Chapter 497 - I dont know speed recital? (1/2)

Chapter 497: I don't know speed recital?

The studio's atmosphere was getting hyped up.

On stage, the crosstalk performance was still ongoing.

Zhang Ye looked at the audience and said, ”There are people who doubt us and criticize us, both of which we can understand why. Any form of art style will find it impossible to appeal to everyone. Some of those who say that they like Zhang Ye's crosstalk, those people aren't wrong. While others who say that they dislike Zhang Ye's crosstalk, they aren't wrong either, but if the second group of people continues to insist that they are more elegant than the first type, then they are making a big mistake!”

Bba Bba Bba!

”Great!”

”Well said!”

The audience clapped loudly.

Zhang Ye added on, ”That is also the reason why they are always considered '2nd'-rate.”

”Hahaha!” the audience laughed.

Zhang Ye said, ”Art is not something that can be cla.s.sified as high cla.s.s or low cla.s.s.”

Yao Jiancai nodded in agreement, ”You're right.”

Zhang Ye said, ”Elegance might exist, or not, but vulgarity is something none of us can escape from.”

”Can you explain?” Yao Jiancai asked.

Zhang Ye said, ”It's easy to understand. For example, oil paintings, operas, or ballet... would you die if you don't view or watch those? You wouldn't die. Life would still carry on as usual, but to leave behind vulgarity, you would surely die. A garlic is vulgar? I don't believe that you can stir fry eggplant without adding garlic! Or are you going to use coffee in its place?”

Yao Jiancai laughed, ”Have you ever heard of using coffee to stir fry vegetables?”

Zhang Ye said, ”s.h.i.+t, pee, farts are vulgar? If you are so capable, then don't ever go to the toilet in your lifetime!”

Yao Jiancai said, ”Heh, then surely they would die from constipation!”

Everyone roared with laughter!

Zhang Ye tilted his head a little, ”Isn't that true?”

Yao Jiancai nodded, ”That is the truth.”

Zhang Ye continued on with more momentum as the audience's mood heightened. He was letting loose his inhibitions as he said, ”Some people scold me saying that I do not understand what crosstalk is about and accuse me of insulting this art form. Teacher Yao and I are different, he can be considered as a professional crosstalk actor and learned about it since he was young. I did not. Those who know me will know that I am in the profession of broadcast hosting. That is what I did for a living, so if we compare me to all those other compet.i.tors in this compet.i.tion, then I am really considered as a layman, but even for a layman, if you accuse me of not knowing what crosstalk is, then that is unacceptable. If you say that about me, I will definitely bring it up to you!”

Layman?

But a layman who understands crosstalk?

Yao Jiancai asked puzzledly, ”What do you mean?”

Zhang Ye looked at everyone and said, ”I don't know what and where those people who are scolding me are coming from, but what exactly would you call understanding crosstalk? How would you know whether or not someone understands what crosstalk is really about?”

From the area where the hundred teams were seated, someone suddenly shouted, ”Speed recital!”

At this moment, no one in the audience made a sound. Instead, it was all the other compet.i.tors who started to make a scene.

”Show us one!”

”Yea, do a speed recital for us!”

”That is one of the basics of crosstalk!”

”Since Teacher Zhang claims to know what crosstalk is about, you should show us what you can do!”

The crosstalk compet.i.tors who suggested that, were all harboring their own motives. What was a speed recital? It simply meant reciting a string of complex words and vocabulary inserted into a storyline in a continuous breath. In traditional crosstalk, they were often used as joke segments. This was no longer a question of it being a difficult task, as speed recitals were usually practiced and honed from a young age. Those who started learning crosstalk at an older age might not even be able to do it with several years of practice. Even for those who began from a young age and trained under a master, many of them might still find it difficult to do well. It takes a lot of concentration and they would easily commit mistakes or be slow in their recitation! That is the reason why speed recitals were considered to be difficult even for professional crosstalk actors, not to mention a layman.

The audience naturally knew this as well.

”Speed recital?”

”d.a.m.n, this bunch of people are messing around again!”

”Teacher Zhang, don't bother about them!”

This bunch of compet.i.tors who couldn't match Zhang Ye's abilities in crosstalking were riding on the wave of disgruntlement of the crosstalk world in calling for Zhang Ye's disqualification from the compet.i.tion. This had already pretty much disappointed the audience, but at the studio, the same people were once again trying to cause Zhang Ye's downfall. Many of the audience members were getting angry and felt that those people were really ungrateful. Their abilities were not as good as Zhang Ye's and now they were trying to create trouble for him!?

Yao Jiancai pretended not to hear it. Speed recital? Even he could not do it. Perhaps if he tried, he could speed recite a small portion. As a supporting actor, he did not learn much about speed recitals. Rather than trying to help Zhang Ye out, he decided it would be better to just ignore their clamor.

But Zhang Ye did not ignore them, ”Speed recital?”