On the Grass in the Lili Garden [Peking Opera]

In fact, this visit to the Provincial Academy was not the first exam. The candidates who had passed the resume screening had a meeting in the comprehensive building of the Provincial Academy. The recruiting teacher announced the repertoire of the first exam and divided them into groups.Lin Weiran politely said hello to the concierge of the Provincial Court, and went to the complex building under his guidance.

The first floor of the complex building is the carpentry room and the metalworking room, the second floor is the clothing room and helmet room, the third floor is the archives room and the piano room, the fourth floor is the meeting room for the office of the first group and the second group, and the fifth floor is the practice room and dressing room. There is also a sunshine gym on the top floor.

Lin Weiran felt emotionally, their county theater troupe only had one floor, and the corners were full of suitcases and helmet boxes. Usually rehearsals were on the playground, which was owned by the grain and oil factory next door, and the troupe was lent to them for friendship at the price of Gives free performances to grain and oil factories several times a year.

Every harvest season, the playground is full of millet, and they can only go to the roof of the county theater troupe for rehearsal. Once he practiced shaking his hair so hard that his eyes were dark when he stood up, and he stepped on a crooked foot and fell down.

Fortunately, it was only the roof of the first floor, and there were grain piles below, so it didn't hurt much, except that broken grain husks could be twisted out of the pockets of clothes for three consecutive days.

As Zhu Yanhong expected, the courtyard arranged for Lin Weiran to be "Picking up the Jade Bracelet". It seems that He Jingxue has already communicated with the leadership of the courtyard, hoping to select a suitable partner through the interview.

The Xunpai Huadan who plays with him is a graduate of this year, and has also learned this play at the drama school. The two of them had a chat, and the communication was not bad.

After lunch, the instructor was in place. Lin Weiran was guided by Hong Junshi, an excellent young actor from the Provincial Academy, who was also the winner of many professional competitions across the country; and He Jingxue was the one who tutored his female partner.

The two job seekers obviously didn't expect to be mentored by seniors of this level, and they were immediately flattered.This is what He Jingxue meant, she hoped to observe more about the performance of the newcomers.She invited her long-time partner Hong Junshi to come out.

Hong Junshi was a sensible person. Seeing He Jingxue's arrangement, he knew that she valued this niche actor.Whether it was due to the friendship with He Jingxue or the introduction of talents in the courtyard, Hong Junshi found all possible time to talk to Lin Weiran, and carefully picked out every movement, from the dancing angle of the fan to the shaking of the sleeves The range is explained in detail without reservation.

A few days of playing time passed quickly, Lin Weiran and the two were notified to have a make-up rehearsal tomorrow morning, and the performance in the small auditorium the day after tomorrow.

The rehearsal is to see the time it takes for the leading actors to catch up on makeup. Now it is one of the assessment items to see the job applicant's learning achievements in the drama school.Several young people who entered the preliminary examination were busy sitting in the dressing room of the Provincial Peking Opera Theater.

Lin Weiran, who has two years of work experience, is not troubled by this. He is very skillful in his movements. He picks up the oil on the table and spreads it evenly on his face, and then starts to pat the base oil paint. Fu Peng in "Picking up the Jade Bracelet" is Wen Xiaosheng, so he needs to apply a little heavier makeup.

Taking the rose oil paint, Lin Weiran began to apply blush from the eye sockets, pressing the eyebrows.He has a very photogenic oval face. When applying blush, there is no need to consider the shape of the blush to make up for the defects of the face, and there is no need to stretch or widen the blush band.

After applying a layer of setting powder, start to apply rouge.Lin Weiran remembered the few times he performed in the county theater troupe. In order to highlight the image of the handsome young man, he used to put on too much rouge. The instructor always reminded him not to make the young man too feminine.At first he was still not convinced, he felt that he was like this in drama school, and no one said it was bad.

Later, he gradually understood that makeup is a technical job that requires brains, and the color of oil paint cannot be static.He used to perform in the opera school under the spotlight with constant brightness in the auditorium, and his classmates and teachers sat under the stage to watch; the county troupe performed in the natural sunlight in front of the ancient temple stage, and the fellow villagers gathered three meters away to watch.He slowly learned to apply different makeup for different performances.

