Chapter 86
The selection of the troupe was in full swing.
Except for the "Sinner Trap" which had a relatively small number of people and only two groups of people competing, the others were four to six groups, so by the time they all finished performing, and then voted and counted the votes one by one, half a day had passed.
But although time had passed, the enthusiasm of the villagers did not diminish. Not only did it not diminish, but it became more and more intense, and the crowd gathered together for a long time.
The adults discussed the people they knew, and the children were also discussing.
"My dad fell on the stage, hahaha!"
"My dad too, he forgot the words!"
"My mom was chosen, she said she would buy meat when she made money."
"When I grow up, I want to play Zhang Sanlang, too."
"I want to play a big liar, liars can cheat a lot of money, oh who hit me! Mom, mom, I won't dare to do it again, I won't be a big liar in the future, I want to write a storybook like Brother Wenyu."
"Hahaha..."
When Fu Wenyu finished his work and found his family, Fu Rong also blushed and chattered, "Brother, brother, this is better than "The Story of Zhenniang", it's so good."
That's for sure, "The Story of Zhenniang" is warm in the early stage, tragic in the middle stage, and revenge in the later stage. Some of the content in it cannot be understood by young people, not to mention that the play also contains a lot of singing segments.
But scam dramas such as "Night Pearl" are different.
At Fu Wenyu's request, these plays not only did not have singing parts, but also did not have any difficult and incomprehensible vocabulary. The whole play was in plain language. And because the actors were all ordinary people, there were no long lines, only short dialogues and some actions that would make the audience laugh.
It was not surprising that Fu Rong thought it was good.
Fu Wenyu turned to look at Zhou again, "Mother, what do you think?"
Zhou still had a smile on her face: "These plays are indeed fresh. Mother has never seen them before. When you go back to the city to start the performance, don't forget to bring back a few tickets so that I can give them to others."
"Miss Li is still in the capital now. I see that although Madam Li doesn't say it, she is actually very worried. When the time comes, give her a few tickets and make her happy."
Fu Wenyu agreed.
A year later, not only did his scriptwriting business make rapid progress, but the cooperation between his family and the Li family was also very smooth, and new products emerged in an endless stream. So now, although there are other silk shops in Liuzhou that have started to make velvet flowers, they have not been able to compete with the Li family silk shop.
This is due to the Zhou family and the Li family.
Not to mention that Li Xin has opened a similar shop in the capital, so their business has not gradually declined with the passage of time, but has become more prosperous.
In this case, it is normal for Zhou to miss Li Niangzi who is not around.
However, Fu Wenyu also has doubts. Before Li Xin came to Beijing, she only said that her father was in the capital, and then she wanted to take back the things that belonged to her and her daughter, and she didn't reveal too much else.
I don't know if she found her father.
Zhou nodded and shook her head, "Maybe she found it. When I delivered something to her that day, I saw that she was restless and kept saying something like 'wrong, wrong'. The maid of the Li family said that Miss Li had written a letter back, and Miss Li cried all night."
"Alas, the mother-in-law is not kind, and it is hard for her."
After all, it was not her own business, Zhou sighed and stopped.
In the next few days, Fu Wenyu was busy directing rehearsals.
Because he defined "Collection of Tricks" as a drama, it should be able to enter the city and go to the countryside, so that when the people in the city get tired of it in the future, they can go to "tour" from village to village. So he did not require these uncles, brothers, aunts and sisters to have standard movements, but asked them to be as funny as possible.
For example, the section of smashing stones in "Night Pearl" was changed to be exaggerated. The plot of Zhang Sanlang "accidentally" hitting his foot and then jumping around holding his leg was added.
In order to train their courage and stage presence, Fu Wenyu did not prohibit the villagers from watching, so the big courtyard in front of the Fujia Village ancestral hall was filled with laughter.
"Hahahahaha..."
"Zhang Sanlang is too stupid, oh my, I'm having a stomachache from laughing."
"Look, he can't even tell the direction, hahaha."
Of course, there were also those who were dissatisfied with being eliminated, jumping and pointing in the audience, "A liar should smile, why are you so serious, old Qingtou, afraid that others don't know you are a liar!"
"Be enthusiastic, otherwise who will believe you?"
"Only Zhang Sanlang is so stupid that he would be deceived!"
Finally, half a month later, everyone was like this.
At this time, the news that "Fujia Village has a good show" also spread in nearby villages and even to the city.
When Fu Wenyu went to the city to consult Master Chen, he met his classmate Feng Mo who asked curiously, "Wenyu, I heard that there are good plays in your village every day. Why don't you invite us for such a good thing?"
Another classmate also came over, "Yes, yes, the guy in our school is from the village next to yours. He said that his grandfather now goes to your village to watch plays every morning after breakfast with two pancakes in his pocket and does not return until dark."
"What play is so good?"
