I really don't want to fight with gods

Chapter 444: Erken Dreams

Just like what Jenny told the theater executives last night.

As soon as she heard it, she knew Robert's singing skills.

It is absolutely no problem to put together an aria concert.

just now……

At first glance, what Jing Xiaoqiang said so slowly.

She subconsciously felt that this drama might really be released.

But when he asked Jing Xiaoqiang what he had in mind, he began to play tricks and said that he should think slowly.

Strive to complete within two to three years...

Because in 1999, the famous playwright ranked "The Great Gatsby" as the first of the Metropolitan Opera's three new century operas.

This is an epoch-making milestone event.

It's not as simple as a drama.

It is the birth of opera that represents the era.

No matter how awesome or classic those previous dramas were, many of them were from 200 years ago.

No matter how noble and orthodox it is, it can't stand the dwindling audience.

It is a trend that the classical market is shrinking more and more.

Especially after the turn of the century, the Internet began to rise, and after the popularity of mobile entertainment, it almost collapsed.

Right now, before the brink, the art world certainly does not see a great crisis ahead.

But now there is always the idea of ​​seeking change.

Jing Xiaoqiang's idea is very suitable for the long-term planning of the Metropolitan Opera House.

Hudelsohn joined the rehearsal of the play after a decade on the run, the closest he's ever been to the Met.

But in the final stage was brushed off.

Since then, he has been displaced and can only make a living as a lead singer in a third-rate theater on Broadway.

This is the drama he is most worried about.

Several times, Jing Xiaoqiang took his ex-girlfriend to the theater to flirt, and this guy sat beside him, thinking about it.

obsession.

But Hudelson should be in his teens now.

It's still early.

You can't go to Italy to find him.

So now Jing Xiaoqiang can simply outline the "outline" of the play for Jenny.

The context of the novel itself is very simple.

Poor boys love beauties, but beauties marry rich men, and young men try their best to make money to get rich. They go to build a big house opposite the rich man’s house and play music every night. As a result, they die after a series of intrigues. It deeply reveals the cruelty of capitalism and the ugliness of human nature. Hypocrisy belongs to yes.

Indeed a profound critique of realism.

But how can a story with such a span be compressed into a stage play with two or three scenes.

This is a test of the playwright's skill.

Of course Jing Xiaoqiang spoke clearly and logically...

Jenny was a little freaked out.

It would be nice to talk about this alone.

A 20-year-old young man actually tried to make "The Great Gatsby", which is almost equivalent to the arrogance of domestic college students who proposed to make Journey to the West and Outlaws of the Marsh.

Who will believe it?

Not to mention Zhuanertai, no TV station or film and television company would dare to entrust him to shoot.

But now what Jing Xiaoqiang said actually had a bit of an inside taste.

It seems that it is indeed feasible, and it is not impossible to change it into a two-act play.

Although there are still a lot of details to be filled in the arias, lines, and characters, but the whole skeleton is there!

In fact, the Metropolitan Opera House can completely follow this skeleton and find famous artists to write and arrange.

But now Jing Xiaoqiang said it in front of so many people!
Jon has been completely convinced. He always thought that he started to join the theater troupe when he was ten years old. Coming to Citigroup can be regarded as a professional background. The stage play is his life and prospect, and he can fight no matter what.

What is Kangkang talent now!

Robert, who is only half his age, has burst out of talent, can act, compose, and direct, and his singing and dancing skills beat him.

Why do you work hard on Broadway, you can be beaten to the core in an instant.

If you follow Jing Xiaoqiang well, you may be able to play the role all the way.

He has such an aloof personality, but now he let go of everything, feeling a sudden sense of relief.

Jefferson's eyes lit up. He is a columnist, so he must be familiar with this kind of classic bibliography and understand the significance of arranging "The Great Gatsby" opera.

I can better understand the feasibility of the outline described by Jing Xiaoqiang.

Now immediately take out the pen and paper and write vigorously, whether it is to record this event or the outline of the script.

Let this adaptation idea belong to Jing Xiaoqiang!

This is very, very important intellectual property.

For example, each of Brother Long’s movies is creative. He once talked with his senior brother about what he had in mind to shoot, but the fat senior brother turned around and went to shoot it with other people.

It took several years for Long Ge to change his face and shoot it, and he even used the name of plagiarism.

In European and American countries, these values ​​are still maintained before they are forced to show double standards.

After all, their knowledge and copyright are dominant, and they rely on these to make money.

There are so many people from the West Side Theater, Alex and others also heard it.

In the future, whoever ranks "The Great Gatsby" according to this idea will be accused of plagiarism.

After all, this is a stage play that has been compressed from a whole novel to two or three acts, and there are still conflicts and highlights. About how many arias and scenes, this is already a re-creation.

Now it is tantamount to making it public.

Circles of classical music, classical art, and opera symphony that pay attention to dignity are still very shameful.

