Cheng Fengtai was drinking tea, reading the newspaper and chatting comfortably in the background, recharging his energy, and just now he took a small hand with Shang Xirui and went up to the seat in a calm manner. Fan Lian and his girlfriend had been waiting for him long ago, stuck in the aisle telling jokes to coax the girl, while looking around to find someone, and then saw Cheng Fengtai pacing over slowly looking around.
Cheng Fengtai greeted them in a gentlemanly way: "You two have been waiting for a long time, it is really hard to get a seat. Let's take a seat first!" He glanced at the little girl's face with a smile in his eyes, nodded to her, and secretly expected her After a while with Fan Lian, they parted. The little girl looked innocent, she was too immature to take on the role of the mistress of the Fan family; and she seemed to be from a good background, so she couldn't entertain on the bed. It can only be used to talk about sentiment. He and Fan Lian have always favored female students.
But there is such a kind of lady who has never been in the world and has never suffered a disadvantage. She only puts her heart into bad men, and her love of play has become the charm of this man. If it wasn't for living among flowers, if it wasn't for having a hand with women, they still wouldn't like it. Cheng Fengtai didn't look like an honest man at first glance, there was a danger in his eyes that he was eager to try, or tempted others to try, much worse than Fan Lian.
The little girl blushed suddenly, raised her hand to brush the hair on her cheek, and her eyes drifted to the other side. Hushi Fan Lian gave Cheng Fengtai an eager look, Cheng Fengtai stared back innocently, then took the lead and walked ahead, not to provoke the little girl anymore.
The boxes on the second floor were already filled with dignitaries and dignitaries. Businessmen in China have always been closely connected with the officialdom, Cheng Fengtai and Fan Lian went to have a warm and perfunctory conversation with several officials, until the show started, Commander Cao didn't come either. Commander Cao is used to ostentation. Although the current situation is so chaotic, he, the uncrowned king, has done it steadily, and there is absolutely no reason for being punctual. Since he didn't come, Cheng Fengtai and the others were at ease.
After the two skits, Shang Xirui and Yu Qing's "Da Deng Dian" started. Shang Xirui has played each of the three main roles in a play, today out of the box, he only played a part of the Golden Palace cover, not for novelty, just for fun. This is a very auspicious one-fold drama, from the set to the actors' outfits are very festive colors, the meaning of "the best of both worlds, the reward of suffering" is also very good, everyone is familiar with it, and will be very good at stepping on it and booing.
At this time, Commander Cao entered the stage with Wang Baochuan played by Yu Qing. The beautiful lady on the stage is graceful and graceful, and Nana goes to the palace to pay homage to the emperor, while the reckless people in the audience rush to sit and listen to the opera. Cheng Fengtai had a panoramic view of the situation on and off the stage, one was soft and one was tough, one was delicate and one was tough, it was a wonderful contrast. If this was a few years ago, when the warlords were fighting among the warlords, Commander Cao came into the garden to listen to the play, and the adjutant yelled "Commander is here", no matter whether the play was performed at the festival or not, all the seats would have to stand at attention, the stage The vocal music had to be stopped at the meeting, and the princes of the previous dynasty probably didn't make such a move. Commander Cao has been much more low-key since he entered Peiping, but the seats on the ground floor still consciously stood up quite a bit. There were two old men in the musical instrument team who also stopped the guy habitually. Uncle Li kept his hands on the strings, and looked back at them reproachfully, and they hurriedly followed.
At the same time, the male actor playing Xue Pinggui bowed slightly, as if he was not sure whether to stop the play to meet Commander Cao. Yu Qing and Shang Xirui hit it off right away, naturally they have the same temperament, on stage, everything is based on drama. He looked at Xue Pinggui solemnly and solemnly, Xue Pinggui had just settled down and sat on the dragon chair.
Commander Cao's riding boots crackled on the ground, and he came upstairs with great momentum. Some officials in the box smiled and nodded at him, while others pretended not to hear him. This is a sensitive period, who is for him, and who is against him, Commander Cao knows instantly calmly.
