Chapter 229: The Appointment of the Meilanfang Peking Opera Troupe
Pei Yanzhi knew that he was here today for this matter, he pondered for a moment and said, "Master Jiu, in fact, I don't really care about those remarks on the Internet!"
Mei Wenjiu glanced at Li Zhengsu, who had a different color on his face, and asked with a smile, "Oh, how do you say it?"
Pei Yanzhi sat up straight, looked at the two seniors of the Mei School, and said solemnly, "My purpose has always been very clear, I have created opera songs, and the electronic music version of "Dingjun Mountain" I created has only one purpose, so that those young people who have never heard Peking Opera will like Peking Opera, if my works can make some young people like Peking Opera, then I will not work in vain!"
Li Zhengsu frowned and said, "So now there are many people on the Internet who are accusing you of tarnishing Peking Opera, and you are ruining Peking Opera, what do you think?"
Pei Yanzhi laughed and said, "Sutuan don't listen to the remarks of those people on the Internet, it's all alarmist, or afraid that the world will not be chaotic, their idea is actually to discredit me, although I say that I am the descendant of the Ma faction, and my identity is a little special, but I have never said that what I sing is Peking Opera, I have never said that, I have always used this kind of thing to attract the attention of those who don't understand Peking Opera and have never heard of Peking Opera, so that they can know this art!"
Li Zhengsu shook his head slightly and said, "Although you didn't say that, many people will mistakenly think that your opera songs are Peking Opera, on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, I also heard your song "Guanshan Wine", at that time I heard a lot of young people whispering, it turns out that Peking Opera is so good!"
Pei Yanzhi's face was a little confused, and he said with some uncertainty, "Sutuan, is this really the case, I really haven't noticed this, because whether it's on Weibo or when I'm live broadcasting, I will tell them that I am singing opera songs, not Peking Opera, I didn't expect there to be such a big misunderstanding, it seems that the remarks on the Internet are not groundless!"
Li Zhengsu nodded slightly, still very satisfied with Pei Yanzhi's attitude of knowing and admitting mistakes.
Li Zhengsu said, "In fact, now I find that many young people have begun to like Peking Opera, according to the report of Peking Opera Theaters around the world after unboxing these days during the Chinese New Year, the attendance rate is much higher than in previous years, and the attendance rate of young people has also made a great breakthrough, you know, in the past, people over thirty or forty years old would come to listen to Peking Opera, but I didn't expect that the number of young people in their twenties has increased significantly in the theater performances in the past few days this year, I have to say, Pei Yanzhi, this is your credit!"
Pei Yanzhi didn't know anything about this, and he didn't expect that he would drive so many young people to listen to the opera, and according to the words of the Su Tuan, this is not the situation of one province and one city, but the changes in the Peking Opera market in the entire China, which is too exaggerated!
Pei Yanzhi also hurriedly said cautiously, "The Su Troupe has won the award, I don't think these will be my credits, it should be the efforts of our Peking Opera Troupe over the years, I can't afford such a big credit!"
Looking at Pei Yanzhi, who was sincerely frightened, Li Zhengsu and Mei Wenjiu looked at each other and smiled, Mei Wenjiu coughed lightly and said with a smile, "Boy, it's your credit, we won't give you a penny, do you think we won't investigate?"
Li Zhengsu said with a smile, "Everyone has discovered the abnormality of the Peking Opera market this year, so the troupe will randomly find some young people to visit at the end, and most of the young people say that they have listened to your songs and watched your live broadcast, so they thought of coming to see what the real Peking Opera looks like!"
Mei Wenjiu also continued, "Yes, and finally asked them what they thought of Peking Opera, and most of them said that although they didn't understand it, the spirit and feeling of the actors on stage were still good, no less than watching a movie, and they would come again if they had the opportunity in the future, although I don't know if this was a kind word, but after listening to it, I was also very excited!"
Pei Yanzhi showed a proud smile on his face at this time, he didn't expect that he would be able to lead so many young people into the theater to listen to Peking Opera, which is a huge progress, which makes Pei Yanzhi even more determined to encircle the city from the countryside, that is, from the success of other industries, to attract the audience to the pond of Peking Opera.