To put it more ruthlessly, after the news spread, the Metropolitan Opera House did not want it, and Citigroup had plenty of other opera houses willing to spend money and wave their checks to sign this order.

And then there are still many top opera houses in the world, maybe they can catch up with the Metropolitan Opera if they grab this show.

In the art circle, the competition is fierce and cruel.

A "Lion King" can make the HK Cultural Center famous in the whole East Asia, from scratch.

Now it can also help Xicheng Theater stand out among a bunch of third-rate small theaters, and become a small art boutique that all kinds of media pay attention to.

The seats for the shows that are usually not enough are full, and now the price increase is still full, and the copyright that HK Cultural Center sells to other theaters is even more beautiful.

This is still an oriental cultural drama, only relying on its excellent arias, full and exquisite structure to gain market recognition.

"The Great Gatsby" has the commanding heights of Citi culture, it is a banner!
The Metropolitan Theater does not carry the flag, and if it is carried by others, it is almost equal to the green on the head.

I'm so bored!
No, it should be a kind of mixed feeling, happy about the opportunity brought by this drama, worried about Jing Xiaoqiang's ability to win this creation.

If I wasted this opportunity, it would be better if the Metropolis paid for this idea and invited famous playwrights who are more confident to do it.

Xinxiang City has gathered the world's top playwrights, I really don't want to give this opportunity to a young man who is just in his early years, and he is still a Chinese...

You asked Ah San to adapt Journey to the West, think about how it feels, what if it smells like curry?

So Jenny immediately took out a tortoise shell and said that she called to talk to the board of directors, and signaled Alex to take over the conversation and not let Jing Xiaoqiang be free.

What if there is something unsightly to grab the opportunity at this time.

Outside the theater are overwhelming media reporters.

This topic may have already spread.

The staff of the West City Theater who came in and out, all crowded around with Michael, envious.

Old Simon didn't come, he is the boss, he wants to be decent, and he doesn't eat the cafeteria with the employees.

Robert became popular last night, and he is still proud of it.

Alex smiled at Jing Xiaoqiang, and finally played the emotional card: "Last night, I did dream about that palpitation scene, holding Steven helplessly, I don't want to experience that feeling again..."

Jing Xiaoqiang used their familiar context: "Pasternak once said that a person lives a lifetime, not a few years, a few months, a few days, but a few moments. A tragic moment will even affect the direction of the whole life. .”

Alex squinted his eyes and felt that he was a conductor with extremely keen and fragile psychological perception.

At this time, even Du Ruolan wanted to ask Jon what he had heard.

Super Marshal Bi translated: "The famous Nobel Prize winner, poet, this sentence is very touching."

Pan Yunyan's eyes are full of love, our Xiaoqiang is very powerful.

Du Ruolan was only wondering, when did he start reading?Even Gatsby had never seen this.

At this time, Jenny had already put away her mobile phone and came back, saying firmly: "Okay, on behalf of the board of directors, I agree with your proposal, we will pay for the acquisition of the copyright of the drama adaptation of "The Great Gatsby", and the entire crew project can be signed by you, but you must accept it." We organized the assistance of the entire script adaptation team..."

There are many types of film and television circles. The mainland is generally a director-centered system, and all creations are decided around the director. Hong Kong and Hollywood are star-centered systems. Although the director has a lot of power to speak, it mainly revolves around stars. There must be existence beyond the structure.

In the Citi opera industry, opera creators are the core.

After the script is written and created, the art director is responsible for the implementation, and the actors come on stage to express, but different art directors will have different understandings, and different actors will perform very differently.

So the creator is considered to be in charge of the existence of the entire play.

What Jenny means is that the creative copyright should be in the hands of the opera house, and the entire creative team will also dilute Jing Xiaoqiang's weight.

Someone must have given her an idea to absorb Robert in, and then dilute it, and then successfully catch it without letting outsiders take the lead.

Unexpectedly, what Jing Xiaoqiang likes most is to pretend to do nothing, so he nodded repeatedly: "It is also impossible for me to travel frequently to and from the other side of the ocean, to strengthen creative communication, and to support the team of playwrights to complete a masterpiece together. "The Lion King" is what we do in HK , I don’t even have to be a performer..."

Theoretically, as long as this play maintains the basic standard of the previous life, it will become the masterpiece of the Metropolitan Opera House in the new century, and it will completely separate itself from other top opera houses.

As long as Jing Xiaoqiang is famous in this drama, he can act in any drama and ask for a bicycle, and he will directly take off in the drama world, and he will be famous in history at the age of 20.

When it comes to this drama in the future, it will be said that he proposed to draw it when he was 20 years old.

enough.

But how could Jenny let go of his expressiveness: "You must be an important actor. Tonight, all members of the board of directors will come to watch your creation of "The Lion King" and examine your creation and expressiveness. It is time for us Talk about your contract alone."

A contract with the Metropolitan Opera!

A theater actor's ceiling dream exists!

Almost all stage actors have such dreams.

Jing Xiaoqiang actually achieved this?

(End of this chapter)