Thanks to the promotion of "Farewell My Concubine", the business of Zhengyi Temple Theater is very good.

In particular, this play was rehearsed from morning to night, with a total of three different cast members performing, so as to barely meet the needs of the audience!

Many of these tickets are purchased in groups in cooperation with travel agencies, and tourists from all over the world can walk here directly after tasting the delicious Quanjude roast duck.

Moreover, the theater is very close to the Forbidden City and the square, which is a place where tourist attractions are concentrated.

Of course, when there are more tourists, it will naturally be more noisy, and there are a lot of photos and videos, and sometimes the flash will affect the performance of the Peking Opera performers on stage after forgetting to turn it off.

Many old opera fans will choose to come to listen to the opera when there are few people to avoid contact with tourists.

It's only eight o'clock in the evening now, the Zhengyi Temple Theater is almost full, the tour group with the same hat is densely sitting downstairs, most of them are mainly middle-aged and elderly, and some young people who accompany the elderly are also curious to enjoy the legendary Peking Opera!

This art, which is claimed to be the quintessence of the country, is actually almost inaccessible in the lives of ordinary people, and young people are all fresh.

Many of them come here to take pictures and check in, but they don't really appreciate it.

No, as soon as Zhang Chu walked in, he saw a girl with a big flower face wearing Mu Guiying's character costume in front of the camera's lens.

He carefully avoided the camera, walked to the first private room on the left hand side of the second floor, and knocked lightly on the door.

"Please come in!"

A familiar and deep voice rang out from inside the room.

Zhang Chu pushed open the door and immediately saw Xu Ji and a foreign man sitting next to the wooden railing, which was a bit surprising.

"How fast did you kid drive the car, why do I feel like I just hung up the phone and you came over?" Xu Ji said with some concern, he didn't want to see the news of Zhang Chu's car accident on the news.

"I moved to a new house, and I live in Houhai. Houhai is five or six kilometers away from this side at best, and it won't take much time. ”

Xu Ji beckoned Zhang Chu over and briefly introduced: "This is my good friend, French director Maren Griebach, who came to China this time for the filming of the new film, and just took him over to see Peking Opera." ”

"Hello Mr. Griebach, it's a pleasure to meet you. ”

The director from France has a beard and almost can see what it looks like, and he wears a small hat on his bare head, and after he saw Zhang Chu, he said in French accent English: "I really didn't expect the famous Zhang Chu to be so young!"

At this time, Xu Ji introduced in a low voice in Chinese: "Maren is the judge of this year's Cannes Film Festival. ”

After hearing the news, Zhang Chu couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, the two of them were actually contacting the judges in advance, is this a treat to watch Peking Opera considered a bribe?

He originally watched the jury lineup of the film festival, but he couldn't remember the series of unfamiliar foreign names at all, and he didn't expect Maren to become a judge at all, no wonder Mr. Xu would call him to let him out.

This year's jury lineup includes European directors, producers, and editors, while Wu Yihao, a Chinese Xiangjiang actor from Asia, is one of the members of the jury, and there is also a director from Dongying next door, and then there is one person from Iran and three Asian representatives.

At first, he thought that Wu Yihao would say a few words for "Farewell My Concubine", but he really didn't expect Xu Ji to have connections in this area, which is absolutely unexpected!

"You are very famous in our French country, and my children especially love to see your work. If they knew I was drinking tea with you, they would be jealous of me. ”

Maren grinned, which made Zhang Chu a little puzzled by his age.

Listening to this tone, it seems that his children are still underage, should he be praised for being old and strong?

Many of Zhang Chu's works are very popular in France, and the French version of the work is not much slower than the English version!

São Paulo's influence in Europe is also on the same level as that of Random House.

"At the beginning of your book Life of Pi, when you explain the origin of the name of Pi, you mentioned the Molitor public pool in Paris, where I had a lot of fond memories when I was a teenager. It's just that now the Molitor pool has been closed and has become a graffiti art gallery!"

It can be said that Zhang Chu still has a lot of connections with France, not only the book "Youth Pi", but also the more influential "The Da Vinci Code".

Now his work has been shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival in France, so it is reasonable that the French people like Zhang Chu very much.

Zhang Chu shook his head and said: "It's really a pity, I visited there when I went to Paris before, but it's a pity that I can't see the grand occasion at that time!"

In "Life of Pi", Pi's name was taken by his uncle Ma Maji, and his full name is exactly the same as the name of the pool, except that under the poor English pronunciation in India, pi is exactly the same as the pronunciation of pee (pee), and Pi has been troubled by this embarrassing name since he was a child, until he learned π later.

In fact, this so-called Mamaji is the author of the Life School, Jan Martel himself, who lived in France for a period of time as a child, so he was inspired by this.

No one has ever asked Zhang Chu why he knew the name of this pool, and the proud French people take it for granted, and it was here that the world's first bikini swimsuit was born!

Zhang Chu did go over there when he traveled in France later, so he could speak so calmly.

"It's a pity. My children are still wondering if you used to live in France after seeing your work. ”

There is obviously a reason why I know France so well and that so many works mention France.

"I became interested in France when I was studying European history, and it is a veritable art and cultural country!"

Zhang Chu properly praised France, just now Maren praised the amazing art of Peking Opera, and he is a courtesy.

My wife is a professor at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon, so she may be able to write a letter of recommendation for you. ”

"I'm sorry, I haven't thought about this yet, if I have any plans to do this, can I contact you again?"

Just as Zhang Chu wanted to continue chatting, a thought suddenly flashed in his head.

Have you found a huge business opportunity?

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The author will be on a plane early tomorrow morning to watch the match between Djokovic and Federer, so he has not been able to continue the outbreak for the time being in recent days.

But when I come back from the magic capital, I will definitely try to show everyone!

I believe that through the outbreak during the National Day, you also know that the author bacteria are not salted fish.