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While in the capital, Xu Rong could hardly spare any time to read quietly.

Various titles brought him inexhaustible wealth, but they also took up most of the time he had at his disposal in the past.

There are always various kinds of entertainment and work every day, and whether he participates in most of these entertainments and work will not have a particularly big impact on the final result.

After coming to Shanghai, apart from attending a new product launch conference for Bai Que Ling, he declined almost all other invitations, dinners and drinks.

I devoted myself wholeheartedly to studying opera.

Shang Changrong was born in 1940 and is just 72 years old this year.

There is an old saying in China: Seventy-three or eighty-four, you will go if the King of Hell does not invite you.

Xu Rong was very worried about the new teacher's health.

In the first week after he arrived in the magic city, Shang Changrong rushed out and could only spend half a day teaching him every day. Most of the time, he would study for half a day and practice for half a day, and Shang Changrong would come back the next day.

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As one of the few masters of Peking Opera in China today and a non-geneticist, Shang Changrong is always very busy.

Xu Rong had no complaints about this. Since he had something to ask for, he could only accommodate the other person instead of asking the other person to accommodate him.

But by the second week, Shang Changrong never left midway again.

Xu Rong could feel his expectation and hesitation, but he could only pretend not to see it.

If there is a chance in the future, he may go to the stage to sing once or twice just for fun, but if he talks about changing his career to become a professional opera actor, it really goes against his original intention.

At seven o'clock in the evening, Xu Rong left the Magic City Peking Theater and drove straight to Tianzifang.

The Peking Opera Theater is not far from Tianzifang, only about ten minutes' drive. Of course, as one of the most densely populated cities in China, it is definitely not within ten minutes.

I bought the car when I first came here.

He didn't think about buying a car at first. He just heard about the "regulatory rules for the number of car license plates" in Shanghai, that is, after the license plate was drawn, he gave it a try with the mentality of giving it a try.

As a result, he really got it!!!

In order not to waste public resources, he bought a Carrera.

Of course, it was also the result of his careful consideration.

First of all, he spends half of the year traveling around the country with the crew, and the remaining half of the time is in the capital. However, he has to visit the magic city several times a year, and he does need a transportation vehicle.

And after coming to the Magic City alone this time, he became more and more certain that this would definitely not be his last time here.

Not only because Tong Zirong, Li Zhiyu, Shang Changrong, Sun Li and other relatives and friends live here, but also because this is an international metropolis and financial center, but because there are no wives, leaders, crews, employees, or subordinates in this magical city.

When he came to the Magic City, he felt as if he had plunged into a deserted mountain and old forest. He could eat whatever he wanted, drink whatever he wanted, buy whatever he wanted, and go home whenever he wanted.

Home.

If classmate Xiao Zhang doesn’t check the post.

Secondly, when he bought the house, he already had a parking space. If he didn’t buy a car, the parking space would be a waste.

Furthermore, in the capital, he often has to go to work in the courtyard, and the people coming and going are all leaders. He is worried about dazzling the Audi given by the merchants. He can only drive a Mazda to join the traffic jams every day, but the money he earns is what he spends.

, Xiao Zhang drives a sports car when he goes out to buy groceries, he can't be so cruel to himself.

Again, it is also to satisfy my own vanity.

The most important thing is that for the convenience of travel, the subway network of the Magic City extends in all directions, making it convenient to go anywhere. However, it is too crowded during the rush hour, and when you get off the subway, the underground passage is too long from the exit, which is too long.

time.

After listing the above five reasons, he realized that he had to buy this car.

After arriving at Taikang Road, I walked around for nearly ten minutes before finally finding a parking space. Then I walked for another ten minutes before arriving at a small shop called "Coarse Tea" in Tianzifang.

There were two groups of customers in the shop, one with a man and two women, the other with two men and a woman. They were talking in low voices over the various exquisite tea cups placed on the shelves in the store.

"Hey, this is so beautiful."

"Boss, how do you sell this cup?" A girl about seventeen or eighteen years old held up a pure white eagle cup and asked the female boss who was standing in the corner wearing a mask and playing with her mobile phone.

"one hundred."

"Can it be convenient?"

The female boss pointed to the "No Negotiation" sign on the side of the door and said: "Sorry, they are all cost prices, not profitable."

