Start telling crosstalk from Tingyunxuan

Chapter 200 Cloud Crane Soars to the Nine Heavens, Not as Good as One Cao (Fourth Update)
Yang Yunsheng turned to look at Cao Yunjin, thinking he was going to persuade him not to go.

Cao Yunjin then stepped forward and said, "How about I send two people with me to be your bodyguards? Just in case anything happens at Deyun Club, I'll have to go there to demand justice!"

Seeing this, Yang Yunsheng smiled and said, "No need, I'll be fine. If you go, you really need to bring two bodyguards."

Cao Yunjin touched his nose, and seeing that Yang Yunsheng was unwilling to bring anyone along, he didn't say anything more.

He should be fine if he goes to Deyun Club!

If I were to go to Deyun Club by myself, that would be a real hassle.

Without an extra arm or a missing leg, one simply cannot leave the Deyun Society.

"Let's go!"

Yang Yunsheng greeted them and then drove his secondhand Buick to Deyun Club.

Deyun Society, Dashilan, Xicheng District.

Upon arrival, Yang Yunsheng parked his car in a nearby parking lot.

It took a kilometer to reach the entrance of Deyun Club.

Since it was a spur-of-the-moment decision, Yang Yunsheng did not buy tickets.

As a crosstalk performer, he doesn't need to buy tickets.

It's like asking a tour guide to buy a ticket when they enter a scenic area; isn't that an insult to their tour guide license?
But if I don't buy a ticket, how can I get in when they're checking tickets at the entrance?
Yang Yunsheng naturally had a way. After all, he had spent four years in Deyun Club in his previous life, so it would be very easy for him to sneak in.

When we got to the back door, we found it was locked.

Yang Yunsheng understood; it wasn't yet time for him to become an apprentice in his previous life, so their rule hadn't been implemented yet.

There was no other way but to go back to the ticket office.

Yang Yunsheng said to the ticket window, "Give me a ticket!"

The ticket seller was a woman in her thirties with her hair tied in a ponytail.

Upon hearing Yang Yunsheng mention buying tickets, she immediately placed the "Sold Out" sign at the ticket window.

She said, "All the tickets for this week are sold out. If you want to come to Deyun Club to see a crosstalk performance, you need to book two days in advance."

Yang Yunsheng really didn't expect that Deyun Club's tickets would be in such high demand now.

This performance must have cost at least several hundred thousand!
Yang Yunsheng thought it was time to reveal his true identity. Once he did, they would definitely be willing to let him in.

After all, if an actor from Tingyunxuan comes to Deyun Club to watch a performance, and they don't give him face, it doesn't mean that Deyun Club is afraid of Tingyunxuan.

Old Guo is someone who absolutely cannot afford to lose face like this.

Just as Yang Yunsheng was about to introduce himself, a somewhat sleazy-looking man who resembled Bai Kainan walked up to him.

Bai Kainan—no, this sleazy man—said, "Brother, want to see Deyun Club's performance tonight? I have tickets, I'll sell them to you cheap, want some?"

Yang Yunsheng frowned and asked, "Are you a ticket scalper?"

The man objected: "What scalper? That's such an offensive term! I'm just a ticket scalper, earning a small profit to support my family. Don't put it so harshly!"

Yang Yunsheng hates scalpers more than anything else in her life.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Give me one!"

The power of "Give me a copy" is almost exactly the same as "Get more money".

The man thought Yang Yunsheng was going to hit him, but he didn't expect her to just give him a beating.

He smiled and asked, "What kind of seat are you planning to get?"

Yang Yunsheng, clearly wanting a clearer view, replied, "The first three rows!"

The man said, "There are only two seats left in the first three rows. One is the second seat in the third row, and the other is the eleventh seat in the first row. Which one do you want?"

Yang Yunsheng was quite familiar with the seating arrangement at Deyun Club.

This so-called second row, second seat, although it is in the front row, is actually in a corner.

You can see clearly, but the position is quite ordinary. There are eleven seats in a row, and that's the rightmost seat in the middle, about two or three body lengths away from the straight man.

Yang Yunsheng then said, "There are eleven seats in one row!"

"1200 yuan, WeChat or Alipay?"

Yang Yunsheng stared at the sleazy man in astonishment and said incredulously, "How much? 1200? Why don't you just rob me? You've tripled the price."

It's worth noting that the most expensive front-row ticket for Deyun Club in 2025 was only 1880 yuan!
That'll be worth the ticket price twelve years from now.

It's 2013 now, and it's selling for 1200!

You should know that a ticket for the first row at Tingyunxuan costs only 180 yuan.

The man immediately became dissatisfied when Yang Yunsheng said it was too expensive.

"Why is it expensive? Have you looked at your own reasons? Has your salary increased over the years? Have you been working hard?"

Yang Yunsheng clenched his fist, then finally relaxed it.

"What's your last name?"

The man was puzzled, but since he wasn't asked for his name, he could still tell him.

"His surname is Li!"

Yang Yunsheng said, "Mr. Li Jiaqi, this ticket is indeed a bit expensive. Could you reduce the price a little?"

The man looked incredulous and said, "Who's Li Jiaqi? My name is Li Xianqiao. These tickets can't be cheap. Today is the debut of Teacher Guo's son and his partner. I think 1200 is too cheap, and you still think it's too expensive. If you don't buy them, plenty of others will!"

Yang Yunsheng was torn internally; 1200 yuan was nothing to him.

The problem is, Yang Yunsheng doesn't want to indulge his bad habit.

This is a scalper!

Just once, just once!
"Scan code!"

Soon, 1,200 yuan was scanned.

The man immediately pulled out a handful of tickets and handed the first one to Yang Yunsheng.

Upon seeing this, Yang Yunsheng couldn't help but ask a question.

"Do you have so many tickets for Deyun Club's performance today? I see you have at least thirty tickets left. The performance is about to start. How can you sell them all?"

The man chuckled twice and explained, "You don't understand. When it's time to go in, those who didn't get tickets will definitely come to me to buy them. They're not coming to me now because they think they're too expensive. But at the last minute, they'll have no choice but to buy them."

Yang Yunsheng understood; so this was how scalpers made money.

Holding his ticket, Yang Yunsheng entered Deyun Club through the ticket check.

His act of buying tickets from scalpers was naturally noticed by the staff of Deyun Club.

But what can they do? He has a genuine ticket, bought it with real money, and spent so much money to support Deyun Club. Are they going to stop him from going in?

These ideas are all correct, except for one fallacy.

I don't support Deyun Club at all, and I even think that Deyun Club will be destroyed by Tingyunxuan.

The truth is, it's simply impossible.

Even Beijing TV couldn't do it, so expecting Tingyunxuan to do it is impossible unless Guo Degang passes away.

At that time, the level of the people in Deyun Society was not a concern.

To be honest, among the lead comedians of Deyun Society, apart from Guo Degang, Yang Yunsheng really doesn't have anyone he thinks highly of.

Among the supporting comedians, there are quite a few who are quite good.

To paraphrase a popular internet meme, even the legendary cranes of Yunhe Jiuxiao are no match for Cao.

Although many people disagree, there is some truth to it.

(End of this chapter)