Huayu: Starting from managing the Mahua FunAge Theater Troupe

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Jiang Yan: How much did this cost today? I will have to bear part of the cost.

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Jiang Yan: By the way, you're my boyfriend now, right?

Shen Feiyang lay on the hotel bed, looking at the two text messages Jiang Yanran had sent, and typed a line.

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Shen Feiyang: Don't worry about the money, it's all taken care of. As for the second question, whatever you think is true.

Huddled in bed, Jiang Yan looked at the text message Shen Feiyang sent and was a little unhappy. She muttered, "What do you mean by 'whatever you think'?"

……

It was a little after 11 a.m.

Shen Teng received a call from Shen Feiyang.

"Feed..."

Shen Teng hasn't gotten up yet.

Hearing the voice coming from the phone, Shen Teng nodded slightly: "Okay, I'll be at the company at 2 PM. Is there anything else?"

Shen Feiyang on the other end of the phone: "Teng, are you hiding something from me?"

"What could I possibly be hiding from you? We're brothers."

"Cousin. Tell me now, or you're dead."

"Oh, I'm doing this for your own good. I think it's a great deal. Xiao Jiang is pretty and comes from a good family. You won't be at a disadvantage."

Get to the point.

"There was a love letter and a pendant inside the roses; the love letter was signed by you."

"Damn! You're pretty romantic."

"So, after yesterday's commotion, has Xiao Jiang confirmed the relationship? Hehehe."

"Your crimes are heinous. You are hereby ordered to be at the company at 1:30 PM. For every minute you are late, a month's salary will be deducted."

"Damn it, how could you repay kindness with enmity?"

"Feed, feed... damn it..."

Shen Teng put down his phone and hugged Wang Qi to continue sleeping.

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Jiang Yan: Good morning! Which hotel are you at? I'll come find you.

I had just hung up the phone with Shen Teng when a text message came in.

Shen Feiyang glanced at the text message and immediately called Jiang Yan.

The cell phone rang.

Jiang Yan's heart tightened, and she answered the phone in a low voice: "Feed."

"Good morning."

Good morning! Did you see the text message I sent you?

"I saw it. But I'm already back in Dongcheng District. You should get some rest. I need to handle some company business these next few days. I'll contact you when I have time."

"OK."

"Bye-Bye."

After hanging up the phone, Jiang Yan lay back down and pursed her lips.

My first kiss was gone without me even realizing it.

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I hung up the phone.

A dozen minutes later, Shen Feiyang returned to Fuyiyuan.

Xiong Naijin was still fast asleep.

She rarely stayed in the apartment she rented in Meiran Power A3 District. As long as her aunt wasn't coming, she spent most of her time in Fuyi Garden.

"You're back..."

Hearing the noise, Xiong Naijin opened her sleepy eyes and saw Shen Feiyang taking clothes out of the closet. She mumbled in her sleep.

"I just got back, you go back to sleep, I'm going to take a shower."

"hug……"

"Hold an egg."

"snort."

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"Hey, what are you doing here?"

Just as Shen Feiyang turned on the shower, Xiong Naijin walked in.

"Going to the toilet."

Xiong Naijin sat on the toilet without any hesitation.

Shen Feiyang didn't mind; the two of them had been completely honest with each other countless times.

Xiong Naijin looked at Shen Feiyang: "I haven't seen you exercise much, how come your figure hasn't changed at all?"

Shen Feiyang stood under the showerhead: "I can't help it if I have a good physique."

"Were you with Xiao Jiang last night?"

"Aren't we all with Xiao Jiang?"

"I'm asking about the middle of the night."

"I don't have the time for that."

"Hmph, nobody would believe you."

Xiong Naijin then said, "Oops, water got on me."

"Let's wash together."

……

It was a little after 1 p.m.

Shen Feiyang arrived at the Hepingli office.

The others haven't arrived yet.

Shen Feiyang took a document out of his briefcase, sat on the sofa, and began to look through the contents of the meeting to be discussed later.

I was looking through the pages when my phone rang.

Caller ID: Director Zhou Yan.

He is the head of the TV program production department at Joy Media and the actual executor of the "Chinese Comedians" project.

Shen Feiyang answered the phone and said, "Hello, President Zhou."

Zhou Yan on the other end of the phone was very polite: "Mr. Shen, hello. So, regarding the replacement comedians, do you have any recommendations? We still need to finalize two replacement groups. We do have a few candidates, but we don't think they're particularly outstanding."

"Let me think..."

