[Rebirth] King of Theater

The lights went out and the hall was dark.

In the stage orchestra pit, the conductor with his back to the audience changed his gesture slightly, and the soft music sound that had no sense of presence suddenly changed, becoming low and cold and not to be ignored.

The audience quieted down in unison, turning their attention to the main stage.

On the stage, accompanied by music, the curtain finally opened slowly.

Amidst the mist, a remote cove appeared, with the sea in the distance, surrounded by black jagged cliffs and towering jagged rocks.On this basis, there are large expanses of white snow on the stage, creating a lifelike scene of bleak winter in a world of ice and snow out of thin air.

"Hey, I've seen this before."

In the auditorium, an audience member who liked to show off couldn't help but whispered to his friend next to him: "It's in that TV show called "Things Behind the Scenes of the Musical". Look carefully, that piece looks very real. The sea is actually drawn by a painter with one stroke..."

"What, drawn?"

Friends who hadn't watched the TV show were taken aback, and showed a curious expression.

But the spectator couldn't say anything.

Confused, he said again: "Although I have seen an artist painting on TV, it feels different, it's so different."

The friend couldn't help showing a blank expression of 'what are you talking about'.

But the audience who watched the same TV program around them showed the same expression of approval on their faces: "It's really different, it's really different."

And this kind of difference is probably...

An ordinary girl next to her suddenly changed into a gorgeous dress and exquisite makeup, and reappeared in front of her eyes. She was obviously still the same person, but she felt that she was so beautiful that she was so strange that she was so amazing that she could hardly breathe!

The set that looks like a few books on the TV screen becomes so magnificent and magnificent in the real theater.

The audience looked up at the gigantic stage, surrounded by stereo music with no dead ends, and only at this time did they realize that TV can never replace the theater, and only the theater can truly bring people such an immersive experience. shock.

However, no matter how powerful the setting is, it also serves the plot.

The bright and dark lights moved gently on the stage, easily drawing the audience's eyes away from the vivid set, and they turned to pay attention... In this small corner of the bay set, there is another It was a small boat, and beside the boat, a group of actors and a group of people in rags were panicking in a hurry.

Some of them carried bags, some carried suitcases, running around, climbing up and down, carrying things to the boat.

Then, a short figure, carrying a box taller than his own, dangled among them, walking up and down, helping out mechanically, accidentally bumping into other people's legs from time to time.

"Hurry up, hurry up, everyone move quickly!" Someone urged from the side.

The gaffer immediately shone a beam of light on the speaker's head.

The speaker was dressed a little better than the others, and looked like the head of the crowd.

When the light came on, he turned around and started to face the audience. He also politely took off the hat on his head, showing a friendly businessman-like smile with a flattering smile, and began to talk Perform with singing.During this performance, he introduced himself with a serious-sounding, honest-to-goodness sound.

He introduced himself as a child trafficker, and his main job is [buying and selling].

Do not misunderstand!

The actor shook his hand and told everyone that this profession does not abduct children, that is another profession, and everyone should have a clear division of labor when they come out to work.

So, what does this profession do?

The actor continued to smile and sang earnestly: [We are a processor of raw materials, a transfer station for goods, a serious businessman who helps people eliminate their troubles, and brings laughter to the people! ]

then,

How to bring laughter?

Turn the purchased children into monsters!

Because... strange shapes can make people laugh!

The band couldn't help playing a tense and low warning movement that seemed to be on the verge of hell, but the singing voice of the actor who played the role of the child trafficker was always steady and sincere. before the eyes of the audience.

The leader of the child trafficker is still singing. He is like an ordinary businessman, selling his goods to customers, but the goods he sells are full of alternative horror. , a monkey man with monkey fur, a rooster man with surgery on his throat (a dancer with a faux comb on his head walks up and lets out a loud rooster crow), and more classic—

At this time, several dancers will sing and dance to carry a huge round jar, and one of the actors is completely contained in the jar, with only one head exposed.

Then, the actor playing the child trafficker would walk over and sing and dance around the round altar to introduce, what is it that puts a two- and three-year-old child to grow up in the altar, compressing his muscles and bones until he is no longer alive? Re-grow, after a few years, break the jar...

[Look, this is the round altar monster! ]

Loud notes fell heavily on this lyric!

The lights dimmed in due course.

On the stage, all the actors who played the roles of child traffickers shouted in surprise that "the goods have been successfully processed".

So, a carnival.

The dancers held the round altar high and danced in front of it, and red flames rose from the back. Under the precise operation of the lighting engineer, the whole stage presented a scene of hell with ghosts and ghosts dancing wildly.

But in the face of such a scene, the audience below couldn't help trembling a little bit amidst the joyful but terrifying music.

"God! God!"

Mrs. Jones clasped her husband's hand in both hands, and murmured tremblingly.

However, the music fell silent again, almost silently.

The dancers holding the round altar left the stage one after another, and the child traffickers also started to return to the original place to carry things.

The lights were brightened again, and the actor playing the child trafficker's representative re-entered the front of the stage.

His upper body leaned forward slightly, bent his body, made a half-bow posture, and said the last line with a humble and flattering expression: [Ah, honorable gentlemen and ladies, no matter what shape of dwarf you want , can be satisfied here.Come on, come and book! ]

In the auditorium, Mrs. Jones couldn't help but fell back, muttering to herself palely: "My God, this is the voice of the devil!"