Chapter 603: Poke the job
He Xiangdong started learning crosstalk, folk art, and opera as a child. He has been learning half a lifetime and has performed half a lifetime.
What he learned at the beginning was the most traditional folk art, old-fashioned things, what the old men sang in the old society, and what he sang.
But now the decline of folk art is a fact, and the audience does not like it. Since it has declined and since the audience does not like it, there must be a reason for it.
The audience cannot make mistakes, and the audience will never make mistakes. The only thing that is wrong is the artist himself. It is because the artist cannot keep up with the changes in the audience's tastes and the things he sings cannot meet the needs of the audience today, which makes the audience no longer like to listen to folk art.
He Xiangdong likes traditional old things very much, but this does not mean that he is the kind of pedantic character who is unchanging.
He has been performing for so many years and singing for so many years. His voice and skills are impeccable, and he can conquer the audience on most occasions, but he always feels that something is missing, but he can never find that point.
Until he accepted Chen Jun as his apprentice, he also taught Chen Jun to sing. Chen Jun sings were also the taste of old things, but he couldn't eat them in front of the audience. At this time, He Xiangdong finally understood what the problem was.
He has good conditions, so the audience will like the things he sang very much, but how many of the entire folk art industry can have such good conditions as Xiangdong?
He can't ask everyone to do this.
Therefore, in the more than four years since the art troupe withdrawal, He Xiangdong has been devoted to studying these issues. Through his own ability and so many years of personal practice, he finally successfully improved the singing style of traditional folk art.
On the premise of retaining the flavor of traditional folk art to the greatest extent, He Xiangdong puts clear words and clear voice in the position. The second is the rhythm. He Xiangdong changed the rhythm of traditional folk art, and accelerated the rhythm without affecting the silence of the silence.
Finally, in terms of handling certain details, he turned the folk art into a more charming, more pleasant and more acceptable and loved by the audience.
When Jiang Yisheng first heard He Xiangdong sing a big drum at Xiangwenshe, he felt a little strange, saying that the big drum tasted wrong, but he couldn't tell what was wrong, so he even inspired the audience to make a fuss.
The reason is also here.
Many folk art professionals say that modern people are too impetuous and can’t listen to folk art anymore. They say that as long as the audience really calms down and listens to folk art carefully, they will still like it.
This theory is a big mistake.
How can artists ask the audience for what they want? You can only adapt to the audience, but not let the audience adapt to you. If the audience is impetuous, you have to adapt to the impetuous audience. Why do you ask the audience to calm down and listen to your things?
A considerable number of practitioners in the folk art industry have this mentality, and they all rely on the audience to do so, but don’t think about making changes themselves. Do you think you will die?
There are also many artists calling on the audience to watch more traditional folk art, saying that if they don’t cherish them, they will be gone.
There is no such thing, and there is no such reason.
Art and artists have always to serve the audience. Only by constantly improving your artistic level to satisfy the audience, how can you expect the audience to take the initiative to care about traditional art?
Do you sing like shit, and you also need to count on the audience to pinch your nose and spend money to protect traditions and listen to your broken stuff?
This is called moral kidnapping.
The folk art industry, including the crosstalk industry, is clamoring to reform and follow the trend of the times. The slogan has been shouting for many years, but the achievements are not seen at all.
There are many reasons for this, but one of them must have what is mentioned above.
The help required to revive a traditional art is of many aspects, but ultimately it depends on the artist himself. If the artist himself is not good, it will be nothing.
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After He Xiangdong finished singing, he started chatting with Zhang Qiusheng again. After this incident, Zhang Qiusheng became much more cheerful and his condition became more relaxed. The true nature of a joke player was also revealed, which was very funny.
There is no need to say that He Xiangdong often teased Zhang Qiusheng and laughed constantly.
Many people at the audience laughed so hard that their stomachs hurt.
Zhang Qiusheng also showed his ability as a singer during the conversation, and He Xiangdong also showed off his basic skills as an opera actor, which complemented each other and was very exciting, which also added depth to the viewing of this program.
The feedback from the audience on site was very good.
Director Zhao was a little excited when he watched it. He had been working hard in the TV industry for many years and had a keen sense that ordinary people do not have.
Halfway through this episode, he was already quite optimistic about the ratings. This program is indeed much better than the current entertainment programs. There are many funny things throughout the whole process, but it is not just funny.
