Lin Mu stayed in his hometown until the fifth day of the new year, and then said goodbye to his reluctant parents and returned to the capital!

As the top brand of the first troupe of the National Peking Opera Company, Lin Mu's future performance tasks are very heavy!

"Hey, is it Mr. Lin Mu?"

An unfamiliar number, after Lin Mu connected it, a middle-aged man's voice came from inside!

"Well, it's me, who are you?"

Peng Zheng held the phone with a smile on his face and said, "I'm Peng Zheng, a director of a film and television drama, I called this time to ask you to star in a TV series!" ”

When Lin Mu heard this, his brows furrowed slightly, but he still said very politely, "Thank you, but I really don't have time recently, I'm sorry!" ”

Without waiting for Peng Zheng to continue to persuade, Lin Mu hung up the phone!

Looking at the performance task list on the table, Lin Mu looked full of fighting spirit!

The performance tasks for the first three months have been discharged.

In 90 days, 15 performances were performed, including "Shiro Visits His Mother", "The Red-Maned Horse", "The Imperial Tablet Pavilion", "The Dragon and the Phoenix" and other old dramas.

And for Lin Mu, starting next month, there will be a very important series of commemorative performances, which require him to carry the banner!

Because this year is the 120th anniversary of the birth of Mr. Ma Lianliang.

Mr. Ma Lianliang was born on February 28, 1901, and this year is exactly the 120th anniversary!

Originally, Mr. Feng Xiaozhi had planned to collect Lin Mu after the performance of the 120th anniversary of Mr. Ma Lianliang's birth!

However, because Lin Mu's previous performance was so eye-catching, Feng Xiaozhi was a little scared to wait, this kid didn't need to apprentice!

The performance for the 120th anniversary of Mr. Ma Lianliang's birth is not just a show, but a series of performances, and there will be a commemorative performance every month starting from March.

When the time comes, the famous masters of the entire Peking Opera industry will perform on stage!

And Lin Mu, as an actor with both fame and strength in the third generation, is naturally the most dazzling star!

Therefore, these days, Lin Mu's performance tasks are very heavy, and it is impossible to participate in the filming of any TV series!

However, Peng Zheng is not the kind of person who gives up easily, and soon, he asked someone to introduce him and found Lin Mu!

"Hello Mr. Lin!"

Seeing Lin Mu, Peng Zheng walked over with a smile on his face and stretched out his hand to shake Lin Mu!

Lin Mu also has some understanding of Peng Zheng!

It turns out that many of the best-selling TV series are from the hands of this director!

The "Yanxi Raiders" that his mother liked very much before is Peng Zheng's masterpiece!

"Director Peng, look up for a long time, come and take a seat!"

After the two sat down, Peng Zheng said sincerely, "Mr. Lin, the actor in my TV series this time is none other than you, or how about you read the script first?" ”

Lin Mu didn't expect that when this Director Peng met, he didn't even greet him, and went straight to the point, which also made Lin Mu have a lot of good feelings about him!

Don't look at the face of the monk and look at the face of the Buddha, after all, the person who introduced Director Peng to meet him this time is a leader of the Peking Opera Company, and Lin Mu can't refute the other party's face!

Lin Mu took over the script with some indifference.

"Sideburns are not Begonia Spring"!

When Lin Mu saw this name, he couldn't help frowning, this name seems to be something!

It's sideburns again, and it's begonia spring, it sounds very exciting!

However, when Lin Mu opened the script and read it, he realized that this was a story about a Peking Opera celebrity during the Republic of China!

In the thirties of the last century, in the city of Beiping, the newcomer of Peking Opera, Shang Xixin, became famous in this industry with his excellent skills.

In order to gain a firm foothold and fulfill the promise he said he said back then to carry forward the opera, he was indomitable and plunged into the ocean of art.

In this process, Cheng Fengtai, a wealthy businessman of the new school who had never seen Peking Opera, was deeply moved by his performance by chance, and was interested in befriending him, and under his influence, he became increasingly obsessed with Peking Opera.

With the help of Cheng Fengtai, Shang Xixin overcame many obstacles, rebuilt Shuiyunlou in Beiping, and cultivated a group of outstanding Peking Opera talents, with far-reaching influence.

In 1937, the Japanese army occupied Beiping, in the face of their heinous acts of burning, killing and looting, people of insight who could not bear to be buried in this way began to resist, Shang Xixin and Cheng Fengtai were also affected by the enthusiasm of everyone to protect the family and the country, temporarily put aside their small life goals, joined the revolutionary team to protect the family and the country, and also contributed their own strength to the protection and inheritance of art.

