The closed curtain slowly opened, and the magic spotlights on both sides followed suit——
A tall, handsome man wearing unrestrained island-style clothing jumped up from the back of the stage after doing several somersaults.
The light shone on him alone, illuminating his white teeth and innocent smile.
Then the male voice of the young voice started singing:
"The island breeze brings me to the beach.
She said go to sea, young man!
Go to sea, sailor!
There are treasures in the sea that you have always dreamed of.
There is a girl in the sea that you fall in love with at first sight.
I said no to the island breeze.
There are no dreams of mine in the sea.
There is no home for me in the sea.
The island wind leads me to the cliff.
She said fly, boy!
Fly, warrior!
In heaven there is freedom for you to pursue day and night.
In the sky there is the courage you have longed for.
I said no to the island breeze.
There is no dream for me in the sky.
The sky is not my hometown.
The island wind leads me to the mountains.
She said to work hard, young man!
Work hard, Chief!
The mountains are filled with the tranquility of a paradise.
The mountains are filled with the fragrance of spring planting and autumn hiding.
I said no to the island breeze.
Although the mountains are my hometown.
But the mountain is not my dream in this life.
The island wind leads me to the shaman's hut.
The shaman asked me——
young prince.
Where are you going?"
At this time.
The singing stopped.
Only the male protagonist on the stage stared affectionately into the distance and sang:
"I said I wanted to leave the beautiful and rich island Pantura, I said I wanted to leave the embrace of my strict father and loving mother.
I want to go to the hundreds of cities and states on the land and visit every inch of soil outside the island.
Island wind and my parents, please don’t worry.
When the wanderer returns from reading a thousand sails, I will have become a well-known poet!"
The curtain quickly opened.
Several actors dressed as island natives rushed up one after another.
The two actors who played the male protagonist's parents hugged him exaggeratedly, and each performed a difficult rivalry dance.
Finally, with the good blessings of everyone and the narrator.
The young island prince Duratin left Pantura and went to the vast land to learn the art of becoming a bard alone.
During this period.
He was deceived because of his language barrier, ridiculed because of his weird appearance, and harassed because of his handsome appearance.
But none of this interrupted his eagerness to become a great poet.
This scene is almost a one-man show for the male protagonist.
Except for the narration and the passers-by I meet from time to time.
The entire dark stage relied on the male protagonist to attract the audience's attention.
Even Matthew had to admit it.
This guy named Brandon may have serious moral problems, but his acting skills are indeed superb.
One man's one-man show made him extremely lively.
last second.
The prince he played also made hilarious and sharp comments that were consistent with his identity as an island native but also pointed to the point of view of various strange phenomena in cities on the mainland.
It made the audience burst into laughter.
The next second.
However, he vividly performed the embarrassment of being deceived and entangled in a CD because he mistakenly believed in a traitor, and finally ended up sleeping on the street and suffered hardships and hardships.
Some female viewers even sobbed softly.
This situation was not relieved until Dualatin met Donald, a great poet who had been famous for a long time.
After that, the prince lived in Donald's house and began to study the poet's skills diligently.
The first act ends with a cold joke from the great poet Donald.
The second act arrives in full swing.
When the magic spotlight is advanced.
Matthew took a special look and found that although the spotlights above the theater were made of tracks, they did not achieve a high degree of automation.
On every spotlight sat a goblin with a numb expression.
They wore standard vests, with steel wires hanging from their backs, and moved through two densely packed beams at the top and bottom.
The magic spotlight was pushed away by them.
"Sure enough, even if there is a lack of productivity, you can find a solution as long as you put your mind to it."
Matthew was surprised by the design of the theater.
But then he thought about it.
If you let yourself do it and replace a group of ghosts, you may be able to complete it even better.
When your mind wanders.
He took advantage of the situation and observed the expressions of the audience. Everyone, including Luo Lan, looked at it very seriously.
Too.
The entertainment industry in this world is far less developed than in Matthew's previous life.
An opera of this level is already the ultimate audio-visual feast for people.