It's time to get rid of eye circles.Lin Weiran remembered Erfeng's visit that day.

If he stayed in the village to marry a wife and live, then Erfeng would be a good candidate, and his hands and feet are diligent and he looks good. When he went downstairs to wash his face that day, Erfeng had already cleaned up the sundries on his table, and he was still in time. Handed him a face towel.

But he was really unwilling to stay, unwilling to waste so many years of hard training, unwilling to miss out on his beloved Peking Opera.

Satisfied with the slender eye circles in the mirror, Lin Weiran began to draw eyebrows.

Hong Junshi specifically told him that the eyebrows of a romantic man like Fu Peng should not be too strong, and they should not be the same as Lu Bu and Zhou Yu's eyebrows.

Lin Weiran drew a pair of not-so-powerful sword eyebrows for herself.

After rubbing red paint on the seal, Lin Weiran began to put on lipstick.His mouth shape is beautiful, but Peking opera makeup requires Xiaosheng's lower lip to be slightly square, so he had to make his originally delicate lips bigger.After 10 minutes, Lin Weiran began to strangle his head.

Seeing him leaving the dressing room with exquisite makeup and going to the dressing room to change, Hong Junshi and He Jingxue, who were sitting beside him, looked at each other and nodded slightly.

At [-] o'clock in the morning, in the small auditorium of the Provincial Peking Opera Theater, the job seekers who entered the preliminary examination gave a public performance.

The dean, the secretary, the head of the first group and the head of the second group all came. Except for the make-up artist, costumer, checker, prop maker and band who were busy in the background, all the other cast members in the courtyard became the audience.Uncle He in the cafeteria also found a corner to sit. If there is a play, don’t watch it for nothing. Anyway, there is nothing to do in the cafeteria at the moment.

The first performance of today is "Shiro Visits His Mother - Sitting in the Palace", the second is "War Horse Super", the third is "Picking up Jade Bracelets", and the fourth is "Shiqian Robber".

After Lin Weiran put on her make-up, she watched Zhang Feima Chao's night battle on the field from the edge of the stage curtain. It was very exciting.

The two who play Zhang Fei and Ma Chao are classmates at the opera school, and they often rehearse together, otherwise the time for such a few days of confrontation is too short for martial arts, and it is easy to be dangerous.

Lin Weiran and his county troupe used to perform the play "War Horse Super", and the poorly educated folks prefer to watch martial arts dramas rather than literary dramas with too elegant lyrics, so he also plays Wu Xiaosheng in the county troupe, of course his voice is dumb It also matters.

On the first day when he came to the provincial capital, he went to the county regiment to look around. Everything in the regiment was emptied, the head’s office was empty, the prop room was empty, the suitcase was gone, and there was a sign written on the outer wall of the toilet. The word "demolition".

He met "Zhang Fei" who came to get the files, and they have co-starred in "Shooting the Halberd at the Gate" many times. "Zhang Fei" had a lot of old injuries on his body. After the Achilles tendon sprain last time, there was no systematic treatment, so he decided not to sing anymore, and found a job as a warehouse manager. Although the income was very small, he didn't have to perform everywhere. Being able to take care of his son who just entered junior high school also saves his wife from worrying about his getting hurt acting.

"Sun Yujiao is ready to go on stage. Fu Peng will check the makeup and clothing again." The voice of the inspector came from behind Lin Weiran. "Picking up the Jade Bracelet" started.

The story tells the story of Sun Yujiao, a young girl whose mother was away at home alone, was going to do needlework. Seeing that the weather was fine, she carried a stool outside to embroider and let the chickens out to feed.Fu Peng, a young son passing by the Sun family, fell in love at first sight with Sun Yujiao, who looked like Chang'e. Sun Yujiao shyly ran back home under Fu Peng's fiery eyes.