Others could be reserved, Cheng Fengtai and Fan Lian had no choice but to express their enthusiasm for Commander Cao. When Commander Cao got older, he liked to deal with the smart, sweet-mouthed juniors the most. It was rare to find such an outstanding young man as Fan Lian, and he seemed very happy, calling him "my brother-in-law's brother-in-law" loudly, patting his back and arms with him, and even the delicate little girl didn't bother to take a look. The little girl was shaken by this tiger-like powerful warlord, her eardrums trembled and her heart beat, she couldn't help but quietly moved her chair to sit a little further away, afraid that he would notice her. Cheng Fengtai then helped the little girl move the teacup and fruit saucer, the little girl blushed immediately, Cheng Fengtai smiled at her.
Commander Cao didn't know how many eyes he had, so he caught him, and slapped Cheng Fengtai on the back of his hand: "I haven't arrived yet, so you should watch the show first! Ho! It's delicious. Drink it! How dare you flirt with the girl doll!"
Fan Lian glanced over with resentful eyes. Cheng Fengtai said with a smile: "Brother-in-law, don't make fun of me as soon as you come here. Watch a play, watch a play!"
Shang Xirui's Princess Dai Zhan was proclaimed to the palace at this time. He was wearing flower pot-soled shoes, and on his head was a crown of emerald green flags. The man was tall and had broad shoulders. With him dressed like this, Wang Baochuan was suddenly petite and slender, which made the scene where the concubine and concubine were on the same stage very amusing. For example, cross talk always has to be one tall and one short, one fat and one thin. When you come on stage, you don’t need to speak, and the audience will have a sense of comedy.
Sure enough, there was a burst of laughter below, and the laughter was mixed with applause. The atmosphere of the unboxing scene was different from usual. It's a blessing, hey!"
Some male movie fans especially love to watch Shang Xirui's martial arts, so they pay special attention to his figure. Shang Xirui often doesn't notice if he's getting fat or thin, but they can. If Shang Xirui used to behave like he usually does on stage, he would definitely not respond to him this time. But the unboxing scene is really unusual, it doesn't follow the rules, it's just for fun. Shang Xirui turned around, spread his hands down the stage, and said: - Long live will be gone for ten days, our family will miss it day and night. If you want to live long, you eat three bowls of rice; if you think long live, you drink six pots of soup. Why! What is rice and which is soup? Eat and drink and still look useless! this is not! Look! What a mess!
These are two sentences adapted from Lianhualuo's "Falling Mirror Frame". Everyone below burst into laughter when they heard it, and there were many who whistled and applauded. The man who was arguing with him then shouted to the stage: "Look! He's still so handsome!" It caused another burst of laughter. When did the officials on the second floor hear such a vulgar little song, and seeing the laughter downstairs, they laughed along for a while, and couldn't really understand the mystery of the play. Only Commander Cao, who was born in the grass, pointed at Shang Xirui with one hand, and patted the armrest of the chair with the other, laughing the loudest: "This little Rui, your brain is spinning too fast!" He choked with laughter while smoking a cigarette. He has a wide range of opera words, Lianhualuo also recognizes him, and sincerely admires that Shang Xirui is really an authentic actor!
After arguing with the audience, Princess Dai Zhan returned to the play and sang a section swaggering up to the Golden Palace, and then confronted Wang Baochuan: —Ma Ma Jianghai, in front of the stage of Long Live God, where did such a visionary lady come from
Mada Jianghai said in unison:
— It’s what the king said in Sanguan: Wang Baochuan—Wang Niangniang, it’s her!
Dai Zhan Princess said:
—Oh, the king is in the third pass, the queen Wang Baochuan mentioned, is she
— Exactly!