Matthew is fine too.
After the initial novelty wears off.
He could also patiently appreciate the actors' hard-working performances and the dances that he couldn't understand but still felt a little charm.
On stage.
The plot proceeds in an orderly manner, and the plot of the second act is as follows:
What the island prince doesn't know is...
As soon as he left the beautiful island, a terrible coup broke out on Pantura.
His second uncle colluded with Naga and stabbed his father to death with a dagger he got from Naga.
After that, the second uncle, with the help of Naga, transformed into his father's appearance, successfully took the position of chief of Pantura, and also occupied his mother, who seemed to be unaware of this.
However, the character of Duratin's second uncle was completely different from that of his father.
The latter is generous and kind.
The former is cruel and vicious.
The tribe was soon upset by him, and he even openly interacted with Naga, who was an old enemy of each other. The tribesmen dared to be angry but dared not speak out.
quickly.
The originally peaceful island turned into chaos.
At this time.
The shaman who lived in seclusion on the high mountains of Pantura saw through the disguise of Duratin's second uncle with the help of the island wind.
He stayed up all night asking for help from the seagull.
Calling Duratin, who is traveling abroad, to return quickly.
The second act ends here.
…
"A classic revenge story."
Lorraine commented:
"It's not too cheesy, but it's not much better. It depends on how the third and fourth acts are handled."
As he spoke, he flipped through the program list he got at the venue and frowned:
"Why are there only four acts? It's too rushed!"
Seeing his serious look, Matthew asked with a smile:
"From a professional perspective, what do you think of the plot and lines in the first two acts?"
Luo Lan shrugged his shoulders, but did not comment harshly. Instead, he said seriously:
"Tonight I can't analyze it from a professional perspective. I just want to be an ordinary spectator."
Matthew noticed something strange in his tone.
Before he could speak, Luo Lan suddenly whispered:
"If, and I mean if, if something strange happens tonight, no matter how strange it is, try to be a silent spectator, okay, Matthew?"
This was the first time Matthew heard nervousness from Lorraine.
But before that, he had a premonition.
I just came to Zeshui City and bumped into Luo Lan. Isn't it a coincidence?
Thinking about his strange abilities, there is only one answer. Luo Lan was waiting for him at "Jungle Dance" specially.
And tonight's good show may not be limited to the stage.
Matthew then stared at his profile:
"Rationally speaking, I should leave immediately, right?"
Lorraine smiled reluctantly.
that moment.
Matthew suddenly felt that he was so strange, as if he had become another person.
"We're friends, right?"
Matthew asked softly:
"Friends should trust each other and not hurt each other."
Lorraine's expression looked a little guilty.
He covered his face with his hands and said in a very low voice:
"I won't hurt you, Matthew, that's my promise."
Matthew nodded:
"Your words are enough, so what do I need to do?"
Luo Lan put down his hands in surprise:
"Do you really want to believe me?"
Matthew looked at him expressionlessly:
"if not?"
A hint of joy flashed in Luo Lan's eyes, and he said in a deep voice:
"You just need to keep watching. Tonight, you just need to be an audience, just like me."
Matthew nodded silently.
on the stage.
The third tomb opens and the plot continues to advance steadily:
…
After three full years.
Seagull finally found Prince Duratin, who had learned certain skills, and told him what happened on Pantura.
After learning that my father was killed and my mother was occupied.
Duratin was furious and wanted to go back to avenge his father.
However, his teacher Donald made an unkind request at this time——
He believed that Duratin was at a critical stage of learning and could not be distracted, let alone travel far.
If Duratin insists on going back, he will be expelled from the school and miss the opportunity to become a great poet forever.
Faced with these two dilemmas, after a night of psychological entanglement, Duratin finally chose to give up everything and return to Pantura to do what he should do.
The ending is naturally happy for everyone.
It turns out that Donald made this unreasonable request just to test Duratin's will.
The latter made the right choice. As a teacher, he naturally gave him money and equipment, and also let his other favorite disciple - a female poet who had a secret love affair with Dualdin in the past three years.