Peng was sitting on the side drinking tea, and when he saw Lin Mu constantly looking at the script, he was a little nervous!

Before coming, Peng Zheng also had some investigation on Lin Mu, and knew that Lin Mu's work was particularly heavy now, so he was ready to be rejected again!

However, since seeing Lin Mu on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala, seeing Lin Mu's drama and performance, especially the change in his eyes, Peng Zheng's heart has drawn an image for the role of "Shang Xixin"!

Later, in the sketch, Lin Mu's acting skills made Peng Zheng, who was still hesitant in his heart, completely relieved his heart!

However, what he didn't expect was that Lin Mu rejected himself directly!

Lin Mu looked at the script and was deeply attracted by the "business core" inside!

Although the other party sang Danjiao, the plot and the magnificent era in it deeply attracted Lin Mu!

Lin Mu has long been yearning for that era of famous masters and the extreme prosperity of Peking Opera!

He regretted more than once that he was not able to be born in the same era as those masters, and he was not able to see the most prosperous time of Peking Opera.

If you can be on the same stage with Mei Lanfang and Ma Lianliang, what a beautiful thing it would be!

The previously filmed "Da Wusheng", although the background is from that era, Lin Mu did not feel the breath of that era from it.

After all, it's a movie, and the duration is limited, so there's a lot of things that can't be shown!

However, the TV series is different, the content of dozens of episodes can completely show the story of that era.

And Peng Zheng, the director, is still a detail maniac!

When filming "Yanxi Raiders", Fuhuadao was simply the ceiling of the TV series.

For the entire TV series, 300 million yuan was invested, but the actor's salary was only 20 million, and all the rest of the money was invested in the production of the TV series!

The concubines' matching headdresses, clothing embroidery, fans and other objects are all personally responsible for the intangible cultural heritage.

From porcelain ornaments to eucalyptus tables, they are all well documented.

The palace where the concubines lived has the shadow of the five famous kilns of the Song Dynasty.

The paintings in the palace also imitated Lang Shining's brushwork at that time, just for those few seconds of display.

In the play, the intangible cultural heritage of more than 500 years ago "beating tree flowers" appeared.

Li Bai once had a poem "The furnace fire illuminates the heaven and the earth, and the red stars are chaotic with purple smoke" to praise the magnificent scene of smelting in the autumn night.

And in the play, "Hitting Tree Flowers" is called "Thousands of Purples and Thousands of Reds", which is a program carefully prepared by the noble concubine in order to please the Queen Mother!

The ancients said that "the rich set off fireworks, and the poor beat tree flowers", and the blacksmith could not afford fireworks but got inspiration from striking iron to invent "beating tree flowers".

During the performance, the craftsmen wore heavy sheepskin jackets and splashed the ancient city wall with freshly baked molten iron of more than 1,600 degrees Celsius, splashing into 10,000 sparks, which are called "tree flowers" because of their shape like a leafy canopy, and the scene is very spectacular.

Director Peng Zheng is a person who pursues the ultimate beauty, the TV series he shoots does not seek big-name actors, and the selected actors must match the temperament of the characters in the drama, even if it is a small actor, he can also get Peng Zheng's favor!

For the drama "Sideburns", director Peng Zheng has already made sufficient preparations, and he has customized dozens of sets of costumes alone, all of which are hand-embroidered silk costumes, and the value of each costume is about 100,000 yuan!

There is even a costume of Yang Guifei, this costume alone made Peng Zheng wait for two years.

This is handmade by a master of Suzhou embroidery!

There are only a few masters in the whole of China who can make this kind of costume!

The costume is worth more than a million!

The gold thread embroidered on it alone is made of real gold and woven into threads!

The candidate for the other male protagonist Cheng Fengtai has already been finalized, and he is also the investor of this drama, the famous film and television actor Huang Xiaomin.

And the soul of this play, Shang Xixin, Peng Zheng has tried hundreds of actors, and some of the actors are not bad, but after painting the makeup of Danjiao and putting on the costumes, Peng Zheng has no idea in an instant!

Lin Mu watched it for an hour, and then put down the script and let out a long breath!

Peng Zheng was also shocked, looked at Lin Mu, and asked, "Mr. Lin, how do you feel?" ”

Lin Mu sighed, glanced at Peng Zheng deeply, and said with a wry smile, "Director Peng, I have to say, this role is really good, and I like it very much, but ......"

