Su San left Hongtong County and came to the main street.
Before I could speak, my heart was filled with sorrow; gentlemen of the past, please listen to my words.
Whichever one goes to Nanjing, please deliver this message to my Sanlang.
It is said that Su San lost her life, and in the next life I will be reborn as a dog or a horse to repay her.
People say Luoyang is a brocade of flowers, but for me, it's not spring when I come here.
They lowered their heads and left Hongtong County.
Ye Lang was singing a cappella, and his falsetto was mesmerizing. Because of this, the people nearby were captivated and fell in love with this opera singing style that they had never heard before.
This is a teahouse in Ye City, the only teahouse in Ye City, the only one on the entire continent, and arguably the only one in the world.
In this world, there are bars and hotels, places where people gather to drink. These places almost never serve tea because some people think that drinking is what makes a man, and what makes him bold.
Needless to say, this teahouse was established by Ye Lang. It wasn't because he was optimistic about the teahouse market, but because he was bored, wanted to have fun, and was also prepared to spend a lot of money!
Simply put, this is a wasteful place he built out of boredom!
Given the environment on this continent, opening a teahouse is basically a guaranteed loss, because people who go to bars to drink won't change their habits and go to teahouses to chat and drink tea; they still prefer to drink alcohol.
The nobles who drink tea will not lower themselves to go to teahouses, so this business is difficult to do and no one is optimistic about it!
For Ye Lang, this kind of place is perfect—he can find enjoyment here, squander his money, and even operate at a loss!
Seventh Brother opposed Ye Lang spending money from the beginning, but how could Ye Lang possibly listen to him and not squander money?
"Um, the house needs to be big enough to accommodate a stage..."
"It should be like an opera house, where every room has a view of the central stage..."
"Everything should be exquisite and elegant in appearance, but the materials used must be the best..."
"The tea leaves must be the finest..."
These demands made Seventh Brother sweat profusely. He tried to stop Ye Lang several times, but all his efforts were in vain, simply because Ye Lang was using his own money, his hundreds of thousands of gold coins.
Oh, I regret it so much! I actually overlooked so many gold coins and even said I didn't want this...
Seventh Brother regretted it more and more the more he thought about it!
Thus, under Ye Lang's financial offensive, an extremely expensive teahouse appeared, costing a full 200,000 gold coins, which was truly astonishing.
However, just as Ye Lang requested, although the construction cost was high, the teahouse did not give people a feeling of ostentatious wealth. Instead, it gave people a sense of elegance, refinement, and natural freshness.
This is the charm a teahouse should have!
Although Ye Lang was extravagant, he disliked the kind of glittering luxury, which he considered purely nouveau riche. He preferred a refined and understated simplicity.
I am a low-key Prodigal Son!
It's called a teahouse, so it naturally operates in the style of a teahouse, but there have been some changes to suit the habits of the people of Ye City. However, the main theme of drinking tea and listening to opera remains unchanged.
Since no one knew how to sing opera, they used traditional opera instead, but Ye Lang removed it not long afterward. It didn't feel like a teahouse at all!
To create the ambiance of a teahouse, Ye Lang spared no expense, training the waiters and insisting on using long-spouted teapots for brewing tea, among other things.
Therefore, in order to find his footing, he directly recruited promising individuals with good voices, trained them to sing opera, and then wrote his own scripts, which were usually plagiarized...
This feeling immediately came over me, which attracted a lot of people. After all, Ye Lang's teahouse was not for profit, so the tea fee was not very expensive. Of course, the private rooms were an exception, as they were very expensive, just like the regular ones.
However, teahouses generally only have this kind of atmosphere in the main hall; you won't get the same feeling in a private room!
Besides tea and snacks, another important way for teahouses to make money is by offering opera performances. There's no fixed rule for these performances; some are cheap, some are expensive. And if people are vying to order an opera, things become even more unpredictable...
Most importantly, a teahouse's business is directly linked to its popularity. If it's deserted, it will definitely lose money, but if it's bustling with customers, you won't lose money even if you want to!
Ye Lang seemed to have encountered this situation again in a very magical way. His teahouse became very popular in a short period of time and was often packed.
Besides the novelty, the reason also includes Ye Lang. In Ye City, many people now want to get close to the young city lord. The story of Ye Lang, the young city lord, is circulating everywhere in the city, so how can people not be curious?
Of course, this can only retain popularity temporarily; what truly retains popularity is the teahouse itself!
However, Ye Lang is indeed crucial. At least for now, Ye Lang is the face of the teahouse, and many people come specifically for Ye Lang, though their reasons are somewhat different.
Before, I was drawn to Ye Lang out of curiosity, but this time it's for enjoyment, specifically because of Ye Lang's singing!
Before anyone had been trained to perform opera, Ye Lang wanted to go on stage and perform opera, since he had never performed opera before and just wanted to try it out.
But what he did went awry, and everyone was completely stunned!
Traditional opera, something that has been sung for thousands of years, naturally possesses a unique charm. When Ye Lang sang a song in falsetto, the sound could be described as lingering for three days.
Besides being shocked, there was also astonishment, because no one had ever imagined that a man could sing in this way, and they didn't know that this was actually a singing method created for men out of necessity.
In ancient China, being an actor was a lowly profession, and women were especially forbidden from showing their faces in public. As a result, it was difficult to find a woman in an opera troupe. Furthermore, there were certain types of operas where women were not allowed to perform.
If there are no women singing in the opera, but there are female roles, then the only option is for men to dress up as women and sing in falsetto!
Over time, this developed into a special singing style with a unique flavor. Eventually, some opera singers even donned stage costumes and, despite being men, were just as stunningly beautiful.
Ye Lang wasn't wearing a costume or makeup; otherwise, it would probably have caused an even bigger sensation and driven a group of people crazy.
In fact, Ye Lang did go on stage in costume and with makeup, but few people knew it was him, leaving behind a beautiful myth that made many people go crazy for a non-existent goddess.
This whole drama has to thank Ye Lanyu. It was because she chased after Ye Lang that this happened. She had seen Ye Lang dressed as a woman when they were young. She was the one who dressed him up that time. But because of that, Ye Lang started to resist going shopping with her.
Happy Lunar New Year's Eve everyone! Watch the Spring Festival Gala at home and beg for your last monthly votes of the year...