"Although we can find ways to make puppets lighter, puppets made of very light materials will lack texture. The larger the puppet, the more exquisite the workmanship in clothing, makeup and hair is. It is impossible to make it no matter what.
"It's very light." Amano Xiang thought carefully for a moment, then shook his head, "There is no problem in making the mechanical puppets that can move on their own larger, but stage performances require the cooperation of mechanical puppets and string puppets, or even string puppets.
They are the protagonists of the performance who are agile. If the mechanical puppet is too big and the string puppet is too small, it will also affect the stage effect. After much thought, puppets that are too big will not work. The size of the child already takes into account the stage effect and the characteristics of the puppet.
It’s the limit.”
Koshimizu Nanatsuki stopped the topic at the right time and smiled apologetically, "I don't know much about puppet performances. My suggestion just now was a bit self-righteous. I'm really sorry."
"No, people with fantastic ideas are also a group of people that puppet performers admire and appreciate. In other words, that is also our pursuit, because rich imagination can inject vitality into the puppets," Amano Sho said when he saw Ike Fei late on stage.
He went up to look at the clown puppet who wrote the letter, and said with a smile, "Just like the clown puppet in front of Mr. Chi, after it joined the show, I discovered that different people have different understandings of its crying. Some people think that it cries differently.
It was written to win back the lover who had just separated. Some people thought it was missing its family, while others thought it was crying because life was hard. It is precisely because of people's different ideas that I discovered the most attractive part of puppet performances.
The charm is that in addition to the puppeteers, the audience can also give life to the puppets."
"From another perspective, this is also something that can reflect the heart," Chi Feichi squatted in front of the clown puppet and looked down at the clown puppet. "Psychologists can even introduce it as an auxiliary prop."
"Does it reflect the heart? That's right," Amano Xiang's eyes lit up and he couldn't help but ask, "Maybe my question is a bit presumptuous, but I am a little curious. When Mr. Chi sees this puppet, he will think he is
What are you crying for?"
"Loneliness and pain may be a bit general," Chi Feichi looked at the tears on the clown puppet's face, "but the clown's face is always painted with brightly colored exaggerated paint, playing the role of bringing happiness to people.
On the stage, they often use exaggerated behavior to act ugly and stupid to make people laugh. People laugh, but they don’t pay attention to whether the clown with the big smile painted with oil paint is laughing or crying. Among the lively crowd, the clown
It is the loneliest and saddest person. The ball puppets spinning around it seem to convey that meaning. Everyone is performing happily. They don't care whether the clown is crying or laughing. Even if the clown cries, they
I will also think that it is a new performance, and marvel and cheer from the sidelines..."
Genta, Ayumi, and Mitsuhiko who were exclaiming and cheering just now said: "..."
Why do I suddenly feel guilty for ignoring the pain of others?
Koshizu Nanatsuki: "..."
I have a strange feeling in my heart.
Amano Shoichi: "..."
He thought that the idea that a puppeteer could give life to a puppet would make people who didn't understand him think he was a little neurotic. Unexpectedly, Mr. Chi looked at the clown puppet as if he were looking at a living person, and seemed to be more neurotic than him.
He was suddenly able to understand those who didn't understand him, and now he also suspected that Mr. Chi's mind might not be normal...
"So, I think it cries because it can't be understood by the people around it." Chi Feichi stood up and looked down at the child-sized puppet at his feet. "Although when I first saw it, I thought of a puppet.
A child writing a letter to his parents."
"Mr. Chi's intuition is really sharp, and he was absolutely right," Xiangyi Amano said with emotion, not knowing the experience of the eldest son of the Chi family. "My inspiration for designing it came from a movie. The clown in the movie was a
A fourteen-year-old boy, in that era of lack of food, his parents had to send him to the circus to make a living. He performed everywhere with the circus, encountered many things and suffered a lot of grievances on the way, and ended one day
After the performance, he cried and wrote a letter to his family. The clown makeup on his face was smeared because he wiped his tears. This was the last scene of the movie. Because it was very impactful, I made this clown puppet crying and writing a letter.
Now I suddenly think that maybe it is crying not only because of homesickness, but also because of loneliness and the pain of not being understood and cared about..."
"It's just a coincidence," Chi Feichi reached out and patted the clown puppet on the head. It came from a memory and had the terrifying power to pass on the trauma of one soul to another. Even he didn't understand why he didn't suffer from this.
Feeling sad and resentful but still caring, "Mr. Amano, what about? If you were asked to rewrite the story for this clown puppet, why do you think it is crying?"
"If I were to write the story..." Amano Xiang must have looked at the puppet for a moment before saying, "It is probably writing a letter to win back the lover, but it is also upset about why it is so unsatisfactory, so it is crying..."
Saying that, Amano Shoichi smiled sheepishly, "Does this reveal that I was dumped not long ago? Mr. Chi is right, puppets seem to be able to reflect a person's heart."
