There is a bar in Houhai

Chapter 27 Mid-Autumn Festival

This year's Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day were consecutive, and there was a total of eight days of long holidays. Shen Hui took the two girls back to Shanghai two days early after asking for leave from the kindergarten.

Shen Fang also gave Lin Na and Cai Ruiheng a vacation. These two people were recruited all the way from the United States by him, and they were assigned a bunch of jobs before they got over the jet lag.Taking advantage of the eight-day National Day holiday, Cai Ruiheng can take this time to go back to Xiangjiang. Lin Na also wants to go around and take a good look at the customs of China. As a second-generation Chinese, she has heard her elders talk about the motherland since she was a child. She's still very attractive.

The Mid-Autumn Festival is the day before the National Day, and Shen Fang is going to go to his grandfather's house for lunch, so as not to make himself unhappy when he meets Jin Luo's family at dinner.

Arrived at Yanying Studio after ten o'clock in the morning, met two acquaintances at the gate of Yanying Factory,
"You are Yezi? You won't even visit me when you come back." The person who spoke was a gorgeous woman in her 30s. Standing next to her was a man of medium stature and slightly fat. This was his cousin who just came out of fifth clothes. Jin Xiaoxiao and her husband Yu Dong.

"Sister Xiaoxiao, Brother Yu, happy holidays!" Shen Fang greeted the two of them and exchanged a few pleasantries.

He didn't have a good feeling for Yu Dong, thinking he was too powerful.He also knew Yu Dong's ex-wife, Zang Lili. Zang Lili's father used to be the manager of the distribution department under the old man, and was later transferred to Jinling Film Studio.When Yu Dong went to sea before, his old father-in-law provided him with great help until he successfully gained a foothold.He is also a successful businessman, but he is not a qualified husband and father, compared with Jin Luo.

Shen calmed down and came to the old man's yard.

The old lady has guests at her house and is sitting in the yard talking.Shen Fang took a look, and he knew it. It turned out that Tian Jiani from Jinmen, an apprentice the old lady had accepted when she sang Jingyun Dagu, brought her son He Kunpeng, nicknamed He Xiaobao.

Shen Fang laughed when he saw He Xiaobao. This kid was fifteen or sixteen years old, and his round face was exactly like his father He Xiangdong's.

The old man would be reading the newspaper in the house, Shen Fang first went in to say hello to his grandfather, then put the hairy crabs he had brought into the kitchen, washed the winter dates he had brought, and brought them out to greet the guests.

"Grandma, the hairy crabs I brought you from Wangjiangtai are all from Yangcheng Lake. I'll steam them for you later." Shen Fang and Tian Jiani also greeted, "Master Tian, ​​come here It’s been a few years since I’ve seen Xiaobao grow up so big.” As long as the Quyi School is formally introduced, regardless of male or female, the elders are called Shishu Shibo, and there is no such thing as Shigu.

"Oh, it's Jin Ye! I haven't seen you for several years. If you walk across the street, you probably don't know him. Xiaobao, this is your Grandma Yang's grandson. Do you remember?"

"Really, it's been seven or eight years. Xiaobao should be in high school." Shen Fang grabbed a few dates and handed them to Tian Jiani.

"What high school did you go to? I dropped out last year, and now I'm learning cross talk under your Uncle He's partner Xue Guo." Tian Jiani said with a wry smile. She has always disapproved of He Xiaobao dropping out of school to talk about cross talk. After all, not everyone likes He Xiangdong What's more, she knows exactly how much He Xiangdong suffered when he learned cross talk.

"Study traditional cross talk? This business is hard enough, what does Xiaobao think?" Shen Fang frowned slightly, and asked Xiaobao.

"I like to talk about cross talk. I heard from Mr. Zhang that my dad got on stage with his master in Jinmen when he was seven or eight years old. I have also studied with my master for several years, but my dad just won't let me go on stage. He always said My foundation is still weak." He Xiaobao complained.

"You can't blame your dad. Our quyi school takes one minute on stage and ten years off stage. Especially your cross talk school, it's easy to get started, and the steps of kung fu are all in the door. If you don't have a solid foundation, you can't hold the stage." The old lady listened to the side for a while, and then said: "Your father performed on stage with your master back then, so it was forced. Back then, your master went to the single gang and took your father to the streets. Isn't it because of poverty? .Your master ancestor is such a capable person, because he didn't have a proper background, he didn't get his name corrected when he arrived. Now that your father has managed to support the Xiangwen Society, he doesn't want to fall into your hands in the future."

He Xiaobao stood aside, glanced at the old lady, then bowed his head and said nothing, wondering if he could listen.Tian Jiani was eating jujubes next to her, and she didn't interrupt. Today, she brought He Kunpeng to the old lady's place just to let the master talk about this child. In the past two years, the Xiangwen Society has become famous in the society, and many cross talk actors in the society are a little Gone with the wind, He Xiaobao is also clamoring to appear on stage recently.

Shen Fang saw that what the old lady said was a bit serious, and he was afraid that He Xiaobao, who was in the rebellious age, would not be able to accept it, so he smoothed things over by the side: "Xiaobao, it doesn't matter whether you go to school in the future, it's good to read more books. At least read more books It allows us to increase our knowledge background, and even when we deal with others in the future, we won’t be looked down upon because of lack of knowledge.”

"How are you talking about the basic skills of learning funny singing now? How about singing a section." Shen Fang said to He Kunpeng, "I have also learned the vocal skills of your cross talk with Uncle He for a while before. Uncle He's voice is definitely one. Baosang, have you inherited his talent in this area?"

He Kunpeng's basic skills are quite solid, and a piece of Taiping lyrics "Qin Qiong Guanzhen" is also well-spoken, and then he sang a piece of "Single-knife Club" with Beijing rhyme and drums, which also made the old lady appreciate it.