Fu Wenyu looked around and saw that his classmates were all looking at him. They were obviously very curious, so he said, "It's "Collection of Tricks."
"I met Mr. Gongyang who wrote "The Collection of Deceit" by chance before, and asked him if I could find someone to rehearse the play of "The Collection of Deceit". He agreed, so I asked people in the village to rehearse the play. "
I asked in my heart, and 'he' agreed, there was nothing wrong with it.
Mr. Fu Gongyang and Wen Yu said calmly: "If you want to see it, I will get you some tickets when these plays are officially staged. The tickets are not finished yet."
Feng Mo's eyes lit up, "Okay!"
"The "Zhen Niang Biography" you arranged is very good. I think "The Collection of Deceptions" is not bad either. I also like "The Collection of Deceptions" by Mr. Gongyang very much. My dad also said that "Shoddy" is a good one. He encounters it several times a year."
"To tell you the truth, several of my father's close friends are business uncles like him. They even cut out several articles and pasted them on the wall so that they could always be on guard against being deceived."
"After all, unlike Zhang Sanlang, they have endless capital."
He didn't say anything disappointing like, "You don't need to give us the tickets, we'll buy them ourselves," because several of his close classmates knew that Fu Wenyu had made a lot of money by writing scripts, and those who wrote a few words or more didn't need to be polite to him. .
Then on the day when "The Collection of Deceptions" was actually performed, Fu Wenyu went there with several of his close classmates.
It is still a theater used by Shouxi Class, Changxi Class, etc.
The difference is that the birthday party did not perform "The Story of the Green Hairpin" today, but replaced it with the lively "Magu Happy Birthday". It is said that it is because not many people have watched "The Story of the Green Hairpin" now, and if it sang it, most of them would The seats will be vacant, so they only sing once every half month, and usually sing other songs.
But "Zhen Niang Ji" can still be sung once a day.
Because when the play "Zhen Niang Ji" was sung, they were still in the school and couldn't make it, so Fu Wenyu did not buy tickets for it today, but only bought "The Collection of Deceptions".
After several people arrived, they could still see people coming out one after another, many of them women of different ages.
Feng Mo leaned close to Fu Wenyu's ear and whispered: "I heard from my mother that it is now popular in the city to bring daughters who are married or about to be married to watch "The Legend of Zhen Niang"."
"Some even go out of their way to take back their daughters who were married outside."
Fu Wenyu has also heard of this.
Not only that, he also knew that the number of pre-orders for the storybook "Zhen Niang Biography" was also very impressive. Shopkeeper Zhang said that many families with daughters would order a copy. In Liuzhou alone, more than 30 hardcover copies have been ordered. set. As for the capital, there are not so many because there is no drama blessing.
For this reason, Shopkeeper Zhang even wrote to the capital tabloids, asking them if they would like to invite the Changxi Troupe to perform for a period of time. There was no news from the capital tabloids, but Fu Wenyu felt that they would agree.
But now is not the time to talk about this.
Fu Wenyu greeted several classmates, "Let's go in, it's about to start."
The first chapter of "The Collection of Deceptions" is "The Pearl of the Night".
However, the "Night Pearl" chapter performed this time is different from what Fu Wenyu wrote before.
The "Night Pearl" he wrote before was about "Zhang Sanlang" who went out to do business and was deceived with the "Night Pearl". However, in order to facilitate the interpretation and reduce the difficulty, the play was changed to "Zhang Sanlang" and his friends going to Chen County to look for jade, but they were deceived with a stone that looked like a "Night Pearl".
Of course, they all end up penniless and can only go home begging.
The gong sounded, and Fu Qingshi, Fu Qingshi, Fu Qingqi and others walked out from the corner.
Because he was very familiar with them, Fu Wenyu could still see how nervous they were even though they were far away. Fortunately, the previous training and rehearsals were not in vain, and they quickly calmed down.
So the narration and dialogue started...
According to the order in which "Collection of Deceit" was published, "Pearl of the Night" was followed by "Fairy Jump", "Hongmen Inn", then "Shoddy" and "Porcelain".
Before the performance was over, Fu Wenyu heard the comments from the people around him.
"Hahaha, I actually hit my foot."
"I've been cheated, I've been cheated!"
"This liar is so disgusting."
"Are there really luminous pearls in the world?"
"Yes, my next-door neighbor was also deceived in Chen County with the 'Night Pearl'. The stone he brought back still shines. Fortunately, there is Mr. Qingtian Master Mu in Chen County, otherwise their family's life would be difficult."
Feng Mo and others also laughed out loud along with the plot.
"Hahaha……"
"This is interesting, I want to take my parents to see it!"
"My grandparents, brothers and sisters would probably like it."
At the same time, there were also people who were happy to watch and were not short of money and threw their reward money directly on the stage, making the atmosphere at the scene even more enthusiastic.