Chapter 12: The Premiere of a New Play
On Sunday morning, just after seven and fifteen o'clock, the entrance of the Jixiang Theater was already full of people.
The man who sold the tickets at the door said helplessly: "I'm sorry everyone, all the tickets for the morning have been sold out, everyone go back." ”
"Is there really no more?"
"Well, I've been in line for almost an hour. ”
"Does anyone want to sell tickets? I buy them at a high price. ”
Seeing that everyone was still noisy at the door, someone gave an idea: "I can't buy tickets for the morning, you can go to Zhonghe Garden to buy them, or you can buy tickets for the auspicious night show, the tickets are sold out, and it is not a way to spend it here." ”
The crowd had no choice but to disperse.
Not long after, a black sports car stopped at the gate of Jixiang Theater, and Su Jin and agent Cai Qing walked out of the car.
Fortunately, Su Jin was fully armed, with a hat, sunglasses, and masks, and was not recognized for a while.
Walking into the Jixiang Theater and sitting on the VIP seat, Cai Qing asked curiously: "Ah Jin, why are you suddenly interested in Peking Opera? ”
Su Jin replied lightly: "I'm not interested in Peking Opera, I'm interested in Boss Shen, I saw him post a performance information on Weibo yesterday, I happened to be fine, so I came over to take a look." ”
Cai Qing glanced at Su Jin and quipped, "I'm interested in Boss Shen, tsk." To tell the truth, Shen Yuelou is indeed very good, he was rated as a national first-class actor at a young age, a famous Peking Opera performance artist, and his appearance is also handsome, which is just a good match for you, or, do you think about it?"
Su Jin shook his head: "He's so good-looking, not the type I like." And he doesn't necessarily like me. ”
Cai Qing pursed his lips and did not speak.
While Su Jin and Cai Qing were talking, the theater was slowly filling with people, and the Jixiang Theater, which was enough to accommodate 1,200 people, was already full of pits.
Most of them are Shen Yuelou's fans, they usually pay attention to the information of Liyuan, and when they saw Jixiang Theater posting a new play by Boss Shen and Boss Yu, they naturally snatched the tickets as soon as possible.
Most of the VIP tickets on the upper floor were bought by Pei Lao's Jiyunzhai box office and other two box office ticket holders who were familiar with each other.
Shen Yuelou's Weibo fans didn't expect that even Peking Opera tickets would be so popular now, and they couldn't buy them an hour in advance.
Zhao Jixiang, the owner of Jixiang Theater, saw such a grand scene in the theater, and his old face had already smiled into a chrysanthemum.
cooperating with the Spring and Autumn Opera Club, on the one hand, there is Chen Erkui's favor, and on the other hand, because the venue is idle, it is also idle, and if you open a play, even if you can't sell tickets, you won't lose much, so you should sell the face of Boss Yu and Boss Shen.
I didn't expect to make a lot of money.
In the future, we must cooperate with the Spring and Autumn Opera Club.
Backstage, Shen You was wearing a green coat, hanging eyebrows, sideburns, pastel on his face, and after all his makeup, he sat quietly and waited for the opening.
Wu Shengkui ran back from the side curtain, and kept muttering: "Master, there are all pits and valleys, and all the seats are complete." ”
"Really!"
When the backstage actors heard the news, their expressions immediately cheered up.
This is a commercial performance, and it is rare for a commercial performance to be able to sit seven or eight percent of the seats, but today it was sold to a full house.
Chen Erkui hugged his fists and said with a smile: "Haha, there are a lot of people at the bottom today, and the big guys are tired of selling more stage, and the role (salary) mentioned before will be added by one percent." ”
"Thank you, Mr. Chan (Master). ”
At the front desk, the host of Jixiang Theater is still warming up on the stage: "Thank you for coming to our Jixiang Theater to watch the play, today is the first scene of Shen Yuelou Boss Shen's comeback in Liyuan, and it is also the first show of the Spring and Autumn Opera Society, please bring you Boss Shen's new work "June Snow", please!"
After the host finished the curtain, the musicians tuned the strings, babbling, 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.
As soon as it was dark, the lights converged on the stage, and the red curtain slowly opened......
The first scene is the sign of the water dragon.
As soon as the curtain opened, Wang Jinyu and five dragon actors appeared on the stage together.
The old student Wang Jinyu plays the role of a patrol in the play, walking with a dragon and a tiger, followed by a Chinese army and four officials.
