looking."

In the end, Yang Chaoge's hand chose the mouse, but the hand that pressed the mouse was slightly trembling with excitement.

"Hu-hu-"

Yang Chaoge took a few deep breaths and clicked on the information about nearby hotels, feeling that he had calmed down a little.

"Lao Zhu, do you think "The Legend of the Princess" is a big hit?" Yang Chaoge asked.

"Oh my God, you asked me if "The Princess" is a big hit?"

"This is not an explosion. What is an explosion?"

"Let me tell you this, not only have I never seen this battle, I've never even heard of it!"

"Don't say that I didn't hear it when I was singing in opera. Even my parents probably have never seen this scene. My grandma probably didn't see it when she was singing in opera."

"How can you find a treasure? It's like a treasure has found you."

"The kind that crawls into your arms while crying."