Chapter 108: The Show Begins

On the day of the audition, Tang Ge deliberately gave all the clansmen and slaves an afternoon off, and in addition to the necessary vigilance, even the military training was stopped. After having lunch early, the clansmen couldn't wait to gather in the theater, with snacks and animal skins on their buttocks, to find a good place, and couldn't wait for the show to begin.

The actors backstage were also busy. I don't feel like I usually rehearse, but when I actually go on stage, I start to get nervous one by one. The costumes of the performance were sorted out over and over again, and there were even temporary lines, saving me from forgetting the words when the time came.

Tang Ge wrote all the lines on the animal skins, and the slaves didn't know pinyin at all, but Tang Ge sent Xiao Zhi, who had a good academic performance, as their assistant, and the usual task was to teach them the lines, so the young Xiao Zhi became the busiest person in the entire troupe on this day, and almost everyone in the troupe asked him to memorize his lines.

The clansmen came much earlier than scheduled, and the clansmen were used to listening to Tang Ge's commentaries, so they knew that it was best to bring some snacks at this time, so the seats that could originally accommodate two or three thousand people were filled up by more than a thousand people from the tribe with their snacks.

Tang Ge saw that the time was almost up, so he signaled to the band, and after the band received Tang Ge's notice, they struck the gong and drum to urge the scene. This is a signal to the actors backstage that the performance is about to begin, so hurry up and make final preparations.

As soon as the gongs and drums sounded, the originally noisy theater suddenly fell silent, and everyone stared at the stage intently, for fear of missing even a glance.

After three times of gongs and drums, the curtain opened, and the show finally began.

I have to say that the drama rehearsed by Tang Ge has a great impact on people in this era. Although most of the people have seen the actors rehearse, the actual formal performance and the accompaniment of the band feel are different from the rehearsal. During the rehearsal, I felt that it was fun at most, but when I watched the official performance, I was unconsciously immersed in the story that I already knew.

The show was a success. Although there were a few things that forgot the words, they were successfully saved by other actors, and during the performance, the clansmen applauded continuously, and their voices were almost hoarse.

In the play "The Legend of the White Snake", Tang Ge has a very long arrangement, so one afternoon cannot be fully interpreted, only enough to act until the white lady and the herb picker get married, and the centipede spirit appears and attacks the herb picker's clansmen.

The actors are all on stage for the first time, and they are inevitably nervous, although the performance in the afternoon was very smooth, but they were already tired enough, and after the curtain call, several leading actors even collapsed.

The tribesmen are no better. Everyone originally thought that they were already familiar with the story, but when it came to the performance, they found that there were still so many details that everyone didn't know. Especially the White Lady's heart secretly promised, all kinds of hints, but the medicine picker did not have the slightest sense of the plot, the anxious clansmen were eager to pull their hair down, and the lively and lovely Xiaoqing threaded a bridge from it, which led the clansmen to applaud again and again.

Although the storyline is exciting, what is more attractive is the figure and singing voice of the actors.

When acting, the actor's every move is completely different from life, whether it is walking or sitting, there are body requirements. But no one expected that during the performance, under the background music and colorful outfits, the actors looked so beautiful with a smile, a hand and a twist of their waists! All kinds of poses that usually look ridiculous and awkward are performed on the stage, but they have a different kind of attraction, as if these actors should act like this, and the beauty is natural.

And when the singing sounded, all the clansmen were even more silent, and even their breathing was subconsciously held. Singing is different from ordinary singing, especially Tang Ge is interspersed with many classic singing segments, which makes the plot more fascinating, and the whole play is even more climactic, wonderful, and the people who listen to it are sometimes excited, sometimes shaking their heads and sighing.

The performance ended, but the tribesmen were still unsatisfied, and they didn't even bother to eat dinner, and shouted for the actors to do it again, and then the performance. The ferocious centipede spirit has just appeared, and everyone is eager to know how the white lady and Xiaoqing fight with the centipede spirit, and look forward to the appearance of the Yan boy, but it ends here, which makes people itch and unbearable.

Tang Ge will not be driven by their temperament. The actors have been performing for an afternoon, and they are already tired and paralyzed, and if they really want to continue performing, they will probably fall tired on stage. In addition, when acting, the actors' voices are louder than the other, and the pitch is higher than the other, if they continue to sing, their voices will be damaged, and even lose their voices, resulting in a long time unable to rehearse and perform, which will outweigh the losses.

