"Wow."

Xu Rong turned a new page.

On the right side of the book, there is a brand new notebook for recording key information in historical materials.

He did not go for a certain person, like Zhou Puyuan, Lu Shiping, and Lu Gui. They were born in the late nineteenth century. The overall social environment in which they grew up, their class, and family atmosphere formed their different personalities and values.

concept.

And successively, they became the "family atmosphere" of Zhou Ping, Zhou Chong, Sifeng, Lu Gui and others.

He needed to understand the superficial reasons why Zhou Puyuan, as an intellectual who had studied abroad, maintained the style of a feudal patriarch. Fanyi and Zhou Ping always felt "suffocated". As for the essence, he did not explore it. He was not a historian.

He is not a sociologist, so those are not topics he needs to study.

"Squeak."

Renyi, the door of the conference room was gently pushed open, and Dean Zhang Heping walked in with Vice Dean Pu Cunxi and Ren Ming, who had just arrived.

In the conference room, all the actors, creative staff and even stage and sound staff from the "Thunderstorm" crew have arrived.

Zhang Heping felt the audible depressive atmosphere in the conference room, and raised his two sparse brows, saying: "What's wrong is that everyone is like a defeated cricket. It doesn't matter if they put on a show. What's important is that you know

Why did the performance fail and how can we improve it?"

As he spoke, he looked at one of the people sitting there and said, "Xiao Feng, please play the video again."

"Okay Dean."

Unlike everyone sitting here, Zhang Heping did not grow up in the arts. He is a screenwriter. In the past, he was mainly engaged in the film and television industry. He is very familiar with the pulse and rules of the film and television market. For example, he proposed and verified the feasibility of the concept of "New Year's film" through practice.

sex.

And the reason why he came to Renyi to be the dean was because of his own request.

He is a person who loves to watch dramas. In recent years, he has watched the talent and art decline all the way, and he is worried, but he can't do anything about it.

Two years ago, he was just a few years away from retiring. After many attempts, he finally got his wish and came to Renyi.

Drama has not declined. It can be seen from the rising box office in recent years that drama has regained new vitality after the turn of the millennium.

What is declining is only human art.

In order to restore the glory of Renyi, after he took office, he personally invited Lin Zhaohua, the angry young director who had left Renyi long ago, to arrange "Wotou Guild Hall".

Last year, "Wotou Guild Hall" was a huge success at the box office, and it also gained a pretty good reputation in the literary world.

Normally, he feels proud and proud of this.

He is not a native of Renyi, but he firmly believes that Renyi will surely flourish again in his own hands.

Before coming to Renyi, he had already decided on two ideas. Facts have proved that Guohua's idea of ​​attracting big-name film and television stars to join is not advisable. Although fame can bring short-term box office, it cannot retain the audience, let alone win reputation.

One of his two ideas is to put the classic plays of Renyi on the stage again, such as "Teahouse", "Thunderstorm", "Longxugou", "BJ Man", etc., because compared with other theaters, Renyi

With natural advantages, the authors of these classic literary works have left their creative experiences in Renyi.

There are also older generations of artists headed by Zheng Rong. With them, these classics should be able to regain their glory.

Secondly, to perform new plays, "Tea House" and "Thunderstorm" are classics, but people and art cannot rely on a few old plays for a lifetime. In addition to looking for history and classics, he also visited many talented actors in the Writers' Association.

A practical friend.

Such as Mo Yan, Yu Hua and others.

His requirements were not high. One person would help him write a play, and he would pick out three or five. If they could perform a couple of classics, it would be a worthy career in human art.

But today's performance gave him a blow.

"Thunderstorm" was ridiculed by the audience during the performance.

He didn't understand why this happened?

Yang Lixin is the actor captain and the mainstay of the academy, Gong Lijun has played Fanyi for twenty years, and with the support of the older generation such as Zheng Rong, isn't this enough?

He doesn't know how to perform, and he doesn't have Jiao Juyin who can make a curtain look as good as a camera, but as a loyal drama lover, he understands the drama.

Three minutes into the first act, his brows furrowed slightly.

More than two hours later, when the scene ended, he felt that his hands and feet were cold.

It wasn't until this moment that he deeply realized the gap between people. He still remembered the feeling of watching "Thunderstorm" in the past. When Mr. Zheng was on the court, he would laugh, lie down, and do all kinds of things.

This posture he considered comfortable, but never lost the majesty that a feudal patriarch should have, and in this majesty that surrounds him at all times, people can feel his love for his family.

Yes, he believed that Zhou Puyuan loved his family, but his way was not accepted by his family, and Mr. Zheng also acted out these things.

And Yang Lixin rarely smiled, so that people could only see his power, but not the kindness he should have as a father and husband.

In his opinion, this is not actually the most essential difference between the two. He has watched Mr. Zheng's "Thunderstorm" many times. No matter what happens in the audience, as long as he is on the stage, he is like a needle that fixes the sea.

