[Rebirth] King of Theater

Reviewer.

For Mr. Milson, it was a forced choice.

In this era when education is not very popular and the dissemination of information and knowledge is limited, most theater producers do not believe that there are any buried genius playwrights in the world.

In their view, any talented playwright, even if there are no real works on the big stage for the time being, at least have a few manuscripts that have been officially published in newspapers and magazines, regardless of the subject matter. , to prove one's own level, otherwise, it would be like a mouse climbing the scale beam, just claiming to be arrogant.

Based on this idea, when theater producers are looking for scripts for several seasons of performances each year, they are more inclined to hire well-known playwrights with huge sums of money to tailor them for themselves, rather than choosing those cheap, good and bad scripts. , or pick and choose among generally low-level submissions.

But this time the situation is different.

"The Flower Girl", which was once the cash cow in the hands of Mr. Milson, ended in a dismal performance season this year, with a loss of nearly 4 yuan.

Fortunately, he still has a few traditional dramas like "Hamlet" and "Henry IV" under his hands, which are earning a modest amount of money, so that he can recover blood slowly and with difficulty. As for immediate bankruptcy.

But it hurts.

On the books, the temporary capital turnover is not good, and it is inevitable that there will be a daily embarrassment of tearing down the east wall to make up for the west wall every day.

In this way, it is unrealistic to hire well-known playwrights with huge sums of money.

After all, even if you can barely withdraw a sum of money from the account, you can successfully buy a good script.

But next, I have to consider how to make this good script...

The problem is coming.

If all the money is spent on scripts, where will the production costs come from? .

Faced with such a situation, Mr. Milson inevitably felt stretched.

Originally, due to the disastrous failure of "The Flower Girl", he felt that his vitality was greatly injured and he was hit hard. In fact, he didn't want to make any more troubles in a short time, and even deliberately avoided the next season of the show, just pretending that it didn't exist, and recuperating honestly. After this period of time has passed completely, I will regain my strength and go to arrange a play...

The idea is good.

But it's as if the lead dancer who has been attracting attention every year has suddenly become a spectator in the stands this year, with no sense of participation and full of unwillingness.

That's why he made an appointment with his friends, and took the initiative to watch the recent shows one by one, all the plays that were well received by drama critics. Subconsciously, he probably wanted to use this to find some inspiration and prepare for a comeback.

Then, by chance...

He bumps into Al.

In the eyes of the uninitiated, Al's money-making experience was unremarkable, just a trick of buying and selling.

But in fact, "Lucky Al" has long been famous.

You know, many senior ticket dealers can't always buy hot tickets like him and sell them at high prices.

The life of most ticket sellers is full of hunger and fullness. For example, Mr. Milson’s "The Flower Girl" once deceived many people. Tickets bought at high prices and hoarded, but in the end, none of them could be sold. Waste paper.

Only Al really bought and made a fortune.

If this was a lottery ticket, someone would have come to investigate if he had any inside information.

But the theater stuff...

Normally speaking, can a drama be popular?

Until the last moment, even the insiders dare not easily assert.

Therefore, "Lucky Al" who guesses the result every time seems to be even more legendary.

But Mr. Milson took a different approach, directly denying the superstitious theory of luck, and instead believed that Al had a precise vision, a gifted talent, and a natural sensitivity and perception of drama.

So, with a flash of inspiration in his mind, he had the idea of ​​asking Al to help review the manuscript, or in other words, panning for gold in sand.

So, Al hugged a large stack of scripts in such a dazed manner and prepared to start work.

In the office, Miss Alice was very surprised by the change of "handyman turned reviewer".

After learning about Al's great achievements in selling tickets, and Mr. Milson's thoughts of going to the doctor in a hurry...

She couldn't help but her tone became a little complicated: "It's amazing, Al, you're really amazing!"

Al immediately put on a wry smile and pretended to be embarrassed, and said modestly: "Miss Alice, don't make fun of me. Selling tickets is just for a living. I really didn't expect to get Milson Mr. regards him so highly, and deep down in my heart I am fearful, for fear of failing his great love."

