Chapter 530 Do You Call This Lying Down?

On March 7, "The Mulberry Picking Girl" premiered.

In order to welcome the arrival of the female mulberry-picking audience, Jiang Qi specially vacated most of the houses in the snow village for accommodation. Those who can be invited by Wang Xinghua are either the owners of major theaters that they have worked with before, or well-known opera actors, or former well-known opera actors like Yin Fei who are still active in the industry.

They are all well-known figures in the industry.

Must be warmly received.

To this end, the amusement park sent a reception team composed of Wang Xinghua, Wang Pingxiu, Shen Lirong and Principal Peggy.

Principal Peggy is responsible for receiving the owners of major theaters. Wang Pingxiu and Shen Lirong are responsible for receiving reporters and opera actors, with Wang Xinghua assisting.

Who would have thought that the manager of Tangtang Theater, the initiator of this premiere event, would end up being responsible for assisting?

Wang Pingxiu has been very busy since the audience arrived in Xuncheng.

Although Wang Pingxiu has only been in this world for a week and only learned how to use mobile phones on March 6, the farthest place he has been to is a shopping mall in the center of Xuancheng City. So far, he has only seen the rehearsal of the theater troupe "The Mulberry Picking Girl". I had never seen the official performance, and I didn’t know who Shen Lirong was until the morning of March 7th.

But it doesn’t matter. Wang Pingxiu, a professional social networker, said that high-end social interaction often only requires the simplest act of pretending.

Wang Pingxiu has been busy since the morning of March 7.

Picking people up, arranging accommodation, introducing plays, gossiping, and making friends, Wang Pingxiu was almost never idle for a moment.

He could greet every professional warmly, call them by name, and talk about their glorious past seemingly unintentionally during the conversation.

For example, a certain theater owner once won the first place in a certain city's annual performance, a trivial matter that is not worth mentioning.

It is worth mentioning that a certain actor once established his status in the industry with a drama.

When most people chat with Wang Pingxiu, the first sentence is unfamiliar, the second sentence is polite, and the third sentence is chatting with friends.

Chatting with wealthy bosses is what Principal Peggy is good at.

Wang Pingxiu is good at chatting with opera practitioners.

Under Wang Pingxiu's eloquent words, everyone who was received by him felt like they were at home, and they felt that Wang Pingxiu must be a very professional person in the industry. Everyone talked happily with Wang Pingxiu and felt that he was really their confidant.

If it weren't for the wrong timing, Manager Zhu of Fangyuan Theater would have wanted to drag Wang Pingxiu into a long conversation all night long, discussing why opera has declined so much in recent years and where is the way out for opera.

Yes, although Manager Zhu is the manager of the drama department of Fangyuan Theater, he also got tickets for the premiere.

As the first theater to offer an olive branch to the Playland Theater Company, the Fangyuan Theater naturally enjoyed certain privileges at the premiere of "The Mulberry Picking Girl". Not only did the boss Ge Hong bring his theater-loving elders, but Yang Chaoge and Manager Zhu also got precious premiere tickets.

If conditions didn't allow it, Ge Hong would have liked to drag his family and bring the entire Fangyuan Theater troupe over to exchange experiences with Feng Ling.

At 6:40, all the audience entered the venue.

It is rare for so many old acquaintances to gather together. Before the drama begins, the audience naturally wants to seize the time to chat about the recent gossip.

Everyone is in the same circle, and we usually chat and gossip in the WeChat group. It is rare that the group members gather together now, so we can't have a good chat on the spot.

Two reporters squatting at the door and smoking also started their own gossip exchange.

"Lao Xu, long time no see. I heard that you have been promoted recently."

"Nothing can compare to you, reporter Liu Da. I thought you were abroad. Why, didn't you follow that film festival?"

"It's my turn. I got it through some connections. Speaking of which, who is this troupe? Why are Mr. Ge, Mr. Wang, Mr. Cao, Mr. Ouyang, Mr. Liang, and Mr. Xu all here? . I just counted a total of 17 private rooms on the second floor. Could it be that the owners of the theater are sitting in every private room?"

"You were right!"