Let your co-actors' emotions be in a reasonable position.

But Yang Lixin obviously does not have such a strong foundation. When the rhythm of other actors is disrupted, he can neither suppress nor stop it. He can only be like a rootless duckweed, allowing himself to be submerged by the turbulent waves.

As the scene froze, the conference room fell into a dead silence.

Zhang Heping suddenly felt helpless. He was not Cao Yu, so he could not serve as the dean for life. Maybe he would have to retire in a year or two.

Perhaps, restoring the glory of the classics must be left to the next generation... No, there is no next generation.

But he wasn't completely discouraged yet, he still had "Wotou Guild Hall".

He silently made up his mind that when he turned around, he would have to invite more writers and screenwriter friends who were familiar with that era to come over and help them feel the pulse of "Wotou Guild Hall" and perfect it into a classic. Otherwise, he might be the first person in the history of human art.

The most incompetent dean.

Pu Cunxi closed his eyes, he was about to retire.

Whether Yang Lixin's performance is good or not is not within the scope of his concern. After acting together for decades, he has a rough estimate of his own level.

He was desperate for something else.

Before Zhang Heping came, he took charge of the daily work of the hospital during the four-year vacancy after Liu Jinyun retired.

He originally thought that his plan was thorough enough. After he retired, there were Feng Yuanzheng, Liang Guanhua, He Zhi, Wu Gang and others, and after that, Wang Ban and Xu Rong carried the flag.

He has explained everything to the organization, the people, the seniors, and the juniors.

But today, suddenly, he had a little self-doubt about the way he trained his children in the past.

The previous generation of teachers had always been strict when training them. There were many times when he was scolded so much that he almost had the idea of ​​leaving here.

These experiences had a profound impact on him. After he took office, he never scolded young actors. Even if they did not perform well, he mainly encouraged them.

At this time, he doubted himself that young actors should really not be encouraged, but should be criticized mercilessly just like the previous generation trained him, if they don't perform well?

After Ren Ming watched the video, Dean Zhang Heping stared blankly at the ceiling, Executive Vice Dean Pu Cunxi closed his eyes tightly and wandered to the sky, while the main creators of the "Thunderstorm" crew all lowered their heads.

Like a primary school student who made a mistake.

He's kind of sitting on wax.

What are you doing? Everyone is going to die or live?

He stretched out his hand to hold the wide metal frame on the bridge of his nose and said: "Everyone, it's not the best for us to just sit here. Why don't we all talk about our own opinions? We have to summarize the good experiences and the bad lessons.

We also have to conclude, as the old saying goes, every step of the way makes you wiser."

Seeing that no one spoke for a long time, Yang Lixin raised his head and said: "I think the reason why the performance of today's scene was so bad is that the audience's image of the stage was too big. They are all young people and are used to going to movie theaters and concerts.

I’m used to the hustle and bustle, but I don’t know that keeping quiet is the way to respect the stage actors!”

The bags under his eyes were more conspicuous, showing his inner dissatisfaction and indignation.

The conference room became quiet again.

Gong Lijun glanced at Yang Lixin quietly and lowered her head a little deeper.

In the 58 years of Renyi's development, the performance site has encountered emergencies. During the 1989 Beijing Flu, she and teacher Zheng Rong performed "Thunderstorm" together. There were coughs in the theater, but the whole audience did not have any symptoms.

trouble.

Director Gu Wei scratched his gray hair, feeling the deepening silence in the conference room, and said: "Today's performance was like that. The main reason is me. I am here to review it to the courtyard and the art committee. Next I will

I will lead all the actors to study the old director's manuscript and rehearse it to never let such an incident happen again."

Zhang Heping saw that Gu Wei was fully shouldering the responsibility, so he couldn't be more harsh and said, "Well, Director Gu, thank you for your hard work. Do you have anything else to say?"

"If not..."

Pu Cunxi suddenly opened his eyes, interrupted Zhang Heping's final words, and said, "Dean, I want to say a few words."

Zhang Heping nodded and said, "You say."

Pu Cunxi looked around for a week and said: "That's it, Director Gu, Li Xin, and all my colleagues, next, I will personally lead another group of actors to rehearse "Thunderstorm". Today is February 23, and it is estimated that it will be held on Youth Day."

There are still more than two months before the show is released, so let's make a bet. When the time comes, we will alternate performances, limited to twenty shows. Whoever's attendance rate is less than 95 will have his group cancelled."

"How about it?"

Hearing Pu Cunxi's words, everyone in the conference room was stunned for a moment. In everyone's impression, Pu Cunxi has always been a talkative person, so much so that most of the time, they would forget his identity as the executive vice president.

Ren Ming looked at Gu Wei, Yang Lixin and others, their expressions were all wrong, and said: "Brother Pu, what if they haven't reached ninety-five yet?"
To be continued...