Chapter 025 Qinhuai Eight Beauties III
The square of Yanlailou covers a large area. It can accommodate 60,000 people to watch the theater together. It is not comparable to other theaters. The tickets for Song Boxian and Lou Zaixing can only sit in the seats according to the positions on the tickets. At a position 600 meters away from the viewing platform, what Song Boxian didn't expect was that Lou Zaixing actually brought two telescopes and an infrared night vision device. Even when it got dark, he could still see clearly. .
The opening ceremony party was scheduled to be held on time at 7:00 pm. At this time, there was still almost half an hour before the opening ceremony. The two of them were eating and smoking in the auditorium. Of course, Song Baixian did not smoke.
"Cousin, do you have a detailed introduction to the other contestants competing tonight?" Song Boxian asked.
Lou Zaixing threw the cigarette butt in his hand on the ground, stamped it with his foot, and then said: "The news that everyone knows now is Huang Wanjun, the top oiran in Yanlailou, and I don't know the other seven contestants too well. You also know Each family has its own hidden ways in order to win the championship. However, the reason why Huang Wanjun is so famous is because she was the second place in the last Oiran Competition. The reason why she failed to win the championship was because of what was said at the time. People say that her age is not very suitable, she was only 16 years old at the time."
When Song Boxian heard this, he turned to look at his cousin with eyes wide open. He couldn't believe it: "No, cousin, Huang Wanjun is only 19 years old this year? According to what you said, she participated in the Oiran Competition at the age of 16. According to our Ming Dynasty law, She is a minor, Yan Lailou is so brave, how dare he accept her?"
Lou Zaixing laughed: "My cousin, you don't even know whose property this Yan Lai Lou belongs to. According to our Ming law, a 16-year-old woman is already an adult, but she has not reached the legal age of 18. At this time It's not impossible to enter a brothel, it's just a little weird for you. Whenever you go to Xiaoxiang Tower and look at the brothels there, most of them are women between 17 and 18 years old. Besides, this Yan After all, Lailou is also the property of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Who dares to come here to make trouble? Isn’t that because he is tired of living?”
Song Boxian thought about it and it made sense, then nodded and said, "Did my cousin go to Xiaoxiang Tower to have fun?"
Lou Zaixing's eyes moved and stared: "Don't dare to talk nonsense. I have never been to a brothel like Xiaoxiang Tower. I heard about it from the mouths of their playboys. Besides, I have never eaten pork. It doesn’t mean I haven’t seen pigs running, do you think it is..."
The two cousins chatted and ate without saying a word. Within a short while, the surrounding seats were filled. Song Boxian looked around and saw that the entire theater was basically full of people.
"Cousin, here we come..."
As Lou Zaixing shouted excitedly, Song Boxian also put down his water bottle and looked around, only to see two hosts on stage. Listening to Lou Zaixing's introduction, the male and the female hosts were both pillars of Channel 55. Furthermore, Having said that, this time Channel 55 is preparing to broadcast two live broadcasts online and offline, and the ratings will definitely skyrocket.
The male and female hosts first made opening remarks, and then began to introduce the important people participating in the opening ceremony. In addition to the officials who already knew the Jiaofang Division, what surprised everyone present was that the old Tang Wang Zhu Qionggui was in charge of the Jiaofang Division. A speech was also given via video to encourage the contestants.
Tinglou Zaixing said that since the Oiran Competition began in 1844, he has never heard of Jiaofang Sisi attending such competitions in various ways. Moreover, before 2050, all Oiran Competitions were held every eight years. After 2050, it will be held every three years.
The appearance of King Tang really added a lot of luster to this Oiran Competition.
"Pu Songying, You Sile, really has a lot of face. She could even ask the King of Tang to post a video."
Lou Zaixing said this, and after Pu Songying, who was sitting on the judges' bench, announced the start of the competition, the two hosts came on stage one after another to announce the curtain.
According to the procedure, there were singing and dancing performances at the opening ceremony, and the Oiran Competition was no exception. What Song Boxian didn't expect was that the first three male and female stars who appeared were all well-known figures in the Ming Dynasty. When the final person appeared on the stage, he was even more famous. Surprisingly, it was Huang Jinhuan, the queen of Jinyin Song.
Because of Huang Jinhuan's appearance, the atmosphere of the entire performance instantly reached a climax.
Huang Jinhuan sang three hit songs in a row, and the performance stage of 60,000 people sang in unison, making this Oiran competition almost become her personal concert.
After finishing three songs, Song Boxian discovered that Huang Jinhuan was also one of the judges of this competition. This was a stroke of luck.
"She can also be a judge?"
Faced with Song Boxian's doubts, Lou Zaixing didn't care at all. He looked up at the stage while eating and said: "I am the Queen of Songs. As long as I have this title, I can be a judge in any competition. Look at the judges' seat." That Yehenala is in her fifties, and she looks as good as if she was in her early 40s. She is the 75th Golden Music Queen, and can be regarded as Huang Jinhuan’s senior..."
