The few of them walked into each other's faces.
Since they met and knew each other, it would not be appropriate to not speak.
Yao Jiancai greeted, "Master Xu."
Xu Wenxiang looked at him, "Oh, Little Yao."
"You still remember me?" Yao Jiancai said, "How's your health?"
Xu Wenxiang nodded, "It's just the way it is. I can't compare to you youngsters."
Yao Jiancai laughed, "I'm already in my forties. How can I still be considered young?"
Xu Wenxiang said with a hidden meaning, "Listening to your crosstalk, I can't tell that you are over 40 years old. Your work is like a child's, saying whatever you want. You don't seem to be giving your master face, do you?"
Yao Jiancai did not reply, as this old man was of the same lineage as his late master. They had both been disciples of a crosstalk senior master, so he could not say anything more. He could only change the topic and introduce, "Old bro, let me introduce you. This is Master Xu Wenxiang, a titan of the crosstalk world."
Zhang Ye said nonchalantly, "Nice to meet you, Master Xu."
"This is...." Yao Jiancai wanted to introduce Zhang Ye.
Xu Wenxiang waved it off and said, "There's no need to introduce him. I know him. The two of you have caused too much of a ruckus. It's time to tone it down."
Zhang Ye laughed, "We caused too much of a ruckus?"
You sure are funny!
The two of you caused more of a ruckus than us!
Xu Wenxiang looked at him, "Crosstalk is not something you can do. What you are doing is not promoting crosstalk, but ruining it. Crosstalk is a heritage that needs to be passed down from generation to generation. If you do crosstalk the way you do it, then what difference is there between you and street thugs? It was not easy for crosstalk to develop to where it is today. With so many generations passing it down, the content should have some restraint and meaning, right? "
Yao Jiancai said, "Little Zhang and I are also doing crosstalk very seriously. We feel that there are many forms of crosstalk and not just limited to education...."
"Do you understand or do I understand?" Xu Wenxiang interrupted him.
Yao Jiancai did not like to hear that. Heh.
Xu Wenxiang looked at them as an artist and said, "Don't talk about those vulgar things. Add more content that will make people think about it. In today's terms, it should have positive energy instead of scolding this and that. What's the use? No matter how much you scold, you won't be able to get out of the folk arts circle. Every industry has its own rules. Since you've entered the folk arts circle, you have to follow the rules of the industry. You can't just do whatever you want. "
Zhang Ye said, "I can't pretend that I didn't hear what you said."
"Little Zhang." Yao Jiancai signaled with his eyes and stopped him symbolically.
But Zhang Ye did not listen to him. He looked at Xu Wenxiang and said, "We are just two small-time actors who like crosstalk. We say what we think is good and do what we think is right. It has nothing to do with the Folk Arts world or the crosstalk world. Whether the higher-ups acknowledge us or not, it doesn't matter. I don't need anyone to acknowledge us either. Whether or not we can do crosstalk, I know it in my heart. The audience knows it too. Master Xu, I respect your seniority and respect that you are a crosstalk senior. I respect the hard work that the crosstalk world has put into promoting crosstalk, but the prerequisite is that you all can't step on me. Who would want to step on me when they see me? You call your friends to scold me for no reason? That won't do! If others step on me, then I will step on them back! Others scold me? Then I'll scold him back! I don't care about this and that! That's just my temper! "
"Good, very good of you!" Xu Wenxiang was clearly angered. "Who is your master?"
What kind of nonsense was this?
Was he using his seniority to suppress others?
Zhang Ye was amused. "I really don't have a master. I'm self-taught. Master Xu, please don't scare me. I'm a timid person."
Xu Wenxiang saw that he was being sarcastic and had no respect for him at all. He was infuriated and took a deep breath. He nodded and said, "Alright, I've already said what I wanted to say. Since you all insist on doing things your own way, then there's nothing I can do about it. Don't underestimate the crosstalk world. If they want to deal with you, there are many ways."
Zhang Ye said, "Yo, then I would really like to see for myself."
Xu Wenxiang waved his hand and turned around to leave. "There will be a meeting in the crosstalk world tonight. They will discuss this matter." As he spoke, he had already disappeared from the stairwell. Then, the next moment, a thud could be heard not far away. It was followed by Xu Wenxiang's angry scolding, "Who threw that banana peel!"
Yao Jiancai: "..."
Zhang Ye was thinking that the die was lowering the difficulty for him again.
"The crosstalk world is having another meeting?" Yao Jiancai said, "Are they targeting the two of us?"
Zhang Ye said, "Surely not? Do the two of us have that much influence? "
Yao Jiancai said, "That might not be the case. The two of us have offended the entire crosstalk world today."
On the way out, they would occasionally overhear a lot of people chatting. Through their conversations, Zhang Ye and Yao Jiancai found out that tonight's crosstalk world meeting had already been scheduled a while ago. Not only would the important figures of the crosstalk world be participating, even many of the newcomer crosstalk actors from this year's competition would also be participating. All of them had been invited except for Zhang Ye and Yao Jiancai. Clearly, even if the entire meeting was not to criticize the two of them, there would still be a lot of time set aside to discuss how to "kill" the two of them.