Another girl pointed to the slogan "One 100, two 180, three 200" on the counter in the middle and asked: "Boss, can I choose any three for 200 yuan?"

The female boss hesitated for a moment and then said: "Yes, any three are 200."

"I want this, this, um, let's use this to make up the number."

"OK."

Classmate Xiao Zhang accepted the money and looked at the man and two women who happily left with three cups as if they had taken a huge advantage. He was simply puzzled.

The purchase price of the cup is sixty cents per pound.

When Teacher Xu Rong priced a cup at 100 yuan, she simply felt that Teacher Xu was stimulated by the failure of his first "entrepreneurship" after coming to Shanghai. Who would be so stupid to spend 100 yuan to buy a cup?

Unless you are a fool.

The fact was exactly as she expected. In the first month, the store only made one business.

It was bought by a male customer who wanted her contact information when she came over to help look after the store.

She doesn't come often and only flies over once in a while when the courtyard is not busy. Teacher Xu has classes during the day and is only open for a few hours from dusk to evening.

This bleak situation lasted for about a month, until Teacher Xu posted the slogan "One 100, two 180, three 200".

But until now, she has not been able to figure out the magic power of this slogan, which can suddenly revive the business of a small shop that anyone with a little brain would know is a scam.

I heard from Teacher Xu that I made more than 30,000 yuan last month. Of course, I lost more than 30,000 yuan in the first month.

Xu Rong walked into the store, handed her a food bag, and said, "I brought you some food."

Classmate Xiao Zhang took it subconsciously: "What?"

“Grilled seitan.”

This is Xu Rong’s second business venture in Shanghai.

The first one opened a breakfast shop.

After only working for six days, the company closed its doors.

It wasn't that business was bad, but that he was so tired that Shang Changrong thought he had gone out to fool around in the middle of the night.

Mr. Zheng Rong said that culture is "something in the belly", Lan Tianye told him that culture is "the height and depth of looking at life".

Almost every old-timer has given similar teachings. When an actor fights to the end, what he fights for is culture.

Of course, compared to culture, knowledge, and skills, life is the best teacher.

However, a person's time and energy are limited after all, and his experience is also limited. Even if he goes through many ups and downs, there are only a few roles he can fully understand throughout his life.

Therefore, culture has become the most solid support for actors.

He has been supplementing cultural content, but he did not want to let go of the opportunity to enrich his life experience. Initially, he wanted to drive to the Bund to set up a stall, but the plan did not come to fruition.

He didn't know what was going on, but many young and beautiful girls kept coming to strike up a conversation, which made him think he was exposed.

He also did not receive any scripts for related roles.

Uncle Zhu Xu often said that you should put more things into your arsenal.

He still vaguely remembered the chat he had with Pu Cunxi after the New Year, about the old dean's conversation about "exhausting his talents".

When the old dean was just a student in an ordinary college, he wrote "Thunderstorm", which was called "a symbol of the maturity of modern Chinese drama" and "an epoch-making work of great significance in the history of modern Chinese drama". He

He is also known as the "Shakespeare of the East".

Since "BJ Man" in 1940, no classic work has been released in 56 years.

In order to find inspiration, he went along the streets to make soy sauce and sell melons, but in the end it was all to no avail.

In his later years, the old dean always had a "Critical Biography of Tolstoy" by his bedside. He read it over and over again. Once, while reading, he suddenly raised his hands and shouted: "I am just ashamed! Do you know?"

Do you know how ashamed I am? I have to write something big before I die, otherwise I won’t give in! The more I read Tolstoy, the more uncomfortable I feel. Do you know?”

On December 13, 1996, the old dean died, unable to write the "big thing" that he had in mind.

Xu Rong felt that Li Guangfu, a senior in the hospital who had worked with him, was right when he said: Don’t experience life, but live it.

He is not sure whether he will run out of talents in the future, but not being separated from the masses of the people and worrying about their troubles and sorrows may be the source of maintaining his creative power.

He can no longer do it, but he can only try to get closer.

After studying with Shang Changrong in Shanghai for three months, before leaving, he paid a visit to Tong Zirong and Li Zhiyu. These two, especially the former, played a very important role in his career.

Three days before the official rehearsal of "Jiaziyuan", Xu Rong and Xiao Zhang boarded a plane to the capital together.
To be continued...