Director of the Centre

Chapter 20 Performance
The face-changing show is really exciting. The actor is not tall and has an ordinary appearance. He belongs to the existence that is instantly drowned when thrown in the crowd.But as soon as he got on the stage, he seemed to grow taller in an instant, and his whole body was shining brightly.

He was wearing a black costume inlaid with gold trim, with the usual pheasant tail on his crown, and he flicked his head as soon as he appeared, changing his face in an instant.

Another flick, another change.

The red-faced Guan Gong, the white-faced Cao Mengde, the red-faced Dian Wei...Combined with his dancing steps, people are dazzled.

Everyone was amazed at how he changed the face of the actor with extremely fast speed. This is simply magic!

Just as the audience was fascinated by the sight, the actor opened his mouth sharply and spewed out a long flame.

The villagers were caught off guard, and felt that the flames were about to hit their faces. Thousands of heads subconsciously tilted back, and some timid ones even closed their eyes.

When the fire disappeared, there was no one left on the stage, only the gongs and drums were left lingering intently.

"Okay!" The villagers in Pingdi Village applauded warmly, their faces were sweating with excitement.

Han Lu had only watched Face Changing on TV before, but when he saw the scene today, he shouted in his heart that it was wonderful, and his hands were red.

Although the actor was dissatisfied with Director Yang Guang Yang asking him to spray fire, he still sprayed it once, as the villain of this wonderful show.

The face-changing made the atmosphere of the opening ceremony instantly heated, and the following Beijing opera "Shajiabang—Wisdom Fighting" also made everyone listen attentively.

Modern Peking Opera Shajiabang is one of the model operas. Apart from other factors, this opera is actually very classic.Back then, when the play was produced by the whole nation, the best arranger, the best actor, and the best writer were used.By the way, one of the libretto writers of this play seems to be Wang Zengqi. He himself is a great writer, and his teacher is even more incredible, the great writer Shen Congwen.

It's just that, in this special era, everyone has no other way of entertainment. Just these few films have been on stage for ten years, and I will appear on stage after you sing. In the end, the audience vomited, and the actors also vomited.

It’s about the opposite of things. Since the 80s, no one listens to this stuff anymore. After all, the lives of ordinary people are getting better day by day, and there are various entertainment methods. Who is patient to listen to people babbling on the stage for a long time.

Today, when Shajiabang sang, the old memories of youth came back, and everyone listened attentively, and some even hummed along in a low voice.When the young man heard it, hey, it seemed quite beautiful, and he enjoyed it quietly.

When Han Lu came to Jinsha City, he made up for traditional dramas, and he liked it very much, and sang along.

Hearing his humming, Song Jianjun, who played Diao Deyi on the stage, gave him a hard look with dissatisfaction.

Han Lu curled his lips: I was locked up and slept on the sofa all night. I'm still not happy. What's your attitude?

Song Jianjun is handsome, and he played the villain after makeup, with a white face and sharp chin, he has a real image.

After Shajiabang ended, there was the folk music "Backgammon". The musicians gathered on it, playing the huqin, pipa, and so on, and the suona was even more exciting.

Especially the suona, the nickname of the musical instrument hooligan is not for nothing.As soon as it is blown, other instruments are suppressed.

This folk custom is really noisy enough, when the song is over, Han Lu only feels buzzing in his ears.

He thought that the following western classical music would make people feel at ease, but the result was surprising.

"Backgammon" is followed by a fragment of the symphony "Pineapple Dance".

Before coming to Pingdi Village, Han Lu knew that this piece of music is a representative work of a certain musician in Italy or somewhere in the 8th century. It is quite long, [-] minutes.

Classical music is so sunny and snowy, and no one likes to listen to it.

But you can't help it.

As mentioned earlier, the Municipal Culture and Art Center is originally a three-in-one combination of the Municipal Sichuan Opera Troupe, the Municipal Peking Opera Troupe and the Municipal Symphony Orchestra.Every time we go out to perform, the center must balance the relationship between the three, and take care of all kinds of plays.It can’t be said that your Sichuan Opera Troupe and Peking Opera Troupe perform outside every day, eat and drink at public expense, travel in mountains and rivers at public expense, and get performance fees, while my symphony orchestra stays at home and eats corn bread, right?
Therefore, it is reasonable to come to Pingdi Village to perform this time, and all the symphony musicians in the center will have a show.

It's just that this song is too long, after 8 minutes, I'm afraid the audience will shout yellow.It must be compressed, compressed to about 6 minutes.

There are quite a lot of people in a complete symphony orchestra, dozens of people.Over the years, the members of the symphony orchestra have retired, resigned, and transferred. Now there are only about [-] people left. It is no longer possible to perform a large-scale symphonic poem, and they usually play with string quartets.

There were not so many people, so the center made a simplified version, and only sent about [-] musicians to the stage.

The music sounded, very low.

Because there were so many people, they couldn't hear clearly, everyone shouted: "Be quiet, be quiet, listen to the sound, listen to the sound."

People in Southwest Province speak Southwest Mandarin, and there is no distinction between "drink" and "huo", and there is no distinction between "le" and "fall".If you drink Coke, they can turn you into Huo Keluo.

The music is a little louder.

Now Han Lu understood it, and he was also puzzled: what is this thing, why is the prelude so long, and the main melody can't be heard.

A few minutes later, the musicians on the stage were still playing at a leisurely pace, a short melody was repeated over and over again, and they never moved down.

Five minutes later, the villagers were still commotioning: "It's just now, it's been half a day."

"My skull hurts a bit."

"Is this a song, no?"

"I can't understand it either. Hey, look at that huqin player. It's really good. It's like seeing a saw."

"What huqin? That's a cello." Han Lu turned his head and said to the villager who spoke just now, but he couldn't help laughing: "I don't understand, I don't understand."

All the villagers whispered and discussed in disorder. Some women comrades were beating their children, and some elderly people took out their leaf cigarettes and smoked them, spitting out their saliva all over the floor.

Order is a bit chaotic.

It is true that he is a graduate of a key university, and an intellectual, but he is studying science, so he really can't appreciate this kind of elegant art. In his heart, he is the son of a factory fitter, a common man.

The city leader in the front row was still calm, but the district leader was a little embarrassed, his face became ugly, and he asked the town leader in a low voice: "It seems inappropriate to perform classical music today, no one can understand."

When the town leader was criticized, his face became even more ugly, and he turned around and criticized Li Caochang: "What are you doing, Party Secretary Li?"

Li Cao shrank his neck and murmured: "How did I know that the huqin above is so ugly, the next show will be fine."

"Pull the huqin..." the town leader burst out laughing.

Fortunately, the 6-minute classical music has ended, and everyone has accepted a baptism of classical beauty, and I am a little confused.

Next is Tao Tao's Du Shiniang, who is furious at the treasure box, which is also the climax of the whole play, which lasts quite a long time, about ten minutes.

For this play, the cultural center prepared for half a month, during which time there were many rehearsals, and Tao Tao even locked herself in the room and isolated herself from the outside world to figure out the characters.

Everyone has invested a lot in spirit and materials, and they all hope that the show will be a success.

(End of this chapter)