Chapter 118: Borrowing an actor
When Xu Wangqiu heard this, he turned his head and saw a young man in his twenties, holding a guitar in his hand, standing at the door and poking his brain into the room, looking like a young man who liked music. should have heard Shen Chong's singing voice and thought that "Serving the Country with Loyalty" was very good, so he came over and asked what song it was.
Gu Jianfen stopped playing the piano and told Xu Wangqiu that this was a young man who lived next door and usually liked to play the guitar. She smiled at the young man and said, "This song is called "Serving the Country with Loyalty", and it is written by Yue Fei. β
The young man asked, "This song is very good, Mr. Gu, can you teach me?"
Gu Jianfen pointed at Xu Wangqiu and said: "This song was written by him, if you want to learn it, you should find him." β
When the young man heard that Xu Wangqiu was the author, he immediately asked, "Can you teach me?"
Xu Wangqiu chuckled: "Yes, but you have to answer me a few questions." β
The young man said, "Whatever question you want to ask, just ask!"
Xu Wangqiu asked Gu Jianfen and them to practice one after another, and he and the young man came to the outside of the room. He looked at the young man and asked, "We're going to have a concert at the Capital Gymnasium." This concert has famous actors like Guo Lanying and Li Guyi, as well as rookies like Zheng Xulan, and many actors who have not become famous. At the concert, we will release a batch of new songs, including songs like "Loyal to the Country", would you like to go to our performance? How much do you think the ticket price is appropriate for such a performance?"
In the next few days, Gu Jianfen continued to guide Ren Yan and them to practice, while Xu Wangqiu and they went to various song and dance troupes to borrow actors. Xu Wangqiu's idea for the concert is 11 actors, and in addition to Ren Yan, Shen Chong, Guo Lanying and Li Guyi, seven actors need to be found. Xu Wangqiu selected seven from the list of actors provided by Xu Wangchuan, namely Zhu Mingying, Zheng Xulan, Li Qingfeng of the Oriental Song and Dance Troupe, Yan Xiuwen of the General Political Song and Dance Troupe, Su Xiaoming of the Haizheng Song and Dance Troupe, Zhang Bangmo of the Second Artillery Art Troupe, and Jiang Dawei of the Central National Song and Dance Troupe. Then Xu Wangqiu and their soldiers were divided into two parts, Xu Wangqiu and Xu Wangchuan went to the local art troupe, and Xie Fei went to the army art troupe.
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It is not easy to convince the leaders of the song and dance troupe to support the concert, and it must be negotiated at one time, otherwise it will be difficult to have room for manoeuvre. In order to increase the success rate, Xu Wangqiu pulled the head teacher Situ Zhaodun up. Mr. Situ's father is the vice minister of the Ministry of Culture, and he knows the leaders of various song and dance troupes.
Only Li Guyi encountered a little twist and turn, she went to the Northeast to perform, and she couldn't be contacted for the time being. However, a week later, Xu Wangqiu got in touch with Li Guyi by phone and told her briefly about music. Li Guyi himself is a national singer, but his ideology is relatively open, he is not exclusive to Hong Kong and Taiwan pop music, and he has been learning from others' good places. After hearing about the concept of entering the new era concert, he immediately expressed his willingness to participate in this performance.
Li Guyi's promise to participate in the concert is undoubtedly a major victory, and it is okay to use all newcomers in the concert, and the eight actors in the previous Rising Star Concert are basically newcomers. However, if all newcomers are used, the ticket price will not be high. With Guo Lanying and Li Guyi, the situation is different, other people's tickets sell for five cents, and Xu Wangqiu can sell them for one piece.
In the process of contacting the actors, there was a surprise, Xu Wangqiu and they found the host of the concert. This is a very coincidental thing, Xu Wangqiu and Xu Wangchuan had a beautiful girl next to them when they were watching a performance at the Palace of Nationalities. The girl had heard others talk about the concert, and now she heard that the concert was organized by Xu Wangqiu, and immediately said Have you seen my curtain call? Can you let me report the curtain?
Xu Wangqiu heard that this girl named Bai Qiuling was the announcer of the Chinese Song and Dance Troupe, so he specially found a time to watch her announce the curtain. There is no talk of the host yet, they are all called announcers. Since 49 years, the domestic theatrical performances have been Soviet-style, and the announcer often says three lines. For example, Li Guyi sang on stage, and the announcer said: "The next show is a female solo, singer Li Guyi, the first song "Unforgettable Tonight". "This is true whether it is a TV station or a theatrical performance.
However, Bai Qiuling is a little different from others, she added friendly words such as "audience friends", "everyone gathers together", and "how beautiful the moonlight is tonight" when announcing the curtain. Forty years later, this is the most common clichΓ©, but in this era when the ban on ideas has just been lifted, it is already a very rare attempt.
Xu Wangqiu felt that Bai Qiuling's style of announcing the curtain was very novel, and there was already a prototype of the host, which was very in line with the theme of "Entering the New Era Concert", so he decided that she would be the announcer of the concert.
Contrary to the situation on Xu Wangqiu's side, Xie Fei's borrowing from the army art troupe was not so smooth. The army art troupe did not agree, but it did not refuse either, but only said that they would study and study. Xu Wangqiu and the others knew that the army art troupe had concerns, there was no precedent for this kind of concert, no one had done it before, and they were worried about making mistakes. It's just that the troops didn't agree, and Xu Wangqiu and they had no other way but to continue to wait.
Fortunately, the approval of the Ministry of Culture came down quickly. With the approval of the Ministry of Culture, even if there is a problem, the Ministry of Culture will take it. When Xie Fei took the approval document to the leaders of the army's art troupe, they all readily agreed.
