Now what about it? One substitute junior master from the “Meng” generation can only reluctantly acknowledge that Qi Shejiang shouldn’t be allowed to take on disciples casually in the future.
【Wow, acknowledged! The official Weibo of the Beijing Crosstalk Association announced that Qi Shejiang has joined the association under the recommendation of XXX and XX! It won’t be long before the Crosstalk Committee also accepts him!】
【Wasn’t XXX and XX the ones who previously publicly opposed recognizing Qi Shejiang’s lineage? So this means they’ve backed down, they’ve genuinely acknowledged it!】
【Did you not see? Reports say Old Master Meng personally stepped in, threatening everyone that if they didn’t recognize Qi Shejiang, he would take on Qi Shejiang as a substitute junior apprentice and raise his status even higher…】
【What?? Is the old artist really this straightforward (and unreasonable)?】
Seeing the dust settle, everyone converged under Xia Yiwei’s Weibo, after all, Qi Shejiang rarely speaks on Weibo. And when people counted, wow, this person has truly risen high.
Xia Yiwei also understatedly expressed, “Hello everyone, I’m really happy, but the rules here are to each their own, don’t call me old. Anyway, whoever adheres to tradition, just take it.” This implied sarcasm had everyone laughing to death.
While the outside world was engaged in verbal sparring, Qi Shejiang was sacrificing his rest time during breaks in filming to visit the Meng family and keep Old Master Meng company. At his age, Old Master Meng enjoyed reminiscing about the past, but there were hardly any people left who could chat with him about those times. When Qi Shejiang arrived, Old Master Meng was pleased, but unfortunately, the doctor was not very supportive of him chatting too much about the past for fear of causing emotional distress. Thus, the old man liked to have Qi Shejiang perform tricks; whether it was doing a single line or having Meng Jingyuan measure him or even singing a little himself. Every time he closed his eyes, he felt as though he had returned many years ago, to a time when his master and senior brother were still around. His senior brother was hard at work; even on the way, he would not stop talking.
Practice was inseparable from their daily life. They were always honing their skills and keeping their tongues sharp.
