1980 My Entertainment Era

Chapter 184 Xiaoxu sang a poetry recitation with music
Afterwards, everyone visited a sand table model of the Grand View Garden which was more than ten square meters in size.

It is said that the original model contained more than 400 miniature ladies, each less than an inch tall, decorated throughout the garden.

It is said that it was made in the 1960s by a skilled craftsman in his seventies, so you can imagine how exquisite it is.

This model was transported to various places in Japan for exhibition in 1964.

But after returning from the overseas exhibition, he did not meet with the Chinese audience because of a well-known reason - he was banished to the cold palace.

It was thrown into a warehouse and luckily was not damaged. It was later seen again, but it had been left there for many years and had suffered a lot of damage.

The "little people" were also broken, and a lot of parts were lost. They have not been completely repaired yet.

Since they are actors in the Dream of the Red Chamber crew, they think about it every day and naturally talk about it.

Then he talked about when he first read Red Mansions.

Xia Tian felt a little guilty: If you knew that the first time I read "Dream of the Red Chamber" was "A Dream of Red Mansions", you would probably bite me to death!

We had lunch together, played around for another two hours, and then said goodbye.

Milan sent Li Bailing and Qiao Qiao back home. Qiao Qiao pouted and complained: "Hey, don't ask me to come next time. I can't talk to them. I haven't read Dream of the Red Chamber much."

Although Li Bailing didn't say anything, she meant the same thing.

She is a few years older and has already started working, but she always feels like she can't fit in with these young girls.

Milan coaxed them a few words and sent the two away.

These two people were not called by Xia Tian, ​​but by her. As for the reason - well, to cover up!

Today, she carefully observed it and gained some insights!
Milan: Let me cook it slowly.
On the other side, Xia Tian sent Xiaodong and Yan Jing away and chatted with Dachun alone.

"Chun'er, do you like Guo Xiaozhen?"

"No no!"

Dachun nodded his head subconsciously at first, then shook it like a rattle.

Xia Tian patted his shoulder and said, "Go after her if you like her!"

Dachun rarely paused for a moment, rubbed his hands, and became timid.

Dachun didn't dare: "I don't think I look good."

Xia Tian: "A thick willow winnowing basket and a thin willow bucket, who in the world thinks a man is ugly~"

Dachun raised his eyebrows: "I said I'm not good-looking, not ugly!"

Xia Tian: You’re quite detailed in your classification of appearance levels!

On the other side, Xiaodong and Yanjing were also talking about this, saying that Dachun might have fallen in love with a girl!

I never expected that Dachun, who had a blockheaded head, had finally come to his senses. This is truly the beginning of spring!
……

Just two days after Labor Day is Youth Day.

This is an important festival at this time...I won’t say much.

The crew naturally wanted to hold a party, so they cleaned up the large room where they had classes, hung some colored paper on it, and decorated it to make it look festive.

Take out the small blackboard used in class and draw a nice poster with colored chalk.

Xia Tian provided most of the bags of melon seeds and peanuts, and asked Da Chun to bring a few boxes of Arctic Ocean, and then everyone got started.

This time there were more programs and it was a more formal party. Most of the crew members were there, about forty or fifty people.

Xia Tian and Hu Zehong (Xichun), who was in the same dormitory as Xiaoxu and Zhang Li, sang a Yue Opera excerpt "A Lin Daiyu Fell from the Sky" together.

Hu Zehong was born in Lin'an, Zhejiang Province, into a Yue Opera family. He is currently an actor at the Yanjing Red Flag Yue Opera Troupe.

It can be said that he is a professional student of Yue Opera.

Her teacher, Wang Wenjuan, was the actress who played Lin Daiyu in the Yue Opera Dream of Red Mansions in the 60s and a famous Yue Opera master.

The two sang a song, then everyone laughed and applauded, and the others continued.

There is no prior preparation, let alone rehearsal, whoever wants to go on stage can go on stage.

"Yo yo yo~ You sing so well! You two should really be allowed to play Baoyu and Daiyu~" Chen Xiaoxu was holding a crabapple and saying strange things.

Xia Tian sat aside and grabbed a handful of melon seeds: "What are you talking about?"

"What are you talking about? Song Huizong's eagle, Zhao Ziang's horse - they are all good words ~ hahahaha!"

Chen Xiaoxu said a line from the book, and then was beaten up by Hu Zehong - he was so angry that he couldn't breathe.

They were in the same dormitory and had a very good relationship. Chen Xiaoxu even nicknamed Hu Zehong "Weird-Tasting Beans"!
When choosing roles for skits, although Chen Xiaoxu had a clear goal, he was still unsure, so he quietly asked his roommate Hu Zehong: "Which one do you think I should try?"

Hu Zehong laughed at her: "You shouldn't try Miss, you don't look mature~"

Xiao Xu looked at himself in the mirror for a long time and said stubbornly, "This is impossible. The clothes are too loose and my body lines cannot be seen."

Hu Zehong said: "Lines? You look like a little match girl to me."

