Jie teaches the Immortal Sweeping Heaven’s Cultivation of All Heavens

Chapter 995: Follow my brother to participate in variety shows 7
Shadow play is an ancient traditional folk art. It is a folk drama that uses silhouettes of figures made of animal skins or cardboard to perform stories. During the performance, the artists manipulate the shadow figures behind a white curtain while telling the story with local popular tunes, accompanied by percussion instruments and string music, which has a strong local flavor.

In the orphanage where Liu Shu and Liu Sui live, one of the staff members knows how to perform shadow puppetry.

Shadow puppetry is a skill passed down in his family.

There is not much entertainment in the orphanage, so this staff member would occasionally bring his family members to perform shadow puppetry for the children.

Liu Sui was very curious about shadow puppetry, so he went behind the scenes to see how the artists performed. Later, he learned from the staff how to make shadow puppets and how to perform shadow puppetry.

Liu Shu followed Liu Sui and learned a little.

Liu Shu also learned to play the bangu, and Liu Sui learned to play the erhu, banhu and sanxian.

The two began to prepare for the performance.

First, choose the skin.

The best material for making shadow puppets is cowhide or donkey hide, but it is not only hard to buy nowadays, but also expensive.

With only 1,000 yuan in starting capital, the two men chose cardboard.

After cutting the cardboard into the desired shapes, the two began to draw, carve and color them.

Pigments had to be purchased, but they were of the lowest quality and faded easily.

But it only takes one month, so as long as everything goes well in this month, that's enough.

The last step is to join the main parts of the shadow puppet and connect them with three bamboo sticks for operation.

The two borrowed a tape recorder and musical instruments and recorded the background music first.

Having thus prepared themselves, the two went to the streets to perform.

They chose the same square where they had done makeup for someone last time, as there was a lot of traffic there.

This time they went at night and performed behind a curtain, so no one who came to watch recognized them.

The shadow puppets that the two people made in a hurry were very rough and not as good as those in regular shadow puppet performances.

In order to attract the audience, the two did not choose a play, but chose a novel story to attract people.

Liu Shu recalled the Thunderbolt Golden Light play he had seen in his previous life.

That is puppetry, and it is not difficult to move it to shadow puppetry.

There is no Thunderbolt Golden Light Show in this world, but the performance by the two of them attracted many people.

Many people originally just came to watch the fun and didn't pay much attention to the plot.

But once you take a look at it, you'll be able to get into it.

The background setting of Thunderbolt Golden Light drama is very grand, and each character in it is very attractive.

The book Liu Shu chose was "The Golden Light Controls the Nine Realms: Mo Xie Lu".

Thousands of years later, the overlord of the demon world is resurrected, the nine realms are facing a demonic calamity, and all forces rise up to fight against it.

The content setting alone is very attractive.

The audience, young and old, were mesmerized.

Young people find this puppet show more attractive than TV dramas.

After one episode was over, the audience was still not satisfied and kept clamoring for the performers to continue.

Liu Shu came out and said to everyone, "It's too late today, let's continue tomorrow."

After saying that, he started to pack up.

There is a box in front of the curtain, which contains the reward currency received tonight.

The plot was so exciting that those who originally wanted to get it for free couldn't help but pay for it, and they just hoped that the performers would continue tomorrow for the sake of the money.

The two brothers and the big brother who was filming them returned to their residence, counted the money, and found that they had received a total of 800 yuan in tips today.

The guy who followed me said: "Although it's not as much as singing in Yuen Long, it's still not a small amount."

The main thing about singing in Yuen Long is that his face is visible. Others recognized him and found out that he is a big star singing. Couldn’t they give him more tips?

The two brothers did not show their faces.

The brother who was filming them said: "The plot of your shadow play is so exciting. I really want to watch it!" Without the three of them knowing, someone recorded the entire shadow play and posted it on the Internet.

Many people were attracted by the plot after watching the show and asked where the shadow play was performed.

The next day, when Liu Sui and Liu Shu arrived at the square, they found that the number of people was twice as much as yesterday.

The two were surprised for a moment and then began to set up the venue.

The audience gathered around immediately.

Many people gathered around to fight for a good seat and almost got into a quarrel.

Fortunately, there was a security booth near the square, and the police appeared in time to stop the quarrel.

With the sound of gongs and drums, the shadow play began.

Continuing from the previous episode.

Most of the people who came to watch had watched the previous episode, and those who had not watched it live had watched the recording online.

Only a few people who were attracted by the excitement didn't understand what was going on, but they were soon attracted by the plot, and were told by people around them that there was a recording of the show on the Internet.

They decided to watch the recorded broadcast as soon as they got home, and took out their mobile phones to point them at the stage to record the performances over the past few days so that they could watch them over and over again after returning home.

The grudges of the devil world, the duel of the human world, the Western Classics are perfect, the Iron Fox, the Dark Alliance swordsman meet again...

The audience was excited.

When the episode ended, everyone was still not satisfied and they didn't even notice the passage of time.

While everyone was still reminiscing about the event, Liu Shu and Liu Sui quickly packed up their props and left the square.

By the time everyone realized what was happening, the performer had already left.

The audience had no choice but to go home and hope that tomorrow would come quickly.

Liu Shu and Liu Sui counted the money and found that they received two thousand yuan in tips today.

The guy filming: "It's normal. There are so many people watching your performance."

The third day, the fourth day, the fifth day...

The shadow play performed by the two became more and more popular. Some people in the entertainment industry saw the video and were also attracted by the plot.

They saw a business opportunity and came to Liu Sui and Liu Shu, wanting to buy the story from them and make it into a TV series.

When I ran over to take a look, I found that the people performing the shadow play were actually actors and they were participating in a variety show!

“What a talent!”

They gave this evaluation of Liu Shu, and then contacted Director Li, asking him to act as a middleman and purchase the story from Liu Sui.

Director Li, haha.

Don't even think about it, he had already taken a fancy to this story and wanted to direct it himself.

He is not short of money!
During the day, Director Li ran to find Liu Sui and expressed his intention to buy it.

Liu Sui spoke frankly: "With the special effects in the entertainment industry, it is impossible to create the skills and scenes in the story."

Director Li said he understood, saying, "I don't shoot live-action TV series, I shoot shadow puppetry TV series. What do you think?"

Liu Sui widened his eyes and then gave Director Li a thumbs up.

“Very good idea.”

He thought of Uncle Zhang's family in the orphanage and recommended it to Director Li: "I can recommend you professionals in shadow puppetry."

Director Li was delighted: "Really? That's great!"

He took out his cell phone: "Quick, give me the contact number."

Liu Sui gave Uncle Zhang's contact information and said, "Just say that I introduced you."

Director Li smiled and said, "Okay, when my TV show starts filming, I'll let you be a consultant and I'll pay you a salary."

Liu Sui smiled: "Okay."