After hearing this, reporter Xu looked up at the direction of the box upstairs and sighed: "Last year, "The Legend of the Princess" became such a hit. I have never seen a show that can sell tickets like that in my career. Now that there are new plays, everyone Of course the owner of the Grand Theater will come and see what the level is."

"No." Reporter Liu, whose feet were numb after squatting for a few minutes, stood up, shook his legs, and made a mysterious gesture. "As far as I know, the box office share of "The Princess" is about this amount."

Reporter Xu was shocked: "This number?! Is this still profitable?"

Reporter Liu smiled and lowered his voice: "Losing money and making money, I heard that the boss of this amusement park is..."

Just as he was talking, Wang Pingxiu walked out of the theater.

"Reporter Liu, Reporter Xu, why don't you two go in? The play will start in about ten minutes. I remember that Reporter Liu is sitting in the 4th row. Reporter Xu and Reporter Liu are two seats apart. These two seats I left it specially for you two."

"Journalist Xu, I particularly like the article "Dilemmas Facing Contemporary Opera" that you wrote seven years ago. I have always found your articles to be very insightful. When you first became a reporter, you were published in "Tianxia Opera" I particularly like the article. I remember that article wrote about the play "Dingjun Mountain" performed by Boss He at the Peking Grand Theater 13 years ago. To be honest, I went to Peking to see it. Boss He The figure, the singing voice, that’s great!”

"I still have the clipping of your report in my notebook. Speaking of which, our theater tastes are quite similar. We met at the Fangyuan Theater last year. I remember it was before the National Day, "The Empty City". I Sit behind you."

Hearing what Wang Pingxiu said, reporter Xu was stunned for a moment. To be honest, he himself had forgotten what he wrote in the article 13 years ago, but he didn't expect that someone else would remember it for him.

For a moment, reporter Xu, who was accustomed to false politeness, felt a little genuinely moved.

"I didn't expect you, Manager Wang, to still remember the article written so long ago." Reporter Xu's smile was more sincere, "Boss He's singing of "Dingjun Mountain" is indeed a masterpiece. It's a pity that Boss He is old. I haven’t been on stage for many years. I heard that there will be a new play of Boss He’s Apprentice at the Peking Grand Theater in mid-July. Manager Wang, you..."

Wang Pingxiu looked surprised: "It's Zhang..."

"That's right!"

"It's really rare. I know that Reporter Xu has a good career. Could you please help me get one..."

"No problem, Manager Wang, whoever we follow will definitely get you a ticket for the premiere. Speaking of which, it was also thanks to your theater group last year that the theater fans were so enthusiastic that many young people came to the theater to watch the theater. The revenue of major theaters is good. I heard that many theater troupes are thinking about writing new plays and reorganizing new plays. The last time opera was so prosperous was probably thirty or forty years ago."

"It's not that exaggerated. It's just that our theater troupe was lucky enough to catch up with the good times. Popularity is a cycle, from opera to TV movies. It's time for a reincarnation after so many years."

"Haha, let me give you some good advice from Manager Wang. If opera flourishes, we reporters who make a living by writing reports can also write more articles and earn more royalties."

Wang Pingxiu and Reporter Xu exchanged some pleasantries, then took out his phone as if it was ringing, took a look at it, and said a little apologetically: "Oh, Boss Jiang asked me to come over. I'll see you two later. The reporting is a lot of trouble." Please put some effort into it, and I will definitely treat you two to dinner when I have time tomorrow."

"Okay, okay, Mr. Wang, you are busy." Reporters Xu and Liu said in unison.

After Wang Pingxiu left in a hurry, Reporter Liu put out his cigarette and said jokingly: "Lao Xu, you are hiding your secrets. There are all acquaintances here. You just pretended to be with me, tsk tsk tsk."

Reporter Xu smiled and said, "I am an acquaintance. I just met him this morning. I have met him a few times but I have no impression. I am not telling you that the manager of this theater is really professional. He is more professional than the managers of many major theaters."

Reporter Liu was a little strange: "I just heard that you have been talking about Manager Wang. Manager Wang, does the theater troupe of Galaxy Script Theme Park have two managers?"

