Chapter 79

"Is this... a theater?"

After riding all the way for about twenty minutes, as soon as Li Qian stopped the car, Xie Bing jumped out of the back seat, looked up in a daze and saw the signboard of "Daming Lake Theater", and was a little stunned.

Li Qian went over to park the car, locked it, and called her when he came back, "Let's go, I'll take you to a show!"

Xie Bing followed Li Qian forward in a daze. When she was about to enter the door, she raised her head and looked up. That's right, it's really called "Daming Lake Theater"!

Li Qian brought himself...to listen to a play?

Entering the gate of the theater, the ticket office is on the left and a tea room is on the right.

Li Qian and the others had just entered the door, and when they turned their heads to look over, Chu Bingbing was already waving for them to go over there.

So Li Qian greeted Xie Bing, and walked over with her who was still a little confused.

Cao Zhan, his wife Cao Linna, and third concubine Chu Bingbing were all there. Cao Linna was accompanied by a ten-year-old boy and a seven-eight-year-old girl. Li Qian had seen them before and knew that they were Cao Zhan's wife and second aunt were born, besides, there was another person, which surprised Li Qian slightly.

Of course, it was also known before.

As soon as they saw Li Qian bringing Xie Bing in, several people stood up. Of course Cao Zhan nodded his head, but his wife Cao Linna was a typical lady, never losing manners, and greeted Li Qian One sound, and then looked down at the two children. At this time, little Cao Boyuan had brought his younger sister, bowed respectfully, and obediently called out, "Hello, Uncle Li!"

Li Qian responded with a haha, first said hello, and then greeted Cao Linna and Chu Bingbing one after another, but... it was a little awkward to address them, so he called them "sister-in-law" and "little sister-in-law" respectively.

Then, he turned his head to look at Professor Wang Huaiyu, nodded and said, "Hello, Teacher Wang!"

That's right, this familiar person is none other than Wang Huaiyu, a professor at the Shandong National Academy of Arts. When he recorded a demo for Wuxingwu, it was Fu Zhenbang of Laodou Records who hired him to make the piano. Only then did Li Qian know that he The relationship with Cao Zhan is quite familiar, and they are good friends in private.

And later also from Cao Zhan's mouth, Li Qian knew a lot of interesting things about him.

For example, although Wang Huaiyu has learned piano since he was a child, and it is said that the violin is also very good, but he is best at suona and sheng. It is also said that even if he is not rated as the top five in the country, he is at least the top ten in the country. Moreover, his sheng is the only one in the country!

He is such a person, although he is a professor in the university, but he often thinks of ways to abduct his students to give up the piano and learn suona. His reason is that suona is what Chinese people should play. His voice is the voice of the Chinese—it is said that he formed a small folk band by himself and did nothing else. He went to the countryside to pick up jobs on Saturdays and Sundays, for weddings and funerals. Marry, accept all! People don't want to make money, they just want to feel the joy and sorrow of every ordinary people. Because of this, the more he plays the suona, the better!

In fact, after thinking about it, I understand that there is no normal person who can play with Cao Zhan!

Although... Li Qian felt that he was quite normal.

Wang Huaiyu had already stood up, and when he heard Li Qian call himself "Teacher Wang", he waved his hands and said with a smile, "Don't call me that, Lao Cao and I are brothers who burn yellow paper and drink chicken wine, we don't need to." Heretics, I admire you as much as Lao Cao for you little brother! If you want to think highly of your old brother, you can call me Old Wang or Brother Wang, whatever you want!"

Li Qian laughed and called "Brother Wang", then turned around and waved to Xie Bing who had been standing stupidly at the door, and when she approached, he introduced, "This is Xie Bing! She is from the combination of the five elements and my elements." I’m currently making an album for them, and I just heard that she didn’t leave on vacation, so I invited her to listen to the show together.” Then he turned around and introduced Cao Zhan and others to Xie Bing.

In fact, I don’t really need an introduction. She met both Cao Zhan and Wang Huaiyu during the demo recording last time, so the focus is on introducing Cao Zhan’s two wives and two children.

Chu Bingbing had been staring at the little girl for a long time. Now that Xie Bing had greeted everyone in a somewhat stiff manner, he walked over very familiarly, took Xie Bing's hand, and said with a smile: "Welcome, welcome!" Hello, sister! My name is Chu Bingbing, your name is Xie Bing, look, how close should we be?"

