Chapter Seventy-Six: The Tang Dynasty version of Du Shi Niang
In ancient times, poetry, as the main literary genre, could be combined with music or not, and those that were not in harmony were called poems, and those that were united were called songs. Fighting Oiran is obviously not going to let those Oiran just go up and recite a poem and be done. Every Oiran is strictly selected from the declining nobles in the workshop or the daughters of the criminals, or the girls of the people, with qualifications, extremely beautiful women, from an early age with elite training, proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, talent and elegance, and the process of growth is also very particular, to ensure that it can grow into a first-class beauty, in addition, of course, there are other kinds of training, not enough for outsiders. Therefore, to cultivate an Oiran, it takes a very high cost, and because of this, the woman who can become an Oiran is different from other prostitutes, and will not be sent out to pick up customers, and the ** of the Qinglou also knows that what you can't get is the best, if the Oiran's body is broken, the value will be greatly reduced, unless the Oiran is impeccable in appearance and talent, and there are very few such Oirans.
Qinglou spent a lot of effort and cost to cultivate the Oiran, of course, he would try to delay the time of the Oiran to pick up customers, and use the virgin body of the Oiran to hang those gentlemen who tried to kiss Fang Ze, and multiply the investment spent on the Oiran. Therefore, the average Qinglou guest wants to meet the Oiran, say a few words, and drink a few wines, and they have to pay a lot of money. If the money is enough, the oiran will be notified, and then the guest will be let in, but it is just drinking and talking, and if you want to go further, it depends on your own ability, whether you can impress the heart of the oiran. The guest approached once, left a thought, and wanted to approach again, hoping to capture the heart of the Oiran, so that the money flowed into the hands of the owner of the Qinglou like flowing water.
It's that the Oiran has been in the past for a long time, and it needs to pick up customers, and it will also hold a public competition, not only to test the money, but also to test the talent, and if the Oiran takes a fancy to it, it will go with it**. After that, the Oiran began to receive customers, and it was no longer the Oiran, and there would be a younger and more beautiful woman than her to take her place. And the previous Oiran, if she was lucky enough to meet someone who was willing to redeem her, and she also had the financial resources to redeem her, and she was a concubine in that house, this was already burning high incense, but she couldn't be a concubine, and if she could be a maid, she was already very lucky. However, more often than not, they are old and decrepit, and they lose the capital to sell their arts, and stay in the Qinglou as "Fang Lao", that is, a maid, doing some chores, or waiting for those young women. There are also those who are anxious to get out of the brothel and marry well, so they spend their life's hard-earned money with the man, but they are deceived and abandoned, and most of them can't have a good ending.
Those who are waiting for the Moon Immortal may not have these results. Xia Hongsheng sympathized with her, so he was willing to try his best to help her, since it was not something that could be done with a poem, but he simply made it bigger, more complicated, and a blockbuster.
For example, go up and perform a Tang version of an opera?
Xia Hongsheng can provide poems, and Yuexian is proficient in music and dance, which is not right!
This script is easy to say, Tang poems, Song lyrics, Yuan Qu, Ming and Qing novels, especially in the Yuan opera and Ming and Qing operas, how many classics have been circulated, classics that can be passed down for hundreds of years and endured, put it now, I don't believe that those spectators can hold it, don't applaud!
Which one do you want to choose? Xia Hongsheng didn't think much about it, so he directly picked up the pen and wrote a few words - "Du Shi Niang's Angry Sinking Treasure Chest". There is no other reason, just because when I was in college in later life, the department's practical class was rehearsed, and the operation was more familiar, and this story is also very classic, very appealing to the audience, and the identity of the protagonist in this is also in line with the identity of the moon fairy, the two are compatible, and it is easier to invest in emotions to interpret. It was originally adapted by Feng Menglong, a popular novelist in the Ming Dynasty, and belonged to the "mimetic script" of the Ming Dynasty, which is one of the most outstanding short stories in the history of ancient Chinese literature...... Ahem, uh, accidentally recited the literary meaning of this novel......
Ahem, in short, Du Shi Niang sank the treasure chest angrily, and decided to leave it on it, the time is pressing, it's too late to rehearse more, this was the rehearsal of the department when I was in college, I am familiar with the road, easy to operate, and this story is really infectious for people who watch it for the first time, there is a sentence that doesn't say so, tragedy is easier to be remembered by people than comedy, and people probably hope that it can have a happy ending.
At the moment, of course, it is necessary to write the script as soon as possible, revise it, and make it more in line with the current background of the times.
