Chapter 29: Perception
The music on the stage was beautiful, and Shen Jiameng sang songs passionately, as if he wanted to wake up the numb and ignorant people.
The young men and women of the Poetry Society worked hard to write books, and one poem after another was published in the newspapers peddled by children along the street, but the flying newspapers were trampled under the feet of the endless crowd.
It's helplessness, it's mockery.
In the city where the artillery is roaring, the students of the school are panicking, and the lively poetry club of the past is also going to the tea and cool.
A desperate and oppressive atmosphere hung over everyone.
Shen Jiameng shouted "Fei Fei", and suddenly realized that the cheerful yellow bird had chased down a posthumous portrait at the meeting.
Shen Weiwei sat in the audience, looking up at the stage, thoughtful.
Gu Jinyu has already left the rehearsal hall, he is not interested in the song and dance drama, and he is willing to give Hou Yong enough face by giving a few words.
"I didn't see what you said in your performance. β
Before she could realize the deep meaning of his words, Gu Jinyu left the rehearsal hall.
Hou Yong glanced at her meaningfully, and asked her to continue pondering under the audience now.
She held the script and watched their performances in the second half while thinking about Tong Fei's life.
Tong Fei is a rich lady, she is willful and reckless but innocent and lively, she was ignorant of the world before entering the poetry club, and she had pity for the poor working people after entering the poetry club.
When the new government ceded land again and again, and the people were trapped in fire and water, she was full of anger and had nowhere to vent, and followed her brothers and sisters around, eager to contribute to the revolution.
Knowing that there was a mountain of swords and a sea of fire ahead, she still ignored Shen Jiameng's dissuasion and resolutely stepped into the trap set by the new government.
Innocence has become a pawn of the new government to intimidate the students, and the sound of sticks and gunfire in front of the new government has suppressed the working people who are unwilling to be enslaved.
But it couldn't calm the surging anger in the student's chest.
The whole revue comes to a climax here, and the symphony orchestra next to it plays a powerful and rhythmic movement.
Shen Jiameng sang loudly, and she used her singing voice to rebuke the despicable and shameless behavior of the new government.
Liang Yihong's singing also appears here, and the two sing and harmonize, using singing instead of language, expressing both strong resentment at the cruelty of the new government and sadness at the hopelessness of the revolution.
It can be said that Tong Fei is the soul of the whole song and dance drama, and her death has promoted the further awakening of the thoughts of Shen Jiameng and others.
When the dawn faintly appeared in the front, they rushed to Chongqing without hesitation to continue to devote themselves to the revolutionary wave.
Tong Fei appeared a total of seven times in "Old Shadows", and her first appearance was the beginning.
At that time, she was still naΓ―ve, fighting with Shen Jiameng, and not reluctantly with Liang Yihong and others.
The second time was at the New Year's Day performance, Tong Fei and Shen Jiameng enthusiastically sang and danced on the stage, not being disturbed by the wars of the outside world.
When she reappeared for the third time, in the poetry club, she pouted and watched Shen Jiameng, Liang Yihong, Lu Wenxuan and others write modern poems.
In the next few appearances, Tong Fei was imperceptibly infected by the patriotic youth in the poetry club, and she had no literary talent to write poetry.
He took the initiative to take on the task of printing, distributed it to students in the school, and actively contacted major newspapers to help them publish poems.
And Tong Fei's character seems to have changed greatly before and after, but in fact, the innocence in his bones has never changed.
She naively thought that petitioning the government would change the new government's mind about the land cession and compensation.
She persistently thought that the dripping blood could wake up the ignorant masses, even if she died in Shen Jiameng's arms, the corners of her mouth were still smiling.
Gu Jinyu said that she didn't show Tong Fei's innocence, and she couldn't help but read the script carefully and relive Tong Fei's life.
She suddenly realized what the problem was.
She doesn't have this kind of revolutionary enthusiasm in her bones, even if she tries her best to immerse herself in the role of Tong Fei.
In his heart, he also questioned Tong Fei's seemingly stupid behavior of jumping into the trap of the new government despite Shen Jiameng's obstruction.
In the final analysis, she looked down on Tong Fei's fanatical behavior of congestion of her head.
This kind of ideological estrangement, although she tries her best to cover it up with acting skills, so that the audience can't see the slightest.
Gu Jinyu in the audience was still able to point it out.
The rehearsal on stage has ended, and the actors have retreated backstage, with only a few people cleaning up the venue.
Hou Yong turned his head to look at Shen Weiwei, and saw that she sometimes frowned, sometimes sighed, and finally suddenly realized.
I knew she must have figured it out.
In fact, how could he not know the problem pointed out by Gu Jinyu.
It's just that this kind of consciousness estrangement with the role is not uncommon in the actor's career.
Does the villain actor play a wicked person with heinous crimes, and also agree to understand the actions of the wicked?
But she didn't expect Gu Jinyu to bring it up solemnly, and she didn't specify it, but asked her to think it through herself.
It seems that Teacher Gu Jinyu is trying to accept apprentices, otherwise where would he need to be so strict?
Once she figured it out, Shen Weiwei quickly adjusted, and in the rehearsals that followed, she was more deeply integrated into the role every time.
Late at night, she often dreamed that she was among the ruins of the cannon fire.
On stage, she closed her eyes and felt it, as if the enthusiasm hidden in the blood was about to erupt.
Shen Jiameng grabbed her arm and tried her best to dissuade her: "...... Fifi, it's a conspiracy, it's a trap, you can't go, all of you can't go. β
"Jiameng, don't stop me. Tong Fei's eyes lit up, as if she was enchanted, "...... This is our chance...... You see we have so many students petitioning, they will compromise...... We want the new government to know that we will never give in......"
......
Bang β
A gunshot rang out, and the crowd of onlookers screamed in panic and dodged......
Hou Yong watched the performance on stage, glanced at Gu Jinyu distractedly, and saw a smile on his face, so he looked back at the stage again.
has such an understanding and is willing to drill into the script, no wonder Gu Jinyu can value her so much!
When she walked out of the rehearsal hall, Shen Weiwei unexpectedly met Mu Churan.
She followed a dignified and elegant old woman, whose hair was covered with silver threads, and because she always had a gentle smile, the corners of her eyes were wrinkled, and the kind light in her eyes made people want to be close.
Bai Su, who was with her front and back feet, saw Liu Xueyi's eyes light up, and she was overjoyed and said:
"Mr. Liu, I didn't expect to be lucky enough to meet you here, can you sign for me?"
Liu Xueyi responded with a smile, waited for her to take out a pen and paper from the file bag containing the script, and asked unexpectedly:
"You're rehearsing a revue?"
Bai Su was a little surprised, nodded and said with a smile: "I didn't expect Mr. Liu to pay attention to me in his busy schedule, we are rehearsing Mr. Hou Yong's song and dance drama "Old Shadows", which will officially appear on the stage in mid-August, if it is an honor, the teacher can come and see it when he is free." β