Regarding this, Zhang Ye dismissed it with a laugh.
Yao Jiancai had an attitude of letting nature take its course. There was no other way. He had already boarded Zhang Ye's pirate ship. Now that things had come to this, there was no way he could back down!
Scold!
Let's see who can outscold who!
......
At night.
Zhang Ye's parents' house.
When the door opened, his mother's smiling face appeared, "You're back, son? Yo, isn't this Teacher Yao? Little Ye, why didn't you inform us beforehand that you were bringing a guest home! "
"It's not like I'm an outsider." Zhang Ye said.
Yao Jiancai said, "Big Sis."
His mother said, "Come in, come in."
His father also came out when he heard that, "This is... Teacher Yao?"
"Big Bro, Big Sis, please don't call me Teacher. Just call me Old Yao or something will do." Yao Jiancai brought some things over and placed them on the table.
"Look at how polite you are. You even brought gifts." His mother was very happy and said to Yao Jiancai, "Little Ye's dad and I have always watched your television dramas. It's really good. Later on, we found out that you and Little Ye already knew each other. I even kept asking him to invite you over for dinner, but that little rascal ignored me."
Yao Jiancai laughed, "I also wanted to visit your house for a long time. I wanted to see what kind of parents could raise such an amazing person like Old Bro Zhang."
His mother was grinning from ear to ear. She loved hearing this, "No, the two of us never really cared about him since he was young. It was all because of Little Ye's own capabilities."
Ring, ring, ring.
Zhang Ye's cell phone rang. It was his eldest younger sister.
"Bro, where are you? Tongtong, Mengmeng, and I are all outside. Why don't you treat us to dinner?" Cao Dan said, "I haven't seen you in a long time."
Zhang Ye smiled and said, "I'm at my parents' house. Do you guys want to come?"
"Ah? Sure, let's go! "Cao Dan said.
A while later, his three sisters came bouncing into the house.
"Bro! Idol! Idol! "his second sister shouted the moment she entered the house.
His third sister also shouted, "Bro, you were so cool on the live broadcast today, didn't you! Hahaha! That scolding was so satisfying! That 'I Want to Reject the Three Vulgarities' was simply godly! "
His eldest younger sister giggled and said, "The most important thing is that even two of the judges were chased away by him. Only our bro's glib tongue can do that! What a glib tongue! "
Zhang Ye smiled. "It was just so-so."
His third sister suddenly looked at the person on the sofa. "Aiya, Old Yao!"
Zhang Ye's mother smacked her on the head and said, "You think you can call him Old Yao?"
"Heehee, that's what everyone calls him these days. It's so intimate." His sisters surrounded Yao Jiancai again and started asking him questions.
It became lively at home.
After dinner, his sisters at the dining table did not stop talking.
His father interjected, "Little Ye, is it alright for all of you to be so sarcastic?"
Zhang Ye said disapprovingly, "It's not a big deal. Are they allowed to scold me, but I'm not allowed to scold them? I'm scolding that bunch of grandsons! "
Yao Jiancai said, "Right!"
At this moment, his third sister, who was browsing through the news on her cell phone, suddenly said, "Ah, the crosstalk world has held a conference. Look, look. They're talking about the current chaos of crosstalk, how to develop the art of crosstalk, and how to resist vulgar works and performers. Damn, aren't they talking about my bro!? They even held such a big conference with hundreds of people gathered to discuss how to deal with my bro? What are they doing! "
Zhang Ye laughed and said, "Let them do as they please."
His eldest younger sister harrumphed, "This is what it means when a person is popular. This bunch of people have been doing crosstalk for so many years. Some of the older artists have even been doing it for decades, but their achievements are limited and the audience is limited. Yet my bro, an inexperienced crosstalk newcomer, has become popular all over the country the moment he comes out. The entire country's audience likes him, so of course they won't be convinced and will definitely be jealous of him. Seriously, these people don't have the bearing of an artist at all!"
Following that, at 7: 30 PM.
The SARFT's official Weibo posted: "Ever since the crackdown on vulgar culture began, various television stations, departments, and organizations have cooperated fully to deal with a batch of vulgar works. But recently, some of these vulgar works have started to resurface again. Regarding these vulgar, kitsch, and vulgar works, we must resolutely rectify and deal with them to ensure the 'positive energy' in the works and to spread the 'positive energy'...." The post was long and lengthy.
His second sister's expression changed. "They're talking about my bro again?"
Yao Jiancai did not expect the SARFT to issue such a serious post again. "This is a warning to us."
Of course, it was definitely not written just for Zhang Ye. He did not have that much charisma. There were probably many other new works or television series that had crossed the line. Perhaps a few of the crosstalk competition's contestants' crosstalks were not too "mainstream", so they were collectively warned by the higher-ups.
Ring, ring, ring.
An unknown number called Zhang Ye's cell phone.
The other party immediately identified himself. It was the program team manager of the National Crosstalk and Skit Competition. He directly told Zhang Ye, "If your works tomorrow involve any vulgar baggage or satire, the competition will immediately disqualify you. There is no room for negotiation!"
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