Master of Chinese Opera

Chapter 63
Later, on the stage, the neighbor Aunt Ma was arrested because her stupid son was drunk and clashed with others. She came to the door and begged Wei Liansheng for help.

This paragraph not only shows Wei Lian's impatient and righteous character, but also highlights from his dilemma that he has no way to get people. He is only superficially glamorous, but in fact, he is just a toy for the powerful.

They are all poor people!
Seeing that the police chief who arrested people didn't buy Boss Wei's account at all, the audience in the audience was filled with righteous indignation, not only the indignation of being underestimated but also the helplessness in the face of power.

Then, Dean Su Hongji suddenly appeared, the hero saved the beauty, and with just a few words, the police chief bowed to Boss Wei.

"Haha, Boss Wei, you know our Dean Su, why didn't you tell me earlier?

Let them go, I will let them go right away. "

As the police chief said, he immediately ordered his men to release Aunt Ma's stupid son, whom Wei Liansheng wanted to rescue.

"The officialdom of the Republic of China is too dark, but the scene where Dean Su reprimanded the chief of police for Boss Wei's sake is quite a relief."

"Dean Su is mighty, and Dean Su is domineering."

"This Su Hongji looks very elegant, and he is really kind to Liansheng. He always responds to his requests without expecting anything in return."

"Regardless of rewards? That's not necessarily the case. I heard that during the period of the Republic of China, it was quite popular for the rich and powerful to support actors.

Just now, when Dean Su took Boss Wei's hand, and the way he looked at Liansheng, it was not the way a normal man should look at another man. "

"Isn't it? Why don't I see anything unusual?"

"Hehe, it looks similar to me, but Dean Su has a high position, a very elegant appearance, and he loves Liansheng so much. If they really became a couple, they wouldn't have suffered too much at that time. People reviled it, but they thought it was a romantic story."

Twice in a row, Dean Su helped. Naturally, Wei Liansheng was extremely grateful to Su Hongji.

He has no other skills, he only knows the art of singing.

It just so happened that tomorrow was Su Hongji's [-]th birthday, so he made an agreement with Su Hongji to repay Su Hongji by singing a concert at Su's house tomorrow night.

After the performance, the audience applauded, and Shen Yuelou and Feng Zhengyuan left the stage hand in hand.

After another transition, the stage finally saw the scene of Wei Liansheng singing in Su's house.

The flute and drums sounded one after another, and Shen Yuelou, dressed as a nun, slowly appeared on the stage with a whisk in hand.

"Once upon a time, there was a monk Mulian who saved his mother from going to the gate of hell. The little nun was only twenty-eight years old, and her hair was cut off by her master..."

This play "Sifan" is originally an excerpt from the Kun Opera "Nie Hai Ji".

In the opera world, there has always been a saying that "men are afraid of running at night, and women are afraid of thinking about ordinary things".

Because, there is only one person in the whole play, with heavy body and changeable posture.

The first half of the play focuses on delicate singing and the process of changing thoughts, while the second half focuses on physical skills, which is a test of the actors' skills.

Fortunately, Shen Yuelou has been studying Kunqu Opera seriously in the System Learning Paradise recently, and has also done a lot of hard work in private.

Otherwise, he would not have dared to openly perform this play on the stage.

"Hey hey, nun Sifan, by nature, interesting, interesting!"

"The lyrics are fresh and elegant, the idiom is melodious and graceful, and the performance is delicate enough. Unexpectedly, Teacher Shen is also very accomplished in Kunqu Opera."

"The concubine who holds the fan in the Su family is so beautiful. She has a graceful figure and a lot of charm. Is she the heroine of this drama?"

"The eyes are so seductive. Looking at Boss Wei on the stage, she seems to want to chew up our Liansheng and swallow it."

"Hahaha, you describe such a pretty lady as a goblin."

"I'm just a compliment, okay, it means she's done a good job."

……

Generally speaking, "Si Fan" is rarely sung in birthday dramas. One is that it is not lively enough, and the other is that it is not suitable for the occasion.

However, Shen Yuelou added it here, but it is not abrupt, but it is a wonderful stroke.

"Si Fan" is the "Si Fan" of two people, the voices of two poor people with similar fate and the same situation.

An actor and a cousin were all kept in a birdcage by the same man and treated like canaries.

The difference is that one is aware and the other is unaware.

It was precisely because of hearing "Si Fan" that he was in the same situation as himself, that the fourth wife, Yu Chun, ran backstage to find Wei Liansheng, and this was also the beginning of this tragedy.

When Yuchun quietly came to the backstage, Wei Liansheng was entertaining himself, waving a paper fan, twisting his body, and singing the famous part of the Kunqu opera "The Peony Pavilion".

"It turns out that it's so (ah~ah) purple, and it's blooming~over and over again, like~so~all~fu(woo~woo) and~decadent~yuan."

This paragraph was also not included in the original script. Later, during the rehearsal process, Shen Yuelou had an idea and added it temporarily.

The addition of these two lines not only set a tragic tone for the meeting between Yuchun and Liansheng from the very beginning, but also echoed what Wei Liansheng thought and saw when he revisited his hometown in the prologue.

It used to be colorful and colorful, but now there are only broken walls and ruins.

During the rehearsal, both Lin Sinan and Feng Zhengyuan praised the Kunqu opera aria that Shen Yuelou had temporarily added.

"Boss Wei, you are so comfortable!"

The fourth wife, Yuchun, played by Su Jin, was wearing a lotus leaf and green flag dress, with a light pink silk scarf in her hand, and walked down the threshold in the middle of the stage in a charming manner.

Shen Yuelou glanced at Su Jin cautiously, and greeted in a low voice: "Hello, fourth grandma!"

Su Jin saw that he was so reserved, and couldn't help but smile: "Boss Wei didn't expect me to come?"

Seeing that Wei Liansheng was silent, Yuchun immediately raised his hand and told the servant girl, Lan'er, "Lan'er, go and watch at the door. I have something to say to Boss Wei."

……

"Hahaha, this scene is a bit funny. A man and a woman are alone in the same room. The fourth grandma is enthusiastic and unrestrained, but Liansheng is shy and timid."

"Tsk tsk tsk, this is an exciting plot where a bad young woman seduces an innocent boy. Didn't you hear what Wang Xingui said, our Liansheng is still a young man?"

"The acting is really good. You don't need to say any lines. The eyebrows, figures and expressions of the two explain everything."

"Hey, are we watching the same play? You think it's a seduction, why do I feel that the fourth grandma is here to pick on Lian Sheng?

She felt that the relationship between Dean Su and Boss Wei was a bit unusual, so she came over to meet her love rival for a while. "

"Um, rival in love? Something is wrong with you!"

"Grass, I'm not quite right, I'm getting more and more like you when you say that."

……

"... Boss Wei, please take care of me. Today, in order to warm up our President Su's life, I drank two more glasses, and I got drunk~."

On the stage, Su Jin perfectly displayed the coquettish energy of the girl in Yuchun brothel, and kept teasing Wei Liansheng played by Shen Yuelou with words and eyes.

Such a charming and frivolous mature woman's style made some of the audience in the audience so excited that they almost shouted "Let him go, come to me".

This period of Yuchun's main bean-picking show lasted for five and a half minutes. In the end, the maid Lan'er came to pass the message that Dean Su asked the fourth grandma to go back to pick up the guests.

Before leaving, the fourth grandmother took advantage of the opportunity and asked to learn to sing "Si Fan" from Boss Wei. Wei Liansheng felt that his status was low and dared not refuse, so he could only nod in agreement.

(End of this chapter)