National style artist

Chapter 123
Due to the fact that Master Du Jinfang wants to accept apprentices here today, the Mei Lanfang Grand Theater did not perform today. The usual performances of this theater are basically Peking Opera, and sometimes some operas and dramas are also performed. Nowadays There are fewer people who like these types of dramas, but a larger theater like this one is still in Yanjing, which is a bit better.

After Shen Ge and Li Ying walked in, they saw that there were already many people inside at this moment, and it seemed very lively.Thinking about it, Master Du Jinfang, as the leading figure of the Mei School, will definitely have many people watching his apprenticeship ceremony today.

The staff had already prepared the things needed for apprenticeship. Li Ying saw that there was a background board with a photo of Shen Ge and Master Du Jinfang on the stage. This photo was taken by the two of them the day before yesterday. It also said "Master Du Jinfang accepts apprentice Chen Ge's Appreciation Ceremony" in large characters, with flowers on both sides. This apprenticeship ceremony is based on the results of discussions between Master Du Jinfang and Shen Ge, and everything is kept simple.

However, although the form is simple, the people present today are not simple. Shen Ge and Li Ying met many famous opera masters along the way, some were strangers, they did not know Shen Ge, but Shen Ge knew them; People who have met once during the performances at the People's Theater will greet each other with a smile when they meet.

"There are so many masters!" Li Ying looked at the people present and couldn't help but said, "I remember that when I worshiped my master as a teacher, there was no one else but us master and apprentice. Toast a cup of tea, and the apprenticeship ceremony is complete."

"Actually, it's almost the same," Shen Ge smiled, "It's just that my current conditions are much better than those of you and your master."

"Yes."

Li Ying nodded.

Shen Ge and Li Ying went straight to the backstage. In addition to the staff coming in and out, there were also some people who were close to Master Du Jinfang chatting inside. They were mainly Peking opera actors who practiced Mei School. There are other people from Shang, Cheng and Xunzhong.

"Master Du."

Seeing the person in front of him, Shen Ge called out respectfully. Although the master-student relationship between the two is already a certainty, but at this moment there is no official apprenticeship. After all, he can't directly call her master, or " Master Du".

After greeting Master Du Jinfang, Shen Ge greeted the other people around him one by one. Each of these people is a popular figure in the opera world today. Carry forward the banner of opera, and devote ourselves to promoting opera culture to others.If you pay attention to and understand the Spring Festival Gala every year, you will know that the few people in front of you are frequent visitors to the Spring Festival Gala opera shows. Get to know what they look like.

"Hello, Teacher Li!"

"Hello, Mr. Shi!"

"Hello, Teacher Dong!"

"Hello, Teacher Wang Yan!"

Shen Ge greeted each of them.

Li Ying, who had always been extroverted beside her, seemed a little restrained at this moment. After greeting the teachers in front of her with Shen Ge, she quietly backed away a little, hiding half of her body behind Shen Ge.

"Hello there!"

"Hello there!"

"Hello there!"

Several teachers also looked at the two with smiles, but of course they mainly focused on Shen Ge.

They all just learned the news a few days ago. When they first heard that Master Du Jinfang was going to accept apprentices, they all searched in their hearts for what they thought were better young actors nowadays. When selecting candidates for apprentices, they were all surprised. They had never heard of the name "Shen Ge". Why did Mr. Du suddenly accept him as an apprentice? Everyone had their own guesses.

And when the insider sent the video of Shen Ge performing "Si Lang Visits His Mother: Sitting in the Palace" to a few of them, they instantly understood why Mr. Du and this young man had only met once, but they suddenly wanted to accept it. It is a disciple.

Because... this is a good seedling!

What puzzled them was that, according to other people, it seemed that this young man had never been a teacher before, and it was for this reason that Master Du Jinfang immediately decided to accept him as a disciple in person.But... for a young man with such amazing talents and such an authentic flavor of Mei Pai, if he said that there is no master, who would believe it? !
For a while, like everyone else, they couldn't understand this question.