Listening to Lin Mu's praise, Peng Zheng's face also showed a smile, but Lin Mu's words turned around, which made Peng Zheng's heart chuckle!

"I just joined the Peking Opera Troupe, and I was entrusted with a heavy responsibility by the head of the troupe, my three-month performance tasks have been completely filled, I really can't get out, Director Peng, you can ask Gao Ming!"

Lin Mu put the script in front of Peng Zheng with a regretful face!

Peng Zheng looked at Lin Mu, thought about it carefully, gritted his teeth, and said, "Mr. Lin, I can wait for you for three months!" ”

In fact, this drama has been prepared very well, many actors have already said hello, and filming will start soon, and everyone has already vacated the schedule!

Especially Huang Xiaomin, for this play, he has cut off carbs and works out every day to keep his figure in a good state.

For this role, Huang Xiaomin can be regarded as open-minded!

However, if you have to wait for another three months, Huang Xiaomin may not say anything, but other actors, people may not necessarily wait for you!

Three months later, maybe many actors have new jobs, and the schedules collide together, and people may not choose your play!

The loss here is not something that can be measured by money!

Unexpectedly, Peng Zheng could postpone the filming time in order to wait for Lin Mu!

When Lin Mu heard this, he was also very moved!

He can see Peng Zheng's sincerity, and he really likes the role of Shang Xixin.

Lin Mu thought about it seriously and said, "I can't give you a packing ticket for this matter, but don't worry, after I go back, within three days, whether it is successful or not, I will give you an answer!" ”

Peng Zheng got up, shook hands with Lin Mu, and said seriously, "Mr. Lin, believe me, only you can play this role!" ”

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"Why did you come to me again?"

Looking at Lin Mu, who was accompanying the smiling face as always, Yu Zhikui felt a little headache!

This goods, I don't come to myself when I have nothing to do on weekdays, and I basically ask for leave!

"Let me tell you first, you are no longer the same as last year, you are now the top brand of the group, and the performance tasks have been determined, you can't drop the chain for me!"

Yu Zhikui said the words in front of him first and blocked Lin Mu's mouth!

Lin Mu smiled and said, "Dean Yu, I know that I promise to complete the performance task in the past three months, so you can rest assured!" ”

After listening to Lin Mu's assurance, Yu Zhikui's heart relaxed a little, and he frowned and asked, "Then what are you doing with me, I have something to do with your Su Tuan!" ”

Lin Mu said a little embarrassed, "Dean Yu, I received an invitation to a TV series here, but it's only three months later, don't worry!" ”

Hearing the invitation to the TV series, Yu Kuizhi's eyes widened, and Lin Mu was so frightened that he hurriedly explained!

"So, I mean, the performance task after three months, or you have to bother a lot, rest assured, the shooting will be very fast, and it will be completed in more than a month!"

Lin Mu's words are pure nonsense, what TV series can be filmed in more than a month, especially a director like Peng Zheng who pursues excellence!

You must know that "Yanxi Raiders" took more than four months to finish filming, and this time "Sideburns" will have to be filmed for at least about three months!

Unless everyone is a pass, no time is wasted, more than a month is possible!

Hearing Lin Mu's words, Yu Zhikui slapped the table directly and said, "Lin Mu, how did you promise me before, I asked you to shoot that movie under pressure, you said it was to promote Peking Opera, I admit it, what is the reason for this time, you kid won't be really wild!" ”

Yu Zhikui's expression became a little solemn.

Although Lin Mu has always promised that he will not be very interested in filming, Yu Zhikui has seen many Peking Opera actors, and after running to filming, he will never come back!

Lin Mu hurriedly said, "Dean Yu, this drama is really amazing, it's still about our Peking Opera!" ”

So, Lin Mu talked about the general plot, and at the same time said that the director values himself very much, and he has personally found himself in the Peking Opera Company, and he is also very yearning for this role, hoping that Yu Zhikui can allow himself to film!

Looking at Lin Mu with a serious face, Yu Zhikui didn't know what to say.

After all, the movies and TV series filmed by Lin Mu are all Peking Opera themes, which is indeed a good promotion of Peking Opera.

The starting point is good, so Yu Zhikui has no way to say what he won't let go!

In the end, under Lin Mu's soft grinding and hard bubbles, Yu Zhikui reluctantly agreed.