Shuang Qi

At the end of the holiday, on the afternoon of the first day when Dongcheng Tea House began to perform, Tang Chong'an and several seniors were discussing matters behind closed doors in the conference hall, when an unexpected guest came suddenly.

Jiang Qifeng walked in without saying hello.

"What are you doing here?" Huang Qiying said dissatisfied.

The humble smile on Jiang Qifeng's face made it hard to find fault, but when he asked the question, it was clear that Xingshi was asking for a crime: "Boss Tang, I remember that I didn't ask for leave, why did I forget about the program list for two weeks?"

When he was speaking, he glanced at the few people present, and Xie Yan was among them. He lowered his head and looked at the document in front of him without saying a word, making it clear that he did not intend to get involved in this matter.

Tang Chong'an said in a bad tone: "I have discussed with several teachers, you will be suspended for a month, and you can go back if you have nothing else to do."

a bolt from the blue……

"The reason!" Jiang Qifeng's clenched fist was full of veins, full of anger and had nowhere to vent.

Didn't talk in advance, didn't ask him to inform, stopped for no reason, if he didn't ask today, would these people still plan to pretend to be deaf and dumb and just ignore him?

"The one surnamed Zhao who disrespected the patriarch, ruined the stage, damaged the Allegro, and caused a major stage accident has only been suspended for two weeks. I am suspended for a month for no reason?"

There were five or six people sitting there, all of whom were senior managers of Dongcheng Tea House. When they heard Jiang Qifeng's question, they all showed contemptuous expressions, then looked down at their mobile phones or documents, and ignored him directly.

Tang Chong'an picked up the blue and white porcelain tea bowl on the table, and the steaming heat mixed with the refreshing tea fragrance rushed towards his face. He took a deep breath to ease the restlessness and impatience in his heart, and then raised his eyebrows and looked at the aggrieved Jiang Qifeng in front of him.

"For no reason? I think you have worked hard in your performances and performed well in business. You have not been notified by the whole society to give you face. Don't be shameless."

When Tang Chong'an personally invited Jiang Qifeng to join Dongcheng Tea House, the actors in the club were very polite to him. Even Tang Chong'an, the head of the class, never said harsh words to him. Today's reprimand is tantamount to completely refuting his face. , deprived him of his former status in Dongcheng Tea House.

Jiang Qifeng's face turned blue and white, and his mentality had completely collapsed. He simply broke the jar and asked loudly: "I don't want this face anymore. Tell me what I did that can be worse than smashing the signboard myself. !"

It was Huang Qiying who took the call. He slapped the table hard, pointed at Jiang Qifeng and said angrily: "Tianjin Baiqu Garden, the holiday after the fifteenth anniversary, where did you go and what did you do? Don't you know yourself? !"

"I..." Jiang Qifeng was at a loss for words, his brain went blank in shock, and wanted to organize his words to defend himself, but found that his tongue suddenly became sloppy and he couldn't speak.

Last year, during the short vacation after the [-]th anniversary performance of Dongcheng Tea House, he went back to Tianjin and sang a section of Allegro in Baiqu Garden.

Ma Jianyuan promised him that he would not publicize it.

Tang Chong'an sneered, and said unceremoniously: "There is no impenetrable wall in the world. If you are doing private work outside, I could have directly terminated the contract between us, but after discussing with several teachers, I will only give you a one-month warning. Jiang Qi Feng, I have given you enough face!"

Jiang Qifeng said angrily: "Without Baiquyuan, there would be no me. Now that he is in such a state of desperation, I just sang a section of Allegro to support my benefactor, and confiscated a penny. How could it be a private job?"

Huang Qiying spread his hands together, plausibly saying: "Whether you take the money or not, performing in other places is a breach of contract. You joined Dongcheng Tea House for three years and did not offer advice for the development and interests of Dongcheng, and turned your elbows out to support other houses!"

Jiang Qifeng was not allowed to argue, Huang Qiying continued to accuse loudly, with a fierce look on his face, it was clear that he could not turn over!

"Now you can go to Tianjin Baiqu Garden to sing allegro for your benefactor, do you still want to stand on the stage for your mentor back to Qulan Society tomorrow?"

"Teacher Huang, what I said is a bit too much." The thank you who had been deaf for a long time finally couldn't listen anymore, and whispered a reminder.

When Jiang Qifeng came to Dongcheng Teahouse, he was burdened with too much disapproval. Some said he betrayed his teacher, and some said he was only seeking profit.

He looked at these "old artists" in the conference room, either standing by or fanning the flames, and felt sad for a while, saying that for the first time in so many years, cross talk felt isolated and helpless.

I thought that Dongcheng tea society was the place where he could show his skills and make a name for himself, but now it seems...these old foxes never trusted him from the very beginning.

In mid-March, the weather gradually warmed up, and the trees in front of Dongcheng Teahouse also grew green shoots again.Jiang Qifeng came out of the backstage dragging the suitcase, stood at the door and turned on his phone to call a taxi.

"Young Master Jiang!" It was time for the performance in the afternoon, and the audience who came and went had sharp eyes and recognized him at a glance.

"I see that Mr. Xia met Tian'er with someone else. You haven't performed for half a month. What's going on? Is your hole cracked?"

A crack is a breakup.

Jiang Qifeng looked back at the audience who asked the question. It was a young girl, and he couldn't help being a little surprised. It's rare to see little girls who go to teahouses to listen to cross talk these days.

