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Chapter 12: On Stage

Combing hair and brows are behaviors that can only be done by close lovers or husband-wife relationships except elders.

If a woman willingly asks you to comb her hair or brush her eyebrows, it means that she has acquiescent to you and has a deep root of love.

Chen Miao naturally understood, but did he bear to refuse? On such an important day today?

"Boss Qin, the car that picks up people from Huiquan Tower is here." Old Cai's voice came from downstairs. Except for Qiao'er, there is no order in the attic that he is not allowed to go up.

Of course Chen Miao is an exception!

"Let's go, don't waste the performance time." Chen Miao put on a little makeup on himself, his skin looked a little older, and he had a head-up pattern, and he even glanced at the mustache.

Basically, people who are not familiar with him will never recognize him when they see his current appearance.

Shanghai Pingtan artists don’t like to wear beards, but Chen Miao has no choice but to be touched with fake beards, so people won’t recognize him.

He was not a man who made this job, he just performed with Liang Xueqin temporarily.

"Third brother, if someone asks, how should I introduce you?" Liang Xueqin saw Chen Miao and seemed to have changed her face, her eyes were circulating, and she asked naughtyly.

"You will introduce me from Jinling. Boss Gu's friend, surnamed Fang, and his master named Pingtan, was Lao Qin Yuqing." Chen Miao thought for a while, "You don't have to say more about the rest, let them guess it yourself."

"Okay, I've written it down."

"Let's go, Boss Qin." Chen Miao stretched out his left arm, and the gentleman asked Liang Xueqin to help him downstairs. Old Cai and Qiaoer, who were waiting downstairs, suddenly saw a strange man going downstairs with Liang Xueqin, and were shocked.

"Third brother?"

"uh-huh……"

"It's amazing, third brother, how did you do it? It's so good now. Sister Xueqin is still worried that you will be recognized by others. Now I guarantee that no one can recognize you." Qiao'er cheered and said.

"Old Cai, we're leaving, you're ready at home." Liang Xueqin instructed Lao Cai, took the Pipa and got on the car rented by Huiquan Building with Chen Miao and Qiaoer.

Half an hour later, they took a bus to Huiquan Tower.

Huiquan Tower is the first bookstore in Shanghai. Every day there are "revealing files" in charge. Every day, there are more than a dozen Pingtan artists signed by the bookstore, including three of them. One of them is Zhou, who is good at talking about "Journey to the West". He imitates the Monkey King in Journey to the West. He is known as Zhou Xihou, and is also a pair of brothers, with a double performance, nicknamed Du's two heroes...

Today, no matter the audience who likes Pingtan, some of them are even senior fans, their attainments are no worse than ordinary Pingtan artists, and they are also peers.

The mid-year conference book was performed for three days, and there were about twenty of the most famous Pingtan artists in Shanghai, with an average of six to seven people a day.

The Guangyu Club invites 100 viewers with high appreciation levels to decide one person or a group of winners every day by secret ballot, and then the winner will decide the leader after three days.

Liang Xueqin has won the top spot for three consecutive years, and in the second year he won by the solo, so he is called the "Pingtan" queen.

According to the rules, the leader should be the first to play in the mid-year meeting this year, but considering that Huiquanlou is the home court.

Generally, as long as the leader is not an artist from Huiquanlou, the opening will be from the artist from Huiquanlou.

If the first performance is not easy to perform, it will become the benchmark for later artists. Unless you have absolute strength, the possibility of qualifying for the artists in the first performance is almost zero.

So when Liang Xueqin and Chen Miao arrived at Tingxue Tower, the first book show had actually begun. They were the signing artist of Huiquan Tower, the famous actor Zhou Xihou.

He is an independent player and performs the excerpt of "Three Fights of the White Bone Spirit" in Journey to the West.

It was very exciting. Chen Miao could hear applause from time to time in the front and thunderous cheers. Zhou Xihou is an old artist in this industry and is also a "sounding post". When Liang Xueqin saw it, she would respectfully call her uncle.

Zhou and Liang Xueqin’s masters are peers.

Pingtan artists who dare to put orders have their own characteristics and unique skills, otherwise it will be difficult to become a "sounding box". Liang Xueqin can put orders, and her singing voice and pipa skills have helped a lot.

The programs performed by female artists in Pingtan are mostly themed topics such as talented men and beautiful women. Although these topics are loved by female audiences, they cannot help but lose some male audiences who like heroic blood and golden swords and iron horses.

Therefore, the audience of men and women is wider, and adding a touch of tenderness to the golden sword can touch people's heartstrings more.

Liang Xueqin's performance today was chosen as the traditional song "Du Shiniang". This story is actually well known to everyone, but it is quite difficult to express it with the art of singing.

There is no big problem with Chen Miao and Liang Xueqin's cooperation. They once sang this song privately, mainly by Liang Xueqin, who accompanied him.

Pingtan is different from traditional stage performance art such as Peking Opera and Kunqu Opera. It does not have so many outfits, only two chairs, a square inch stage, and can play and sing.

Therefore, there is not so much preparation. Pingtan artists are the easiest to perform. You can do several shows a day, as long as you have this abundant energy.

"Uncle!"

"Xueqin is here, it's your turn to you. I'm old and I'm only an hour old, and my body can't bear it." Zhou Xihou got out of the way, and there was a layer of sweat on his forehead and his vest was soaked.

"Although Xueqin did not watch his uncle's performance in front, just listening to it was a kind of enjoyment." Liang Xueqin nodded slightly and said.

