"Teacher Xu, let's kill a watermelon to eat?"

Xiao Zhang was like leaves in the summer, and he stood up listlessly on the mat in the practice room.

She is about to take the art exam for the People's Art Theater. During this period, while Xu Rong was busy rehearsing, she reviewed the content of the written exam. When Xu Rong returned home, she accompanied her to rehearse the performance projects for the interview.

At first, Xiao Zhang wanted to prepare for "Tang Tiezui", but Xu Rong was not familiar with this role and could not give her detailed guidance. Moreover, when she played a male role, she was just adding difficulty to herself for no reason.

After repeated measurements, Xu Rong chose the "Four Phoenix" in "Thunderstorm".

This character is more in line with her age and personality. The most important thing is that Xu Rong is familiar with this character and knows how to present it to meet the standards of the People's Art Theater.

Moreover, rehearsing over and over again is also a process of inspection for himself.

Xu Rong looked at Xiao Zhang lying on the ground with a smile, looked down at the time, and said, "Didn't someone just say that I was convinced? Why is it less than an hour? That's not possible?

”

Xiao Zhang stared at him with resentment: "But just one line, you have let me act more than thirty times."

"It's like this when acting in a drama. Let me give you an example. In "Watou Club", Yuan Guozhong has a line: It's not easy for anyone, just that little rent. I could buy half a bag of white flour last month, and now I can buy it

A small handful of dumplings is enough to make two dumplings, and I can’t even hurry up and give everyone a bonus! You can give me food, it’s better to give me food, and it’s okay to use hybrid noodles and black bean noodles.”

After recalling for a moment, Xiao Zhang was extremely sure that she had watched this drama, so she should know.

Xu Rong continued: "In the script, both 'heteroed noodles' and 'black bean noodles' are added with erhua sounds, but in fact, according to the old Peking dialect in the late 1940s, 'heteroed noodles' are added with erhua sounds.

, 'Black Bean Noodles' can't be added with the erhua sound, but also the word 'black' must be read as a third tone. Otherwise, once an older person reads it, he will immediately know that your story is absolutely fake."

"Ah, is the requirement so strict?"

"Of course, this is the standard of the People's Art Theater."

Xiao Zhang frowned slowly: "But, these will affect me killing watermelon?"

Of course, Xu Rong understood that eating watermelon and rehearsal are two different things, but the meaning of "sorting it out" and "sorting it out" Yu Xiaozhang's spurious meanings are completely different.

Seeing Xu Rongguang laughing, Xiao Zhang didn't say anything, pouted and turned his head to the side. After a while, she suddenly rushed up, hugged her waist, and rushed out of the room at a speed of lightning speed.

"Hey, no, I'm so anxious that I jumped over the wall?"

When Xu Rong followed him out and arrived at the kitchen, Xiao Zhang had already "killed" the watermelon. At her hand, the fresh red and tender flesh was neatly placed in the fruit plate.

Seeing him come in, Xiao Zhang immediately said, "I didn't eat."

"Then why are you cutting it open?"

"I'm afraid my grandfather will be thirsty when he comes back later, so prepare it first."

"Grandpa can't eat so much."

"Bang."

Xiao Zhang chopped the melon peel on the chopping board into two pieces with one knife, staring at him angrily: "No, I'm going to eat it!"

"Good guy, just eating a watermelon, you're going to have a life-threatening life?"

"Haha goose goose goose goose goose."

In the afternoon, Xu Rong and Xiao Zhang drove to the ticket office of the People's Art Theater. Grandpa was not very satisfied with seeing it yesterday and wanted to watch it again.

Anyway, the ticket is not too expensive, it only costs six yuan.

"Give me two tickets for tomorrow's "Thunderstorm", the front row."

The elder sister at the ticket window smiled and said, "Sorry, Teacher Xu, the tickets are sold out."

"Sold out?" Xu Rong looked at the other party blankly, "Sister, are you sure that "Thunderstorm" will be sold out tomorrow's ticket?"

The elder sister in the window said, "I sold out last night and I was in line for the longest. This morning, Puyuan has left all the reserved tickets. If you want a ticket next time, come here to call in advance.

Hello, I will leave you two in the front row.”

"Okay, thank you sister."

Although he couldn't buy the ticket, Xu Rong felt happy. Judging from the current momentum, he had a great chance of winning.

At the end of the day, he asked again: "By the way, how are the tickets sold for "Thunderstorm" this morning?"

"It's almost the same, there's no one left."

After hearing this, Xu Rong couldn't help but feel a series of doubts. What's going on?

Because whether it was yesterday's performance in Group B or the performance in Group A the day before yesterday, the attendance rate was quite average.

When it came to the third performance of the two groups, Xu Rong finally found the clues, and the attendance rate of Group A returned to its original appearance.

The audience in Group B had many more young people than when they performed for the first time.

He understood the reason in his heart, the data was already mixed with water, and many viewers came for him.

As for the sudden increase in attendance rate of Group A, 80% of the careless audience did not see clearly.

Because there are no stills of him on the posters in both groups.

On the outside world, the launch of two completely different "Thunderstorm" lineups in the People's Art Theater has long been discussed. The same lines and the same stage designs, but due to the different directors and actors, the performance effects are also very different.

