Go back to the Song Dynasty as a broker

Thinking that it was less than three months before Qixi Festival, Xiao Tong rushed back to Yaxing impatiently, intending to discuss the progress of the novel with Xiao Zhen.

After walking to the screen wall facing the gate, he found Si Qinghu standing there, Xiao Tong quickly stopped and smiled brightly, "Qinghu, why are you here?"

Si Qinghu looked calm, and said: "I was going to ask you to find out about the tabloid, but then I found out that you were with Mr. Liang and the others outside."

Xiao Tong breathed a sigh of relief, "Fortunately, you didn't go out. That Mr. Liang tried every means to see you, and even wanted to use Miss Xiangguo to suppress me. The means are really low-end!"

"That was Miss Xiangguo just now?" Si Qinghu was puzzled.

Just now she stood by the screen wall and looked out, and indeed she saw two women, one was Liang Feifei who had met her a few times, and the other she didn't know, but the arrogance and coquettishness of her demeanor seemed to be Where have you seen it?

"That's right, Li Yu, Xiangguo's daughter, came to Boss Zhang's with Liang Feifei to make clothes today, and was urged by Mr. Liang to see you. Fortunately, I was smart and refused to let them in. Do you think I did it right? "

Xiao Tong said, grinning, showing his white teeth, waiting for Si Qinghu's compliment like a child.

Unexpectedly, Si Qinghu's expression changed slightly, his glistening eyes suddenly lost focus, and he was thinking about something.

"Qinghu! Qinghu!" Xiao Tong waved his hand in front of her eyes.

Si Qinghu came back to his senses and squeezed out a smile, "You did the right thing, very right."

"Don't you want to know about the tabloids, I..."

"I go first."

Just as Xiao Tong wanted to talk to her about tabloids and the planned performance of "Mulan" on Qixi Festival, Si Qinghu left in a daze.She was left standing where she was, with a suspicious look on her face.

Si Qinghu walked towards his own yard while thinking, and after entering the room, he closed the door tightly. Leaning his thin body against the door, his body gradually recovered its temperature, and he breathed a deep sigh of relief.

Li Yu, this familiar name, coupled with her age, made her have to think about it.

Is it really them?

They came to Bianjing?

He sat on the position of prime minister?

Closing her eyes, she seemed to see her eight-year-old self, wearing only a white tunic with long hair hanging down her back, kneeling in the hall, that seemingly refined man swung the cane with all his strength hit her on the back.

The girl named Li Yu was holding the puppet in her arms, watching her from a distance, her lips curled slightly, revealing a weird smile.

She burst into tears and kept shouting: "I'm going to find my mother! I'm going to find my mother..."

Si Qinghu covered his face heavily with his hands, and after a while he let go, opened his eyes, and pulled away from the painful memories.

She smiled wryly, how could it be such a coincidence, but Xiangguo happened to be surnamed Li, and his daughter was also named Li Yu!

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Since Liang Feifei and Li Yu came, several batches of female customers came from behind the tailor shop. Some of them came from reading the cover of the colorful newspaper from their brothers, and some came from the shopping guide section of the black and white tabloid.Boss Zhang was so happy that he asked his daughter to send dozens of silk scarves to Xiao's shop to express his gratitude, and signed a contract for continued cooperation in the future.

At the rouge shop next door, the owner of the jewelry shop saw that Boss Zhang's publicity in the tabloids had achieved good results, so they came to ask for cooperation and booked the next advertising space.

Because of the spread of those dandies, the colorful tabloid has completely become popular in the lady circle. Every time an issue is released, there will be maids or boys going to a bookstore to buy it on behalf of their own ladies.

The tabloid comes out every four days, and the most difficult thing is to paint the cover. With the advertising fees invested by major merchants, Lin Fangfang also let go of his courage to do it, and directly hired a few painters to paint the cover and product.

Xiao Tong didn't have to stare at this matter anymore, and finally took the time to change Xiao Zhen's novel draft into an opera script.However, there is a difference between opera scripts and film and television scripts, that is, before the libretto, singing needs to be added, that is, which palace tune to sing.

She didn't know music theory or rhyme, so every day, taking advantage of Si Qinghu's spare time when she didn't perform, she brought Xiao Zhen and sat in the backyard to discuss.

She found that Si Qinghu not only sang well, but also composed and accompanies music. He basically determined which singing voice to use for each libretto, and also marked where to use which instrument to add music to.

Xiao Tong watched her burying her head in marking, and couldn't help but lament the versatility of ancient geisha.

Piano, chess, calligraphy and painting are their essential skills, and they can also compose music and lyrics.

Signing one Si Qinghu can really be used as ten people.

Thinking of these, the words "squeezing geisha" suddenly popped up in Xiao Tong's mind.She quickly shook her head, she didn't, she didn't take up Si Qinghu's rest time!

The script of "Mulan" is divided into four parts. After the first part came out, Xiao Tong hired a senior Mr. Zhu Gong Tiao Huaben to improve Si Qinghu's annotations, and the script was basically finalized.

The next step is to build a crew and raise funds.

Xiao Tong took the first fold of scripts and tabloids, and entered Liulifang again under Jia Luo's recommendation.

Aunt Ruyi, the head of Liulifang, sat at the head of the living room, holding the script in one hand and the tabloid in the other, looking around, showing more and more interest.

Xiao Tong and Jia Luo looked at each other and smiled knowingly, there seemed to be some clues about the matter.

Jia Luo smiled and said, "Auntie, what do you think of Shiro's script?"

Aunt Ruyi put the script and the tabloid back on the table next to her, and looked at Xiao Tong with a smile, "It's the first time I've seen this kind of book, it's quite interesting. I really didn't expect Master Xiao to be so thoughtful!"

