Crosstalk: Stop playing with your uncle!

Chapter 37 Gold Award!

After the performance, Sa Beining and Nigomati, who were wearing gowns in the finals, came on stage and stood next to the two men, allowing the media and professional judges to score them first.

In the previous semi-finals, scoring was done together with evaluation. Later on, scoring was done before evaluation to ensure that the scores given by everyone were based on their first impressions and not influenced by the judges' comments.

After the scores were locked, Sa Beining announced that the judges could begin commenting!

Feng Xing picked up the microphone and said, "I've been looking forward to it since I saw you two on stage. I didn't expect it to be even better than I expected!"

He had heard Qi Long and Gao Dongqiang perform crosstalk at a crosstalk exchange meeting and thought they were mature enough at the time. He did not expect that today's program would have so many innovations, which was even more eye-opening.

Li Weijian, a crosstalk artist who also attaches great importance to innovation, also said: "You two are very creative in your program. I am particularly curious about who wrote the script for you?"

Gao Dongqiang pointed at Qi Long, who nodded: "I wrote it!"

"That's even more amazing. You have perfectly combined current events, TV programs and traditional art. Your performance is simply perfect!"

They both bowed in thanks.

Jia Lun, the eldest disciple of Houmen Crosstalk and Qi Long's senior brother, picked up the microphone:
"Xiao Qi has evolved. In the past, his crosstalk didn't have much innovation. It was all traditional skills. He studied those skills to perfection and focused on becoming an old artist. I didn't expect that he is so good at innovation now. Junior brother, you really opened my eyes!"

"Well, then the question is, how come they suddenly became so innovative?" asked Sa Beining.

Qi Long naturally couldn't tell the things in the other world, so he said:

"My master once said that if you can't handle tradition well, don't even think about innovation. Things are unpredictable. Now that my master has passed away, I don't know what level is good enough, so I just keep studying. Luckily, last year I had a lot of free time."

"Hey, is that what you call luck?" Gao Dongqiang asked subconsciously.

Sa Beining explained: "We understand this. Qi Long was in a serious traffic accident and was hospitalized for a long time."

"Yes, anyway, I had more free time. I had just attended a crosstalk exchange meeting, and many seniors and colleagues said that we were good friends. I gritted my teeth and stomped my feet. Actually, I didn't stomp my feet. I was in a plaster cast at the time!"

The audience chuckled.

Qi Long continued, "I gritted my teeth and decided to innovate. I kept thinking about how to add something new to the traditional pieces that I had practiced so well. I came up with a lot of ideas, but most of them are not mature yet and need to be polished on the crosstalk stage!"

"It is the ten years of perseverance and persistence in the small theater that has led to the current success. It is the mastery of traditional jokes that allows us to take any story and package it into a joke to make everyone laugh. Let us thank Qi Long again!" Nicomati concluded.

This word was probably improvised by the host, because Qi Long saw that there was only a word about the sponsorship on his cue card.
"Thank you, thank you. We should not be conservative in tradition and should not forget our roots in innovation!" Qi Long finally expressed his creative philosophy!
The scores for the finals will not be announced immediately. If someone is ahead or behind, wouldn’t the suspense be reduced? So the final scores will be announced only after everyone has finished performing.

Judging from the atmosphere of the show, they were better than the previous two pairs of actors, and the quality of their jokes was much higher, especially the section that combined the traditional Jingdong Drum "Sending My Daughter to College" with the Chinese women's football team. Many crosstalk actors on the stage had expressions of admiration on their faces.

There is no need to worry too much about the identity of German artists. As I said before, Lao Guo in this world is not as unsophisticated as Lao Guo in that world. Most of the disputes with his peers are due to the incompatibility of creative concepts, and they don’t want each other to die. After the two of them left the stage, they continued to enjoy the subsequent crosstalk performances. Lu Xin and Yu Hao’s work was also very new. The story was about them listening to the opinions of various people to tell crosstalk. On the stage, they performed love movies, martial arts movies, and idol dramas, and the effect was equally explosive.

At the end, Dong Jianchun and Li Ding performed a positive energy crosstalk, calling for environmental protection. The director of the Chinese Folk Music Association, Jiang Kun, liked it very much!

After the six groups finished their performances, everyone went on stage and the rankings were announced.

The sixth place was announced first. It was the last group of positive energy crosstalk that Jiang Kun liked very much but others might not like so much; the fifth place was Gao Xiaopan’s traditional folk art pieces; and the fourth place was Chen and Hou’s routine talk.

Next are the top three. It can be seen that the judges attach great importance to innovation in their voting. Including Qi and Gao, the content of these three programs is almost completely refurbished.

Sa Beining said that their CCTV programs do not create suspense, the top three will be announced at the same time to save everyone from being nervous!

The three groups of crosstalk performers looked nervously at the big screen, which printed the scores and rankings of the three groups of performers.

"With 97.260 points, let us congratulate Lu Xinyuhao for taking the third place!"

"97.467 points. Let us congratulate Jin Fei and Chen Xi for getting the second place!"

"Finally, let us all give the warmest applause to congratulate the crosstalk performers Qi Long and Gao Dongqiang who won the championship with 98.057 points!"

Fireworks fell from the sky above the studio. Qi Long clenched his fists and cheered, then high-fived and hugged Gao Dongqiang.

It's done. Houmen crosstalk has not declined! My master did not hide anything from his apprentice.

Although a large part of Qi Long's victory was attributed to another world, crosstalk that no one had ever heard of, but as Nicometti said, without the teachings of his master and the persistence in doing traditional work well, he would not have won the championship even if his text was the best.

If you don't have the basic skills of stage presence, rhythm, performance, and singing, you can't take anything forward.

With red eyes, Qi Long accepted the gold medal trophy of the crosstalk competition awarded to him by Kang Hui.

The recording was over, and all six groups of contestants received interview invitations from the on-site media, and Qi Long and Gao Dongqiang undoubtedly received the most interviews.
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Mr. Qi, Mr. Gao, how did you two get into crosstalk?
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I feel like crying when I see Mr. Qi, why? -
What do you two think of the works of other crosstalk performers?
The interview questions were varied. Qi Long mainly praised others as usual, but when it came to questions about himself, he told the truth:

"I cried because I was excited. Ever since Master won the first championship, our sect hasn't won any awards. I wanted to prove myself and prove that Master didn't hide anything. I did it, and I miss Master too!"

"His family opened a crosstalk garden. He and I were childhood friends. When I went to play with him, I was very curious about how two people could make people laugh just by talking. From then on, I became interested in crosstalk.

At that time, I felt that making others happy was a great thing, and I wanted to be that great too!"

People say that recording is good for life. I wrote this novel hoping to string together and record the interesting and funny things I encountered on the Internet and in life through the form of a novel, and share it with everyone. As long as you can smile knowingly when reading this novel, it will be worth it!

Finally, I would like to ask for your collection, investment, recommendation, monthly ticket, etc. Thank you for your support!
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