Reborn Cultural Empire

And according to the historical trajectory, it will take at least three years for his Chang family class to start making money. Maybe he and his Chang family class can last until that time, but in this world except for Yang Yi, There are no other reborn people, and no human beings who can see through the fog, so in his opinion, he didn't even think about the performance fee. He only needs the other party to guarantee to solve the problem of board and lodging. It was a big surprise, how could this make the old man unhappy.

When the matter came to this point, the old man was about to agree, but after thinking about it, he asked another worry in his heart: "Well, I don't know how many performances are you going to let us sing when Director Yang gives such good conditions? Do you have any requirements for the repertoire?"

When the matter came to this point, the old man was about to agree, but after thinking about it, he asked another worry in his heart: "Well, I don't know how many performances are you going to let us sing when Director Yang gives such good conditions? Do you have any requirements for the repertoire?"

As a result, when Yang Yi explained to him that the repertoire could not follow their traditions, but had to compose and arrange the content provided by Yang Yi Culture, and had to make changes in many places, the old man's expression turned a little ugly .It may not be said to be unattractive, but everyone can see the hesitation and slight dissatisfaction: "What singing style should I change? Where is the best part of our Kunqu opera? Isn't it the Shuimo singing style? Now if it is changed according to your requirements, it is still called Kunqu Opera? How can I tell my grandfather and father about this when I go to the bottom? Oh, your grandson. Son, I can’t stand the temptation of money. So I went out and sang it for others Played a Kunqu opera without Shuimo singing? It would be strange if they didn't beat me to death!"

Having said this, the old man also became excited.Both hands kept waving and gesticulating: "Forget it, it seems that we singers don't have such a blessing, we should just farm the land to support ourselves."

Seeing this result, Wang Jing's mother was naturally a little embarrassed, but she couldn't persuade her teacher when she was angry.Although it was a long time ago to learn art from the old man, whether it is the people who entered this industry according to the rules, or her own personality, she couldn't say this.

Director Chen next to him saw that it was not the head.Thinking of the instructions from the leader before his departure, he stood up and smoothed things over and said, "Actually, we can't say that. We must respect tradition. We must be very clear about this. If there are no original things, many traditional things cannot be regarded as traditional. But Mr. Chang, I also want to ask a question, your Kunqu opera has never changed at all from its origin to the present? It hasn’t changed for thousands of years?”

Although he was not considered a great leader, Director Chen was still able to speak at a certain level, and he directly asked the crux of the problem.

The old man over there was really taken aback when he heard this question, but then he realized: "Why has there been no change? Of course there have been changes. But the previous changes were slowly explored from generation to generation, and it is impossible to change the Kunqu opera. The core. But your requirements are different now. Don’t grind your singing, what kind of Kunqu opera is that? Just find a few young people who sing pop songs. Isn’t it all right to pretend to be us singing on stage?”

"This can't be compared..." Although he said so, Director Chen didn't have any convincing reasons in the end.Can only keep shaking his head.

There was a man and a woman serving the old man next to him. The man was a bit older. He looked like he was either a son or a direct disciple, while the other little girl was only in her teens. Not only pouted when she heard the words, she obviously looked at her grandfather. Very dissatisfied with the decision.

Yang Yi thought about it again. Before, Wang Jing’s mother just said that her teacher didn’t love anything, and she was all focused on ensuring that the opera troupe would stay together and that Kunqu opera would continue to be sung. So he preconceived that such an old man only needs to If you come up with the conditions to increase the exposure of Kunqu Opera, the other party will definitely agree.But they never expected that the old man was too insistent on the tradition and did not agree with their stage plan.

But it's all said to this extent, if the old man can't be persuaded to come forward to perform, then he, the chairman, will be the first to be at a disadvantage.I can't even persuade the first object, and then there are so many people to contact, it's okay to lose confidence first.While organizing the words in his mind, the old man over there was the first to speak: "Is it because I don't know how to compliment..."

"Mr. Chang, you are serious. We invite you in good faith. How dare you say anything about flattery or not." Yang Yi quickly waved his hands, his attitude was very correct, and he was not annoyed by the old man's refusal.

"Okay, then it's my old man who made a slip of the tongue. It's not that I don't want to. In fact, I'm not afraid to tell you the truth. My Changjiaban has not received a place for more than three months recently. In recent years, except for my own continued subsidies , the rest is to let my apprentices do their own farming and guarantee their own lives. Do you think I don’t feel distressed when I see it? Distressed! Such a good time is time for them to practice basic skills and lay a solid foundation. Now that it is abandoned, I will not be able to sing in the future. So if someone is willing to invite us and spend money to invite us, I will be the first to be happy!"

After a pause, he picked up the teacup and swallowed a mouthful of tea, then the old man put down the cup with a slam, and continued: "But what did you just say, Mr. Yang? Change your singing style, change your actions on stage, the latter one is easier to say, But if the singing is changed a little, who will admit that it is Kunqu Opera? If those old opera patrons hear it, why don’t they scold us offstage?”

