my gilded age

Chapter 62 is actually two scenes
The final ending of "The Appearance of Lu Deshui" has of course been greatly modified.

What Bai Shiqiu watched was a movie, and he used the movie to restore it into a drama. This is very difficult in itself, but fortunately, he has certain skills and has worked as a screenwriter.

In the movie, Zhang Yiman also got the gun, but in the end, Zhang Yiman committed suicide.

The other people were not affected by the donkey deshui incident. Although the coppersmith didn't say anything, there shouldn't be any changes. He continued to live with his wife, and the people in Sanmin Primary School were still the same, and Principal Sun He still stretches out his hand to "gather energy" with everyone.

Only Sun Jia later left, and she went to join her brother in Yanan. It was obvious that there would be a new life waiting for her.

It must be said that this ending is also great, and the filming in the movie is very artistic. The colorful pinballs bouncing around the mountains and fields at the end make people feel high in an instant.

However, this ending must be changed now, because Baek Shi Qiu's previous script had this ending, and Song Qingyu will definitely use this ending.

Although the stage play cannot be so beautiful, the ending of Zhang Yiman's suicide is not problematic, simple and thought-provoking.

Our ending must be changed, this is what Bai Shiqiu and Zhou Shen discussed.

"Classmate Lao Zhou, my idea is to give Zhang Yiman a gun and then kill everyone in Sanmin Primary School."

"Lao Bai, isn't this right? Why did you kill everyone in Sanmin Primary School?"

"They're all deformed."

"But...that Sun Jia is pretty good."

"No, she has also transformed. Such a righteous person has transformed. I think it is better to kill her."

"Old Bai, you are so angry!"

"You transformed them all."

"Then...why didn't the special commissioner kill him? I really wanted him to die."

"Classmate Lao Zhou, my idea is to keep the special commissioner and then Zhang Yiman commits suicide."

"This... Lao Bai, you are indeed very creative, and this ending also makes people want to explore it. However, if the character of the special correspondent does not die, I think the audience may not agree."

"But he didn't transform."

"Old Bai! I must kill him!"

"Oh... okay then, if the special commissioner dies, I want the American to die too!"

"What? Why! Mr. Ross is a philanthropist, why should he die?"

"Old Zhou, can't you see the metaphor in this? There is a historical metaphor in it."

"You, you...Old Bai, you are so awesome! Hahaha..."

Speaking of which, the two of them killed all the main characters in "The Appearance of Lu Deshui". I can only say that this is really cruel.

Ever since, Zhang Yiman was left behind in the end. As for killing everyone in this place, the rationality of this was a bit difficult to handle.

The gun had to be changed into a twenty-shot rifle. Fortunately, if there had not been such a large-magazine pistol in history at that time, this ending would not have been possible.

There are also unreasonable things, such as how can Zhang Yiman hit so accurately?

But fortunately, for a stage play, the stage itself is not very large, so visually, most people will feel that if you are so close, you can hit someone no matter how hard you hit... In reality, it is not easy to hit someone with a pistol, but After all, the audience can't all be military fans. Besides, this is a stage play. It's no big deal to exaggerate. Just get over it.

The other thing is, is this Zhang Yiman really crazy?
This will definitely cause many people to think about this issue. Maybe Zhang Yiman was just pretending to be crazy, so this can also explain why he killed other people.

If Zhang Yiman is pretending to be crazy, doesn't that mean she hasn't transformed?
In other words, the reason why Zhou Shen thinks this ending is good is because he can see that Bai Shiqiu wants to kill all the transformed people.

Moreover, there is another particularly obscure point here, and that is the historical metaphor Bai Shiqiu mentioned.

What does it have to do with history?

Mr. Ross is an American, he is a philanthropist, and he funded our education in China. So, what kind of history is this similar to?

A well-known institution of higher learning used money from the Boxer Indemnity.

Look at the Americans who robbed a large amount of money, but later felt it was a bit too much, so they returned some money. In this way, they suddenly turned into a good person and a philanthropist.

Is this a deformation?

This is the root of all evil. The Yankees first transformed and made a lot of money, which led to such a story.

After understanding this, Zhou Shen naturally praised and admired him very much.

As for whether the viewers of the drama can see this historical metaphor, it doesn't matter. Anyway, the two young people came up with such an ending with evil intentions, and the effect is outstanding.

“It’s hard to believe they’re still students!”

"The ending feels like a thunderstorm."

“It turns out this is the original version, it’s beautiful!”

It’s not just applause, not just praise, but basically there’s no one who doesn’t pay. As promised before, if you watch it well, you can buy a ticket.

Seeing this scene, I am really happy!

