"Are you sure this is a drama troupe…Why do I feel so eerie…"
Cheng Xiaoyun subconsciously grabbed the corner of Lu Bai's clothes.
How should he put it? This theater was old and run-down, and the yard was overgrown with weeds. At first glance, one would think that it was a haunted house…
Lu Bai was also a little stunned. He knew that Happy's muggle life seemed to be quite miserable, but he did not expect it to be so miserable.?
"Two tickets, please."
The ticket seller was a middle-aged woman with a pail waist. She was busy looking at her phone. When she heard someone coming, she handed over two tickets without even raising her head.
"Eighty."
Forty yuan for a ticket was already the price of cabbage for a play. After all, this was not a movie. There was a roll of film that could be played indefinitely.
A play required a bunch of actors to perform in person. In addition to the stage layout, lighting, and manual work, a troupe could only perform three or four times a day at most.
Forty yuan was not even enough for Mr. Dunken in the Imperial Capital…It would be fine if the theater was full, but if the audience was not full, they would starve to death in the play.
Lu Bai had thought that since this was a proper drama troupe and a character like Teacher He had appeared before, there would at least be an audience.
However, when he came in, he realized that there were only ten people in the audience, including him and Cheng Xiaoyun. There was also an auntie wearing a cleaning uniform. He didn't know if she had bought a ticket.
"Why did we come here to watch the play…"
Cheng Xiaoyun was a little dumbfounded. Originally, Lu Bai had brought her all the way here. She thought it was a good place, but she did not expect it to be like this…
"Ahem…I have a friend here…"
Lu Bai pulled Cheng Xiaoyun and found a seat in the front row. Because there were too few people in the audience, there was not even a person selling water and snacks in the theater. Even if there were, they would probably starve to death…
The play began.
It could be seen that although the situation was terrible, the actors in this group were still very dedicated. Facing the empty audience, they still put in their best to perform. Among them, there were a few people that Lu Bai looked familiar with.
Finally, halfway through the play, a man and a woman appeared. The woman was Ma Dong, and the man was naturally Shen Tong. However, it was unknown whether Shen Tong was starving every day. His figure was thin, and his chin was angular.
He was a completely different person from the successful middle-aged fat uncle from the other world. However, Shen Tong's looks were still on the line. It was said that he was the school hunk back then.
On the stage, Shen Tong was also a little puzzled. Why did the couple below the stage look a little familiar? Where had he seen them before?
When the performance ended, no matter how hard the ten audience members applauded, the applause was not loud enough. The scene could be said to be extremely awkward.
Lu Bai was born in Deyun and had experienced the same thing. At that time, Deyun was not called Deyun. It was called the crosstalk competition. They also rented a small theater to perform. The audience was sparse, and the ticket money was not even enough for Deyun and the others to eat.
But at that time, Old Guo told his disciples that even if there was only one audience member, they had to be worthy of the audience's ticket money.
Those years were really difficult. Knowing that Lu Bai loved to eat fish, Wang Hui would wake up early in the morning and go to the market in the suburbs. Fish was cheap and she had to take the bus back and forth at two o'clock.
In order to feed his disciples, Old Guo would accept any kind of work, even if it was to embarrass him. In order to earn some money, Old Guo gritted his teeth and did it.
What left the deepest impression on Lu Bai was a reality show from Beijing Television. The program team had been so bad that they locked Old Guo in a glass window on the street for two days and one night.
During this period, Old Guo was not allowed to leave. He had to eat and sleep inside, and he had to be watched by passers-by. The key was that he could not speak inside and outside. He was completely played like a monkey.
It was said that the reason why the program team insulted Old Guo was because they had been hinted by some mainstream seniors to kill him with a borrowed knife.
That program was still Deyun's disgrace. Lu Bai was young and impetuous at that time. After watching the program, he wanted to bring his fellow disciples to Beijing Television with a brick crowbar to smash the place, but he was stopped by his master's wife, Wang Hui.
Many people knew that De Yun was at odds with mainstream crosstalk, but other than that, De Yun had another great enemy, Beijing Television.
Even Jin Zi, the traitorous disciple of his previous life, rejected the Beijing Television program after betraying Deyun. This was a deep-seated hatred.
After watching the play, Lu Bai thought of many bitter past events. Cheng Xiaoyun also felt the sadness in his body. She did not disturb him and sat quietly beside Lu Bai.
After the show ended, the originally small audience had already left. The cleaners began to clean up. To be honest, there was nothing much to clean up. There was not even a melon seed skin on the ground. At most, they could only close a few seats...
However, Lu Bai and Cheng Xiaoyun had not left and were still sitting in their seats.
The actors in the theater naturally noticed them. In the end, Shen Tong, who was the leader, walked over and said with a smile on his face.
"Our performance has already ended. If you two still want to watch it, you can watch it tomorrow…"
At first, Shen Tong thought that they were just an ordinary couple, but they were both quite good-looking.
However, when he got closer and took a closer look, Shen Tong was dumbfounded. Putting aside Cheng Xiao Yun, this young man who had always had an indifferent expression on his face was none other than the Eldest Senior Brother Lu Bai who had been especially popular recently!
As a drama actor, Shen Tong was considered half an insider of the entertainment industry. He knew this. Moreover, Lu Bai had been trending recently. It was difficult for others not to know about him.
"You are Teacher Lu Bai?"
Although Shen Tong was already in his early thirties, the entertainment industry was a place where seniority mattered. No matter how young Lu Bai was, if he was doing better than Shen Tong, Shen Tong still had to call him teacher.
"Hehe, hello, Shen Tong."
Lu Bai did not look down on him. He stood up and shook hands with him seriously. This made Shen Tong feel touched. He could feel Lu Bai's respect.
"Teacher Lu knows me?"
"I'm Teacher He's friend. Teacher He mentioned you before. He said that you're a very talented actor.”
Actually, Lu Bai had made this up. Teacher He was very busy. He might remember Happy Muggle, but he might not remember Shen Tong.
" Sigh, what talent…I can't even eat…"
It could be seen that Shen Tong's life was not going well. One had to know that he had graduated from a proper school and was once the school hunk. Now that he was thirty years old, he was still doing this. Among his classmates, one after another became famous. He really could not raise his head.
"Let's have a meal together. It's on me."
To be honest, this was Lu Bai's first time inviting someone to dinner, except for the time when he was tricked by Cheng Xiao Yun…
Shen Tong was stunned. He could not figure it out. Who was Lu Bai? Eldest Senior Brother De Yun! A new star in the music industry! Old Guo's beloved disciple! Who was he, Shen Tong? Why would Lu Bai want to treat him to a meal?
At this moment, Shen Tong did not even know what value he had.
" Teacher Xiao Lu, it's not that I don't want to go, but I still have to be a designated driver tonight. There's a mission on the platform, and I'll be fined for skipping work…"
Well, who would have thought that the future famous Shen Tong would have to film plays during the day and work as a driver at night to support his family…
"Stop working. I'll pay you back.”
Since Lu Bai had already said this, Shen Tong naturally could not say anything more.
"Alright, I'll pack up now.”
" Yes, let's call that Ma Dong over as well…"
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