"Miss, could you please explain in more detail?"
Upon entering the private room, Aunt Qiu warmly and eagerly invited her confidant to sit down.
The other girls rushed to serve the three of them tea and water, looking at them expectantly. "This is flower tea that we ground ourselves. It's specially processed, and the taste is different from other teas. You must try it. It's good for your skin and complexion!"
Their voices were melodious, and their expressions were full of pride and self-satisfaction.
"Oh, then I'll definitely have to try it! As for everything else, we'll talk about that after I've tasted it!"
The connoisseur looked at the golden-yellow, uniquely fragrant tea in front of him and immediately picked it up with a smile to savor it.
Huang Lao and Ziyou didn't react much; they simply began to quietly sip their tea.
Seeing this, the girls around them instantly became expectant.
As expected, Zhiyin's eyes lit up the moment she tasted the flower tea, and she gave everyone a thumbs up, exclaiming, "Delicious!!"
"It has a rich flavor with a slightly sweet aftertaste. This must be magnolia flower tea, right?"
Zhiyin looked up uncertainly at the expectant girls and spoke.
"Hahaha, Miss, you have a good eye! That's right, this is magnolia tea for you. We also have lotus tea, rose tea, calendula tea, and so on..."
When Qiu's mother saw that Zhiyin really liked it, she smiled proudly.
Zhiyin started chatting with them again, and during this time, girls who had no customers and even a few effeminate and handsome men squeezed in.
They all stared at Zhiyin with eager eyes, their curiosity evident.
Zhiyin smiled gently before solemnly addressing Qiu's mother, "I want to transform the Accord into a theater!"
"A theater? What's that?"
Autumn's mother and all the girls present looked over in surprise; it was the first time they had ever heard this word before!
Even Huang Lao and Ziyou couldn't help but become curious and silently pricked up their ears.
Zhiyin smiled gently, and without keeping everyone in suspense, raised an eyebrow and looked at the crowd, saying, "You all know about storybooks, right? You've all read them, haven't you?"
"Uh-huh!!"
Everyone nodded in unison, after all, storybooks were once all the rage!
But now it has fallen on hard times.
"A theater is an venue where real people perform the content of a picture book... it is a place for acting."
Seeing their bewildered expressions, Zhiyin began to carefully explain to them, including the actors, theme song, stage, set design, lines, and so on…
Seeing that everyone nodded as if they understood, she added, "And you are the actors in it."
"That is, to play different roles in it, to perform the joys and sorrows, the ups and downs of the protagonist and supporting characters, so that the audience can be moved and become immersed in it."
"Isn't this a bit like opera? It seems quite interesting, but among us, only Ge'er has studied opera singing and operatic techniques!"
Although Qiu's mother and the girls found the story very interesting, they couldn't help but feel worried and insecure.
"And if that's the case, how will we make money?"
Zhiyin smiled and said, "Don't worry, acting and opera are not quite the same, but in the end, they are the same thing: a form of spiritual entertainment that provides emotional value."
"You will definitely need to undergo training, and I will help you and teach you when the time comes."
Zhiyin was very confident about this. Whether the performance was good or not was another matter; she just wanted to let them know first.
As for acting skills? Well… unless you're exceptionally talented, it's not so easy to capture the essence of a performance!
You can learn and improve gradually!
"As for how to make money? We can earn money by charging admission fees!"
After saying that, Zhiyin gave the group of insecure girls a meaningful look, "This way, you won't have to make money by singing and dancing to please officials and guests anymore. Maybe they will even fawn over you, and your status may even rise!"
"To become an unattainable being!!"
After all, those who understand the audience know how popular modern actors and celebrities are.
She was confident that she could make them shine on stage, become the center of attention, and become highly sought-after.
"Really?"
The girls' eyes sparkled, filled with longing.
It's unimaginable that their status would rise so much; in their view, being able to support themselves is already quite good.
"But nowadays, the more famous stories are basically all about rich young ladies falling in love with poor scholars, or wealthy young men marrying courtesans against everyone's wishes, or royal princesses falling in love with poor scholars—these are all old-fashioned stories. You can guess the ending just by listening to the beginning..."
“There are very few stories with martial arts or supernatural elements, so the performance would probably be very boring and wouldn’t attract much interest.”
These words were spoken by Old Huang, who was standing to the side. He had been listening for a while and had basically understood everything.
From his perspective, it was quite boring, nothing new, and not interesting enough to pique his interest.
Upon hearing "soulmate," she instantly raised an eyebrow at him with a half-smile and teased, "Grandpa Huang, how do you know so much? Have you read them all?"
Seeing the teasing look in Zhiyin's eyes, Old Huang looked embarrassed. He firmly denied that he used to secretly look at these picture books every time he left court, and that he had worn them out from reading them so many times.
On many occasions, he was discovered by officials who came to pay their respects, but fortunately, he was clever and placed memorials outside the storybook, which prevented him from losing his dignity as an emperor.
But as an elder, can he admit it?
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