At 5:30 p.m., the more than 1,000 seats in the Beijing Film Academy Auditorium were already full, and the actors who starred in "The Field of Life and Death" were putting on makeup and changing clothes backstage.
Makeup in dramas is much simpler than in movies and TV series. After all, dramas don’t have close-ups of faces like TV series and movies. There are thousands of audiences in a play, and the audience sitting in the back cannot see the actors' faces clearly without using binoculars, so the appearance of the actors is not very important. For drama, what matters is the actor’s movements and line skills.
The first few rows of the auditorium were filled with many well-known directors, film critics, and big names in the drama industry.
Wang Liqun, the leader of the People's Art Troupe, was sitting in the middle. He came here for Chen Minhao. He often heard his friend Xing Xi praising Chen Minhao, and he wanted to know how good Chen Minhao's acting skills were.
As for other directors, they mainly want to find some good talents. It is much more reliable to find actors from Beijing Film Studio's drama stage than from Hengdian extras.
The majority of them are students from Beijing Film Academy. Tickets for "The Tribulation of Life and Death" must be grabbed a week in advance. The Student Affairs Office specifically emphasizes the need to check your student ID card when entering the venue. If students are found to have transferred the tickets they grabbed, they will be penalized.
The play started on time at 6 o'clock. Zhang Guoping, the head of the department, saw that many students were preparing to record videos. He went on stage to emphasize the common sense and discipline of watching a play:
"Please keep quiet during the performance. It is best to set your mobile phone to silent instead of vibrating. If there is no silent setting, it is best to turn off the phone temporarily. It is strictly prohibited to record, video, and take pictures during the performance. If someone is filming in the theater, even if the flash is turned off, The red focus light will also disrupt the actor's performance rhythm. It is really eye-catching when seen from the stage and will seriously disturb the actors on the stage.
This drama "The Field of Life and Death" has been rehearsed for about 5 months. We hope to bring you a wonderful live performance. We hope that everyone who is doing it can keep the actors' emotions and emotions in their hearts and minds instead of Record to mobile phone or video camera. So don't shoot in a theater. If a student insists on going his own way and causes trouble to the crew and actors, we will ask him to leave. "
At 6 p.m., the performance officially begins.
The lights gradually dimmed. In the darkness, the curtain slowly opened, and a narrator said in a deep and mellow voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, you will see the 'life' and 'death' of the villagers in a village on the outskirts of Harbin from the 1920s to the 1930s. 's story."
Along with the narration, the stage layout was presented to the audience: the wind whistled faintly and snowflakes fell.
There were four men dressed as farmers and workers gathered around the brazier to keep warm. Their postures were very different, and they were affectionate and numb.
"It's so cold today."
"It's like a knife in the wind."
"The well is sealed and the water tank is cracked."
"The snow sealed the house and the door couldn't be pushed open."
A beam of light on the stage suddenly illuminated a handsome woman kneeling on the ground. The woman tightened her clothes, looked pitifully at the man warming himself by the fire, and called out, "Brother."
The man glanced at her and ignored her.
The woman said helplessly: "My belly is getting bigger and bigger, and the basin has turned into a big basin. The things inside are jumping and kicking, trying to come out. Brother, what should I do?"
The man was happy and said, "Come out and call me daddy."
The woman frowned and said, "What if I can't come out?"
The man said: "How did the pigs and cows come out?"
Then, a baby cried loudly, and the simple words "Field of Life and Death" appeared somewhere on the stage.
Wang Liqun, the leader of the audience's entertainment group, watched Chen Minhao's performance with satisfaction.
"With such a great reputation, Chen Minhao deserves to be praised repeatedly by Xing Xi." Wang Liqun couldn't help but nodded, "His body expression is very good, and he behaves very naturally, as if he is Wang Wu. "
As the performance progressed, Wang Liqun's brows furrowed. Although he felt that Beijing Film Studio's "The Field of Life and Death" was of good quality and could not find any obvious shortcomings, he still felt a little uncomfortable.
When Chen Minhao appeared again, Wang Liqun knew the reason, and Chen Minhao took over. It's not that the other actors didn't perform well enough, but that Chen Minhao acted so well that when they were put on the same stage as Chen Minhao, they felt like they stood out from the crowd.
This is certainly not Chen Minhao's fault, but the gap between the actors can easily make the audience watch the show with a judgmental attitude instead of being fully immersed.
At 8:30 p.m., two and a half hours later, amid thunderous applause and cheers from the audience, the performance of "The Field of Life and Death" came to an end.
After Chen Minhao took off his makeup and was about to leave, he was stopped by Zhang Guoping, the head of the department.
Zhang Guoping introduced the gray-haired man next to him to Chen Minhao with a smile on his face: "This is Teacher Wang Liqun, the leader of the People's Art Troupe."
As soon as Chen Minhao was about to say hello, the old man took the lead and said, "Young man, are you interested in developing a career in drama?"
Zhang Guoping winked from the side and said, "Teacher Wang told me just now that you have the potential to win the Golden Lion Award."
The Chinese Drama Golden Lion Award was founded in 1989 and was called the "Revitalization Drama Award" in its early days. It is the highest government award given to outstanding drama workers who have been engaged in drama art for a long time and have made remarkable achievements. This award is the only professional award for Chinese drama art.
The other actors backstage looked at Chen Minhao with jealous faces. This was an invitation personally sent by the leader of the People's Art Troupe! The People's Art Troupe is the first art troupe in China, the top professional drama theater in China, and the dream palace of countless dramatists: Why didn't Mr. Wang Liqun invite me? Jealousy changes me beyond recognition! Jealousy drives me to pieces!
Wang Liqun glared at Zhang Guoping, but he did not deny Zhang Guoping's words.
Wang Liqun saw Chen Minhao stunned and didn't speak. He smiled, thinking that Chen Minhao was seriously considering the matter. He planned to add more firewood: "People's Art is planning to rearrange the classic drama "Thunderstorm", but the role of Zhou Chong has not been found. A suitable actor, young man, are you interested?"
Chen Minhao was indeed thinking seriously, but in fact he was politely refusing while thinking seriously about how not to offend Wang Liqun.
Chen Minhao simply organized the language in his mind and declined politely: "I have relatively little experience in performing dramas, so I may not be able to take on this important task. Moreover, my agent will not allow me to invest too much energy in dramas."
Wang Liqun snorted coldly: "I've heard of your mercenary agent."
When Xing Xi praised Chen Minhao to Zhang Guoping, he mentioned Kang Hui in passing.
And this "famous" agent was driving when he suddenly sneezed several times in succession and thought to himself: Am I wearing too little recently
(End of chapter)