Reporter Xu smiled: "There's only one. Old Liu, you must have been silly when you were out on duty recently. This troupe only has one Manager Wang, when did there appear two of them?"

"But Manager Wang of this theater troupe is a little girl!"

"ah?"

Reporter Xu was stunned and stared blankly at the direction in which Wang Pingxiu disappeared: "Then who is he? He was the one who received me this morning!"

What reporter Xu didn't know was that he was not the only one in this theater who had the same question as him.

Not only were the people invited to watch the show confused, but also the members of the troupe who were doing chores today and did not need to perform in the show were also confused.

Leader Feng and several actors who don't have to play today are squatting in the corridor chatting about Wang Pingxiu.

"The Mulberry Picking Girl" is different from "The Legend of the Princess". "The Legend of the Princess" is a fun story. You fight monsters and level up along the way. There are many supporting characters, including 5 or 6 bosses of various types. Everyone can take the stage, even Boss Feng. Those who haven't sang in opera for many years can play a role as a eunuch and sing a few lines on stage.

"The Mulberry Picking Girl" requires relatively few actors.

"The Mulberry Picking Girl" mainly tells the story of an ordinary mulberry picking girl. After her mother passed away, her father became seriously ill, her fiancé regretted her marriage, and her family's property was usurped by her tribe, she was forced to shoulder the burden of the family due to changes in her life. The story of an ordinary mulberry-picking girl who only wanted to support her husband and raise her children, and gradually grew up to become a wealthy businessman.

Compared with the court struggle in "The Legend of the Princess", "The Mulberry Picking Girl" seems to be a lot of trivial fights, and the story is not as ups and downs as the former.

However, the interpretation of "Sulberry Picking Girl" is very difficult.

The princess in "The Legend of the Princess" is, to put it bluntly, a standard protagonist like Long Aotian, who is at full level from the beginning. The character of the princess does not need to be too plump, her experiences do not need to be twists and turns, and there are no delicate emotional dramas. To sum up, it can be summed up in one sentence: It’s cool and that’s it.

The Mulberry Picking Girl is different. Every character in the Mulberry Picking Girl is very plump and three-dimensional. There are not many characters, but each character has his or her own highlight moment, and they are not the kind of sidekicks who appear and then disappear.

Therefore, every actor is under great pressure.

Not to mention that every one of today’s audience is a well-known figure in the industry. Such a luxurious audience lineup put great pressure on the actors except Feng Ling.

If there was no foundation for the tour that just ended not long ago, I am afraid that many of the actors who were preparing backstage would have been reduced to chaff, and there was an urgent need for Wang Shiliang to come backstage to provide psychological counseling for everyone.

The tour experience of "The Legend of the Princess" tells everyone that it doesn't matter if the performance is bad, Feng Ling is there.

If the sky falls, there will be pillars to hold you up.

Of course, you can’t act too badly. Because if your acting is really bad, God will not be able to stand it. If the sky falls, the pillars will help you hold it up, but if the ground sinks and only your area sinks, the pillars will be helpless.

In the corridor, a group of idle troupe members who neither have to perform nor help backstage, and whose turn it is not their turn to greet the audience, are chatting intensely.

What they were talking about was not "The Mulberry Picking Girl" but Wang Pingxiu.

"That scumbag has been busy since this morning. I heard that he went to the train station to pick up people and took the audience to visit the theater. Many people thought he was Manager Wang. Could this scumbag be... Do you want to occupy the magpie's nest?" Leader Feng said angrily, and the flesh on his cheeks trembled with anger.

During the festive season, I gain three pounds. Leader Feng had already gained a lot of weight during the previous tour, and he gained even more weight after a year without having to go to work.

Now Leader Feng is walking around Taiping Town in ancient costume, and everyone outside the town believes him when he says he is a new member of the town.

As a son who is old enough to get married and have children, Banzhu Feng, who considers himself a good father, naturally dislikes Wang Pingxiu.

Who is Wang Pingxiu in the eyes of Leader Feng?

Scum!

A rare scumbag in the world! !

The scum recognized by the entire amusement park! ! !

