[Rebirth] King of Theater

In recent days, "The Lustful" has performed more than 20 times in a row, which can be described as a brilliant show, and was considered by the critics as "the most surprising good drama of the year". Therefore, the entire crew was beaming, although not so much Carried away, but everyone is more or less floating as if in the clouds.

But in this process, Al has always maintained a clear mind.

Because he knew: "All of this is just a little left over from the previous life. If you spend it blindly and don't think about making progress, it will be exhausted sooner or later."

Therefore, whenever others praise him with the title of "young genius playwright".

Although he would pretend to be very happy, but he didn't take it seriously in his heart.

On the contrary, the most ordinary money that can be obtained always makes his green eyes smile and his face shine.

I remember one time, he took a pen and paper to calculate how much money he could make, and he had fun doing the calculations.

Luke, who has stopped getting angry with him, rarely sees him showing such a look, and finds it very funny.

He quietly looked at his new and better-looking little partner recently, and pretended to say casually: "What's the point of such a small thing? If you really want money, you can continue to partner with me, we..."

"Yeah, I need money, but not just for money."

Al knew that he had been a little dishonest, used, and even ignored Luke before. Although he had no bad intentions, and he didn't make the other party suffer materially, but compared to the other party's youthful enthusiasm, he couldn't wait to see him. The sincerity of showing my heart to myself really reveals the indifference of some adults, so when I speak now, I try my best to be frank, even if it is not very pleasant, I don't want to fool people casually.

"For me, money is not just used to solve the economic crisis and bring material satisfaction..."

"Oh?"

"For me, the most important benefit of money is actually - with money, there is some freedom!"

"That's strange! Aren't you free now? Don't you live in prison?"

"Although I don't live in a prison, there are always some constraints."

"Well, the situation in your family is really troublesome, but even if you don't write the script, the money you earned before is enough for them to live. So, why do you say you have no freedom?"

After hearing this, Al couldn't help but secretly glanced at the past, seeing that Luke was in a pretty good mood now.

He spoke the truth slowly: "My dear friend! Don't you understand? It is because of money that I can put aside the things I don't like to do and concentrate on writing scripts! It’s what I mean, money can buy part of your freedom.”

Luke didn't react at first.

When he finally turned the words around in his mind twice, and equated "things that Al left behind and didn't like to do" with "scalper career", he was almost pissed off again.

But think about the wonderful repertoire on the stage, and look at the green eyes of my little friend shining with joy...

He felt again: "Forget it, you can do whatever you want. I will do the things you don't want to do."

Let's not mention the little things between the two of them for the time being.

It is only said that since Al intends to concentrate on the creative industry, he cannot help but attach great importance to the letter from Wilkins.

So, after receiving the invitation letter, he went home and thought about it for a long time before writing a reply letter carefully. First, he thanked the other party for his previous praise of "The Womanizer", and then expressed his respect for the senior from the perspective of the newcomer's junior. Admiration, finally, carefully asked some matters about the new script to be cooperated.

Wilkins was very approachable, and after receiving Al's reply, he directly asked him to have a lunch interview.

They met at a restaurant near the xx theater. The interior decoration of this restaurant is very European-style, and the walls are covered with portraits of many famous theater actors and some wonderful scenes that have appeared on the theater stage, which is enough for theater professionals and everyone As a drama lover, you will feel good at the first sight, so you can relax.

Mr. Wilkins also enthusiastically ordered a table of meals, and greeted Al, you are welcome, and everyone chatted while eating.

Al was very moved, but he knew that he didn't look very good at eating, and he was embarrassed to gobble it up, so he only ate a little, and showed a humble and sincere attitude, waiting patiently for the other person to finish eating, while thinking about the food in his heart. After asking questions, he planned to seize the time to ask the other party for advice.

But what I didn't expect was that after the other party had finished eating, the two exchanged a few words...

People next to him kept running over with surprise, introduced themselves to Mr. Wilkins, and flattered him exaggeratedly.

The nasty and exaggerated words used by those people made Al very uncomfortable.

But this Mr. Wilkins behaved very gracefully. He appeased these "admirers" one by one with the style of everyone, and introduced Al to them solemnly with a hearty and enthusiastic look, calling him "a rising star in the theater world." A Rising Star" is "Shakespeare of the future" and "a genius who will one day be as famous as Hugo in the history of drama".

As a result, the group of people turned to Al again to flatter Al, all kinds of flattering words were desperately offered.

Al: ...

To be honest, for a true young genius, such a scene may be difficult to maintain his heart.