"This guy has some eyes?"

"Old Gu is sick and bad. I invited my boss from Jinling to temporarily partner with me." Liang Xueqin hurriedly introduced.

"Hello, Mr. Zhou." Chen Miao lowered his voice and said politely as a junior.

"Qian Youbing is here. He has lost to you for three consecutive years. Be careful not to let him get your mistakes." Zhou Xihou nodded at Chen Miao, took a handkerchief from his apprentice next to him, wiped the sweat on his face and reminded him.

"Thank you uncle." Liang Xueqin nodded gratefully.

"Boss Qin, after the intermission, the second game will be here." Tingxuelo's chief manager came over and reminded him with a smile on his face.

Liang Xueqin nodded slightly. At this moment, she was a little nervous. She was not nervous about herself, but for Chen Miao. This was her first Chen Miao on the same stage, and it was such an important stage.

Chen Miao noticed Liang Xueqin's gaze coming and showed a "relaxed" smile.

"Next, please invite Liang Xueqin, the queen of the Guangyu Society for three consecutive book clubs, to perform "Du Shiniang" for us!" The rest time has passed, and the voice of the reporter came from the stage.

Although the performances on stage were always performed by men and women, which means the rules of showing the superiority of men and women, Chen Miao still let Liang Xueqin walk in front of the scene.

Liang Xueqin is a soundtrack, but he is not even a Pingtan artist.

Everyone is here today to watch the performance of "Pingtan" Queen Liang Xueqin. As for him, as long as he is not too slow, the audience can tolerate it.

Holding the pipa in my arms, I bent down and bowed slightly in front of the platform.

Applause suddenly erupted from the audience.

"Boss Qin is getting more and more beautiful. I don't know which guy has this blessing to bring a beauty back?" Someone in the audience lowered his head and whispered.

"I heard that Mr. Yuan from the General Chamber of Commerce is pursuing Mr. Qin. Mr. Yuan is young and promising, and handsome. I am afraid it won't take long. It will be difficult for us to listen to Mr. Qin sing a song..."

"That's not necessarily true. I heard from the people in Xuelou that Boss Qin is not rude to Mr. Yuan..."

"Boss Qin seems to have changed his partner today. This person is a bit disgusting. I haven't seen him before?"

"Yes, so strange..."

The one who came out with Liang Xueqin was not her old partner Gu Shouwen. She changed her partner temporarily, especially in such an important occasion. Is this trying to make a big splash or be stupid or bold?

Chen Miao has a good hearing, even if it is on stage and off stage whispering the whispers of these people, especially those close to the stage, they hear everything they say.

Of course, he knew that Mr. Yuan, whom they mentioned, was just a playboy who relied on his father's wealth. Liang Xueqin was not a vulgar woman, so how could she fall in love with him?

In the audience, at the third table on the left, a man in his forties and wearing a silk gown suddenly stood up, pointed at Chen Miao and asked, "When did Boss Qin change his partner? Should I introduce it to everyone?"

Qian Youbing!

Since Liang Xueqin won one term for the "Pingtan" queen, he has been targeting her, and after losing three consecutive terms, both sides have almost become in trouble.

If there is no such business, it is a harmonious relationship. People say that peers are enemies. This seems to be not uncommon in the folk art circle, but it is just about everyone's minds.

Liang Xueqin's "Pingtan" queen is not self-proclaimed, but Qian Youbing doesn't think so. If Liang Xueqin had not pursued many suitors, there were many rich and powerful playboys like Mr. Yuan, who could take the lead. In addition to honor, this leader also had real interests.

Therefore, whenever he has the chance, he will take the thorns of Liang Xueqin.

Liang Xueqin was about to answer, but Chen Miao took the lead, stood up, and introduced herself: "My surname is Fang. Boss Gu cannot take the stage because he is sick, so he specially asked me to cooperate with Boss Qin once."

"This is a mid-year Guangyu Society book. Can you ask Boss Fang who is his teacher?" Qian Youbing clasped his fists and asked, meaning that if you were not from Guangyu Society, you would not be qualified to be on this stage.

In fact, this book club does not prohibit artists who debuted by non-Kwangyu Club from appearing on stage, and of course it does not clearly mean that artists who debuted by FeiKwangyu Club.

"Who is yours?"

"Kuangyu Club Qian Youbing!"

"It turns out it's Boss Qian, I'm disrespectful." Chen Miao responded lightly, "I have studied Sanxian'er with Mr. Qin Yuqing for a few days. I wonder if I am qualified to stand on this stage?"

Qian Youbing's face suddenly flushed. Qin Yuqing is a veteran figure in Guangyu Society now. He is no longer active on the stage and has returned to his hometown to enjoy his youth.

He wanted to use the reason why Chen Miao was not Guangyu Club's debut to stop or withdraw from partnering with Liang Xueqin. This would be a fatal blow to Liang Xueqin. Even if the performance repertoire was temporarily changed, the possibility of qualifying this year is basically hopeless.

Qian Youbing's intentions are really good!

Chen Miao directly brought out Qin Yuqing, a veteran of Guangyu Society, had a very high reputation in the Pingtan art world, and was not in Shanghai at this moment.

Even if I wanted to confirm his identity, it would be too late for a while.

"Okay, the performance time is up. Please ask Boss Qin and Boss Fang to start." Of course, the organizer could not let the embarrassing situation continue, and the reporter came up to smooth things over.

The audience in the audience was not a fool, and they were booing immediately.
Chapter completed!
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