Crosstalk: Stop playing with your uncle!

Chapter 10: Tea Bowl Allegro
The most interesting part of this short crosstalk was "so hot that it's about to explode". After that, it was time to start the performance. The two of them prepared a quick-talking "Tong Ren Tang". Qi Long also showed off his unique skill: tea bowl quick-talking.

That is, use the knocking of tea bowls to simulate the sound of allegro, singing while beating.

He claimed that his tea bowl was about to break into pieces due to the heat, and he wanted to perform but had no props. As a result, Gao Dong forced him to do so by saying that he had brought them with him.

Then, just when Qi Long was at a loss, the tea bowl was handed to him.

Qi Long looked at the tea bowls, then at the audience. He turned one tea bowl upside down on top of another, moving it a little bit away so that the walls of the two bowls touched, producing a "click" sound.

Next is the tea lid. Use the tea lid to knock on the bottom of the upside-down tea bowl, and it will make a crisp sound.

The continuous sound is its shortcoming, while the tea lid hitting the bottom of the bowl is its strength.

That's how the fight started.

"Hey, you really can do it, but you have to play the allegro to perfection. What's your teacup?"

Gao Dongqiang asked a question, and Qi Long changed the rhythm of his hand movements. He first knocked the upper and lower tea bowls twice, and then tapped the tea lid. Immediately, there was a feeling of clapper talk. The tea lid can be knocked upright, which makes a crisp sound, and when it is knocked flat, it makes another sound. You can also knock on the bottom of the bowl, which makes another different sound.

With this beat, the allegro flower comes!
"Great!" The colleagues below were eager to show their support and cheered!
At this time, Gao Dongqiang also took out his own clapperboard: "Don't fight by yourself, follow me, I will fight you the same way I fight you? Do you dare?"

"No problem!" Qi Long nodded.

The two brothers performed allegro on the stage. Gao Dongqiang played a section and Qi Long played it again with the same rhythm.

The colleagues in the audience went from being surprised to being amazed, and finally they all applauded and cheered.

This is indeed a real skill. It is not something that anyone can learn just because of your master. It is impossible to do it without some skills.

"I say let's stop fighting and instead use the board to perform some tricks for everyone. What do you think?" Qi Long said.

"Okay, let's go!"

Unlike the previous fight, where you play one paragraph and I play another, now the two of them have matched their rhythm, and the sound of the tea bowls hitting the clappers is exactly the same as the sound of the clappers hitting the tea. If it weren't for the difference in sound, it would have sounded like the same person playing it.

The sound of the clapper gradually became smaller, and Qi Long began to sing into the microphone: [Tong Ren Tang was originally an old medicine store.]

This is a long section of allegro, with basically no rest in the middle. The first half tells a story, in which Medicine King saved the Queen with his superb medical skills, and the Emperor was delighted and gave him a yellow robe. Then the general was unhappy, saying, "I have been fighting for so long but I still don't have a yellow robe."

The Medicine King placed the yellow robe on display in the Medicine King Pavilion and resolved the dispute.

This section was sung by Qi Long. After he finished singing, Gao Dongqiang seamlessly connected and sang the second half:

[Your business has a counter]

The second half cleverly uses the names of some Chinese medicines and makes up a short story to link these names together.

For example: [There is clove, go and deliver the letter, then Ginseng sits in the lobby, Buddha's hand picks up the licorice stick, and hits the tangerine peel with each stick]

Of course, Chinese traditional medicine is so diverse that it would be impossible to list them all in just a few words.

[I want to continue singing the names of the medicines. I can’t finish singing until tomorrow. What I sing is:]

After Dong Qiang finished singing this line, the two of them made a big stop with their boards at the same time, then bowed to the audience and said in unison:

"I wish you all good health and a long life!" At this point, this short crosstalk ended. The judges in the audience smiled and applauded. Some of the audience members had already stood up (most of them were younger than Qi Long and the other, and a few were of the same generation) and cheered!
"It's a very good crosstalk. It's funny and shows the actors' skills. It's great!" A judge picked up the microphone and announced his score: 9.825 points!
Another judge followed up: "Chawan Allegro is really rare. I'm really surprised to see me here. Qi Long, I'll remember you!"

After saying that, he also showed his score: 9.780 points.

The third judge praised their tacit understanding. During such a long section of allegro, there was not the slightest deviation between the two of them. When the tea bowl on the left sounded, the allegro on the right sounded at the same time. It was a perfect coordination.

This person gave a high score of 9.875.

The fourth judge said that they all spoke in quick-paced style, so he just talked about the beginning. Until now, when he looked at Dongqiang's face, his mind was full of those words: Turn on the air conditioner!

It can be said that the crosstalk performed by the two was quite successful and left a deep impression on the audience. It was a successful crosstalk.

This person gave a score of 9.760.

The last judge, Master Shengjie, smiled amiably, "Qi Long is a child I have watched grow up. You may not know this, but he had a serious car accident a year ago and was hospitalized for a long time. I never expected that his Kung Fu did not decline during this period, but became even more advanced. This child is amazing!"

"Thank you, uncle," Qi Long bowed immediately.

In fact, he didn't want to mention the car accident that happened a year ago. It seemed like playing with sympathy and there was no need for that. But the judges brought it up and he couldn't do anything about it.

Master Shengjie showed the scoreboard, and perhaps to avoid suspicion, he gave the lowest score of the game: 9.600 points.

There were only five judges in total, so there was no operation of removing the highest or lowest score. The scores of the five judges were added together and divided by five, and the final score for the two was 9.768 points.

This score is already very high. Based on the experience of previous crosstalk competitions, a score of 9.75 or above is basically a sure thing to advance!
Qi and Gao also breathed a sigh of relief, bowed in thanks, and then left the stage.

When they returned to the audience, several crosstalk performers also greeted them and praised them sincerely:
"Man, that's awesome!"

"It's amazing, I admire you!"

"That's a really good point!"

The two men bowed and thanked him, then sat down. Qi Long took out his mobile phone and saw more than 130 coins had just been deposited into his account. He knew that many crosstalk actors were indeed amazed by the unique tea bowl clapper talk.

If you use funny jokes in crosstalk, not everyone will necessarily be convinced by you, and they may say it is a problem with the text.

But his skills in both hands and mouth are really impressive!
Qi Long turned off his phone. Although he wanted to watch the video from another world, he still had to respect other people's performances.

Unlike their explosive opening, the performances of the subsequent crosstalk performers were much worse.

The one who eats chestnuts, speaks indistinctly, and can even mess up a tongue twister; the one who is so nervous that his speech is as cadenced as that of a host in a middle school performance report; the one who breaks his voice when singing high notes.

Similar rollover incidents happen from time to time.

Naturally, these ratings for crosstalk performers are far lower than those of Qi Long and others.

"This is not recommended. How did you pass the preliminary round?" Gao Dongqiang didn't understand and frowned.

"I can only say that crosstalk is not popular now. If you have the time to be a host or tell a talk show, wouldn't it be easier to make money than telling crosstalk? There are fewer and fewer people who can calm down and study hard and work hard!" Qi Long replied in a low voice.

Gao Dongqiang nodded in agreement: "Well, no wonder it hasn't been held for many years, there are no outstanding contestants!"

(End of this chapter)