Xia Hongsheng saw his thoughts and told Yuexian, although Yuexian didn't know what Xia Hongsheng's Datang version of the stage opera was that Xia Hongsheng talked about with great interest, but she was aroused by Xia Hongsheng's creativity, she naturally knew that the competition of the Oiran was nothing more than musical instrument singing and dancing, and Xia Hongsheng's mention yƬ was obviously not these. The Tang Dynasty was the stage when Chinese opera had just begun to take shape, and the prototype of opera had just appeared because of the further improvement of songs, and there was no real opera performance, and it was still in the stage of singing and dancing, so Yuexian was curious and excited about Xia Hongsheng's mention yƬ, because these were new forms of performance that she had never been exposed to, and it would definitely make the viewers in the Dou Oiran feel unexpected and novel.
"Xia Gongzi is very kind, and the moon immortal can't repay it......" The woman looked at Xia Hongsheng with gratitude and excitement, and Xia Hongsheng was a little embarrassed.
"Hey, the girl is polite, the girl can afford to be here, it's an honor to be here." Xia Hongsheng arched his hand slightly forward and smiled, thinking that he was a very gentleman: "So, then I will leave first, and I will go back next to sort out the script, and I will hand it over to the girl tomorrow, and I will rehearse the specific signal, and then I will talk to the girl about the script at that time." ā
"Won't Mr. Xia stay a little longer?" Yue Xian saw that Xia Hongsheng got up, so he also stood up and said.
Xia Hongsheng shook his head: "No, there are other things in the future, I will deal with it earlier and sort out the script earlier." The girl is inconvenient to go out, so she doesn't have to send it, so she will leave here. ā
"Then the slave maid is going to send off the son." Pan'er said beside her, Yuexian nodded, and Pan'er went out with Xia Hongsheng.
When he arrived at the door, Xia Hongsheng gave a salute to Pan'er, said goodbye, and was about to leave, Pan'er bowed to Xia Hongsheng Yingying, and said: "Mr. Xia, Miss has been worried all night and can't sleep all night, and after begging Mr. Xia, I have been very worried, worried that Mr. Xia is famous and will not agree." But I never thought that Mr. Xia was willing to help Miss...... The slave hasn't been so happy to see the young lady for a long time! Xia Gongzi doesn't dislike us as Qinglou women, and he is so polite to us...... Xia Gongzi is a good person, slave maid...... The slave has thanked Mr. Xia! ā
As he spoke, he bowed deeply to Xia Hongsheng again, and then turned around and ran back with a red face.
Good guy again?! Xia Hongsheng touched his face, this has crossed into another person, and he still can't escape the fate of being issued a good person card?
Shaking his head and grinning, Xia Hongsheng walked out of Xunfang Pavilion.
When he went outside, Qi Yong was standing upright on the side of the street, waiting for Xia Hongsheng as if he were standing guard. Xia Hongsheng hurriedly walked over, came to him, gave a salute, and said, "Brother Qi, I'm sorry, it took a little long, so you have to wait for a long time." ā
Xia Hongsheng's actions and words frightened Qi Yong, and quickly jumped aside, and said straight in his mouth: "Oh, my son, this is unacceptable, you are a dignified lord, how can you treat the little one...... This is a small life! If you change the small one to Qi Yong, you will look down on the small one! ā
Xia Hongsheng smiled and didn't say anything more, just said: "Okay, now I'm going back to the inn of the academy, I won't go to the general's mansion tonight, and I'm bothering Brother Qi to report it." As for the new saber, I don't think it will be able to come out today, and tomorrow afternoon, I will go back. ā
"Don't say that, Childe, the general explained, the little one must always protect Childe, it doesn't matter where Childe wants to go and what he wants, the small one is just Childe's entourage, and he should follow Childe." Qi Yong saluted Xia Hongsheng with his fists and replied.
Hearing him say this, Xia Hongsheng didn't say anything more, and let Qi Yong follow him. When I arrived at the inn of the school, there were really few people inside, the students of Luanzhou Academy, none of them were there, and I guess I didn't know where to go to spend all day drinking.
Xia Hongsheng went back to his room, Qi Yong took out his copper money and opened a room next to Xia Hongsheng's room, Xia Hongsheng went back to the house, opened the backpack he had been throwing in the guest room, took out the paper and pen, recalled it carefully in his mind, and then began to write hard.
The script must be completed in the evening, and it will be sent to the Yuexian girl tomorrow to explain the rehearsal, and there are not many characters needed in this story, Yuexian plays Du Shi Niang, and her two maids can wear men's clothes to play the two scumbags. This is not a few days away from the final days of the Oiran.