Hong Kong Giant Owl: Rebirth

Chapter 339 Assassination
Because the current film shooting technology is still very backward, and color movies have not yet appeared, so the audience for movies is still very small. Today, the traditional Cantonese opera can be called the mainstream mass entertainment in Hong Kong.

Due to the war, a large number of Cantonese opera talents fled from China to Hong Kong, and after the war, many Cantonese opera performers came to Hong Kong in order to obtain a more free living environment, which led to the gathering of a large number of Cantonese opera talents in Hong Kong. , so that the artistic level of this field has been greatly improved.

Now, in the field of Cantonese opera, Ren Jianhui and Bai Xuexian are the most famous. Ren Jianhui plays the role of civil and military student, and Bai Xuexian plays the female role. The combination of the two is the undisputed "golden boy and jade girl" in the Cantonese opera world.

But in fact, Ren Jianhui is a woman, but she does not have the tenderness and softness of a woman on stage, but is suave and handsome. From an old woman in her seventies to a three-year-old girl, everyone is fascinated by her. "Public Lover".

Gu Xiangling, Xue Danfeng, and Zhou Luohong all like Ren Jianhui and Bai Xuexian very much, just like young men and women in the 21st century like those superstars.They didn't have the conditions before, so they seldom had the opportunity to watch Cantonese opera live. It was only after Shen Jinghong took care of them that they enjoyed this fun, but what they hoped most was to go with Qin Haoran.

Seeing that he was free these two days, Qin Haoran fulfilled the wishes of Gu Xiangling, Xue Danfeng, and Zhou Luohong, and specially asked people to buy a few theater tickets. ".

At around seven o'clock in the evening, Qin Haoran brought Gu Xiangling, Xue Danfeng and Zhou Luohong to the theater, and Cheng Niu'er and Qin Mastiff naturally followed.Qin Haoran wanted to invite Bao Yugang and his wife yesterday, but it's a pity that they were going to attend a relative's wedding banquet today, so they couldn't make it with Qin Haoran.

I saw that the entrance of the theater was full of audiences waiting to enter the venue. There were many people, including men, women, and children. There were families of all ages, young and old, as well as couples. Looking at it like this, the number of people was estimated to be thousands.

"Wow! There are so many people!" Xue Danfeng and Zhou Luohong looked at the scene of crowds of people, affected by the atmosphere, and they were also very interested.

Gu Xiangling said: "Of course, Ren Jianhui and Bai Xuexian performed "Dream of Red Mansions" together. This is amazing. I heard that many people lined up overnight to buy tickets just to watch their performance."

Qin Haoran was a little surprised when he heard the words, he didn't expect that in this day and age, there would be people queuing up all night to buy theater tickets.The few theater tickets in his hand were bought by his subordinates, but Qin Haoran has both the "Kirin Society" and the inspector Lan Gang under his command, so it is very easy to get a few theater tickets.

However, there are of course some bad situations in this crowded place. For example, Qin Haoran saw several sneaky guys walking back and forth in the crowded crowd, obviously they were pickpockets.As for Qin Haoran and the others, they were well dressed, so of course they could easily become the targets of these pickpockets.

But Qin Haoran had two guards, Cheng Niu'er and Qin Mastiff, and those pickpockets were used to rolling on the road, and they had cultivated their eyesight.

At this moment, the security guards at the entrance of the theater removed all the fences and signaled the audience to enter.At the moment, thousands of spectators flooded into the theater, Qin Haoran naturally did not want the three weak women Gu Xiangling, Xue Danfeng and Zhou Luohong to be crushed, so he was not in a hurry to compete with these spectators, anyway Your own position will not fly away.

After almost all the excited audience had entered, Qin Haoran leisurely walked in with the three girls.

This theater is the largest and best equipped in Kowloon. It is called the "Oriental Theater" and can accommodate fifteen hundred spectators.After entering, Qin Haoran saw a big stage at the front, with spotlights on the high ceiling, illuminating the stage brightly.

And under the stage, there are wreaths with words of congratulations to Ren Jianhui and Bai Xuexian on their successful performances.

The seats of Qin Haoran and the others are in the center of the theater, with very good vision, and they can clearly see the stage.Although this big theater also has luxury boxes specially set up for VIPs, it's just above the second floor.However, the vision of those luxury boxes is not as good as Qin Haoran and his current location, and whether watching movies or Cantonese operas, the audience enjoys more the atmosphere of the scene, to put it bluntly, it is the atmosphere of having fun with everyone.

If you deliberately separated yourself from the other audience, the fun would be greatly reduced, so Qin Haoran didn't ask anyone to buy a ticket for the VIP box for him.

After sitting down, Qin Haoran saw people entering the arena one after another, but they were some well-dressed women accompanied by servants, obviously they were daughters and wives from wealthy families.

