Cheng Gang, this guy, really made a bloody investment for this repertory troupe!

Yang Qiu stood in front of a hundred flat wooden houses on the mountainside of Wong Tai Sin Mountain, looking at the building in front of him and sighing secretly.

This girl not only rented such a place at a high price, but also moved to the repertory theater with all her luggage.

There is no bottom line at all, and it is clear that he will live and die with the repertory troupe.

Especially......

"This is Fan Dan, not long after he came to Xiangjiang. ”

"This is Zhang Guangjia, and he used to be from the 22nd Army. ”

"His name is Gao Li, and he used to be a small clerk in the Jinling Grain Department. ”

"Li Yun, don't look at her young, she has acted in a lot of Cantonese operas. ”

"Chen Youxin, come over and say hello. ”

"Come on, come on, Yuan Qiufeng, the great director Ma Xu Weibang's senior apprentice. ”

……

As soon as he walked into the big wooden house, Yang Qiu thought he had come to the refugee camp.

Most of the room was filled with all kinds of bedding, red, yellow, green and purple.

What's more, the wooden house has no floors, so the paving is directly laid on the hard ground. Although some of them had some straw, the soil inevitably stained the bedding and made it look gray.

In the back of the room, there are a lot of clotheslines pulled horizontally and vertically, and the gowns and socks are hung randomly, which looks even more messy.

In the corner of the back wall of the house, there are also two boiling platforms built with mud, perhaps just after breakfast, there is still a little green smoke from the fire hole, and I am not afraid to jump out of the spark to lead the house.

In short, if Yang Qiu wants to describe the situation in front of him, there is only one dirty mess.

And there are more shops here, and there are more people, after all, there are many people like Yang Qiu and Li Hanxiang who don't live here. Nearly thirty people Cheng Gang introduced it in a sloppy manner, but Yang Qiu's name didn't remember much, and everyone was a little dizzy.

After a rough explanation, Yang Qiu felt that this troupe was a bit unreliable.

Because among the nearly 30 people, except for Yang Qiucheng Gang and other six or seven people who are involved in the film and television industry, the other 20 or so are all refugees who have just fled, clerks, teachers, soldiers, college students, etc., who have never been in contact with dramas and movies before.

And Li Yun, the only younger member of the female members of the troupe, is an authentic Cantonese person, Cantonese is authentic, but Mandarin makes people want to scratch their heads.

Just like this, how can you still act in a drama......

Why is the troupe like this?

Just one reason, because Cheng Gang is poor!

As I said earlier, this is a voluntary drama troupe, what is the obligation? The obligation is to work for nothing without money. People like Yang Qiu, who have nothing to do, have to think about it for two days before agreeing, and it is even more difficult for others to think about it.

So Cheng Gang, who was so poor that he couldn't recruit anyone for a long time, and finally he couldn't come, so he came up with the idea of a big pot of rice, which attracted a group of cultural refugees who had just arrived in Xiangjiang.

He can still find six or seven films in the film and television industry, which can be regarded as a good popularity.

The most reliable of this, in Yang Qiu's opinion, there is only one Yuan Qiufeng, a senior disciple of Ma Xu Weibang. After all, the name of the shadow of the tree, Ma Xu Weibang's gold-lettered signboard is still very useful.

Just like Yang Qiugang told Cheng Gang that his teacher was Gu Zhongyi, Cheng Gang was busy pulling him into the gang.

Wait, who is Ma Xu Weibang?

Leslie Cheung's "Singing in the Middle of the Night", many people must have seen it, this drama is a remake of Ma Xu Weibang's 1937 movie of the same name.

And the drama "Singing in the Middle of the Night" is the pioneering work of Chinese horror films. Now it is even rumored in the film and television industry that when "Singing in the Middle of the Night" was released in the magic capital, it was scared to death.

Ma Xu Weibang can be described as the first generation of horror film masters in China.

However, what impressed Yang Qiu the most about Ma Xu Weibang was another thing.

Some time ago, Bu Wancang's waiting cloud incident spread in the Xiangjiang film and television circle, which became a joke.

But do you know who is the first director in Chinese film history?

It is Ma Xu Weibang.

In 1941, when Ma Xu Weibang was filming the movie "Modern Youth" in the magic capital, it took 18 days to wait for a cloud, and the entire crew and the company boss were tossed to death, which was much more powerful than director Bu Wancang.

Ma Xu Weibang's real name was Xu Weibang, and later when he joined the Ma family, he changed his name to Ma Xu Weibang.

However, the most powerful thing about him is that in addition to Mrs. Martha, there is also a second Mrs. Xu, and the most important thing is that these two ladies still get along very well.

