Jinyi champion

Chapter 99
Yu San urged: "Choose something useful, how much will it cost?"

Leader Li showed a bit of cunning: "One hundred and fifty taels, this price is already very fair, I would never give out such a good deed if it were someone else..."

Yu San was instantly angry.

But he is still not in charge, everything should be done according to Zhu Hao's orders.

Zhu Hao smiled and said, "Your Excellency, do you think that we offer a deposit and are sincere enough to inflate the price... Are you sure we won't do this business with you?"

Leader Li had an expression of embarrassment and indignation, as if he had been insulted, he hastily defended: "This young master, since you have also said that you have had contact with the other theater troupe, you should know the situation...

"A seven or eight-year-old girl can't do anything when she buys it. If she doesn't care about food and housing, she has to find someone to teach her. When she grows up and can be on stage, she will have to pay ten or two taels of silver. Look at me again. They are all ready-made actors who can take the stage, each of them can play a leading role, and there are sixteen of them at once... Is this price expensive?"

Zhu Hao had a good time: "I don't understand the market. You are the head of the house, right? You only have one year left in the contract. What can you do in one year? You can't serve tea and water, and you have to take care of food and drink. Looking for someone to serve, do you not need money for the labor of the dormitory?
"Right now, if you go out to sing a concert, it's not bad if you can collect one or two taels of silver for one session, but there are so many people to share... No money for the outfit? Or do you not need to buy cars and horses?"

Leader Li heard this, with a bit of annoyance on his face.

I thought the other party was Kaizi, but who knows that the other party has a clear understanding of the market research.

"Staying these people here with you is a burden. If I were you, I would send them away as soon as possible. Otherwise, no one would want them for nothing, because no one can afford them. What's the use of being able to afford them? What can I bring?" Benefits? I won’t give you anything, I’ve brought fifty taels of silver with me right now, and I’ll give it to you right away, if you’re not satisfied, go to another house to find it, don’t delay our work.”

Zhu Hao directly bargained and killed two-thirds.

Even though Leader Li had expected that the other party would bargain for a long time, he didn't expect that he would bargain so hard.

Yu San chimed in: "Cash Yin, who else is as generous as our boss?"

Leader Li frowned: "Young master, don't bluff people, it's just fifty taels...not to mention getting back the money that was signed at the beginning, even if the money for their food and clothing in the past few years is more than this amount. Or else ...One hundred and twenty taels..."

Zhu Hao laughed and got up.

He was about to take Yu San away immediately.

Leader Li hurriedly said: "One hundred taels can also be negotiated...or it can be eighty taels, it can't be lower...the minimum is seventy taels, and there is no need to talk about it if it is lower."

Zhu Hao stopped, turned around and looked over with a smile.

Leader Li thought that Zhu Hao had changed his mind, so he settled down for the time being.

"I said, Your Excellency, you haven't figured out the situation yet. It's a buyer's market now. Even if it's fifty taels, I have to look at the people and make sure that they are all worthy of the stage before I buy them. I have to go through the government household registration process." Guan, lest you find some market thugs pretending to be happy, and then give the money back, and you and your people will disappear from the world...

"This time I'm asking fifty taels. Next time you want to talk to me, you won't even give forty taels... I don't like negotiating business with dishonest people."

Zhu Hao's tone was firm, far beyond the demeanor that a seven-year-old child should have. It also gave Team Leader Li a heads-up. He couldn't treat the boy in front of him as an ordinary child.

Yu Sandao: "One chance, if you agree, take us to see the person, if you don't agree, you can take your person away from Anlu... There must be no one in the local area who bids higher than us, or you can search in Anlu and the surrounding area Is someone asking you to sing an opera... Boss, let's go."

Leader Li was in a dilemma.

Fifty taels of silver...

Not as expected, but not too low.

As Zhu Hao said, keeping these people in his hands for food and drink has not brought him any benefits. He has been losing money before, so it is better to sell them earlier, so that he can be freed earlier. Fifty taels Money can't solve all the difficulties, but maybe you can invest in a small business, and there will be a way out in the future.

"You two, it's only fifty taels of silver. I don't ask for more, I just ask you to treat those people kindly. They have been with me for a long time..."

Leader Li is also a decent person.

Finding that there is no way to fight, then simply don't fight, and bring a few cars to Anlu, and only need to be alone when leaving.

Zhu Hao said: "Let's go, go and see your people."

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Walk to the courtyard where the theater troupe temporarily lives.

The opera troupe went to one place to sing opera, because there were too many people, and the cost of staying in a hotel was high, so they rented a yard to live in, where they ate, drank, and ate, and also trained in the yard.

Zhu Hao specifically asked Yu San to bring a few brothers to take over the opera troupe together.

On the road.

Mr. Li talked more about the theater troupe. At the beginning, he had a prominent family background, so there was no problem in raising a theater troupe. Unfortunately, his family’s backing collapsed, and he lost money in several consecutive businesses. Running around, trying to earn some hard-earned money, but the reality slapped him in the face, and he couldn't earn at all...

Zhu Hao smiled. The other party said it very vividly, but it was just to create a personal setting, indicating that it was not his original intention to use the troupe.

When they arrived at the place, the leader next to troupe leader Li stepped inside to explain the situation to the troupe.

At this time, the troupe's training stopped.

Seeing that the troupe was about to change hands, everyone was very hesitant. This was like a change of owner. Why didn’t the new owner know if the troupe was bought to take them to the Northwest or outside the customs to sing operas, or to They have evil plans, and they cannot escape.

