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The Kunlun Library is right next to the headquarters of Kunlun Book Company. Its style is westernized. Just looking at this building, Ji Shuangyu would think that she is still in modern times, regardless of the people passing by.

It is worthy of being a library backed by a big tree. It has a rich collection, a variety of imported books, and overseas academic journals.

However, because these journals are relatively small, they cannot be borrowed casually, and there are no special circumstances, so they can only be copied by themselves.Just go to the staff and spend a dozen coppers to buy paper and borrow a pen.

Ji Shuangyu bought paper and borrowed brushes and paper.

Pens, ballpoint pens, and pencils are all available now, because they are convenient and quick, and they have become rivals with brushes.Writing brushes are still required to do homework in new-style schools, but many students have fallen in love with pens and pencils.

Therefore, it's not that Ji Shuangyu is stingy, but that the library has run out of pencils...

Fortunately, Ji Shuangyu has also learned calligraphy from her elders since she was a child. She started with soft pens and became successful with hard pens. She often wrote inscriptions for her films and posters, so she was not afraid.

For him, the trouble is finding the journal he wants.

For example, Ji Shuangyu wanted to find articles about rheostats, but found that the librarian who was asked looked blank.

This librarian is a part-time student. He looked at Ji Shuangyu and asked with a good attitude, did you remember the term wrong?Do you want to go back and ask again?Although the attitude is good, it can't hide the suspicion of the other party.

There is a saying that in the capital, one can tell a person's family background and even his job from his hat.Ji Shuangyu's felt hat was the kind worn by coolies pulling carts.

Ji Shuangyu dressed like this to borrow periodicals, making people suspect that he can't even reach poor students... Can he afford to go to school?I'm afraid I didn't run errands to borrow books?

"I'm going to look for resistors." Ji Shuangyu was all about looking for journals, and didn't think carefully about what the librarian said. He had a flash of inspiration, "Is the translation different!"

Now Ji Shuangyu had some inspiration. She checked the foreign language and found out that it was a translation problem.The kind of resistor he was looking for was called a "light and shadow dimmer" at this time.

As if Ji Shuangyu had found a treasure, she hurried to find a place to copy it.

The librarian looked at his back with mixed emotions, and felt that the man's spoken language seemed to have been abroad, and he didn't look like a coolie...how could he be reduced to such a dress.

……

Ji Shuangyu sat down and concentrated on copying. At some time, two middle-aged men in suits passed by. They glanced at him and exchanged approval with each other: "Department...Mr., look, this Kunlun Library is open to the public. Openness is indeed the joy of the academic world and good news for poor students."

Another man with a long beard also nodded and said: "Exactly, the management here is also clear, everything is orderly, Zhou Baoduo has his mother's legacy, well, my trust is not in vain."

The two of them were also tired from walking, so they simply sat down beside them.

They pretended to come to the Kunlun Library on a whim, and saw that the place was in order, with students borrowing books and ordinary people reading newspapers, and they were very happy.

As for Ji Shuangyu, she felt her wrist hurt while copying.It was only then that he realized that there were two people sitting next to him who didn't read a book, but just sat and watched the scenery. He had already practiced his face, and immediately said: "How are you, uncle, have you eaten yet?"

The man with long beard was stunned for a moment, "Eat."

Ji Shuangyu: "Not in a hurry to leave?"

The long-bearded man: "...not in a hurry, what's the matter with you?" He was a little suspicious at first that Ji Shuangyu knew him, but he didn't look like it afterward.

Ji Shuangyu was happy, "Can you lend me that pen? I'm in a hurry to go back. The copying speed is too slow, and all the pencils have been borrowed." He caught a glimpse of the pen in the other party's pocket.

The man with the long beard wanted to say something, but he raised his hand to stop him. He generously took off his pen and lent it to Ji Shuangyu.

Ji Shuangyu unscrewed the cap of the pen and took a look. It turned out that the one with a gold nib was very valuable at the moment, so she cupped her hands and said, "Thank you very much, Wan An, I will use it carefully."