Earlier, she criticized her because Xiao Tong intercepted Si Qinghu, who she was planning to sign, but after this period of time, she made a lot of money by watching her duet, and went on to run tabloids, selling It's everywhere.Even their Ruyifang has a few solicitors who bought it to chase "Mulan", and now she has to admire Xiao Tong from the bottom of her heart.

Xiao Tong smiled politely: "Aunt Ruyi has won the award. If you also think this drama is worth it, how about we cooperate, and you can play a few tricks, and I will give you a certain share of the money you make in the future?"

Xiao's line is just an intermediary, and the few geisha in it have all kinds of jobs.Only the little singer Xiao Yunu and one of the zaju actors are available, and the rest are unrelated to opera.

Although the script has not been completed, she has already decided how many roles are needed.Hua Mulan used her family's Si Qinghu, Hua Mulan's older sister was changed to her younger sister, and her family's Xiao Yunu was used, and her father also used her own drama actor.

The rest of Mulan's mother, general, major general, general Rouran and Hua Mulan's comrades all need to be found outside.

Aunt Ruyi's expression became hesitant.

If geisha make investments, if Xiqu loses money, they will be in vain.Although many people read novels, they have never seen operas before, so how do they know if anyone will like them?

She still didn't dare to take the risk.

Jia Luo sensed something was wrong, went to Aunt Ruyi and knelt down, held her hand and begged, "Oh, Auntie, haven't you seen how popular this legend of Mulan is? Just be bold and listen to Xiao Silang, I will definitely earn a lot of money in the future! What's more, seeing that I have acting ability, Shiro has already agreed to let me play the role of General Rouran again!"

Xiao Tong glanced at Jia Luo's foreign face, and nodded to Aunt Ruyi.

General Rouran can only speak without lyrics, Jia Luo only needs to be able to perform.What's more, her exotic face is quite suitable for playing General Rouran.

Jia Luo is Aunt Ruyi's most beloved disciple. Aunt Ruyi couldn't stand her coquetry, and finally let go: "Master Xiao, we at Liulifang will not take the risk of investing in this matter. How about it, how many tricksters do you need?" Even though it is said that during the rehearsal, we temporarily receive [-]% of the remuneration, and we will pay it off the next day after the performance."

If Xiqu loses money, at least [-]% of the remuneration will be taken.

Later, no matter how much Jia Luo and Xiao Tong lobbied, Aunt Ruyi was unwilling to let go.In the end Xiao Tong agreed to the condition.There was a live audition in Liulifang, and eight characters including Jia Luo were selected.

Xiqu is different from short zaju, the rehearsal time is longer, and the remuneration required by the actors is naturally more.For the eight characters, [-]% of the reward would be several hundred taels, and Xiao Tong promised to send them over in three days.

After leaving Liulifang, Jia Luo had nothing to do, and stuck to Xiao Tong like a candy, clamoring to read the storybook.

The two walked on the promenade in the front yard, and Jia Luo suddenly became a little suspicious, "Shilang, you only look for actors from our Liulifang, and you don't go to Qingyufang, is it because of Siqing Lake?"

Qingyufang was Siqinghu's former owner, and there was quite an unpleasant quarrel when he redeemed himself, but it was only Siqinghu and Qingyufang.One must know that doing business is all about making money with harmony, and not making enemies if you can't make enemies. If Xiao Tong cut off the cooperation with Qingyufang for Si Qinghu, then how much he should care about her!

Thinking of this, Jia Luo felt astringent in his heart.

After Si Qinghu's performance, He Ling'er just stepped into the door when she heard Jia Luo's words. She couldn't help but pause, waiting for Xiao Tong's answer.

After a while, I heard Xiao Tong say: "I hate Qingyufang too! People like Liu Qingmu and Aunt Yu don't need to cooperate!"

Si Qinghu smiled lightly, Xiao Tong even hated it like her.

Xiao Tong in the corridor suddenly stopped, feeling annoyed, "But Jia Luo, don't expect too much from acting."

Gallo was puzzled.

Xiao Tong sighed, "Xiao's line is only a few hundred taels now!"

If you don't have a few hundred taels, you can't give it to Aunt Ruyi, which means that the cooperation with Liulifang may fail.

Although Xiao's line is now operating normally, but after deducting expenses, the profit is not much.Although the tabloid is also selling well, it has not yet reached the profit stage because it has not issued a few issues.

Jia Luo rested his chin and thought for a while, "Isn't there still three days left?"

"I can't dig out a few hundred taels in three days!"

Jia Luo patted Xiao Tong on the forehead with hatred, "I said you, have you lost your kidneys due to illness! You can make money, but why have you become such a gentleman? You forgot about the sister in the brothel Sisters? You were so good to them before, they are rich, and they won’t be able to borrow a few hundred taels!”

"That's right!" Xiao Tong suddenly woke up, showing surprise.

How could she forget about those girls!

"What are you waiting for, go now and ask the sisters to borrow money!"

Hearing that Xiao Tong was going to the brothel to find a group of former confidante friends to raise money, Si Qinghu was anxious, and hurried forward, "Where are you going?"

Xiao Tong explained with a smile: "Let's go to the brothel, raise money and invite actors to rehearse opera!"

She told her that she was going to the brothel and met a group of confidante women, but she still smiled as if nothing happened!

Si Qinghu's quiet and good-looking face rarely showed annoyance, almost commanding tone: "Don't go!"

Jia Luo and Xiao Tong were puzzled, "Why?"

Si Qinghu was flustered for a moment, his cheeks flushed with embarrassment, and he blurted out, "I... I have silver taels!"