Chapter 121 Art Troupe
"Shoot!" the instructor ordered. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Xiao Yao took a deep breath and held his breath, holding the gun steadily with the actions demonstrated by the instructors just now, his shoulders were tightly pressed against the butt, his eyes aimed at the distant target with the principle of three points and one line, and then pulled the trigger.
"Bang!" A gunshot rang out, and a shock force hit his shoulder, and Xiao Yao felt a pain where his shoulder touched the butt of the gun. However, Xiao Yao ignored the pain, and immediately raised his eyes to look at the target in the distance.
A black dot appeared on the target, and Xiao Yao, who was far away, couldn't tell how many rings it was, anyway, there was still some distance from the bull's-eye, and the number of rings was not too high. However, when I heard the instructor report the results of other students when I was waiting in line just now, most of them had the phenomenon of missing the target, and even there were many of the five shots that missed the target, and it was rare to be able to hit all five shots, Xiao Yao was able to hit the target with the first shot, which was already a good start for himself.
"Bang, bang!bang!" Xiao Yao breathed steadily and fired three more shots. These three shots also hit the target, and with Xiao Yao's eyesight, the landing is getting closer and closer to the bull's-eye.
Just as Xiao Yao was about to fire the fifth shot, he suddenly noticed a bird flying over the shooting range. Since the bird happened to pass above Xiao Yao's target, there would be no safety problems in the direction, Xiao Yao secretly adjusted the muzzle of the gun on a whim, aimed at the bird flying above the target, and pulled the trigger.
"Bang!" Xiao Yao aimed at the bird and fired the fifth shot, but saw the bird flying through the shooting range without stopping, obviously not being hit by Xiao Yao.
"Xiao Yao of the performance department, four rings, six rings, seven rings, seven rings, nine rings, five guns a total of thirty-three rings. After Xiao Yao stood up, the scorer began to report the results loudly.
"What? is this okay?" Xiao Yao glared in disbelief. The results of the first four shots were similar to Xiao Yao's estimates, but where did the last nine rings come from? The muzzle of the gun was deliberately raised so much, how could it fly to the target?
Then the results of a boy next to Xiao Yao also reported, the first four of the five shots were above the fourth ring, and only the last shot missed the target.
"Impossible?" muttered the boy, "the first four shots are on target, how can the last shot be missed?" ”
"Dude, your last shot must have hit my target. Xiao Yao snickered in his heart, "Thank you!"
The final statistical results came out, Xiao Yao's results in the 33rd ring actually ranked in the top ten among more than 200 people, and once again gained a lot of envy and admiration from the students.
After the shooting training, the entire training in the afternoon was over, and the instructors left the shooting range with the team and went directly to the cafeteria.
"The sunset is flying in the red sunset, and the soldiers return to the camp by shooting targets..."Coming out of the shooting range, under the leadership of the instructor who led the team, these students who had just finished shooting the target sang loudly "Return from Target Shooting" and sang all the way to the canteen.
Because they knew that this afternoon's training subject was live ammunition, so during the break in the morning training, the instructor and the students asked Xiao Yao to take everyone to sing the song "Return from Target Shooting" that he sang yesterday with everyone.
There are a lot of training venues in the army, so a special field has been set aside for military training for the students, and there are only four classes of their teams in the whole field. There weren't as many dining halls as there were training grounds, so they ate with the rest of the team. When they walked into the canteen singing songs, they immediately attracted the attention of many other fighters who were already eating in the canteen.
It had been five or six days since the students had come to the military training, and it was the first time that the soldiers who had often eaten with them in this cafeteria had seen the students so elated. From the songs they sang, I knew that the reason for their excitement was that they should have gone to shooting training in the afternoon, and for the students, it would definitely be very exciting to be able to touch the real gun, but the song they sang... Why don't you seem to have heard of it?
"Xiao Yao!" As soon as the students entered the cafeteria, an officer wearing a straight military uniform instead of a training uniform stood at the door of the cafeteria and shouted loudly.
"Here!" Xiao Yao immediately ran to the officer with the rank of captain on the epaulettes.
"Follow me to the regimental headquarters. The captain-officer commanded.
"Yes!" Xiao Yao was a little puzzled, but when he saw that the captain had already turned around and led the way in front, he had to agree and step to follow.
"Report!" The captain officer directly took Xiao Yao to the door of the reception room of the regiment headquarters office building, stretched out his hand and knocked on the door.
"Come in!" a voice came from inside. Xiao Yao heard the voice of the head of the regiment.
The captain pushed open the door of the reception room, but did not enter, only made a gesture to Xiao Yao to let him in, and closed the door of the reception room in the back after Xiao Yao walked in.
