It was fast to the end of the month.

Jiang Kan took a flight to Yanjing and made peace with Zhang Lingling, who had just arrived here.

"Haha, I haven't seen you for a long time, I feel like Brother Kan, you have become a lot younger again!"

Zhang Lingling put down the small suitcase in her hand, gave Jiang Kan a gentle hug, and then immediately separated.

"Ha, it's been a long time, you look good, but your eyes are a little dark, have you been busy lately?"

The two walked to the parking position of the airport bus with their suitcases and chatted all the way.

"I am very busy, and after becoming a deputy minister, I found that the things I had to do suddenly multiplied dozens of times! I used to only need to manage seven or eight intern agents and five or six artists on hand, but now I have to manage the entire company's agents, and at first I was really busy, and I could only sleep less than five hours a day......

While walking, Zhang Lingling was still yawning, and it was obvious that her rest time during this period was not optimistic.

"In addition, the number of artists at hand has also expanded to more than a dozen, and it is no longer only singers who need to worry about it, but also actors and some authors, directors and screenwriters......

Seeing her yawning continuously, Jiang Kan also felt a little distressed, but this is the price of growth and promotion, she herself chose a difficult career path, and only by herself can she get through, and others will give her some comfort at most.

"But it's okay, haha, I also have several assistants who help me with my daily affairs, and I only need to follow up with a few of the most important artists myself, and you are one of them! Isn't it an honor?"

Knowing that the other party was joking, Jiang Kan also cooperated with a very gentlemanly gesture of bending down and saluting.

"It's an honor, haha, the deputy minister of the brokerage department of Feiyang Entertainment, one of the three giants of labor, personally came to hold the itinerary for ***, I am really fortunate to have three lives~"

I was in a good mood today, and I saw my long-lost old friend again, so Jiang Kan kept a smile on his face and joked with Xiao Zhang.

"However, to tell you the truth, the company also attaches great importance to this seminar, after all, the opera art of our Xia Kingdom is a national treasure, with extremely high artistic value, and it also has a very important ZZ value that condenses national self-confidence and cohesion, and I am here to help you better discuss with them and find a new development path."

As soon as she talked about her work, Zhang Lingling's face became serious, making Jiang Kan next to her suddenly laugh when she looked at her.

"What's the matter, did I have any questions?"

She saw Jiang Kan looking at her and laughing, and unconsciously touched her face.

"Did I wear my makeup? Or is there something on the face?"

"It's not, hehe, I just feel that it's really exercise that makes people grow, Xiao Zhang, you are now a big leader, and you have begun to say those high-profile words one by one."

Jiang Kan shook his head and said the reason why he suddenly laughed.

"But it's not that it's bad, but I saw the speed of your growth, and I felt a little bit about my original experience......

The two chatted and chatted, then got on the airport bus bound for the city, found a double seat in the back and sat down.

The seminar on "The Development Direction of Traditional Dramatic Art in the New Era" was attended by well-known people of various schools of opera in China, and it was a grand gathering of old artists who were even recognized by the Xia State government.

The conference venue is a special conference hall of a five-star hotel, which can accommodate 200 people, and the conference site is also arranged in the form of the rostrum, which is the front of the rostrum and the audience seat below.

When Jiang Kan and Zhang Lingling walked into the venue, many participants had already arrived, and they all gathered in twos and threes to chat, waiting for the official start of the meeting.

Jiang Kan stood in the venue, and he didn't know anyone around him, and he looked a little lonely.

"Hehe, don't you feel embarrassed? Let's go talk to the organizing committee first

Say hello, after all, they invited you to the meeting."

Zhang Lingling should have done a lot of work in advance, and walked towards a small circle gathered under the rostrum with Jiang Kan.

"Hello Mr. Wang, I'm Zhang Lingling from Feiyang Entertainment, this is our composer and singer Mr. Jiang Kan, and we have been in contact on the phone before."

Walking up to an old man with white hair, Zhang Lingling respectfully bowed to him slightly.