The courtyard door opened wide, and two people came out.

One old and one young.

The elder is an old man in his fifties, with an ordinary appearance.The youngest is a woman in her twenties and nine years, with a pretty melon-seeded face, almond-shaped eyes and thin eyebrows, a high nose bridge, and white and greasy skin like snow. Even without makeup, she only wears a gray coarse linen dress and wears a hairpin on her head. , I can also feel that she is a beautiful woman, and she is already a woman by age, but the situation of the theater troupe is different from that of ordinary people, so it is impossible to judge whether to marry or not.

"Boss, I heard that you want to transfer all of us, why didn't you discuss it with me?" The old man was a musician of the theater troupe, and his status was equivalent to that of a manager, with a sad expression on his face.

I thought I could live in a troupe for the elderly, so let’s not talk about whether it’s good or not, at least my life is stable and I won’t live on the streets.

Once the new owner takes over, he may not be able to use him, and he may have to find his own way out.

This is also one of the reasons why Zhu Hao lowered the price.

Not all of the sixteen contracts could bring benefits. Some people would not leave even if they drove him away. They were invalid contracts. What were really useful were the contracts that could bring benefits to the theater troupe.

Leader Li said with a bitter face: "You already know about my situation, you can't afford it and you don't have the heart to continue to support it, exchange it for some money to start a small business, or buy a few acres of land for the elderly, you... I'm really sorry."

The woman's eyes fell on San. From her point of view, this young man was the troupe's new owner.

Look at this man...

It's not like a decent person.

With my own appearance and figure, if I met this kind of person, I would probably lose my reputation.

And she has another reason not to want Team Leader Li to compromise: "...Boss, my contract expires at the end of next year, if I transfer the contract to someone else, should I ask for my opinion first? At least let me buy a free agent first? "

Some people want to retire in the troupe, while others want to be free.

When I was young, I was bought back by someone and signed a ten-year or even decades-long contract of selling myself. When I grow up, I want to be free. The young men in the troupe basically have this idea...

Actors and a group don’t want to do it if they can. Even if they have to do it, it’s best to do it alone or form a husband and wife team, at least they don’t need to be exploited and restrained.

Leader Li also seemed to feel sorry for the woman, and he didn't dare to lift his head, sighing softly: "The situation forces me to buy a free agent, go talk to the new owner, and don't cause trouble for me."

Yu San laughed and said, "You look pretty handsome!"

The woman frowned when she heard this.

This young man, who looks like he is from the new owner, gives people the impression that he is not a good guy just by looking at his appearance before he speaks. This speech...

It's just the kind of person that reveals his nature, treacherous and shameless!
But she didn't know that in fact, Yu San was just glib, not bad in nature.

Zhu Hao said: "Go in first, let's see the others as well, everyone can match up, and you have to go to the government to register."

Only then did the old musician and the woman notice that there was a child standing there, talking in a loud voice, as if arranging everything, which was really puzzling. What puzzled them even more was that the class leader Li and Yu San, who seemed to be the boss, actually He also listened to his command, and sure enough, he led the child inside.

yard.

People in the theater troupe who have not signed the contract of sale are standing there, there are more than twenty people in total.

This troupe leader Li explained the situation before. Some people in the theater troupe are considered odd jobs, responsible for eating, drinking, and messing with the troupe. , if the new owner doesn't want it, they can be dismissed on the spot. If they stay, they can be paid according to the previous agreement.

There are six such people in the troupe, five men and one woman. The woman is an old widow in her fifties who is responsible for washing clothes and taking care of the female relatives.

Six of the opera actors have contracts of selling themselves, and ten of them have long-term contracts.

These people who signed the deeds of sale were generally younger. Five of them were thirteen to fifteen years old, and the remaining one was a little girl who was eight years old. The role of a playboy, in which the little girl is the child of a couple in the theater troupe. When she was young, she signed a contract of prostitution to learn art and work in the theater troupe.

These children have to wait until they are in their twenties to terminate the contract. Leji's contract of sale is different from ordinary contracts of sale, and does not interfere with weddings and funerals. Even after they become adults, the theater troupe will help them get married. The scope of marriage is narrow, if you don't get married at the age of [-], the owner of the theater troupe has to pay the fine from the government, so the owner hopes that they will get married earlier, and even have more "second generations of music" to complete the internal cycle.

As for the ten long appointments, the three musicians are all men, and the other seven are all actors, three men and four women... The three male actors can also play and sing, and can act as temporary musicians. Two of the four women are married. They are about twenty years old, they are all a combination of old couples and young wives, and the husband is the official musician in the troupe.

The remaining two daughters are not married. One of them is the beautiful woman whom I saw just now, who still has a one-year contract. She is nineteen years old; After the age of one, he is eligible to leave the troupe and get free.

Since the women in the troupe are all from music backgrounds, they have no choice but to marry men who are also from music backgrounds. Marriage to musicians is given priority, because musicians have a relatively higher status in the troupe. Even if they work alone, they play music together. For a performance, the husband-and-wife store can take shape immediately, without relying on others, and the musician can also serve as the wife's "broker".

More importantly, male actors are often involuntary, how can they protect their wives when they can't protect themselves?Many male actors are trying their best to learn the skills of musicians, striving to become musicians in troupes, but a troupe needs only a limited number of musicians, and if they are not good enough, they cannot be musicians.

(End of this chapter)