Master Mei Baojiu's disciple, Teacher Li Shengsu, had seen the video of Shen Ge's performance in "The Beautiful Boy of the Country" on Douyin before, so when she learned that it was Shen Ge who wanted to worship Master Du Jinfang as a teacher, she thought of herself I once said that there is no need to look for this young man, and I will definitely meet in the future when I have the opportunity. I didn't expect that the two would meet not long after her tour ended, and it was on such an occasion.

"I saw a video of your performance on Douyin before, and I thought at the time that this guy sings well, and I will definitely have a chance to meet him in the future," Teacher Li Shengsu said, "I didn't expect that it would be so long before we meet! "

Shen Ge smiled slightly: "I've also heard of Mr. Li's name for a long time, and I was thinking about going to see your performance sometime, but I just haven't been able to find the time..."

"It's okay." Teacher Li Shengsu waved his hand, "Next time there is a performance, I'll give you a ticket!"

"Thank you, Teacher Li!"

Shen Ge thanked.

"You're welcome!"

The few people had a very good impression of Shen Ge. This young man didn't feel restrained like the students in the drama school when they faced them. Moreover, with such a high talent, he didn't show a trace of arrogance. Instead, he was humble and polite. Gentle and elegant, I couldn't help but sigh in my heart, Master Du Jinfang really practiced it this time.

Before the apprenticeship ceremony started, everyone was waiting in the backstage. Famous opera masters came to greet Master Du Jinfang one after another. By the way, they also wanted to see the true face of the disciple that Master Du Jinfang accepted today.

With the passage of time, Shen Ge has greeted many people. Although he is now very mature in both Mei School and Yan School, he is still like a primary school student in today's opera world. Usually, he doesn't know anything and knows very few people, so he took this opportunity to meet a lot of people.

Although I am still not familiar with it at this moment, I will gradually become familiar with chatting and chatting. If I know more people, I will have more paths in the opera world in the future, right?

After a while, the apprenticeship ceremony officially began.

Shen Ge followed Master Du Jinfang, and everyone walked out of the backstage together.

At this moment, under the guidance of the host, the audience was full of people. Today, not only famous opera masters, but also some of their students came here specially to watch the apprenticeship ceremony.

Then Master Du Jinfang sat firmly on the chair on the stage, with a faint smile on his face, watching all this calmly.Compared with the previous times of accepting apprentices, some people think that her accepting apprentices this time is actually a bit sloppy, because even though Shen Ge is very powerful, his origin is mysterious, and after meeting him, she accepts others. As a disciple, if something happens in the future, it may have an impact on Du Lao's reputation.

So in addition to some people who are optimistic about Master Du's apprenticeship, there are still some people who have reservations about it.

However, after so many years of ups and downs, Mr. Du naturally has his own thoughts in his heart when he accepts Shen Ge as his apprentice.

Shen Ge stood on the other side and took a deep breath.

Music was playing throughout the theater, and the host from Yanjing Radio and Television Station said the opening speech on the stage: "Welcome everyone, today is Shen Ge, an excellent young Danjiao actor who is apprenticed by Master Du Jinfang, a famous Peking Opera master of Mei School. Today is a group of virtuous and talented people, including our old leaders who care about the Peking Opera industry, our respected seniors, and our generations of Peking Opera people, gathered here..."

"There are so many old leaders and seniors here, although everyone is familiar with each other, but in order to show the solemnity of our apprentice apprenticeship ceremony, I still want to introduce to you, the leaders and guests who are present today... ..."

Following the host’s introductions, there was bursts of warm applause from the audience, such as Mr. Ye Shaolan, the head of the Ye School and a famous Peking opera artist; Mrs. Ma Xiaoman, the beloved daughter of Mr. Mr. Fang's adoptive daughter; also Professor Ye Peng, director of BJ Peking Opera, Mr. Li Enjie...

Standing on the side, Shen Ge was amazed in his heart. Even though he knew in his heart that there must be a gathering of big shots today, he did not expect that the people who came were beyond his imagination. Following the introduction of the host, some opera masters stood up After that, there are even many people whose names he has never seen.

"Shen Ge is an excellent young actor..."