Princess Dai Zhan took a furtive look at Wang Baochuan, clapped her hands, and said with a smile to the audience: —Oh! This Empress Wang has willow-leaf eyebrows, almond-shaped eyes, and a small cherry mouth. Why does he look a bit like Boss Yu Qingyu
This sentence must be a ready-made word, and it painted a fruit-basket-like face for Yu Qing. Ma Da Jianghai was so stupid, he only agreed to promise after being taken aback for a while. Shang Xirui raised his chin triumphantly, he thought the second floor laughed too lightly, this time it was a sensationalist, it was what he wanted, the whole audience laughed wave after wave, it just depends on how Yu Qing answered the words.
Cheng Fengtai laughed and said: "How could he think of that! He's so naughty! Boss Yu was so caught off guard by him, why don't you beat him up when you get off the stage!"
Fan Lian also laughed and said: "Other people's theater troupes are full of box-sealing plays, but Brother Rui's unpacking is as noisy as a group of crosstalk, and the hits are here! Look at the few who don't usually listen to the opera Miss Young Master is also here today."
Shang Xirui's willful and dexterous temperament cannot be restrained by the Sifang stage, and singing is the most disciplined thing. So Shang Xirui changed the old plays, made up new ones, even though he was notorious all over, he had to go forward bravely, it must be said that it was actually a rebellious factor in his character that was causing the trouble. The form of the box-opening scene made him so happy that he couldn't think of leaving. On this day, no one would blame him for being out of line or making a fuss on stage, but they would even applaud him. Since I was a child, learning opera has been so hard and not interesting at all, and I have been looking forward to the day when I can sing happily all year round.
On the stage, Princess Dai Zhan greeted Wang Baochuan. Yu Qing held back a smile and stepped forward to help Shang Xirui, pretending to look at it from head to toe, then said as usual: - Huh! I took a closer look, Xianmei is tall and has a slender waist. With sword eyebrows and star eyes, his appearance is better than that of Pan An. Why is it a bit like our boss Shang Xirui
The audience below let out another burst of laughter. Not to mention Yu Qing's catchphrases, sword eyebrows, star eyes, masculinity and Pan An are all words used to describe men, and using them for a male actor who pretends to be a woman is obviously a setback. But Boss Shang is Boss Shang after all, although the audience was a bit dull, but on stage he was very clever, there was nothing he couldn't take advantage of.
Shang Xirui covered half of his face with a silk cloth pretending to be shy:
—Sister Hugh is going to make fun of her! Boss Shang is handsome and handsome, one in a million, he is a well-known handsome man in Forty-Nine City! Our family can't compare to him!
Everyone was lying there laughing.
Fan Lian slapped the table and laughed loudly: "Oh, he's trying to make up for himself too much, and all his cleverness is on the stage."
Cheng Fengtai said with a smile: "Is this smart? I think he's stinky and shameless." He said it so disgustingly, but in his heart he was so rare about this little thing.
At this point in the play, the effect of opening the box has been achieved. Shang Xirui and Yu Qing teamed up to create an interesting story in Liyuan, which is enough to be talked about by young fanciers many years from now. However, once Shang Xirui opened the door and broke free from the cage, he wouldn't be willing to stop easily if he didn't perform an earth-shaking trick to shock everyone. Then six little actors from Shuiyun Tower came up, and the little actors wore all kinds of facial makeup. Because the facial makeup is too big, it appears that their bodies are too thin to be ignored. Cheng Fengtai laughed when he saw it, it looks like Shang Xirui, a big goblin with ever-changing changes, who is performing with a group of little goblins with facial makeup. It seems that everyone here has fallen into the goblin's nest today, and they must be fascinated and doomed.
The gentleman who announced the curtain came to the stage and bowed deeply to everyone, and then explained the rules of the play. It turns out that the little actors only do the supporting roles, and the actors do the dubbing behind the scenes, so everyone can guess whose voice it is.
The first child with a purple face stepped forward and sang a piece of Henan opera "Mulan". The audience guessed Nineteen, Yuan Lan, and Yu Qing. The answer was revealed, it was actually Shang Xirui.
Cheng Fengtai looks at Fan Lian, Shang Xirui's fancier. Fan Lian shook his head straight: "I haven't heard him sing this before, he just likes to hide his skills, and shows them out of nowhere to scare people."
