my gilded age

Chapter 88: The little prince wants to steel himself to the rescue

"Wow... nothing happened to us!"

"Old Bai, it's yours!"

"I thought the performance was a disaster! I was so scared that I wanted to go to the toilet!"

"Look at how promising you are."

"Yes! At that time, I almost thought of dying to apologize!"

"Come on, the most you can do is be scared and die. Do you dare?"

"Hahaha……"

There was nothing I could say backstage. Everyone was so excited, especially Zhang Hangqi. He was totally frightened at that time. When he saw Lao Bai appear at the mixing desk, he wanted to kneel down and kowtow, but, Lao Bai Bai was pretty good. Without saying a word, he held the guitar he bought before and just asked for a microphone.

When Lao Bai sang, Zhang Hangqi simply felt like his iron core was shining!

There is no cure, it simply turns rottenness into magic.

So what was Bai Shiqiu's reaction?
"Look! What do you think? It's really us men who save the world! Hahaha... are you witty or not?! Tell me!... Please call me the little prince who saves the day from now on! Ahhaha..."

This guy sure does.

When Teacher Xu saw this, he laughed and said, "I know you have such a good character, so you can't praise me. If you praise me, your tail can pierce the sky."

"Hahaha..." Everyone laughed.

In fact, Bai Shiqiu was really smart about this matter. Fortunately, the gunshot was not too much. There was a small chance that he could steal our scene back.If it were any worse and Zhang Yiman couldn't even die, the show would really be a failure.

Zhang Yiman's death in the end was originally the ending of this drama. At that time, Bai Shiqiu thought of it all at once, and then thought of the song "I Want You".

Now that I have taken it out to save the situation, it feels really good.

At this time, Zhou Shen came over and said, "Old Bai, how about we use this ending in the future?"

Bai Shiqiu has always been in school and is relatively casual, "At least in the magic city, let's do it this way."

"Haha..." Zhou Shen could tell that this guy Bai Shiqiu was probably not doing well because of the ending, but because it was hard to change now that he was acting like this.

At least in one place, the ending cannot always change.

Later, Zhang Yiman's death became the ending of the Magic City version. Which one is better between this ending and the version in Beijing even triggered a lot of discussion.

The initiator of this topic is an ID on the Internet called, 'Bai Shiqiu's Little Fan Girl'.

I won't mention the details.

I was both happy and upset, but it was more important to remove my makeup. Manager Zhang Zhezhang from the theater over there came over.

"Classmate Bai, this ending is very good. Experts, scholars and journalist friends all think it is very good."

"Haha, that's fine."

"How about nine more games?"

"Okay, no problem."

"Hahaha...we still need to cooperate more in the future."

"of course."

The two of them talked as if they were working together.

In fact, the theater also has some doubts about this play. After all, it is a northern play. Even Feng Xiaogang is very sad. Yangtze River, what special abilities does the Chinese Drama student troupe led by you, Bai Shiqiu, have?
The previous "He Killed" was obviously a play focusing on the Shanghai theater market. It had singing and dancing, and was quite fashionable. Everyone was an insider. How could the theater not understand?

Now, as soon as this ending comes out, among the people watching the show, there are experts and reporters with free tickets. They all think that this ending is very artistic.

And the overall response from the audience was so good, what else could the theater leaders think about?
Originally, we were planning to invite a British song and dance troupe to perform, but now it seems that we should let them wait. A Russian ballet company just left. Our theater is still very international, so it is better to perform local plays recently. Yes, down to earth.

Zhang Zhe didn't come alone, he also brought an 'expert' with him to watch the theater with free tickets.

"Oh, Teacher Xu, I just saw you down there and thought I was wrong."

"Hey, isn't this Zhang Mn? Why are you here?"

"I'm just helping you design the stage."

"By the way, you are learning this. Come on, let me introduce it to you."

Everyone had almost finished removing their makeup. Bai Shiqiu sent Zhang Zhe away, but another person came.

When Bai Shiqiu saw this person, he felt like a movie director. Why?
Big black fat man.

Somehow, most of the directors Bai Shiqiu met were of this size, including Wang Xiaoshuai and Zhou Wei. This might be an unexpected fate.

And this person is very familiar with Teacher Xu. Needless to say, he must be our senior brother in the drama.

"Come on, this is Zhang Meng. We graduated from the Chinese Theater Academy. We call him senior brother." Teacher Xu is still very Shanghai-style.

"Hello……"

"Hello."

Everyone is a little confused, because the person in front of them is not very famous yet, but senior brother, maybe one day they will become popular, and if you want to get involved with them, it is very important to build a good relationship now.

These days, no one needs anyone. There are many relationships and many paths.

As a result, everyone was very enthusiastic, but Zhang Meng was more direct and spoke to Bai Shiqiu. "Junior Brother Bai Shiqiu, can we talk alone?"

"..." Everyone was surprised.

Bai Shiqiu was also surprised, but he could only follow along and find a lounge to chat.

"Brother..."