It also contains a lot of knowledge about folk art and songs, especially those things revealed by He Xiangdong. They have both the historical precipitation of folk art, widespread universality, and very ornamental.
It's really great. I can't say that this show will have a good harvest of ratings and reputation.
Director Zhao was very happy, and he also had vague expectations in his heart. Perhaps it was really not a distant dream to talk more than half a day in half a year.
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The first half of the recording is completed, and the second half of the teahouse crosstalk is about to begin, and the stage is next to it. "Everything Returns to Spring" divides the studio No. 1 into two halves, half as a family-style interview venue, and the other half as an old-fashioned teahouse for crosstalk.
On the other half of the home version, the headlights have been turned off. The teahouse lights are on, and the actors and crew have moved over.
A picture of a teahouse appeared on the big screen, with four big words "Everything Returns to Spring" written on an old wooden plaque, which is the name of the teahouse.
There is a counter in the upper left corner, and the crosstalk performance table is placed in the middle, and there are four Eight Immortals tables next to it. There are also people dressed in old-fashioned clothes sitting on the table, and these people are also actors.
As soon as the lights were on, Guo Qing appeared next to the counter. He was wearing a gold-stitched embroidered gown and a small hat on his head. He was dressed as a teahouse shopkeeper.
Guo Qing stepped out with a smile on his face, and said to the audience enthusiastically: "Everyone, I, Guo Qing, is the shopkeeper of our Wanxiang Guichun Teahouse. Today is the first day of our teahouse opening. Young and old men, we will travel one hundred south and one thousand north, relying on friends to help us. We will ask you to support us in the future."
"Okay..." The actors on the table started to applaud first, and the audience in the audience also echoed applause. They all thought this pattern was quite interesting.
After the opening remarks, Guo Qing continued, "You all know me. I am the shopkeeper of the teahouse. My surname is Guo and my name is Guo Qing. So who is Guo Qing? He is the shopkeeper of our teahouse, that is, I am myself. By the way, you may ask, why this person has been standing there? Because I am the shopkeeper of the teahouse, my surname is Guo..."
The audience was amused by Guo Qing's words back and forth.
"Hey, hey, Manager Guo, if you don't entertain guests, why are you chatting here?" A pretty voice sounded, and someone stepped out from the side, dressed in a cheongsam, which was Su Mo. I have to say that Su Mo, who changed into a cheongsam, was very beautiful and elegant.
The audience immediately became excited and howled wolves.
Guo Qing immediately showed a flattering smile on his face, bent down halfway and smiled, "Oh, boss, you are here."
Su Mo said with a bit of arrogance on her face, "If I don't come, you don't know how to entertain guests."
Guo Qing smiled and said, "Look at what you said, how can you do it?"
After saying that, Guo Qing turned his head and explained to the audience: "Everyone, this is the boss of our teahouse and my boss. You want to ask who I am, hey..."
Before he could say it, the audience started to laugh.
Su Mo rolled his eyes and said angrily: "Shut up, you're not over yet, are the guests still entertaining?"
Guo Qing immediately said: "Entertainment, Xiaojun is coming out to entertain guests."
Chen Jun, dressed as a friend, immediately trotted out, holding a kettle in his hand to add water to the guests on the table.
Now that He Xiangdong has his own program and resources, he has started to support his family.
Su Mo glanced at Chen Jun and said to Guo Qing: "Well, this person is pretty good, and his movements are very quick. I said to Manager Guo..."
Guo Qing immediately responded: "Hey, you said."
Su Mo said: "You said that our Wanxiang Guichun Teahouse has just opened. What method do you plan to make us famous and let us do our business as soon as possible?"
Guo Qing smiled and said, "Boss, I have invited two famous crosstalk actors from Beijing City, and I plan to let them speak crosstalk in our place."
Su Mo nodded slightly: "Okay, then let them try it. What are they going to say today?"
Guo Qingyi stretched out his hand: "You and I don't have the final say in this matter, we have to let our customers have the final say."
As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Jun, who was serving the guests to drink tea, put down the kettle, took out a large folding fan from behind his waist, opened it with both hands, and wrote dense words on it. After a closer look, it was all the names of crosstalk jokes.
Chen Ju smiled flatteringly and said to the guest: "Master, please post your job."
Chapter completed!