"Oh oh oh, hello Xiao Zhang, hello Xiao Jiang, hehehe, I was chatting with a few old friends just now and didn't see you come in, so I was sluggish."

Although the old man known as Wang Lao had white hair, he was in good spirits, and seeing that the two of them were very respectful to him, he didn't put on a fight, and said to the two happily.

"You are Jiang Kan who sang "The New Concubine Drunk" before, right? I've heard Xiao Liu and Lao Zhang mention you, and I mentioned you more than once, hehe."

The old man was very energetic, and he was still standing next to him, so Jiang Kan and the two of them stood and chatted with him, and it could be seen that the old man admired him very much, and the smile on his face never faded.

He knew that Xiao Liu and Lao Zhang that the other party was talking about were Liu Dehou, a famous Peking Opera performance artist who had contact with him before, and his teacher, Mr. Zhang Kuanhou, it seemed that the old Wang in front of him had a good relationship with them.

"Where, where, it's just a very ordinary song written by idle people, Wang Lao, you praised it falsely......

Although he didn't know the specific identity of the other party, he could see that the other party's status and seniority were very high, and Jiang Kan was also very polite and slightly bent down and humbled slightly.

"Hehe, it's not ordinary, it's not ordinary! And not only is it not ordinary, but it is also very good! You know, we finally decided to have a discussion like this, and it was actually influenced and prompted by your song in large part!"

Wang Lao nodded approvingly, looking at Jiang Kan with a very strong appreciation in his eyes.

"This song of yours has brought us a new enlightenment for the art of Peking Opera, and even other local opera genres in China, and has also shown us a feasible new way to promote opera culture!"

"You know what? Now in our country, with the continuous development of economic level and cultural level, many young people no longer see our "old-fashioned" performing arts."

"And we have been thinking about how to preserve, promote, and carry forward the good things left by our ancestors."

"Your way of popularizing the art of opera has given us a lot of inspiration, although I am a lot older, but my thinking is not conservative, I personally think that as long as it is conducive to the spread of our folk opera culture, we can boldly try...... Ah, everyone is basically here, Xiao Jiang, Xiao Zhang, you can sit down first, and we will continue to discuss at the meeting."

With the increasing number of attendees, the large venue that can accommodate more than 200 people is basically full.

Seeing this, Wang Lao also wanted to return to his seat, and before leaving, he patted Jiang Kan's arm affectionately, smiled at him and nodded, which made the latter flattered for a while, and quickly nodded in return.

When the old man walked quickly to a certain seat on the rostrum and sat down, he saw the name tag on the other party's table, which read: "Wang Jusheng".

"Wang Jusheng? The head of the Capital Peking Opera Art Troupe? The famous Xia Kingdom's No. 1 Peking Opera Artist in the Past 50 Years?"

Rao usually rarely cares about this aspect of the content, and Jiang Kan is still suppressed by the identity of the other party.

This is a big figure in the art world, it is rumored that he was personally received by successive heads of state, and his status in the domestic cultural circle is not ordinarily high.

I didn't expect such a powerful and respected art world boss to be so kind and kind to a junior like himself, who had just entered the industry, Rao is Jiang Kan is already a forty-year-old person who has seen the world, and he still feels that his body is full of warmth, and even the steps under his feet are a little vain.

"Hehe, have you seen the momentum of the big guy? I just started picking him up

The phone is also a bit confusing, it is a big man who can reach the sky, and the social status of us who are purely commercial entertainment industry practitioners are basically people from two worlds......

Zhang Lingling sat beside Jiang Kan, leaned over her head and whispered.

"With your current status in the entertainment industry, it can actually be said that you have a place, but if you want to have a better development in the future, making some friends in the literary and artistic circles appropriately and meeting some people with social status will also be of considerable help."

Zhang Lingling's words, Jiang Kan certainly understands why so many pop song singers, TV series actors and movie stars really want to hook up with mainstream artists and groups.

That's all to enhance his status in the literary and artistic circles, to be recognized by the country's formal institutions, and to get more respect and recognition from his peers...... So many things must be done, and many people must be recognized, and he is not a fledgling child, he naturally understands these things.

