The success of the Chinese version of the musical "Mo" in China, as well as the box office of the film of the same name of more than 200 million pounds, brought great encouragement to the Morris Theater version team.

In particular, based on their basic judgment of the quality of the work, this kind of encouragement is palpable.

After the first round of the Chinese version of the tour, Ji Ming's understanding of the core of the story has become more profound and skillful, so although it has been almost a month, when he rehearses on stage, those faint doubts almost immediately passed away.

"He has an incomparable divinity in him. ”

"In terms of the structure of the story, Yang Ming, who is in an imaginary world, is indeed his own god - he was created in his heart and mind, and with incredible great talent, he realized his long-cherished wish. Critics say that the movie version is shrouded in a wonderful atmosphere, but in fact, in my opinion, it is the same truth, whether it is divinity or detachment from reality, it is a feeling that is different from real experience. Stuart and Kellan Knightley whispered, "But after coming back this time, he obviously had some new and deeper ideas, and he was more integrated in his acting skills, and he coordinated movement and stillness as he pleased, as if he were an elf on stage, magical, lovely, and awe-inspiring." ”

"Don't fall in love with him, we'll have Maurice and Rudy. ”

"......" Stewart rolled his eyes, but before he could say anything, he suddenly seemed to realize his own heart: "Actually, who doesn't love him? ”

"Hopefully. ”

After the performance, whether everyone will fall in love with Ji Ming, Ji Ming doesn't know, but before the performance, there were indeed some incongruous voices - in fact, this voice came too late, at least much later than Ji Ming imagined.

After the rehearsal, Morris was treated to welcome Ji Ming back and celebrate the success of "Mo" in China.

Fried potatoes, bread, pasta, steak, fried mushrooms, bacon...... And the two pizzas they ordered, and of course, black tea, coffee and happy water, a very typical British potluck menu.

"Ah, I can't wait to perform. "The actress who plays the young dancer girl is very sincere and full of expectations, because she feels that she has rehearsed so well and the effect is so good that it is a pity not to show it to everyone.

Ji Ming is very familiar with this emotion, and the actors in the Chinese version are also like this, that kind of firm confidence, will definitely give them a lot of drive, after all, everyone has fantasized countless times, a blockbuster, and became famous overnight.

"I see that the leaflet has been prepared, wow," one of Ji Ming's substitute actors, Haisen, danced and deliberately lowered his voice: "The adaptation of the award-winning film "Mo" in Venice, the Chinese adaptation creates a box office miracle in Chinese musicals, and the Venice actor Ji Ming and the famous actor Keira Knightley starring...... Ah, exciting. ”

It's really exciting enough, even though the West End does a lot of musicals every year, but first of all, most of them are small investment and experimental, and there are not many new works of this specification like "Silence", not to mention that it also has Keira Knightley, who is familiar to the British, and Ji Ming, the winner of the Venice actor who is no stranger to the British and Europeans...... Among the new works at the end of the year, "Silence" is definitely one of the most talked about new works - which is why Rudy thinks Morris is too risky.

He gambled on much more than just money and time.

The prestige of the Morris Theatre is something much more precious and rare.

Morris has been under a lot of pressure lately, and he feels a lot more comfortable listening to the aspirations of young people. But before he could speak, he heard something unpleasant coming from beside him—he didn't even need to look, and when he came in, he saw another table of customers in the store.

Leading the way was a stage producer and director, James, who was well known in Britain, but even more so for his largely undisguised racism – he was blatant in almost any occasion except when he shouted it out in public.

"The West End doesn't need Asian actors, our actors can play Asian stories, do we need a real lion to play 'The Lion King'? What about 'Cats'? Those who accuse are fools who are confused by political correctness. ”

"The level of our stage plays is the highest in the world, do you want to communicate with people who can't even understand the stage plays?" - this is what he said when he refused to go to Asia for cultural exchanges.

"Isn't it because Asian tourists come to the West End to see performances because our performances are more advanced, which they don't see at home? As a result, you have to find a group of Asians to perform and adapt to the cultural needs of tourists -- why do they spend a lot of money to fly to England if they only want to meet the lower cultural needs? Is it true that all their domestic stage producers are dead? That's not what we should do. What we want to do is to interpret a European story with European actors, European values and European civilization, so that tourists can make the trip worthwhile and feel the real art. ”

Jaime didn't really think much of the United States, he felt that Broadway was too vulgar, and he made too many artistic compromises for the sake of business - "like the whole country of America, there is a nouveau riche air of money worship." Of course, this disdain is completely different from discrimination against Asian Americans.

