Chapter 9: Premiere of a new play

Shen You didn't know that he had been targeted by two women on the fifth floor at this time, he had a good sleep at home, and the next morning, he went to the Liyuan Theater under the Third Troupe of Chinese Peking Opera with joy.

At two o'clock this afternoon, they will be here for the first performance of the new repertoire.

Chen Erkui, Wang Jinyu, Sun Xiaotang, Wu Shengkui and several other supporting actors have been waiting for a long time, and Bai Youchen and Wang Dengyun also brought the musicians to the Liyuan Grand Theater.

"Hahaha, Xiaoyou, you're here, this is my apprentice Wu Shengkui, a junior character, you don't have to worry about him, these two don't need me to introduce them, you are all old acquaintances!"

Chen Erkui went to the door of the theater to welcome Shen You in, and pointed to Wu Shengkui, Wang Jinyu and Sun Xiaotang respectively.

"Hello Boss Shen!"

Wu Shengkui gave Shen You a salute with the rules of the pear orchard, and then silently stepped aside.

He was a junior, and any of the four people present were higher than him.

Twenty-one or twelve years old, tall and thin, looking a little treacherous, it is indeed a good material for learning ugliness.

"Hello Xiao Wu!"

Shen You nodded kindly at Wu Shengkui, and went up again to give Wang Jinyu and Sun Xiaotang a peer salute.

Shen You hugged his fists and smiled: "Boss Yu, Boss Sun, I haven't seen you for many years, but the two of you still have the same demeanor!"

Although Shen Yuelou is only in his early twenties, he became famous very early, and several masters who have officially worshiped are all Peking Opera masters with high seniority in Liyuan, so he can intersect with Sun Xiaotang and Wang Jinyu, who are more than two rounds older than him.

As for Shen Yuelou calling Chen Erkui Uncle Chen, it was because the relationship between the two families was too close, and it was not good to judge it by the generation of Liyuan.

"Hahaha, what kind of demeanor is still the same, you said that Boss Yu is also appropriate, as for me, I have long become an old woman, I think Boss Shen is the real prime!"

Sun Xiaotang let out a hearty laugh, and stepped forward to say a few words to Shen You.

She and Shen Yuelou both belong to the Chinese Peking Opera Troupe, have worked together for many years, and have acted in many scenes together before, and the relationship is not far or close, although there is not much deep contact in private, but they are also familiar.

When Shen Yuelou left the Peking Opera Troupe four years ago, Sun Xiaotang had not yet become a famous actor.

It was also in the past two years that she gradually became famous, and she was a very late bloomer.

Sun Xiaotang is fifty-two years old this year, with short silver-gray hair, and his skin is naturally loose.

There are traces of years of polishing on the body, but it does not show the vicissitudes of life, and the old one is very beautiful.

"Hehe, Boss Sun, you're right, you're really not the same, you are more beautiful than in the past!"

Wang Jinyu hugged Sun Xiaotang and smiled at Shen You: "Boss Shen, we haven't seen each other for more than six years, right?"

I had to work together once six years ago.

That time was in Mr. Mei's Grand Theater, and we sang "Sword Pavilion Memories of the True Concubine".

I sang Emperor Tang Ming, and Boss Shen sang Concubine Yuzhen, it was really a pleasant and valuable experience.

Later, when I heard that Boss Shen was sealed and hidden, I also felt very sorry, I thought that there would be no chance to cooperate again after that time.

I can't imagine that after six years, we can work together again!"

Wang Jinyu is in her early forties, not tall, with oily hair combed upwards, wearing a gray cloth gown, often holding a folding fan in her hand, looking personable, much younger than her actual age.

It can be seen that Wang Jinyu admires Shen Yuelou very much.

"I'm looking forward to this collaboration!"

Shen You saw that Wang Jinyu and Sun Xiaotang were now in perfect spirit, and he was even more confident.

