As everyone sat down, they heard the sound of the ground around them, and then their vision suddenly darkened. After a while, it took them to get used to the sudden darkness, only to find that the windows around were all covered by thick felt cloth, and it was still a bright spring afternoon outside, but the building had become dark.

Of course, it is not all black, after all, the four corners of the building have already been lit, and the faint light is sprinkled all over the venue, bringing a bit of mysterious atmosphere to this hall. Even if everyone had expected it in their hearts, they still couldn't help but have their hearts beat faster at this time, and they subconsciously sat up with the acquaintances at the table.

Suddenly, there was a rustling sound above everyone's heads, like a rat crawling over the beam. Someone looked up when he heard the sound, but a white light slowly faded out of the darkness.

With a chime, the lights at the four corners went out, which completely darkened everyone's vision. Before many people could react, they heard someone around them suddenly exclaim, looked up, only to see a little firelight passing overhead, and then many stars lit up one after another, as if a starlight converged into a murmuring stream, outlining a meandering and wonderful picture in the dome, full of colors and different colors.

The strings trembled slightly, the ethereal piano sound sounded in the ears, and a tactful and pleasant female voice sang faintly, which made people frown and listen to the source of the song.

At this time, the starlight flickering had converged into the hall, and in the starlight, clouds and smoke slowly spread. Everyone listened to the music that seemed to be nothing, and their eyes did not blink at the place where the smoke was rising.

The smoke became thicker and thicker, gradually spreading, enveloping the starry light bands, and in the shadows, there seemed to be a few graceful shadows dancing in the sea of clouds.

Everyone raised their heads and squinted to see more realistically, when suddenly a gust of wind rose from the other side, and in an instant the smoke was blown away. The music in everyone's ears suddenly became high-pitched and clear, and then their eyes were dazzled, and when they looked again, they saw three beautiful women in gorgeous dresses stretching their limbs in mid-air, dancing out of a smart and wonderful posture, as if the heavenly maiden had landed on the earth.

"It's beautiful, it's wonderful!"

One of the people in the banquet suddenly clapped his hands and exclaimed, and then a series of cheers rang out in the hall. Previously, their mood was not lacking in tension and anxiety, and with strong expectations, until these beautiful artists finally appeared, dancing in the air, full of style and fairy spirit!

However, before their mood could be fully relaxed, suddenly a black curtain rolled up from the side of the hall, and in an instant, this beautiful scene was swallowed. The movements of the beauties in mid-air became faster, as if they were struggling to get rid of the night, but in vain after all, they soon melted into darkness.

"Don't chase me Immortal!"

The field of vision became dark again, and the hall was full of sighs of regret, and some people could not help but roar at their desks.

"The immortals caressed my top, and the hair was ...... immortal"

The singing becomes melodious and clear, depicting a picture of visiting immortals with a long distance, but it cannot make up for the loss of people's vision and the absence of beautiful scenery.

The sound of the song gradually became cheerful, and a fist-sized flame descended from the darkness on the beam, and landed somewhere in mid-air, and then took it as the source, and eight lines of fire flowed out of this firelight, poured down, and flowed sideways on the ground, and in an instant there was a line of fire in front of the people's seats!

Fearing that the line of fire would burn itself, some people hurriedly rolled over from the seat and fled backwards, and when they saw that the line of fire only stayed on the ground outside the seat, they returned to their positions and sat down.

But no one laughed at the gaffe of these men at the moment, for the darkness was once again dispersed as the lines of fire flowed on the ground, and the crowd saw a mountain made of bamboo frames under the lines of fire.

And on this mountain peak, there are more than a dozen delicate bodies sly and cheerful dances, among which are the three beautiful actors who were swallowed by the darkness before. The original wide and gorgeous colorful skirt has disappeared, and then replaced by a jingchai cloth skirt, although it dilutes the fairy spirit, but the cloth skirt is tightly wrapped around the graceful body, outlining an extremely attractive concave and convex curve, with its dance, exudes a temptation full of popularity and vitality!

At this time, the lights in the four corners of the hall were lit up again, and the vision was once again clear, allowing people to see the whole hall clearly. There is a thin and flexible boy holding the ribbon hanging from the beam, like a colorful butterfly flying in the sea of flowers, flexibly rippling in the air.

A half-zhang long swimming fish bundled with colorful silk floats in the waves surrounded by a clear mantle, and a boy straddles the fish ridge, waving two long ribbons in his hand, and his mouth makes a crisp and pleasant singing sound. The whole picture is very lively and interesting!

Shen Zhezi sat in the middle of the seat, watching everyone enjoy the singing and dancing in a fascination, and there was no shortage of associations in his heart.

