Actor: My Entertainment Era

Chapter 202 It's All For Play

After Zhang Yuanjun returned from France, he first went to see Yu Feihong to confirm that "Love Has an Afterlife" was indeed shut down due to the weather, and the crew had to return to Beijing.

Teacher Yu asked Zhang Yuanjun with a begging tone to set aside a schedule to finish filming "Love Has an Afterlife".

Zhang Yuanjun patted his chest and promised: "Don't worry, I will be rehearsing dramas in Beijing in the second half of the year, and you can call me anytime when the crew restarts."

In the afternoon of that day, Zhang Yuanjun appeared in the Human Art Theater and rehearsed "Camel Xiangzi" with Guo Yijun and others.

"Camel Xiangzi" did not have the role of Xiao Shunzi. This role was added by Mei Qian, the director at the time of Renyi's adaptation in 57.

Xiao Shunzi is also a driver and a colleague of Xiangzi, but he chooses a different path from Xiangzi - he runs away, he revolutionizes.

He took refuge in Xiangzi's house and distributed revolutionary leaflets to Xiangzi.

Xiao Shunzi runs through the whole play, actually adding a red line of resistance to the whole play.

As for why such a character was added.It is time to go back to the time when "Camel Xiangzi" was published more than 50 years ago.

The story is very long. Generally speaking, for some reason, the editor of the publishing house at that time asked Mr. Lao She to revise Xiangzi's ending, saying, "It is better to delete Xiangzi's depravity, which is uncomfortable to read."

Mr. Lao She had to stop Xiangzi's fall. "Camel Xiangzi" was published.

When Renyi adapted the drama in 57, it further added the role of Xiao Shunzi to lead Xiangzi to the light.

Renyi has been arranging "Camel Xiangzi" in this way for 50 years.

As soon as Zhang Yuanjun arrived at the theater, his colleagues made fun of him:
"Busy man, you still know to come back?"

"Sin, sin." Zhang Yuanjun had already put on Xiao Shunzi's tattered clothes and put on makeup, and said with a smile, "I'm very guilty, I must line up in the back, I must line up well."

Regardless of whether the actors of the People's Art Theater are filming film and television dramas, if they don't want to rehearse the theater's plays, they will change them immediately. If you don't want to act, some people want to act.

Zhang Yuanjun has done two things in the first half of the year. One is to film "Love Has an Afterlife", which is still unfinished. Now it is shut down, and the other is to go to Cannes.

He really wasn't a busy person. If he was busy, he couldn't be as busy as Aftershock, the hero of "Camel Xiangzi".

After "Secret Service No. 5" became popular, Yu Zhen received a reluctance to accept the drama. I heard that he will broadcast [-] dramas next year.

"Okay, now that you're here, hurry up and rehearse, the performance will start on the 1st." Director Gu Wei hurriedly organized a rehearsal.

"Camel Xiangzi" is an old drama of human art, and the rehearsal time given is not long, only 4 days, and it will be performed after rehearsal.

Although Xiao Shunzi is a supporting role, Zhang Yuanjun prepared seriously enough. In order to reflect the character's sense of story, he insisted on writing a biography of more than 2 words for this character, and described Xiao Shunzi's past and experiences that were not clearly explained in the play. There are also future endings added.

In this way, the characters have roots, instead of characters who come out to say a few words and then step down, and then come out to say a few words and then step back.

Zhang Yuanjun kept up with the progress during the third rehearsal.

Four days have passed, and the performance at the Capital Theater on the night of the 4st has been completed wonderfully.

Except for majors in drama performance, ordinary young people have little interest in dramas like "Camel Xiangzi". The main target audience of this drama is middle-aged and elderly drama fans.

But what is strange today is that 80% of the seats in the theater are filled with young girls.

This makes the main creators, including the director, very puzzled.

The colleagues at the box office gave the answer: "They all came to see Zhang Yuanjun."

Zhang Yuanjun on the side was taken aback for a moment, he didn't even know about this.

"Don't look at me," Zhang Yuanjun was also confused, "I don't even know them."

A colleague at the box office said: "A few days ago when the tickets were issued, several girls came to ask, 'Is the Zhang Yuanjun written in your cast list the one who played Yang Guo?' I said yes. Some fans bought more than 100 tickets."

"I really don't know about this." Zhang Yuanjun explained, "If I knew in advance, I wouldn't let them do this."

"Why not?" director Gu Wei said with a smile, "No matter what the reason is, if people can come to our theater to watch a play, we should welcome them. Seeing is better than not watching. With so many young people coming to our performance, why not let."

Dramas are hard to do these days. Although there is no shortage of audiences for Renyi, old dramas like "Camel Xiangzi" can still attract young people to watch dramas in drama theaters. Isn't this the purpose of their rehearsal for the new version.

"Last month, the Mandarin "Blind City" premiered at Peking University. It was performed for four consecutive days. Why is the effect so good? There is Liu Yifei!"

Guo Yijun interjected: "I also went to see it at the time, good guy, it's the first time I've seen a drama show with a support banner, and the front row is full of Liu Yifei's fans, those who didn't know thought the heroine was Liu Yifei, the four God, the venue is full."

"You watched it for four days?" Zhang Yuanjun asked.

"I...I also went to see Liu Yifei." Guo Yijun was a little embarrassed, and then said, "Her fans were so crazy during the performance in those few days, I didn't talk to her, Yuanjun, you have a good relationship with her , help me get her autographed photo."

"I have it there, I will bring it to you tomorrow." Zhang Yuanjun said.

"You still hide her autographed photo?" Guo Yijun glanced at Zhang Yuanjun ambiguously.

"I'm in the same class as her, and we filmed two movies together. It's normal to have her autographed photo, right? I also have her autographed album. If you want, I can give it to you."

"I don't want it, she gave you the album, just get me an autographed photo, is there one for Xiaolongnu?"

"Have."

At the dinner party after the performance, Yu Zhen commented on Zhang Yuanjun's fans' behavior of almost booking the venue today: "I don't think there is anything wrong with it. You don't care what the audience comes to see, you don't care whether he understands the show, whether he is really spending money See? Older opera actors, just Boss Mei, Chenghua Club also has other good actors, but no matter what, the audience pays to go to the theater to see Boss Mei, and other actors follow suit, taking the ticket money to support their families .”

"I can't compare myself to Boss Mei." Zhang Yuanjun felt that the metaphor of aftershock was inappropriate.

"That's the reason," Yu Zhen felt a little drunk, "as long as he can sit in the seat, he can talk about everything else. It doesn't matter whether he understands opera or not. If 100 people come to watch, if you can keep five or six people, you can increase it in the future." Did you get five or six cheering audiences? The third child," Aftershock patted Zhang Yuanjun on the shoulder, "It's not bad to be able to pull the audience into the theater!"

"Yes, yes. You drank too much, go back and rest quickly, there will be a performance tomorrow night."

A group of people had dinner and parted ways.

"Camel Xiangzi" will be performed at the Capital Theater for 6 consecutive days starting from June 1st. A play like "Camel Xiangzi" will never lack audiences.

In addition, Zhang Yuanjun's studio is really guiding its fans into the Capital Theater to watch the show in an orderly manner. The attendance rate of "Camel Xiangzi" remains high, exceeding 75% every day.

Zhang Yuanjun used to laugh at some artists' official management of fans, but he didn't expect to do the same.

Zhang Yuanjun's studio will give out 10 "Camel Xiangzi" tickets to fans every day, and Zhang Yuanjun will meet and interact with these 10 fans after the performance.

He can only comfort himself, it's all for the show!

(End of this chapter)