April 3rd.

Chongqing Chaijia Lane, Cathay Pacific Theater.

After dinner, Zhou Hexuan took Zhang Leyi, Meng Xiaodong and Ruan Lingyu here, followed by Anald who came from India to communicate.

"Oh, Mingcheng is really admiring face!" Guo Moruo warmly came over to shake hands.

Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "Mr. Guo's masterpiece premiere, of course I want to come to enjoy and learn." ”

Today is the day of the premiere of the drama "Qu Yuan", and many left-wing writers have come. After Guo Moruo greeted Zhou Hexuan and others, he immediately went to greet other friends. Not long after, Zhou Hexuan was also surrounded by groups, and writers eagerly discussed "The Little Prince" with him.

When the drama was about to start, a chubby and smiling middle-aged man came over, shook hands with Zhou Hexuan and said, "Mr. Zhou, I have been reading a masterpiece recently, and I am quite touched, your fairy tale is written so well." ”

Zhou Hexuan laughed and said: "Mr. Sun, you are the little prince in the book, a patriotic heart, and you dare to come to the premiere of "Qu Yuan" even if your job is smashed." ”

"It doesn't matter if the job bowl is smashed, you can always find a guy to eat." The middle-aged man was still smiling.

This gentleman's name is Sun Fuyuan, the "supplement king" during the Republic of China, and "The True Story of Ah Q" is the product of his invitation to Lu Xun.

Sun Fuyuan can be called a manuscript maniac, and is the shadow in the hearts of many writers of the Republic of China, in Cao Juren's original words: "(Sun Fuyuan) has a round face, a group of harmony, and steps through the door, letting you know that it's time to deliver the manuscript." ”

At that time, Lu Xun was tortured by the manuscript for more than two months, and he was so depressed that he wanted to end "The True Story of Ah Q" as soon as possible, but Sun Fuyuan continued to write. Until Sun Fuyuan went on a business trip to other places, Lu Xun hurriedly took the opportunity to write a finale, if it weren't for this, "The True Story of Ah Q" is estimated to be written as a long story.

Lu Xun had a very good relationship with Sun Fuyuan at the beginning, he traveled around Beiping, Xi'an, Xiamen, and Guangzhou, and Sun Fuyuan accompanied him all the way as a student. It wasn't until Sun Fuyuan took refuge in the Kuomintang reorganization faction that the friendship between the two gradually drifted apart.

Even so, Lu Xun did not write an article to scold Sun Fuyuan, but only complained in a letter to his wife: "He (Sun Fuyuan) seems to be serious or not serious, like oily and not oily, walking around vaguely, and will never encounter the so-called embarrassment." However, everything that has passed by often leaves a little trouble for others to clean up. ”

Sun Fuyuan is this kind of person, always with a smiling face, hypocritical at first glance, but in fact sincere, and sincere with three points of slippery, the sky is falling, it is estimated that he is still stupid. He belongs to the kind of optimist, he doesn't care about everything, and he doesn't worry about getting into trouble, but he hurts his friends to wipe his ass.

For example, a while ago, Sun Fuyuan served as the editor-in-chief of the supplement of "Central Daily". This is the organ newspaper of the Kuomintang, and he dared to serialize Guo Moruo's "Qu Yuan", so angry that Lao Jiang personally instructed Sun Fuyuan to dismiss him. As a result, Chen Bosheng, the president of the "Central Daily", was implicated, Chen Bosheng was a friend of Sun Fuyuan, and he was also the inviter of Sun Fuyuan to enter the "Central Daily".

Chen Bosheng was anxious about this incident, but Sun Fuyuan slapped his ass and left with a grin, and dared to come to the Cathay Pacific Theater today to watch the premiere of "Qu Yuan".

Sun Fuyuan is familiar with everyone, and his smile is so cute that it is difficult to refuse, at this time he said: "Is Mr. Zhou free tomorrow?" I just have nothing to do, and I want to go to your mansion and ask some questions about literature. ”

"Another day, I'll have something to do tomorrow." Zhou Hexuan said.

"Okay, how about Saturday?" Sun Fuyuan asked again.

"Yes, I'm waiting for you." Zhou Hexuan had to agree, otherwise this person would continue to choose a date.

……

On stage, in late spring.