"Report!" Xiao Yao stepped in and shouted immediately. When I looked at it, I found that the regiment commander and Political Commissar Xie were there, and there was a woman in her forties wearing a military uniform sitting on the sofa next to her.
"Xiao Yao, this is the deputy head of our Army Art Troupe, a famous young singer, a national first-class actor, Comrade Zhao Lanying, you should know each other, right?" Political Commissar Xie stood up and introduced Xiao Yao to the woman in military uniform next to him.
"Hello chief!" Xiao Yao saluted.
Of course Xiao Yao knows Zhao Lanying, this is also a very famous singer in the entertainment industry, and she is usually not uncommon on TV, but he didn't know that she was still an officer of the army's art troupe. Seeing that the epaulettes on her shoulders were the rank of colonel, which was higher than the commander of this unit, Xiao Yao saluted in a proper manner.
"You don't need to call the chief, we're all engaged in music, just be casual. Zhao Lanying smiled and waved her hand, stood up from the sofa, stretched out her hand to Xiao Yao and said, "I've heard your name a long time ago, the youngest winner of the "Golden Disc" Award. ”
"Zhao... Hello, teacher!" Xiao Yao stretched out his hand and shook Zhao Lanying's hand, and said thoughtfully.
"Xiao Yao, we called you over, mainly because Comrade Zhao Lanying wants to see you. The head of the regiment introduced.
"Sit down," Zhao Lanying also let Xiao Yao sit down on the sofa in the reception room, and said straight to the point, "I came this time for your song." ”
"My songs?" Xiao Yao said suddenly, "are the ten songs I wrote to the regiment commander and political commissar yesterday?
"I've got a crush... Wait, ten songs?" Zhao Lanying was halfway through speaking, then suddenly stopped and turned to look at Political Commissar Xie and said, "Old Xie, why did you send me five songs yesterday? Okay, you old Xie, you still have half of it?"
"Uh... I originally wanted you to help our group choose a suitable song to perform at the condolence performance, so I chose the ten songs given by Xiao Yao first, and picked five of them for you. Political Commissar Xie said embarrassedly.
"You pick?" Zhao Lanying said dissatisfiedly, "Comrade Lao Xie, you are the political commissar of the army, and you are good at training and ideological work, but when it comes to music, what are you a non-professional layman to pick on? ”
"Okay, okay, it's mine, I'll go. Political Commissar Xie immediately got up, went to his office next door, brought a stack of music scores, and handed it to Zhao Lanying.
"Xiao Yao, you sit down for a while, and we'll talk about it after I finish reading these five songs. Zhao Lanying took the score, greeted Xiao Yao first, and then looked down at the score.
"Okay. Xiao Yao nodded.
"Xiao Yao, come and drink water. Political Commissar Xie got up, poured a glass of water, and put it on the coffee table in front of Xiao Yao. Looking at Zhao Lanying's posture, they now see that Xiao Yao is not just an ordinary college student who came to military training.
"Thank you, Commissar. The flattered Xiao Yao hurriedly owed a debt.
"Xiao Yao, do you have any thoughts about joining the army?" After reading the music score in his hand, Zhao Lanying asked Xiao Yao with a smile on her face.
"Joining the army?" Xiao Yao was stunned again, "Teacher Zhao, I am now a student of Shen Opera. ”
"No, you misunderstood me. Zhao Lanying said with a smile, "I didn't mean to join a regular army like Commander Zhang, but to join our art troupe." ”
"In fact, our army art troupe will also recruit some famous entertainers into our team. Zhao Lanying continued, "For example, me, Zhou Haiyang, and Liu Weiye were all specially recruited into the art troupe after entering the showbiz. Literary and artistic soldiers like us do not have a station, nor do they need to train, they only need to participate in some performance activities as required every year, and there is basically no impact on your acting career and university life.
Your fame is enough, but you are a little younger, and you are not suitable for special recruitment, but with these ten military songs you have come up with, I am confident that we will persuade our art troupe to recruit you and promote you directly, at least starting with the rank of captain, it is also possible to be a major. Of course, there is no real power, but you can enjoy state benefits and allowances corresponding to military ranks. ”
"Nineteen-year-old captain or major?" Xiao Yao was a little dumbfounded when he heard this, and then remembered some things in his previous life.
Although the specific rules and regulations are different, whether it is in the previous life or in this world, there are many acting stars with military ranks, which have also caused some controversy. It's just that before being reborn, the military ranks of most civilian actors have been canceled in the previous life, and they have been changed to technical ratings, and they only enjoy the corresponding treatment. In this world, the military rank given to literary and artistic soldiers still exists, and it is naturally not uncommon for special stars to enter the art troupe and be directly promoted.