So Tang Ge announced that today's performance ended here. The next performance will be tomorrow night, but the content of the performance will be exactly the same as today's, because we have to take care of those who can't come to watch because of the guard duty. Moreover, there will be performances every night in the future, and all of them will be the same for two consecutive days, so that all the clansmen can be taken care of and not miss any plots.

After Tang Ge announced these decisions, the clansmen reluctantly left one after another. This night, all kinds of babbling and learning to sing in the tribe continued to sound, which lasted until midnight, and the excitement of the tribe had not passed, and the opera was completely popular in the tribe.

Tang Ge divided the entire story of the White Snake into five episodes, namely the meeting of the broken bridge, the wisdom of the centipede essence, the Yan clan thief of the fairy grass, the water flooding Jinshan and the finale of the final meeting of the husband and wife. In the following days, as Tang Ge said, there were performances every night. The actors rehearse during the day and perform at night, and after continuous running-in and improvement, this play is becoming more and more mature and exciting.

Half a month later, the whole play has been completely performed, but the people are still enthusiastic, and the opera garden is full every day. And watching the drama has also become the most important leisure activity in the tribe this winter, and the popularity even exceeds that when Tang Ge talked about "Journey to the West".

The play is getting better and better, the actors are becoming more and more skilled, the military training is getting smoother and smoother, the construction of the tribe is also in full swing, and everything is developing for the better. When Tang Ge finally sorted out everything and felt that he could be lazy for a few more days, a new unexpected situation happened.

Xiao Ya can now be said to be the most feverish ticket holder in the entire Holy Flame City. Although she worked as a teaching assistant in Tang Ge's previous military training, she still had to participate in the military training of the clansmen, but for the sake of watching the play, Xiaoya even dared to escape from the military training! Considering that the confinement room is useless to this heartless girl, in order to punish her, the fat witch had to sacrifice the original family law, but even if the ass opens the flower, Xiaoya is still obsessed, and she must watch every play, and no day falls.

When the military training of the first batch of clansmen ended, Tang Ge wanted Xiao Ya to be the instructor of the slaves, but Xiao Ya, who was finally liberated, had a different opinion.

She wants to be an actress. And the one named wants to play Xiaoqing.

When she was originally obsessed with opera, Xiao Ya was like a crazy demon, but now in order to be an actor, she has the momentum of risking her life and doing a big job, and she really has no choice but to let her participate in the rehearsal team, and when she is familiar with the whole play, she will be allowed to perform.

As for the idea of the female slave who played Xiaoqing, no one considered it at all.

Just when Xiao Ya was about to become one of the actors, and the actor who played Xiaoqing was sad because he was about to lose his job, the other actors were going to go on strike!

The one who went on strike was the actor who played the snake catcher. Originally, this actor acted very well, and he sang very well in all kinds of figures, but the better he acted, the less popular he was with the clan.

is really because in "The Legend of the White Snake", the villain role of the snake catcher is too bad, and the actor's performance is so good, after the clansmen indulged in the story, they even began to dislike this actor.

Looking at the two black-eyed actors in front of him, crying and begging him to strike, Tang Ge sighed helplessly. He once heard that during the performance of the opera "The White-Haired Girl", there was a story about soldiers shooting at Huang Shiren on the stage, and at that time he only thought it was funny, but he didn't expect that this kind of thing would really happen in front of him.

"How many times?" Tang Ge asked the middle-aged actor in front of him gently.

The unlucky guy who played the snake catcher wiped a handful of nosebleeds that still flowed, and shook his head aggrievedly. He couldn't remember how many times he was beaten by the masters of the Holy Flame City, and he could still perform with gritted teeth and injuries before, but this time he was simply broken, with a crooked nose bridge and two black eye sockets, he couldn't continue to perform at all, and he just took this opportunity to resign to Tang Ge. In the past, he didn't dare to do this kind of thing if he didn't do the strike, the masters asked you to act, you had to act, and if you couldn't kill you, you had to go on stage and continue to act. But now that he has such a good opportunity, he decided to seize it, and even decided that even if he does hard and tiring work, he will no longer act, at least, he will no longer play a villain.

Tang Ge sighed again, and after instructing, "You take care of your injuries, and the performance will be temporarily stopped", he sent him back.

Nowadays, there are very few actors in the troupe, and the snake catcher is an irreplaceable role. Seeing that winter is halfway over, it is too late to change people and start rehearsals again, not to mention, who can guarantee that the new snake catcher will not be beaten. So, this matter must be properly resolved.

(No inspiration, it's all hard squeezed)