After closing the door of the house, she confided her thoughts. It turned out that she was also attracted by the handsome Fu Peng, but she couldn't say it clearly, so she opened the door and peeked out.Fu Peng realized that Sun Yujiao also had feelings for him, so he left a jade bracelet given by his mother outside the house, knocked on the door and hid it in a dark place, waiting for Sun Yujiao to pick it up as a token.

Over there, Sun Yujiao was embroidering brocade handkerchiefs, and Fu Peng in a lavender gown came on stage following the gong and drum scriptures.Lin Weiran was originally a handsome young man with outstanding looks, but he was even more handsome when he put on the make-up, and the audience was amazed and praised.

It's a pity that although his voice-changing period is almost over and his voice has recovered a bit, it is impossible to combine theory and practice so quickly. Even if Hong Junshi gave him a lot of advice in the past two days, he still seemed weak when he opened his mouth.Everyone in the audience has regrets and sympathy, of course, gloating is not ruled out.

Lin Weiran was also anxious when he heard that his voice was muffled and not bright enough.But Hong Jun told him not to rush to force his voice before playing, and to sing according to his current best level, focusing on handling the parts of reading and doing well.Do your best to obey the destiny.

Or it could be said that God is also helping Lin Weiran. At this time, something happened on stage.It should be because she didn't insert it properly when she was putting on makeup. When Sun Yujiao shyly ran back to the house to avoid Fu Peng, the silk flower on Sun Yujiao's left ear fell off.

Originally, it is common for flowers and hairpins to be dropped during performances, and one of Wusheng’s flags was dropped, and Daomadan’s pheasant tail was broken.

But this girl just graduated and lacks stage experience, so she subconsciously raised her hand and touched her temples. Although she quickly adjusted to continue acting, everyone in the audience saw her staring at the silk flowers on the ground in a daze for two seconds.

Lin Weiran changed his mind, looked in the direction where Sun Yujiao left in surprise, bent down to pick up the flower, put it in front of his nose and smelled it lightly, his face was full of intoxication and happiness, and then continued the plot and laughed , said: "This eldest sister seems to have a heart for me. I have a pair of jade bracelets from my mother here. I will pretend to lose one as a token."

Fu Peng put the flower in his right sleeve, took out the jade bracelet from his left sleeve, put it on the fan, and threw it to the ground lightly.

The whole sequence of movements is well-connected, covering up Sun Yujiao's previous mistakes. People who have never watched this play may even think that Sun Yujiao's previous panic was intentional, and the girl will stay for a while when the flower is dropped at the son's feet.

Seeing this, the dean and the two team leaders nodded in unison.You must know that the people performing on stage only have voices but no brains. A stage play is not a TV series, and there is no NG to start again.How to deal with emergencies temporarily is also one of the criteria for measuring a good actor.

Sun Yujiao picked up the jade bracelet, thinking that it was given to her by the young master, and happily took advantage of the light outside the house to see the jade bracelet's fineness.I don't want to be too surprised to bump into Fu Peng who is waiting outside.

Sun Yujiao blushed, took off the jade bracelet and handed it over, saying "I don't want it, you take it".Fu Peng took the opportunity to tease Sun Yujiao with a fan, and after laughing, he said to himself, "Go back and report to my mother to match the match".

At this time, Lin Weiran did not forget to take out the silk flower from his sleeve, twisted it in his hand, and shook it at Sun Yujiao, as happy as having won a girl's token, and then gave a wink of "you can rest assured that the matchmaker will come", Fu The friend left with a smile.

When the matchmaker comes on stage, all of Fu Peng's roles are over.

After the performance was over, the curtain was closed, and Lin Weiran ran to the front of the band, bowing to the drummer and luthier to thank him.

Although he was witty just now, if he didn't have the same witty drummer and qinmaster to cooperate, and the extra movements he added didn't fall on the drumbeat and piano sound, then it wasn't that he was covering up for Sun Yujiao, but both of them made mistakes.

Experienced drummers and luthiers praised Lin Weiran for adapting to the situation and gave a few words of encouragement. Lin Weiran bowed his hands and thanked him.

The job seekers took off their make-up backstage, and the other cast and crew left to continue their work. Only the theater leadership and interviewers were left in the audience, exchanging opinions on the performance just now.