The old man sitting in the back seat of the car looked at Xu Rong, who was sitting in the passenger seat in front of him. He had not said a few words since he played "Theatre", and he felt doubtful in his heart.

He didn't think the scene was any better. It was like two completely different styles of play, forcibly stitched together because some people were "singing opera" and some were acting on TV.

Is this the best theater in China?

Although the old man didn't say anything, he still felt that it was a waste of money for the state to spend money to support such a bunch of drunkards?!

"If you ask me, you'd better tell your Puyuan to stop rehearsing. This kind of play is not worth watching." The old man gave timely advice, because after watching one, he always felt that it was really not worth it.

Spend those six dollars.

With all that free time, it’s better to take the dog for a few walks around the neighborhood.

Classmate Xiao Zhang said: "Grandpa, they performed abnormally this time. They are the best drama actors in China."

"Oh, if all the best drama actors in China can act like this, then this skill will be really good."

Xu Rong felt a little embarrassed when she heard what Grandpa Fang said was half joking and half serious.

The old man's thoughts also represent the evaluation of the most common audience. Although the old man was born a little later and did not catch up with the background of "Thunderstorm", he grew up before liberation and read for several years. If even the old man can't watch it,

Let alone let other viewers, especially young viewers, watch it.

But his grandfather's words aroused his dissatisfaction even more.

Unlike "Teahouse", he actually didn't know quite what "Thunderstorm" should look like.

That era was too far away from him, and the old dean, Mr. Cao Yu, either commented on the several editions of "Thunderstorm" as "not easy" or did not comment at all.

It’s not easy. In Renyi, it is definitely not a compliment.

The old dean never even told the actors in the courtyard, because he was not only a playwright, but also the dean of the arts, and a practitioner of the slogan "create for the people, sing for the times".

Just like the "Improved" "Teahouse" in the late 1950s, when Mr. Lao She saw the scene in the third scene where Mr. Chang gave boiling water to the protesting students to cheer him up, his face became so heavy that it seemed like water would drip from his face.

Although he is the playwright and a person who grew up in that era, he cannot say anything bad, let alone put forward any opinions. All he can do is remain silent.

The only time the old director expressed a "good" evaluation of the People's Art Show "Thunderstorm" was in 1989.

But at that time, the old dean no longer had the energy to interfere with the specific affairs of the hospital due to physical reasons.

Every version of Thunderstorm has its shining points, but it also has its shortcomings. In an era when the overall level of actors is sufficient and they are familiar with the background of the times, the red line stipulates how actors should act.

When the red line was released and Thunderstorm was recast in 1979, the teacher Xie Yanning who played Fanyi was already 50 years old, and the teacher Hu Zongwen who played Sifeng was already 57 years old.

The actors are not suitable, either their age is not suitable or their level is not suitable.

Today's era can tolerate "Thunderstorm".

It's just that the actor encountered the same confusion as his teacher back then.

"So I didn't have that kind of life experience, so I was filming "Thunderstorm". I didn't know how to stand, and I couldn't even walk. The more the director Xia Chun made me ask, the more nervous I became."

These are the original words of Mr. Zheng Rong.

Today's "Thunderstorm" almost recreates the "famous scene" of Teacher Yu from back then.

However, their situation is different from that of Teacher Su. Although they have no corresponding life experience, they have learned to follow the video data!

Creation to the Nth degree.

In the drama industry, the playwright creates a script based on his own life experience, the director creates it twice based on the script, the actors create it three times, and imitating the video material, they create it fourth, even fifth, or sixth time.

Even if it is a honey-soaked steamed bun, it should have lost its taste after being chewed so many times by so many people.

When he got home, grandpa did not add food and water to his pigeons as soon as he entered the door like he did a few days ago. Instead, he sat on the sofa, looked at Xu Rong who was slowly pouring water, and asked: "What? What?

Are you unhappy after watching a play?"

Xu Rong sipped her saliva and said: "I will be acting in this scene later. Not to mention the co-actors, it's actually me. I don't have much confidence now."

"Then you act well, don't imitate those on stage."

As the "third child" in the textbook, Xu Rong is no stranger to "Thunderstorm". Although he cannot memorize every line, he can repeat the general content at any time. However, after watching one scene, he suddenly

I feel that if I go up there, it might be a little better, but it won't be much better.

On the stage, there is almost no complete "living person".

The "power" of feudal parents forcibly created by Zhou Puyuan, Fanyi's "innocence" when facing Zhou Ping, Zhou Ping's "Peking Opera", Zhou Chong's "childishness"... Maybe these are the unfriendly "unfriendly" words in the theater

"Feedback" caused, but it also shows from another level that the actors actually don't have much confidence in the characters they portray.

