Chapter 4 Entrusting a Wife and a Son
No wonder Liu La couldn't recognize him. Guo Dagang is in a downturn now, and he is not the boss Guo who is dressed in Hermes in later generations.
A ticket cost 20 yuan per ticket. At the worst, I couldn’t sell it on two weeks. Not to mention the money, I also paid for the venue fee. The eight people in the backstage were lingering between not having enough food every day and not having enough food at all. I was so hungry that I took the BP machine to the restaurant at the door to exchange for a basket of steamed buns and cooked cabbage for two meals.
This is the true portrayal of Guo Dagang's survival in the past two years.
Fortunately, my life has finally been a little better recently. Crosstalk is really not profitable, so he and his partner Teacher Yu had to start receiving some announcements from the TV station. Although there is no big profit, at least the actors in the backstage have a mistake and will not be hungry anymore.
Guo Dagang's master's surname is Hou, and he is also a top crosstalk artist in Tianjin. Both Mr. Hou and Ma and Liu have a good relationship, and can be called the closest faction of these two families. The old Mr. Hou is not in good health for a while and is in the hospital, so today I sent Guo Dagang to attend for him.
From some actions in later generations, we can see that this boss Guo is definitely a straight person with a bad temper.
So, when Guo Dagang, who was so angry, encountered something annoying like Jiang Bo, quarrels were inevitable.
In fact, even if there is no friction now, countless verbal battles will arise between the two people in later generations. Of course, the result of each time is that Guo Dagang has won the complete victory...
Let’s not talk about the things in the future, let’s talk about the present first.
Hearing the three words "Master Guo" with guns and sticks in Jiang Bo's mouth, Guo Dagang couldn't help but smile: "Oh, I dare not be called a class master, I just take a few friends with my elders and young people to make a living. We are small businesses and small business management, and you can't compare with Teacher Jiang. You are a big family in this industry! Who in the Chinese people dares to say that you have never seen your art?"
"Ah? Yes?" Old Guo's few promising words made Jiang Bo confused. This is not how the script was written.
At this time, Lao Guo continued, "Teacher Jiang, you are definitely the favorite crosstalk actor of the people of the country. The aunt downstairs in our house likes you very much. She always asks me, Gangzi, you are also a crosstalk. Do you know the one named Jiang Bo? Please ask him, just his crosstalk in the tiger mountain in the zoo, I have been talking about it for so many years, why haven't I killed him?"
"Puff." This is called a divine turn. For a moment, everyone couldn't hold it back. Jiang Bo's face turned green, green, like a small water radish.
"How do you talk, Guo Dagang?" Jiang Bo glared at his eyes and prepared to fight back.
But Guo Dagang interrupted him roughly: "How do I speak? How do you speak?"
"Actually, you are like a personal person, why can't you do personnel?" Guo Dagang pointed at Jiang Bo with his finger: "Aren't you asking Mr. Liu if it's appropriate? I will tell you what it means to be suitable and what it means to be inappropriate!"
Guo Dagang walked towards Jiang Bo step by step: "Mr. Liu is 80 years old and still cares about his master and knows that he has a master. This is called suitable! Your master is still alive and lives in the same city. Your grandson doesn't go to the door once every three or five years. This is called inappropriate!"
"The old man has been generous and kind all his life. He treats relatives and friends and fans in the circle. If anyone asks him for something, the old man will definitely be obliged to do so. This is called appropriate. What about you? You have to charge even if you teach your apprentice. If your apprentice's family doesn't pay you 50,000 yuan a year, you will fire someone. Tell yourself that you are a human being? Even if the reputation of our crosstalk art is destroyed in your hands, you will be called inappropriate."
"Let's put aside your character and not talk about your artistic accomplishments. The old man is now at this age and still knows how to study art. He can write a few new works every year. This is called suitable. As for you, you become popular with a crosstalk, and then you start using this crosstalk to cheat around the country. This is called inappropriate."
"Fortunately, China is big. If you want to be born in Vietnam, you can't even act for three days."
While cursing, Guo Dagang approached Jiang Bo step by step, but Jiang Bo had to step back step by step involuntarily.
"You...you..." Jiang Bo's face turned red, and he pointed at Guo Dagang to refute, but was speechless. Finally, he stomped his feet suddenly, and after he said with hatred, "I'm ashamed to be with you", he turned around and strode away.
It's said to leave, but it's more like running away in a hurry.
He came with two apprentices today. Looking at his back as he walked away, the two apprentices decided to each other and didn't follow him, so he sneaked home. It seemed that he was not going to follow their master again. Just this scene made Liu La's embarrassing cancer almost happen, which was so relieved!
After scolding Jiang Bo, Guo Dagang turned around and bowed to the old men: "All right, the annoying one finally left. You guys should continue."
