A few young people were talking in low voices next to Zhou Shuping.
"I heard that Sister Su Ran only rehearsed for a few days for this play." said a man.
"Even though it's only been a few days, Sister Su Ran must have worked very hard in private." said a girl.
"Well, you see Su Ran never memorizes her lines on the spot during filming. She has memorized them long ago and has studied the script thoroughly. You should also learn from her. No one's success comes easily." said the slightly older man.
Zhou Shuping glanced at the man. He seemed to be the leading actor in a popular spy movie. His name was... Shen Yifeng.
"It's a pity that Chen Tao went to New Zealand for vacation. Sister Su Ran can only perform three shows. When he comes back, Sister Su Ran will go to Xinghai Country." The girl said regretfully.
"Yayi, this is the seventh time you mentioned Chen Tao today, hehe!"
"Deng Zian, what are you talking about? Brother Feng, take care of him."
Shen Yifeng smiled and said, "What he said is true."
"You guys... are so annoying." Liu Yayi said coquettishly with a red face.
"Don't say I didn't tell you. I talked to Ning Xi today. Su Ran is now setting up an angel fund. In May next year, she plans to stage a military drama to raise funds for the fund. I have already booked the male lead. If you want to participate, sign up quickly. But I have to make it clear that there is no remuneration and it is very hard work." Shen Yifeng said.
"You have to participate. It's in May, right? I'll make time for it. Just don't complain if my acting is bad." Deng Zian responded immediately.
"I will participate too. It can help me hone my acting skills and do good things at the same time. Why not?" Liu Yayi also responded.
"Count me in." Qi Lei said.
"Chen Tao and Song Haoyu are not here, but I think they will definitely support it." Deng Zian said, "Why don't all of our comrades go?"
"That's great, our comrades can relive the passionate years again." Qi Lei said with a smile.
The lights dimmed.
Yayi said excitedly: "It's about to start. I'm really looking forward to it."
Zhou Shuping felt strange emotions in her heart. From what she heard, they should be Su Ran's friends and also from the entertainment industry. However, these young people were very conscious and it felt different from the entertainment industry she knew. Perhaps they had heard too much negative news and felt that people in the entertainment industry loved hype. They had no bottom line in order to become famous and would desperately make money as soon as they had a little traffic. Their work style was not right. In short, it was just one word... chaos.
All I can say is that there are good people and bad people mixed together! There are bad people in every industry.
In the dim light, Han Ting saw her mother's thoughtful look, and a smile appeared on the corner of her lips involuntarily.
She also heard the conversation between Su Ran's friends just now, and it must have touched her mother.
The lights on the stage came on and the play began.
A woman wearing sunglasses came to the entrance. The staff looked at her ticket and led her to her seat. The theater was dimly lit and the woman was wearing sunglasses, so she couldn't see the road clearly. She stumbled and almost fell. The woman wanted to keep a low profile, but she made a noise and attracted a lot of contemptuous looks.
People who are late and disturb others from watching are uncultured and deserve to be despised.
Ye Dansha finally sat down in her seat. She looked around and didn't recognize anyone. Ye Dansha breathed a sigh of relief and took off her sunglasses.
She didn't want to come at first, but couldn't resist the temptation. She had tried to play the role of Shi Xiaobao in the play, but Director Zhang looked down on her and didn't even give her a chance to audition, which made her upset for a while. She is basically on hiatus now, concentrating on honing her acting skills. She really wants to get this opportunity.
As a result, she didn't even get a supporting role, but Su Ran was cast as the leading actress Yang Caiyu. She just wanted to see how she differed from the actress who played Shi Xiaobao in the play. However, she knew that many people from the circle would come to watch today, and she didn't want them to see her, after all, everyone knew that she and Su Ran had a very strained relationship.
The performance officially began. This drama tells the story of a group of five families living in Shikumen, a group of little people's tragic experiences and their joys and sorrows.
The main plot revolves around the complicated experiences and love entanglements between Kuang Fu, Yang Caiyu and Lin Zhicheng, and is intertwined with the fate of several other families. The colorful, sad and happy plot, in the strict layout, goes to the climax in an orderly and eventful manner.
The actors' dedicated performances, especially Su Ran who played Yang Caiyu, vividly and exquisitely portrayed the contradiction and entanglement of Yang Caiyu, who wanted to start over with Kuang Fu and pursue a happy life, but couldn't let go of the eight years of sharing weal and woe with Lin Zhicheng. The performances captured the audience's hearts and made the audience follow the characters' entanglements and pains, and were deeply moved by the fact that the little people were able to maintain the beauty and purity of human nature in difficult and sad circumstances.
When the play ended and all the actors came out to take their bows, Zhou Shuping burst into tears and couldn't help but applaud enthusiastically, completely forgetting how much she hated the leading actor on stage.
"Sister Su Ran's acting was so great." Liu Yayi choked up and clapped her hands hard.
"This drama is going to be a hit." Shen Yifeng exclaimed.
Su Ran has made a good start. As long as Fang Lu doesn't mess up and the difference is not too big, this drama will definitely become a hit.
The applause lasted for a long time and the actor took his second bow.
Ye Dansha quietly left the scene first and almost bumped into someone. The two looked at each other and were stunned for a moment.
Isn’t this Ye Dansha
Isn’t this Doctor Jiang
The two of them tacitly did not say hello, but pretended not to know each other and walked away.
Both of them were in a bad mood. Ye Dansha was in a bad mood because she saw the gap between herself and these actors. Su Ran was no different. It felt that Su Ran's acting skills had improved again. As for the other drama actors, they were not famous, but their acting was really good and their basic skills were very solid.
Ye Dansha was a little hit. It seemed that she needed to work harder.
Jiang Xinyan was in a bad mood because she watched the play with a critical eye, but she couldn't find any faults. She always felt that there was a big gap between the acting skills of domestic actors and international stars, but now it seems that she was wrong. It was her love rival who made her realize this.
The audience dispersed in an orderly manner, but Zhou Shuping was still crying. Han Ting was speechless. It turned out that her mother had such rich emotions.
"Mom, stop crying."
"What do you care about me?" Zhou Shuping wiped away her tears and said in a muffled voice.
"I'll have to tell Su Ran later and ask her to apologize to you. What a performance! It even made my mother cry." Han Ting said with a smile.
Zhou Shuping said with a fierce face: "Don't say it."
Then Su Ran would be so proud that she would die. However, having said that, Su Ran’s acting was really good, comparable to Qin Yi who starred in the movie "Under the Eaves" that year.
She had to admit that she underestimated Su Ran.
(End of this chapter)