After all, if one person flatters you, you can still treat the other person as polite words, but if everyone comes around to flatter you, you will inevitably get dizzy and foolishly regard your three-point talent as twelve-point, maybe They will also really believe the nonsense that they are "the current Shakespeare".

But as mentioned earlier, Al is really self-aware, and never considers himself a genius.

Hearing what these people said, although he didn't notice anything wrong for the time being, he was already restless and ashamed, and wished he could dig a hole out of the ground and let himself jump in, his heart was like shouting: "Ah! Hurry up!" Shut up, how can I be compared with Shakespeare? What? Hugo? Don't be kidding, I don't even deserve to lift his shoes."

Based on……

The scene gradually became very funny.

"I love the characters you write very much... Only a genius like you can come up with such stunners."

"God bless, it's all good actors."

"Don't be too modest. Shakespeare and Hugo didn't write such a good play during the [-]th Five-Year Plan."

"Please, please! Please spare Shakespeare, please spare Hugo, and please spare me!"

"Your lines are so well written that they are readable and leave a lasting aftertaste."

"No, no, that's good toothpaste."

"A young genius like you will definitely lead the drama world in the future."

"Ah! But what am I in command of the drama world? Order Romeo and Juliet to come back from the dead and live happily ever after?"

"You are so handsome, I have never seen such a beautiful boy as you."

"Go out more, you may see too few people."

At the end of the conversation, everyone was at a loss for words.

The scene was awkward.

Mr. Wilkins coughed at last.

Then, he and the group of people who came together inexplicably said a few dry words about how happy we are today and the scene of having a chance to get together in the future (P words), which made them disperse.

Al finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He even exaggeratedly took the napkin next to him and wiped his forehead...

Seeing Mr. Wilkins, the expression on his face couldn't help but froze for a few seconds.

But he quickly adjusted and said to him with a smile on his face: "Look, this is just the beginning! When you become more famous, more people will come to you. You are still young and thin-skinned. They Praise you, if you want to listen, just listen to it, if you don’t want to listen, just give a smiley face. But in the drama world, you still have to communicate with everyone frequently.”

But Al didn't feel proud or honored at all, but felt that this model was not right.

Fortunately, Wilkins may have realized that too much was too much, and finally stopped talking about some nonsense, and talked about the new script again.

He claimed that a rich friend wanted to make a historical play of "Cleopatra", but he couldn't find a suitable playwright at the moment, so he asked him, but he was too busy, so he wanted to find some helpers Come and write together.

Al couldn't help but ponder.

Wilkins started to introduce it endlessly, which probably means that the project is well funded, and the actors also plan to hire some super famous stars or something...

This eloquence is excellent, and he talked about the matter in a few words, as if this is an opportunity that will be regretted for the rest of his life if he misses it.

Al was also a little moved for a while: "If you can really participate in this kind of large-scale historical drama, not to mention gaining any benefits, but you should be able to learn a lot, right?"

But he recalled his previous life for a while, but no matter how he thought about it, he couldn't think of this drama. He didn't have any impression of "such a magnificent masterpiece being staged" in his mind, so he couldn't help hesitating again.

Wilkins may have noticed his indecision, too.

He suddenly changed the subject again, deliberately not mentioning the "Cleopatra" to whet his appetite, and instead commented on some popular dramas currently on the market.He talked eloquently and with substance, pointing out the advantages and disadvantages of those plays, and occasionally made some thought-provoking and subtle comments on some difficult experimental plays.

Al couldn't help being fascinated again.

It wasn't until Wilkins pretended to look at his watch that he said that there was not enough time and that we had to talk next time before he came back to his senses.

Then, the gentleman rolled his overly flexible eyeballs and made a very amiable look: "The matter of "Cleopatra" is not urgent, but if you want to, you might as well write a few fragments in the next few days show me."

When he got to this point, he also made a embarrassed look: "Well, God testifies. I am very optimistic about you, but many people are contributing to me. In the end, who to choose may still depend on the quality of the manuscript. .”

Obviously I was invited to write at the beginning...

How come you have to compete with others for the top position at the end of the chat?

Al was really a little dizzy for a while.

But at this time, Wilkins behaved so naturally that nothing felt wrong.

He continued to say some nonsense such as "Although there are others competing, but I always think you should be the best", stood up, took the coat from the chair next to him, and waved his hands with a smile. After saying goodbye, he turned and walked out.

Al sat there for a while.

Until the waiter came over and asked if he wanted to pay now...

Only then did he realize that Mr. Wilkins had forgotten to pay the bill and had left himself to pay for the meal.