……

There is a roast duck restaurant in Hardmen, which does not close during the Chinese New Year. The business is very prosperous, and it welcomed a group of customers in the afternoon.

"Obviously Quanjude is closer, but in the end we have to spend this fare!" "Hahaha...Old Bai knows that we can eat, and he feels bad."

"Oh, roast duck, how much difference can any one make? Quanjude is just trying to fool foreigners. It's like selling pawns. They have global pricing. What's the price in the United States is what we pay here. A cup of Coke starts at six or seven yuan. What the heck." Huh? Aren’t they just fooling us? We earn Chinese wages, but we can’t engage in American consumption.”

"Haha...Old Bai, just pretend."

"Yes, not only can you pretend to be cool, but you can also pretend to be poor!"

"You guys, how can you accuse someone of innocence out of thin air?"

"Ha ha……"

When there are many people, there will definitely be a lot of chatter, but the waiters at this roast duck restaurant thought, why does it seem that there is Kong Yiji in the crowd?Everyone seems to have returned to their student days...

There were about ten people, of course, the crew members of "The Appearance of Lu Deshui". Most of them were classmates. Only Teacher Xu was older, so he took the upper seat.

There are so many people, at least two roast ducks, and then there are messy dishes, not to mention, there is a whole bar, this... Bai Shiqiu's face is getting paler and paler.

"Old Bai, you now fully fit your nickname."

"Haha... I should call him Taibai."

"This guy is really stingy, stop pretending to be poor."

Just kidding to liven up the atmosphere, but Bai Shiqiu really doesn't have much money right now.

"Brothers, please take it easy. We have achieved a staged victory today, but the revolution has not yet been successful. Comrades still need to work hard."

"Hahaha……"

I'm really happy. The premiere of our play was a success. Plus, Lao Bai was in a state of embarrassment. It was so interesting.

Teacher Xu couldn't help it anymore, "Old Bai, tell me, I guess you know it in your heart, don't hide it, how much did we earn this time?"

"This..." Bai Shiqiu had no choice but to explain everything.

Regarding ticketing, there is a big difference between a stage play and a movie.

Movie box office is mainly based on selling copies or sharing. There are also some gambling methods. Gambling is not popular in our country now.

This is not the case with stage play ticketing. Stage plays are rented. To put it bluntly, the theater is there, and our troupe rented it in the past. So, according to a simple principle, if the rent is given, the number of tickets that can be sold will be determined. It belongs to our troupe, which is why the troupe has its own ticketing service.

However, the reality is that theaters have to take [-]% of the box office. There are taxes and management fees in it. In fact, it is the box office share between the theater and the troupe.

Bai Shiqiu remembers that in the later generations, it seems that theaters have to take 15% of the fee, but now it is probably because the market is not good, so it is [-]%.

Today was supposed to be the performance of "The Donkey Gets Water", and it was advertised quite early. After all, this is a new-style drama. Qing Opera has been very successful in producing new-style dramas before, so it takes it very seriously.

The attendance rate of the Capital Theater at that time was more than [-]%, plus some media reporters... You know, stage plays must have tickets, reporters and so on, they definitely didn't spend money to come to the show.

There are more than 1500 seats in the theater, so that’s more than 1000 people. And most of the people, even those reporters who didn’t spend money at first, later bought tickets for "The Appearance of Lu Deshui", so although they haven’t followed that yet Manager Zhang next to me went to check the accounts, but he could also make a rough calculation.

The current ticket price is 80 on average, which is much more expensive than that of a movie. In fact, the ticket price of stage plays has always been much higher than that of movies, especially in foreign countries.

So, if you think about it this way...

"At least [-] to [-]!"

"Wow! You made so much in just one game?!"

"Did we send it?"

"It's Lao Bai who got it!"

"Then what are we still eating here? Let's go to Quanjude!"

"Hahaha……"

There was another laugh, everyone was really happy, Bai Shiqiu was also very happy, he really won a big victory this time.

However, Teacher Xu did not rub sand in his eyes and asked another question.

"Old Bai, did you perform two performances today, kid?"

two games?

What is going on here?
"..." The students were a little confused. Only Zhou Shen, Zhang Mo and Feng Ru were smiling.

Bai Shiqiu smiled and admitted openly, "Teacher Xu is still better than me, Bai Gan."

That's right, Bai Shiqiu acted in two scenes.

"The first scene is against that guy Song Qingyu. How about it? Do you think I'm playing more freely?"

After saying this, everyone laughed again...

　Thank you to the Ninth God of Wealth, thank you to book friend 1304..., thank you to Emperor Slayer 9 for killing, thank you all for your support, thank you!

　　Happy holidays, hehe...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)