my gilded age

Chapter 122 I'm Just a Layman
The rent of the small theater in Beibingmasi Hutong is still very low, and it also sells tickets to the public. However, it is not too popular yet. After all, it has only gone through a major theater festival, and its popularity has not yet reached that level.

Therefore, it is usually used as a rehearsal venue, and it can also earn money from Chinese opera students.

Now is a good time. There will be a major opera festival in more than two months. Why not just close the venue and just rehearse, waiting for the big opera festival to come.

Yuan Hong made a lot of preparations for the festival. At this time, he was somewhat tired, so he threw himself on a seat and watched the rehearsal. Now there is a big play " "Steel Piano", Yuan Hong is looking forward to it.

On the stage, it happened to be Bai Shiqiu. He was wearing a woolen coat and a scarf. He looked old, but he was dressed in such a way that he still had a sense of style. He was handsome with a sense of age, especially when he He had a beard and sloppy short hair, another cigarette hanging from his mouth, and his face was sallow.

This is his Chen Guilin. Originally, Bai Shiqiu's shortcoming was that he was too young and too handsome, but for this role, he didn't wash his face for three days and didn't wash his hair for half a month. Then he wrinkled his brows and kept his beard. Not to mention, I do feel like a middle-aged person.

Chen Guilin came out, and the person standing next to him was naturally his ex-wife Xiaoju.

Xiao Ju is preparing to divorce Chen Guilin. Xiao Ju is a woman who ran away with another man. At this time, Xiao Ju is played by Aiya. Aiya is so beautiful that there is nothing to say, but the disadvantage is that she is young, so it is simple. Put on thick makeup, you can't wait to pay for the foundation by the pound, and choose the reddest lipstick. As for eyebrows, eyeliner, etc., they all smell like travel dust.

There is no choice but to do this.But even so, it's still so beautiful.

Faced with such makeup, Acridine is actually very adaptable, because her real profession now is a dancer, and she is currently being loaned out by CCTV to do supporting choreography for several large-scale evening shows.In the previous youth singing competition, there was also "The Same Song".

After hearing about "The Piano of Steel", she just wanted to try it out. In fact, her real purpose was to play Chinese opera, and now she can experience it more.

After meeting these classmates and having a lot of contact with the Chinese Opera, she became more determined to pass the Chinese Opera exam.

Although today is a rehearsal, the makeup has been determined so that everyone knows what to expect.

"Okay, let's get started." Zhou Shen and Liu Lu are still as before. This time Zhou Shen doesn't have to play the role. He comes from a magical city and doesn't have the rough temperament of the Northeastern people, not to mention he still has to play the role of a laid-off worker.

This is the first act. Our play has just officially begun today. We have already said a lot before.

"Divorce is about mutual fulfillment..."

Acridine read the lines first, but she just said it.

"Stop!" Bai Shiqiu shouted directly.

Liu Lu immediately rolled his eyes over, while Zhou Shen smiled and said: "Yaya, we are a stage play, and we need to hear your voice. Although there will be a microphone during the performance in the Grand Theater, your voice Your voice is too low. In our small theater now, your voice is not enough. Didn’t I teach you some line skills before?"

This is why Bai Shiqiu shouted stop, he was not messing around.

Acridine was a little embarrassed to be told, "Sorry, I..."

"It's okay, let's do it again." It's hard for Zhou Shen to become a tyrant on the set.

Bai Shiqiu actually didn't have many ideas, he just wanted to make this play good. At present, it seems that Aiya, a non-professional actor, may not be easy to train.

Come again.

"Divorce is about mutual fulfillment. You let me go, and I let you go..."

We just talked about this again, and Bai Shiqiu came again.

"stop!"

Liu Lu couldn't help it anymore, "Hey! Some male protagonists, please don't interfere in the director's work!"

Certain male protagonists?
These words were really skillful, and Bai Shiqiu could only smile awkwardly.

But he really wasn't messing around.

Zhou Shen spoke again, "You're not shouting, and you're too stagey this time. In fact, we all know that you have a lot of stage experience, but now this line is like this, you want the audience to hear it , and then it’s very life-like, the person next to you is your husband, and there is a state between you where there is no quarrel, but you are still quarreling.”

In fact, it is difficult here because Chen Guilin and Xiao Ju are facing the audience. Although they are talking about divorce, they do not look at each other. It is obvious that the conflict is deep.

There is some sweat on my forehead. Fortunately, the foundation is thick enough, but I don't know if it will look like mud hanging on the wall. "Sorry, I..."

"You don't have to say sorry all the time." Bai Shiqiu said, "Actually, ah, you are too shy. Sometimes you need to let go. Come on, treat me as your husband. Kick away the one who wants to 's husband."

This is true, but many people can't stand it, especially Liu Lu.

"Certain male protagonists should not use the rehearsal period to talk when they have nothing to say."

