[Rebirth] King of Theater

Al was in no rush to do any major renovations to the theater he had just acquired.

Firstly, he really didn't have any money left, even if he borrowed it again, he couldn't get it out; secondly, although the business model of this small theater is too old, the overall development trend of the theater is going from bad to worse, gradually making ends meet ( This is also the main reason why the original owner agreed to resell).But the theater itself has a history of many years. Even if it can't make money for a while, the operation of all aspects is relatively intact and stable.At this time, if you make a hasty change as soon as you come up, it will be a bit too hasty.In the end, it may not be possible to improve, but it will definitely cause some unnecessary internal chaos.

So, in addition to expelling a group of disgusting people...

The biggest change in the whole theater is that the so-and-so theater was officially renamed the Sylvie Theater.

The day the theater put up a new sign.

Al also brought Mrs. Sylvie over to have a look.

"My God, is this our theater?"

Mrs. Sylvie was completely shocked, and couldn't help asking: "Al, how rich are you now?"

Al honestly replied: "Pauper, negative equity."

Mrs. Sylvie patted him on the head very angrily: "Ah, you bloody bad boy, I raised you for nothing, bullying me every day."

Al smiled and didn't explain.

He didn't intend to tease Mrs. Sylvie, but he didn't like to develop the habit of 'lying to his family' unless necessary.

But if the truth has been told...

If the other party chooses not to believe it, then he can't be blamed for not understanding what he said.

Next, he went to sign a performance agreement with Mr. Milson, and officially included "The Womanizer" in the program of the theater.

In a way, the signing of this agreement is entirely due to the deep friendship between the two parties.

Otherwise, with the lingering popularity of "The Womanizer", you can try to choose to perform in some larger theaters (capable of accommodating [-] people) instead of this small theater with [-] people.

But Mr. Milson didn't care about this at all, and took the initiative to comfort him: "Don't think too much, any performance is a performance. Moreover, a small venue has the advantages of a small venue. At least, the actors are closer to the audience, and the atmosphere is easier to become lively!" "

Then, he was so happy to be gratified and praised the young playwright's achievements today: "It's amazing, Al! Thinking about a few years ago, you were... hey, it's amazing! Speaking of it, although it's in a different form, But we can work together again."

What can Al say?

He bowed respectfully to the 'best boss in the world', and said with a smile, "It's my honor to cooperate with you. It's a happy event I've been looking forward to for a long time, sir."

Upon hearing this familiar tone...

Mr. Milson couldn't help laughing: "You are used to making people happy."

In addition, Al is continuing to improve the cooperation with various universities.

He mainly focused on drama schools, but he did not miss school troupes or drama clubs in ordinary colleges.

This is also impossible.

The survival of small theaters is too difficult. There is no money to invite well-known big troupes to perform on stage; for those small troupes that can afford it, the general performances are mixed. You have to give the other party money.

In this way, it is better to cooperate with the school of choice.

Students can get the opportunity to practice or become addicted to theater, and even if the theater does not make money in the end, it can still earn some popularity and good reputation.

Based on this, Al paid more attention to Miss Grace's play.

Not only because it is his own work, but also because he wants to make this play a typical case and an excellent template of 'cooperation between theater and school'.

If everything goes well and succeeds, there will be no need to worry about any more similar cooperation in the future, just follow the same model as this time.

For this reason, he had people hang up a promotional poster of the play outside the theater early on.

The next day, when the school theater troupe came to the theater to familiarize themselves with the stage venue, they happened to see this poster.

Grace pointed at herself in the poster with surprise on her face: "God, look! Look! Is that me?"

She first chatted happily with her friends and classmates around her, and then she happily tried to share her inner joy with the hero Randy: "Look, we also appeared on the posters like those stars."

"No, only you are on the poster."

Randy has been looking at the poster expressionlessly, and is still pondering over and over in his mind: 'Did this poster be designed by Al himself? '

Then, after hearing Grace's voice...

He couldn't help complaining, "And I only have one head."

That's right!

In the poster, the heroine played by Grace is half kneeling on the ground, looking obsessively at a human head held in both hands.

As the leading actor, Randy only played that one head.

Then, directly below is the name of the show, written in relatively large fonts - "Dream";

A little further down, the performance information was written in a relatively small font, telling the specific year, month and day of the performance;

Finally, in a smaller font, a simple cast list is printed, listing the names of several main actors.