Cheng Fengtai nodded: "I told you earlier, Tao!"
Next, a white-faced child and a yellow-faced child sang a duet of a Shaoxing opera, "The Eighteenth Lovers" in "Blessed Lovers", with a soft and waxy singing voice, they are the partners of Yu Qing and Nineteen. Yu Qing specializes in Kunqu opera, and the articulation of Kunqu opera and Shaoxing opera is a bit analogous.
Further down is the Flower Drum Opera "Liu Hai Chops the Firewood", everyone guessed that such a naughty tune must be Shang Xirui's idea. Shang Xirui responded from behind the scenes: "Hey! My talents, I sing well!" Like Henan opera, Huagu opera also uses a real voice. Many people heard Shang Xirui sing with a real male voice for the first time, it turned out to be a very approachable boyish voice, and thought that alone was worth the price of admission. However, no one could guess who Big Sister Hu was. After talking about it for a long time, the officials on the second floor couldn't help whispering to each other. Fan Lian couldn't make up his mind, so he discussed with his little girlfriend, but they also couldn't come to a conclusion.
Cheng Fengtai couldn't help laughing, he knew it well, but he didn't tell others, this was a little secret between the two of them.
Shang Xirui behind the scenes really shyly said: "Sister Hu is me too, I'm here!"
He switches between male and female timbres quickly and without pause, no wonder everyone can't guess. Cheng Fengtai has seen scenes where he and himself sang against each other, what is "Liu Hai Chopping Woods", "Wujiapo" is the pinnacle. Shang Xirui pretends to be his own man, pretends to be his own woman, then teases himself for a while, then scolds himself again, up and down, happy and sad, it's very lively. Cheng Fengtai said at the time: Since you have the ability to take on the role, you still need Shuiyunlou to do something, why not just make it up by yourself. Shang Xirui thought about it seriously, and said: No, if you sing like this all the time, you will sing crazy. Cheng Fengtai thought to himself, what are you afraid of? Originally, it was not far away from neurosis.
When it was the turn of the last little actor with a blue face, he took a step forward, put his hands on his hips, and all the drums and music stopped. Suddenly there was such an abrupt silence, the crowd didn't understand where the song was coming from, they only heard a roar from Dao Pingdi: - Exit the east gate, walking west, and met a man biting a dog on the way. Lifting the dog's head to hit Brick, Brick bit his hand instead. His uncle and his second uncle are both uncles, and the high tables and low benches are all made of wood. Roosters can't lay eggs when the car walks and turns around; worms can run without legs, and cellars and wells can't be pushed down!
It was clearly a piece of Qin opera with a loud voice and long charm, and the last two lines were sung with too much force, and the voice was so hoarse that it split the sound. Commander Cao was out of breath with joy when he heard the ditty tunes from his hometown, and all the good ones were the Qin opera. Cheng Fengtai felt that his eardrums were buzzing, if he wanted to put it among the high mountains, if he could really sing on this mountain, there would be a big girl looking for the sound on that mountain. If you play this tonight, even Tieling can hear it. Just for this wildness, don't think about anything but Shang Xirui.
But Shang Xirui's wildness and roughness can only be seen by Cheng Fengtai. Audiences saw him as a delicate and delicate female role, occasionally he couldn't restrain his boyish nature and sang Xiaosheng, which was also delicate and delicate. In front of his friends, Shang Xirui is a kind and gentle man. None of them would associate Shang Xirui with the extensive Qin opera, and they all speculated on the old martial arts students in Shuiyunlou.
Fan Lian saw Cheng Fengtai's face was full of color, as if his baby was shining on the stage, and laughed aloud: "Come on! It must not be him!"
Cheng Fengtai turned his head and raised his eyebrows: "Oh?"
Fan Lian said: "Those who are not used to singing Qin opera can't lift their voices so high, and they tend to sing badly. Besides, they also ruin their voices. He has to take it easy when he sings Dan."
