After Zhang Yuanjun came back from France, he first went to see Yu Feihong and confirmed that "Love Has an Afterlife" was indeed shut down due to weather conditions, and the crew had to return to Beijing.

Teacher Yu asked Zhang Yuanjun with a begging tone, and he must set aside a schedule to finish filming "Love Has an Afterlife".

Zhang Yuanjun patted his chest and promised: "Don't worry, I will rehearse the drama in the capital in the second half of the year, and you can call me at any time when the crew restarts the film." ”

In the afternoon of the same day, Zhang Yuanjun appeared at the Renyi Small Theater and rehearsed "Camel Xiangzi" with Guo Yijun and others.

There is no role of Xiaoshunzi in "Camel Xiangzi", this role was written by Mei Qianjia, the choreographer at that time when Renyi was adapted in 57.

Xiao Shunzi is also a coachman, and Xiangzi is a colleague, but he chose a different path from Xiangzi - he ran away, he revolutionized.

He took refuge in Shoko's house and gave Shoko revolutionary leaflets.

Xiao Shunzi runs through the whole play, which actually adds a red line of resistance to the whole play.

As for why such a figure was added. It is necessary to go back to more than 50 years ago, when "Camel Xiangzi" was published.

The story is very long, and in general, for some reason, the editor of the publishing house at that time asked Mr. Lao She to revise the ending of Xiangzi, saying that "it is uncomfortable to read that Xiangzi is written in a depraved way, and it is uncomfortable to read, so it is better to delete it." ”

Mr. Lao She had to stop Shoko's fall. "Camel Shoko" was published.

In 57, when Renyi adapted the drama, the role of Xiao Shunzi was further added, leading Xiangzi to the light.

Renyi has been arranging "Camel Xiangzi" like this for 50 years.

As soon as Zhang Yuanjun arrived at the theater, his colleagues made fun of him:

"Busy man, do you know to come back?"

"Sin, sin, sin." Zhang Yuanjun had already changed into Xiao Shunzi's tattered clothes and painted his makeup, and said with a smile, "I'm very guilty, I must arrange it well in the future, I must arrange it well." ”

Renyi Theater doesn't care about actors filming film and television dramas, and they don't want to arrange theater plays in advance, so they will change it immediately, you don't want to act, some people want to act.

Zhang Yuanjun did two things in the first half of the year, one was to shoot "Love Has an Afterlife", and there was no end to it, and now it is suspended, and the other is to go to Cannes.

It's really not a busy person, if you have to be busy, he can't be busy with the aftershocks of the actor of "Camel Xiangzi".

After "Agent Group Five" became popular, Yu Zhen received a soft hand in the play, and I heard that he will broadcast 5 dramas next year.

"Okay, since you're here, let's hurry up and rehearse, and the performance will be on the 1st." Director Gu Wei hurriedly organized a rehearsal.

"Camel Xiangzi", as an old opera, did not have a long rehearsal time, just 4 days, and it was on after the rehearsal.

Although Xiao Shunzi is a supporting role, Zhang Yuanjun prepared seriously enough, in order to reflect the character's sense of story, he wrote a biography of more than 20,000 words for this character, and made up for Xiao Shunzi's past, experience and future ending that were not clearly explained in the play.

In this way, the character has roots, rather than a character who comes out and says two words and then retreats, and then comes out and says two words and then retreats.

Zhang Yuanjun kept up with the progress during the third rehearsal.

Four days have passed, and the performance at the Capital Theater on the night of the 1st has been wonderfully completed.

"Camel Xiangzi" is a play, except for the drama performance major, the average young person is not interested, and the main target audience of this play is middle-aged and elderly drama fans.

But today, strangely, 80% of the seats in the theater are occupied by young girls.

This makes the creators, including the director, very puzzling.

A colleague at the box office gave the answer: "They all came to see Zhang Yuanjun." ”

Zhang Yuanjun on the side was stunned, he didn't know about this.

