The Prodigal Son's Happy Life - Chapter 189

[Chapter 189 Theater Industrialization]

“I understand, Grandpa Sun.”

Zhang Cheng’s eyes flashed brightly, and he said in a slightly childish voice: “If it weren’t for Mr. Fang, I would still be begging for food on the street.”

Old Man Sun was old .

A smile appeared on his face, he waved his hand and said: “As long as you understand, don’t take this matter to heart and continue to do your work.”

“Yes, Grandpa Sun!”

Zhang Cheng felt relieved after hearing this and slipped away. He jogged back into the theater.

The first scene has been performed, and next, he still needs to clean the seats.

Seeing the child’s deft movements, Old Man Sun had a look of relief on his face.

No matter where they are, children who are diligent will never die of hunger.

Even if he is begging for food, there is always a way to survive.

Looking at Zhang Cheng, Old Man Sun seemed to have seen himself when he was a child, and he couldn’t help but feel filled with emotion.

The first scene had ended, the audience had left, and the whole theater seemed empty.

But he knew that it wouldn’t be long before the place would be filled with guests.

“Nie Xiaoqian” has reached its tenth episode and can still be played for a while.

After a while, when “Nie Xiaoqian” is about to be completed, the number of “Nie Xiaoqian” scenes can be reduced, and “The Romance of the West Chamber” and “The Legend of the Condor Heroes” can be officially launched.

As long as Zhuxuanzhai is still in the capital, there will be many good stories like “Nie Xiaoqian”, and there will naturally be no need to worry about the guests.

As an actor who wanders around and can only make a living relying on the money given by passers-by, has he ever had such a stable and happy life?

When a person is immersed in beautiful things, he can’t help but think of some sad things.

The actor’s life was difficult. Among the few friends who worked together in the south of the city, now only one other than him was still in the hook.

That friend is now in a hook bar in the west of the city, far away from the Grand Theater of the Capital, relying on his old skills to barely make a living.

Unfortunately, a few days ago, God was not kind and it rained heavily in the capital.

The roof of the hook fence was pressed down by the wind and rain. The old friend happened to be in the hook fence at the time and was injured.

Although the injury was not serious, he was an old man and would probably have to lie in bed for at least ten and a half days before he could get out of bed.

If he had not picked up this land deed and given it to Young Master Fang, and the original Goulan had not turned into the current Capital Grand Theater,

his life might not be as good as that of his old friend.

Now he has finally made it through.

But in this capital, there are countless actors and actresses, and it is very difficult for them to even ask for some rewards and make ends meet.

Since the Beijing Grand Theater was built, countless actors and actresses have approached me, hoping to make a living here.

It’s just that Young Master Fang has an order not to recruit useless people.

Of course, these old people in the acting world are not useless people, but compared to the repertoire of the Jingshi Grand Theater, they are really not of much use. In addition, the staff is almost saturated.

Old man Sun has no choice but to face these former friends and companions. shook his head in refusal.

Before he picked up the land deed, he had lived a homeless life for the first half of his life.

No one could empathize with the plight of these actors better than him

. If there was anything he could do to help them, he would naturally lend a helping hand without hesitation.

It’s just that his power is really limited. The original Chengnan Goulan had already consumed all his energy and money, but he still couldn’t change anything.

After all, actors and actresses in this era are not stable professions that can support their families.

Unless

Goulan is turned into a theater, using the Beijing Grand Theater as a template, it will mainly perform serials, interspersed with various traditional tricks, sell tickets systematically, and give fixed wages to the ‘actors’.

However, this model requires a lot of money upfront. Investment, these poor actors and actresses may not be able to build a theater even if they sell all their businesses.

Old Man Sun couldn’t help but sigh when he thought of this.

It would be great if someone would build a few more theaters in the capital.

He was sitting in the corner thinking wildly, and suddenly he heard footsteps coming from his ears. He raised his head and stood up hurriedly.

“Master Fang.”

Fang Xiu walked in from outside the theater, waved his hand, motioned for him to sit down, and asked with a smile: “How was yesterday’s business?”

A smile appeared on Old Man Sun’s face, and he said: “Very good. From morning to night, the seats were packed. In addition to the revenue from tickets, various smoothies and snacks were also sold very well.”

Fang Xiu smiled, exchanged a few words, and then said straight to the point: “My lord. I have something I want to discuss with Mr. Sun.

“I can’t bear to be called a master like this. If you have anything to do with me, just let me know. How can I bother you to come here?”

Mr. Sun heard this. , said quickly.

Fang Xiu has always maintained enough respect for people like Old Man Sun.

Even in a sense, he is his subordinate.

Therefore, Fang Xiu did not directly use a commanding tone, but used a consulting tone. He looked at Old Man Sun and said slowly: “In a few days, the pro-army Sixteen Guards Competition will be over, and there will definitely be an additional number in the theater. batch of guests

The theater can no longer accommodate the original guests, let alone another batch.

Therefore, I have an idea to recruit more actors, build theaters like this in the north and west of the city, sign contracts with them, provide them with scripts and programs, and pay them fixed wages. “

This idea did not come up recently.

Since the construction of the Jingshi Grand Theater, the revenue has been very high, and compared with Chunfeng Tower and Zhuxuanzhai, it does not need to pay too much cost.

In addition, relatively Among restaurants, bookstores, and the capital, the theater industry is still blank. No one is doing it.

Except for a few unprofitable entertainment venues, there are almost no other entertainment venues

because there is not enough money .

Build a theater and recruit people.

But after getting 140,000 taels from Zhao Yan, the money for building a theater and recruiting people was nothing. Therefore, Fang Xiu came up with the idea of building more theaters in the capital.

What is needed to open a theater are good stories, scripts and actors, and

he has no shortage of stories and theater. Among Zhuxuanzhai’s three current best-selling novels, only “Nie Xiaoqian” has been adapted into a TV series, and the other two are enough to cope with it for a while. .

After the performance, there are still so many martial arts novels that are almost inexhaustible and will not be used up in a lifetime.

Therefore, what he lacks is only high-quality and high-quality actors, that is, for future generations .

‘Actor’.

After seeing the so-called stars of later generations who were so miserable,

Fang Xiu felt strange in his heart that

he was very interested in this industry .

A small change

(end of chapter) .