After she finished speaking, she turned her head and blinked at Li Qian, and deliberately said, "Hey, sister Xiaolu didn't come?"

Well, a fool can understand what it means!

Li Qian just smiled plainly and said, "Her vacation was only three days, and she didn't come back."

At this moment, Cao Zhan and his wife Cao Linna, who knew who Wang Jinglu was, both smiled, but Xie Bing hadn't figured out the situation—no matter how they asked, Wang Jingxue never revealed that the relationship between Wang Jinglu and Li Qian was just one of them. One point, and another very important point, is that she is really a little confused now.

Ordinary people and ordinary fans may think that those stars, idols, singers and movie stars are naturally beautiful, and they will think that other people are hiding behind the scenes to serve these big stars. Centered on those big stars, but the reality is obviously not the case.

Take Cao Zhan as an example. He can write lyrics and music. He is a well-known eccentric talent in the circle. In front of him, Cao Zhan is as good as the sky, just to talk with him on an equal footing. Another example is Li Qian, although he has only released five songs now, but based on his five songs, even if he is facing Liu Mingliang now, the other party must be polite and will never show anything The shelf of a big star.

Not for anything else, just because songwriters are naturally on the upper reaches of singers!

If you are a successful music producer, it will be even more awesome!

For example, Liao Liao, according to the generally accepted rules in the circle, although Li Qian is not her producer, her most popular songs are all Li Qian's works, and her popularity is entirely due to Li Qian work. Therefore, she is definitely Li Qian's celebrity, and Li Qian is recognized in the circle as her mentor. Whether she wants to or not, whenever she sees Li Qian, she must be respectful, otherwise everyone will think that Li Qian is her teacher. You have no teacher, cross the river and tear down the bridge.

This example is also applicable to other singers!

So, don't look at those stars who are brilliant in the eyes of the public, but when they really talk about their status in the circle, they will naturally be half a head shorter in front of songwriters and producers of the same level.

Of course, whether it is the film and television industry or the music industry, there are some top-notch existences. They and they are indeed the top of the pyramid in this circle, and even let most of the songwriters and songwriters in the circle. Producers have to curry favor with the existence. But on the one hand, there are only a handful of people who can get to that level; on the other hand, as I said just now, even if it is Liu Mingliang, his status in the circle is just equal to that of Cao Zhan. It doesn't matter who curry favor with whom.

As for Xie Bing, he was just an infamous little singer in an infamous small group.

The last time they saw Li Qian call Cao Zhan when they were recording demos, they didn’t feel anything. It was only after hearing some introductions about Cao Zhan from manager Wu Jie and producer Li Jinlong that they felt this inexplicably. He is so powerful, and I even feel that it is no wonder that Li Qian has such a good relationship with him, because they both belong to the very powerful, very powerful road.

But now, when she already knew who Cao Zhan was and what the name Cao Zhan meant in the circle, she certainly couldn't be as calm as the last time she saw Cao Zhan holding Bess.

Even when they met Li Qian for the first time, with Li Qian's unconvincing young appearance, the girls of the Five Elements and My Elements were all respectful, not to mention that now Cao Zhan not only had a great reputation early on, but also And so cool, so mature, and so high-spirited?

Therefore, there was obvious tension on Xie Bing's face.

After greeting everyone, she even turned her head involuntarily, bowed halfway to Cao Zhan, and said cautiously: "Mr. Cao, I have heard many of your works, and I like them very much!"

Of course this is flattery!

Although Cao Zhan is well-known in the circle and became famous early, as Li Qian once commented, even if he was doing rock and roll back then, he did it in a very small and unique way. Later, he turned to writing folk songs, country songs and music. Love songs are also the way of the niche, they belong to the typical kind of people who are famous in the circle, but they are not farts outside the circle. Considering Xie Bing's age and taste, it is impossible for her to like Cao Zhan's stuff at all, so she has no idea who Cao Zhan is before someone introduces him.

Therefore, although her flattery was very sincere, and even her expression was very sincere, it was useless. Cao Zhan looked at her, pointed at Li Qian and said, "You have him to write songs for you and make an album. Now, don't flatter me!"

With a swipe, Xie Bing blushed.