He and the prince embarked on the road back home.
on the way.
They encountered the powerful Naga under the second uncle's command. In the end, the man and woman were defeated and captured on the beach.
On the verge of death.
The male and female protagonists expressed their feelings to each other, and it was another lengthy musical number. Seeing the little girl behind Matthew crying profusely, it really made people worry that she would dump the snot on him.
But they didn't die on the beach.
The Naga revealed his identity after defeating the male and female protagonist.
It turned out that he was an old shaman pretending to be a man.
The shaman told Duratin that the second uncle who had been blessed by Naga was very powerful. If the prince could not defeat himself, then he would definitely not be his opponent.
If you want to get rid of that despicable villain, you must go to a hidden island and seek the help of a wizard.
The wizard comes from the Barbarian Peninsula and controls the "win-hating technique" that even Naga is afraid of.
The so-called victory-wearing technique is a curse spell widely spread in the Eastern Sea.
In Zeshui City, the art of aversion to victory can be compared with the voodoo method in the western rain forest. They are both very terrifying methods of killing.
Those who practice magic often die in strange and bizarre ways.
However, the conditions for learning the art of aversion to victory are very demanding. Only those with extraordinary talents have the opportunity to learn this curse method from the wizards on the hidden island.
So the group of people set out on the road to the hidden island.
Along the way, they passed through many obstacles and finally found the wizard.
After listening to the prince's story, the wizard expressed his willingness to teach the art of victory.
But he also said that the way to curse is not that simple. If you want to get something, you must pay something first.
If Duratin wants to avenge his father through the art of victory, he may lose even more.
However, how could Duratin, who was furious at this moment, listen?
He begged the wizard to teach him the method.
The wizard was moved by his sincerity and finally agreed.
thereafter.
The wizard let the prince stay in his hut for three days, and the others were driven outside.
Three days later.
Duratin came out with a pale face.
And the wizard has disappeared.
Duratin, who has learned the art of aversion to victory, returns to the island of Pantura with the heroine and the shaman, where things and people have changed.
The climax of the final act finally arrives.
…
Perhaps to make it easier for the audience to go to the bathroom, the intermissions in the third and fourth acts are longer.
On his way back from the convenience store, Matthew saw a hurried young man running into the dressing room, and the urging voice of the mean-looking middle-aged lady from before came from inside:
"Lawrence, do you want to be whipped again? Quickly change into a substitute costume!"
"Okay, Mrs. Jess."
The optimistic voice of a young man came from the dressing room corridor.
Matthew shook his hands, and Lawrence's appearance emerged in his mind. The Balance Messenger's unique perception told him that this young man was definitely not simple.
Return to your seat.
Act 4 has begun.
The pace of plot advancement suddenly accelerated——
…
The group of people and the second uncle collided head-on. Duratin tried to reveal the identity of the second uncle in front of everyone, but everyone on the island was already unfamiliar with Dudin.
They did not entirely believe Duratin's rhetoric.
It wasn't until the old shaman stood up and stood with Dualdin that some people were shaken.
But at this critical moment.
Duratin's mother actually took the initiative to speak for her current husband!
She told Dualdin not to listen to the old shaman's lies. His father was fine and was not killed. An accident did happen three years ago, but the person who died was his second uncle.
Duratin was heartbroken by his mother's betrayal.
The second uncle saw the right moment and ordered the chief's guard to arrest Duratin.
The two sides fought for a while.
The old shaman is very old, and both Dualdin and the heroine are poets, so their combat prowess is naturally not good enough.
soon.
They were caught and thrown into the island's prison.
Duratin met several tribal elders who were loyal to his father in prison. They were the few people on the island who were willing to believe Duratin's words. Unfortunately, they were imprisoned like the prince and could not give him any help.
That night.
The second uncle's father came to visit him in prison.
He told Duratin that if he stopped talking nonsense, he would resume his status as a prince and forget the past.
Duratin naturally didn't believe it.