At this time, Xu Wangqiu and Xu Wangchuan also came to the Opera and Dance Theater with the approval of the Ministry of Culture and invited Guo Lanying to participate in the performance of the "Into the New Era" concert.
Guo Lanying has been popular from 50 years to the present, and is the idol of several generations of Chinese; songs such as "My Motherland" and "Nanniwan" are not exaggerated to say that as long as they are Chinese, there are few people who cannot sing them. If Guo Lanying can be invited to the finale, then the whole party will be able to raise a notch.
Xu Wangqiu is very familiar with opera and dance drama, he has always liked classical dance, and he especially likes Tang Shiyi. In his last life, he followed the filming theater for a year, and filmed a documentary "Dance" with Tang Shiyi as the main line and reflecting the survival status of Chinese classical dance.
The opera and dance theater in front of you is a little different, not a modern building with beautiful glass curtain walls in my memory, but a Soviet-style building full of the atmosphere of the 50s. The yellow and white walls are beautifully decorated with reliefs, dark green triangular iron roofs, wooden windows, and convex balconies. The years of refinement have not washed away much of the characteristics of the building itself, and the houses are like a simple and childlike house against the background of the trees.
After entering the Opera and Dance Theater, Xu Wangqiu and the others did not rush to the opera house to find Guo Lanying, but came to the dance theater to find Zhao Ban's sister, the famous dancer Zhao Qing. Zhao Qing has starred in the classic dance dramas "Baolian Lantern" and "Little Knife Club", etc., and is known as the two pillars of the China Song and Dance Theater together with Guo Lanying. One of the two is a singing pillar and the other is a dancing pillar, and they have a good relationship with each other. Xu Wangqiu looked for Zhao Qing just to understand Guo Lanying's situation and wanted to know how to better convince Guo Lanying.
After Zhao Qing learned about Xu Wangqiu's purpose, she told them: "Guo Lanying attaches great importance to her performance, and it is difficult to convince her to participate in a performance like yours." I heard your invitation to sing a new song, and the only possibility was here, to convince her with songs. However, she is very strict in her choice of repertoire. How many people were willing to write songs for her, but she refused. Even the composer Shi Guangnan hopes that the songs she writes will be sung by Guo Lanying, and every time she sends the score, she takes it and looks at it, and always regrets that it is not appropriate. It was really very difficult to convince her. β
Xu Wangqiu plans to ask Guo Lanying to sing "Into the New Era", this song has a great influence in later generations, it can be said to be a very classic song, he believes that it can move Guo Lanying: "Actually, we also think the same, that is, to use the song to persuade Guo Lanying, we brought the score." Now to hear you say that, then I am relieved. β
Zhao Qing didn't know how Xu Wangqiu's songs were, but she decided to help Xu Wangqiu and them. After the movement, his father Zhao Dan has been very distressed because he has no filming, but since participating in the filming of "Hoe Rape", Zhao Dan has been very happy, and he is a few years younger. The family is undoubtedly very grateful to Xu Wangqiu. Zhao Qing smiled and said, "Since you are so confident, then I will accompany you on a trip and help you talk about it by the way." β
Xu Wangqiu was overjoyed when he heard this: "Thank you, Sister Zhao Qing, you can help with this matter." β
When Zhao Qing took Xu Wangqiu and them to the rehearsal hall of the opera house, Guo Lanying was practicing her voice in the rehearsal hall. Zhao Qing introduced Xu Wangqiu to Guo Lanying, and when introducing Xu Wangqiu, he especially emphasized that he was the screenwriter of "Mom Loves Me Again" and the director of "Hoe Rape".
Guo Lanying has watched "Mom Loves Me Once" and "Hoe Rape", she never expected that these two sensational works would come from the young man in front of her.
Xu Wangqiu briefly introduced the "Into the New Era" concert, and then solemnly invited: "Teacher Guo Lanying, the movement is over, we have entered a new era, there should be a song to praise the new era and ignite people's passion, so we wrote a song "Into the New Era". You have been an idol for generations, and you haven't released a new song for years, and the people especially want you to sing a new song. There is no better place to sing the song "Into the New Era" than you, so we sincerely invite you to join us and invite you to sing this song. β
Guo Lanying is very interested in the concert of "Entering the New Era", which promotes new artists and new songs, but as an artist, she has high requirements for her works. She didn't say yes, she didn't deny, and asked, "Did you bring the score?" β
Xu Wangqiu took out the song of "Into the New Era" and handed it to Guo Lanying: "Teacher Guo, please take a look." β
Guo Lanying looked at the score, hummed lightly, and felt that this song was very good in all aspects, and it was a rare good song: "This song is very good, I can sing it." β
Zhao Qing was slightly stunned, how many musicians wrote tunes were rejected by Guo Lanying, I didn't expect Xu Wangqiu to bring this song to be recognized by her so easily, who wrote this tune?
Xu Wangqiu and Xu Wangchuan glanced at each other, and they both saw the fire burning in each other's eyes. Xu Wangqiu said excitedly: "Thank you, Teacher Guo Lanying, thank you, Teacher Guo Lanying!"
Guo Lanying waved her hand and said, "Don't talk about this first, you listen to me sing it first." As she spoke, she sang softly: "I always want to confess to you, how heroic my mood is." I always want to confide in you how much I love life. Industrious and brave Chinese, high-spirited into the new era......"
Zhao Qing listened to Guo Lanying sing like this, and immediately understood why she agreed to sing this song, this is really a good song, the melody is moving and righteous, the lyrics are sincere and simple, full of patriotism, and praises the hard work, courage and infinite wisdom of the Chinese people.