He hurriedly continued to copy, and it was faster to write with a hard pen.

The two men talked in low voices again.

"The convenience of writing with this hard pen is better than that of a brush. No wonder students all over the world love them more and don't like to use a brush for homework." One of them said.

The long-bearded man also nodded, yes, no matter in class or in daily life, the pen has greatly improved the writing speed, even he himself has a pen, although he still holds the pen in the posture of grasping the brush.

But after he nodded, he couldn't help sighing and said: "This pen and pencil are quick and fast to write, but they are just tools. Calligraphy with a brush can be called art. My disciple visited Western countries and took out Chinese calligraphers and calligraphers are also greatly appreciated by the Western art circles, and they have to learn from them to create. This is a unique art in China! I am afraid that in the future, everyone will use pens and neglect practice. After a few generations, Chinese calligraphy will be difficult for everyone. "

This long-bearded man obviously likes calligraphy. Seeing that he was depressed, his companions quickly changed the subject and said, "But because of the emergence of these practical tools, nowadays calligraphers are also exploring how to make it more appreciative, which is also a kind of progress. , they all say that with a good handwriting, the future will be smoother. I would also like to ask you for a handwriting, I knew that you are a contemporary master, with a bold and unrestrained style of calligraphy, and a myriad of scenes."

The long-bearded man laughed: "Yuangu, don't be so exaggerated. Today's calligraphers still recommend Tan Youan and Mo Huailin, especially Tan Youan, who has the potential to be compatible with inscriptions. I can only say that I am a fan. It's all used for mundane affairs!"

While the two were talking, the poor student next to him seemed to have finished copying. He returned the pen to them, thanked them repeatedly, packed up his things and left in a hurry.

"Which school is so careless." The long-bearded man muttered naturally in an elder tone. It turned out that he saw a piece of paper dropped by the other party and floated to the ground.

He bent down to pick it up, scanned the paper, his eyes froze for a moment.

"What's the matter?" Seeing that his expression was wrong, the companions asked, "Did this student copy something incredible?"

"It's not a big deal, but this word..." the bearded man said in surprise, "It's interesting! It's interesting!"

Most of this poor student's handwriting is rather scribbled, and there are a few places where his handwriting is a little more correct.The amazing thing is that it seems to incorporate traditional brushwork into it, with a natural style, and even a style of rubbings!

Chinese people use pens for convenience, and this pen was not created for writing Chinese characters, it is easier to write foreign languages.As he said before, it's just a tool.

But this character has a method and degree, it is not just a character, it can be called calligraphy!

In particular, regular script, which has both the style of rubbings and postings, without losing the awe-inspiring uniqueness of hard pens——The controversy between stele studies (a school that advocates stele inscriptions) and calligraphy studies (a school that advocates scrolls and silk copybooks) has a long history. It is just beginning to explore the integration of inscriptions and inscriptions, and only a very small number of calligraphers, such as Tan Youan, have achieved success.

The long-bearded man couldn't help but said: "This student's handwriting may not be as good as those of the contemporary masters, but it has the meaning of complementing the inscriptions, and it is still written with a pen. It is unique and unique."

Only then did the long-bearded man realize that the pen can be more than just a tool?

The more he looked at it, the more he found it fresh and unique, and he became curious. He couldn't help but raised his head and said, "Where is that student? Find him quickly, the handwriting is too scribbled, tell him to write the adverb carefully, and I want to see how he moves the pen." !"

But Ji Shuangyu's figure has long since disappeared. How did he realize so much? It has been many years since the rapid development of hard-tipped pen calligraphy, but he, a traveler, has been used to copying ancient inscriptions with a pen since he practiced calligraphy, so he has to keep the hard-tipped pen Unique character.

The two searched around, but they couldn't find Ji Shuangyu, the companions were okay, the man with the long beard was a fan, and he was scratching his head if he didn't achieve his goal, full of problems and couldn't solve it, he couldn't help sighing.

