Chapter 137

Chapter 137 – Tea house and brothel Translated by Lesyt Team: HazelEdited by Ilesyt

I have never told my painful experience, so now please listen to me .

If you will go to Nanjing, please help me send a message to San Lang .

Tell him I am to be killed by Su San and I will do everything for you in my afterlife .

It is said that there are many beautiful flowers in Luoyang, but when I came here it was not spring .

Lowering my head, I leave the Hongdong County .

Ye Lang was singing . His falsetto was so fascinating that the people nearby were intoxicated and liked this kind of music they had never heard before .

This was a tea-house, and in Ye City, it was the only one tea-house . It was even the only one on the entire continent . It was even unique in this world .

In this place, there were pubs and hotels, where people could drink together . No tea was served here because in this place, people believed that drinking alcohol made them look cool .

This tea-house was set up by Ye Lang . He did so just for fun, not as a good prospect for the tea-house market . He just wanted to spend more money!

In a word, this was a place where he could waste his family’s money because of his boredom!

On this continent, running a tea-house could help nobody earn money . Those who went to the pubs would not choose to go to a tea-house, because they couldn’t get used to it and still preferred alcohol .

Those aristocrats who enjoyed drinking tea would not deign to to go to a tea-house . That was why it was not a profitable business and nobody saw a good prospect for it!

For Ye Lang, that was why he chose to run a tea-house . For one thing, he could have some fun . For another, he could waste money, which was his goal!

Brother Seven in the beginning opposed Ye Lang investing in it . However, how could Ye Lang be obedient? How could he stop being prodigal?

“The house should be big enough to accommodate the stage . ”

“Like the theatre, everyone in each room should see the stage in the middle . ”

“Everything must look elegant rather than luxurious . And they must be made of the best materials . ”

“For the tea, use the best leaves . ”

His requirements shocked brother Seven, he tried a few times to stop Ye Lang, but failed . Ye Lang spent his own money, his hundreds of thousands of gold coins .

He felt regretful having let him have so many gold coins . He had even said that he hadn’t want them .

The more brother Seven thought about it, the more regretful he felt!

Ye Lang spent a lot of money in finishing the construction of a very expensive tea-house . This tea-house cost 200,000 gold coins in total, which was amazing enough .

However, as Ye Lang had requested, despite the high cost, the tea-house didn’t look luxurious, but elegant and refreshing .

This is what a tea-house should be!

Although Ye Lang enjoyed wasting his family’s money, he didn’t like the luxury, which made him look like an upstart . Instead, he preferred elegance and simplicity .

I am low-profile . [Ed: Snort]

Since it is a tea-house, naturally he ran it in the old way, but he changed it slightly in order to attract the people living in Ye City . In general, listening to the music theatre and drinking tea are a must .

No one could sing the Chinese music theatre, so it was replaced by the western music theatre . But it did not take long before it was canceled by Ye Lang, as it did not feel like a real tea-house!

In order to develop the style of a tea-house, Ye Lang practiced brewing tea with a long tea-pot and other skills at any cost .

And he directly recruited some people with good voices and potential, trained them to sing, and then he wrote scripts, which were usually plagiarized versions . . . . .

A good atmosphere was created in the tea-house, which in fact attracted many people . After all, Ye Lang ran this tea-house not for profit, and the tea was not expensive . But the tea served in the separated room was expensive like that in other places .

However, only when you stayed in the hall of the tea-house could you feel the good atmosphere . If you were in the room, you could not!

In a common tea-house, besides tea and desserts, the owner could earn money in another way . That was the customers were charged for ordering someone to sing the music theatre . Some ordered a cheap one while others ordered an expensive one . If some strove to order one, it would cost more .

The most important thing was that if the tea-house was popular, more people would spend more money there . If not, the owner would lose money . If a great number of people went there, it was impossible to lose money!

Ye Lang was in such an unexpected situation, for his tea-house became popular in a very short period of time, and it was often full of customers .

It was a new tea-house and besides this, Ye Lang contributed to its popularity . In Ye City, many people wanted to know much about this lord . Now in the city, there were many stories about Ye Lang, so they felt curious .

Of course, this only caused the tea-house to enjoy temporary popularity, but it was the tea that would attract more customers!

But Ye Lang was indeed very crucial at least until now . Ye Lang endorsed the tea-house, for many people came here for him, with little different purposes .

They had come here for Ye Lang out of curiosity, but now they came here to enjoy Ye Lang’s singing!

His employees hadn’t been well-trained yet, and Ye Lang wanted to sing on the stage . He hadn’t done so before, so he wanted to enjoy it .

Unexpectedly he did so incredibly, and everyone was shocked!

The Chinese music theatre had a history of thousands of years, naturally it had a unique charm . When Ye Lang sang a song in falsetto, his voice could be described as unforgettable .

Everyone felt very surprised, because it was surprising that a man could sing in this way . But no one knew this was created by a man in desperation .

In ancient China, singing in music theatres was a shameful career and no one showed respect for women in this industry . Therefore, few women joined in the troupe . In addition, women were not allowed to sing in some kinds of music theatres .

Few woman were willing to sing in the music theatre, but there were female roles in a music theatre . The only solution was for a man dressed like a woman to sing in falsetto!

Gradually, it became a special way of singing and had an unique charm . Finally, some men dressed in female costumes and looked as attractive as women .

Ye Lang did not wear costumes or makeup . If he had done so, a great number of people would have been crazy about him .

In fact, Ye Lang had worn costumes and makeup before, but few people had recognized him . He had created a legend and many people were crazy for a non-existent goddess .

He had to thank Ye Lanyu for that, for she had once made Ye Lang do that . When he had been a child, she had wanted to see him dressed like a female and had dressed him in person . Because of this, Ye Lang began to hate shopping with her .