373, Cheng Dieyi's Courage (Please Order the Full Version)

Three years ago, Cheng Dieyi and Duan Xiaolou performed Farewell My Concubine. Although it was amazing and eye-opening, most people felt that it was due to Yu Ji. They looked too much like Yu Ji, as if Yu Ji should be played like this. A "real Yu Ji" scored a lot of points.

The play they performed now has really reached the point of perfection and ease. In the past, everyone paid attention to the real Yu Ji, but now the audience can focus on the drama other than Yu Ji and appreciate the accomplishments of the drama itself.

The opera tunes are sung again.

The enthusiasm of the audience outside the venue was seduced by the opera tunes, reaching a fever pitch.

Not only did the audience present not refund their tickets, but because Cheng Dieyi and Duan Xiaolou performed the entire show today, many audiences outside bought tickets and wanted to go to Tianhe Tea Garden to watch.

Some of these audiences also heard that Bai Gui was here, so they wanted to see his true appearance.

Under the stage, the number of places to stay gradually became scarce.

"Meihe, look, aren't those Mrs. Leng and Miss Leng from Leng's house?"

"How did they also come to Tianhe Tea Garden and enter the box next door?"

Just as Bai Gui was enjoying the drama, Bai Xiuzhu, who was standing next to him, suddenly caught a glimpse of Mrs. Leng and Leng Qingqiu in the crowd and whispered in surprise.

There are many theaters in Yanjing, and it is a rare thing to meet familiar people.

Bai Xiuzhu also has a little understanding of the economic situation of Leng's house. It is unlikely that a poor scholarly family can afford to go to Tianhe Tea Garden to watch a play, so they still sit in the box.

The box tickets are not expensive, ranging from a few silver dollars to dozens of silver dollars.

It depends on the quality of the box and the number of people.

Leng's house can afford this money.

But this is to watch a play, not a major expense. If Leng's house lived like this, the family would have collapsed long ago. If they can save a little money on weekdays, they won't be so extravagant. If Leng's house really likes to watch a play, they can buy ordinary tickets for 50 cents each.

"It's probably because of Sister Huichang..."

"This Tianhe Tea Garden is a place where Sister Huichang and the concubines of the Jin family often come. Recently, Jin Yanxi has been pursuing Leng Qingqiu..., and the tickets Leng Qingqiu gave last time were also tickets for Tianhe Tea Garden."

Bai Guiyi saw Leng Qingqiu, nodded, and said.

The reason why he and Bai Xiuzhu came to Tianhe Tea Garden to listen to the opera for the first time was because Cheng Huichang, the second young lady of the Jin family, gave him, Bai Xiuzhu, and Mrs. Bai three tickets.

So although there are many theaters in Yanjing, it is not a strange thing to happen to come to Tianhe Tea Garden.

Every theater has a certain number of regular customers.

Similarly, the audience who have developed consumption habits will not easily change the theater they have been listening to the opera unless there are new famous actors in other theaters.

Therefore, Jin Yanxi pursued Leng Qingqiu and invited her to watch a play. Naturally, he looked for a fellow play-goer in the Jin residence and asked for tickets. He had money, but not much spare money, so he saved every penny.

Bai Xiuzhu was relieved after hearing this and stopped paying attention to the matter.

They didn't have a deep relationship with the Leng residence.

Although Liu Baoer and Leng Qingqiu had a good relationship, it didn't matter to them. At most, they would ask a question out of curiosity, and they would not get involved in anything more.

A little later.

The play of Farewell My Concubine was about to end.

Yu Ji danced a sword flower, bowed and said: "Today I sang this play for Mr. Bai to repay Mr. Bai's kindness to me. Therefore, all the expenses of this performance, including the viewing fees, have been decided by my senior brother and I to be donated to charity organizations."

"I am telling you this now, not later, just to ask everyone to bear witness and recognize the amount of money. In order to avoid saying that I, Cheng Dieyi, embezzled money and spread it to insult my reputation, it is no big deal, but if it insults Mr. Bai's reputation, it is Dieyi's fault."

Donate afterwards, how much did you donate, is the money donated all today?

Is it for fame?

There will always be some people who can't stand others doing well and go to spread rumors.

A simple good deed, if you want to do it well, you must also have a good rule, otherwise there will be a lot of trouble afterwards.

Although Cheng Dieyi became famous quickly, he had been struggling in the lower nine classes for so many years. From a small figure at the bottom to a famous star in Beijing and Tianjin, he was called Boss Cheng. The whole troupe depended on him for support. How could he be ignorant? He was not experienced in handling things, but he was not a novice.

