What should a high-end private room in an antique theater look like?

Magnificent?

Carved beams and painted buildings?

Bei Quezhu Palace?

Or is it a carved jade brick?

neither.

In Jiang Qi's opinion, the newly renovated second-floor box of the theater is most appropriately described as gold and jade on the outside and crumbling on the inside.

The decoration of the private room looks very intimidating at first glance. There is no trace of modern technology. It seems that everything is carefully crafted by craftsmen.

All furniture decorations are made of wood, with carved window frames, carved door edges, and even carved table legs, in sharp contrast to the simple Eight Immortals table in the lobby on the first floor.

Coupled with the numerous knitted decorations scattered throughout the private room, but not crowded, and the charming-looking ink paintings hanging on the wall, the entire private room looks very high-end, and it would be a shame if it didn't sell for four figures.

furnish.

Only Jiang Qi, who has seen the total renovation costs of a dozen private rooms on the second floor, understands what it means to use the worst wood to carve the most beautiful flowers.

Jiang Xiaoliang has been in the wood business for nearly 20 years. He knows best what kind of wood is expensive and durable, what kind of wood is the most cost-effective, and what kind of wood is cheap and not durable but looks intimidating.

The decoration in the boxes on the second floor of the theater looks very good now, but with the current decoration materials, these inferior wood will start to rot in a year or two, and all the money spent on the previous decoration will be wasted.

Hu Qingdu secretly wondered in his heart whether Jiang Qi knew very well that the theater would not last long in the amusement park, so he deliberately used such bad materials to decorate it, and stopped the theater once the renovation was completed to stop the loss in time.

In fact, Jiang Qi was willing to use such rotten wood entirely because there was Wang Xinghua in the theater.

Under Wang Xinghua's maintenance, the original lifespan of wood may only be one or two years, and it is not a problem to multiply it by ten or twenty times, and all Jiang Qi has to pay is only 1,000 yuan a month in maintenance fees.

Jiang Qi received the cheap decoration, and Wang Xinghua received the fixed maintenance fee. Only Hu Qing scratched a few hairs while speculating on the boss's intention of decorating like this, and whether he should regard the theater as the key business project of the amusement park in the future.

Only Hu Qing’s hair-injured world was achieved.

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March 31st, the last day of March, is destined to be a special day for all members of the theater troupe.

After a full month of running-in and rehearsals, the theater troupe led by Feng Ling successfully arranged 3 major plays and 7 small plays. This marks that the theater troupe, which has been quietly promoting in Taiping Town for a period of time, can finally be officially launched in Taiping Town.

The town will receive an epic version update, removing 2 non-resident NPCs (the original roles of Feng Ling and Wang Xinghua), adding 27 permanent NPCs and a new map theater.

This Taiping Town version update will be the biggest change since the amusement park opened.

After several days of discussions and meetings between the Logistics Department, Propaganda Department, Planning Department and the newly established opera department, Hu Qing finally finalized the plan and submitted it to Jiang Qi. After Jiang Qi agreed, it was determined that the theater would go online on April 7.

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Before the theater is officially launched, Jiang Qi hopes that the theater troupe will perform an internal performance first.

"In-house performance?" Feng Ling, who was still wearing a costume and no makeup and simply putting her hair up, after a brief moment of confusion, readily agreed to Jiang Qi's proposal without even asking in depth.

"When will it be set?"

Jiang Qi glanced at the calendar on his phone, then looked up at the opera actors on the stage directly behind him who were practicing their moves: "Today is the 4th, and the first performance in the theater was originally scheduled to be at 6pm on April 7th.

In this case, the internal performance will be scheduled for the 6th."

"You will sing small operas in the afternoon and big operas in the evening. It will be the same as after the theater officially opens. Just treat it as a trial performance. Is that okay?"

Feng Ling nodded: "Of course there is no problem, but if we start singing in the afternoon, who will come to watch?"

Amusement park employees have to work during the day.

When Feng Ling heard Jiang Qi talk about the internal performance at first, he thought it was a performance after the amusement park closed.

Jiang Qi smiled and said: "Who said that internal performances must be attended by amusement park employees? Don't we have many non-staff employees here?"