But these also caused him to think, how can he be sure that the character he plays is real?

He had no one to talk to about these issues.

Facing his grandfather's encouragement, Xu Rong gently shook his head and said: "That play was not like this originally."

Grandpa smiled and said, "You are going to act in this play, so when you act it out later, I will also go and take a look to see what it is like."

"I know it's definitely not easy, but just because it's not easy, if you succeed, it will appear that you have something real. Let's take poetry for example. Over the past thousands of years, there have been several people who can compare to Li Taibai's

?But they were also written under strict rules."

Xu Rong smiled bitterly, he understood the truth, but acting is a technical job after all, and just understanding the truth is not enough.

Mr. Zheng's notes record his creative experience, but in the final analysis, he was born in 1987, and Mr. Zheng was born in 24.

Regarding that era and the feudal family, he had a blank slate, but Mr. Zheng, who was born in a family of officials, was relatively familiar with it.

After sitting for a while, he suddenly stood up and said to his grandfather: "I'm going to go for a walk."

After Xu Rong changed his shoes and went out, classmate Xiao Zhang walked out with a fruit plate and a cut apple with only a little pulp left in his mouth. When he arrived in the living room, Xu Rong was nowhere to be seen, so he asked: "Grandpa

,Teacher Xu is upstairs?"

"He said he was going out."

Classmate Xiao Zhang blinked and asked, "Why are you going out?"

But then, she vaguely guessed the answer. Teacher Xu did not fully respond to Pu Cunxin's question today. He just said, "Let's take a look."

After leaving the door, Xu Rong didn't know what he was going to do.

In the past, because of his success in the film and television field, he thought that after joining the People's Arts, even if he could not keep up with the achievements of Yu Zhi and others, he would still be able to lead the generation.

But today, he realized that he had thought too simply in the past. The performances of Yang Lixin and Gong Lijun were good compared with the actors on the same stage, but if compared with Zheng Rong who has learned to laugh after 1979, and Teacher Lu En who was born in 1954

, it’s just more than a little bit off.

Moreover, it was a performance below the red line, which did not fully highlight the character's inner world.

The other actors, especially Sifeng's line "No, if you force me, I will die in front of you." simply provided the best commentary for this scene.

When she said the word "no", her final tone was long, and when it came to the word "death", her tone was high and long, like an old lady's foot wrap.

This is the most common performance method in Peking Opera.

He now understood why Mr. Jiao Juyin and Mr. He Zhi opposed actors learning Peking Opera.

If you perform a drama in the same way as a Peking Opera, you can throw up your last night's meal, so you can't blame the audience for laughing.

At this time, he only felt that "Thunderstorm" was like a hedgehog with no place to speak. Facts have proved that blind imitation will not work.

The so-called classic version has been created for the third time, and today's performance has proved that if you focus on learning it, you will only learn something different.

However, as a literary work, "Thunderstorm" has always been popular, which is enough to prove that the problem is not the script itself, but the deviation in the creative process of the actors.

"Didi didi."

"Teacher Xu, where are you going?"

Xu Rong looked at the butler Zhang Yang in the car window, hesitated and said, "Are you busy at the moment?"

"not busy."

"Then please send me to the Guohua Family Home."

"OK."

When he came here in the first two days, he had already gone to his teacher's house to pay New Year greetings, and when he learned that his grandfather had come to the capital, Li Xuejian even brought Li Gen over there.

"Hey, brother, that's strange. I didn't bring anything with me when I came here today." Li Gen looked at Xu Rong standing outside the door and joked with a smile.

Xu Rong walked in the door and said, "Li Cha, the Spring Festival is over, why are you still sitting at home and haven't received any work?"

Since 2007, when he became popular with "Yangcheng", Li Gen has gradually come up with the idea of ​​becoming a director. He heard from his teacher that he even worked as a director's assistant, but he didn't know much about this industry after all. The director's assistant was very helpful.

He became a tea worker.

Li Gen was choked for a long time and couldn't answer. He just stepped aside and said: "Okay, you are awesome, you are awesome."

After entering the door, Li Xuejian was sitting on the sofa, seemingly reading a script. When he saw him coming in, he took off the glasses on his nose and said, "Here we come."

Xu Rong moved a chair and sat down by himself. Li Gen did not go into the room this time, but sat aside. He poured himself a glass of water and brought it to his mouth. He seemed to think of something and then asked: "Are you thirsty?"

?”

After coming into contact with this industry, he gradually realized how awesome his father was, and even more so, how amazing the young man in front of him, who was not even one year older than himself, was.

Bai Magnolia, who is less than twenty-four years old, flies to the sky to see the emperor, which may be an achievement that he will never be able to catch up with in his lifetime.

No, not possible.
To be continued...