Nowadays, the water in the pond of Peking Opera has dried up a bit, and water needs to be brought from other places, but the practice of most Peking Opera performers is to continue digging down in the pond, hoping to dig water.
Pei Yanzhi's approach is to bring water from other ponds, hold the water with his own hands, and put it into the pond of Peking Opera, there will be a lot of loss in the process, but as long as the water can enter the pond and be left by the pond, it is a victory.
Li Zhengsu also looked at Pei Yanzhi with some appreciation, and said with a smile, "Yanzhi, I actually haven't looked down on your so-called drama songs, thinking that this is not the right way, but I didn't expect your method to be quite effective, it seems that I am really old and can't keep up with the times!"
Pei Yanzhi hurriedly smiled and said, "Sutuan is not old, you are the ageless goddess of our Peking Opera industry, I don't know how many young men regard you as a goddess now, not only the banner of the Mei faction, but even the banner of our Danjiao also needs you to carry it!"
Li Zhengsu sneered, he was really glamorous, his eyes flowed, and he scolded with a smile, "You little slippery head, you are really poor, what kind of goddess, how old am I, if you don't say it, I will forget that you are the successor of the Pei faction in Tsing Yi! You kid, it's really admirable, you are the voice that belongs to the ancestor to appreciate the meal, in the past, it was not that there was no horn like you who could sing in the past, but in fact, it was a fool's nonsense, my master also used to string old students back then, but only once or twice a year!" How can there be such a thing as you, two hugs, and both sing well, this is too rare!"
Mei Wenjiu looked at the two of them talking with a smile, and his eyes were also a little excited, this year's theater report, the gradual increase in young people, although not all of them will stay, but as long as they can leave some, this is the import of Tianren! Although the previous Peking Opera said that the performance rate was good, it was basically people in their thirties and forties, mainly middle-aged and elderly, and there were basically no young people.
Now that young people are starting to enter the theater, it's a big thing to celebrate.
Li Zhengsu looked at Pei Yanzhi and said approvingly, "Yanzhi, after the Chinese New Year, the Meilanfang Peking Opera Troupe will perform a report performance in the capital first, are you interested in performing a play?"
Pei Yanzhi said with some excitement, "Su Tuan, can I really do it?"
Li Zhengsu pursed his lips and smiled, and said, "Of course you can, don't you know your ability?"
Pei Yanzhi is very excited, Meilanfang Peking Opera Troupe is the best Peking Opera troupe in the whole China, there are countless good actors in it, Meilanfang Peking Opera Troupe will have hundreds of performances every year, full of talents, there will always be a team in the capital, maintain the performance task in the capital, and there has always been a huge team will tour all over the country, and there are performances abroad every year, which is unattainable in other Peking Opera theaters or Peking Opera teams.
Being able to sing a play with the Meilanfang Peking Opera Troupe is a dream of many Peking Opera people in China, including Pei Yanzhi, of course.
After all, the Meilanfang Peking Opera Troupe is full of talents, and it is rare to invite others to sing in the troupe, unless it is those artists who will come to perform one or two, and among the young actors, there is almost no such outstanding person who will be favored by the Meilanfang Peking Opera Troupe.
Pei Yanzhi should have broken this record, at the age of twenty, he was invited to perform in the Meilanfang Peking Opera Troupe, which made Pei Yanzhi very excited.
Pei Yanzhi stood up, bowed respectfully to Mei Wenjiu and Li Zhengsu, and said, "Thank you for the wrong love, Yanzhi is deeply honored!"
Mei Wenjiu said with a smile, "Okay, what are you doing so officially, you don't have to pay attention to those words on the Internet these days, the Beijing Peking Opera Company will soon issue a statement and will announce your credit this time, which is a great thing, although it will not bring you anything, at least it will make those who talk nonsense shut up their mouths, and they don't do anything serious all day long, they know to sow discord, hmph, if it were when I was young, I would have kicked them out one by one!"
Jiu Ye was furious, and even Li Zhengsu quickly stood up, bowing his head and being speechless.
Pei Yanzhi looked at Mei Wenjiu, who was not angry and arrogant, and admired in his heart, this respectable and respectable old man has dedicated all his efforts to Peking Opera all his life, and what he hates the most is that someone wants to destroy the hard-won good situation in the Peking Opera industry this time!