Cheng Fengtai said: "What's leisurely, I see him go on a rampage, I never know what leisurely is."
The seats couldn't guess who it was anyway, so they called for people to come out and meet with one voice. In the end Shang Xirui came out from behind the scenes, he was still dressed as Princess Dai Zhan, and it was not easy to salute in women's clothes, so he threw a handkerchief over his shoulders to everyone in the audience and made a Manchu handkerchief salute, saying with a smile: "I'm sorry Ladies and gentlemen, the one just now is still me."
The crowd was teased, booing and booing to shame him, but the lottery was thrown on the stage. There were a few bags, I don't know if they were silver dollars or what, they hit Shang Xirui's feet so painfully that the children hurried backstage.
Cheng Fengtai glanced at Fan Lian triumphantly. Fan Lian became angry from embarrassment: "He is too restless!"
Commander Cao was delighted to hear the local accent, and ordered the adjutant to invite Shang Xirui to have tea with him later. Cheng Fengtai stopped smiling immediately, and turned his head uncomfortably, Fan Lian gave him a wink to teach him to be patient, but he didn't even notice it.
Then there is a reverse drama "Dragon and Phoenix Bringing Prosperity". Shang Xirui is famous for singing Dan, so he pretends to be a man and sings life, but it is a cross-dressing. Anyway, he is handy in everything, in fact, there is no such thing as cross-talk. A few actresses from Shuiyun Tower acted as Qiao Xuan, Zhou Yu and others, Yu Qing played Liu Bei, and Shang Xirui played Zhao Yun. This scene was performed step by step, sung step by step, and did not surprise everyone with any cleverness. Mainly because actresses are not used to singing with thick voices, it's a good job if they can transcribe the opera words, Shang Xirui doesn't dare to make a fuss and self-defeating.
Liu Bei's side entered Ganlu Temple, and not far away, two gentlemen in suits and leather shoes came to greet Commander Cao. Commander Cao didn't answer at first, but when he saw one of them—of course he didn't stand up to greet him, but he sat up straight and put on a serious look, as if he was going to have a good deal with him. Cheng Fengtai and Fan Lian are smart people who see all directions and listen to all directions. When they were about to step aside, the two officials had already walked up to them. One had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and the other was gentle and elegant. Fan Lian recognized the first one as a high-ranking official in Nanjing, surnamed Sun, and the other gentleman with glasses looked very strange, and he had never seen him before.
Commander Cao pressed his two brothers-in-law not to let them go, so that an outsider was present so that Mr. Sun would not bring up sensitive issues with him. Mr. Sun smiled knowingly, and after introducing each other to greet each other, he said with a smile: "Unexpectedly, Mr. Fan and Mr. Cheng are also here. Your relatives are listening to the opera together for fun, but Mr. Sun interrupted." Commander Cao's face was indifferent and indifferent, but it didn't look like he wanted to chase away the guests either. He hurriedly said where he was, and asked his followers to bring two chairs for them to sit down.
Commander Cao sat in the center, Cheng Fengtai, Fan Lian and the little girl sat on the right, and Mr. Sun and Mr. Han wearing glasses sat on the left.
Cheng Fengtai and Fan Lian said softly: "This Mr. Han..."
Fan Lian was also thinking about it. When Mr. Sun introduced him, he only said that his surname was Han, and he didn't even have a job title or full name. It was mysterious and there must be a story in it. The Fan family has several sons who are engaged in politics, and Fan Lian is more familiar with politics and officialdom than Cheng Fengtai, so he said, "I don't think it's easy. Don't talk too much, let's just listen to the show." He poured a cup of tea for his little girlfriend, The two looked at each other tenderly.
Mr. Sun briefly introduced Commander Cao's great achievements to Mr. Han. A bandit who made his fortune by digging graves was said in Mr. Sun's mouth to be a guardian of the country against violence and peace. Mr. Han was very restrained, and when Mr. Sun finished talking, he nodded with a smile: "Commander Cao is famous, and he has heard about his life and deeds for a long time. I admire him very much!"