"Okay, don't just watch them chat, get ready, and start rehearsing in a while. This time the time is very tight, and the performance schedule of the new repertoire of the three troupes has been discharged.

The first scene is the Liyuan Theater, the second is the Chang'an Grand Theater, the third is the Huguang Hall, and the fourth is the Zhengyi Ancestral Hall.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, with six hours to go, we will have the official performance. There are eleven scenes in this play, and it takes two and a half hours to finish a play, which means that we can rehearse it up to three times.

This time, due to the unprecedentedly strong lineup of actors and musicians, the attention in the Liyuan Line and the circle of ticket holders is too high, I am under a lot of pressure, I am naturally relieved of the role of the famous role, I am afraid that you will drop the chain, especially you, Sheng Kui, your role is very heavy, but don't mess up!"

After Chen Erkui lectured several actors of the Third Peking Opera Troupe, he mentioned Wu Shengkui in a serious manner.

"Master, don't worry, I won't lose your face!"

Wu Shengkui's expression became serious, and he slowly adjusted his state to the best.

Shen You, Wang Jinyu, and Sun Xiaotang have already entered the backstage, and the other actors have also begun to accompany them to rehearse over and over again.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the Liyuan Theater, which can accommodate 1,000 people, has already been full, Peking Opera ticket holders have heard that this time to perform a new repertoire, and Boss Yu, Boss Sun and Boss Chen will participate, by Bai Youchen and Wang Dengyun applause, the lineup is too luxurious, the ticket price has been fried to 18,000, and the pre-sale venues of the next few major theaters have all been sold out.

The name of Shen Yuelou was omitted from the promotional notice, and the repertoire only wrote a simple character introduction, and did not say the story of the spoiler.

This is all deliberate by Shen You.

He wants to surprise the audience, he wants to announce to the entire Liyuan with this drama that he is back, and the former Peking Opera genius, the peerless and elegant male Dan Shen Yuelou is back.

Shen You put on a green coat, pasted sideburns, painted pastel on his face, and after all the makeup, he sat silently backstage, waiting for the opportunity to appear.

The musicians tuned the strings, Bai Youchen played the huqin, the drummer Wang Dengyun slapped the single-skin drum, and Mr. Si Ban was also ready, and the scene was suddenly quiet.

The surroundings were dark, the lights converged, and the red curtains were opened......

The first scene is the sign of the water dragon.

As soon as the curtain opened, Wang Jinyu and five dragon actors took the stage.

Wang Jinyu plays the role of the governor, walking in a tiger's step, followed by a Chinese army and four soldiers.

"He was ordered to go out of the court, be faithful, and support the king. ”

As soon as the introduction came out, Wang Jinyu sat down and raised the tent, and shocked the audience as soon as she opened her voice.

"Good, really good, the voice is transparent, the words, pronunciation, breath, and line tone are arranged freely, and they are all in one. ”

"Tranquil and graceful, with muscles and bones, it has won the true legend of the Yu faction!"

"Sure enough, he is worthy of being the first old student in Huaxia singing!"

"Just listening to this voice, it's already worth the ticket price!"

"Good, good!"

"Caicai!"

The audience cheered wildly, and Boss Yu won a lottery.

The jackpot refers to the actor who has a good reputation for the actor or the audience, and after the first voice in the curtain (such as the guide), the audience below will start to applaud as soon as they hear the voice of the famous character.

Some dramas do not have lyrics at the beginning, and the audience will start applauding as soon as the famous characters come out, until the famous characters appear.

"The mirror hangs high in all directions, and Dan's heart is full of court. Xiao He used to make laws, which one dared to violate the law king's chapter. ”

Wang Jinyu read a sentence of Jingbai, and said to herself: "Old man, Dou Tianzhang."

Da Zhou is a minister, by the grace of the Holy Grace to let me Jiangsu and Zhejiang patrol press, along the way acting people, gifted the sword above, first cut and then play, this went to Jiangnan Yijin to return to his hometown, so as to visit his daughter Dou E. ”