According to the tradition of previous years, Jiang Pengji would hold a New Year's banquet on New Year's Day. She would invite the civil and military officials under her command to have a meal together and exchange feelings.
Back then, there were only two or three people in her camp. The New Year's banquet was just a simple gathering to eat barbecued meat and warm a cauldron. Now that the family business had expanded, Jiang Pengji's subordinates had also increased by quite a lot. Apart from the mainstays, in the past two years, many middle-level talents had been selected from the Golden Scale Pavilion.
Jiang Pengji naturally wanted them to attend an event like the New Year's banquet to broaden their horizons.
With more people, the venue naturally had to keep up with the times and increase the area.
To ensure that the New Year's banquet went smoothly, Jiang Pengji arranged seats according to the status of the guests.
The mainstay could drink with her, while the slightly less talented people ate separately in the side halls.
Jiang Pengji originally wanted to continue the "fine tradition" of the officials producing their own programs, but this suggestion was rejected by the audience in the streaming room.
Laosiji Lianmeng: "Although self-produced programs can increase the officials' participation, it's not good to do this every year." Those who have been with you for a long time know your temperament, but those middle management staff don't. If you force yourself to do so, it will easily damage your reputation.
Guicai Guo Fengxiao: "In my opinion, it's better to have a classification system." If an important official can drink with you, it means that their relationship with you is closer, so there is no need to be too rigid about etiquette. Since they were all on the same side, it was fine to let them perform on their own. You don't have to specially arrange singers and dancers for those who are arranged for the banquet. It's better to choose folk artists. This way, it'll be more approachable to the people.
Jiang Pengji did not like spending money on singers and dancers. Such an extravagant and depraved life did not suit her style.
If she had to make an exception for a group of middle-level personnel, she would not feel comfortable.
The audience in the livestream room brainstormed and came up with a compromise for her.
Not only could it make the subordinates more friendly to the common people, but it could also clearly distinguish their status and stimulate their fighting spirit.
A lord who was kind to her subordinates was not a good lord. While being kind to her subordinates, she also had to let them understand the difference in status and intimacy!
Jiang Pengji had the same idea. The suggestion from the audience in the streaming room was exactly what she wanted.
"If that's the case, then let the theater choose a few plays that are lively, festive, and friendly to the people —"
Jiang Pengji added, "It'd be best if it's a new show."
The power of Wanzhou flourished, and the entertainment industry prospered along with the growth of the economy and population.
With Jiang Pengji's permission, Wei Ci vigorously developed novelists and related industries, using entertainment methods to control public opinion.
After several years of implementation, the results were remarkable.
The people of Wanzhou had been ravaged by Wei Ci's great method of brainwashing through public opinion, and they had long regarded her as a god.
Didn't you see that countless men and women yearned for Jiang Pengji's favor day and night?
As the leader in this field, Wei Ci had to take on this task.
If not for the fact that Wei Ci was an ancient person, the audience would have suspected that he was a time traveler.
This kind of method was not rare in the current era of the livestream viewers, but in an ancient era where entertainment was scarce, it was terrifying.
However, Wei Ci had struggled for so many years, and the entertainment industry was still thriving because of him.
After a few years, not only did Jiang Pengji not have to pay for it, but Wei Ci also earned a large sum of money for Jiang Pengji's private treasury every year.
In the past, no one would waste effort in this aspect, so Wei Ci's torment did not cause suspicion — or rather, they did not think that the entertainers on the streets, the storytellers in the teahouses and taverns, a group of lowly people, could influence public opinion. They did not even dare to think about it.
They disdained to deal with entertainers and despised this group of people. Naturally, they did not think that they were potentially terrifying.
The previous means of public opinion was at most to make up a ballad and spread it through the mouths of hooligans, ruffians, and children.
Wei Ci's organized and disciplined method of criticism was a magnificent feat that had never been done before.
Wei Ci said, "If it's a new play, it's better to let everyone watch it together, so as to avoid favoritism."
Jiang Pengji thought about it, nodded, and responded, "What you said makes sense. Pass down the instructions to let the theater prepare for the new play."
The entertainment industry was gradually taking shape, and many other industries were spawned.
Seeing this, Wei Ci simply introduced the official theater troupe.
What was a theater troupe?
It was equivalent to the pear garden that the audience was familiar with, and its form was similar to actors.
The entertainers acted with the novel scripts given by the officials, and at the same time, they could enjoy the basic salary given by the officials.
If the people gave a lot of tips, the entertainers could also get a share of the tips.
Real people acted out the content of the novel, which was more interesting than the stories told by the storytellers.
Every time the theater troupe set up the stage to perform, the surrounding area of a hundred feet would be tightly packed with people, and it was very lively.
The people of Wanzhou waited for the new play, just like the audience in the streaming room waiting for the online novel to be adapted into a movie. It was painful and happy.
However, the former did not have as rich an entertainment life as the latter. The entertainment industry in Wanzhou was under the control of the officials, so the people had no choice. It was good enough that their favorite novel could be adapted into a theater, so the people ended up watching it with relish and completely forgot about themselves.
Jiang Pengji was busy with government affairs while arranging the New Year's banquet. She was so busy that she had almost no time to rest.
It was the first time that Han Yu, Qin Gong, and the others participated in the New Year's banquet, so they did not know many of the rules. They could only ask the experienced people in private.
"Those who have families bring their families, and those who don't, bring their stomachs. The New Year's banquet is for fun, so there's no need to be as cautious as usual. "Yang Si smiled and said," Let's not talk about other things. The dishes of the New Year's banquet held by the lord are different every year. I heard that there will be fruits and vegetables this year … "
In winter, most people ate meat or wild dried products. Vegetables and fruits were almost delusional.
"Fruits and vegetables? At this time of the year? "
Han Yu was skeptical about Yang Si's words.
He had cheated Yang Si before, but who could guarantee that the narrow-minded Yang Si would not dig a trap for himself?
"I heard that it was Zhang Ping and Shao Guang from the woodworking workshop who came up with it. You know that the weather in the north is cold, and the barren Beiyuan is freezing all year round. In order to resist the severe cold, the people gathered their ideas and came up with a good idea. That's how the heating bed came about. " Yang Si said, "This thing can make the room as warm as spring, and it can also make the spring and summer fruits and vegetables ripen in winter. It's a pity that it's a little expensive …"
Yang Si was a foodie, and he was very picky.
Eating fruits and vegetables in winter was something that he dreamed of.
Now that his wish had come true, he naturally raised both his hands and feet in agreement.
Han Yu frowned. "Not going with the flow of nature, not in season, and it's not harmful to eat them?"
People believed that there must be demons when something abnormal happened. Wasn't it evil that the fruits and vegetables did not ripen in the right season?
Confucius once said, "Don't eat when it's not in season," which meant that they would not eat when it was not in season.
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