Crosstalk: Stop playing with your uncle!

Chapter 16 Just Rent Together

After the performance, Guo Degang, who was pretending to teach his own choreography a lesson on stage, called Zhang Helun to praise him, and then started talking about the work with Lang Heyan.

When Zhang Helun talks about himself on the stage, you should show a sense of contrast, that is, an expression: How dare you?

With this kind of contrast, the burden thrown out will be even louder.

Lang Heyan listened obediently. Guo Degang pointed at Gao Dongqiang and said, "You should learn more from Uncle Gao. You should also learn from him. He can handle all kinds of supporting roles!"

Qi Long nodded in agreement and pointed at his partner: "Indeed, our Jin Province Crosstalk Club doesn't have as many actors as you do, and each of them can have their own style to form a complete performance. Many times, there are not enough actors, so the two of us may have to perform two or three roles in one show. We have to know how to do everything and perform everything!"

In various traditional crosstalks, the funny man and the supporting man have different roles to play. The funny man plays a variety of roles, while the supporting man has various personalities.

There are all kinds of people, including the honest and simple-minded, the slightly stupid, the smart one who likes to watch the fun, the one who feels aggrieved and is bullied, the one with a high level of education, and so on.

Generally speaking, famous crosstalk performers will form a fixed style. For example, they will always be the kind of person with a high level of cultural literacy, like Wang Sheng, Miao Pu's partner in the Shaanxi Youth Opera Association.

They will avoid performing in programs that conflict with their personalities.

If you let a well-read supporting actor act eloquently, the audience will easily be distracted.

The purpose of "Speaking Like a Lotus Flower" is to create an image of a greedy man, so that when he is hit with a fan, the audience will feel that he deserves it, feel secretly happy, and have fun.

Although Qi Long and his friends can act out a variety of roles, they also have to ensure that the supporting roles have the same character in the several scenes in the same show to avoid distracting the audience!

Then again, precisely because they don’t have so many rotations, both of them are all-rounders in traditional crosstalk.

He can handle all kinds of gags, such as leg work, mother-and-child gags, literary gags, and ethical gags, so it is no problem for Teacher Guo to let his supporting actors learn from Dong Qiang.

Gao Dongqiang is also happy to teach others. In the Shanxi Province Crosstalk Society, he is the one who teaches everyone. Qi Long is responsible for praising their strengths, while he is responsible for scolding and pointing out their shortcomings.

"Okay, come to me if you have any questions. I'm happy to chat with people about crosstalk!"

Wang Jiulong, who was in charge of recording the video, and other actors from Deyun Team 6 went to a restaurant near Sanlitun to have dinner together.

While they were eating, there was a knock on the door of the private room, and a tall, thin middle-aged man walked in: "Mr. Guo, I saw your agent paid the bill, and I know you are eating here, so I came over to say hello!"

Guo Degang was also stunned when he saw him: "Hey, aren't you in Shanghai? When did you come to the capital without telling me? Come on, let me introduce you. This is Yan Min, the director of Shanghai TV Station. We have worked together on a comedy show before! This is my junior brother Qi Long, that is Brother Qian's junior brother Gao Dongqiang, and the rest are my disciples!"

"Hello, Director Yan," everyone greeted.

Yan Min smiled and greeted: "I'm not working at Magic City TV Station anymore. I've resigned. I guess I'll be in the capital more often!"

"That's great, come to my house when you have time!"

This was just a small episode during the meal. After Director Yan Min left, everyone sat down and started eating again. After a while, Guo Degang left first after finishing his meal, and asked Qi Long and Dong Qiang to stay.

At the beginning, Guo Degang's disciples were rather reserved.

Not to mention that Qi Long is a generation older than them, the atmosphere was not warm just because they were not familiar with each other.

"We are all family, so we should eat how we like. Don't stick to the rules. Just follow the etiquette when dining with guests and elders!" Qi Long was the first to use the "crossing bridge" method of picking up food and picked up a crayfish.