Seeing these young ladies and noble wives, Qin Haoran felt a little funny, and thought to himself that Ren Jianhui and Bai Xuexian's charms are really great, knocking down both the rich class and the poor class.

"White sugar cake! White sugar cake! Who wants white sugar cake!" A middle-aged man peddling white sugar cakes in a bamboo skimmer walked through the auditorium.

"Brother Ran, I want to eat." Zhou Luohong pulled Qin Haoran's sleeve and said, pointing at those trembling white sugar cakes.

Without Qin Haoran's instructions, Cheng Niu'er waved at the man and shouted, "Hey, cake seller!"

Hearing Cheng Niu'er's shout suddenly, Qin Haoran couldn't help but smile, because he remembered those Internet terms of "previous life", such as "sell cake", which is a typical one.However, Qin Haoran can only taste these funny things by himself, because in this day and age, not to mention the Internet, even computers that can be put into practical use have not yet appeared.

The man selling cakes came over with a plate of white sugar cakes, Qin Haoran bought some for himself and the girls, and gave the rest to Qin Mastiff. The total of more than 20 catties of white sugar cakes should be enough for him to spend The purpose of this play.

And the cake seller was very happy to see that Qin Haoran had bought all the white sugar cakes at once, and walked away gratefully.

"Master, this white sugar cake is delicious." Gu Xiangling brought a piece of crystal white sugar cake to Qin Haoran's mouth.

Qin Haoran opened his mouth to take a bite, and immediately felt that the white sugar cake was soft and delicious, and the taste was very good, much better than those made in the big restaurants in his "previous life".Because the white sugar cakes in this era are all handmade, and the degree of precision is not comparable to those machines.

In addition to sugar cakes, there are many other snacks sold in this theater, such as fried peanuts, candied haws, fried rice cakes, etc. They are all very authentic and traditional delicacies, which really satisfy Qin Haoran and the others.

At this time, the sound of gongs, drums and suona was heard, and the audience immediately sat up straight and stared at the stage, because "Dream of Red Mansions" was about to begin.

The attention of Gu Xiangling, Xue Danfeng and Zhou Luohong also immediately turned to the stage, and they saw the danjiao with painted faces coming out of the curtains on both sides one after another, wearing brightly colored costumes, they were really eye-catching, And the two most prominent among them are the protagonists of this play—Jia Baoyu, Lin Daiyu and Xue Baochai.

In traditional Chinese drama, the actors paint the faces of the characters, and the distinction between these roles is very strict. The distinction cannot be sloppy at all.

Amidst the sound of gongs and bowls and Cantonese opera singing, this "Dream of Red Mansions" was officially performed.

Gu Xiangling, Xue Danfeng, Zhou Luohong and even Cheng Niu'er all watched it very seriously, but Qin Haoran secretly smiled bitterly in his heart, because he really lacked interest in these Cantonese operas, because he was used to watching those commercial movies that pay attention to scenes in the 21st century. This kind of traditional Cantonese opera can't attract Qin Haoran.He is not as interested as a cultural scientist in studying the cultural essence of Cantonese opera, and now he is just accompanying Gu Xiangling and the others.

Seeing that thousands of spectators around were engrossed in appreciating the performance on stage, Qin Haoran couldn't help feeling a little emotional.It is precisely because there are relatively few mass entertainments nowadays that the public's attention is highly concentrated, just like the general public's admiration for famous Cantonese opera actors such as Ren Jianhui and Bai Xuexian. Much more simple and sincere.

Ren Jianhui, Bai Xuexian and other superstars of the older generation are also of very high quality. Whether it is artistic quality or moral quality, they are not comparable to those later popular stars.Because they all know that they are the focus of attention, they have very high demands on themselves, which is also a responsible behavior for movie fans who like them and worship them.

Similarly, although people's living standards are not high now, their moral quality is very good, but later on, with the development of the economy, people's ideas have gradually changed, and they all regard money as the first purpose. "Moral decay" is not an exaggeration.

When I was thinking about these things in my heart, I suddenly noticed that an actor on the stage with a book boy's face came out from the curtain on the left, and the strange thing was that it was the play of "Daiyu's Burial of Flowers". Lin Daiyu, who plays the role, is singing on stage. It stands to reason that those supporting actors who play tricks must not come on stage to interfere with the protagonist at this time, so the audience in the audience were puzzled when they saw the book boy who suddenly appeared on stage.

But "Lin Daiyu" didn't see the book boy, she was still singing there, and then saw the book boy came to the stage, suddenly there was a pistol in his hand, and the muzzle of the gun was pointed at the audience, and it was facing Qin Haoran's side!

"Second young master, be careful!" Cheng Niu'er, who was sitting behind Qin Haoran, shouted and stood up at the same time.

But Qin Haoran had already opened his arms, crouched down holding the three daughters of Gu Xiangling on the left and right, trying to avoid the muzzle of the gun!

(End of this chapter)