The companion hurriedly said: "Maybe there is a record of borrowing books from the library."

The two hurriedly searched the case files, only to find that this person only left "Ji" in his name, not to mention the school, and they were dumbfounded.Why is this person deliberately not letting them find him?

——Ji Shuangyu has suffered from too many information leaks in modern times, and has answered too many sales calls. This is because she is used to not leaving real information.

The long-bearded man sighed, and regretfully said: "I'm going to Shanghai in a few days, please ask Yuan Gu to help me, see if I can find this student."

Ji Shuangyu didn't know anything, his mind was all on the side of Changle Theater, and he only thought that the stage design he brought was ahead of his time.

Although he lost a piece of paper that day, fortunately, it didn't have much impact. He took advantage of the fresh memory to rewrite the key points, so he didn't go to the library to re-copy, but continued to work.

Xu Xinyue is stingy, and everyone in the troupe has to eat, and if they don't start work for a day, they don't have food for a day.So he worked every night and hurriedly completed the stage changes.

When Ji Shuangyu changed to the lighting, he asked Xu Xinyue for money.

Xu Xinyue said in a daze, "Didn't I give you 50 yuan?"

Ji Shuangyu: "Not enough."

Xu Xinyue: "Is 50 yuan not enough??"

Ji Shuangyu was more excited than him: "Is 50 yuan enough???"

Xu Xinyue: "..."

Hastily! Of course 50 yuan is not enough!

When Xu Xinyue proposed and Ji Shuangyu immediately agreed, he felt miraculous.

But, but, this...how could this be...

Xu Xinyue was upset.

Ji Shuangyu folded her arms to persuade: "Boss, if you don't add money, if the stage is half done, then the 50 yuan will be fully discounted."

Xu Xinyue: "!!!"

He looked at Ji Shuangyu in shock, "You, you..."

So that's what you came up with...!

Only then did he come to his senses. Ji Shuangyu promised to be straightforward before because he never thought of obeying.

But at this time, a certain sunk cost has already been incurred, so Xu Xinyue is not willing to give up.Moreover, the second sum of money that Ji Shuangyu asked for was not too big of a lion's mouth, it just happened to be within his range.He sat on the ground and hugged his head for a while, reluctantly gave Ji Shuangyu money...

When Ji Shuangyu left, the inspector who eavesdropped winked and asked him, "Master, is this enough?"

The inspectors have learned a few tricks, and now they are very enthusiastic about Ji Shuangyu, insisting on calling him Master.

Ji Shuangyu chuckled: "I will perform another show for you another day, emptying the pockets of Party A."

Ji Shuangyu tortured Xu Xinyue repeatedly, and took advantage of his heartache to encourage him to sell the set film, saying that it would pay back the cost.Don't think that the scenes at this time are so rigorous. In some plays, the lyrics are sung in spring, and the background may be autumn.

So the scenes of their play can also be sold to others.

Theaters are also divided into three, six, and nine grades. Even if theaters of the same level do not accept them, they can still be sold to theaters of a lower grade.

Xu Xinyue was tortured to the point of fragility, and originally clamored that the audience liked Western sets.Now I feel that I have been cheated into this, success or failure depends on one move, and I really want to get back my money, so I was really fooled and sold the scene.

……

At this time, well-informed theater fans already knew that Changle Theater was going to change a new version of "Lingguan Temple", and there were many discussions in private, but most of them were not optimistic.

——It would be fine for Xu Xinyue to go to Shanghai to learn Buddhist scriptures again, but these days, instead of going to Shanghai, he sold all the sets he bought.In the city, I don't even have to work hard to run more experts, so what can be changed by the revision.

Unexpectedly, Xu Xinyue didn't know about those discussions, so she devoted all her attention to the new play, and even wrote the play report herself.

A play newspaper is a promotional poster, and the word poster has long existed.