Feng Ling is a quick-thinking person, and he immediately reacted when Jiang Qi said this: "Has the snow village been built?"

"No, but it will be soon."

It is now April 3rd, and the work on the Xuecun side started on December 20th. Although the construction site only had two days off during the entire New Year period, no matter how fast the construction period at Shen Liang's side was, it would not be possible to complete the huge project in just three months.

The snow village is built.

If it was really built so quickly, Jiang Qi would not worry, fearing that it would be a shoddy project.

In Xuecun, construction and decoration are combined. Yin Lin divided the various buildings in Xuecun into batches. Shen Liang's engineering team built the buildings in batches. After a batch of construction was completed, Boss Shen's decoration team moved in and started decoration.

Nowadays, the decoration team and the engineering team are working at the same time, and the number of workers in Xuecun is quite considerable.

"The construction period is progressing so smoothly, so of course I have to find an opportunity to reward the two bosses Shen. I have already asked boss Shen and the others that it will not affect the workers if they give them half a day off and come to the amusement park to experience the theater that has not yet opened.

Everyone was very happy with the overall construction period.”

"The theater has been rehearsing these days and has not had any serious formal performances. I just want to take this opportunity to see the effect."

Feng Ling still had no objection and agreed readily: "No problem, we have arranged a total of 7 short plays here, the short ones are 20 minutes and the long ones are more than 40 minutes. I will make a list of the small plays for you. You want to perform them

Which of the major dramas are I starring in and I can only act in one scene? Do you prefer "The Match" or "Meng Lijun"?"

"Can't you play "The Legend of the Princess"?" Jiang Qi said that what he really wanted to watch was the vulgar drama produced by Wang Xinghua.

Wang Xinghua has not been idle this month. She can get points from various part-time jobs. Lili and Lillian, who took over the part-time jobs given by Wang Xinghua, earn a lot of money.

Wang Xinghua, who had completely freed up time, spent all her time and energy on expressing her talent - writing play scripts.

For a normal third-rate literati, it would take several months to write a decent original script. Wang Xinghua only needs a month, not because she is a ghost who is tireless and does not need to rest. No matter how tireless she is, she only has 24 a day.

hours, it is impossible to have twice as many hours as others, 48 ​​hours.

Wang Xinghua was able to write so quickly, with such a high level of completion, and so well, and she was able to complete the writing, rehearsals, and scores within a month, all because this script is not original.

This new play "The Legend of the Princess", which was based on the most popular play of the Feng Family Troupe to which Feng Ling originally belonged, was modified by Jiang Qi and revised by Wang Xinghua herself. It is a pure adaptation.

Only some rebirth plots have been added to enhance the sense of mindless fun, and even the lyrics and vocals have not been changed much. If the original author knew someone underground in a different world, he would probably ask Wang Xinghua to burn the copyright fees to him.

Wang Xinghua, a third-rate literati, said that there is no faster way to create in the world than plagiarism.

""The Legend of the Princess"?" Feng Ling was a little surprised. He didn't expect Jiang Qi to like watching this.

Wang Xinghua did not tell Feng Ling that Jiang Qi proposed the revision of "The Legend of the Princess". Feng Ling still thought that Wang Xinghua would change the plot of "The Legend of the Princess" to this, entirely because she had read too many novels during this period.

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"The other two are both classics. I have watched the full version online. Anyway, this is a trial performance, so we don't need to pay too much attention to it. I will take Erya from school for this internal performance. Erya

I’m also looking forward to the troupe’s new plays, I have to let her watch something new.”

What Jiang Qi said made sense to Feng Ling: "Okay, let's just do The Legend of the Princess."

As he said that, Feng Ling turned around suddenly, as if there were eyes on the back of his head, and said loudly: "Wrong."

The actors on the stage shuddered and were stunned for a moment and slowed down for half a beat.

"The tone is wrong." Feng Ling continued.

Leader Feng quickly stepped forward to give instructions.

Jiang Qi looked at the troupe members who were perhaps a bit older than Feng Ling, but were managed obediently by Feng Ling, and had to sigh in his heart that Wang Xinghua still had some talent for picking people.

