The singing and dancing during the day are just embellishment, allowing those flower houses in Fengri City that cannot participate in the oiran competition to shine, but the night is the most lively part of the Blue Moon Festival here.
On the stage, the emcee opened a red wall, and eighteen gilt plaques were hung on the wall. Each plaque had a different style, but they all had names engraved on them.
For example: Hong'en Courtyard, Lianxiang.
They are all singers participating in the oiran competition tonight.
The emcee warmly introduced the rules of the oiran competition tonight. Although things are pretty much the same every year, we still need to make it clear, otherwise it will not end well if there is a commotion.
Next to the red wall is a huge red-lacquered shelf. The shelf is divided into eighteen levels, with lanterns lit on each level. The colors are white, red, and blue, corresponding to three grades. And there will be a sign next to each lamp, which is currently all "zero", for counting.
At that time, whoever gets the lantern will take down the sign of the singer on the red wall and hang it on the red paint shelf, corresponding to the number and grade of the lantern.
Simply put, this is a "scoreboard". Whoever has the most valuable lantern in his name will be the oiran tonight. The high-roller who contributes the most lanterns to each singer's name can get the right to drink and chat with the singer, and have the opportunity to have a kiss. It's just a chance. The specifics will depend on whether the flower house should respond.
"Boom!" With the sound of the first gong, the first greenhouse on the third floor opened, and a beautiful figure came down the stairs...
The singers in the Oiran Competition will come to the stage one by one according to their grades. Some of them will show off their dancing postures and figures, while others will show off their singing skills. In addition, each one of them will use their charming skills, which will quickly heat up the place. Gotta be hot.
The first singer has an extremely hot figure, coupled with her sultry face and eyes, and her dancing posture like a water snake, any normal person will inevitably feel hot in the lower abdomen. This is a seductive fairy.
When the music stopped, the singer obediently stepped aside and sat down on a wicker chair. Her eyes looked around, as if a large hook was spilled out, catching the angry men in the audience.
As soon as the emcee announced that he could light flowers for the singer, someone in the audience immediately shouted: "Ten white lanterns!"
Ten white lanterns were worth a thousand taels of silver, and they were thrown out with just one sentence.
Immediately, an attendant took a money box and a beautifully crafted lantern sign to find the person shouting to complete the procedure. Someone would hang the singer's name tag on the red lacquer shelf backstage, and a candle would be lit on the shelf. A white lantern with the word "ten" written on the back.
This is just the beginning, there are many people who are pursuing this singer.
"Twenty white lanterns!"
"Fifty white lanterns!"
"Ten red lanterns!"
...
Ordinary people only spend one or two hundred silver at home all year round, but here it is like running water. The money falls like snowflakes with words, and all they get in exchange are numbers and brands.
Shen Hao never quite understood the pleasure of spending money and crowdfunding to buy a laugh. Aside from showing off your wealth in front of others, what practical benefits does investing a huge amount of money have? Even if the singer likes you, she is a money-spinner. If you want to eat it, you will have to spend a lot of money. Why bother?
In the words of Zhang Qian and Gan Lin, the price of the singers in the Oiran competition is too high. Unless there is too much money and nowhere to spend it, they will not pay a penny.
Zhang and Gan are the kind of old drivers who are very sensible. At the same time, they are not the kind of rich people who have a lot of money and no place to spend it, so they are extremely clear-headed. But there are only a few people like them.
Monks, especially those with higher levels of cultivation or those who serve in the imperial court system, take money very lightly. As long as they have money in their pockets and are interested, they can easily spend money like water. Not every monk has Zhang, Gan and his self-control.
And ordinary people are a little bit like leeks. With the creation of the scene and the charming influence of the enchanting singer on the stage, as long as you have the strength in your pocket, you won't care about whether it's a good deal or not and just spend money. Regardless of whether they regret it afterwards, everyone is so proud at this moment.
One thousand or two thousand is just the beginning. The first big sum of money was spent from the second floor, ten blue moon lanterns! One hundred thousand snowflakes of silver!
The lively clubhouse was suddenly lifted even higher.
The man who called out the ten blue moon lanterns was sitting not far from Shen Hao, and Shen Hao also knew him. This man was He Huan, the shopkeeper of the Fengri City Auction House.
At this time, He Huan was standing on the edge of the patio with a smile on his face, making eye contact with the singer who was bowing down on the stage. It seems that I got it right.
Shen Hao smiled. One hundred thousand silver was already a lot of money for him, but it was definitely not a big deal for a big shot in the business world like He Huan.
After He Huan, big money started to pour in, 12,000 to 30,000 yuan. During the stipulated time of the oiran competition, the first singer to appear received a total of 210,000 taels worth of lanterns!
It's a good start.
After that, the singers came on stage one after another, and the people in the audience also cheered, and the banknotes were scattered one by one. People who have never experienced this kind of scene will not understand what it means to spend money like water.
Anyway, Shen Hao has a new understanding of the three words "Sale of Gold Cave".
The difference between rich people and ordinary people can be deeply felt here, and the difference is incomprehensible.
The first singer won 210,000, the second also won 200,000, and the next five singers were all hovering around 210,000. I heard Zhang and Gan say that this time the Blue Moon Club spent more money than last year. Last year, the first five singers who appeared did not touch the 200,000 yuan threshold. This year, they all spent less than 200,000 yuan. More than 100,000.
Shen Hao also discovered a very interesting place. That is, no matter how much the organizer attaches great importance to the people in the establishment, the people who really spend the big money are actually businessmen, and the people in the establishment are nothing more than a dozen white lanterns at most.
It seems that they all have scruples. No matter how much money they have, they have their own considerations about whether they can see the light of day, and they dare not reveal it easily.
Take Shen Hao himself for example. He is willing to spend money but does not dare to blatantly spend money on such occasions. After all, if the gap between income and expenditure is too big, it will definitely be troublesome if someone takes advantage of it.
Therefore, if people within the organization want to participate more, they should send in lyrics.
A new word recognized by more than half of the people can help the favorite singer light a blue moon lantern. Don't underestimate this comparison ratio. There are many talented people present, many of whom are invited by Hualou. These people are big They have been holding it in for a long time, waiting for a celebration to be used to earn some money and fame.
But now those who are stepping forward to send lyrics are people within these establishments. For example, Xie Youlin sent two songs. However, there are not many "good poems" that can make half of the literati in the room nod and approve.
Of course, given Xie Youlin's status, his poems must be "good poems", and there are even some who directly lick them and say they are famous poems.
