While everyone else who transmigrates into Water Margin becomes a Liangshan hero, a government official, or a reclusive master, Jiang Feng arrives in Qinghe County with twenty-three taels of debt from the start and nothing but a rundown teahouse on the verge of collapse. Across the street is Ximen Qing’s apothecary, next door is the Lion House, and every business on the street is monopolized. How can he turn things around? The answer: open a KTV.
No electricity? Use pedal power. No speakers? Wrap silk floss around bamboo tubes. No microphones? Have the blacksmith forge copper rings. No hype squad? The 108 Liangshan heroes can take turns showing up to cheer. Dai Zong pedals a wheel to generate power, Li Kui holds torches as spotlights, Wu Song’s private rooms are packed every night, and Chai Jin buys in as the major shareholder.
Ximen Qing objects? Six men sent to smash the place are stopped at the door by the Liangshan security team. Gao Qiu comes to inspect the books? A single retort from Emperor Huizong sends him packing. By the time the heroes of the realm catch on, Qinghe County’s “Some KTV” already has twenty-eight branches, and its membership cards are selling all the way in the Jin Kingdom.
A laugh-out-loud story about turning the Song dynasty’s entertainment industry into a tangled mess.
Creative inspiration: the small theater at Wansui Mountain Martial Arts City