People without some skills, even if they got on the stage and became famous, would only die young!

"Boss Cheng and Boss Duan are generous!"

"Just because of the kindness of Boss Cheng and Boss Duan, I, Old Huang, will definitely support them in the future."

"..."

Hearing these words, the audience in the audience felt that they had supported the right person, and they became more generous as they watched and appreciated.

In less than a while, the money and property for appreciation piled up into a small mountain.

...

Mrs. Leng and Leng Qingqiu, who had just entered the Dizi box, heard Cheng Dieyi's words.

They couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.

"Is Boss Cheng singing the whole show today, or is it specially to thank Mr. Bai?"

Leng Qingqiu was stunned.

Mrs. Leng likes to listen to operas, and her daughter has also become interested in listening to operas. In recent years, Cheng Dieyi and Duan Xiaolou are the most popular actors.

If anyone invites them to sing a play, it will be a big deal.

It can be reported in the newspaper.

However, if this happened to Bai Gui, it would not be worth mentioning.

It's just a small matter!

But this matter really shocked Leng Qingqiu.

In the past, although she knew that Bai Gui's status and reputation were not low, Bai Gui's house was next door to Leng's house, separated by a wall, so despite the distance, it was not untouchable.

But at this moment... Cheng Dieyi and Duan Xiaolou, who she thought were Jiao'er, didn't even have any airs in front of Bai Gui. Bai Gui doesn't like theater very much and can't come to the theater more than a few times a year. She understands this a bit.

But today, for this one visit, the famous actor will sing and act as his accompaniment...

This kind of cards is really enviable.

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Tianzi box.

"Boss Cheng and Duan are very brave this time."

"This donation is at least several thousand pieces of cash."

Bai Gui sighed after hearing Cheng Dieyi's words.

The appearance fee for actors in the early Republic of China was not low.

According to a report in the Beijing News at the time, a character's role was worth a lot of money, which was beyond the reach of ordinary working-class people. Not to mention the first-tier actors, just the second- and third-tier actors can get ten to twenty silver dollars for singing in a play. The lowest performers can also get two or three yuan.

The person with the highest acting role at that time was Tan Xinpei. He had a silver tattoo of 500 taels for one scene in the late Qing Dynasty. There were two to three times more than the first-grade officers at that time. After arriving in the Republic of China, Tan Xinpei went to Shanghai to sing in 1912, earning as much as 10,000 yuan a month. Even the salary was higher than that of senior officials and professors at that time, much higher!

Once, Yuan Shoufu celebrated his birthday and invited famous actors from Yanjing to perform operas to celebrate his birthday. Sun Juxian was given two hundred silver dollars as a reward. But Sun Juxian was extremely disdainful of the two hundred silver dollars and said: "Since I enshrined the old Buddha in the inner court, I have only seen silver taels and never silver dollars. What do you mean when I become the emperor, the two hundred silver dollars I reward you are really Cheng Yaojin sitting on a tile." Gangzhai, shout loudly, the strong wind is coming, the nouveau riche boy is not worth mentioning. "

Of course, Sun Juxian did not dare to challenge Yuan Shoufu face to face, but after leaving the city gate, she scattered the two hundred silver dollars directly.

For example, the beauty Lu Sujuan, who was born in the Bada Hutongs, became popular in the plum singing school. She was as famous as Xue Yanqin for a while. She was said to be "the first person to recommend Xue Yanqin when talking about art, and only Lu Sujuan when talking about sex." Businessman Wang Shaozhai hired Lu Sujuan and gave her one or two taels a month. Ten thousand silver dollars will be used for daily expenses, and another eighty thousand silver dollars will be allocated as a performing arts fund.

But...it seems like you can make so much money just by playing a role.

But we must also give the little ones below a way to survive.

You can't just let the boss eat it without giving it to the people below. Therefore, it is rare for famous actors to perform in the whole show, and they usually appear in the finale. Likewise, singing with a useless voice is unsustainable.

Therefore, although Cheng Dieyi and Duan Xiaolou donated this time, it was not necessarily an embarrassing thing, but it was still a token of their intention.

Charity performances, if charity performances are frequent, there will be no way for them to survive in this entire theater circle.

After all... whoever becomes a horn does not think about success or fame, nor does he think about being a good person. Donating once is fine, but if you donate too much, where will the other horns go?