Song Boxian raised his telescope and looked over, and he saw that familiar face. He only had one or two famous songs, but after becoming a golden singer with these one or two songs, he stopped singing and became a judge instead. She has been invited to major talent shows, and the appearance fee alone is said to be 500,000, or even higher.
Song Boxian glanced at Yehenala for a few times, then moved his eyes away and focused on the stage.
"Dear viewers, please invite the first contestant, a Qinghuan from Yingzhou, the representative of Chunxiang House——Nakamori Rumei..."
As soon as he finished speaking, the audience burst into warm applause. Along with a large group of young people in the east stand who were shouting and cheering, Lou Zaixing said: "Did you see that this Nakamori Rumi has a Yingzhou cheerleading team?"
Those people held banners, and the slogans were all words of encouragement, and the slogans were written in the Japanese language of the Yamato tribe.
It was the first time for Song Boxian to participate in such an occasion. He had no idea how to choose an oiran. Then he turned to look at Lou Zaixing and said, "Cousin, what's the process? You know the process of the competition, right?"
"Isn't that simple?" Lou Zaixing said, but his telescope was always focused on the proud chest of Rumi Nakamori, who had already taken the stage and was introducing herself: "The four arts of women, piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, are just in the During the competition, there is no competition in chess. Among the four arts, "chess" and "painting" have been changed to "singing" and "dance". Now it is just a brothel. Playing chess and painting are must-learns for beginners. The four arts It’s a song, dance, and piano calligraphy. You kid doesn’t understand it, but I know it. Look quickly, Zhongsen will start calligraphy soon.”
According to the ancient tradition, the quality of a nobleman is mainly based on appearance, followed by talent. Nakamori Rumei's appearance is beyond description. Just like Liu Zixi after letting him go, Song Boxian's heart skipped a beat. He really didn't expect that he How could he imagine Liu Zixi to be Rumi Nakamori? After a brief interlude, he realized that he had no idea about calligraphy, but he saw his cousin drooling over it.
Song Boxian leaned over curiously, and discovered from the part of his telescope that the entire focus was on the exposed white chest of Rumi Nakamori, who was concentrating on writing calligraphy.
Song Boxian let out a long breath, and then sat down slumped in his seat. The focus on several large LED screens was also constantly swirling around Nakamori Rumi's chest. Song Boxian knew that this was a gimmick, and there was nothing he could do about it. The highlight of this kind of competition is the excellent ratings.
The writing of calligraphy only lasts two minutes and must be completed within this time period. Every contestant is an expert in this aspect, so after Nakamori Rumi completed the calligraphy, he directly started to demonstrate his piano skills.
As the sound of the piano entered his ears, Song Boxian's heart experienced some subtle changes, but it was only for that moment, and the piano art demonstration only lasted three minutes.
Next comes singing and dancing. Each contestant can choose between ancient style and modern style. However, according to past practice, their ancient costumes are more suitable only for ancient style dancing.
"Next, Rumi Nakamori will bring you a song and dance performance called "Water Melody Songtou"..."
There were another burst of cheers, and with the accompaniment, Rumi Nakamori started a series of song and dance performances, which lasted for five minutes.
The entire opening officially started at 8 o'clock and lasted until 11 o'clock in the evening. Song Baoxian was about to fall asleep in his seat. Finally, the finale was the representative of Yanlailou - Huang Wanjun.
And she received the highest cheers from the audience with her song "Farewell My Concubine". The applause was so loud that even Song Baixian opened his eyes.
Lou Zaixing seemed to be still unfinished, and turned around to look at the sleepy Song Boxian: "No, cousin, the scalper ticket is 8,000, and you actually dozed here?"
Song Boxian didn't want to think about it either. He didn't know why. He really didn't have any erotic thoughts after coming here. After thinking about it, maybe it had something to do with the fact that he was still studying, so he didn't care about the people on the stage. Why was he so interested? He actually fell asleep after watching the performance of three people at the beginning. If Huang Wanjun hadn't come on stage at the finale and caused a huge response, he might have had to let Lou Zaixing scream a few times before he woke up.
"Cousin, is it over? Hurry back when it's over. I'm too sleepy."
Lou Zaixing looked like he hated iron. The two of them walked back and forth. As soon as they reached the west entrance, they saw an argument starting in front of them.
"The grass-mud horse doesn't have eyes?",
"Do you have the guts to say it again?"
"So what? Cao Mu Ma..."
Because they were the last to leave, almost everyone on the west side of the stands had left, and there was no big jam ahead.
Song Boxian took a closer look and his eyelids suddenly jumped. The person who was having an argument in front of them turned out to be His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and his entourage.
However, because they were traveling incognito, these people could not recognize who the people in front of them were.