Commander Cao nodded, still looking very indifferent. Mr. Sun began to talk to Mr. Han about the change of flag back then, and how Commander Cao knew how to obey the central government in general. Commander Cao didn't refute, because the flag change is a fact. But Mr. Han pushed his glasses and said with a smile: "Commander Cao has no father and no dogs. Your son has 180,000 soldiers and horses guarding the commander outside. The commander only has to listen to a Shanglang drama today. This is something that cannot be exchanged for a high official and a generous salary." luck."
Commander Cao smiled almost invisibly. The 180,000 soldiers and horses are still in the hands of Cao's family, which is a matter of great pride to Commander Cao.
With a flick of his eyes, Mr. Sun glanced at the faces of Mr. Han and Commander Cao several times, and said with a smile, "Young Master Cao is like his father. He has a heart to serve the country with his fists. He defends the territory to suppress riots. The chairman is very relieved."
Cheng Fengtai could hear that every word and every word of them contained thousands of tricks, Sun Han and Sun Han seemed like enemies or friends, and their relationship was delicate. After all, Fan Lian is a businessman who eats official meals, his wealth is the most important thing, and he never really loses his ambition. He seemed to be staring at the stage intently, his mind was no longer on the show, and he only listened to the three of them, Cao, Sun and Han, as if they were fighting in secret.
The person playing Sun Shangxiang on the stage is a pretty face singer, about fifty years old, with a round waist and thick shoulders, and a burly physique. Those who sang painted faces generally had a broad face, which they jokingly called "Last year, a little lovesickness tears, but today I can get it to my lips." Once wearing red clothes and smearing makeup and making up a daughter posture, it is especially scary. As soon as he appeared on the stage, Zuo'er couldn't help laughing, because standing together, Yu Qing's Liu Bei was instantly compared to be delicate and weak, and became a girl with a long beard. Shang Xirui's Zhao Yun unconsciously puffed out his chest, fearing that his masculinity would be overshadowed.
At the end of the play, Mr. Sun was still chattering to prove the closeness between the central government and Cao's army. Sun Shangxiang and Liu Bei entered the bridal chamber hand in hand. Sun Shangxiang, who had a big face, suddenly stopped holding his throat, and returned to his usual style, shouting to Liu Bei: "My lord! Please come with me! Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!" !
Mr. Sun was stunned, and he forgot all the words for the magnetism. Commander Cao felt very happy, he laughed wow ha ha ha ha, and shouted to invite Boss Shang to come. Mr. Han smiled very politely.
Shang Xirui quickly took off his make-up, put on a long gown and jacket to meet Commander Cao. Passing by for fear of being recognized, a woolen scarf covered half of his face, and he walked with his head down. Taking advantage of the presence of several important officials tonight, he was holding back to complain about the banning of "The Legend of the Qianlong". It would be great if Commander Cao invited him. With Commander Cao's outburst of temper, he would slap the table on hearing this, and several civil servants were afraid of him.
As soon as Shang Xirui came, Cheng Fengtai's whole expression changed, he smiled and had a playful expression. Shang Xirui only glanced at him, then ignored him at all. Meeting with Sun Han, the attendant added a chair, Shang Xirui sat down quietly, he only answered when asked, he was not in a hurry to complain.
During the conversation, it was hard to tell that Mr. Han was a real theater fan, and he was good at chatting with Shang Xirui. Speaking of listening to Shang Xirui sing an opera in Guangzhou in the 16th year of the Republic of China, he and Shang Lang are old acquaintances. Everyone listened with a smile, only Fan Lian's expression changed, his eyes rolled a few times, and he looked at Cheng Fengtai meaningfully. Cheng Fengtai didn't know what he meant either.
"After that year, I changed to Dan. You watched my last few martial arts dramas!" Shang Xirui said with a smile: "At that time, my Xiaodan could only listen to her voice, not at all."