After the previous interview, Jiang Qi took a few resumes that had been performed earlier, but still had an x ​​with a red circle on them, and asked Wang Xinghua if they had any questions, Wang Xinghua's answer was that she was not convinced.

Being capable and refusing to obey may be called arrogance, but this arrogance is a big x for Wang Xinghua and Feng Ling.

Before surpassing Feng Ling in ability, Feng Ling was the only main pillar in the theater. Feng Ling and Wang Xinghua both shouldered the heavy responsibility of making the theater profitable, and did not have so much leisure and elegance to deal with other than rehearsing.

external things.

If Feng Ling hadn't participated in the fixed small opera performances in the afternoon and only sang in the big operas in the evening, the theater troupe could have lowered the singing level threshold for recruiting opera actors.

"Has it been agreed on how to sell tickets?" Jiang Qi asked.

"It's agreed." Feng Ling didn't find it strange that Jiang Qi didn't know the specific policy for selling tickets. Unless Jiang Qi was particularly concerned about it, he would only look at the results when making decisions. Who calls him the boss?

"We sell tea tickets in the afternoon and theater tickets in the evening."

"A pot of tea costs 5 cents, and you can watch two shows. Children are not charged for tea. However, the boxes for the afternoon show are not open, and the VIP seats in the front row have been cancelled, and they are all ordinary seats." Feng Ling pointed to the back row.

"Xinghua still had the idea to add a narrow and tall flat stool as a small table between the two ordinary seats."

"The special opening discount for theater tickets in the evening is only 2 cents for ordinary seats. After a week, it will return to the original price of 4 cents. The price of VIP seats will be doubled. The price of the private rooms upstairs is one tael cheaper and more expensive 2 taels. Tea and snacks are extra."

"Isn't the private room a bit too expensive?" Jiang Qi looked up at the private room. A private room costs one to two thousand yuan, so there probably aren't many people who would be willing to book it.

"The private room can accommodate several people, and you can also add chairs and seats. It is a large space that is not noisy and comfortable. The price is actually quite cheap, because the exchange ratio between copper coins, silver and gold in our amusement park is very outrageous, so gold is actually not worth it at all.

Money not worth gold."

Jiang Qi:……

"Xinghua and I checked online. VIP tickets in many theaters cost five to six hundred. Our entire box only costs one or two thousand, which is already very cheap."

Jiang Qi was instantly convinced.

"Very good." Jiang Qi couldn't help but nodded, looked at the stage, looked at the audience, looked at the newly made costumes everyone was wearing, looked at the employees who were actively rehearsing without taking any chances, and felt very

OK, no problem.

Jiang Qi turned around and prepared to go back.

"Boss." Feng Ling stopped Jiang Qi.

"Um?"

"I quietly asked Jiangcha Theater last night how much it cost to prepare for this month." Jiang Qi saw the nervousness on Feng Ling's face for the first time.

"The theater spent nearly a million on decoration, purchase of props and costumes, and salaries of all members of the theater troupe in March."

"It's no problem." Jiang Qi said that he was aware of the expense. The troupe's 27 employees had a salary of more than 100,000 yuan. Although the cheapest solution was used for decoration, it still cost a lot of money to install more than a dozen boxes.

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Not to mention the large expenditure on props and costumes, the theater's expenditure in March did not exceed 1 million. Jiang Qi was already surprised and felt that the theater had saved quite a lot of money.

"I'm a little worried about losing money." Feng Ling said sheepishly, "We didn't spend so much money on opera back then."

"The Samsung gift I gave is not as valuable as Teacher John. If the theater no longer has Teacher John's classroom to make money, or even lose money, then I will become the most losing employee you have ever hired." Feng Ling was inexplicably competitive.

The heart returns to the world.

Jiang Qi:?

Why benchmark against Old John?

"Grandma Feng, why do you think so?" Jiang Qi quickly called her back, "It's rare to have a chance to live again, why shouldn't you be happy?"

"You are the general person in charge of the theater, but I am the general person in charge of the amusement park. All you need to do is to manage the theater members and arrange the show well. As for whether the theater can make money, that is my business."

