Crosstalk: Stop playing with your uncle!

Chapter 68 Is there a power source?

Any crosstalk performer will make mistakes on stage. How to resolve them and turn them into jokes is a skill.

The most important thing is that it's not like he's having a normal chat, where the joke is over and done with. Your joke has to fit the character.

In this scene, Qi Long wants to create the character of Gao Dongqiang as a fool with a lot of money. Why does he have a lot of money? Because he is a rich second generation!
Dongqiang was not convinced: "How can I have a low IQ? My college entrance examination score is higher than yours, and I have a bachelor's degree. How about you?"

"IQ is related to academic performance, but not that big a deal. Your IQ in real life is not that good. When we were kids, we played a game that was very popular with us, which involved giving watches as gifts!" Qi Long rolled up his sleeves and gently bit his wrist.

"Everyone bit each other's hands and said, 'I'll give you a watch.' Dongqiang's female classmate bit him and said, 'I'll give him a watch.' Dongqiang quickly chased after her."

Qi Long hadn't finished his joke yet when an audience member started to make trouble.

"I'll give you a pocket watch!"

This kind of digging is very common in crosstalk performances. Some audiences are happy to join in, but sometimes they just make random comments without any purpose, which affects the viewing experience of other audiences and the performance of the actors on stage.

Especially when it comes to digging for work, it has the greatest impact. It's not time to drop the punchline yet, but you take the opportunity to drop it in advance. Then it won't be interesting for the actor to drop it again. It will also be meaningless if you say it yourself because there is no good preparation!
Dongqiang narrowed his eyes and was a little angry.

Qi Long thought of a solution. You dig it and I'll change the bag.
He looked at the audience in surprise: "You want to give a pocket watch to a girl? How shameless! It's too immoral, just like Guo Degang!"

After everyone laughed, Qi Long continued: "Dongqiang didn't give her a pocket watch. He bit the girl harder and made her cry. He ignored her for a long time!"

"Yes!" Dong Qiang didn't know what Qi Long was going to say, so he used affirmative statements to support him.

Qi Long: "Dongqiang was also panicking. He remembered that when his parents quarreled, his father would give them a bag, a necklace, a lipstick, etc., and that would make things better. He also wanted to use this trick and give them gifts, but then there was a problem."

"What's the problem?"

"He didn't know the size, so he took a tape measure to secretly measure the size when we were having lunch break so that he could give her the necklace. He then wrapped the tape measure around the girl's neck. When the girl woke up, he realized he had killed someone. He had killed someone. He was a murderer!"

I changed the bag temporarily, but it still rang!

"Nonsense, this is attempted murder, not murder!"

Dong Qiang made this joke that Qi Long came up with on the spur of the moment, and his character of low IQ was established in this crosstalk: You didn't intend to kill anyone, so how could there be attempted murder?
"Later, his father came to the school, gave the girl gifts and apologized, and spent a lot of money to settle the matter privately. I envied Dongqiang at that time!"

"What are you envious of?"

"He's stupid and rich. Think about it, we were only asking for a watch as a gift, and the boss was only asking for a pocket watch, but others were thinking about giving him a necklace!" Qi Long said, pointing at the audience who was making the retort.

The turning point of the pocket watch here is that Dong Qiang really gave a pocket watch. His family was rich, so Qi Long was quick-witted and changed it into this, just to ensure that the structure was intact.

Dong Qiang nodded: "My father is rich!"

"Yes, you are a rich second generation. Mobile phones were not very popular yet, but he had one when he was a teenager. He always brings it with him when we go out to play!"

"Yes."

"Once his cell phone ran out of battery, he went to a nearby store and asked: 'Do you have a power bank?'" Qi Long gestured to a charging station and said, 'The clerk said, 'I am the clerk!'"

"Hey, that's not clear."

"Donqiang, just explain it. It's the kind of power source that can be plugged in!"

"Yes, you have to explain it clearly!"

"The clerk said, yes, yes, one hundred dollars for forty minutes."

"Is charging so expensive?" Dongqiang wondered.

Qi Long continued: "But you have money, you don't care, you gave it on the spot, the clerk immediately closed the shutter door and said to Dong Qiang, take it off, I am the clerk who can penetrate!"

The whole audience burst into laughter, and Dongqiang began to sing the supporting role in the crosstalk series: "Could that clerk be No. 38 Qiqi?" The laughter became louder. The Douxiaoshe is extremely popular now, and most of the audience who were able to attend the Wire Festival have seen the crosstalk in it. They got the funny parts and burst into laughter.

"Qiqi, one hundred dollars won't last forty minutes."

"Just say it according to the script!" Gao Dongqiang quickly pulled Qi Long.

Qi Long glared at him: "Who didn't say what was said first? Just say it, we all heard that the fee was 100 yuan for 40 minutes, and then we quit. You can still take out that money. You have money. I have always envied you for being a rich second-generation!"

"Are you jealous of my wealth, or of my forty minutes?"

The audience who thought that episode was over were blown away by Dongqiang's unexpected repetition effect.

Qi Long sighed: "I'm envious, but it's useless. I can't be a rich second generation in this life. I have to work hard and strive to be the father of a rich second generation!"

At the end, Qi Long looked at Dong Qiang, and an ethical joke came up.

"That's weird," Dong Qiang frowned.

"Hey, the easiest way to be a rich second generation is to find a rich second generation to be your supporting actor partner, so you can be his dad on stage every day!"

"I just said it was weird, taking advantage of me?"

"Just kidding, what I mean is I want to be the first generation of rich people, I want to start a business!" Qi Long shouted, patting his chest.

Dongqiang was puzzled: "Why, are you going to work alone on Degang again? Did Guo Degang split?"

Or is it a crosstalk series? Qi Long's version of "Ba Ma Gua" is the most discussed program among crosstalk fans these days, and everyone knows it.

"Go ahead, I'll have to pay to kill him!"

"One hundred dollars for forty minutes?"

The audience laughed and clapped their thighs, thinking, this matter hasn’t been over yet?
"It's just a hundred yuan. Deyun Club is the largest crosstalk club now, but it's not easy to run. If I want to run a crosstalk club, I have to invest a lot just to buy hot searches and traffic, and there's no guarantee of a return. I don't want to run a crosstalk club."

"Oh, what are you going to do?"

"I want to start a gang. You know what a gang is? It's a group of companies working together to make a living!"

"Are you talking about the group?"

"Yes, yes, yes, group, I want to open a group!"

"You? You also want to run a group?" Gao Dongqiang said with a disdainful look.

Qi Long said stubbornly: "What's wrong? Do you look down on me? The mountain is not high, so what is Ulabha?"

"Ulabha? If you can't say it, don't say it!"

“I am the capable person, and there are people behind the capable person.” When he said this, his voice gradually became smaller and he stammered, seeming a little unconfident.

"There is always another capable person behind a capable person!" Gao Dongqiang pointed out.

“Behind the capable person there is someone else who can do it. I don’t know if the capable person will allow me to do it or not, but the capable person will do it anyway.”

"What kind of mess is this? Of course I won't let you do it if you confiscate a hundred dollars!"

The charm of call back reached its peak with constant repetition. Whenever they thought the burden had passed, Gao Dongqiang could throw it out again at the right time and make it ring again.

(End of this chapter)