Shen Fang applauded and said: "You sing really well. It seems that you have learned a lot with your heart. But you have been in the period of changing your voice in the past two years. If your voice is well maintained, it will not be worse than Uncle He's. But if it is not well maintained , It’s easy to lose your position, so the gain outweighs the loss. I advise you, you should come to the stage two years later, and talk when your voice is finalized.”

Tian Jiani also means the same thing. I hope that he will learn more knowledge even if he does not go to school in the past two years. After all, he will suffer a lot if he is uneducated in this society.

Shen Fang thought for a while: "I opened a bar in Houhai, not far from the Yinding Bridge. If you are free or tired of studying, come and play with me. I will teach you how to play musical instruments. Am I more professional than Uncle He in this respect?" Tian Jiani also agrees that He Kunpeng should learn more from Shen Fang, after all, it is the time when such a young man is easy to learn bad things, and Shen Fang can be counted as she watched him grow up since he was a child, and his character is still good. trustworthy.

Shen Fang chatted with He Kunpeng about cross talk and music for a while, and then said to Tian Jiani: "Uncle He has been really popular in the past two years, and he will perform in San Francisco and Los Angeles next month, and the tickets were sold out half a year ago. If I hadn't rushed back this time, I would have been waiting there to see Uncle He's performance."

"It's only in the past few years that you have become famous. It's not like you haven't been to the small theater in Dongcheng before. There are only a few people a day, and there are more actors than audiences. If it weren't for the help of Mr. Zhang and Master Fan, you, Uncle He, would probably I can’t hold on any longer.” Thinking of Xiang Wenshe’s tragic past, Tian Jiani still has lingering fears.

The old lady said, "It's much better now. Our country has begun to protect traditional folk art, and it will get better and better in the future."

At noon, the old lady left Tian Jiani and He Kunpeng to eat at home. Tian Jiani used to eat and live at the master's house when she was studying arts with the old lady, so she was not polite.

At noon, I ate hairy crabs brought by Shen Fang. "Wangjiangtai" specially picked out about half a catty of crabs, each of which was extremely huge, with thick yellow fat and cream.The old man and the old lady are old and should not eat more, so they ate one together.Shen Fang and He Kunpeng ate two or three each, which was very satisfying.

After lunch, Tian Jiani talked with the old lady for a while and then left. In the evening, Xiang Wenshe had a Mid-Autumn Festival performance, and she wanted to go back to help manage it. Before leaving, she told Shen Fang to go to the Wenshe's theater to see her when she had time.He Kunpeng secretly asked for the address of Shen Fang's bar, and left his contact information, planning to find time to play in the next few days.

After lunch, the old man called Shen Fang to his study, "It's been more than half a month since you came back, what have you been up to lately?"

Shen Fang made a pot of black tea for the old man. After all, he had just eaten cold hairy crabs and wanted to drink some black tea to warm his stomach. "I just took over a bar from my cousin, and I am planning to open a film and television company."

"Film and television company?" The old man frowned a little. "The market for domestic films is not very prosperous now. Western films are invading our country's culture more and more."

"Not only in China, Hollywood movies are now becoming more and more influential in all parts of the world. In addition to the backward technology, directors and scripts are becoming more and more careless. The entry of a lot of capital from outside the circle has made movies not pure. The influence of outsiders is getting bigger and bigger, when you supported Uncle Chen and the others to film "Farewell My Concubine", how could there be such messy things."

"Yeah, there used to be Yimou and Kaige who were able to support domestic movies, but then you see what they made. "The Promise" and "Golden Armor" are completely ruining the history of our country, especially Yimou He also had the nerve to invite me to watch the "Three Guns Shooting the Murder Surprise" later. If the old woman hadn't dragged me, I would have wanted to scold him at that time. Now I really don't understand the movies in our country. I am outdated. Or are they going astray?" The old man shook his head and sighed.

Shen Fang also nodded and said: "The main reason is that the impact of the capital market is too great. Big directors are not afraid of not investing, and then they get the money and want to make big scenes, forgetting that the essence of a movie is to tell a good story. Now we don't have any in China. There are several directors who can afford the box office and word-of-mouth, so I am going to spend a sum of money to support some emerging screenwriters and directors to shoot films. Work for Hollywood, the money is all earned by others”

Shen Fang talked with the old man about his plans for the future, and he left before three o'clock. Today, Fangyuan and the others held a nightclub promotion at the bar, and planned to unveil the new name of the bar at zero o'clock.This also just gave Shen Fang an excuse, so that the old man could not blame the export.

I ran into Jin Can and Pan Yunxi at the door, exchanged a few words with them, and asked Jin Can to help explain to my uncle that there was an event in my store today, and I needed to keep an eye on it.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, Shen Fang arranged for the back kitchen to give all the staff extra meals today, except for one person who distributed a box of mooncake gift boxes provided by "Wangjiangtai" a few days ago, and asked the finance to distribute 1000 yuan to everyone on the day of the Mid-Autumn Festival. RMB holiday fee.Bars cannot enjoy national statutory holidays like some white-collar workers who go to work, so Shen Fang has to make compensation in money and material.

Most of the customers who come to bars during the Mid-Autumn Festival are divided into two types. The first type is basically that most of them are foreigners in Yanjing, and they don’t have family reunions. Have a few drinks, drink in front of the bright moon while thinking about family members far away, this wave of guests basically arrive around seven or eight o'clock; the other wave of guests basically come out to drink and have fun after having a reunion dinner with the elderly at home Most of Yanjing locals.

　The characters of Tian Jiani and He Xiaobao are from "The Master of Cross Talk". It is a very good novel and worth reading.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)