"As long as there are no problems with your work, even if the results are not satisfactory, the problem must be..." Jiang Qi paused, "Luck."

Feng Ling:?

According to your logic just now, shouldn’t you be the one with the problem?

Of course, Feng Ling didn't ask.

"Grandma Feng, you have to believe in your own strength." Jiang Qi said with a smile, "You are a red horn who sang from the Caotai troupe. In Wang Xinghua's words, a red horn who sang from the Caotai troupe can wear pearls on his clothes.

The chance of her getting married is lower than the chance of her getting married to a rich, powerful, handsome and idiot classmate who doesn't want her to be a child and is willing to marry her as his wife after she gets admitted to college."

Feng Ling:......

"Xinghua thinks so highly of you, why should you belittle yourself?"

"You could sing famously back then, and you can definitely do it now."

"If it doesn't work, then there must be something wrong with Xinghua's script."

"puff."

Feng Ling couldn't hold it back, and was amused by Jiang Qi's last scapegoat. The tension that came with it because his first stage appearance was about to dissipate a little.

"Thank you boss for your comfort, I can sing well." Feng Ling said with a smile.

"I will definitely not be the first card character you draw to lose money."

Jiang Qi said firmly: "You must not be."

After leaving the theater, Jiang Qi went straight back to the office. On the way back to the office, he had been editing messages on his mobile phone and thinking about how to ask for leave from Wang Erya's class teacher. The edited messages were deleted, modified, and modified until Wang Erya's

The head teacher took the initiative to send him a message.

Teacher Cai: Brother Wang Qinghe, you seem to have something to ask me about.

The message from Teacher Cai shocked Jiang Qi, and he sent the unedited message with shaking hands.

Jiang Qi: Teacher Cai, I am Wang Qinghe’s brother Jiang Qi. The theater in the amusement park I run will hold an internal performance on April 6, so I would like to ask Qinghe for a day off to pick her up.

The rest of the message has not been typed yet.

Jiang Qi quickly withdrew the information.

Teacher Cai:?

Jiang Qi: Hello, Teacher Cai, I am Jiang Qi, Wang Qinghe’s brother. Our family has something to do on April 6th and we need to ask Qinghe for a day off to pick her up. It’s just one day off and it shouldn’t delay her study, right?

Teacher Cai holding a mobile phone:...

What's the use of withdrawing it now? I've already seen the last message!

I am very impressed by you, Mr. Jiang. You are a stumbling block on Wang Qinghe’s learning path.

When Teacher Cai thought about Wang Qinghe's newly released monthly test results in April, she felt that it was really touching that Qinghe could make such great progress in such a family environment.

When a theater in an amusement park opens to play a new show, they have to take time off to take their children back to watch the show. How can there be such parents in the world!

Wait, a theater in an amusement park?

Teacher Cai silently sent Wang Erya's latest monthly test report card to Jiang Qi, leaving tears of envy in her heart.

You damn rich people.

Jiang Qi saw Wang Erya’s monthly exam report card:!

Oh my god, Erya scored 43 points in the physics test, setting a new record for Erya’s highest score in physics since this semester!

Chemistry 51! He knew that their Erya was a genius in chemistry!

English 113! This performance is too stable!

Bio13…

It must be that this monthly biology test is too difficult.

Mathematics 39, it seems that mathematics is quite difficult this time.

Jiang Qi calculated the results of Wang Erya's monthly exam and found that the total score for the six subjects of Chinese, Mathematics, English, Physics and Chemistry actually added up to 351 points.

Jiang Qi: Based on these results, will our Qinghe be able to get into junior college in the future?

Teacher Cai:???

As a parent, is this what you want from your children?

As long as you are willing to spend money, you can get into a junior college with more than 100 points, Jiang Qi’s parents!

Don’t you have any expectations for your sister to go to college???

Teacher Cai gave up communicating with the parent who was full of filters and gave a simple reply and analysis of Wang Erya's progress in subjects during this period. Jiang Qi was so excited when he saw that.

I even hummed a song when I went back to the office.

