Bachelor

Chapter 412 The Book
"Master Sun, if it wasn't for you this time, dozens of people in my Zhanjia class would have lost their lives here in Tongzhou." After the performance, as night fell, Zhanbu and Sun Dan walked along the Grand Canal side.

"Hehe, even if I don't have my book, I'm afraid nothing will happen." Sun Dan said with a smile: "You still don't understand the queen mother. Although she has a violent temper, she may not be your fate."

"But you can't escape if you beat yourself to death." Zhanbu managed to pass this level, although the injury on his body was still hurting badly, but his expression was very relaxed: "Master Sun, your book is really good what."

"The book is good, and there must be good actors. Boss Zhan, you and I are friends, so don't call yourself an adult in private." Sun Dan was not surprised that this show could impress the audience.It is very easy to infect the ancients who have no entertainment activities and have a lot of laughter. Even this classic sketch can't make them laugh.Well, it is definitely the queen mother's own problem, not the other way around.

Zhan Bu still had a look of excitement on his face: "I didn't think much of those storytellers before. Most of the books they told were romance novels in the market, and they could tell them as long as they had a mouth. Besides, everyone was familiar with those stories. After reading the last sentence, you will know the next sentence, which is meaningless. But the skit I performed today is a wonderful one. If I move to the capital, it will definitely shock people. Jingyuan, do you still have a book, and you can also cheapen me Bar."

"Why, Boss Zhan plans to act in sketches in the future, so he's not afraid of smashing his sign?" Sun Dan asked with a smile.In fact, although the status of actors and entertainers is low, they are also divided into ranks.Performers like Zhanbu and Yueguan went in and out of the prince's house, and it was impossible to invite them to perform once without dozens of taels of silver.But those who set up stalls on the street to tell stories, sing flower drums, and play with a golden gun to pierce their throats can be dismissed by a few big men.Therefore, it is normal for those who sing big dramas to look down on storytellers, just like the big film and television stars of later generations will not go to bars and waitresses.It is also impossible for Zhanbu to actually perform sketches.

Zhanbu smiled and said, "Who says I can't act in sketches?"

Sun Dan was a little surprised: "You really want to do this?"

Zhanbu Zheng said: "In the theater I'm running now, there are only a few actors who come and go, and those few plays are a bit monotonous. Moreover, each play has an appointment. If one of the actors is sick , or if you are in a bad mood, no one else will be able to stand up to you. At that time, it may not be impossible to take a sketch to stand up to it. What else..."

Zhanbu pondered for a moment, and said: "You also know that before, I have been training that Dongguan for two or three years, teaching all kinds of plays, but she just can't learn it. But let her act in sketches, but she is very good at it. My theatrical troupe recruits newcomers every year, but only one out of ten can learn. Then, what should we do with those who are eliminated? It’s impossible to drive them all out to starve to death outside. I don’t want to. Therefore, I feel that making some sketches for them can be regarded as making the best use of their talents, and it can also be regarded as giving them a way of life. Even if they fail to learn opera in the future, no matter where they are in the future, they can always get along by setting up a booth and opening their mouths. Chew them all."

Sun Dan didn't expect Zhan Bu to have such thoughts, nor did he expect Zhan Bu to have such a kind heart.It's not that he doesn't know what's going on in Zhan's class. The lives of the girls who were bought by Zhan's boss to learn opera are indeed a bit sad.Boss Zhan was very strict when he was teaching opera, Ru Dongguan and the others, if they sang a wrong line, they would be whipped.When meeting those girls who touch, their mouths are sometimes smacked.

In fact, there is no way to spread the cloth. The education methods of this era all pay attention to strict teachers and talented students.

Sun Dan: "Unexpectedly, Boss Zhan is also a caring person. The girls under your command are lucky to meet a boss like you."

Zhanbu: "After returning to Beijing, I plan to choose two girls who can't sing in the troupe, and ask them to act as Dongguan. First, I will perform a few performances of "Selling abductees" to see what's going on. But, relying on Once "Selling Abductees" is not enough, I think..." He hesitated for a moment, and said to Sun Dan with some embarrassment: "Generally speaking, it takes half an hour to sing a hall. So, Jingyuan, can you help our Zhanjia class write two more sketches."

Sun Dan was in the right mood, and he didn't refuse, and said generously: "It's easy to say, so I'll write a few. However, I'm impatient to start writing. If I find a day, I'll just dictate two scenes."

Zhanfu was very happy: "It's better to hit the sun than to choose the day. Let's do it now. You read it quietly, and I will remember it." Like scholars, it is the basic skill of actors to remember with a photograph.Let alone a big name like Zhanbu, even an ordinary actor has a good memory every day.Many actors are illiterate.When learning opera, you have to rely on the master to teach you by word of mouth. After two years, it is not uncommon for him to memorize dozens of operas and more than [-] words.

Seeing that Zhanbu was so urgent, Sun Dan couldn't refuse anymore, so he cleared his throat and began to recite.

Zhanbu held his breath and carefully remembered.

Sun Dan first recited Zhao Benshan's sketch "Hourly Worker".This skit was performed by Uncle Benshan and Song Dandan. It was about an old man who lived in a high-rise building and was lonely after he moved to the city. His son hired him a part-time worker to chat with him.

Among them, the part where Song Dandan cooperates with Zhao Benshan to change the vest is the most classic.

Sun Dan roughly changed the Beijing of this story, replacing Zhao Benshan with a lonely old man from a poor family, while Song Dandan became an aunt visiting relatives.

This play is a classic among Uncle Benshan's sketches, and the jokes in it are naturally many and dense.Several times, Zhanbu couldn't help laughing.And he also knew that with Sun Dan's current status, it was his good fortune to be willing to read this play once.I had no choice but to endure this bitterly, pricking up my ears and memorizing it silently in my heart, for fear of missing a word.

After finally waiting for Sun Dan to memorize the play, Zhanbu went through all the lines in his mind, making sure that he had memorized them completely, and was about to burst out laughing when Sun Dan's next play came again.

Sun Dan's second play is a cross talk, and it is also played by two people, one playing a role and the other supporting a role.

The name of this cross talk is "Watching the Tiger", which is based on a famous cross talk joke written by Jiang Kun. It is about a young man who went to the zoo to watch tigers and accidentally fell into the Tiger Mountain.

Sun Dan also made a small modification, replacing the protagonist with an eunuch in the palace.And the address of Hushan was moved to the Royal Garden.

As for whether tigers are fed in the palace, ordinary people don't know.

After reading this cross talk, Sun Dan roughly estimated that two sketches plus one cross talk should be able to make up a hall.He said, "Boss Zhan, that's it. When I'm free later, I'll help you think of a few notebooks."

(End of this chapter)