"Junior Brother Bai, you are awesome."

"what?"

"Haha... don't get me wrong, I don't have any other intentions. I came to you just because I saw your performance is very good and I feel very good about it."

"Thank you for your compliment, brother."

After talking to this point, Bai Shiqiu didn't know what to say. What on earth is Senior Brother Zhang Meng doing?

"I haven't finished speaking yet. In fact, the most important thing I came to see you for is that you are also from Northeast China. You belong to our Liaoning..."

"You're from the provincial capital. Senior brother's accent sounds friendly to me."

"Okay, let me tell you the truth, I want to film a movie."

"Filming?"

"Yes, Junior Brother Bai, I wanted to make a movie at the beginning. I have been preparing for a long time. The ideas, concepts, and all aspects have more or less taken shape. However, after watching your play, I want to try and make a movie. Plays seem to work too, let’s put it this way, I’ve watched all three of your plays.”

"Three movies?" Bai Shiqiu was surprised. Could it be including "17 Years Old Bicycle"?It's possible.

However, Zhang Meng smiled and said: "These are your three plays. The ending of this "Lu Deshui" is different, right? Then there are two "Lu Deshui"."

"Oh, that's it..." Bai Shiqiu didn't expect that the other party was so clear about his play.

Zhang Meng said formally at this time: "I want to make a drama like this to tell the story of our hometown and the people in our hometown."

Then, Zhang Meng said all his thoughts, and when Bai Shiqiu heard this, he immediately knew who the big black fat man in front of him was and his works.

It's him, "The Piano of Steel"!
……

After Zhang Meng graduated from Chinese Opera, his development has been good. In this regard, he himself knows a little bit, and it is more or less thanks to his father's guidance.He originally studied stage art, but now he not only works in his old profession, but also writes scripts and makes some reviews.

His father is a director, so Zhang Meng naturally wanted to be a director, but he failed to pass the directing department in the exam, so he had to study something else. However, he never lost his heart and always thought about directing.

Making a movie is not that easy, it requires too much money, and Zhang Mn himself estimates that he will have to wait a few years. But recently, the deeds of his junior brother Bai Shiqiu really shocked Zhang Mn.

"Lu Deshui", "He Killed", and before that, "17-year-old Bicycle", also created a big drama festival.

You haven’t graduated yet, so you can do so much?

talent!

So, I watched Junior Brother Bai's play, and I was a little impressed after watching it. The play was indeed very good, and today's performance was a coincidence. Before the International Arts Festival, this grand theater needed some stage design, and Zhang Meng came up with it. Now that I'm here, it's normal to get free tickets to watch the show, but here's the result.

Junior Brother Bai's reaction was too powerful. If this happened to him, the performance would probably be ruined. The audience might shout refunds and applaud.

I was just a little impressed at first, but now I am very impressed, and I made up my mind to make friends with this junior brother Bai and talk about my thoughts.

I thought of two stories, both about laid-off workers, that is, stories about small people that are happening in my hometown from the 90s to the present.

"That piano player is pretty good." That's what Bai Shiqiu said after hearing this.

But Zhang Meng smiled, "Junior Brother Bai, let me ask you first, do you really dare to play this show?"

This sentence is quite powerful.

It’s hard to make money from a play with this kind of theme, and there aren’t any plays with this kind of theme now.

Are there any plays that tell the story of laid-off workers?
Moreover, Bai Shiqiu is still a reborn person. He knows very well that the movie "The Piano" is very famous and has very high ratings as far as movies are concerned. It is a rare domestic film with high scores on Douban, but , which sucked at the box office.

That is to say, this subject matter is really difficult to sell well. Movies are like this, so what about dramas?

But this time, it was Bai Shiqiu's turn to laugh, and he asked, "Brother, why do you want to make such a show?"

Faced with this problem, Zhang Mangan took a deep breath and seemed to struggle for a long time before saying: "I know that the box office may not be very good. I know that this may be difficult for others. Junior brother, you are so successful now. It is very dangerous to touch this subject. But, but..."

When the most difficult part came, the senior brother finally gritted his teeth and said, "I just want others to know what happened in our hometown."

This is very politically incorrect. Now I am singing, if my heart is in my dream, I will be there. The worst is to start over from scratch... The song is indeed very nice, but is it that simple?

Not many people outside the Northeast really understand what happened on this land, and the changes it has gone through are depressing.

Let’s talk about the Qinchi Wine that Bai Shiqiu knows. During its most prosperous period in the 90s, Qinchi Wine focused on three markets, the three norths, the most important of which was the Northeast.

Of course, this may have something to do with the fact that Northeasterners are better drinkers.

But 20 years later, there is a saying that investment cannot be done in Shanhaiguan.

Why such a huge change?

Is it really like what many outsiders said on the Internet later, are Northeasterners lazy?
Or is it not done well to emancipate the mind?
"Okay! I'm just waiting for senior brother's script. I'm talking about the piano player." Bai Shiqiu agreed.

"Steel Piano" Let's just play it once!
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