Chapter 45: The First Drum Beats
The next day, the Spring Festival song and dance pre-audition officially began. Today's Chinese New Year song and dance pre-audition is no longer just a selection, but more like a festival! Dozens of stages have been set up all over the city, and each place is full of people. On the street, you can often see a few women dressed in beautiful colorful costumes and performing, and many people also watch. And the real pre-selection venue has already been crowded.
Jiang Xingchen came out early in the morning, and rushed to the preselection location with Mei'er, Wanrou, Mo Hongxian, the second brother, the fourth, Zhao Danqing, Sun Sanqiang, and six soldiers, and there were crowds of people everywhere on the road.
When he was approaching the pre-selection venue, seeing the ups and downs of the crowd from a distance, Jiang Xingchen couldn't help frowning: "There are so many people, there are no microphones, speakers and other modern equipment, even if the sound is loud, I am afraid that it will be drowned out by noisy voices, and the people in the distance, I'm afraid they can't even see what the people on the stage look like!"
However, when they arrived at the performance location, Jiang Xingchen understood.
The whole performance hall is shaped like a blooming flower, with four petals stretching out from the center point, each petal is a huge flare, and the arched walls on both sides are like two huge arms extending outward, and then closing as if they were embraced, which can have the effect of closing the sound.
Then Wanrou explained: "This performance stage was specially designed and built by the architectural family of the imperial capital, and it can accommodate a total of 10,000 people within the walls of the four viewing areas. ”
Jiang Xingchen looked forward, it was difficult to estimate the approximate number of people, at least more than 10,000 people, there would definitely be many who couldn't squeeze in!
When they got closer, the second brother and they couldn't follow anymore, Jiang Xingchen, Wanrou, and the six soldiers had to go backstage to prepare.
After stopping, Zhao Danqing looked at Jiang Xingchen with a playful look, and the second brother stepped forward with a smile and patted Jiang Xingchen's shoulder: "Little brother, I didn't expect you to start playing with children's things, play well......"
Wanrou suddenly squinted her eyes and said in a low voice: "Hongxian, cut him!"
"Smack!" Almost as soon as Wanrou's voice fell, the smile on Mo Hongxian's face was full, and he slapped the back of the second brother's head.
"Oops!" the second brother exclaimed and shrank back.
The fourth, Zhao Danqing, and Sun Sanqiang all couldn't hold back, and burst out laughing.
But immediately after, they saw Wanrou glance at her, and she was suddenly silent, and the instant change from laughter to seriousness made Jiang Xingchen almost laugh out loud.
However, at this time, everyone also reacted, and Wanrou's mood was not good.
Indeed, as they thought, Wanrou's mood was a little heavy, although in the past two days of practice, she has a new understanding of the drum instrument, and she is also attracted by the strong rhythm. But because they didn't let go, they kept controlling their strength, and they didn't show any effect, which also made her feel a little empty, I don't know if such a performance will be recognized, especially since almost all of the actors are men.
The six soldiers also blushed and bowed their heads slightly, after all, no man had ever performed a song and dance, and they didn't know if they would become a joke in the army in the future. Even when they promised Jiang Xingchen to come out, they carried people behind their backs and made no noise.
"Don't be embarrassed, after today, I promise you to make a name for yourself in the army!" Jiang Xingchen raised his hand and patted the shoulder of one of the soldiers at the front.
Hearing Jiang Xingchen's affirmative tone, several soldiers thought of last night's drill, their expressions gradually returned to normal, and their eyes also showed a trace of eagerness.
"Let's go!" Without letting them think too much, Jiang Xingchen waved his hand at Mo Hongxian and Mei'er, urging the carriage to continue moving forward......
When they arrived backstage, several people got out of the carriage, and the six soldiers followed Jiang Xingchen and Wanrou with two drums and their costumes.
When she showed her performance voucher, the person in charge of reception dropped her jaw in shock, for so many years, she had never seen a man in a dance orchestra.
This person stared directly at Wanrou and them, and several people were depressed for a while, until Jiang Xingchen reminded him loudly, he reacted suddenly, and hurriedly led them in.
Along the way, all the stares were surprised, and even a few girls covered their mouths and snickered.
Wanrou Tie blushed, and the six soldiers all tried to find a crack in the ground to get into.
Only Jiang Xingchen kept a faint smile and nodded to the people who looked around.
Led by the man, they entered the room marked with the Bauhinia Song and Dance Troupe, and Wan Rou and the six soldiers breathed a sigh of relief.
"Xingchen, can you really do it? except for the drums, we don't have any musical instruments!" Wanrou asked.
"Sister Wanrou, if you don't have confidence yourself, then we will lose...... Trust me and believe in yourself, although our repertoire is not yet at its best, it is enough to shock everyone!"
This time, Jiang Xingchen did not use any musical instruments to accompany him, not that he didn't want to use it, but that this shijie's instrument was not suitable. He wanted to make a suona, but he didn't have time. However, he believes that with his control of the rhythm and strength, he can also achieve the desired effect.