Wang Huaiyu chuckled, Chu Bingbing burst out laughing, Cao Linna pushed Cao Zhan helplessly, and muttered, "Your mouth!"

But Cao Zhan was very contented, and said to Xie Bing with a high air: "This kid wants to fuck you!"

This time it was Wang Huaiyu who laughed, Chu Bingbing kept blinking at Li Qian and smirking, and Li Qian smiled wryly and shook his head helplessly.

... ... ...

It was the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, when the performing arts market was at its busiest, and tickets for Daming Lake Theater were hard to come by.

However, Cao Zhan booked a box, and it was a luxury box with the best location.

Counting that the time was almost up, everyone got up and walked towards the entrance. Chu Bingbing flashed the tickets, and a large group of them rushed in. When they arrived at the box on the second floor, they found that the box here was very cleverly designed. Twenty square-sized boxes are designed with two heights in a ladder style. There are two entrances and one leaning against the railing. Three Eight Immortals tables are placed in the shape of a square, and each table is equipped with four grand master chairs.

The table in front was right next to the railing. Looking down, the big stage was right in front of me, and the location was too good to say anything. But the two tables in the back, because they were 30 to 40 centimeters higher than the front, were not at all. You don't have to worry about being blocked by the people in front of you.

After entering the box, Cao Linna first moved two chairs and placed them beside the railing, and little Cao Boyuan excitedly took his sister to sit there. The two of them each had a stool, and they happened to lie on the railing and look down.

Then, Cao Zhan sat in the front row with Wang Huaiyu and Li Qian, while Cao Linna sat in the back with Xie Bing.

As for Chu Bingbing, he was busy calling the waiter to serve tea and get melon seeds.

Being served tea and water by a shrewd Chu Bingbing, and accompanied by a luxurious Cao Linna, Xie Bing seemed very uncomfortable.

Often, after Cao Linna said a few words, she hurriedly replied a few words, which made her feel extremely awkward.

Soon, the curtain of the stage was drawn, and the gongs and drums began to sound. After Chu Bingbing greeted everyone, he came to Xie Bing and the others to sit down at the table, and said to Cao Linna: "Sister, I will just stay with Xiaobing. You listen to your play!"

Cao Linna nodded, and said to Xie Bing: "Our old Cao and I both like this, but the third sister has no feeling for Beijing opera, so I will not be polite. I will go to the opera. You two are young, you talk about it." !"

Xie Bing nodded, and seeing Chu Bingbing stand up, she also stood up foolishly.

When Cao Linna moved a chair and sat behind Cao Boyuan and her brother and sister to listen to the play, Chu Bingbing burst out laughing, and while pulling Xie Bing to sit down, she said: "We who are concubines must set rules everywhere." , you are a guest, so why are you so restrained? Come, eat some melon seeds! The melon seeds sold in the Daming Lake Theater are fried by Lao Li’s melon seeds on the 12th Road. It is said that the raw materials are all imported from Hetao and the northeast, Lao Li The craftsmanship of melon seeds... Tsk, try it!"

Xie Bing grabbed a small handful of melon seeds and kneaded them slowly.

The play hadn't started yet, but after entering the theater, Chu Bingbing lowered her voice subconsciously. At this time, the two were sitting and chatting, and she asked, "Looking at you, you probably haven't heard of a play before?"

Xie Bing still hadn't recovered, but after the dignified Cao Linna left, she seemed to let go only when facing Chu Bingbing, who was obviously much more lively, and replied after hearing the words: "I've heard it, it's just I have never heard of Beijing opera."

Chu Bingbing let out an "oh" when he heard the words, and suddenly asked, "I forgot to ask you, where are you from?"

Xie Bing was obviously recovering his status gradually. Hearing this, he said, "I'm from Hu.zhou, Zhejiang. Jiang, uh, we mainly produce Kunqu Opera, Huangmei Diao and Shaoxing Opera."

Chu Bingbing blinked when she heard the words, looked at Xie Bing, and said suddenly: "Not to mention, your sweet voice really seems to have grown up listening to Yue opera. Can you sing?"

Xie Bing smiled and shook his head when he heard the words, and was about to speak when the opening gong sounded with a bang.

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Inexplicably, it was "pending review". I will modify it to see if it can be successful.