After withdrawing his gaze, he said hoarsely, "The hole is cracked, it's all cracked."

That night, Jiang Qifeng posted a Weibo, declaring that he would terminate the contract with Dongcheng Tea House.

Nothing else was said about behind the scenes.

Just half an hour after he posted this Weibo, Dongcheng Tea House also issued an announcement, bluntly saying that cross talk actor Jiang Qifeng took private jobs during the cooperation period and assisted in Tianjin Baiqu Garden, which is a breach of contract. Qi Feng terminated the contract.

Just when there was a lot of scolding, an insignificant person—Xu Zhaolan suddenly posted a long article to argue for Jiang Qifeng, accusing some actors in the Dongcheng Tea House of relying on the old to suppress the younger generation in private.

After many years, Jiang Qifeng once again dominated the headlines and caused many controversies.

This time, voices avenging Jiang Qifeng's grievances accounted for the majority.

But after Jiang Qifeng posted Weibo, he didn't log in again, and he didn't go to see what happened next.

-

Jiang Qifeng leaned on the sofa and looked at the hazy moonlight outside the window. From the beginning when he became a cross talk actor by apprenticeship, to the Dongcheng teahouse, he resolutely resigned and terminated the contract. He has never been so confused as he is today.

From sealing the box last year to today, he has not performed on stage for a full [-] days. For an actor, the stage is the lifeline.For Jiang Qifeng, not talking about cross talk for [-] days is robbing him of his soul.

Now that his partner is broken and the stage is gone, where should he go?do what?

There is only one thing he is steadfast in, that is, he can only be a cross talk actor in his life and will never change careers.

I don't know if it was an illusion, but he seemed to hear someone knocking on the door.

"Is Jiang Wanqiu at home, your courier!"

Jiang Qifeng was stunned for a few seconds before he realized that he was calling him.

"coming!"

What express?He didn't do online shopping...Jiang Qifeng took the cardboard box from the courier brother for no apparent reason, turned around and went back to the house and closed the door.

Open the carton, there are several layers of thick bubble wrap wrapped.Jiang Qifeng secretly sighed that the packaging is tight enough, what is inside?

Then tearing off the bubble wrap, he finally saw what was inside.

An old bamboo allegro board, the slightly fuzzy red string shows its sense of age. Look closely, there are still characters engraved on the board. On one side are the three small characters "Jiang Qifeng", and on the other side is a single "Zhang" character.

This is... Zhang Xiuming gave it to him when he was apprenticed to his teacher.

Jiang Qifeng's eyes suddenly blurred, and tears filled his eyes.

He opened the bottom of the locker and rummaged for a while, and found the other two pieces that Zhang Xiuming had given to him at that time.A pair of imperial sonboards, one side is eye-catching.

Three years ago, when he left Qulan Club, he brought everything with him, except for this pair of Allegro. He asked Liu Sheng to return it to Zhang Xiuming if he saw it.

"You don't even recognize me as an apprentice, what does this mean..."

Jiang Qifeng muttered to himself with a wry smile, and then put away the three items.

The most important thing right now is to think about how to return to the stage.

-

It was late at night, and the lights were still on in the backstage of Qulan Club.

"Shao Huan, take Qiyu back by the way!" Yan Xiuwen yelled at the two brothers who were hooking their shoulders outside the door, turned around and went backstage, and sat down beside Zhang Xiuming. "Brother, don't you feel bad for Xiaofeng who has been wronged so much?"

"I have nothing to worry about. He didn't do it all by himself." Zhang Xiuming looked indifferent, as if he was unmoved at all.

Yan Xiuwen chuckled, and sighed, "He's your apprentice..."

Zhang Xiuming's tone was still very cold: "I only have one apprentice, I just left."

"Pull it down, then what did you send yesterday? Why is there nothing in your desk drawer?" Yan Xiuwen gave him a blank look, and said to himself that this guy is tougher than anyone at his age.

"Did you forget how aggressively you came to complain to me when he left?"

"I was so angry at the time, but if you think about it carefully, after all, Xiaofeng just resigned and changed jobs. He never mentioned that he didn't recognize you as a master."

Zhang Xiuming smiled mockingly, his eyes showed incomprehension, and the lines between the lines were full of hatred for iron. "I don't object to his wings being stiff and he wants to go out for a walk, but he just went to Dongcheng Tea House!"

Yan Xiuwen sighed helplessly: "Ah, apart from us, Dongcheng is the only crosstalk garden that can stand."

"I don't have an apprentice like him." Zhang Xiuming closed his eyes in pain. In the past two years, he always thought of the time when Jiang Qifeng was just with him. will not disobey him.

"Brother." Yan Xiuwen chuckled and pointed to the bookshelf beside him, motioning him to look there.

There is a thick book on it, which looks very old, but although the book is old, it is not damaged at all, the corners are intact, and the cover is neat.

This is the cross talk family tree.

Yan Xiuwen was rarely so serious to Zhang Xiuming.He said in a deep voice: "If you really don't recognize Jiang Qifeng as an apprentice, why didn't you take back his stage name? Why did you let Wen Qiyu continue to use the word "Qi"?Now remove him from the family tree, can you do it? "

Zhang Xiuming looked at him, then looked at the cross talk family tree, he was at a loss for words for a while, and could not answer.