A top superstar who started as a composer

Chapter 285
After lunch, Jian Jixiu talked to Yu Hai enthusiastically: "I just heard that a family got married today, and there should be a band that invited Zichang Suona to perform. Would you like to go and see it?"

"is it okay?"

Yu Hai was a little interested.

"Married? It's just for fun. The more people watching, the more they like it."

Yu Hai then went to watch.

The sound of Zichang's suona was duller than that of ordinary suona, more like the sound of a horn.

However, when the whole playing team cooperates, it looks very lively and festive.

Afterwards, Jian Jixiu took Yu Hai to listen to an aria of the second reed of the Han tune, which was incomplete, and found an old artist who was temporarily idle at home because the troupe was disbanded.

The reason for the disbandment of the troupe was not because there were not enough staff, but because it was unable to make ends meet.

Until the evening, Jian Jixiu led Yu Hai into an old street.

While walking, Jian Jixiu introduced:

"My grandfather used to form a troupe of shadow puppets with his old buddies. Since he left, the troupe has disbanded. Although the others don't go out to perform now, they still often gather at home to sing a section ..."

Yu Hai followed him to the door of a house, and heard some music and faint arias in the distance, but it was intermittent and not very real.

Jian Jixiu knocked on the door.

After a while, an old man with white hair and a stooped figure opened the door.

When he saw Jian Jixiu, he was a little surprised, and said with a smile, "Little Jane, why are you free to come here today?"

"Today is the weekend, and I don't go to work." Jian Jixiu smiled and pointed to Yu Haidao beside him: "My friend wants to hear you sing, so I brought it here. Grandpa Du, are you welcome?"

"Welcome! Why don't you welcome me." When the old man surnamed Du heard that they were here to listen to the opera, he immediately burst into joy: "Come on, come in quickly, we are practicing now."

After entering the door and coming to the yard, Yu Hai saw that there were three old men in the yard at this time, all of whom were in their 70s or [-]s.They held Yueqin, copper bowl, horse gong and other musical instruments in their hands.

Jian Jixiu said hello one by one: "Grandpa Li, Grandpa Ma, Grandpa Lin..."

Several old people were also very happy to see him coming.

"Little Jane, how are you doing?"

"Are you tired from work?"

"Is this your friend?"

"..."

Jian Jixiu chatted with them, explained the purpose of coming, but did not specifically tell them Yu Hai's identity.

The elders have not performed in front of people for a long time, and they all looked very happy when they heard that he came here specially to listen to the opera.

In order to be polite, Yu Hai took off his mask after entering the door, but the old people obviously didn't know him, so they just praised him a few times, this young man is quite handsome.

"It's rare that young people want to hear our stuff."

Mr. Du directly sat back on his chair, picked up the Yueqin that he had put on the ground and said, "In that case, let's sing a song for you!"

After speaking, the few of them started to move, and after a lingering melody, Mr. Du said: "The surname Tao lives in Taohua Village..."

It is different from the Qin opera that Yu Hai has heard before, and it is not the old opera that he has heard before, it is more mellow and delicate.

At the end of a section, Yu Hai applauded without hesitation: "It's a great song."

It's not that Yu Hai praised them, but that they really sang very well. Listening to Jian Jixiu's introduction, these old people have been doing it all their lives. Their singing skills have become instinctive. Even if their physical functions have declined, they are still very amazing.

Received applause, several old gentlemen laughed happily, humbly said:

"Old man, I'm not as angry as before!"

"I haven't been on stage for several years, I'm unfamiliar!"

"If you like it, I'll give you another episode!"

As they spoke, several people became more excited for several paragraphs.

Yu Hai didn't interrupt them either, just listened quietly.

It wasn't until the elders got a little tired that Jian Jixiu and Jian Jixiu poured tea for them: "If I'm not mistaken, this is singing Wan Wan Tune?"

"Yes. The young man still understands this?" Mr. Du was a little surprised: "Nowadays young people don't listen to this, I thought no one would recognize it."

"I was lucky enough to hear the old accent before. I feel that the difference is quite big." Yu Hai said.

"Old accent!" Mr. Du sighed again after hearing the words, "I haven't heard it for many years."

"That's right." Mr. Lin, who was knocking on the copper bowl before, also sighed: "Since old man Yu left, I haven't heard anyone sing it. Today's young people don't know these things, and they don't want to learn."

"Wait until I'm gone." Mr. Du put down the Yueqin, feeling a little lost: "I guess our one will have to be broken too."

Everyone else was silent.

Although unwilling to accept it, it seems that there is no other way.

"There's no way to do that."

"Haven't you thought about finding a successor?" Yu Hai asked after thinking about it.