On the whole, it is a very well-regulated poster template with no flaws, but there are no outstanding features.

However, the image of the heroine holding a human head should still attract a wave of viewers.

Grace is very happy.

At the beginning, when she agreed to cooperate with Al, she thought that "it was just to rent the venue of the theater and feel the atmosphere of performing on the professional stage of the theater". The essence was no different from performing in school, and the audience also It will still only be the students of our school.

But I didn’t expect that Al started the publicity seriously (in fact, he only hung up a poster) and listed this drama in the program list (there are only a few programs in small theaters, and it’s only one if he can get one). Tickets are also sold...

It's too formal!

With such an operation, she seemed to have really become a drama actress, and the little vanity deep in her heart was finally satisfied.

think about it!

Even because of his family background, he couldn't become a real drama actor.

But at this moment, you can enjoy role-playing to your heart's content and enjoy yourself without any pressure or burden. How great!

Miss Grace is really satisfied.

She silently gave Al a five-star praise for his service, thinking: "It's not in vain for me to help him so seriously before."

However, what she didn't know was...

Al's 'service' doesn't stop there.

In order to unearth all the potential and available places of this drama!

He distributed invitations widely, and all his relatives and friends sent a copy, such as Mr. Tom Curtis and the painter Robert, and then Mrs. Jones and a bunch of friends he met at the banquet, as well as Mr. Milson, Bell, Kitty, and Chris. them……

Finally, there are journalists and theater critics for radio, television, magazines, newspapers and other media.

Of course, since it is a little-known amateur student troupe, critics may come to a few out of curiosity.

But as far as the media is concerned, unless money is collected, it is unlikely to come.

Just make sure you get one or two, though, and money is fine.

Because Al has already planned, as long as there is a reporter who reports the incident in the newspaper, even if it is only a few lines, it is similar to "on such and such a day, the wonderful performance of a certain school troupe at the Sylvie Theater came to a successful conclusion." Such a sentence.

He can carefully cut out these few sentences and save them for later use.

For example, when discussing cooperation with other universities, these few lines can be used as strong evidence of 'we have cooperated with a certain university before, and the result was very successful and won unanimous praise from the industry'.

In addition to these, he also secretly found a nurse.

That is, the group of Best, Bill, and Barry, and they have been trained in advance.

When it's time for the performance, these people can sit in the auditorium scattered, pretending to be strangers to each other.

But laugh first where you should laugh, and applaud enthusiastically and loudly where you should applaud, so as to arouse the emotions of the audience around you.

This can't be done often.

After often being discovered, it is easy to be ridiculed by colleagues.

But it’s okay to come here once in a while.

After all, some dramas do belong to the special type of "I can't react to it at first glance, but if someone can drive it, everyone can follow it immediately".

After arranging this way...

Al finally feels a lot more relieved about Grace's drama.

He thought to himself: "God bless, even if this play can't be classified as an excellent work, the lowest, the lowest, it can be the best in amateur performances! Hey, I don't expect to make much box office with it. The key is to give The 'cooperation between theater and universities' project is off to a good start."

Al's emotions still inadvertently affected Randy, who was always paying attention to him.

This guy has been touring with Matt since he was a child, and even when he was five or six years old, he was often carried on stage by his unreliable father, crying loudly in the midst of intense rock music, so that when he grew up, he almost regarded going on stage as going home, and never knew What does it mean to be nervous and scared? The blond boy unexpectedly felt a little nervous.

"I'm not afraid that I won't perform well...

"You're nervous."

"It's impossible for me to act badly!"

"You're nervous."

"I'm just afraid that if something happens, it will affect Al's plan..."

"You're nervous."

"Matt, can you be a father?"

"Okay, my experience is wearing leather pants. When you are so nervous that you pee your pants, leather pants will be more forgiving than jeans."

The author has something to say:

Thank you everyone, my comments on the last chapter turned out to be three times the usual... three times!

OK, I get it.

PS. It seems quite normal to look for childcare in the theater industry. Hugo has done this before. He has hired Dumas, Balzac, etc. (There seems to be a big boss, but I thought I can’t get up anymore, it’s probably just three people sitting in three places in the auditorium, echoing each other, applauding vigorously).