Entertaining Children

  Chapter 233 I want to learn to sing

  After the top four of the mentor team, and the top sixteen of the show, there is a relatively long trimming time. To the next round of 16 recording, there was an interval of about 20 days, which is about three weeks, to prepare the competition songs for the instructors and students.

The 16-finals competition is still in the form of two-by-two duels. The eighth is determined from the sixteen, then the eighth PK and then the four are determined. Therefore, to enter the four from the sixteen, everyone has to go through two. In other words, during these three weeks, each instructor must prepare at least two songs for the students.

  The number of participants has been reduced from seven groups of fourteen to four alone. For the instructors, preparing two songs in three weeks is no longer a stressful time. And twenty days or so can be considered a relatively long period of time. Several instructors have their own business. It is impossible to stay in Hangzhou for such a long time. Therefore, after the top 16 list is released, the students will be eliminated. Then they can return to their own lives, and the four students who are promoted will be led by the instructor and arrange follow-up preparations.

  Shen Na’s home and the company where she belongs are both in Yanjing, so after the recording, Shen Na discussed with several students and wanted to bring them back to her base camp, Yanjing.

  Naturally, several students had no opinion on Shen Na's arrangement. In order to participate in this program, all the students have already made pre-arrangements. As a student at this time during the summer vacation, those freelancers who are purely engaged in music are not restricted themselves, and the two are not affected. Those who have their own professions also greeted the company early and asked for a long vacation. Naturally, the instructor said where to go, and then you can go there.

After returning to Yanjing, Shen Na applied for a rehearsal room at the company headquarters to be a practice room for the students. At the same time, for convenience, three students were arranged to a four-star hotel not far from the company headquarters. Inside. Of course, the program crew is not indifferent to them for the past twenty days. During the period, they also need to take some footage of their practice. Therefore, the program crew not only installed a huge program in their rehearsal room. The logo will also help Shen Na to bear the expenses of some students accordingly.

  Originally, Shen Na hoped that Xiao Yao would also stay in a hotel with three other students in the past twenty days. However, considering that Xiao Yao’s family is in Yanjing, she did not insist on it, just a suggestion. Of course Xiao Yao couldn't stand someone who was clearly in Yanjing, but stayed in the hotel for twenty days, so he went home to live.

  However, Xiao Yao did not live in, and there were more than three students from Shen Na’s team staying in the hotel. Among the trainees who were eliminated from Shen Na's team, a few wealthy and free people who had a particularly good relationship with the promoted trainees followed Shen Na and the others to Yanjing, and they also stayed in this hotel.

  Shen Na was very happy to welcome them. After all, she couldn't spend all of her time and energy on these four people in the past twenty days. In addition to practice, they also have a lot of free time, not to mention that after Shen Na came to Yanjing, she first gave them three days off to relax them. Xiao Yao is better to say something. Since the other three foreign students have come to Yanjing, they must have fun and stroll around in Yanjing. She was also relieved when someone accompanied the group activities.

  Since the practice room is inside the company, in order to make it easier for the students to get in and out, Shen Na also specially arranged her assistant to pick up the three students at the hotel and lead them into the company on the day of practice. Xiao Yao wouldn't live in a hotel, so naturally he wouldn't be able to enjoy this kind of caring service, but he didn't have any problems with Shen Na's company and practice room. Because the record company that Shen Na belongs to is the former club of his father Xiao Siqi, China Entertainment. Before Xiao Siqi's contract expired and went out to work as an independent studio, he brought him here. Now even if he goes out independently, he maintains a close cooperative relationship with each other, so not only can he come and go freely here, he is also very familiar with it.

   But even if Xiao Yao could not stay in the hotel, the team members did not intend to let him off easily. Shen Na gave everyone a holiday because she had a job to deal with. Xiao Yao is a middle school student who is on summer vacation. He has no work to do. Since Shen Na didn't have time, everyone caught Xiao Yao, a strong local man, and let him be everyone's free tour guide for two days.

