Chapter 481 - The first preliminary round has ended! (1/2)
Chapter 481: The first preliminary round has ended!
The applause lasted for more than ten seconds!
Everyone was still clapping like there was no way to stop!
This scene, where the audience gave such a pa.s.sionate response, surprised Yao Jiancai. He found it unexpected. Were they f**king giving this applause to us?
Previously, when he matched lines with Zhang Ye, they had only picked a few lines to practice. The both of them did not have the time to do any systematic practice. Actually, Yao Jiancai did not have a good idea of ”I am a Scholar”. Some of the joke segments were added on by Zhang Ye in an impromptu fas.h.i.+on. The work was produced by Zhang Ye from beginning to end. Yao Jiancai was just going along with it. He felt that the crosstalk wouldn't be bad, and that the jokes were fresh, but he never expected the response from the audience to be this pa.s.sionate!
”Alright!”
”The both of you are the absolute best!”
”Teacher Zhang!”
”Teacher Yao!”
What a great feeling!
So exhilarating!
Yao Jiancai felt excited too. In the past, he never had this sort of excitement when he did crosstalk. As he was in an artistic group in the past, he would follow the group to do shows for elderly folks. If not, it would be a performances in the rural villages or at some random school. They were all small stages and the performance fees were not a lot. There were no tickets either and he just received a fixed salary. His performance at crosstalk with his previous partner was average too, so naturally he did not enjoy much popularity. The audience's reaction wasn't good either, which made him lose his confidence. Hence, he had abandoned crosstalk, and embarked down the path of acting. This had always been a regret in his heart.
But today, Yao Jiancai had once again found the excitement and confidence he once felt when he stood on stage for the first time, doing his first crosstalk performance more than a decade ago!
F**k, so I can actually do so well!
So there were so many people who liked listening to my crosstalk!
Yao Jiancai found it difficult to find himself as he clasped his hands and said, ”Thank you, thank you everyone.”
Zhang Ye also smiled and thanked the audience. He was pleased with the audience's reaction. It also indicated that he had made the correct bet. It showed that the crosstalk works that led years ahead of this world would still work even in this world! This was one of the most mature works of Guo Degang in a small theater, ”Scholar”. The main subject was this, but Zhang Ye had added a few things in, and changed bits of it. For example, the joke about ”Biting Materials” came from Zhang Ye's own wisdom.
”I can't wait to ask this question.” The female judge did not sit down and instead, stayed standing as she picked up her microphone.
The moment she spoke, the applause from the audience began to slowly die down.
The female judge said, ”I want to know who produced this work?”
Yao Jiancai chuckled. ”Do you think I have that sort of literary talent?”
The female judge looked at Zhang Ye, ”It was all created by Teacher Little Zhang?”
Yao Jiancai patted Zhang Ye on the shoulder. ”Idea, theme, packaging, and pacing were all done by my old brother here in a single night.”
Zhang Ye smiled and said, ”It's mainly thanks to Teacher Yao being able to carry me well.”
Yao Jiancai said, ”Haha, it is also partly that.”
Zhang Ye said, ”We have an agreement that it's 30% of the main character, and 70% the fall-guy.”
Yao Jiancai said, ”Indeed, there is.”
Zhang Ye said, ”To do good crosstalk, the main character and fall-guy have to have conflict, so lacking anything would not work.”
Yao Jiancai said, ”That's right.”
Zhang Ye said, ”There are four things to do in crosstalk, lie, cheat, steal, and fool.”
Yao Jiancai said, ”Hey, why did you change it? It's speak, learn, amuse and sing.”
Zhang Ye said, ”Right, firstly, the thing about 'speak' isn't simple.”
Yao Jiancai said, ”Tell me about it?”
The audience were stunned for a moment before they laughed again. The compet.i.tion was over! The judge just asked you a question, but why did the both of you begin another round of crosstalk!?
The female judge was extremely delighted. ”Well done, I can't even cut in. Teachers, let me interject. This year's crosstalk compet.i.tion has twice the number of recording venues as last year's, so the second preliminary will begin tomorrow at its earliest. Will we be able to hear from you tomorrow?”
Zhang Ye said yes with a smile.
He and Old Yao were just playing a joke.
The female judge looked at them and said, ”It should be an evaluation period after this, but I really have no idea how to comment on your work. Teacher Qu, do you have any comments?”
The third judge sitting beside her shook his hand. ”You do it.”
The female judge looked at Teacher Qu and said, ”I'm not a professional crosstalk actress, but as a gala's director, I frequently come into contact with crosstalk works. I've heard at least a hundred, if not two hundred crosstalk performances. I can't say much about the technical angle of your works, but from a personal point of view, this is the best crosstalk performance that I have ever heard since I was born! There is no match!”
This evaluation was too high!
The audience gave their applause once again!
Zhang Ye and Yao Jiancai said, ”Thank you Teacher.”