At this time, the host stood on the stage and began to introduce today's protagonist, Shen Ge's information.

Like other young actors when they are apprentices, it is relatively simple for the host to introduce their information, because basically most of them are already well-known in the opera circle before apprenticeship, even if they are not particularly famous, they still have a certain amount of information. Resume, so that the host can easily introduce.

But Shen Ge is different. He officially entered the sight of many actors in the opera world when everyone knew that Master Du Jinfang was going to accept him as a disciple. Before that, others knew nothing about him. I don't know where he learned the Mei School Tsing Yi Kungfu, what awards he has won, and what repertoire he has represented.

But if I have to talk about it, it is estimated that there is only "Siro Visiting Mother Sitting in the Palace" performed in the People's Theater a few days ago.

So when the host introduced him, he roughly said that he was an excellent young actor, and then praised him around the program "Shiro Visits His Mother Sitting in the Palace", and then said: "Let us have Shen Ge, please come to the stage and give a speech, expressing your willingness to become a teacher!"

He has already understood the steps and links of these teacher apprenticeships, and now the process of giving a speech on stage will naturally not be tense. After finishing the draft, he can just speak directly.

"First of all, thank you all for coming here..."

In the face of so many bigwigs in the opera world, Shen Ge didn't show any nervousness on his face. He stood firmly on the stage, reading the manuscript that had been typed long ago, and calmly said that he would pay homage to Master Du Jinfang The purpose of being a teacher, his views on the current opera industry, his objective thinking and his neither humble nor overbearing attitude attracted everyone to applaud, and at the same time, some people who had prejudices against him changed their attitude towards him.

After Shen Ge finished speaking, the next step was to formally apprentice.

"Please Shen Ge, pay homage to Master!"

After hearing the host's words, Shen Ge took a step forward and stood in front of Master Du Jinfang with a red cushion under his feet. Then he knelt down and respectfully kowtowed three times.

There was applause and congratulations from the audience.

After three times, Master Du Jinfang helped him up, Shen Ge looked at Master Du Jinfang and said, "Master!"

"Eh!"

Master Du Jinfang responded with a smile.

The audience applauded again.

Shen Ge looked at Li Ying who was next to him, and Li Ying immediately understood, took out a box from behind, and handed it to Shen Ge.

After he took it, he gave his teacher apprentice gift to Master Du Jinfang instead.

Master Du Jinfang took it with a smile, did not open it, then put it aside, and then took a smaller box from the person around him, and put it in Shen Ge's hand.

"Thank you Master!"

Master Du Jinfang smiled and nodded.

Then the host followed the procedure and asked Mr. Du to speak on the stage. Everyone could see that Mr. Du was very happy today, and he also liked his new apprentice very much. Song himself felt a little embarrassed.

After Mr. Du finished his speech, a group of bigwigs took the stage to speak. After Mr. Yu Kuizhi, the vice president of the National Peking Opera Company, came on stage, he started talking endlessly. People who knew him seemed to know his character, but He didn't care too much about it, but in the end, his partner Teacher Li gave him a wink, which made him calm down and stepped off the stage.

Several other bigwigs took the stage to speak one after another, and after a few 10 minutes, the apprenticeship ceremony officially ended.

But when it was about to end, someone suggested: "Why don't you take advantage of this day and invite little brother Shen Ge to perform for us on stage. After all, many of us present have never seen your performance with our own eyes. We are all very curious to be favored by Master Du!"

This sentence immediately aroused the echo of other people. It is not uncommon to perform after the apprenticeship ceremony. On happy days, there are not many opportunities for everyone to get together, so basically they will sing a verse or two to add to the fun.

What's more, it is Shen Ge who has a mysterious origin in the eyes of everyone, and everyone is even more curious about his performance and looking forward to it.

"it is good!"

Shen Ge nodded in agreement.

"Today is a good day. I worshiped my master as a teacher and gave my master a meeting gift, but I didn't give gifts to the seniors in the opera world. Then use this program as a meeting gift and give it to all the leaders and seniors here! "

(End of this chapter)