Author: I'm Red

Xu Rong no longer put the old dean's biography back on the bookshelf, but placed it on the left hand side.

Always warn yourself.

It may not be all bad to be labeled as a master. When he first entered the industry, he could maintain his enthusiasm for almost 18 hours a day for 24 hours.

One is because I am poor, and the other is because I want to make a lot of money and marry a beautiful woman.

The external environment in the past period was quite mild, and there was neither a strong "profit or greed" or a pressing "provocation" and it was still rigorous, which was probably due to the habits developed over the past years.

Now this "master" hat puts him under great pressure.

Fang Zhongyong has been ridiculed for a thousand years.

Besides, at the moment, he couldn't help but not let go, because the facts were not diverted by his will.

He stood up and was about to call Yang Lixin and Feng Yuanzheng over to talk, pretending to arrange work for the future period to prove that he had no place to eat. He just left the chair and an acquaintance came to the door.

Li Liuyi looked at Xu Rong who had just gotten up from behind the desk, and a hint of hesitation appeared on his thin face and asked, "Leader, don't disturb me, right?"

"You said so, what else can I say?" Xu Rong looked at him entering the door, and a guess appeared in his heart, "Are you just having a show? Why are you here to run away?"

The two worked together on "Home" last year. At that time, he served as director and also as artistic director, and Li Liuyi served as deputy director. Overall, the cooperation between the two was relatively pleasant.

"Hey, I'm here to invite the Buddha Tathagata."

Xu Rong sat back again, pointed to the chair opposite, and smiled and said, "Sir Zhu Xu, Li Shilong, Mi Tiezeng, and Teacher Zhang Wankun are all here?"

The drama that Li Liuyi is busy rehearsing is "The Death of a Salesman", which was created by the famous American playwright Miller in 1949. Since landing on Broadway, he performed 742 consecutive shows. He is known as "the greatest play in America after the war". He has won the Pulitzer Prize and the New York Drama Critics Award.

After being introduced to China, it also pushed Ying Ruocheng's artistic career to a new level.

"The Death of a Salesman" tells the story of salesman Willie Loman, who asked to work in the office because of his old age and aging, but was fired by his boss. In despair, Willie blamed his two sons for not doing their jobs and accomplishing nothing. Eryu retorted and mocked him for being a crappy street run.

The old salesman had a dream that had been a lifetime, but now he was all disillusioned. His self-esteem was severely damaged. In addition, his life was difficult, Willy drove out to commit suicide late at night in order to get his family a life insurance premium.

This drama was proposed by Xu Rong last year.

The theme of "The Death of a Salesman" is relatively single. According to the judges of the drama, the drama "carves the tragic life of a small character and exposes the deceptiveness of the American Dream." But its strangeness is that it has caused a huge sensation around the world since its debut in 1949 for more than 60 years.

While recommending the rearrangement, Xu Rong also recommended three actresses, Xiao Zhang, Yuan Yu and Song Yi.

Li Liuyi sat opposite him, and suddenly said, "Oh" and said, "I just thought about asking an expert to give us a pulse. If you don't say it, I almost forgot that they have participated in the show before."

"But I guess it's not accurate. Teacher Zhu won't say it anymore. Li Shilong and Mi Tiezeng each have been carrying seven or eight dramas, and no one can find them."

Xu Rong still didn't get up and asked, "What's the progress you've reached?"

"It's about to be synthesized, I'll do it a few more times. If there is no problem, I'll be interrogated."

"I can go and see it, but I'll make an appointment in advance, so don't be jealous at that time."

Li Liuyi laughed and said, "How can you? People in Puyuan can respond with a smile. What am I afraid of?"

He refers to the one who Xu Rong said in front of the entire "Jiaziyuan" crew a few days ago that Pu Cunxi played the wrong role.

The two left the office and passed by Feng Yuanzheng's office door. They happened to meet Feng Yuanzheng and were about to go out.

Feng Yuanzheng seemed to hear the conversation between the two of them from afar. He looked at the two of them walking, nodded without surprise and said, "Yu Yuan, Director Li."

Xu Rong greeted: "Do you have something to do? If you have nothing to do, just go and have a look at "Salesman"?"

"Okay, just take a look at Xiaofei's performance."

Since Xiao Zhang studied with Feng Yuanzheng, Xu Rong has never asked about it again. The two have differences in their philosophy.

After entering the theater, Xu Rong looked at Ding Zhicheng, Lu Fang, Jing Hao, Miao Chi, Xiao Zhang, Song Yi and Yuan Yu standing on both sides of the stage and said, "Hello, teachers, let's come here to study."

"Hahaha."

Except for Xiao Zhang, everyone else immediately felt excited when they saw Xu Rong walking into the theater. It was not the title of Vice President Xu Rong or Deputy Director of the Art Committee, but pure curiosity.

A few days ago, Xu Rong was just an ordinary colleague of them, but within a few days, he became the third master of the People's Art Theater after the old dean and Mr. Lao She.

"Let's get started."

A simple scene was built with boxes and stools on the stage. Ding Zhicheng walked up from the right with two large boxes. His steps were heavy and his spine was not very straight. When he arrived in front of the door, he opened the door lock and entered the kitchen. He took a deep breath, put down the burden in his hand, and said in a sentimental tone: "It's so bad, it's so bad."

On the right side of the stage, Lu Fang was wearing a coat and listening. She played Willy's wife Linda, a wife who loved her husband deeply, and her mother.