"I was ordered to go out of the court, and to support the king with all my heart. ”
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.
The thick and transparent voice, the first time I heard it, it was a little jerky, the more I listened, the more mellow I felt, and when the head sound came up, I only felt that the brain melon seeds were buzzing, which was the voice of the clouds covering the moon.
"Okay, I sing really well, my voice is transparent, my words, pronunciation, breath, and tone are all freely scheduled, and I can see Boss Yu's skills. ”
"Tranquil and graceful, with muscles and bones, Boss Yu really won the true legend of the Yu faction!"
"Singing like this at the beginning, Boss Yu is ready to work hard today. ”
"Hahaha, just listening to this voice is worth the ticket price, and the rest is earned. ”
"Good, good!"
"Caicai!"
The fans in the audience applauded wildly, and Boss Yu won a meeting lottery.
The so-called jackpot refers to the fact that after the famous Peking Opera actors have their first voice on stage (such as the guide board), the audience below begins to applaud in unison.
And some dramas do not sing lyrics at the beginning, and the audience at the bottom will start applauding as soon as the famous characters come out, until the famous characters appear.
Sitting on the VIP seat, listening to the professional and profound comments of the people around him, watching them smile and nod, and from time to time wanting to make a comprehensible look at him, Cai Qing could only avoid his eyes, and felt a little bored.
What is tranquil and graceful, what kind of luck, what is not left...... I don't understand what you're saying. Everyone is not on the same channel, so there is no need to look at each other.
Turning her head to look at Su Hibiscus next to her, she listened with relish.
"The mirror hangs high in all directions,
Dan's heart is full of court.
Xiao He used to make laws,
The one who dares to break the law king's chapter?"
Wang Jinyu read a sentence of Jingbai in his mouth, and secretly said: "Old man, Dou Tianzhang, Da Zhou is a minister, I was sent by the Holy Grace to patrol Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and I acted as a folk word along the way, and gave Shang Fang a sword, first cut and then played, and went to Jiangnan to return to my hometown, just to visit my daughter Dou E."
Where is the Chinese army?"
Zhongjun (white): Yes.
Dou Tianzhang (white): Tell the outer compartment to open the way.
Zhongjun (white): The outer compartment is open.
(Dou Tianzhang gets on the sedan chair.) Yijiang wind brand. And they all went down together. )
The play sung on stage is called "June Snow", which was adapted by Mr. Cheng Yanqiu in the previous life, and was originally taken from Guan Hanqing's "Touching the Heaven and Earth Dou E's Injustice" miscellaneous drama in the Yuan Dynasty, as well as the legend of Ye Xianzu's "Golden Lock" in the Ming Dynasty (the plot of the servant killing the master and wanting to occupy the master's mother. ), and "Touching the Heaven and Earth, Dou E's Injustice" is taken from the folklore of the story of the filial woman of the East China Sea.
The first scene was quickly sung, and after Dou Tianzhang, played by Boss Yu, got on the official sedan chair, he retired with the Chinese army and the four officials.
The next person on the field is a handsome young student, who is the rising star of the third regiment, Lin Rubai.
Lin Rubai opened his mouth and sang a piece of Xipi original board:
"When I was young, my father died early, and I adhered to my mother's precepts,
Every day, I read poems to the cold window.
May the township be famous and famous,
Comfort the high hall and the lady shine in the court. ”
After singing this play, Lin Rubai confessed his identity to the audience: "Xiaosheng Cai Changzong, unfortunately his father died at an early age, his mother Wu, my wife Dou are also virtuous, this is the year of Dabi, and he should go to Beijing to take the test, but there is an old mother in the hall, and he dare not stay away, so he can't help but invite his mother to discuss this matter."
Lady, help your mother out of the court. ”
Since this "June Snow" is a new play, the audience must not only evaluate the singing and doing skills of the actors on the stage, but also listen to the words clearly, so as to outline the complete story.
It turned out that this person's name was Cai Changzong, and the lady's surname was Dou, and then contacted Dou Tianzhang, played by Boss Yu, to see the plot of his daughter Dou E, and the relationship between these characters was also connected.
Sitting on the seat on the second floor, Su Jin also sorted out the relationship between the characters in this play in her heart.
At this moment, I only heard an extremely nice voice coming out behind the curtain: I invited my mother-in-law to come out of the court.
As soon as the words fell, Shen You, who was dressed up in full makeup, appeared with Sun Xiaotang, the old Dan who played Cai's mother.