This is a spectacle that has never been seen in the history of the People's Art Theatre.

Before the fourth performance of the two groups, the "Thunderstorm" bet on the internal "People's Art Theater" was exposed.

It was from this day that there was a long dragon outside the People's Art Theater, and a long dragon lined up by a team of tickets. Standing on the second floor and looking down, it was almost impossible to see at a glance.

The rumor "If you don't watch it, I won't watch it. When will Xu Rong be able to qualify?" was circulating quickly on Weibo, canvassing votes for Xu Rong.

Yang Lixin, Gong Lijun and Gu Wei also have their own loyal fans of the drama.

Classic dramas are dozens or hundreds of performances, polished out bit by bit. Without any play, just one play can become a classic.

Audiences who often watch dramas always maintain a certain degree of tolerance and understanding of the crew's mistakes in a short period of time, especially classic dramas such as "Thunderstorm".

But overall, Xu Rong, as a film and television actor, has a wider audience and a larger fan base. Although the fourth scene has not been staged yet, the tickets for the subsequent episodes of Group B have been completely sold out, and many people can perform again.

After thirty events, there is no need to worry about selling tickets.

Although it is beneficial to him, Xu Rong does not think that the situation is developing to the present level is a good thing. At least during rehearsal, he has clearly felt that there was almost no pressure on everyone in the crew's face.

This is not a sign of the coming of "Thunderstorm".

During the rest, Xu Rong pulled Pu Cunxi aside and said, "Puyuan, I remember at the beginning of the year, the hospital did not cooperate with Sina to do a live broadcast of "Relationship" online with Sina?"

"Yes, that's the case. It was starring Ding Zhicheng at that time, and more than 200,000 viewers were watching online at the same time."

Xu Rong hesitated for a moment and said, "I think the current situation is not fair to Group A, and there is no benefit to our group. Since that is the case, we might as well broadcast it online and let the audience across the country criticize and correct it.

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Pu Cunxi frowned and asked, "Isn't this good?"

Xu Rong spread his hands and said, "Puyuan, now the people of the whole country know the bet of the People's Art Theater, what else can be better or worse? And you don't know that if you only talk about winning or losing, Group A will not be able to mobilize fans, otherwise

There is no room for winning at all.”

Pu Cunxi scratched his head and said, "What do you mean is we also do live broadcasts?"

"Yes, and we won't compare with each other this time. Let's compare ourselves with ourselves. While we are broadcasting live, we will initiate a vote. If more than 40% of the audience ask us to stop acting, it means that we have not passed the exam and we have to stop.

, continue to line up.”

Pu Cunxi looked at Xu Rong for a while, and seemed to have thought of something, saying, "Have you read the comments of those drama critics?"

Xu Rong also knew something about the comments from outside and expressed some "constructive" opinions on the individual actors in the two groups, but overall, most of them were praised.

However, these overwhelming so-called "professional" praises cannot block the audience's mouth.

"Puyuan, you should know in your heart that it is a group of laymen who don't understand drama. If we use their evaluation as the standard, we cannot be called the People's Arts, but should be called the Review of Arts."

Pu Cunxi lowered his head and thought for a while. At the moment, the bet was indeed meaningless and said, "Your proposal is of great value. I'll go to the dean to discuss it."

Seeing Xu Rong re-entering the rehearsal again, Pu Cunxi shook his head gently. Xu Rong's film and television actor's background limited his thinking and vision to a very narrow range.

That's why he said that Xu Rong's opinions are of reference value, but they are not correct, and even the direction is outrageously wrong.

After the performance the next day, Pu Cunxi and others arrived in the conference room and said, "Everyone, before we start the summary, I will announce a major news first. Our tenth performance will be conducted through the entire network through the People's Day.

live streaming."

"Let colleagues in the national literary and art circles see the spirit and actions of the self-innovation, self-criticism, and self-improvement of the People's Art Theater!"

Xu Rong turned his head suddenly and looked at Pu Cunxi in disbelief. He originally wanted to broadcast live through Sina to let the audience evaluate it, and at the same time let the general public understand the People's Art Theater and "Thunderstorm", but he didn't expect Pu Cunxi to have a bigger

.

The audience groups of second-rate tabloids such as Sina and Renji are different. Renji's audiences are generally older, and when evaluating, they will be relatively more objective, rational and harmonious.

On May 20th, the 21st event of the People's Art Theater of this year, and may also be the last "Thunderstorm" of this year or even next year, the year after, to kick off.

Yesterday, the performance of Group A was completed. Although Yang Lixin and Gong Lijun fought hard on stage, more than half of the 320,000 audience members across the country still sentenced the crew to death without mercy.

This means that the performance of "Thunderstorm", which has been performed for nearly six years, has officially stopped performing indefinitely.

Backstage, Pu Cunxi looked at the familiar faces who had worked together for more than three months and said, "Comrades, there is another hour, the performance will begin. I don't want to say more if you put pressure on everyone. I just emphasize one sentence, this is not just

The thunderstorm of the characters is also our thunderstorm. Either we are reborn in the thunderstorm, or we perish in the thunderstorm."
To be continued...