After finishing speaking in one breath, the depression and unhappiness in the old man's heart seemed to be a little better, and he calmed down a little: "So it's not that I don't want to agree, but that I can't agree."

After Chang Hongqu finished speaking, Yang Yi looked at a man and a woman behind him again. The middle-aged man gave a wry smile, while the little girl wrinkled her pretty nose, and her bright and benevolent eyes glanced back and forth across everyone's faces. .After organizing the language, the boy couldn't help asking: "Okay, then I won't talk about asking the old gentleman's troupe to go out to sing operas, but ask another question first—why no one cares about Kunqu Opera now?"

"This……"

Although the old man has sung Kunqu opera all his life, there are many aspects involved in this kind of opera.It is really impossible to answer questions that are even related to metaphysical social philosophy.

But Yang Yi didn't expect to need the other party's answer.He said bluntly: "There may be many reasons, but one of them I think you can't refute Chang Lao. That is whether it is the trend of this society, young people... maybe not just young people, but also young people. Middle-aged people who have the right to speak in society are not very interested in serving your son, right?"

The old man really thought about it very seriously before he nodded: "Although I feel that what you said is a bit incomplete, at least this reason is one of them, and there is no nonsense."

Yang nodded, and was very satisfied with the old man's honesty and frankness, and continued to explain: "And when our generation, that is, more and more people who have been influenced by foreign cultures, fully grown up and stepped into the society, come to a What kind of situation will it be at that time, Mr. Chang, think about it for yourself? Some people still remember Kunqu Opera, but in another 20 years, will there be people who don’t even know what Kunqu Opera is? Is this possible? "

The old man remained silent for a while again, obviously not because he didn't know how to answer, but because he didn't want to answer and didn't dare to answer.

So Yang Yi took advantage of the victory and pursued.Continued to persuade: "If you want to preserve Kunqu Opera, there are still many traditional cultures, at least let future generations know that there is such a thing, what is it in general, right? Although our changes have indeed destroyed the traditional culture of Kunqu Opera. Essence. But it is to let more people understand this art. Even without Shuimo singing, it still has unique makeup, which is different from other operas. It can only be given to the public. Or let the public It is an opportunity to get in touch with Kunqu Opera and not to leave but willing to feel it for the first time. And your Changjia troupe can be passed down, right?"

Don't wait for the old man to speak.He said with a strong voice: "Also, Chang Lao, you have also said that Kunqu Opera has not remained the same since its origin. It has gone through a long period of changes and improvements before it has the type of opera it is today. So even in the Shuimo singing Sit down and make some changes, don’t tell me, teacher, you don’t have the confidence not to let those Kunqu opera predecessors focus on the past, and make some contributions to the transformation of Kunqu opera yourself? Or, Mr. Chang, you are just lying on the merits of your predecessors, and keep saying To maintain the tradition, the result is to harm the people of Kunqu Opera.”

Hearing Yang Yi's provocation, Director Chen was okay, after all, he didn't know the old man's character, so he was very interested to see if the old man could stand up to the boys' provocation.But Wang Jing's mother and the children and grandchildren behind the old man couldn't help but change their expressions slightly.

Although the old man's temper is very good compared with other old antiques, but he is not angry, you really only have three eyes when you are a horse prince?I think back in that special period, there were red young generals pointing at him in the name of destroying the four olds, trying to bring people out to criticize, saying that as long as the old man admits that he is an actor, he will sing cultural dross. In the future, he would let him go by singing model operas, but relying on his kung fu skills he had practiced in the early years, he insisted on beating out more than a dozen well-armed young generals, and then ran into Yangcheng Lake to hide for two years. Much, until the limelight of this matter has completely passed.

Yang Yi is still using Kunqu opera as an example, in the eyes of those who are familiar with the old man's temperament, even if it can't be called "twisting the tiger's beard", it is still an act of self-existence.

However, this time, it may be the Kunqu opera or the situation of his own troupe that touched the old man. In short, Chang Hongqu did not get angry directly, but stared at the boy for a long time, and then sneered: "You don't have to provoke the general!" , My old man is old, and he is not so angry, so he won't follow this set."

Just when Yang Yi couldn't help feeling greatly disappointed, the other side continued: "But what you said is quite reasonable. One thing, especially Kunqu opera, which is old-fashioned in the eyes of you young people, if you want to pass it on To go down, first of all, someone is willing to see it.”

The boy couldn't help but his eyes lit up: "So, your old man agrees?"

As a result, Chang Hongqu gave him a blank stare: "When did I agree, I was just thinking about it. In this way, if you say you have your own books, then tell me first that we want our Chang family class to perform on stage." , what kind of play is it?" (To be continued...)