Seeing Jiang Xingchen's confident appearance, Wanrou seemed to be affected, and her nervous mood slowly calmed down.
"Sister Wanrou, don't think too much! Just give full play to what we have practiced in the past two days! You follow my rhythm, don't worry about the rest!"
"Well, I know, our Bauhinia Song and Dance Troupe will be the second to appear, let's change our clothes quickly!" Wanrou nodded, and then walked to the small room inside......
At this time, the audience had already entered, there were hundreds of people from the security team to maintain order, and everything seemed to be in order. However, the people were talking very loudly.
"You say, which song and dance troupe will win this time?"
"Concubine Xuan's Song and Dance Troupe, they are not only beautiful, but also have a good singing voice, they were selected last year and went to the imperial capital to perform!
It is said that because they won last year, Grand Duke Qi Yue personally rewarded them and awarded them the status of nobility...... However, there are still two places, I am more optimistic about the Dawn Song and Dance Troupe, I have seen a few of their performances, which are very good!"
"I don't think they can do it, Blue Dream Song and Dance Troupe, Yunhua Song and Dance Troupe, their strength is also very strong!"
"Have you forgotten the Floating Color Song and Dance Troupe, they almost won last year, and the judges of the Imperial College felt that it was a pity......"
Mei'er, who was following Mo Hongxian, listened to the discussions around her, slowly raised her mouth, looked displeased, and said in a low voice: "Brother and Sister Wanrou form the Bauhinia Song and Dance Troupe is the most haode...... Woo~"
Before she finished speaking, Mei'er's little mouth was already covered by Mo Hongxian: "Little girl, don't mention the Bauhinia Song and Dance Troupe!"
While speaking, Mo Hongxian also glanced left and right, for fear that others would hear it.
"Weishenme?" the little girl asked.
"I'm afraid of being embarrassed for a while...... When a man performs singing and dancing, he will be laughed out of his big teeth!"
"Hmph!" Mei'er puffed out her cheeks and stopped talking.
They had a special status, and they were led all the way to the front row, and there were only a few rows of seats close to the stage in the entire venue. Sitting down in the seats in the second row, in front of them were the judges of the Imperial Academy, several high-ranking officials of Dingbei Hou and Hongyuan City, as well as the seven army commanders who happened to meet them.
When the people were almost in, Dingbei Hou personally took the stage and announced the official start of the New Year song and dance pre-selection.
The sound exit, in the venue designed by the sound, actually suppressed all the noise in the venue at once, and the entire performance venue instantly quieted down, and then burst into warm applause.
Jiang Xingchen, who had changed his clothes, was already waiting at the entrance of the stage, and when he heard Dingbei Hou's voice, he couldn't help but stare in surprise: "There are such benefits to practicing martial arts, and the voice is just up to shout with a microphone!"
When the whole venue was quiet again, the show officially began.
The first to appear is the Dawn Song and Dance Troupe, five pure-looking girls, the performance is extremely outstanding, and their own specialties and beauty are vividly expressed in the song and dance. Jiang Xingchen also had to admit that this combination was much stronger than the performance he saw when he led Mei'er to the singing and dancing venue last time!
At the end of the performance, the audience applauded thunderously, and the judges of the Imperial College gave a good evaluation.
The performance evaluation is divided into four grades: Average, Good, Excellent, and Excellent. The first song and dance troupe was a first-class evaluation, which gave Wanrou another point of pressure.
"Don't worry!" Jiang Xingchen patted gently.
Taking a deep breath, Wanrou no longer thought about any distractions, and roared in a low voice, "Let's go!"
As soon as the audience calmed down, there was another bang like an explosion, and they all stared at the stage with different expressions.
"Man! It's actually a man's show...... What kidding!"
"What are they holding, what about musical instruments, why don't they have musical instruments!"
"Oh my God, how can there be soldiers, are they wearing fish scale armor!"
"This girl is really beautiful, and she is really ...... Novelty!"
All kinds of discussions made the whole venue noisy. The Dingbei Marquis in the front row lowered their heads a little embarrassed. Several judges from the Imperial Academy looked at the stage with a dumbfounded expression, they had a roster in their hands, but they only knew that it was the Bauhinia Song and Dance Troupe, how did they know that it was all men, and the only woman was dressed ...... The faces of the seven army commanders were dark, weren't the few on the stage the first batch of wounded soldiers to use sheep intestines, how could they ...... This man is lost!
Mei'er in the second row was full of excitement, her eyes lit up, and she waved her small fist and shouted: "Brother, come on!"
Mo Hongxian was not negligent, did not cover the little girl's mouth, couldn't help wailing in annoyance, and immediately lowered her head.
The second brother, the fourth, Sun Sanqiang, and Zhao Danqing instantly distanced themselves from Mei'er, and then looked at her with surprised eyes, looking like I didn't know this little girl.
Immediately after, a burst of daxiao erupted in the field, although no one said anything, but the meaning of watching the tease was already undoubted.
"Boom!" At this moment, a dull voice like thunder suddenly shook the air, knocking on everyone's hearts at once, and all the laughter disappeared in an instant.