  A total of three days of vacation, everyone took Xiao Yao to accompany everyone to play around for two days. On the third day, everyone let Xiao Yao go and let him go back to accompany his family.

  During the day, most of Xiao Siqi and Ye Jiaying also have work to do. At night, Xiao Yao goes home to live, so naturally he does not need to spend any extra time with his parents. So naturally Xiao Yao gave his grandfather the time to spend with his family on the third day. He can still remember the car on the day he returned to China, but he promised his grandfather Xiao Chengru to accompany him to the theater. As for Sun Tingting, when she was in Hangzhou, she had already gotten acquainted with the members of Shen Na's team, and spent the past two days with them to play together.

  I heard that the grandson really took the time to accompany him, the old man, to listen to Peking opera, so Father Xiao Chengru was naturally very happy. I booked the tickets at the Liyuan Theater, which I often go to, and waited for Xiao Yao to go with him to enjoy the quintessence of the country.

  The Liyuan Theater where Xiao Chengru booked tickets does not open, only the afternoon and evening shows. Because Xiao Yao had to go home at night, Xiao Chengru booked a ticket for the afternoon. After lunch that day, Xiao Yao took a taxi to the courtyard where Xiao Chengru lived. After picking up the waiting grandfather Xiao Chengru, the two took another taxi to the Liyuan Theater.

Although Peking Opera is known as the quintessence of the country, it is currently a relatively small audience. The audience is a relatively fixed number of fans, with the elderly accounting for the vast majority. The group of this Liyuan Theatre is relatively well-known in the Peking Opera industry, and there are slightly more people who come to see the show. Xiao Chengru often comes, and he has known and made friends with many of the same likes in it. Therefore, when he took Xiao Yao into the Liyuan Theater and sat in the auditorium, some old friends in the nearby positions also greeted him one after another.

   "Old Xiao, this is your grandson? Nowadays, there are very few young people who are willing to accompany us old men to see Peking Opera." A silver-haired old man next to Xiao Cheng Confucianism.

"Yeah, but my grandson is not bad, he is more interested in Chinese traditional culture. He has followed me to learn calligraphy since I was a child, and I can play erhu, so I can listen to it." Xiao Chengru smiled and said, "But even if it is. He also talked to me about conditions like this, saying that he only listened to allegro jokes and couldn't listen to the Adagios."

"That is, young people now live fast, how can they spend so much time listening to Peking opera like us." The silver-haired old man said, "but your grandson is already very good, let alone allegro, he It’s hard to come here. Look at this one, there are not many under 40, let alone someone as young as your grandson. By the way, how old is the little guy? How do you call it?" Xiao Yao asked.

   "This is Uncle Liu." Xiao Chengru introduced to Xiao Yao.

   "Hello, Uncle Liu, my name is Xiao Yao. I will be eighteen years old next month." Xiao Yao said politely.

   "It's only eighteen, so small." The silver-haired Uncle Liu seemed to be very interested in Xiao Yao, and then asked, "I ask you, do you understand this Peking opera?"

  "This...should understand," Xiao Yao said hesitantly, "Although they sing a bit slower, they should still sing in Chinese anyway."

"Hehe," Uncle Liu smiled, "The little guy is quite interesting. I mean to ask you, what do you mean by what they sing? Can you understand? For example, the "Drumming" Scold Cao, do you know this story?"

   "I know that," Xiao Yao nodded. ""Drumming and Scolding Cao" is about the first dead man in history, Miheng Mi Zhengping, who beats the drum and scolds Cao Cao."

  "The first killer in history? You blocked it?" Uncle Liu was stunned.