Hu Qing, who was waiting for Jiang Qi in his office:?

"Boss, are you happy today?" Hu Qing asked tentatively.

"Yes." Jiang Qi said happily, showing off by clicking on the Wang Erya's monthly exam report card sent to him by Teacher Cai, "Qing Heyue scored 351 points in the exam!"

Hu Qing:...?

I really don’t understand you rich people.

Hu Qing used his lifelong acting skills to congratulate Jiang Qi, and then told Jiang Qi another good news.

The time has been set for Xue Shaoheng to come to the amusement park to watch the toy theater performance.

The amusement park contacted Xue Hua and Xue Shaoheng two years ago. Xue Hua said that because of the Chinese New Year, they would have to wait until after the New Year before coming back. However, Xue Shaoheng's condition had some recurrences after the New Year.

Xue Shaoheng's savant syndrome is much milder than that of ordinary patients, but occasionally some unexplained external circumstances may stimulate him and worsen his condition.

During the Chinese New Year, Xue Shaoheng was irritated by something unknown and developed a strong rejection of external things. Xue Hua had no choice but to take him abroad for treatment, which delayed him for a long time.

In fact, the communication between Hu Qing and Xue Hua has not been smooth. Xue Hua herself did not really want Xue Shaoheng to take the order from the amusement park because of Xue Shaoheng's unexpected situation.

Xue Hua felt that going out into a completely unfamiliar environment would be more detrimental to Xue Shaoheng's condition. However, Xue Shaoheng himself was very interested in the toy drama in the amusement park and had to accept orders life and death.

During this month, the two siblings formed a confrontation between parents and naughty children, which finally ended with Xue Shaoheng's success. Xue Hua also agreed with the amusement park on a time to come to the amusement park.

April 6th.

"What a coincidence." Jiang Qi couldn't help but exclaimed when he heard this date. In this way, if Xue Shaoheng and Xue Hua arrive earlier, they can still catch up with the evening's "The Legend of the Princess".

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "What's such a coincidence?" Hu Qing didn't quite understand.

Jiang Qi briefly explained to Hu Qing and asked Hu Qing to ask Xue Hua if they were interested, the amusement park could arrange a box for them to watch the show.

Hu Qing quickly contacted Xue Hua, and Xue Hua readily agreed. As a result, the premiere of "The Legend of the Princess" on April 6 attracted two more heavyweight audiences.

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Early on the morning of April 6, Jiang Qi packed his bags, took a taxi to the train station, and took the high-speed rail to Chenfeng High School to pick up Wang Erya.

Spring has begun in April, and the weather has warmed up. Although it is still a bit cold, Jiang Qi cannot wander around wearing a thin cotton-padded jacket every day like before.

If you continue to wear thin cotton-padded jackets like this, some gossip about thin cotton-padded jackets will spread in the amusement park.

Jiang Qi spent 1999 asking Lillian to cast a spell on a cheap shirt, and he would only wear this shirt from then on.

Picking up people this time is different from last time.

Last time Jiang Qi came to Chenfeng High School to pick up Wang Erya to go home for vacation. He needed to go to the dormitory to help Wang Erya pick up his luggage. This time, he simply picked up Wang Erya to go home for leave. He only had one day and didn't need to bring any luggage.

Jiang Qi doesn't need to enter the school either.

Teacher Cai will bring Wang Erya out.

When Jiang Qi came to the school gate and waited for someone, he found that there was an old lady with silver hair waiting with him.

Although her hair is completely white, this grandma looks very energetic. She wears a lot of clothes, probably because she is afraid of the cold. Her clothes are very bright and elegant.

Jiang Qi smiled at the old lady and sent a message to tell Teacher Cai that he had arrived at the school gate.

As a result, before the news was sent out, Teacher Cai led Wang Erya and Qi Si to the door.

"grandmother!"

As soon as Qi Si left school, she rushed to the old woman beside Jiang Qi and gave her grandma a big hug: "I knew you were the best. You will definitely help me get this leave."

Jiang Qi:?

Jiang Qi looked at Teacher Cai, who looked unhappy, and for no reason suddenly felt that Qi Si's request for leave today might have something to do with him.

