The Pentium Era - South to North

The time is set for November 3rd, 4th and 5th. Yongcheng Wu Opera Troupe's "Shakespeare and Tang Xianzu" will be performed at the Shanghai Grand Theater next to Shanghai People's Square.

Zhang Chen and Tan Shuzhen were both worried that they would not be able to sell the tickets and no one would watch. The entire theater would be empty except for the first few rows of invited experts, scholars and media reporters. It would be such an ugly scene.

Tan Shuzhen asked Lao Wan to be prepared and invite everyone in their company to go to the theater, including the construction workers. Zhang Chen and Xiaomi said that everyone in the company would be invited to go, and Xiaomi was also asked to go. I tried to find a way to mobilize some more people, and called Huijuan to ask if she could get some people from the three hotels.

Huijuan was a little embarrassed. She said: "Brother Zhang, it was the busiest time for dinner at that time. People couldn't leave. If we wait until dinner is over, we will probably only be able to watch the second half."

Zhang Chen thought it made sense and told Huijuan, forget it, forget it at your hotel.

Liu Yun and Zhang Chen said that people in our company can also watch it for three days in a row.

Xiaofang asked them: "Brother-in-law, Sister Zhenzhen, do you still have enough people? If not, I will ask the factory I cooperate with to help and ask them to send workers there."

Erhuo and Zhang Chen said, "Instructor, don't bother me. I'll bring 300 people there with no problem, as long as you give the order."

"Where did you get so many people?" Zhang Chen asked, "Your stevedores no longer need to load and unload goods?"

"There is no need for stevedores. They are forced to work. I asked them to rent warehouses and send two people to each unit. Isn't that enough?" Erhuo said.

Zhang Chen and Tan Shuzhen calculated that such people should be about the same, and the scene would not be too ugly.

Unexpectedly, there were still three days before the performance. Wenwen told Zhang Chen that all the tickets had been sold out and there was not one left. It was not enough to sell.

Zhang Chen was startled and asked: "How is that possible? In Shanghai, even the Shanghai Opera is not enough to sit down now, let alone Wu Opera. How many people in Shanghai know Wu Opera? Do you think it is Zhou Libo's Shanghai style Qingkou?"

Wenwen rolled her eyes at him and said: "Boss, you are too bureaucratic and too idiomed to look down on yourself. Do you think our fans are all dummies and numbers? Let me tell you the news about the performance. As soon as it was posted online, half of the tickets were sold on the same day.”

"Really?" Zhang Chen asked, "Who are these people coming to see?"

"There are people from all over the country. Of course, most of them are from Shanghai and nearby areas. Anyway, there are quite a few people who go to Hangzhou and Suzhou by high-speed rail." Wenwen said.

Zhang Chen still didn't believe it, so he checked the Weibo accounts of Xiangnan and Yongcheng Wu Troupe. Sure enough, there was a lively discussion there, and many people were asking if they had tickets.

Zhang Chen turned to the first Weibo post and found that Wenwen wrote that there would only be three days of performances nationwide this year. If you miss it, it will be gone. No wonder fans are so enthusiastic.

"How's it going, boss? Did you do a good job?" Wenwen asked proudly.

Zhang Chen said she is beautiful. She is indeed beautiful. By the way, where is the celebrity you invited?

Wenwen told Zhang Chen which celebrities would come every day for three days. Zhang Chen was surprised again and asked, "With so many, how much appearance fee will be needed in total?"

"What kind of appearance fee? Do you want them to take advantage of our Nannan's popularity? Do you want to give them face and ask for appearance fee? I told them which media will come to report and which people will attend, and they will just do it. Come, of course, I also threatened a few." Wenwen said.

"What did you threaten?" Zhang Chen asked.

"I threatened them. If they don't give me face, I will send container trucks to block their doorsteps." Wenwen said, "I can boss Wen now, and I can transfer a company of container trucks."

Zhang Chen laughed loudly.

After counting, there are really a lot of guests coming, some invited by Wenwen and some invited by Liu Qing's help. Liu Qing and others will also come to report on the scene and conduct an exclusive interview with Zhang Chen.

Xiang Nan called himself and invited Teacher Bai Xianyong, who was in Suzhou during this period. Teacher Bai Xianyong will also come on the 3rd.

The media in Beijing, the south, and Shanghai, plus Xu Wenhui mobilized the local media in Hangzhou, will all go to the scene to report.

Although it is the Provincial Department of Culture that can ultimately decide whether Xiangnan and the others can go to Beijing, the judges and leaders are in Hangzhou, and the overwhelming reports from the local media in Hangzhou will also put pressure on them.

On the day of the performance, Zhang Chen sat in the auditorium below, accompanying the experts and leaders. Zhang Chen looked at the entire theater and was secretly surprised. He found that more than 80% of the audience were young people.

The experts sitting here were also puzzled. Everyone was muttering, why do so many young people come to watch the show?

Only Mr. Bai Xianyong, who was sitting in the front row, smiled slightly. He said that it was the same when we performed "The Peony Pavilion".

Someone on the side immediately took over the conversation and sighed, it seems that the theater is not in decline, no one is watching the theater, it is because we don’t have a suitable theater for them to watch.

Zhang Chen sat there. Although he was very satisfied with the situation, he was still very uneasy. He knew that young people like to join in the fun and chase stars, and they are a little crazy. But young people are also the least likely to buy it. He is worried that seeing Halfway through, will they stand up and leave one by one.