Even though Wang Pingxiu is now able to move among the crowd and talk like a duck to water, chatting with people wherever he goes, as if he is an old acquaintance everywhere, Leader Feng has not taken off his scum-colored glasses.

"Isn't it?" The actress, who also gained weight during the New Year and was holding a plate of salad with only vinegar sauce, felt that Leader Feng was overthinking, "Even if that scumbag wants to occupy the magpie's nest, the boss has to let him go. "

"The theater manager is not a title that can be inherited in ancient times. He can take it if he wants to?"

"But he seems to be able to take advantage of it." An unknown actor said weakly, "I feel like he has quite a lot of connections."

"I met Manager Shen this morning when I was arrested by Manager Shen and went to the train station to pick someone up. He seemed to be very familiar with these audiences. I remember someone said before that Manager Wang's father used to run a theater troupe. Manager Wang had been running a theater since he was a child. Only after hearing and seeing can he write a script, I think he has quite a network."

The people on the side agreed: "Yes, otherwise the boss would not have allowed him to receive us. He is not from our amusement park."

"Could it be that he has secretly joined the company?"

"No way?"

"It's possible! Think about it, if he hadn't joined the job, even if he was Manager Wang's father, he wouldn't have been able to live in the staff dormitory of our theater troupe."

"I see that Manager Wang has been obeying her father's instructions during this period. Maybe he was hired because of Manager Wang's recommendation."

"Ah, you won't be fooled by Leader Feng, right? This scumbag really wants to occupy the magpie's nest."

"It's impossible, it's impossible, the boss can't just sit back and ignore it."

"I can't say for sure. If the boss sees how well-connected the scumbag is, he might be tempted to agree."

"Hey, by the way, have any of you seen the boss?"

"Isn't the boss in the box?"

"No, I've delivered water to every box, but I didn't see the boss."

"Not even on the first floor."

"When I just happened to pass by Manager Wang's office, I seemed to see the boss and Manager Wang in the office."

"What are the two of them doing in the office?"

"Isn't it about discussing the scum's employment?"

In fact, it was certainly impossible for Jiang Qi and Wang Xinghua to discuss Wang Pingxiu's employment in the office at such an important time as the premiere of "Sangmaid".

Because Wang Pingxiu had already joined the job when he was hired by Jiang Qi.

"Have you and your father been busy with these things this week?" Jiang Qi looked at the small notebook shared by Wang Xinghua and Wang Pingxiu, with shock on his face.

Since Wang Pingxiu only learned to use mobile phones on March 6, he still doesn’t know Pinyin very well, and it is difficult to type using mobile phones and computers, so he mainly relies on pen and paper to record things.

Wang Pingxiu's handwriting is not very good-looking.

This is understandable. The troupe leader is also a martial arts singer. If he can write, it is good. How can he ask for good-looking handwriting?

In seven days, the father and daughter took more than 200 pages of handwritten notes.

When senior high school candidates come, they have to say that they are convinced.

I remember in my notes the details of the audience who were invited to watch the premiere of "The Mulberry Picking Girl".

If it is a reporter, the main records in the notes are the reporter's work experience, the content of the articles written, the newspapers and magazines published and the date of publication, and the work schedule that can be found in the past two years.

If the reporter has a public social account, the content posted by the social account will also be recorded. For example, what activities you participated in and what performances you watched in a certain month and year are then matched with other available information through time, and integrated into a complete set of information.

If she is an actor, the main contents recorded in her notes are her performance experience, content posted on her account, her friendships, and content posted on her friends’ social accounts.

Determine the person's real circle of friends and interpersonal relationships through information from multiple parties, and integrate them to form a complete information chain.

The audience this time is basically all public figures. The advantage of public figures is that there is a lot of information displayed on the Internet. Whether true or false, the amount of information is definitely enough.

What Wang Xinghua and Wang Pingxiu have done these days is to integrate the massive amount of true and false information on the Internet, screen and purify it, and finally draw conclusions that they think are very credible and use them.

Let's just say that, you know, what the father and daughter wrote in their notes was to prepare for the premiere of "The Mulberry Picking Girl".

