Wenwu is first, Wuwu is second. This has been the case since ancient times. Since it is a drama festival competition, the points will be one, two, three and four.
In addition to several highly respected first-class actors, the judges also include veteran performing artists from abroad.
They sat in the front row and watched carefully. They didn't make a sound the whole time, and they didn't lower their heads to give scores until the end of the performance.
"Old Li, you have the most say here, what do you think of Huang Lei's performance?" Lan Ye, a first-class actor in his sixties from Yanjing People's Art, asked Li Liqun next to him.
Lai Shengchuan, the creator of "Secret Love in Peach Blossom Spring", is a native of Benzhou. In the 1980s, this drama was originally performed by Li Liqun and Lin Qingxia. More than ten years later, Huang Lei from the Mainland took over.
The Emperor Shitian in the storm was, well, Li Liqun. He did not speak, but his eyes were moist and could not calm down for a long time.
After a long while, he choked up and said, "I'm sorry to make you laugh. I have acted in this play a long time ago. This is the first time I am an audience member."
"It's wonderful. Huang Lei's performance is impeccable. Just watching it reminds me of my father. He also left his hometown to go to Benzhou due to the war, and I haven't seen my aunt for forty years."
"Everyone in my family thought he was dead. When we saw him again, my grandma was just like dirt. She was in a bad state of mind and didn't recognize him, so she left within a few years."
"Alas, my condolences!" Lan Tian sighed. Due to the domestic situation, many people left their homes and went to Ben Province, leaving their wives and children in the mainland. It took decades for them to come back.
It's a pity that the peach blossoms remain the same, things have changed and people have changed. Years later, they came back again with stained temples, leaving only old tombstones.
The people in the memory can no longer be seen, and time will always stay in that year.
"It's okay." Li Liqun shook his head, "Although we can't live together, we can die in the same coffin. My father and my aunt were buried together in the end."
Lan Tian sighed, "Maybe this is the emotion of their older generation, which is rare now."
The older generation is nostalgic for the past, even if they are noisy, but no one has ever seen a real divorce.
On the contrary, young people usually talk to each other and are affectionate, but in three to five years they will break up and go their separate ways.
The Civil Affairs Bureau has more divorces than marriages.
There were more than just these two works participating in the competition. After scoring, everyone left the venue and continued to the next theater.
Fang Jing ran to the backstage and said with a smile: "Teacher Huang, your performance was really wonderful. I was so moved."
"It's a pity that not many people have seen it. This kind of good drama should be promoted more."
He Ling shook his head, "Scripts are inherently niche. People who are willing to read them can come without pushing them. People who don't want to read them will be useless no matter how much they advertise."
"Then haven't you ever thought of expressing it in the form of a movie?"
"It won't work!" Huang Lei put down the white scarf and said, "The plot is too long. If it is made into a movie, it will definitely be cut."
"The scripts were carefully polished, and every word was typed countless times before being finalized. The effect would be different if one sentence was missing, and the taste would change."
"Drama always belongs only on the stage and should not appear on the big screen."
After all, it is a niche, with too few viewers to appreciate it. Today's films are all about making money and chasing the box office.
Most of the new force contributing to the box office of movie theaters are young people in their twenties. The script of "Secret Love in Peach Blossom Land" is good, but it may not be in line with the market.
"Oh! What a pity."
Several people took off their makeup, and Fang Jing followed them to the next stage and continued watching other actors perform.
"Cenotaph, amnesia, never before, let's come together, on the occasion of spring in Vienna..."
Of the eight works, three are foreigners. Fang Jing has read them all, and each one is more exciting than the last.
"This is the real performance!" Fang Jing was envious when he saw the actors on the stage performing so happily.
There is no director, no NG, no camera in a stage play, and no one calls you to do it all over again. When you get on stage, you are the protagonist. You are in control of everything, and you can act however you want.
You can express it according to your own ideas, add an action, prioritize the tone of voice, frown and raise your feet, as long as it suits the scene, you can do it.
No wonder real actors are passionate about the stage.
Films and TV dramas are not good. Unless you are very talented, you can shoot whatever the director wants, and you can express whatever you want.
The limitations are too strong and I cannot use my own strength.
Hearing Fang Jing's emotion, Huang Lei smiled, "Why, you also want to act in a play? It's not too late. Just dive in and practice hard for ten years. Maybe you will have a chance to play the leading role. You will not be thirty at that time."
"No!" Fang Jing shook his head, "I like it, but this is not the path I want to take. I have a lot of people to support. I will finish my small goal first."
"Oh! What is your little goal?"
"Make him one billion!"
"Pfft!" Yu Entai, who was drinking water, spit it out, wiped his mouth with his hand, and sighed: "Your goal is small enough!"
Chen Minghao frowned, "Young people should not only know how to make money. When you have a choice, try to do what you like, otherwise it will be too late to regret later."
I just have no choice now. Fang Jing is depressed. If he could, he would just wait to die every day, but giving up halfway is not his style.
You've come here, how can you live up to your status as a reborn person if you don't do something? Wouldn't that be a discredit to your peers?
At 7 p.m., the awards ceremony begins.
No surprise, Huang Lei and his friends took the first place for Secret Love Peach Blossom Garden, and the second place was also taken by one of them. Perhaps in order to take care of the foreigner's appearance, they gave it the third place.
It’s not easy for people to come all the way here. If I don’t win an award, I won’t come again.
In the next few days, Fang Jing followed Huang Lei and the others around, watching and listening to plays. By chance, he even made a guest appearance on stage, playing the role of a human trafficker with a group of teenagers.
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At the end of October, the Fangjing crew reported to the Xiangshan Film and Television Base.
"Hello, Teacher Lei, Hello, Director Lu, Hello, Teacher Gao..."
When arriving on the set, Fang Jing first recognized everyone and went to the dressing rooms of the leading actors one by one to say hello.
A few minutes later, he arrived at Zhou Yiwei's dressing room. He had braided hair and shaved sides, and was putting on clothes under the guidance of the staff.
Jiaqian Taoist Zhou Yiwei has acted in many dramas and has almost never stopped over the years, but the sentence that impressed Fang Jing the most was still that sentence.
"These are my brothers and sisters, my beloved relatives and friends! I need to pay more."
"Hello, Teacher Zhou, I'm Fang Jing. I'm here to report to the group today."
"Hello!"
After taking a look at Fang Jing, Zhou Yiwei didn't feel too cold, and he didn't know Fang Jing. For people like them who have been on the crew for many years, few of the younger generation knew him.
We didn't stay long, so we just said a few words and left. Everyone was not familiar with each other, so it would be bad to appear too enthusiastic.
On the set, Zhang Zheng and Liu Sisi were acting, but he simply stood and watched without saying anything.
Zhang Zheng is a legendary figure. He has never acted in TV dramas and has always been rooted in the film industry. He tries his best to act in every scene.
This guy was born with a movie face, sharp and sharp eyes.
In Red Cliff, for the role of Sun Quan, he was familiar with the Three Kingdoms. For the film The Founding of the Party, he also memorized the history of the Republic of China. For the film "The Man in the Deep," he obtained a padi diving license.
Take a look at Wu Qingyuan. His Go skills have surpassed those of professional third-level players. He has become a great master and won the national Bajiquan championship.
After filming Nie Yinniang, he learned close-quarters swordsmanship and burial skills.