Alice has a pure personality, and immediately believed it was true. She no longer cared about Al being behind her back, what kind of side job or part-time job he did in his spare time, especially when he was still selling tickets to the opposite house, and offered to help cheer him up: "My dear, why do you want to belittle yourself?" What? Since Mr. Milson is able to see things clearly, and entrusted you with a heavy responsibility, he must have seen that you have this ability, as long as you do things with your heart, besides, our next performance season..."

Speaking of this, she involuntarily stopped, and said in a low voice: "To be honest, our next season of performances is to try our best to support it. If we don't have a good book, we can only quit. So, you don't have to feel any pressure , just treat it as an ordinary job, and do it carefully. However, if you are really capable, then I sincerely hope that you can pick out a good book. If there are a few more suitable characters in that book, we will It would be even better if all the disbanded actors were rehired. Actually, you don’t know, I’ve been feeling very sad recently. Sigh, but this has nothing to do with a kid like you ..."

Al looked at her suspiciously.

Alice thought about it, and then told him: "Did you know? Belle's fiancé has regretted his marriage."

"Huh? I remember they were very affectionate." Al was really taken aback.

Belle is the actress who plays the heroine's best friend in "The Flower Girl". Her status is equivalent to that of the third female lead. She has a lot of roles and is very popular with some audiences. Both her talent and appearance are top-notch.

Moreover, Al clearly remembered that when she said that she was going home to get married, her tone was as sweet as honey, and she proudly kept saying that her fiancé, West, loved her madly.

It's only been a few months?

How did it become a regretful marriage?

Because there is no one in the office at the moment, and there are not many things at hand.

Alice simply put down her work and began to gossip: "It's a long story. A while ago, didn't the performance troupe of "The Flower Girl" disband? It's okay for others to say, just find another group and mix slowly, but Kitty , Chris and Belle are a bit troublesome."

"how to say?"

"Do you need to ask? The three of them have always been the pillars of the performance troupe, and the treatment is good. But now that they have gone out, who will give them such high treatment? Besides, they have performed for several years. The characters in "The Flower Girl" have been stereotyped for a long time, and if they really compete for the leading role, their competitiveness may not necessarily be stronger than other actresses."

"There is no way around this, but they are all people with real abilities. If they get through this hurdle, maybe there will be a turning point."

"That's the truth, but how many people can see it? So, Chris and Kitty didn't talk about it all the time. Before, Belle shouted that she wanted to get married, but she was really reluctant to bear it." This stage. Now that the situation is not good, she really wants to give up. Anyway, there is a way out. She just gives up her mind and gets married. West fell in love with her at the beginning because she was a popular actress, so he wanted to save face..."

"What? Save face? According to this, is it possible that a wife who wants to spend the rest of her life should be some kind of decoration?"

"Who said it wasn't? Because he and Belle have completely broken up now, and Chris and Kitty no longer hide it, they just revealed that this Mr. West actually chased them before. It's just that Ke Liz is arrogant and doesn't like him at all; Kitty is also a person who is used to putting on airs, pretending to be stupid, but tormenting people without giving half a sentence, so she turned to pursue the good-tempered Bei Son. As a result, now, seeing that Belle is down and out, he is about to make a fuss about regretting the marriage and flattering Anna."

"Wait, who is Anna?"

"It's a pity that you started by selling tickets for "Mr. Pretty". How come even Anna doesn't know that she is the female supporting role of that show. She has become popular recently."

Al was dumbfounded.

Alice was very angry: "A man is really not a good thing! You gave him such a precious heart, and he didn't know how to keep it in the bottom of his heart. In turn, he had to bring it to the bright side and put it on Everyone can see the messy occasion, like a trophy, but show it off vigorously! When you get tired of showing off and it’s not new, you want to change it to a better one. I can see it through, and you can’t be charming No, men just want to be fresh, and from now on, I don't want to get married anymore in my life."

"This this……"

Al became a little embarrassed: "This can't overturn a boatload of people with one blow. If you think about it again, there are still good men, such as, such as, such as...the one in front of you."

Miss Alice was taken aback for a moment, but when she realized it, she couldn't help laughing to death, and at the same time she was so curious: "Oh, I really forgot about you!"

She rubbed Al's head affectionately, kissed her cheek again, and then happily said: "Come on, go read your manuscript! What kind of man are you now? But... when you grow up But remember, don't learn from those heartless guys."