Entering the army's art troupe and attaching a military rank is indeed a lot of benefits and conveniences. But in Xiao Yao's eyes, such a soldier is actually not a real soldier. Moreover, in his previous life, Xiao Yao himself was one of the people who were dissatisfied with this kind of thing that star singers and actors hung with those scary military ranks, how could he drill into the army's art troupe now? As for those benefits and conveniences, Xiao Yao really didn't attach much importance to them.
"Thank you Mr. Zhao for your kindness, but I have no intention of joining the art troupe. Xiao Yao opened his mouth and refused.
"Why?" Zhao Lanying said curiously, "This is a rare opportunity." Not something that anyone can easily get. ”
Now sitting in front of him is a star singer with a military rank, of course Xiao Yao can't say his true thoughts, so he can only say for another reason: "The main reason is that soldiers are more restricted from going abroad." Although it is not the main reason, this article is indeed one of the reasons for Xiao Yao's refusal.
"It's just that the vetting procedures are more complicated, and it's not that they can't go abroad at all. Zhao Lanying said, "As long as it is a normal performance activity, I will generally not deliberately stop you." ”
"I don't just go abroad to perform. Xiao Yao shook his head and said, "I was an exchange student in the United States for a year in high school, and I have many friends in the United States, and my girlfriend is now studying in the United States. I might go to the United States to visit them on a whim. And not only to the United States, I'm also a photographer, I've been to many countries and done photography projects, if I come across a project that interests me, maybe I will pick up my bag and run. If I had been admitted to the military and had gone through the complicated vetting procedures, perhaps my vacation to the United States to see my friends would have been long gone, and the photography projects I wanted to participate in would have ended. ”
"What I want is the freedom to travel whenever I want. Xiao Yao said solemnly, "Therefore, I can only thank you for your kindness and apologize to you." ”
"Don't you need to discuss this kind of life event with your parents?" Zhao Lanying couldn't say a reason to oppose Xiao Yao, so she led the topic to Xiao Yao's parents, "Although you are currently in military training, now, you can use my mobile phone to contact Xiao Siqi and Ye Jiaying." ”
"No need. Xiao Yao continued to shake his head and said, "The major events in my life have always been my own decisions. ”
"Well, in that case, I won't force it. Zhao Lanying could only say helplessly, "But if you change your mind, you can come to me at any time." Now, let's talk about these ten songs of yours. ”
"Well, which one did you just say you fancied?" Xiao Yao changed the topic along Zhao Lanying.
"I've got all ten of them. Zhao Lanying smiled and said, "I want it all." ”
"Huh?" Xiao Yao said in a slightly surprised voice, "Although these ten songs are all suitable for the chorus in the army, if you sing solo, it shouldn't be suitable for you to sing every song, right?"
"I'm certainly not representing myself. I purchased these ten songs of yours on behalf of our art troupe. Zhao Lanying said, "I am not the only singer in our art troupe. ”
Zhao Lanying is a simple star singer with a military rank, she also has an official position as the deputy head of the Army Art Troupe, and she is also the leader and person in charge of the condolence performance in the army where Xiao Yao's military training is located this time. This is also one of the reasons why she came to Xiao Yao, and the head of the regiment and the political commissar have been accompanying her throughout the whole process.
"So be it," Xiao Yao said, "of course the authorship and ownership of these songs are mine, but the performance copyright... These songs are all military songs, so as long as they are performed in the army or on performance occasions related to the theme of the army, whether it is a commercial performance or not, whether there is revenue or not, I will authorize them all for free. It doesn't matter who it is, you can sing it. Is it okay?" Although he refused to join the army, Xiao Yao didn't want to have trouble with the art troupe or the military system, so he simply gave it a generous hand.
"Are you serious?" Zhao Lanying said in surprise.
If Xiao Yao agrees to join the military, then this practice can also be understood as a gesture of goodwill to the organization. But he obviously didn't have the slightest interest in joining the military and did this, which was a big favor. Although Xiao Yao said that anyone can sing for free on the occasion of military-themed performances, but the lyrics and music scores of these songs are in her hands, and it is natural that the singers who sing these songs publicly will be the singers of their art troupe, even if they can't prevent the singers in other art troupes from covering them, the title of the original singer of the song will definitely fall on the singers of their art troupe.
"Of course. Xiao Yao smiled and nodded, "Although I don't want to join the military, I still admire the soldiers, which can be regarded as a little respect I express to all the soldiers." ”