Tan Shuzhen was backstage, and she also saw the following situation. She was even more nervous than when she was on stage. The actors explained the past one by one, especially Xiang Nan. She warned her again and again, and Xiang Nan smiled and said to her:

"Mom, I wasn't nervous at all, but you said I was."

Tan Shuzhen said quickly: "Okay, mom, stop talking. Nannan, please relax a little."

"I know, Mom." Xiang Nan said.

Tan Shuzhen stopped talking to Xiang Nan and turned around to talk to Yin Tao. Yin Tao quickly said: "Auntie, auntie, I know, I'm just letting myself relax."

"Tan Shuzhen, you can go up yourself." Xu Jianmei said.

Tan Shuzhen said with a wry smile: "If I can get in, I will really do it myself."

"You're worrying!" Lao Tan cursed beside him.

Lao Tan is actually very nervous. Today is the first time for his granddaughter to appear on such a big stage. He is even more nervous than when he was about to appear on the stage of the Great Hall of the People. At that time, he was still a child, a newborn calf, who would he be afraid of? Unexpectedly, when Lin was old and his granddaughter was about to go on stage, he became nervous.

But Lao Tan restrained his nervousness. He did not turn his nervousness into constant nagging like Tan Shuzhen. Instead, he leaned back on a chair and held an enamel cup in his hand just like he did when he came on stage. , closed his eyes, and took a sip from time to time.

He heard Teacher Xu's drums ringing and knew that the performance was about to begin.

The curtain opened, and the audience below was filled with awe. The reporters all picked up their cameras and took pictures. Teacher Wu and Feng Laogui looked at each other and nodded. They knew that the audience was shocked by the beauty of the stage. .

Liu Qing asked Zhang Chen quietly: "Brother Zhang, did you design this?"

Zhang Chen smiled without making a sound.

Liu Qing pursed her lips and smiled, understanding.

As the performance progressed, what Zhang Chen was worried about did not happen. He looked behind him. All the audience were staring at the stage attentively, watching with relish. Zhang Chen's hanging heart slowly relaxed. .

This play is different from other plays, that is, there is no intermission. The director believes that intermission is the most damaging thing to the atmosphere of a play. The atmosphere that was finally created in the first half will disappear during the intermission. Now, we have to start brewing again in the second half.

Zhang Chen thought it made sense and agreed to give it a try. Looking at the reaction at the scene today, it was indeed good. Young people don't come to theaters often, and they are not used to intermissions. The most important thing is that their prostates are good. Three Movies that are many hours long also have no intermissions. Why do you need to use the restroom?

The eight acts of the play were performed in one go. The audience stood up and applauded, still not satisfied. Xiang Nan and Yin Tao came out to say thank you several times. The people below kept shouting "one more", and they didn't know what was coming. They couldn't put the whole thing together Are you going to act it out again?

"A cappella, a cappella, a cappella."

Wenwen, Xiang Nan and Yin Tao said that they suddenly realized that they returned to the stage, and one of them sang a cappella, which won a round of applause. However, they did not let it go. They went on stage again and sang again, three times, and finally Xiang Nan bowed to the audience and laughed. Let me tell everyone:

"Brothers and sisters, it must end eventually, right? Please let me go, please let me go."

The audience below laughed, applauded, and let them go.

After the show was over, Sun Jin came over and said to Zhang Chen excitedly: "That's enough, old classmate. Even if you can't go to Beijing, it's still worth it. I've never seen anything like this before."

The three consecutive days of performances were unprecedented, and the Internet was very lively. Offline, there were many people waiting for refunds at the entrance of the Shanghai Grand Theater every day. When Xiang Nan and the others were about to get on the bus back to the hotel, they were also People surrounded him, holding program notes and asking for autographs. The scene was really like that of a big star.

After the performance ended on the third night, Zhang Chen specially asked Huijuan to arrange overtime at Tuxiangyuan Hotel on Huaihai Middle Road. A celebration dinner was held there. Zhang Chen and Tan Shuzhen awarded each cast member who rushed to Shanghai two thousand yuan. A big red envelope of eight hundred yuan.

Sun Jin and Ding Baigou said that our seminars should also be more exciting.

Ding Baigou said, "No need to add more. The fire has already started. Now the media is reporting on this performance. Several people who were unable to come to the seminar because they had something to do with it have said that they can come."

"Chameleon!" Sun Jin cursed.

Ding Baigou said: "They are afraid of offending Zhewu and dare not come to carry our sedan chair."

"What about now? Are you not afraid now?" Sun Jin said angrily.

Ding Baigou smiled and said: "Now that I know that this seminar will definitely attract the attention of the media, this is a time to make themselves proud, so what are they afraid of?"

Sun Jin and Ding Baigou, one representing the Yongcheng City Government and the other representing the Yongcheng City Culture, Broadcasting, Tourism and Sports Bureau, toasted everyone at the table. After the toasts, they came back and sat down. Ding Baigou asked Tan Shuzhen:

"Where's Teacher Tan? Why don't you see Teacher Tan?"

Tan Shuzhen said: "He watched it for two days and was probably relieved. He and Lao Yang have gone back today."

Tomorrow, the entire troupe will return to Yongcheng, and Feng Laogui, Xiang Nan, Yin Tao and the other main actors will stay in Hangzhou with Sun Jin, Ding Baigou and others to participate in the event organized by the Yongcheng City Government in Hangzhou the day after tomorrow. A seminar on "Shakespeare and Tang Xianzu" was held in the city.

The seminar was held in Zhang Chen's clubhouse at Genshan Power Plant.

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