"As for the string puppet that Mr. Amano used as the protagonist," Chi Feichi looked at the female puppet that Amano Shoichi placed on the cardboard box, "In her script, Mr. Amano gave her many beautiful characteristics, such as beauty
, kindness, can bring comfort to people in pain, and curiosity about the world. If this is Mr. Amano’s fantasy about his lover, then Mr. Amano is either an idealist, or he has a blessing in his heart.”
Amano Xiang couldn't help but look at the female puppet. His eyes were complicated for a moment, but he soon smiled in relief, "Yes, even if we are separated, I still hope she can be happy."
"There is still freedom." Chi Feichi moved his eyes to Amano Xiang's face, his eyes still as calm as the still water, "It's Miss Hualian, right?"
Koshimizu Nanatsuki was a little surprised, and quickly noticed Amano Shoichi's expression.
Mr. Chi's ultimate move was too sudden.
Her teammate was still wondering, ‘Does Mr. Chi really care about his parents leaving him in his early years?’, but Mr. Chi suddenly mentioned this, which easily made his teammates unable to cooperate...
Amano Xiangyi looked stunned for a moment. The surprise and reminiscence in his eyes did not escape the eyes of Chi Feichi and Koshizui Nanatsuki. He himself was honest. He walked up to Chi Feichi and looked around at the people in the venue.
Regarding the situation, he lowered his voice with a hint of pleading, "Yes, but my relationship with her is a secret, and we have separated. Now is the critical time for her to participate in the competition. If this kind of thing is spread out, it may have an impact.
I have found her, so I would like to ask you to keep it confidential."
"We won't spread the word outside," Chi Feichi whispered. He glanced at the three children who were trying to get closer to listen, and then said, "I just said it casually. I hope Mr. Amano doesn't mind."
Amano Xiangyi breathed a sigh of relief, then turned to look at the three children, trying to divert the children's attention with other things, "Do you want to try to control the puppets yourself?"
"Is it really possible?"
The eyes of the three children were all bright.
The strategy was effective. Amano Sho handed over the operating board of the female advance puppet. The three children were led by Koshimizu Nanatsuki to try out the control of the string puppet. They quickly forgot what had just happened.
Amano Xiangyi also walked away to Chi Feichi, stood on the stage and watched the children playing puppets, and asked in a low voice, "How did Mr. Chi know? I was dating Miss Hualian.
I haven’t told anyone about it, and she probably won’t either.”
"The doll's blond hair and beautiful eyes are easy to associate with her," Chi Feichi looked at Amano Xiangyi and found that Amano Xiangyi really didn't care about the children playing with the female puppet, and judged that Amano Xiangyi was not too strong.
He is unlikely to be the one who sent the threatening letter. "In the beginning, this string puppet bid farewell to the samurai puppet and embarked on a happy journey. You probably also hoped that Miss Hualien could leave the gorgeous cage built by her mother."
, looking for true happiness.”
"Are you familiar with them?" Amano Xiang asked, and soon said to himself, "Yes, you are one of the investors of the hotel, so you should have met them. In fact, Miss Hualien herself is not very averse to participating in beauty pageants.
I even enjoyed the competition. In fact, I suddenly wanted to change the content of tonight's performance. Although I have not discussed it with the director, I have already decided..."
Next, Amano Shoichi told Chi Feichi what he planned to perform tonight.
A girl is constantly being praised for her beauty, but she is never satisfied. She looks in the mirror every day and is only interested in how to make herself more beautiful.
Finally, the girl became the most beautiful person in the village, but the girl was still not satisfied. She started traveling and traveled all over the country, learning how to make herself more beautiful. People who met her also praised her as the most beautiful.
people.
One day, even the prince of this country came to propose to the girl, but the girl rejected the prince's proposal and continued her journey.
"However, one day, the girl's figure could no longer be reflected in the mirror or on the water. The terrified girl began to look for something that could reflect her face, but she couldn't find it. She could only ask people when she met.
Whether she is beautiful or not, although the answers from passers-by were that she was beautiful, she didn't believe it, and gradually, she couldn't even hear other people's voices," Amano Xiangyi whispered, looked at Chi Feichi again, and said seriously
, "Once a woman is too obsessed with beauty, she will easily lose herself. Many of the gentlemen who came to participate in the competition today may feel confused. Only by understanding true happiness can we be freed from it."
"Mr. Amano is really well-intentioned," Chi Feichi said in a calm tone, without any hint of appreciation. Of course, it was hard to tell if there was any other meaning. "I have heard a story circulating in the West. There used to be
A king held an event in the kingdom and asked his people to vote for the person they thought was the most beautiful. In the final count, the girl recognized as the most beautiful in the kingdom and his queen received the most votes. The subsequent rankings were made by some princes and nobles.
A beauty in the industry, he thought that the people gave the best answer until one day after the event, when he and his entourage were patrolling outside the royal city, they met an old farmer. When it came to the competition, the old farmer told the king embarrassedly,
He voted for his wife. The king was surprised and asked the old farmer if his wife was a very beautiful woman. The old farmer looked at the burly and wrinkled peasant woman working in the fields not far away and told the king.
,'No matter whether others think so, in my heart, she is the most beautiful person, always has been', the king discovered that the answer he got that day was the best answer."