In 1912 AD, that is, the first year of the Republic of China after the Revolution of 1911, Shanghai, a ten-mile foreign market, became a place where both proud and frustrated people in the renewal of the times came to live together.If a proud person has obtained an official position in the new government, and is afraid of personnel changes, the good times will not last long, so he will first settle down in the Shanghai Concession, and then get involved in some kind of business. There is also a way out.Frustrated people, such as those who once let go of one or two terms in the Manchu government, actually saved a few papers in their hands, and now they have become an apartment in the sea, but they are also afraid of sitting on nothing. If there is a chance, they will take out some money to invest in a stock , or as a name, which has contributed to the rise and development of many businesses.

There are also well-to-do wealthy households with extensive land properties in neighboring towns and cities who have become the backstage bosses of a certain industry in Shanghai. More merchants come to Shanghai from the east, west, north and south to learn about the best market and seek the best sales outlets. In the face of these influx of gold diggers, Shanghai has to adapt to their needs in terms of eating, drinking and having fun. Restaurants, hotels, and brothels have been added one after another. At this time, Huang Chujiu had become one of the top figures in Shanghai Western Medicine.His "famous brand" product "Ai Luo Bu Brain Juice" is still selling well, and the foundation of Sino-French pharmacy is becoming more and more solid.However, the sales of the "Dragon and Tiger Rendan" developed two years ago were still no match for the "Rendan" of Japan's "Jihuzi" brand.It just so happened that Lu Feibohong and Shen Zhifang of Zhonghua Book Company wanted to win the prize here, so Huang Chujiu priced the Dragon and Tiger Company on Zhejiang Road and the Pharmaceutical Department in Xiaohuayuan, together with the Dragon and Tiger trademark, for 40,000 yuan, and offered them to Lu and Shen Er bit.I spared my energy and went to the entertainment industry to try my luck.

Huang Chujiu originally wanted to open a restaurant or a hotel, but finally decided to open a theater. Prior to this, most theaters in Shanghai had a "tea garden" layout, characterized by the character "square", the stage was square, the main hall below the stage was square, and the boxes upstairs were divided into several small squares; There is a square table for the Eight Immortals in the box, with chairs behind and on both sides of the table, and a bowl of tea and a tall fruit plate on the table. This is the seat of a person of status.Generally, the seats for spectators are rows of benches along the corridors on both sides of the main hall.When business is good, those who come late can't even sit on the benches, so they have to stand and watch, but they are the most obsessed audiences of Peking Opera.

At that time, the most famous one was "Tianfu Tea Garden", which was later renamed "Chunxian Tea Garden".Gai Jiaotian used to work here when he was young. There is also the Osmanthus tea garden, which was opened by Liu Weizhong, the grandfather of Liu Hongsheng, a business tycoon.Legend has it that Liu Weizhong once went to "Tianfu" to watch a theater. He thought the seat was not good, and the manager of "Tianfu" was rude. Liu Weizhong decided to open a theater himself, but first he had to ask a fortune teller. Huang Chujiu, a Shanghai-style businessman--2. The leading actor