Before Morris spoke, the voice he heard was harsh and forceful.

Jaime said, "Have you heard? The new play at the Morris Theatre is about to be performed, and I heard that it is a story about an impotent sissy who eats dog meat and helps illegal immigrants smuggle into England, hahaha. ”

All of these words are high on the Asian American discrimination dictionary.

Morris confirmed that this was meant for them, as there were two tables in the restaurant at this time, and the other party was obviously having dinner after rehearsals. He was so angry that he turned his head to single-handedly: "James—"

"Boom, boom, boom!"

Jaime – from Maurice.

Woo ho ho - from Ji Ming, of course, there are just the right expressions and movements.

The way of calling animals is common all over the world, China is like this, and the United Kingdom is no exception, so after being stunned, laughing and angry. Ji Ming looked at James' table for a long time.

Since the other party has entered the field of racial discrimination, it is equivalent to giving him unlimited defense rights. What's more, this is still London, even if it causes international news, Ji Ming is not worried, after all, for Chinese filmmakers, European and American audiences are basically not worth much, and as for stage performances, they will only benefit from the skyrocketing attention.

So he had no plan to calm down at all, and after attracting everyone's eyes, he stared at James: "Aren't those foods too salty for you? It's not good for you to eat too much salt, it's easy to lose hair, and it's not good for your kidneys." ”

Burst.

This kind of bitter humor is too much to the taste of the British, and Ji Ming suspects that there are definitely people at James's table who want to laugh, but they endure it.

James's face twisted and shaking, obviously struggling violently, whether to quarrel with Ji Ming here, once the quarrel reaches the media, no matter how many people will support him in their hearts, but in reality, the overwhelming accusations and attacks are inevitable.

He's enduring, enduring—he feels like he can't take it anymore and wants to go.

"It's so cold outside, remember to find a sheltered place to spend the night, and - don't urinate everywhere, be careful of getting frozen." ”

That's a thoughtful and sincere reminder.

"You'll regret it. ”

James's meaning is very clear, as a veteran of the West End, when "Silence" is released, of course, he has a lot of room to operate, not to mention standing up directly, so many of his friends, often these people are still full of supremacists who have the resources at their disposal, and there is indeed too much to do in the extremely professional and narrow field of stage drama criticism.

He's qualified to say that – he's not a "I'll be back" wolf.

"You're saying I'm going to send you to peace before you get rabies? Oh, I can't do such cruel things, no matter how ugly, dirty, and evil you are, you're still a life!"

“......”

This conversation is basically learned online.

James: "#¥%......&"

Ji Ming: "You are a dog." ”

Ji Ming: "Hey, I said you were a dog." ”

James: "You'll regret it!!"

Ji Ming: "You're a dog, huh!"

Jaime the dog was outraged, as a sanctimonious false gentleman, and quite a status, to be directly scolded by the dog, which was completely beyond his imagination - too vulgar, too aggressive, not Asian at all.

Ha.

"Ji Ming, I know you. Do you think that if you take a Venetian actor and have a little popularity in Europe, you can settle London? You are naïve, you will know that the price to pay for tonight's tongue is so high. I hope that when you roll back to China with your tail between your legs, you will still be able to have sharp teeth and mouth like now. ”

"The next time I go back to China, it's probably when my film tops £350 million at the box office – do I need to bring you some bones back China? ”

James's face trembled, he didn't know if what Ji Ming said was true or not, he did know Ji Ming, he knew the Venice actor, and he knew that "Mo" was a highly acclaimed Asian film - but he didn't know about 300 million pounds.

He glanced at Ji Ming gloomily and decided to continue leaving, and then he heard Ji Ming's voice calling the boss: "Hey sir, remember to give that table of food to the stray dogs, as if it was a Christmas dinner sent by their partners in advance." ”

Call......

Ji Ming is indeed not worried at all - there are several wishes on him about the English version of "Mo", including the earliest "reproduction of the legend of Su Sihuang", including the first golden scale "Infinite Future", as well as the wish retribution task of "conquering the world outside China" on the night of the Plum Blossom Award, and of course, the wishes of colleagues.

After the success of the Chinese version, he had another wishing mission: "Let the Chinese and English versions of "Mo" be the beginning of your worldwide achievements in the field of musical theater." ”

It would be ridiculous if such a huge koi wish could not be compared to a single Jaime - he was just a long-lost scum who was easily taken away on the road to the success of "Mo".

Koi life is so unpleasant.

......

The next day, Rudy rushed to the Morris Theater in a rage: "Ming, are you an old woman in James's house?"

“......”

"He's very, very angry, very, very!!"