"Thank you, Teacher Cai." Grandma Qi Si said slowly, "Our Sisi is usually naughty and mischievous, so thank you for your hard work."

"Brother." Wang Erya walked to Jiang Qi's side.

"It's really troublesome for Teacher Cai." Jiang Qi said with a smile.

Although Teacher Cai's eyes were full of condemnation, he still forced out a smile and said: "Qinghe parents, there is not much pressure to study in the first year of high school now. You can't ask for leave like this when you are in the third year of high school."

"Okay, okay."

Teacher Cai walked back helplessly.

As soon as Teacher Cai left, Qi Si became excited and looked at Jiang Qi: "Brother Qinghe, will the theater in your amusement park start singing this afternoon or tonight? I heard Qinghe said that you can buy tickets on the spot. I can

Do you want to reserve a seat in the front row in advance? My grandma is old and may not be able to see clearly if she sits too far back."

"Ah?" Jiang Qi was stunned by Qi Si, "The theater will start selling tickets tomorrow."

"Ah?" Qi Si's voice was louder than Jiang Qi's just now, "Then why did Qinghe ask for leave today? It's over, it's over, it's over. It's the wrong leave."

Qi Si looked at her grandma for help, and Grandma Qi Si shook her head silently.

"I can only take one day off."

Qi Si's face was filled with sadness.

"But there is indeed a performance today, but it is just an internal performance." Jiang Qi explained, "Maybe I didn't make it clear to Qing He on the phone, and you misunderstood."

"But it doesn't matter. If you are taking leave today just to go to the amusement park with your grandma to watch a show, you two can just come and watch today's internal performance. I will arrange a private room with the best view on the second floor for you."

"Speaking of which, today's big drama is different from tomorrow's. Tomorrow's big drama is "The Legend of a Fairy", and today's big drama is "The Legend of the Princess". According to the type of drama, I think you will like "The Legend of the Princess" even more than "The Legend of the Princess".

"A Match Made in Heaven."

As for whether Grandma Qi Si can accept such a trendy plot as "The Legend of the Princess", Jiang Qi is not sure.

"Great!" Qi Si was happy again. She looked around and pointed at the black car parked on the side of the road not far away. "I knew there was no way my dad would let my grandma and I take the high-speed rail to the amusement park.

He must have sent us a driver."

"Qinghe, brother Qinghe, come with us, there's enough room to sit down."

Grandma Qisi also nodded with a smile.

Jiang Qi just took the car back to the amusement park.

On the way, Jiang Qi learned through Qi Si, a big talker who couldn't keep any secrets, that it was really because of him that Qi Si took leave this time.

Jiang Qi called Wang Erya in the evening to tell him about going back to the amusement park to watch a movie on April 6. Wang Erya and Qi Si were roommates, and there was no way to hide this kind of thing from Qi Si.

Qi Si herself has no interest in watching Huangmei Opera, but her grandmother is a theater fan, and Qi Si is a poor student who doesn't want to study.

Of course Qi Si didn't want to miss such a good opportunity to skip class. She called her grandma that night and asked her to ask for leave and take her to the amusement park to watch a movie.

Qi Si's parents knew their daughter's virtue and thought it would only be a day off, so they agreed.

Wang Erya was forced not to study, but Qi Si really didn't study.

After listening to Qi Si's story about her request for leave and her mental journey, Jiang Qi deeply understood why Teacher Cai looked at him with a look that made him want to cut himself into pieces.

He is really a stumbling block on the road to study in dormitory 701.

"Xiao Jiang, let me ask you something." After Qi Si finished chatting, Grandma Qi Si, who was sitting in the passenger seat, suddenly spoke.

"You say."

"What kind of drama is "The Legend of the Princess" you just mentioned? I have listened to dramas all my life, but I have never heard of this big drama."

"Oh, this is a play written by our amusement park troupe." Jiang Qi explained, "Because it was written by myself, it will not be officially performed for the time being. It will only be performed in today's internal performance."

"The official performances starting tomorrow, the only big plays in the evening are "The Match" and "Meng Lijun"."
Chapter completed!