Chapter 82: Improvisational rap by the actors of the Countdown After coming out of the Tianqiao Theater, Qi Long saw that the Tianqiao Square was bustling with people including middle-aged women dancing square dance, and old men playing diabolo and shuttlecock. What interested him most was that far away from the aunties dancing on the big speakers, there was a group of people standing around, recording videos with their mobile phones. This scene looks very much like a street performance. He deliberately walked over there, intending to listen to what was being performed. In the art of crosstalk, a lot of lessons were stolen. For instance, "What to Sell" and "The Great Face Reader" were all learned from other people's trades and adapted to become crosstalk with jokes. Therefore, as a crosstalk performer, he had a basic understanding of the art of street talk and wanted to explore it. When he got closer, he could hear a few guys rapping to music with a strong sense of rhythm, which was quite different from the rap he had in mind. His impression of rap is that one day Gao Dongqiang said he encountered a rap battle in a bar. The two people attacked each other by singing rhyming words in the rhythm. One of the lines was "My rap is awesome, your rap is like a tally!" But Gao Dongqiang was a little angry. How come the counting and quick-speaking books that I had learned for so long have become derogatory words? Qi Long was comforting him at the time, saying that there were many people in all walks of life who belittled outsiders, and it was not worth getting angry.
Seeing that it was rap, Qi Long was not interested. When he was about to leave, he saw a familiar figure behind a group of rappers, Xiao Chi! That is, his own assistant. Hey, this kid, I saw he had a hard time on the trip to Shanghai, so I gave him a day off, and he came here? He turned around and patted Xiao Chi on the shoulder. Xiao Chi turned around and saw Qi Long and was also stunned for a moment: "Brother Long, why are you here?" "Deyun Tianqiao Theater, I'm here to talk to my fellow apprentices about work. Don't talk about me, why are you here?" Qi Long was curious. Xiao Chi scratched his head: "This is my hobby!" "You can rap? I've never heard you sing before!" "I'm just joking. My friends and I specialize in this!" Xiao Chi explained. He came here not just to play, but for another reason. The president of Waner Media found that there had never been a program on the theme of rap. Unlike many Chinese people who are implicitly humble, people in the rap industry are all arrogant. They all think "I am strong and you are weak" or something like that. When this was put on a variety show, it was full of tension, but the audience still found it interesting, so they came up with the idea of doing a rap variety show. Xiao Chi came here to share this good news with his good friend. Qi Long understood. He didn't care about the company's affairs. He was just an artist who got a relatively large share of the profits. How he developed depended on the company. At this time, the guys at the scene started freestyle performance, which Qi Long knew was the so-called improvisational performance, which he had seen on video. But they did not attack each other, but let the people at the scene come up with the theme and rap on the spot. "Break up!" someone shouted this topic. A rapper said with a smile: "It seems that he has encountered a sad thing, about breaking up. We have a buddy who often breaks up, let him sing it." Turning around, the microphone was handed to Xiao Chi. They were puzzled about the man in the mask and hat standing next to Xiao Chi, but they thought he was Xiao Chi's friend, so they didn't care too much. Xiao Chi took the microphone, groaned a few times, and started singing. [She broke up with me and I became single. The reason for the breakup was that I was too ugly.] His buddies and passers-by all laughed, and Qi Long also smiled under the mask. He didn’t expect Xiao Chi to have this side of him. It’s interesting! This aroused Qi Long's playful spirit. If he just had to say rhyming words according to the rhythm, he could do it too. He had learned this since elementary school! When Xiao Chi was about to hand over the microphone, Qi Long took it. The guys were all shocked. Xiao Chi, who is your friend? Why did he grab the microphone?
[I respect the laws of nature, she respects authority] As soon as she opened her mouth, the guys were confused again, your words don't even rhyme! They don't understand this. In Sualabao, the rhymes are usually skipped, just like in poetry, with the second and fourth lines rhyming. [I like the cube, but she is a compass. How can a crow stop the wild geese from flying south? From now on, we will live happily ever after. A gentleman's word is as good as gold! ] Brother Xiao Chi, who had questioned him just now, was all shocked. This reason for breaking up is much more advanced than "I'm too ugly". I like cubes, but he is a compass and can only draw circles. He is educated! Xiao Chi was also confused, Brother, do you still have this skill? If you had told me earlier, I wouldn't have sung. [My thoughts are wild and unconstrained, but she sticks to the rules. The memories are locked in a box with a layer of dust on it. She is still stunningly beautiful and has people chasing after her. The beginning and the end are just from Passerby A to Friend A] The singers and the young people watching the performance were all shocked and cheered in their own way: "Mmmmm!" "Ohhh!" [Long-distance relationships are always romantic and restrictive. She went to the cinema once and then she disliked the old TV at home. Love is like bread, it will go bad after being left for a long time. From now on, I will go find my moon and you can pick up your sixpence! ] When Qi Long sang "The Moon and Sixpence" in an impromptu rap, the people around him were already excited. The swear words that were not sung in the song just now were shouted out here, and only "Fuck" could express their shock and astonishment. "Xiao Chi, who is this buddy of yours?" The rapper asked in shock, looking at Qi Long who was covered tightly. Xiao Chi scratched his head: "Brother Long." "Ah?" Everyone was even more shocked when they learned that it was Qi Long, the person Xiao Chi served at work. Soon they thought there was no problem, because Zhu Guangquan, a very popular news anchor on the Internet and a rhyme maniac, was influenced by Qi Long's crosstalk, changed his style, and started to torture the sign language teacher. It seems acceptable that the song is so good at rhyming and has so many highlights. Qi Long took off his mask and hat and shook hands with everyone one by one, which caused another round of excitement among passers-by. He dressed like this just because he didn't want to cause congestion. It's okay in the square, he can just change direction when leaving. Just like that, that night, the video of Qi Long's impromptu rap went viral on the Internet, and all rappers were collectively shocked. From now on you can no longer say that other people’s rap sounds like Sualaibho. The Sualaibho actor is so good at rapping, wouldn’t it be complimenting him by saying that others rap like Sualaibho? Of course, some people questioned that Qi Long was carrying it on his back. Even if he was not carrying it on his back, he was prepared. But Qi Long didn't care what others said. He just did it for fun on a whim and he wasn't in this line of work. If he comes across a good rap work from another world in the future, he will copy it down and publish it, and it will not occupy his main job. Instead, I received a WeChat message from Zhang Wanyi, which was a link to a video on Weibo: "Uncle Master, you know so much!" "It's just for fun, not worth mentioning!" Qi Long replied: "Don't do rap, it's better to learn drum music!" "I just feel a little surprised when I see this. Were you in a long-distance relationship before?" "Foreign love!" Just like that, the two of them started chatting. At that time, his girlfriend went abroad to study and wanted to stay there, and wanted Qi Long to follow her. Qi Long was reluctant to give up crosstalk and didn't think there was an environment for crosstalk abroad, so he didn't agree. After a while, they naturally became Friend A. - Let me explain. I mainly write crosstalk, and secondarily write variety shows, interspersed with daily life, and occasionally release a song. I won’t take the route of all-round development. It’s too complicated. I don't plan to write too much about the romance, as I'm afraid my level isn't good enough and it would make everyone feel uncomfortable. Just an explanation is enough. (I’m sorry if you want to see a female star from the entertainment industry as the heroine, but I don’t plan to write that in this book.) Additionally, the rap part is a video of a man called Roger. Several rappers improvised raps on various themes. It was not the kind of diss attacking each other. (End of this chapter)