Qu Yuan, played by Jin Shan, wandered in the orange grove and recited lyrically: "O glorious orange tree, the branches and leaves are draped. Growing up in the south, independent and unmoving...... Deeply rooted, not afraid of ice and snow. Endowment shock absorption, like a person with lofty ideals......"

"Good!"

The audience clapped their hands and shouted.

Annard asked curiously, "Mr. Zhou, what is this drama about?" ”

Zhou Hexuan explained: "It's about Qu Yuan, a patriot in ancient China......"

Under Zhou Hexuan's explanation, Annard enjoyed the drama with great difficulty, while the other audiences were already immersed in the plot.

Gradually, in the fifth act, Qu Yuan was imprisoned in the Taiyi Temple of the Eastern Emperor. Suddenly, a symphony sounded on the stage, and Qu Yuan sang "Ode to Thunder and Lightning" in the grand and magnificent accompaniment, and the furious emotions that had been brewing for a long time erupted: "Wind! You roar! Roar! Roar as hard as you can! In this dark time, when everything is awake, when everything is asleep, when it is all dead, it is the time when you roar, and when you should roar as best you can! No matter how roaring you may be, you cannot wake them up from their dreams, nor bring back the dead blows, nor blow away the darkness before your eyes, which is heavier than iron......"

Zhou Hexuan listened to the hairs on his whole body standing on end, Guo Moruo's poem recitation was too terrible, and his emotions were not tactfully concealed, like a volcanic eruption.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, a spring thunder rang out, and white thunder flashed outside the window.

And at this moment, Qu Yuan was shouting on the stage: "You wind, you thunder, you electricity, everything you roar and shine in this darkness......"

Inside and outside the theater, they complement each other, as if the sky has also sensed the darkness of this era.

The momentum of the storm and the air swallowing the mountains and rivers broke through the long-imprisoned spiritual floodgates, and under the background of the lightning and thunder of the external windows, it shocked all the audiences in the Cathay Pacific Theater.

Zhou Hexuan turned his head to look at Sun Fuyuan not far away, and secretly admired this person's courage. This drama almost pointed at Lao Jiang's nose and scolded his mother, Sun Fuyuan actually dared to put the script in the supplement of "Central Daily" and serialize it, the head is really iron!

When the performance ended, the audience stood up, and the applause lasted for several minutes before stopping.

Next, "Qu Yuan" was performed at the Cathay Pacific Theater for 17 consecutive days, from morning to night, the venue was full, and the number of viewers was nearly 300,000. Moreover, this drama gradually spread from Chongqing to all over the world, and the social impact brought far exceeded that of "The Little Prince", whether it was leftists, liberals, or patriotic officials and generals on the Kuomintang side, they all expressed their heartfelt admiration.

In June, the main city of Chongqing was directly banned, and "Qu Yuan" could only be moved to surrounding districts and counties.

As soon as the crew of "Qu Yuan" arrived in Beibei, the Kuomintang sent spies to find Liu Zhongyi, director of Beibei People's Education: "This drama is very inflammatory, and it has been banned from performing in Chongqing Shangfeng, you should stop it immediately." ”

Liu Zhongyi said: "This is arranged by the Authority, I have no right to cancel it, I don't believe you go to Director Lu." ”

Lu Ziying didn't dump the spy at all, and said to Liu Zhongyi under pressure: "No matter him, every day when you perform, you put a rattan chair and sit at the entrance of the stage." It's called supervision, but it's actually to prevent spies from sabotaging. Come to me when something happens, and I'm always in the theater. ”

Neither of them was a communist, but just a local official in Chongqing, who supported "Qu Yuan" out of patriotic enthusiasm, even if he was removed from his post afterwards.

Many people from Jiangbei, Ba County, Bishan, Hechuan and other neighboring districts and counties heard that "Qu Yuan" could still be seen in Beibei, and they came together one after another, causing all the hotels in Beibei to be full. Jiangbei County is next to Beibei, and the audience there found that they could not find a hotel, so they simply walked home in the middle of the night after watching the performance.

In order to watch a drama, he walked dozens or hundreds of kilometers, and even slept in the open at the expense of food, one can imagine how influential "Qu Yuan" is.

This is the most sensational thing in the literary and artistic world this year, Zhou Hexuan and "The Little Prince" have to stand aside.