At the seaside.
Jiang Bai and Old Mister Li exchanged a few more sentences about Mount Dingjun.
After he finished singing, Old Mister Li invited Jiang Bai to sit on the beach and began to talk about the things he needed to pay attention to during practice.
Although Jiang Bai would not acknowledge him as his master, he still had high hopes for Jiang Bai. He had told Jiang Bai almost everything he could.
After listening, Jiang Bai didn't know whether to laugh or cry."Old Mr. Li, why do I feel like you're still treating me as your successor?”
"Probably."
Old Mr. Li did not deny it. He sighed and said," The next generation of opera is lacking in talent. There are fewer young talents in Beijing opera. The Mei School is even worse. It no longer has the glory it had when Old Mr. Mei was still around.”
At the mention of Elder Mei, the old man's eyes revealed a trace of nostalgia. He chuckled and said,"I can probably be considered as one of Mister Mei's younger brothers…In-name disciple? Back then, he had learned two things from Old Mister Mei.”
"Sorry for the disrespect!" When Jiang Bai heard that this old man had actually interacted with those legendary big shots, he immediately respected him even more.
Old Mister Li smiled." It's all in the past. The Plum Sect is no longer the same now. There are some actors, but I'm the only one who can bear the title of Master."”
When he said this, Old Master Li did not avoid arousing suspicion. He was also not modest and said it directly.
Jiang Bai was curious. With you, old sir, to give up on nurturing him, could it be…"
"Humph! They're all disappointing!"
Old Mr. Li got angry at the mention of this. He shouted unhappily," Two characters. Two of them can't even be put on the stage. Only Little Sixth is worthy of attention.”
When the old man was angry, he was like an old child. However, when he mentioned his great-grandson, a gentle smile appeared on his face.
Jiang Bai knew that he was talking about the eight-year-old boy who was standing not far away. He was walking back along the beach. It seemed that someone had come to pick him up.
Jiang Bai's eyes suddenly lit up.
Wouldn't this little boy be perfect to play Little Bean?
His image was good enough! You have a good figure! She was born into a famous opera family, so she definitely knew how to sing. She was almost perfect!
"Kid, I have high hopes for you. Although you are young, you would have been a star in the past.”
Old Mister Li's topic returned to Jiang Bai.
Jiang Bai did not dare to be arrogant in front of the old senior. He retracted his gaze and said,""I'm still far from it. Old Mr. Li, you're overpraising me.”
"I've always been very accurate in judging people." Old Mister Li smiled and said," Young Jiang, after I leave, no one else but you will be worthy of the title of the next Grandmaster of the Plum Sect.”
"Old Mister Li…" Jiang Bai was embarrassed.
"No need to be humble."
Old Mr. Li interrupted him in advance and said with a smile," I'm praising you because I have my own selfish motives. I don't know which folk legend you learned opera from, but he seems to know quite a lot. So, I'm taking advantage of the fact that I can still breathe to praise you more. Otherwise, when you really become a master of your generation, you'll end up being a Kunqu opera, a Yue opera, or a Pingju opera? Or maybe he's a Peking opera master, but he's not from our Plum Sect.”
"Sigh! I can't help it. I'm old and selfish.”
Jiang Bai was amused. He felt that the old man was getting more and more interesting as they chatted. He was not old-fashioned or rigid at all.
She even joked with him, a junior.
Since that was the case, the old man seemed to have a good temper. Why not tell him that he wanted to invite him to act?
Jiang Bai pondered for a moment and decided to say,""Old Mr. Li, speaking of which, I also have a favor to ask of you.”
"Oh?" Old Mister Li looked at him with interest.
" I want to shoot a play called Farewell My Concubine," Jiang Bai said." One of the characters in it is the head of the opera class. Old Mr. Li is very much in line with this image, so I want your help. If you can…"
"Sure!" Old Master Li agreed immediately.
Jiang Bai was shocked.
That simple?
Then why don't you take a step further?
"Your great-grandson is actually quite suitable for a role in my movie. If it's possible…"
"Sure!"
"Cough cough! Actually, Old Mr. Li, I still lack two very important roles in my movie. The second male lead who can sing and the actress who plays his wife.”
"I can help you find it."
Whoosh!
Jiang Bai took a deep breath.
This old man was so easy to talk to that he didn't know what to do.
After thinking for a while, Jiang Bai said seriously,""Old Mr. Li, I've really already taken you as my master. I really won't take you as my master again.”
"Haha!"
Old Mister Li laughed heartily and scolded with a smile," Jiang brat, do you think I'm still thinking about you, my disciple?”
Jiang Bai touched the tip of his nose." Although I'm a little narcissistic, if I'm not, you're too good to me."”
"I'll say it again. I'm happy to see that there's a successor for the Beijing opera Plum Sect. I sincerely hope that you can truly grow up and become the next master of the Plum Sect.”Old Mister Li said.
Jiang Bai didn't dare to agree to this. Becoming a master of opera was a promise that was too heavy.
Old Mister Li didn't mind Jiang Bai. He smiled and said,""Jiang brat, don't worry. I'm just saying it casually. Even if you can't do it in the future, I won't blame you.”
Although he said so, the old man was thinking in his heart, If you can't do it, then what am I?
As a master of his generation, he could see Jiang Bai's talent very clearly. This kid was amazing!
Perhaps his current opera skills had even surpassed his son and daughter-in-law. There were very few people in the Beijing opera plum school who were better than him.
If such a person couldn't become a master of opera, wouldn't that be nonsense?
"However, since you didn't give me this promise, but I still helped you, does that mean that I can ask you for some benefits?”Old Master Li changed the topic and asked with a smile.
"What do you think, Mr. Li?" Jiang Bai smiled.”
"I haven't decided yet. I'll tell you when I've decided. Hmm…someone's here. Is it your shiitake house?”Old Master Li turned his head.
"Cough! It's a mushroom house."
Jiang Bai corrected him and looked over as well.
In the distance, Huang Lei, He Jiong, Peng Peng, and his sister all came out.
Seeing Jiang Bai looking over, He Jiong raised his hand high and waved."Hey! Good morning, Little Jiang! Can we go over?"
Jiang Bai looked at Old Mister Li.
"I'm just a guest," said Old Mister Li."A guest should follow the host's instructions.”
"Teacher He, Teacher He, Peng Peng, Sister, come over!" Jiang Bai smiled.”
"Coming!"
He Jiong jogged over with everyone.
That's right!
Not only did he specially come out to welcome her, but he also jogged over to welcome her!
Everyone in the livestream room could not help but laugh.
"This treatment!"
"This is the first time I've seen the entire Mushroom Hut go out and welcome a guest from such a far distance.”
"Is this Old Mr. Li's heavyweight?/ Squint and smile."
"There's no other way. In the past, those who came were at most on equal footing with Teacher Huang, but this one…is indeed several generations higher! I don't dare to be disrespectful."
"I suddenly thought of the lowly little Wang this morning. Haha!”
“……”
After Huang Lei came over, as expected, he bowed politely to Old Master Li and said,
"Teacher Li, welcome. Your arrival has brought light to our entire mushroom house.”
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