"You can take photos while watching the performance, but you cannot record or videotape, because our jokes are all copied from the Internet by the actors who worked day and night until their hair turned bald, working very hard..."
When this familiar opening line came out from the mouth of an unfamiliar host, Lai Yang's face suddenly turned dark.
You even copied the opening remarks. Do you still have any shame
At this time, he and Tian Jing were sitting side by side in the corner of the theater. Because the folding chairs were very close, their shoulders occasionally rubbed against each other.
But Lai Yang's attention at this moment was all on the theater and the host.
This theater is well decorated and has a large audience, probably around seventy people tonight.
Thinking back to my early days of talk show, at the worst time I only had one or two audience members. Now they are doing great, copying jokes to put on performances, and the tickets are selling pretty well.
After the host repeated the copied opening remarks verbatim, the audience burst into applause.
Even Lai Yang heard the audience nearby laughing and whispering, saying that this host was really good and very humorous.
It's so infuriating.
"Are you... okay?" She looked at him with her beautiful and peaceful eyes and asked in a soft voice.
"These bastards are doing this. Next time the audience goes to our theater, they will accuse us of plagiarism."
"You should adjust your mentality first and think of a solution when you return."
Tian Jing looked at Lai Yang with some worry, and at this moment, the first actor came on stage.
"Hello everyone, my name is Xiao Si, and my university major is geology. If anyone has the same major as me, please applaud."
No one in the audience applauded, and he smiled innocently: "Oh, it seems that no one really studies this embarrassing major."
There was a burst of laughter and applause.
"Others who study hard can move from the mountains to the city, but if we study hard in our major, we can move from the city to the countryside. On the first day of my internship, I sat at the entrance of the village and started crying. I think what the old people said is true. Studying can really change your destiny~"
Laiyang's face turned pale. This opening remark was from Yunlu.
"People who study history are asked to talk about history during the Spring Festival. People who study medicine are asked to talk about any relatives who are not feeling well. As for me, once when I went home during the Spring Festival, my uncle brought me a foot-rubbing stone and asked me to talk about the ingredients of this thing."
The audience burst into laughter, and Lai Yang also heard a burst of silvery laughter in his ears.
He turned around and saw Tian Jing trying to hold back a smile.
After her beautiful eyes met Lai Yang's for a second, she forced herself to straighten her face and said, "Did you copy this from yours?"
"Why isn't my expression obvious enough
" Lai Yang gritted his teeth.
The next few actors who came on stage plagiarized all the jokes of Li Dian, Yuan Shengda and Song Wen.
Laiyang endured the entire performance until the last actor came on stage.
He said his name was Asi and he was the owner of Tudou Comedy. But the first sentence he said directly overturned the burning bottle in Laiyang's heart.
"I started doing talk shows from scratch and struggled until I was heavily in debt~"
Shit, it happened to me!
Something that I worked so hard on was just spoken out by another person, and he spoke with such seriousness
Asi
Ahsi!
"How long have you been doing talk shows? How did you end up with nothing and now be heavily in debt?" Lai Yang couldn't help but shouted.
The audience in the front row all turned their heads to look.
A trace of embarrassment suddenly appeared on Tian Jing's fair face, and she gently reminded Lai Yang not to get angry.
"Because in the beginning, there was no one watching. Once, two people came, and they were a couple. We eight or nine actors blocked the door and told them jokes. We were so nervous that we were afraid they would run away."
Asi looked at Lai Yang and added with a smile on his face.
"The couple was in agony when they heard it, and what we said was also in agony. Finally, the performance was over, and there was a lucky draw. The couple was lucky enough to win the grand prize, which was... tickets to the next performance."
This joke became a huge hit, and the audience burst into applause and laughter.
But to Lai Yang, the applause sounded like a slap in the face.
"You fucking..."
Lai Yang couldn't help but was about to curse, but suddenly he felt a warm and soft feeling on the back of his hand.
When I looked down, I suddenly found a hand as white as jade gently holding the back of my hand.
A soft, smooth and delicate feeling instantly penetrated into Lai Yang's heart from the back of his hand.
Her quiet and pretty face blushed a little, her beautiful eyes sparkled as she looked at him and shook her head slightly. Then she gently took her hand away and looked back at the stage.
But Lai Yang noticed that her fair ears had turned red as if they had been painted with rouge.
Suddenly, another feeling in his heart overwhelmed the anger and made Lai Yang calm down.
…
"Hey, you are Laiyang, right?"
The performance was over, and when Lai Yang and Tian Jing were leaving with the audience, someone suddenly called out from behind.
Lai Yang looked back and saw the manager who called himself Asi staring at him with ill intentions.
Own.
"Did you recognize it? You copied it pretty hard just now. I think you've basically copied it all."
At this time, most of the other audience members had left, and Lai Yang did not give him any face, but as soon as he said this, the other actors also gathered around him.
Tian Jing nervously tugged at Lai Yang's arm, signaling him not to cause trouble.
But this is not trouble for them. Looking at the other party's expression and posture, it seems that they are right.
"We all run theaters, so don't be so annoying. You said we copied the jokes, what evidence do you have? Did you register the copyright for the jokes?"
Asi looked at Lai Yang with a half-smile, and the other actors all snorted coldly.
"Besides, I saw that your jokes were also adapted from the Internet. We are all the same. You can't just come here and be jealous when we sell so many tickets."
Asi glanced at Tian Jing, as if he deliberately wanted to make Lai Yang lose face in front of the beautiful woman.
That smug look unconsciously appeared on his face.
"They say that people in the same industry are enemies, but I didn't take the initiative to pick a fight with you. Why did you come here so eagerly tonight, and even brought a girl with you to cover for us? Do you think it's appropriate to deliberately mess with our mentality? With such a small mind, you still want to open a theater?"
Several actors looked at Tian Jing with disgusting eyes, with frivolous smiles on their lips.
"Why, you're the only one allowed to open a business in Xuhui District? Your father is Li Gang? And you're accusing me of plagiarism? Fine, show me the evidence. If you don't have any evidence today, apologize immediately, or you won't be able to leave!"
A ball of anger suddenly burst out of Lai Yang's chest. When he straightened his body and was about to get angry, Tian Jing suddenly raised his cell phone and spoke in a cold voice.
"This is the video I recorded of his performance last year. The jokes you just told are almost exactly the same as his. Does this count as evidence?"
Lai Yang was startled and glanced sideways at Tan Jing.
Her shoulders trembled a little because of nervousness, and her thin eyelashes fluttered like butterfly wings.
But the tone was very firm, and the female president's momentum suddenly increased.
This group of people was stunned for a moment.
The video was recorded last winter. When Lai Yang's joke about being heavily in debt was heard, Asi's face turned purple and he choked.
"Now we can go."
Tian Jing glared at him, put away her phone, grabbed Lai Yang's arm, turned around and walked out.
"Damn stinky cousin~"
Suddenly, Ah Xi cursed in a frivolous voice behind him.
Bang!
Lai Yang went berserk instantly, he turned around and punched Asi in the face!
"Fuck you!"