This is very powerful for a son-in-law.

But now that Ma and Xu's wives are not in Xiangjiang, Yang Qiu vaguely heard that our great director also has a girlfriend in Xiangjiang.

This is also, the real celebrity is really romantic.

Some time ago, the Great Wall was established, Zhang Shankun took the post and cast a net wildly, and found Ma Xu Weibang to make a movie for him, and I don't know if he will come to wait for the clouds a few times.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Xiangjiang is still a barren land for drama. We must be the pioneers, nourish this land, and fertilize this land. Let drama, an incomparable artistic treasure, take root and blossom in this land......"

In Wong Tai Sin's big wooden house, Yang Qiu and other thirty or so people sat in a row on the bunk, looking at Cheng Gang standing in front of them and talking.

“…… And I will tell you the truth, there is not much money in the troupe. So as a new troupe, it's very important to fire the first shot. This is related to the future of the troupe, everyone's future, and the future of Heung Kong Drama. So this first shot, I want to hear everyone's opinions. ”

“……”

As soon as Cheng Gang's words were finished, everyone looked at each other, except for some people who didn't know much drama at all, they felt a little inexplicable, and everyone else felt an inexplicable pressure.

"If you have anything to say, just say it. Cheng Gang looked around, secretly worried about his whim, and then raised his hands and said, "We are a group, there is nothing bad to say." ”

"Everyone, what suggestions do you have for our first play?"

“……”

"How's Thunderstorm?" finally one of the crowd answered.

"Hmm......" Cheng Gang frowned, paced back and forth twice, thought about it and shook his head: "No, "Thunderstorm" is too early and famous, and there are too many performances, so everyone doesn't necessarily want to watch it." ”

"'Sai Jinhua'?"

Cheng Gang didn't frown anymore, and said with a smile: "Who of us can play Sai Jinhua?"

"Hahaha-"

There was a burst of laughter in the crowd, the atmosphere instantly improved, the pressure just now was swept away, and one after another people put forward their own opinions.

This made Yang Qiu feel that this drama troupe was really Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, after all, there were many dramas they said, and Yang Qiu had never heard of them.

And what Yang Qiu admires the most is that Cheng Gang can make an accurate evaluation of the drama that everyone says. This guy has a lot of scripts in his stomach, and I don't know how many scripts are stuffed.

"What about Fog ZQ?"

"It's so sad, it's a little ...... It's not 'easy to act'. ”

“……”

"If you think about it, there will be something better. My opinion is that there is no need to be sad and joyful, but it must be bitter and 'easy to act'. ”

"Uh-"

Sitting in the corner, the new refugee, the tall and thin Chen Youxin, pondered for a while, raised his hand and said, "How about "Begonia"?"

"Begonia"!

Yang Qiu's eyes lit up, this is the representative novel of the "Mandarin Duck Butterfly School", and it is also known as the first tragedy of the old magic capital. What's more, Mr. Gu Zhongyi also turned this novel into a drama, which was staged more than 150 times in SH in 1942, which was very popular.

The most important thing is that as a student of Gu Zhongyi, Yang Qiu has read the script of "Begonia".

Yang Qiu's eyes lit up here, and Yuan Qiufeng over there also nodded meaningfully, no way, who called his teacher Ma Xu Weibang made a hit film in 1943, also called "Begonia".

The drama "Begonia" is neither old nor new, and the most important thing is that it has never been performed in Xiangjiang, and it also meets Cheng Gang's requirements of not being happy and sad but suffering.

It was just perfect!

After Chen Youxin's proposal was finished, Cheng Gang was also very moved, pacing around the ground several times, and then he patted his head and shouted: "Okay, Youxin's proposal is very good, we will play "Begonia", do you have any objections?"

“……”

Everyone had no objections, Cheng Gang nodded, and said happily: "Now that the repertoire is confirmed, we will ...... next."

"But can any of us sing Peking Opera?" suddenly a voice in the crowd interjected.

“……”

Thinking that the male protagonist of "Begonia" was a Peking Opera Tsing Yi, Cheng Gang's face was stunned.

Peking Opera, people in this era will hum a few words, even Yang Qiu, who has never listened to Peking Opera, has learned two songs from Li Hanxiang.

But if you really want to sing on stage, then few people will be able to do it.

With these half-knowledgeable people in front of him, Cheng Gang really can't figure out if anyone knows Peking Opera.

Now, everyone looked at each other again.

"That ......" Chen Youxin slowly raised his hand again, met everyone's puzzled eyes, and said softly: "I am a ticket holder, I know some Peking Opera." ”

“……”