"Don't look at me," Zhang Yuanjun was also confused, "I don't know them." ”

A colleague at the box office said: "A few days ago, when the tickets were opened, several waves of little girls came to ask, 'Is Zhang Yuanjun the one who plays Yang Guo written in your cast?'" I said yes. Then they all swiped to buy tickets, and fans bought more than 100 tickets. ”

"I don't know about it." Zhang Yuanjun explained, "I had to know in advance that I wouldn't let them do this." ”

"Why don't you let it go." Director Gu Wei smiled, "No matter what the reason, people can come to us to watch the play, we should welcome them." It's better to watch than not to watch, so many young people come to see our performance, why don't you let it. ”

Nowadays, dramas are difficult to do, and although there is no shortage of audiences, old dramas like "Camel Xiangzi" can still attract the majority of young people to enter the theater to watch the play, isn't this the purpose of their rehearsal of the new version.

"Last month, the Mandarin "Blind City" premiered at Peking University, and it was performed for four days, why is the effect so good? There is Liu Yifei! ”

Guo Yijun interjected: "I also went to watch it at the time, good guy, the first time I saw someone who came to watch a drama with a support banner, the front row was all fans of Liu Yifei, and those who didn't know thought that the heroine was Liu Yifei, and in those four days, the venue was full." ”

"You've been watching it for four days?" Zhang Yuanjun asked.

"I ...... I also went to see Liu Yifei. Guo Yijun was a little embarrassed, and then said, "Her fans were so crazy in those days that I didn't talk to her, Yuanjun, you have a good relationship with her, you help me ask me for an autographed photo." ”

"I've got it there, and I'll bring it to you tomorrow." Zhang Yuanjun said.

"You still have a signed photo of her?" Guo Yijun glanced at Zhang Yuanjun ambiguously.

"I'm in the same class as her, and I've filmed two more plays together, so it's normal to have her signed photos, right? I still have an autographed album from her, and I can give it to you if you want. ”

"I don't want it, she gave you the album, you can just get me a signed photo, is there a little dragon girl?"

"Yes."

At the dinner party after the performance, Yu Zhen commented on the behavior of Zhang Yuanjun's fans who almost chartered the venue today: "I don't think there's anything wrong with it. You don't care what the audience comes to see, you don't care if he understands the drama or not, does he spend real money? The old man who sang the opera said, Boss Mei, and Chenghua Club also had other good actors, but no matter what, the audience spent money to go into the theater to see Boss Mei, and the other actors also followed suit, taking ticket money to support their families. ”

"How dare I compare to Boss Mei." Zhang Yuanjun felt that the metaphor of aftershocks was not appropriate.

"That's the truth," he felt like Aftershock had drunk a little too much, "as long as I can get to the seat, everything else is fine." You don't care if he understands the drama or not, if 100 people come to see, if you can leave five or six people, won't you add five or six people to the audience in the future? The third child," Aftershock patted Zhang Yuanjun on the shoulder, "It is not bad to be able to pull the audience into the theater!" ”

"Yes, yes, yes. You've drunk too much, so go back and rest, there's a show tomorrow night. ”

After eating, the group dispersed.

"Camel Xiangzi" has been performed at the Capital Theater for 15 consecutive days since June 1, and there will be no shortage of audiences for a play like "Camel Xiangzi".

Coupled with the fact that Zhang Yuanjun's studio is really guiding its fans into the Capital Theater in an orderly manner, the attendance rate of "Camel Xiangzi" remains high, above 75% every day.

Zhang Yuanjun used to laugh at some artists for officially managing fans, but he didn't expect to do the same.

Zhang Yuanjun's studio will give away 10 tickets for "Camel Xiangzi" to fans every day, and Zhang Yuanjun will meet and interact with these 10 fans after the performance.

He can only comfort himself, it's all for the show!

(End of chapter)