Several old men shook their heads heavily:

"No one wants to learn."

"When I went to the next county, I wanted to abduct a child to study, but his parents took him back."

"How?" Yu Hai was a little puzzled.

This is also a craft. If you are willing to teach it, how can no one learn it?

"Because I don't make money!" Jian Jixiu smiled wryly, "How much do you think a performance can earn?"

Yu Hai really doesn't know about this, because he has never been in contact with it.

"how much is it?"

"It's only a few hundred yuan." Jian Jixiu said: "And it's not every day. When it comes to temple fairs, weddings, birthday celebrations, children's full moon, etc., people will invite you once. My grandfather is here At that time, they paid 300 yuan for a show, and a shadow puppet troupe with five people may not be able to earn 100 yuan a day, which is not enough to live on.”

Yu Hai was dumbfounded.

This income is much lower than he imagined.

If you can perform several performances a day, you may still be able to make ends meet.

But in modern society, more and more people have lost the habit of hiring troupes.

And these folk shadow puppet troupes don't have a fixed theater that can sell tickets or anything.

They are basically invited by someone, so they can push the cart and carry the basket, and then go to other people's homes to perform.

There are still shadow puppet troupes that can perform. In fact, most of them earn extra money for the members, and they still need to work at home.

Such a comparison made Yu Hai think of many celebrity commercial performances today.

A show can easily cost hundreds of thousands. It is also a performance, and the income is really a world.

This is the difference in fame!
"Inheritance of this thing is not useful just by liking it." Mr. Du patted Jian Jixiu on the shoulder and comforted him: "Besides, young people don't like this anymore. Some things are not liked by everyone, so why not You have to be eliminated!"

He knew that Boy Jian had always been very guilty of not being able to inherit his grandfather's inheritance.

It's a pity that this is determined by the times, and it is not something they can change if they think about it.

Even so, Yu Hai still felt his reluctance.

He comforted: "The main reason is that everyone knows little."

The world is so big, everyone's preferences are different, maybe some people will still like it after seeing it, but there is a saying that the old man said well, there are indeed some things that cannot be persisted only by liking.

There are very few people whose hobbies and work can be the same.

"I don't know much because everyone is not interested!" Mr. Du said.

However, he didn't want to discuss this topic any more. Seeing that it was already evening, he invited Yu Hai and the others to stay for dinner.

Yu Hai naturally refused.

After watching and listening to the drama for a long time, it would be a bit too much if I still want to eat.

He took his leave immediately and left. The old man couldn't stay anymore, so he told him that he could come back anytime if he was free and willing to listen.

After leaving Mr. Du's house, Jian Jixiu was in a much lower mood.

Yu Hai directly asked him to find a restaurant for dinner.

At the dinner table, Jian Jixiu ordered a rare bottle of wine.

He knew that Yu Hai didn't drink, and he didn't pour it for him, so he took a small cup and drank it himself.

After eating half of it, he still couldn't help asking: "Your Highness, what do you think I should do to keep the shadow puppet show alive?"

"It's hard." Yu Hai said bluntly: "It's almost impossible to do it with your own strength."

"However, if I don't do something, I'm always unwilling." Jian Jixiu said: "You don't know, I actually regret not being able to accept this team after my grandfather left. But even if I really give up my job now, the old men will I'm old, I can't act anymore!"

Yu Hai understood: "You have never given up practicing, and you also hope to be able to perform on stage one day?"

"Yes!" Jian Jixiu sighed after speaking, "I'm afraid that when I really have a chance, I will waste my skills."

"Actually, I don't know much about this, but you can try to increase your popularity." Yu Hai thought for a while and said, "Let more people know about this traditional culture."

Jian Jixiu asked expectantly, "What should I do?"

Today, Jian Jixiu took him to play with all his heart, so Yu Hai didn't mind helping him. After asking for a while, Yu Hai said: "Aren't many people like to watch short videos now? You can shoot some related videos."

Hearing this, Jian Jixiu was a little disappointed: "Actually, I thought about this method before, and even asked Grandpa Du and the others to take some pictures and send them out. It's a pity that not many people watched it."

"That's because the content of your video is not interesting enough." Yu Hai couldn't help thinking of some videos he had seen on the earth in his mind, and his heart moved: "Well, you come over tomorrow, and I will help you shoot something."

"Okay." Jian Jixiu immediately smiled, and agreed without saying a word.

At this moment, he thought of the video of Youqin Village and the explosion effect after the video was released, and he couldn't help but look forward to it.

For Yu Hai, shooting videos is also a kind of pleasure during the journey.

It just so happened that he was playing hide and seek with his fans, and it would be nice to show them something interesting.

(End of this chapter)