According to Chinese dietary rules, you only need to eat what is in front of you. You cannot eat what is on the other end of the plate. It does not look good and is not polite.

When Guo Degang was here just now, everyone was eating in a very orderly manner. "Aren't you the elder?" Zhang Helun said with a smile.

"We are about the same age. In the crosstalk world, you are the elders, but at other times, we should just treat each other as peers! The senior from Deyun Society, my uncle Xie Jin, don't you also treat each other as peers?" Qi Long, who often watched crosstalk from Deyun Society while lying on his hospital bed, was also quite familiar with Deyun Society.

After hearing this, everyone relaxed.

Qi Long first talked about his experience in joining the crosstalk circle, and was spotted by Mr. Hou when he was playing in the mud and naming dishes.

Taking advantage of this topic, we asked them how they came into contact with crosstalk, how they decided to work in this industry, how they joined Deyun Society, etc.

A crosstalk performer’s mouth can be used to chat and can also include jokes.

Zhang Helun talked about his own experience. He took the exam three times. The first time, he sang a crosstalk with full confidence and made everyone laugh.

Suddenly, the atmosphere at the dinner table became lively with bursts of laughter.

As the atmosphere became more lively, Qi Long spoke less, but he listened to everyone carefully and responded, letting everyone know that he was listening carefully.

This is also the habit of crosstalk. His master Hou Yaowen taught him that if you want to create a good character on stage, you can't just rely on imagination. You have to observe people in real life and understand their stories in order to perform a vivid role.

So Qi Long also likes to listen to other people tell their own stories, and usually he becomes a listener once the topic is opened.

Gao Dongqiang is different. He likes to chat with people. During the conversation, the topic came to fitness. He said to a few fat supporting actors that we are fat for the stage image, but we must be healthy and do more exercise.

Moderate exercise will not make you lose weight, will not affect your image, and will enhance your cardiopulmonary function.

I heard that Shaobing from Deyun Club also likes fitness, and he said that he must go to the gym to compete with him!
After a happy meal, Qi Long stopped taxis one by one for his nephews who didn't have a car and paid for the fare. He was taken care of in this way by his master and uncle, and now he takes care of his nephews in the same way. This is inheritance.

Gao Dongqiang transferred him a red envelope, saying that you can't be the only one paying to take care of your nephew, I have to pay too!
"I remembered what you said about the money. I've been busy rehearsing these days and didn't mention it!" Qi Long opened the house rental app on his mobile phone and located the community where Dongqiang's family lived, where he was temporarily staying.

The housing prices in the capital are really expensive. The rent for the same two-bedroom apartment is more than 6,000 yuan, which is almost like robbing money.

"I just gave you the lowest price, 6,000 a month. I'll live here for a month. If I can't make any money, I'll find a house on my own!"

"Don't give me six thousand. Just give me half of it. Then you can leave the second bedroom of the two-bedroom house to me. When it's late for rehearsal or when my parents want to spend some time alone and don't want me anymore, I can come and live with you. We can just share the rent!" Gao Dongqiang refused.

He didn't say he didn't want money because he knew Qi Long would not agree.

When Dongqiang was a child, his family was rich. Whenever he had fun playing with Qilong, he would treat him to drinks and snacks. He did this for several days until Qilong's parents found out.

Qi Long's parents also bought drinks and snacks and gave them to Dongqiang.

That day, Qi Long was taught by his parents: You can't let others pay for everything just because their family is rich.

Friendship is an equal relationship. You make friends with him, not his money!

If you keep spending other people's money, your friendship will definitely not last long.

Since then, Qi Long and Dong Qiang have always been very clear about money. There are times when Dong Qiang pays for meals, but as long as he pays the bill, Qi Long will find an opportunity to treat him to another meal or buy him some fruit in return. They have a give-and-take relationship.

Why do brothers have to settle accounts clearly? It is because they are afraid that the accounts will not be clear. If there is a conflict over money and they never have any contact with each other again, it will be a waste of time!
(End of this chapter)