Mr. Han said: "To tell the truth, Boss Shang, I am proud of your martial arts student. Although he was young at that time, his kung fu was already very good. Later, I always heard that Shang Xirui, the number one Dan, I thought about it. It's Shang Xirui, I only know one singer named Shang Xier! I don't even match you."
Cheng Fengtai thought it was funny when he heard Shang Xirui's original name, the stuffy, naive childish feeling fit his temperament better than Xirui. But Shang Xirui felt a bit embarrassed by the old name, called it casually like a baby's baby name, not formal at all, very awkward, complained that his adoptive father was not educated, and it took ten years to think about a stage name for his son.
Shang Xirui said: "No matter how famous I am as a dandan singer, when I get old and my throat becomes rough, I still want to sing back to life. Enlightenment skills must never be lost."
Mr. Han asked attentively: "But before I came to Beiping, I heard that Boss Shang recently sang a raw song? Is it "The Legend of the Qianlong"? I came late. If there is a chance, Shang Lang will definitely reward my ears."
Shang Xirui had gotten the conversation right, he pursed his lips and said with a smile: "I probably can't sing anymore."
Fan Lian and Commander Cao looked back at him at the same time.
"The paper said the play might be banned."
Fan Lian was surprised. Commander Cao spat: "Which son of a bitch says it's banned! I haven't read it yet!"
Mr. Han was silent for a while, and said with a smile: "Boss Shang has found the right person for this matter! This Mr. Sun is a person of weight. It is popular like a day, and it has won the hearts of young people, and it is getting stronger and stronger. If it continues like this, there may be a day when the guests will bully the master and squeeze out Peking Opera, and everyone will have no chance to sing." Turning to Sun Mr.: "Sir, you said that Kunqu opera and Beijing opera are all Chinese stuffs. How can we only think about bullying ourselves and let outsiders take advantage of it?"
Commander Cao sipped his tea without saying a word. Fan Lian's eyes rolled around. Cheng Fengtai took the opportunity to entangle Shang Xirui's eyes again, not at all interested in their maneuvers in officialdom.
Mr. Sun laughed a few times as if suddenly: "My husband and I have thought of getting together! The scandal of brothers fighting against the wall is over. Unity is the top priority, and cooperation is the top priority. Now that we have thought of getting together, it will be easier in the future. Mr. You can rest assured!"
These words made Commander Cao's expression change. Fan Lian was thoughtful. Shang Xirui felt that the palms and backs of both operas were fleshy, so he couldn't help interjecting: "Actually, it's not like Beijing opera has supplanted Kunqu opera, each has its own advantages. There are few new operas of Kunqu opera, and today it's a bit outdated. "
The two gentlemen made excuses to talk about things, Shang Xirui said things about things. Even if Cheng Fengtai didn't know, he also heard that what the two said was not the same as what Shang Xirui said. Everyone at the table laughed softly, Shang Xirui blushed, and said: "Then Mr. Sun will take care of you! I have to go to the curtain call, everyone, take a seat, excuse me."
Shang Xirui was still blushing until he thanked his seat. He is really not good at socializing with others, and he feels that it is the most difficult part to come out and sing.
After the play is over, the two gentlemen, Sun and Han, take the first step. Commander Cao took a deep look at the stage, then gave some orders to the adjutant, turned around and left. Cheng Fengtai was going to go backstage as usual, but Fan Lian stopped him, mysteriously having something important to say. Although Cheng Fengtai was impatient in every possible way, he couldn't hold back Fan Lian in every possible way to keep him, but what was annoying was that he didn't hurry up and had to send his little girlfriend home first. Cheng Fengtai patiently accompanied him to see off his girlfriend, Fan Lian dismissed the driver, and stood smoking a cigarette with Cheng Fengtai in the ice and snow.
"Brother-in-law, did you see anything just now?"
Cheng Fengtai said disdainfully: "Is it because there are two factions fighting within the upper echelon, and the one surnamed Sun thought that Commander Cao was theirs, and showed off to the one surnamed Han. Unexpectedly, the one surnamed Han knew everything better than him, so he exposed it on the spot. Then the one surnamed Sun Shake hands with the surnamed Han to make peace." The talk was too convoluted, and he was amused: "This is all a mess. The military is in charge of the central government. Can we control it?"