"Hey, hey." Seeing that the accident was calmed down, after Guo Dagang reminded him, the host immediately reacted and hurriedly continued the ceremony.
In this way, after several complicated steps, finally, after Ma Sanye drank a cup of apprenticeship tea handed over by Yanagawahara, the entire ceremony was completely completed.
At this time, the heavy snow had stopped and a banquet was set up in the yard. The Zhou family's yard was semi-closed, with a glass roof on it, which was not very cold. However, because people who were afraid of the cold were worried that the food would be cold quickly, they still ordered a few heating braziers next to each dining table.
The wine and food were prepared in Liu Yanghe's restaurant. He arranged several old seniors in the chairman and then attracted other friends to sit in. As Yanagawahara's grandson, Liu La was naturally fortunate to be arranged by the old man.
Before the banquet, everyone was saying congratulations to the old man, which made the old man laugh.
After three rounds of wine and five flavors, seeing that everyone had almost finished drinking, the old man patted the table and spoke. He asked Liu La to help him up, and then bowed to everyone present and said, "Today, thank you for your arrival, Yanagawahara, thank you here. Thank you all for your hard work."
"You are serious, so you have to work hard!" Everyone hurriedly replied to Yanagawahara. As the saying goes, "Thank you to meet, it must be a world of martial arts."
After a few words of politeness to each other, the old man continued, "I was five years old and I finally got to join the master today. After calculating, it will be more than seventy years in a flash. Life is short, and I know that I have no more time left, and I am worried about something in my heart. I want to ask you to help me today."
"Hey, Mr. Liu, what are you saying? You are in good health and will definitely live for a long time."
"That's right, Mr. Liu, please don't say that quickly. If you have any questions, please give me instructions."
As soon as Yanagawahara said this, everyone hurriedly felt relieved for him, and some people agreed repeatedly.
"Thank you everyone." After thanking everyone, the old man said again: "You know your own body best, you don't need to comfort me. There is a saying in our industry, "Let your wife give birth to your child, and you all know what it means. My old wife died early and my son has already started a family and started a business, so there is nothing that makes me worry about.
Speaking of this, the old man smiled: "I am old and I have a son. I finally have a child in my forties. I really hold it in my mouth and I am afraid of melting it, and hold it in my hands and breaking it. It is precisely because of this that I did not let his son inherit his father's business. Because learning skills is too hard, I am afraid of being tired of him."
The old man paused: "But say it, most of our crosstalk industry pay attention to stepfather's business. I have given birth to such a son in my life, but he did not speak crosstalk and became a chef. This matter has always been a thorn in my heart for me. Fortunately, just 14 years ago, my grandson was born, so the thorn in my heart was pulled out. It doesn't matter if my son failed to inherit his father's business, wouldn't he still have a grandson?"
Speaking of this, the old man touched Liu La's head beside him: "It's also my problem. I want my grandson to learn crosstalk with me, but when I see the truth, my spoiled problem has been again. It's been 14 years since I always thought about teaching my grandson, but once I started, I was a little reluctant to let it go. I dragged it, and it's almost dragged myself to the grave. Today I have something to ask everyone. Before I die, I want to find a master for my grandson so that the crosstalk of our Liu family can continue to be passed on."
When the old man said this, everyone understood everything. After understanding, these crosstalk masters fought directly to make the old man feel at ease.
"Old man, stop talking, I understand what you mean. Don't worry, I'll accept this apprentice."
"Hey? What do you mean to accept it? I think this child has a good relationship with me, so I should still worship me."
"Don't talk nonsense, why do you have a good relationship with you? Look at how much this kid looks like me, you should pay homage to me."
"Old Wang, don't talk nonsense. If you are broken, you can live opposite their house..."
Liu La heard these uncles and uncles fighting to be his master, and he was in a mess.
"Why are you going to become a disciple? No one has notified myself in advance! I am a big star. What's the point of becoming a crosstalk actor?" Liu La wanted to refuse on the spot, but when he thought of the old man, he swallowed the words of rejection.
Liu La was extremely confused and the boss was reluctant. But these artists who robbed their apprentices were not idle. They snatched them and couldn't get a result in the end. After everyone decided, we wouldn't argue anymore. Let's let the old man choose, whoever you choose will be your grandson's master.
The old man has lived to be 80 years old. Although he is suffering from illness now, his mind is still bright. The old man thought about it and asked me to choose? Who should I choose? Isn’t it just offending other people who have not chosen?
Thinking of this, the old man pushed Liula out with a light effort: "Hurry, Lazi, today you will choose one of these elders as your master. No matter whether it is good or bad, whether it is rich or poor, it depends on whether the fate of the master and the apprentice is thin or thick!"
Chapter completed!