Before he came to this era, and even at the beginning, he had some pride in his heart as a posterity. Because the entertainment methods of the ancient people were too boring, far less exciting than those of later generations. But with the passage of life, in fact, when it comes to entertainment, later generations may not be as good at playing as the ancients.

The entertainment of later generations is based on a rich material foundation and the impact of a large amount of information brought about by scientific and technological progress. In today's era, although it is not as rich as the material conditions of later generations, it is impossible to have national entertainment, but the real power and wealth are not just prostitutes listening to music.

And because there is no large amount of information shock, the ancients explored audio-visual enjoyment much farther than later generations. For example, acrobatics, magic, illusion, etc., through skillful skills and simple conditions, the impact of the choreographed viewing of a hundred operas on the audio-visual is not inferior to that of later generations.

The so-called Baiju entertainment, which is rich in content, has reached an extremely prosperous level since the Han Dynasty, and is not limited to dance music, juggling and wrestling competitions. The so-called ichthyosaurus Manyan, the craftsmen color the birds, beasts, fish and insects of different shapes, through light and shadow, borrowing and other techniques to create an illusion experience similar to magic, which is really breathtaking!

Of course, although these hundred opera entertainment are beautiful, the consumption is also huge. It takes a long time of hard training to master the skills of the servants. The props used in the performance are also extremely ingenious in order to seek realistic curiosity, representing the most advanced craftsmanship of an era.

Just like the scene staged in the Star Picking Tower just now, the production of various props alone consumes millions of dollars at every turn, and a considerable part of them are consumables that can only be used once. This kind of performance is both real and fantastic, and it is beautiful, but it is simply a game of burning money.

Even in the period of the strong man, this kind of fish dragon Manyan was an entertainment that only the royal family could afford. And it is often chosen on a grand festival, and the emperor invites the ministers to enjoy it together, and the people have fun, and rarely entertains themselves.

The Shen family is now rich in wealth, which can be said to be second to none in Jiangdong, but this kind of pastime, Shen Zhezi rarely arranges people to stage it, and he can't afford to play it!

But in fact, everything has two sides to the same coin, and in the eyes of some people, this kind of entertainment is a poverty and luxury, which fully reflects the decadence and extravagance of the ruling class. But there are also many exquisite skills, it is in this kind of pleasure, excellence, to reach a height that is difficult for foreign races in Fanbang, and passed down to future generations, becoming a national treasure.

But in fact, Shen Zhezi is not very keen on these pastimes, and many of those extremely ingenious props are actually by-products born in the process of studying skills.

Moreover, this kind of entertainment is just a simple audio-visual enjoyment, and does not contain much information. For example, opera, which was developed in various places in later generations, departed from mere audio-visual stimulation and conveyed a lot of information to the viewer through story-like plots.

In today's era, small people actually do not have the opportunity to have much access to information, and their living environment is very closed, working in the morning and dusk, and sleeping at night, not only to bear the pressure of survival, but also to bear all kinds of exploitation. If there is no war or turmoil or natural disasters that have swept the whole society, they will have to live in this narrow environment for the rest of their lives, and there is neither a way nor a need to receive information.

In fact, Shen Zhezi has always planned to create some operas, just like the folk songs he used to use in his early years. Through some fascinating stories, it conveys some views of right and wrong and values. This kind of cultural transformation is also an attempt to change people's customs and ideology.

At present, although it has not yet been put into action in the capital, in his hometown Longxi Township, there are already some operas being staged in the Baiju Garden built by his father. Although they are all some of the most popular stories of ghosts and monsters, they can be used as a basis for gradual development, and after cultivating such an entertainment method, more information can be attached.

In fact, Shen Zhezi is essentially a more pessimistic person, although he has been asking his family to study and promote printing, but he does not think that printing alone can achieve any effect of opening up people's wisdom.

The so-called pursuit of education is not a general consensus at present, and even if a large number of scriptures are printed and distributed, the public acceptance is not optimistic.

You must know that in the early days of reform in later generations, because too many reckless people rose up and achieved success in life, for a long time the whole society was filled with a kind of theory that reading was useless. A lot of people are not interested in knowledge and the rewards of education.

At present, Shen Zhezi's personal experience is that it is true that the current big families have formed a monopoly in academics, and the children of poor families have no way to study, which seems to be a very sad situation. But in fact, to be honest, many children from poor families are not interested in this at all, because even if this society is full of wealth and wealth, the times still have not opened a path to success for them.

The emergence of any historical system has to go through a long period of brewing, and too many times ahead of the times does not mean that it can rush all the way forward, but it is more likely to be completely freed and suffer a more violent counterattack, which will then make the whole society more closed. 10