"Willie?"

"Don't worry, I'm back."

Xu Rong reached out and grabbed the notebook next to him, picked up the pen, and wrote: 1. The first sentence of the first act, as a wife, she should not use a questioning tone.

Li Liuyi glanced at it, and after thinking for a few seconds, a look of surprise appeared on his face. However, before he could express his admiration, he saw Xu Rong write: 2. The play is performed for Chinese people, why should we learn from Western style?

Li Liuyi's heart suddenly regretted asking Xu Rong over, so he said a few lines of joy, just two questions, nothing was right. After watching the pen in Xu Rong's hand, he wrote "Three, it is recommended to cancel the fourth wall?" After he smiled bitterly, he looked at Feng Yuanzheng, which was like stabbing the hornet's nest.

4. Why did Jing Hao speak so loudly?

5. Why is Willy still so restrained when he cheated?

Six, Xiao Zhang is a bit too erratic (crossed out).

Seeing that the pen in Xu Rong's hand had not stopped at all since she sat down, Li Liuyi could not sit still at all. He reached out to take a photo of the bell and said suddenly: "Stop."

As the ringtone rang, Xu Rong crossed out the word "wave", put down the pen in his hand, pursed his lips silently, and said, "Since Director Li called to stop, I want to express my protest against your performance."

After a pause, he continued, "Because you are all artists, you will be called teachers by your colleagues when you leave our courtyard."

In fact, he can accept the role of others not perfectly enough, but the only person dares not accept it, Song Yi.

Because Song Yi is different from others, she is his student, even Xiao Zhang can't play it, but Song Yi cannot. As his eldest disciple, Song Yi will not play it well, making others think that he will not lead the students.

It was too reckless to decide to take Song Yi!

Xu Rong glanced at the notebook and said, "First of all, I have two suggestions. First, can we play Chinese salesmen and Chinese-style family and society. Second, when you act, can you communicate with us with your eyes unless you have to turn your attention elsewhere?"

"Let's see how it works?"

The first suggestion is exactly why he recommends re-arrangement of this drama.

The last time the People's Art Theater was "The Death of a Salesman", the director was Miller himself, specially invited by Mr. Cao Yu. He recommended the re-arrangement of this drama not to let the audience see the capitalist class contradictions exploit ordinary Americans.

Use capital to develop a market economy, but the people must never be slaves to capital.

This is his original intention of promoting this drama.

To this day, he still remembers the middle-aged man he met while shopping and was crying and calling his mother.

As for the second proposal, it was the inspiration he got from studying Peking Opera before.

Drama always talks about four walls, that is, treating the stage as a closed space, believing that the audience does not exist.

On the contrary, opera is its basic feature that fully stimulates the audience's imagination.

The reason for such a change was a sudden idea that emerged in his mind. Opera has the characteristics of "three or five walks all over the world, six or seven people and millions of soldiers, a career in an instant, and abbot's land and a thousand miles of land." While drama is highly realistic, the forms of both determine whether to inspire the audience's creativity.

But is the drama really completely realistic?

There is definitely not.

Since this is the case, it is better to do the opposite and fully mobilize the audience's imagination.

To allow the audience to participate in creation and mobilize the audience's imagination, the fourth wall must be pushed down.

This is different from the stage concept advocated by Sri Lanka, which is the theory of "Four Walls".

But for Xu Rong, what's wrong with the opposition?

Seeing Xu Rong's expression was assured, Li Liuyi nodded and said, "Start."

"Willie?"

"Don't worry, I'm back."

"Damn."

Li Liuyi immediately sat upright. Ding Zhicheng and Lu Fang did act according to Xu Rong's suggestion, but the contrast between the two was too obvious. When the two began to communicate with them through their eyes, he felt that Willy's image suddenly hit his heart. On the contrary, Linda's performance was much worse than the last time.

Seeing the two people on the stage stopping because of Li Liuyi's thick slap, Feng Yuanzheng slapped his head and said, "I remember, when Teacher Yu was acting in "Teahouse"."

"Ahem."

Xu Rong quickly coughed twice, interrupted Feng Yuanzheng and said, "I think this concept is better for 'co-creation'. What do you think?"

He couldn't guess what Feng Yuanzheng wanted to say, so in the second act of "Teahouse", starring Zhi, Wang Lifa prepared to reopen the Yutai Teahouse and pasted the slogans "Don't talk about state affairs" one by one on the wall. With too many stickers, some paste would inevitably stick to the hands. In order not to let the paste rub against his clothes, he had to rub it with both hands, and even moving the needle and thread basket on the table could only be pushed away with his elbow.

There are countless similar performances in Peking Opera, and they achieve similarity through form and spirit, which in turn arouses full associations among the audience.

The fundamental principle is the same as the "eye communication" he requires, and is based on the concept of "co-creation" established by him.

Feng Yuanzheng almost robbed his academic achievements!

Feng Yuanzheng laughed dryly. Xu Rong's proposal was beneficial to actors with high professional skills, but it was extremely unfriendly to actors with low skills. Leaving his eyes to the audience is a test of the actor's understanding of the characters.

Ding Zhicheng looked at the three people with different reactions from the audience and asked, "Director, what's wrong?"

Li Liuyi clapped his hands and said, "Xu Yuan is really worthy of being a master. The ones you performed just now gave you at least one point."

"With a total score of 10 points."
To be continued...