"Isn't it?" Xiao Yao smiled, "He is very talented, and he is very famous when he is young and gentle. It is a pity that his EQ is too low, he is arrogant and pretentious. Kong Rong recommended him to Cao Cao, and he scolded Cao Cao. Cao Cao cherished his reputation and didn't kill him, so he sent him to Liu Biao, and he began to scold Liu Biao again, making Liu Biao unable to stand him, and sent him to Huang Zu, and he continued to scold Huang Zu. Cao Cao and Liu Biao didn’t kill him until he had a reputation for loving and cherishing talents, but Huang Zu was a big boss, but he didn’t have the conservatism of Cao Cao and Liu Biao, so he naturally slashed Mi Heng. Follow which leader scolds which leader. , Isn’t this what it means to die? And it’s not a long lesson to be driven out twice, so I think he is the first in history.

"Old Xiao, this child is good." Uncle Liu gave Xiao Chengru a thumbs-up. "A Mi Heng's life knows so clearly, and it's not an endorsement to memorize what Mi Heng said just now. There is a lot of historical knowledge in this mind."

   "Haha," Xiao Chengru smiled triumphantly, "This kid didn't go to kindergarten when he was a child, so he followed me to learn calligraphy and painting. When he was free, he would pester me to tell him historical stories, so he knew a little about history."

   "It turns out that you taught well." Uncle Liu nodded, "But also, you are better than a kindergarten teacher."

  "I can’t say the same. I also teach how to read, write, and draw. I don’t know how to sing and dance." Xiao Chengru laughed.

   "I remember I didn't tell you about Mi Heng when I was a kid. Even if I did, I didn't say it in such detail. How can you know so clearly?" After dealing with Old Man Liu, Xiao Chengru asked Xiao Yao in a low voice.

"I know that I will watch "Drumming and Scolding Cao" today, so I read some materials to understand it last night." Xiao Yao also laughed quietly, "Don't you like to hear people praise your grandson, so of course I Be prepared to show you your face in front of the old man. When you took me to the park to practice boxing, wasn't it the same idea?"

   "You brat, you are really personal." Xiao Chengru laughed.

  Not long after, the performance began on the stage.

  In his previous life, Xiao Yao’s impressions of Peking opera are only the wonderful section of "Looking Ahead and Looking Closely" in "The Case of the Beauty". Although "Drumming and Scolding Cao" is a traditional repertoire of Beijing opera veterans, Xiao Yao has never heard of it. Sitting with Xiao Chengru at this time, he listened calmly, and he also heard some taste.

  Xiao Chengru said that he was very happy that Xiao Yao was willing to come and listen to Peking Opera with him, but in his heart he still hoped that Xiao Yao would like this traditional national quintessence, not just to accompany him. So in the process of listening to the play, Xiao Chengru paid attention to Xiao Yao's expression from time to time. When he saw Xiao Yao's extremely focused expression, Xiao Chengru was truly happy from the bottom of his heart.

But what Xiao Chengru didn't know was that Xiao Yao's thoughts at this time had also flown to other places. The only thing that Xiao Yao currently counts as work is the game after "The Voice of China". He boasted that it would be completely original in the future, and he was worried about the song selection. Now listening to Peking Opera here, he unconsciously thinks of several previous songs that contain Peking Opera singing.

  So after the show, Xiao Yao stopped Xiao Chengrudao: "Grandpa, you can be regarded as a senior fancier in Liyuan, right? You must know a lot of famous Peking opera artists, right?"

   "You know a few," Xiao Chengru laughed, "What do you want to do?"

   "I want to learn to sing." Xiao Yao said directly.

"You want to learn to sing?" Xiao Chengru was a little surprised, and then happily said, "Okay. Although you are a bit old now, it is difficult to sing, but Peking Opera is the quintessence of the country, even if it is cultivated as a hobby. It's also good."

"But the Peking Opera industry should be divided into roles. The five major lines of Shengdan, Jing Mo and Chou, even if they are suitable for you, are also divided into old, red, niche, and martial arts. Different people are good at different roles. Son, you have to tell me which one you want to learn so I can find a teacher for you." Xiao Chengru continued.

   "No, I don't sing a live song," Xiao Yao said, shaking his head. "I want to learn how to sing Danjiao!"

  (End of this chapter)