"Today, we are glad to invite traditional opera artists from all regions of the country to gather here to solemnly and seriously discuss the development direction and specific operation forms of our traditional cultural opera art, and make a contribution to the new vitality of the traditional opera art of our great motherland!"

On the rostrum, Elder Wang was making a speech.

From the perspective of carrying forward the country's traditional dramatic arts, the mission, direction and task content of this conference were expounded, and the language was concise and pertinent, and the opening speech ended in a few minutes.

After that, many speeches by the leaders of traditional meetings were omitted, and the significance of the conference and the future were looked forward to, and the discussion of specific contents was directly started.

After all, we are all respected industry insiders in various regions, and we still have a lot of things to be busy with, and the conference will be held for three days in total, and representatives from dozens of regions across the country will speak and follow-up discussions, and it is not good to have a tight time.

Jiang Kan did not take the initiative to speak, and has been listening quietly.

He could tell from the speeches of the delegates that they were all in a state of anxiety.

As Wang Lao said before, the traditional culture and opera of the Xia Kingdom have been very popular with new art forms after the arrival of the new era - TV dramas, movies, long videos, and short videos...... More and more people gradually forget the scenes and pictures in the theater, and are unwilling to spend half a day listening to the old tunes that have been heard many times.

Jiang Kan also saw Liu Dehou, who had a deep chat with him before, in the crowd, and also saw his teacher, Mr. Zhang Kuanhou, in the rostrum on the stage.

Their eyes are very solemn, and their expressions are very serious.

Jiang Kan also felt their oppressive atmosphere, and his heart was also quite emotional.

It wasn't until Mr. Zhang Kuanhou on the stage began to speak that his attention was focused on the rostrum again.

"So, that's it, we are also constantly exploring the subsequent development direction of Peking Opera art and the expansion of publicity methods, this question has been bothering us until one day I heard a song from my apprentice Xiao Liu, which made my eyes light up and I thought about it!"

"Oh? What song can make Zhang Lao's eyes shine?"

The audience immediately fell into a "buzzing" discussion, but with the sound of Zhang Kuanhou's throat clearing, the commotion quickly calmed down again.

"The name of this song, perhaps some friends have also heard of it, is called "The New Concubine Drunk"!"

"As we all know, "The Drunken Concubine" is a very famous immortal masterpiece in our Peking Opera, it is also known as "The Pavilion of Hundred Flowers", which is a single-fold play, based on the story of Yang Guifei, a historical figure in the Tang Dynasty, and is widely known through the creation and performance of the famous Peking Opera artist Mr. Mei, and is one of the representative repertoire of the Mei School."

"However, even such a classic repertoire that has been sung for many years has gradually reduced the number of performances, and in the past, the number of performances of our major theater troupes in Yanjing combined was one or two hundred."

"But in the past few years, the number of performances in a year is only a handful, as far as I know, last year

This year, Quan Yanjing has performed less than 20 times."

When Zhang Lao said this, he patted the table on the rostrum with his hand very sadly.

"Heartache, heartache, such a good repertoire has been gradually forgotten and indifferent by people, how long has it been......

His voice was very angry, but also with a hint of pathos.

"There must be many examples of the music schools you represent, Lao Zhang, your Yue Opera's "Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai", Lao Zhao, your Huangmei Opera's "Tianxian Pei", and Lao Li, your Henan Opera's "Mulan...... With such countless excellent plays, are there almost not many people who go to see and listen to them? It's really chilling and sad that traditional opera is in decline!"

"But what's the solution? After all, in the minds of the people, the art of drama is a "old antique" that has been decades, hundreds of years, or even thousands of years, and it is an art form that has been out of touch with the times, and naturally cannot be compared with these new TV dramas, movies, and music programs......

"At first, I was also very helpless and sad. However, when I heard the song "The New Concubine Drunk" sent to me by Xiao Liu, my eyes suddenly lit up, as if I saw a new way and opportunity for the development of our dramatic art to get out of trouble!"