The other party can even kill his own brother, so what does it mean to kill a nephew?
But in order to lower the second uncle's vigilance.
Duratin pretended to agree to him.
The latter left with satisfaction.
at night.
The heroine and Duratin talk to each other.
She asked Duratin why he didn't use the victory-weary spell to win?
Duratin was just silent.
The heroine kept asking.
He reluctantly replied that if he wanted to curse a person to death through the art of aversion to victory, he must sacrifice the life of another person, and this person must be the most important person in the heart of the person who casts the spell.
Dualdin told the heroine that before today, the most important person in his heart was his mother in his memory, but after today, he became the heroine.
Just like he couldn't bear to sacrifice his mother's life before.
Now he is not willing to sacrifice the heroine's life.
After listening to Dualdin's painful self-narration.
The heroine fell into a long silence.
Before dawn.
The clever and witty Duratin successfully used his uncle's promise to frighten the prison guard, and the hero and heroine were able to get together and enjoy a night of sex in the prison.
But when Duratin woke up, he found that the heroine had found a glass of poisoned wine from nowhere.
She waited quietly for Duratin to wake up and drank it in front of him.
"Now that I am about to die, I will use my life to curse that sinister and ugly uncle of yours!"
"Go and take back what is yours, my love, go, Duratin."
Then she fell down.
The grief-stricken Duratin hugged the heroine's body and quickly used the victory-defying technique taught to him by the wizard.
This scene is a great test of the actor's skills.
Matthew admitted.
Brandon handled the previous sections well.
However, this performance clearly stretched my hips.
Even judging from an outsider's perspective, his crying scene, interpretation and chanting can only be regarded as barely passing.
He was just about to ask Luo Lanrui to comment.
Just at this moment.
The magic spotlight above my head suddenly dimmed!
The stage was completely dark.
There was a sudden commotion in the audience.
"Sh-!"
"Don't make a sound."
The voice of an optimistic and cheerful young man suddenly sounded in the audience:
"I know you haven't seen enough of it, right?"
"Duradine in this scene should be filled with feelings of sadness, helplessness, accusation, and fear, but our male protagonist, Mr. Brandon, played the prince like in a model play."
"He cries, and his heart breaks; he laughs, and rejoices; he blames himself, and his eyebrows are vivid; he is proud, and there are flowers in the corners of his eyes."
"I admit that his acting skills are already perfect."
"But there is only no emotion."
The magic spotlight suddenly turned on.
Under the spotlight.
It’s a young man wearing exactly the same clothes as the male protagonist!
The crowd was in an uproar.
Even though he was carefully dressed, someone recognized his identity. It was the young man who was pulled to put out the fire at the door before.
"Lawrence, what are you kidding about?!"
An angry voice came from the background, occasionally mixed with the sound of high heels:
"You bastard with no father or mother, get out of here!"
The smile on Lawrence's face did not change.
He looked at the mean-looking middle-aged lady coming from the background:
"Mrs. Jess, for someone who speaks so viciously like you, his mouth must be full of poisonous insects, right?"
Mrs. Jess wanted to scold her again.
But when she opened her mouth, a foreign object suddenly came out of her mouth.
"Wow!"
She bent down and vomited, and a scorpion, a poisonous snake and a toad suddenly appeared on the ground!
The actors on the stage were frightened by this sudden turn of events.
They all hid behind the scenes.
"Wow!"
Mrs. Jess knelt on the ground in horror, clutching her throat, and a steady stream of poison crawled out of her mouth.
After they landed, they didn't run around, but crawled back onto her body.
quickly.
Her screams echoed across the stage!
"You scream too loud, Mrs. Jess."
Lawrence snapped his fingers.
Mrs. Jess's voice suddenly disappeared.
Immediately afterwards.
Lawrence raised his head happily and looked at the audience who were also shocked:
"The episode will end soon and our performance will continue."
"Next, I will be the leading actor and truly provide everyone with the climax of this wonderful show."
"Thank you for your support. By the way, the Plague King sends his regards to everyone."