Fan Lian looked at him seriously: "You said that Mr. Han is a factional struggle, I don't think so, I think he is from there."
Cheng Fengtai puffed out a cigarette, and squinted his eyes to look at him: "The ones over there? Japanese? Chinese is so slick, traitor?"
Fan Lian was angry at his stupidity, and snorted: "Where did you go! I mean the ones from the north! They were beaten and ran all over the place! They can't be destroyed!"
Cheng Fengtai's eyes widened in surprise, thinking it was ridiculous: "Are you crazy? How dare the people over there come to seek skin from a tiger?"
Fan Lian said: "I'm just a guess. You heard him say that he was in Guangzhou in the 16th year of the Republic of China. He still had that tone, that posture, and what kind of unity and cooperation... Hey, I really can't say it. Anyway. I’ve seen officials with eight hundred if not one thousand, and even if he’s not from that side, he’s definitely not from this side, and his tone is different. I think Commander Cao’s heart is like a mirror, and you have a chance to test his tone.”
Cheng Fengtai nodded: "Okay, I believe in your feeling, we two are collaborating tonight. I said, you spent a long time on me just for this?"
Fan Lian shook his head and criticized him: "Otherwise, you southern men would be considered a needle-spinner, like a woman, and you don't have a broad vision at all!"
Cheng Fengtai felt it was funny: "I'll see if you're wider."
"It's so obvious, you don't need to think about it! If the two parties don't fight with you there, won't you be able to do business there again?"
Cheng Fengtai put away his smile, and silently held a cigarette in his mouth. He knew what kind of business Fan Lian was referring to, of course it couldn't be tea and silk, it was just a game of deception. At the age of sixteen, Cheng Fengtai used the name of the Fan family to buy goods, and he made a comeback in his early twenties, supporting Commander Cao with 200,000 oceans and equipped a regiment. In this chaotic world in China, why does business come in so quickly? In addition to the smoke and soil, it is the arms, which is a hurtful thing. The youngest uncle of the Cheng family stayed abroad in the early years and took root in the UK. He helped his nephew to smuggle them. Now more than half of the British guns on the market are surnamed Cheng.
"At the beginning, I was afraid of offending the government, so I didn't dare to sell more there. If I see it right tonight, won't this way of making money be opened again in the future?"
Cheng Fengtai sneered: "Financial resources? You don't even know how poor they are! I have dealt with them before! Millet plus rifles, have you heard of it? There is a place where soldiers have one meal a day, thin or thin The winter in the north is so cold, the tattered cotton in the officer’s cotton coat has no skin on his body. The man is very capable, he bargains down the middle, buys two boxes of goods, and I have to spare my engine oil and gunpowder. That’s right! It’s also for the purpose of resisting the Japanese, so I won’t let my riches go to outsiders’ land, so I’ll arm you Fanjiabao, okay?”
Cheng Fengtai complained a lot to that side, but his expression and tone didn't show much hatred, it seemed that it was just the heartfelt resentment of buyers and sellers against bargaining prices. Fan Lian then smiled and said: "Then it's settled, you arm Fanjiabao for me, the price will be slashed, and you will still buy me gunpowder and engine oil." Cheng Fengtai raised his leg and was about to kick his ass, but he dodged it. Quickly got into his car and chatted with Cheng Fengtai. Cheng Fengtai looked at the time and it was past one and a half in the morning, thinking that Shang Xirui was about to go home, Fan Lian was messed up all night. Get in the car and let Lao Ge drive to the backyard of the commercial house, then wave his hands: "Go back! Pick me up at noon tomorrow!" Stepping on the water tank, he climbed over the wall and entered the house with ease.
Lao Ge was stunned, and suddenly woke up, looking back and forth in the car to avoid being seen by passers-by. I don't know what the second master was playing with Boss Shang again, why did he change into a flower picker