Chapter 138: The Brothel and the Teahouse (1)

  Su San left Hongtong County and arrived at the front of the main street.

  Never have I spoken out what's in my heart, but men of the past listened to my words.

  Who went to Nanjing to deliver a letter with Sanlang?

  Su Shi's three lives were cut off, and I was reborn as a dog or horse, I should repay it.

  People say Luoyang is as beautiful as brocade, but I arrived here in a season that isn't spring.

  Left Hongtong County boundary with his head down.

  Ye Lang's clear singing had an enchanting quality to it, and because of this, the people nearby were all entranced and fell in love with this style of opera singing that they had never heard before.

  And this is in a teahouse in Yecheng, which is also the only one in Yecheng, and even the entire continent, it can be said that it is the only one in the world.

  In this world, there are bars and taverns where people gather to drink. These places hardly serve tea because some think that drinking is what makes a man, with a heroic spirit.

  Needless to say, this teahouse was established by Ye Lang. It wasn't because he saw potential in the teahouse market, but rather out of boredom and for fun, as well as a reason to squander his family's wealth!

  To put it simply, this is the den of debauchery he established out of boredom!!

  According to the environment of this continent, opening a teahouse is basically a loss, because people who go to bars to drink will not change their habits and go to teahouses to drink tea and chat, they still like to drink alcohol.

  Those aristocrats who drink tea would not lower their status to go to a teahouse, so it's said that this business is very difficult to do and won't be looked upon favorably by anyone!

  For Ye Lang, such a place is just right, can have fun for himself and lose money, losing money is his goal!!

  Qī gē was against Yè Làng wasting money from the start, but how could Yè Làng possibly listen and not waste money to bankrupt the family?

  "Ah, the house should be a bit bigger, it needs to hold a stage..."

  "Like an opera house, every room can see the middle stage..."

  "Everything, don't look luxurious on the outside, but must be exquisite and elegant, and the materials used must be the best..."

  "Tea leaves should be of the highest quality..."

  This requirement made Qī Gē feel anxious and sweaty, several times he tried to stop Yè Làng but all in vain, simply because Yè Làng was using his own money, his tens of thousands of gold coins.

  Alas, I regret it now, I actually ignored so many gold coins and said that this is unwanted...

  Seventh brother is more and more regretful!!

  Under Ye Lang's lavish spending, a magnificent tea house emerged, costing a whopping 200,000 gold coins, leaving people in awe.

  However, as Ye Lang had requested, although the cost was high, this tea house did not give people a sense of showing off their wealth, but rather gave them a sense of elegance and simplicity, natural and refreshing.

  This is the charm that teahouses should have!!

  Ye Lang may have been a spendthrift, but he didn't like that kind of gaudy luxury, which was purely the taste of a nouveau riche. He liked this simple and unadorned elegance.

  I am a low-key prodigal son!!!!!

  It's called a tea house, so it naturally operates in the form of a tea house, but there are also some changes to conform to the habits of Yecheng citizens, but the main theme of drinking tea and listening to opera has not changed.

  Because no one would sing opera, it was replaced with a song and dance show, but soon after, Ye Lang had it removed. This completely lacked the atmosphere of a tea house!!

  To have a teahouse feel, Ye Lang spared no expense and trained the waiters to pour tea with long-spouted teapots, etc.

  So, in order to find a feel for it, he directly recruits people with good voices and potential, trains them to sing opera, then writes his own scripts, usually by copying...

  This feeling is coming soon, which also attracted many people to come over. After all, Ye Lang's tea house is not for profit, and the tea water fee is not expensive, of course, except for the private room, that one is as expensive as normal places.

  However, in a tea house, generally only the main hall has this feeling, but in private rooms it's gone!

  The business of a typical tea house, apart from serving tea and dim sum, has another important way to make money, which is to stage opera performances. Once someone starts ordering opera performances, it's hard to say what will happen next...

  The most important thing is that the business of a tea house is actually linked to its popularity. If it's deserted, it will definitely lose money, but if it's bustling with people, even if you want to lose money, you can't!

  Ye Lang seems to have encountered this situation again, his tea house is packed with people in a very short period of time, often bursting at the seams.

  Apart from being fresh, there's also the factor of Ye Lang. In Ye City, many people now want to get close to this young city master. The news about Ye Lang is spreading all over the city, how can it not make people curious?

  Of course, this can only retain popularity for a short time. What truly retains popularity is the teahouse itself!

  But anyway, Ye Lang is indeed very important, at least for now. Ye Lang is currently the signboard of Chalou, and many people come just for him, it's just that their purposes are different.

  Previously it was for curiosity, but this time it's for enjoyment, and that's because of Yeh's singing voice!

  Because before training out of singing drama people, Ye Lang also wanted to sing on stage because he had never sung a play and just wanted to have fun.

  But he was so shocked that everyone was stunned!!

  The opera, which has been passed down for thousands of years, naturally has a unique charm. When Ye Lang uses his fake tone to sing a song clearly, the sound can be described as lingering in the air for three days.

  Apart from being shocked, there is also astonishment, because no one had ever thought that men could sing in such a way, and they didn't know that this was actually a singing style created for men out of helplessness.

  In ancient China, being an actor was a lowly occupation, and women were even more unlikely to show their faces in public. Therefore, it was difficult to find a woman in a theater troupe, and there were some types of plays where women were not allowed to perform.

  There are no women singing in the opera, but there are female roles, so they can only be played by men dressed as women, using fake voices to sing!

  After a long time, this formed a special singing method, with a different flavor, and finally some opera artists put on costumes, using the male body to charm the country.

  Ye Lang didn't wear a costume or makeup, otherwise it would have been even more sensational and driven a crowd of people crazy.

  In fact, Ye Lang had crossed into the opera costume and made up, but only a few people knew it was him, leaving behind a beautiful myth that many people went crazy for a non-existent goddess.

  This play still has to thank Ye Lan Yu, it was she who chased after Ye Lang that led to this result. When they were young, she had already seen Ye Lang dressed as a girl, and that time was when she personally dressed him up, but also because of this, Ye Lang began to resist going shopping with her.