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Chapter 170 Someone is coming to the house

When Xie Jiaojiao returned to the inn in the evening, Jiang Weinan said that he had helped her find several storytellers and opera troupes.

The next day, he brought the boss of the opera troupe to Xie Jiaojiao.

Jiang Weinan originally wanted to hear why she had called these people here, but Manager Wang had something to do and was called away. Only Xie Jiaojiao and the boss of the opera troupe were left in the yard.

What surprised Xie Jiaojiao was that the boss was actually a woman?

In this day and age, it is not easy for women to work in the public eye.

However, she was wearing men's clothes and looked somewhat androgynous, but the ear holes in her ears and her smooth white throat betrayed her.

When she saw Xie Jiaojiao looking at her ears, she was a little flustered for a moment.

Xie Jiaojiao whispered: "Don't worry, I won't expose you."

The class owner gave me a grateful look.

Then she gave her own name: "My name is Liu Rumei."

Xie Jiaojiao also bowed to her: "I am Xie Jiaojiao."

"Boss Liu, why don't you take a look at this notebook of mine?"

As Xie Jiaojiao spoke, she handed over the notebook she had written long ago.

Liu Rumei's eyes lit up immediately after taking in ten lines of information.

"Who did you ask to write this book?"

Xie Jiaojiao said: "I forgot too, I bought it from a bookseller."

"A bookseller?" Liu Rumei was a little unconvinced. If he was a bookseller, wouldn't the handwriting in the storybook be too sloppy?

"Boss Liu, do you have any questions?"

Liu Rumei shook her head awkwardly: "No, I just thought that if I could find the person who wrote this book, I would ask him to help me write a few more!"

In fact, the script only described the story of Wu Song fighting the tiger. She had asked before and was told that they didn't have a play like this here, so she borrowed some from it.

"I wonder if Boss Liu can rehearse a play like this?"

Liu Rumei nodded: "Of course, it only takes two days!"

Xie Jiaojiao nodded, then took out a notebook and handed it over.

"Anything else?"

Xie Jiaojiao nodded: "I bought this at another stall."

When Liu Rumei opened them, she was even less convinced because the handwriting in both books was exactly the same and her mouth twitched.

I just started watching it, and I actually cried a little at the end!

Xie Jiaojiao didn't bother her either.

In this booklet, Xie Jiaojiao wrote about the story of transformation into butterflies, which is the story of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai.

Seeing that she had finished reading, Xie Jiaojiao asked her, "If it's this one, how long will it take to rehearse it?"

Liu Rumei put down the booklet, still immersed in the storybook, and it took a long time for her to come back to her senses: "Boss Xie's storybooks are all so wonderful. If it is this one, I am afraid it will take a long time, and it will take a long time to perform. If you really want to perform this one, I suggest that you can divide it into several chapters. I just don't know when Boss Xie wants it?"

Xie Jiaojiao did not answer but asked Liu Rumei: "Boss Liu, how much money do you usually get for performing a play?"

Liu Rumei answered honestly, "There are three taels, five taels, and if it's a particularly complicated book, there are also eight or ten taels."

Xie Jiaojiao nodded slightly after hearing this: "But what if I cooperate with you for a long time? I provide the venue and the script, and you come to perform, how does this count?"

"This……"

Liu Rumei looked at Xie Jiaojiao, a little unconvinced: "Boss Xie, are you kidding? Who would watch a show all day long?"

Xie Jiaojiao smiled: "If I say yes, then yes! It depends on whether Boss Liu is willing to cooperate!"

Liu Rumei immediately stood up from the stool: "If that's the case, Boss Xie can just book our troupe."

"Can you still pack it?"

Liu Rumei nodded: "It's just that the price of this opera troupe is a bit high. It depends on whether Boss Xie thinks it's worth it."

"Then how much money would it cost to hire your troupe?"

Liu Rumei made a five, then looked at Xie Jiaojiao cautiously: "About this number."

"Fifty taels?" Xie Jiaojiao raised her eyebrows slightly.

"Boss Xie, do you think it's too much?"

Xie Jiaojiao nodded: "Indeed! I haven't even seen your performances yet, but I'm paying fifty taels to hire your troupe. Boss Liu won't treat me as a fool, right?"

Liu Rumei waved her hands hastily: "How could it be..."

Then he pursed his lips and said, "If Boss Xie thinks it's too expensive, then we'll just take forty taels?"

Xie Jiaojiao didn't say anything.

Liu Rumei thought of the people in her troupe and gritted her teeth, "Thirty-five taels! Boss Xie can't go any lower than this. We also need to buy props and other things for the two scripts you asked for."

Xie Jiaojiao waved her hand: "Boss Liu, don't be in a hurry."

How could Liu Rumei not be anxious? For some reason, the troupe's business was not good this year. In half a year, they hadn't received many performances, and there were so many mouths to feed in the troupe...

"Boss Xie, do you still think this price is too high?"

Xie Jiaojiao shook her head: "How about Boss Liu listen to my ideas?"

Liu Rumei was extremely anxious, but she still pretended to be calm and asked Xie Jiaojiao to speak.

"I invite you to perform, and I can book you in, but if I book you in, how will the tips from the guests, or the extra money I collect from the audience, be calculated?"

"Ah, this..."

Xie Jiaojiao smiled: "So, Boss Liu, how about this? You need business now, and I also need your troupe's performance. I can advance you ten taels of silver in advance, and you can go to buy the things you need for the performance, but we don't count the silver for this performance, after all, the venue and the script are all provided by me. I only want 20% of how much you can earn at that time, and the rest will be yours. What do you think, Boss Liu?"

……

Liu Rumei took the ten taels of silver and left the inn. On the way back, she was thinking, why did she agree to this? If the performance is not popular in the future, wouldn't she have to return the ten taels of silver to the boss?

Then she felt a little amused and helpless, it was clearly she who invited her troupe to perform, but in the end, not only did they not pay her a penny, but she even had to pay her silver!

However, looking at the two scripts in their hands, this is the last chance for their troupe to survive!

After sending the people away, it was already dark and Jiang Weinan also came back from outside.

"How was the talk?"

Xie Jiaojiao nodded: "Not bad!"

Jiang Weinan finally felt relieved: "I'm starving! Lai Fu, get someone to serve the meal!"

Lai Fu went there immediately.

The two returned to the house, and Jiang Weinan asked Xie Jiaojiao:

"You haven't told me yet, what exactly are you looking for these people for? Are you really looking for them to sing or listen to music?"

Xie Jiaojiao poured him a cup of tea and looked up at him: "Don't you just like listening to music? If we start this music listening business ourselves, you should be happy, right?"

Jiang Weinan touched his nose awkwardly: "Well...then listening to music was something that happened hundreds of years ago. Since I met you, I haven't gone to listen to music."

"What are you mumbling about?"

Jiang Weinan immediately looked up: "Nothing, nothing."

When the two were about to have dinner, Lai Fu suddenly came running over.

As soon as he came over, he was out of breath. Jiang Weinan looked at him and said, "Why are you so reckless?"

Lai Fu panted and pointed outside, saying, "Master, someone from our family is here."