Shen Feiyang pondered for a moment.

This is a comedian who hasn't made it big yet...

Shen Feiyang thought of many things, but only one person he felt was sure to shine: the chubby little black guy, Guo Gang.

Regardless of Guo Degang's character, his talent is absolutely unparalleled in the crosstalk circle, which is facing a talent shortage. Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to win over Hou Yaowen, who overruled all objections and went against the entire traditional crosstalk circle to take him under his wing.

It seems that Lao Guo hasn't made his fortune yet.

Shen Feiyang thought about it carefully. As a fellow member of a well-known comedy troupe in Beijing, he had a good memory of Guo Gang's career development.

Guo Degang is probably still hanging out at the Beijing Crosstalk Festival right now.

BJ Crosstalk Assembly was the predecessor of Deyun Society, founded by Guo Gang, Zhang Wenshun, and Li Qing.

The name "Deyun Society" was decided in 2003, but it had not yet made a name for itself and was still known as "BJ Crosstalk Show" to the outside world.

Shen Feiyang considered Lao Guo's "righteous indignation" and "master-devouring" destiny, and replied to Zhou Yan: "President Zhou, I do have a suitable candidate on my side. Can you let me investigate and then give you an answer?"

"Of course," Zhou Yan agreed without hesitation.

This replacement spot was reserved for Shen Feiyang at Wei Yonggang's instruction. Zhou Yan didn't know what had happened during the trip to Northeast China that made Wei Yonggang value Shen Feiyang so much.

"OK."

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After finishing the phone call with Zhou Yan.

Yu Kai and Shen Teng arrived one after the other.

This is the management team at Happy Twist who currently has access to information about the company's major decisions.

Shen Feiyang chaired the meeting: "Today's meeting is mainly to talk about the work arrangements for the next few months. First, the program 'Chinese Comedians' will start recording around mid-April. In the next month or so, we will prepare no less than 15 sketches. I will be responsible for the story framework of the sketches, and Shen Teng will be responsible for leading the specific creation."

Secondly, once the script for "Stone" is finished, preparations will immediately begin for the troupe's second production, "Crazy Stone," with General Manager Yu in charge.

Third, find a reliable performance agency in Tianjin and organize a trial run of "Mahua" in Tianjin next month, six shows initially, to familiarize ourselves with the market outside of Beijing. Mr. Yu will still be in charge. This is the promotional plan, and this is the sketch's framework.

Shen Feiyang handed the two documents to Yu Kai and Shen Teng respectively.

The two of them flipped through the documents.

Shen Teng was shocked: "Where did you get so many ideas?"

Shen Feiyang replied calmly, "Genius is something you cannot understand."

In his previous life, Shen Feiyang had watched a large number of films, TV shows, sketches, and crosstalk performances. Although he couldn't remember the specific details, he still remembered the general story framework, which was essentially the idea.

"You're pretty good."

"Alright, you two go ahead with your work, I have something to take care of."

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More than half an hour later.

Shen Feiyang rode his motorcycle to the Guangdelou Theater in Dashanlan, Qianmen.

This is the current venue for BJ Crosstalk Show's daily performances.

The conditions were quite basic, with no heating, and a performance could only attract a few dozen people at most.

"Sir, are you here to rent the venue?" The lobby manager greeted Shen Feiyang as he entered.

This place is not open for business outside of performance hours; it is only rented out to performance organizers.

Shen Feiyang shook his head, looked around, and said, "Hello, I'd like to ask if there's a group called BJ Crosstalk Troupe that performs here every day?"

"I'm here. What do you need?"

Shen Feiyang took out his business card and handed it to the lobby manager: "I'm the general manager of the Happy Twist comedy troupe. This is my business card. A friend told me there's a short, chubby guy here who's pretty good at crosstalk. I'd like to talk to him about something. Would it be convenient for you to give me his phone number?"

The lobby manager took the business card, quite surprised, and said, "You're the general manager of the Happy Twist Theater Troupe?"

It's normal for Happy Twist to have some fame, since they're all in the BJ performance market.

Shen Feiyang smiled and nodded: "It's me."

The lobby manager chuckled, "Then our space is indeed unsuitable. The short, chubby guy you mentioned should be Guo Gang. Please wait a moment, I'll go find his phone number for you..."

Guangdelou is a place that is also a disguised intermediary agency, which will introduce jobs to the performance groups it cooperates with. Since Shen Feiyang is an insider, it is no problem for the manager to give Shen Feiyang the contact information.