For those who didn’t know better, they would have thought that the father and daughter wanted to assassinate the elites in the industry and physically eliminate all possible competitors.

There are too many notes, and Jiang Qi won't be able to read them all in a while. He only saw a few people, and it was enough to make him amazed.

"Did your dad do intelligence work before he started singing?" Jiang Qi Soul asked, "No wonder you didn't line up your fellow disciples next to each other when arranging seats. I just searched online and couldn't find any news about their disagreement. ah?"

Wang Xinghua glanced at the notebook and said, "My father found this when he was browsing their friends' Weibo and Weibo accounts."

"As long as the content is posted by themselves, no matter how beautifully the text is decorated, there will always be a trace of their true thoughts revealed between the lines. But in fact, it is not that troublesome. Everyone only pretends to be on the large account, and the small account is usually Speak freely. As long as you can identify the trumpet, it is easy to determine the true relationship."

"What my dad is best at is judging what other people are really thinking through a few words they say."

"When our Wang family was in decline and had no pillars to support the scene, we relied on my father to retain customers. I remember that at that time, my father had many books that recorded guest information, their hobbies, and interpersonal relationships. , what kind of dramas do you like, what actors look like, what you like to eat and drink, which silk shop you like, and even which concubine you like, and whether you have a wife or not, you can remember clearly."

"The content in those books is updated in real time."

"Of course, my father also has a book that records information about his opponents. Whether there is any grudge between the opponent's pillar and the class leader, whether there is any scandal, and which aspect of spreading dirty water is most effective is recorded."

"We even have special books to record which gangsters from our house are the most likely to come to the house to cause trouble, which gangsters are the most high-quality and cheap, and which third-rate writers write quickly, curse harshly, and pay cheap manuscripts."

"My father said that those books are the capital for our Wang family to settle down and live. Whether we can win the red corner, whether the red corner will change jobs, whether she will marry a rich man and become a concubine, these are all unknown and cannot be Control. Sometimes this kind of thing depends on fate. Even if my father has the ability to train it, the person who buys it may not have the talent to learn it. "

"You cannot rely on others to make a living. You must hold it in your own hands. Instead of counting on yourself to be lucky and famous all over the world, it is better to master a craft and ensure that you can stand firm."

"Of course, it would be better if I could get lucky and get a red corner."

As she said that, Wang Xinghua took out a pack of original potato chips from the vase and ate it: "Boss, you don't know, my father scolded Leader Feng all night after watching the complete rehearsal of "The Mulberry Picking Girl"."

Jiang Qi:?

Why are you scolding Leader Feng? What did Leader Feng do wrong? Doesn't he simply think your father is a scumbag? This is the persona your father set for himself.

Wang Xinghua knew from Jiang Qi's expression that Jiang Qi had misunderstood, and quickly explained: "It's the leader Feng who bought Feng Ling."

"What happened to Leader Feng?" Jiang Qi was a little curious, "He didn't do anything harmful to the world. He ran for his life just like Feng Ling. The whole troupe is equal."

"My dad is just jealous that he drew an SSR. He relies on his subordinates to get rich." Wang Xinghua complained ruthlessly, "My dad has been the leader of the class for many years, but he didn't even draw an SSR. He relies on himself to get rich."

Jiang Qi:......

Looking at the thick-covered notebook in front of him, Jiang Qi suddenly understood Wang Pingxiu's mood.

I have worked conscientiously and engaged in intelligence work for decades, and I am not as good as others when they are impoverished.

The hard-working African Emirates hate the European Emperor who just won.

"So your father is planning to follow the old method before, find out everyone's information, and then attack them one by one?" Jiang Qi guessed.

"No." Wang Xinghua shook her head, "My father plans to follow Ban Leader Feng's old path and rely on SSR to win."

Jiang Qi:?

"My dad said that he has never experienced the feeling of pulling out the SSR in his life. Now he can finally experience it, and he will fly with the SSR."

"He doesn't want to work hard anymore."

Jiang Qi looked at 200 pages of notes.

Do you call this not wanting to work hard? ? ?

So now the question is, what did Wang Pingxiu look like when he was working hard?

Do you lie under other people's beds every day to collect information?