Later, when Hu Zehong's father came to visit his daughter, Chen Xiaoxu said to her father, "Uncle, your daughter is so small and has such a strange personality, I will call her 'Strange Bean'!"

After such a long time, Hu Zehong has also figured out that she can't win the argument against the sharp-tongued Chen Xiaoxu, but her health is much better than hers - she simply chooses to "suppress with force"!
"Make you laugh~ Make you laugh enough~" A squeak.

……

Xia Tian took a quick look and saw that, sure enough, the "sinister" Director Wang was sitting in the corner observing everyone!

This training course has been going on for a month, but most people have not seen him yet. This is a good time to observe everyone's temperament.

Everyone performed, even Zhang Li said a tongue twister - the result of practicing Mandarin.

But Chen Xiaoxu was still sitting there quietly. She was determined to play Lin Daiyu and was often immersed in the role even in her daily life.

Xia Tian said: "All the classmates have performed, why don't you?"

"No!" Chen Xiaoxu was unwilling to go up.

Xia Tian smiled and said, "Well, I'll give you a couple. If you match it, I'll go on stage for you. But if you don't, you have to go up and sing a song! Do you dare?"

"Hmph~ You go ahead!" Chen Xiaoxu's pride was aroused.

Zhang Li on the side smiled secretly, realizing that she had been fooled.

Xia Tian said: "Listen carefully, my first line of the couplet is: If a person is capable, he should do one thing at a time, and do one thing at a time. Right!"

Crowd: Huh? !
Deng Jie on the side said: "Wait a minute, say it again, I didn't hear it clearly, what do you mean by OK?!"

"If you are good at something, do it well. Do it well, do it well~"

Chen Xiaoxu thought for a moment, then stood up and sang.

If you don’t sing, it’s fine, but when you do, it’s amazing!

She actually sang a song called "I Smile When I See You", a song by Teresa Teng!
Although she is very popular among the people now, she cannot be mentioned in formal occasions.

But how to sing...

After Chen Xiaoxu finished singing, he asked confidently, "How was my singing?"

Zhang Li and Deng Jie looked at each other and said, "Very good! Very good!"

Chen Xiaoxu looked at Xia Tian, ​​who said, "This poem with music is very well recited. It's very emotional!"

Xia Tian: Rap is for you to understand! Pure Bohai coast!
Chen Xiaoxu quit and felt that he was being cheated!

Xia Tian smiled, "Then I'll sing another song for you!"

"I hurried into the forest
The forest is full of clumps
I can't find him.
I only saw the tree swaying in the wind

......"

Xia Tian sang a song called "Nanping Evening Breeze".

After the party, they discussed the lyrics in private, "What are the words in the inner part? How do you sing it?"

Several people pieced together what they remembered and tried to recreate this tender song that they had never heard before.

Among them, Zhang Li remembered the most lyrics.

Xiao Xu laughed: "Oh, you are the only one who is not good at Mandarin, and you remember the most~"

When the party was coming to an end, Xia Tian saw Director Wang chatting with Hu Zehong.

Looking at Hu Zehong, it seems that she was guided by Director Wang to say she was happy, and she said a lot.

After a while, Xia Tian asked her: "Do you know who was the person you were chatting with just now?"

"Who is it?"

"director."

"Director? He is Director Wang Fulin?!"

"That's right! Haha~" Xia Tian laughed.

Hu Zehong has a good friend named Zhu Biyun, who played the leading female role in works such as "Rouge" and "Love in the Pen" and became famous.

Because of her good image and close relationship with Wang Zhifu, she is now regarded by Wang Fulin as the first candidate for Baochai.

Zhu Biyun had a good relationship with Wang Zhifu, so she knew very well what Wang Fulin thought of the actors.

A few days ago, she said to Hu Zehong: "Director Wang thinks you have a good image and can play Lin Daiyu. But I think your personality is too lively. Why don't you pretend and put away your lively side..."

Hu Zehong originally followed Zhu Biyun's advice and pretended to be quiet in the training class.

But it is difficult to change one's nature. She can pretend in class, but she is exposed at other times.

This time, the cunning Director Wang saw through it!

Later, Director Wang told the crew members, "It's a pity for this girl. She has a good image, but her personality is too lively. She can't play Daiyu."

Xiaoxu is really good at pretending. As long as he is in the crew, he is always immersed in the shadow of Daiyu.

……

After Youth Day, the crew began to formally divide everyone into groups.

It is to determine that several people are the candidate actors for a certain role. Those in the same group have to compete and finally the actor will be selected!
This immediately made the atmosphere tense because students in the same group became competitors.

For example, there are three candidate actors for the role of Lin Daiyu: Zhang Lei (Qin Keqing), Zhang Jinglin (Qingwen), Wang Xiaojie, and Chen Xiaoxu.

At this time, there are actually several people in the crew who are recognized as favorites!
For example, Yue Yun from Fengjie's group, Zhu Biyun from Xue Baochai's group, and Dongfang Wenying from Tanchun's group...

After that, there were rounds of supporting roles in skits and choosing roles.

(End of this chapter)