When Bai Shiqiu heard this, he was embarrassed. We were just joking.

"exactly!"

"Rehearse well!"

"Old Bai, we are all watching you!"

A group of classmates said that you, Laobai, should not think that you can act unscrupulously just because you are on top of the water.

Bai Shiqiu was really wronged. What he just said was entirely to help others, and he had no other thoughts.

However, there is no need to let go of the injustice.

This is the first scene of the first act of "The Piano of Steel", so the first line has been tossed back and forth more than a dozen times, and it still didn't reach perfection in the end, but it was still acceptable.

"Divorce is to make each other perfect. You let me go, and I let you go."

"Divorce is divorce, don't talk about those useless things... I agree."

"Just agree."

"Then let's take some time to do it. You can move the refrigerator, washing machine, and TV at home."

"Hey, do you think of me as a scrap collector?"

It was barely acceptable. This made the audience understand that the two of them were finished and wanted to divorce, and Bai Shiqiu's voice, because of the large number of strings, made it impossible for anyone to know this guy. Only 20 years old.

I don't want to.

"Stop!" Bai Shiqiu shouted again.

"I asked you what happened?" "Yes! What happened this time?"

Everyone didn't understand. Some people around me were so scared that they wanted to cry. No matter how I said my lines, I couldn't meet the requirements. So, was I good at acting?
It seems that his determination to become an actor in the opera was affected.

"It's not about this, this...I thought of it, can we change it?"

It turns out that this guy Bai Shiqiu wants to change.

Liu Lu had a look of disdain on his face, "Old Bai, you know how to deal with things."

So, how to change it?

"Divorce is to make each other perfect. You let me go, and I let you go."

"Divorce is divorce, don't talk about those useless things... I agree."

"Just agree."

"Then let's take some time to do it. You can move the refrigerator, washing machine, and TV at home."

"Chen Guilin, can you stop pretending like this? Why do you sound like you are rich? The junk collectors don't even come to your door for the junk you mentioned."

"Why is this thing broken?"

"I do not want anything."

"Okay, I saved it."

"Xiao Yuan has to come with me."

"It's absolutely not possible."

"Chen Guilin, Xiao Yuan and you will not be happy."

"Xiao Ju, if I put my damn words here today, I will definitely make Xiao Yuan happy."

Act one, that's basically it.

"Acridine, this is your line. You can learn from your sister Ma Li in a while. You want to feel like telling a joke in a serious manner."

"Oh, okay, Brother Bai."

"I said someone, did you make a mistake?"

"Yeah! Don't always steal the director's job."

The rehearsal for this play was really lively, everyone was talking a lot, but to be honest, the section that Bai Shiqiu just changed was really interesting.

Many people can see it. This enhances the comedy effect.

In the book given by Zhang Mian, Xiaoju said, "Treat me as a waste collector." This sentence is actually the same as Bai Shiqiu's change, and the meaning is similar. However, this change highlights an additional meaning, which is " The word "pretend".

Just pretend a little bit. There is nothing wrong with the character Chen Guilin being a little bit pretentious, and it is indeed easier to make people laugh when you talk about it this way.In addition, a middle-aged laid-off person, who pretends to be a little bit, still has a sad taste.

Bai Shiqiu has said before that he needs to add more laughs, and of course he has to work hard himself. The character Chen Guilin was also played better by him.

But this is only the first act. The first act is so strenuous. The play "The Piano" seems to be quite difficult.

"Old Bai."

"Brother Yuan."

During the break, Yuan Hong came over.

"If this play is done like this, it will definitely not be able to catch up with the big drama festival, right?" Yuan Hong saw it quite accurately.

Bai Shiqiu said: "It was not originally prepared for the big drama festival."

Yuan Hong actually wanted to give some advice, "Old Bai, have you ever thought about taking down that pretty girl and replacing her with a classmate with rich drama experience? Then the other roles will also be based on acting skills. In this way If so, it will be much easier for you to rehearse the play."

Bai Shiqiu understood immediately when he heard it, "Brother Yuan, you have good intentions, I understand."

"Then why not do it? Since you understand."

"Brother Yuan, we think differently. You think a good show is the best, but I don't think so."

"Old Bai, what do you think? Isn't it enough that the show is good?"

Bai Shiqiu smiled. What he said was a little uncomfortable, but there was nothing he could do about it at the moment.

"Brother Yuan, why do you think I want to find such a beautiful girl to play such a role?"

"What?"

"It's box office, it's money making."

"Lao Bai..." Yuan Hong gave Bai Shiqiu a deep look, "Can I say something, are you vulgar?"

Bai Shiqiu smiled after hearing this, "Brother Yuan, I am just a layman."

When Yuan Hong heard this, he was not angry. Instead, he asked, "Old Bai, don't hold me back, talk to me carefully."

Then talk about it carefully...

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