Now there are hall newspapers posted in theaters, door newspapers pasted at the theater gates, and posters posted at city gates and on streets, etc.If the publicity is particularly large, you can also spend money to advertise in newspapers.

According to the key points given by the troupe, Xu Xinyue personally wrote the synopsis of the plot, and also brought the advertisement: On the third day of December, Changle Theater has a new ghost show "Lingguan Temple". Demon...

Ji Shuangyu glanced twice: "Boss, you are too conservative!"

Xu Xinyue said humbly, "How do you say it?"

Ji Shuangyu grabbed a pen, Xu Xinyue used a brush, he directly scratched out "Scene of Surprise" and wrote "Earthquake and Heavenly Shock" and "Once in a Century".

Xu Xinyue looked at Ji Shuangyu in astonishment, hey, you said that he is so courageous... how can he be so good at bragging, so good at bragging.

"No wonder I was able to cheat out of money..." Xu Xinyue said disappointedly.

Ji Shuangyu pretended not to hear.

However, I am very satisfied with the owner of this drama newspaper, so I took the newspaper slip and asked people to post it.

The one at the gate of the theatre, he still had to watch people post it, standing at the gate and staring at it with folded arms, but he really cared about it.

Ji Shuangyu followed suit. He planned to wait at the box office to see how the tickets were sold.This is related to whether he can still eat meat, no one can say that he is 100% sure, he just does not show it in front of investors.

At just the right time, the owner of the silk and satin shop on the same street came, exchanged pleasantries with Xu Xinyue, looked at his newspaper, saw "shattering the earth", sighed slightly, and felt that Xu Xinyue was bragging.

To return thunder and fire to subdue demons, I'm afraid it's not to make some red phosphorus to burn fireworks, old-fashioned.

"Brother Yugou, Lingtang's body is very important. If you can't maintain it, you should still come to me. In the future, you can make a comeback and rebuild it." The owner of the silk and satin village said sincerely.

The jade hook is exactly Xu Xinyue's name, and the owner of the silk and satin village didn't mean to lend him money when he said this.As I said earlier, someone wanted to buy Xu Xinyue's land, and it was precisely the owner of the silk and satin village who was invited to cooperate.

Those who wanted to buy the land were also from the same company in Liyuan. Several people wanted to join forces to buy and renovate Changle Theater, rename it and reopen it, imitating the popular stage model in Shanghai and making it a Western-style stage.

Of course, the singing is still a national opera, and the production is still in the Liyuan business, but now the opera stage is blowing the west wind, and some opera theaters that perform opera have directly changed their name to XX Stage, or XX Theatre.

And they are not as stingy as Xu Xinyue, but they plan to hire a superb set designer from Shanghai.

The location of Changle Theater is good. If it weren't for this opportunity, it would be very difficult to win the land here.

It is precisely because they have peers, they feel that they are accurate, and they are well-informed, so they feel that Changle Theater is bound to close down.

Xu Xinyue felt very unlucky, and she couldn't speak harsh words, so she just pouted and said with a dark face: "Our new play is about to be released, and maybe we can turn losses into profits in a few days."

The owner of Silk and Satin Zhuang laughed twice, full of sympathy for the grasshopper after autumn.

Ji Shuangyu hid from the cold wind behind Xu Xinyue, poked out half of her face, and said optimistically: "Our new play will be a blockbuster this time, and you are welcome to buy tickets to support it."

Seeing that he looks good, the silk and satin Zhuang's family didn't feel bothered, and said with a smile: "Oh? Then I will wait to hear this."

Xu Xinyue's eyes were about to pop out, and after the silk and satin Zhuang's owner left, she frantically turned around in place a few times, raised her hand and shouted: "I want money!!!!"

The bored and dozing conductors in the box office all woke up, what was going on, who was poor and crazy.

Come out and see, oh, it's our boss, that's all right.

The author has something to say:

That’s right, Zhou Baoduo is Zhou Siyin, whose name is Baoduo, and whose nickname is Lingdang’er, hahahahahaha