Chapter 71 The Preview Begins, All Members of the Art Department Are Mobilized!

In the screening room.

Seventy or eighty staff members have already taken their seats.

After all, people like Xiaoxia are in the minority.

Most people think the same as Section Chief Wang, thinking this is just filling a hole.

Anyway, we usually organize group viewings a lot, so it doesn’t matter.

A few more minutes passed.

Three deputy directors and two directors of the Art Department came into the screening room one after another.

It seems that all members of the Art Department are mobilized.

Section Chief Wang thought secretly.

Soon, Director Li and a dignified middle-aged man walked into the screening room side by side.

Behind him were Chen Xiao, and then several division chiefs.

When everyone saw this group of people, they stood up to say hello.

"Hello, Director Li, hello Director Zhou."

In the second to last row, Xiaoxia almost fainted with excitement.

List! Chen Xiao!

Can we take a group photo later?

Oh My God!

During the day today, she was still complaining about how she had to do odd jobs every day since she came in.

But at this moment, she suddenly felt that she loved her job so much!

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Just as she slowly sat down.

The group of people who had just entered also walked to the middle row and sat down.

The middle-aged man who came in with Director Li was Zhou Wen, the director of the Policy and Regulations Department.

Because Director Li strongly recommended Chen Xiao to him as a policy advisor, I specially came to watch "Farewell My Concubine" today.

We happened to meet each other when we walked to the door, so we came in together.

The center of the fifth row.

Li Zhiming sat in the middle, flanked by Zhou Wen and Chen Xiao.

Li Zhiming looked at Zhou Wen, "My colleagues are almost here, let's take a look first, don't waste everyone's time, we want to talk after the chat is over."

Zhou Wen nodded, "Okay, let's get started."

Secretary He in the back row heard this and motioned to the clerk in front of the computer.

Immediately afterwards, the lights in the screening room slowly dimmed.

The video begins!

The screen fades into view.

1977, capital city.

In a gymnasium, the singing of "Singing the Motherland" came from the music outside.

Bawang and Yu Ji dressed up as two Peking opera actors and walked out slowly.

After a brief conversation, a stage light came on.

Back in 1924.

In the black and white picture,.

In the market, missionaries, erhu players, and windmill buyers were all coming and going, shouting constantly.

A graceful woman walked forward in the market with her head bowed, holding her child with her face wrapped in her hands.

On the left side of his forehead, a lock of uncombed hair swayed in the wind.

"Hey, isn't this a bright red?" Suddenly a man dressed as a gentleman came out.

Yanhong smiled at him.

The man raised his hand and touched her face, "I haven't seen you for a long time. You miss me so much."

Yanhong pushed him away hard and continued walking forward.

The man was left scolding behind his back: "You stinking bitch!"

Yanhong quickly picked up the child and continued walking forward.

…

Director Li nodded with satisfaction.

The beginning was well shot.

The scene has a high sense of immersion and the conflicts are well played. In that era, some people were shameless and some worked hard to survive.

The actress's demeanor is also spot on.

Keep watching.

On the screen, the plot slowly advances.

In an era when roads were frozen to death.

In order to find a way for Xiaodouzi to survive, Yanhong cut off his sixth finger and sent him to the theater troupe.

After leaving his cotton cloak to his son, he disappeared into the ice and snow.

Xiaodouzi entered the theater troupe.

Being marginalized by his senior brothers because of his background, senior brother Xiao Shitou stepped forward to support him.

When Xiaodouzi was practicing, he used a brick to stretch his ligament and cried out in pain.

Xiao Shitou kicked away a brick to help him relax, so he received a beating from his master and had to kneel in the snow with a basin of water on his head from day to midnight.

The punishment was a punishment, and he had no complaints or regrets at all. He made his junior brother happy with a playful smile while receiving the punishment.

He was covered in ice and snow from the cold. When he returned to the apprentice's room, he muttered: "Master, I am practicing the fire elixir skill of the Nine-turn Golden Furnace today. I'm going to go outside, let's go outside and cool down!"

…

in front of the screen.

Zhou Wen, director of the Department of Policy and Regulation, asked Li Zhiming softly: "Old Li, is this little stone the man who played Xiang Yu in the beginning?"

"right."

Zhou Wen nodded appreciatively, "First I used my forehead to help the troupe get out of trouble, and now I'm taking care of my junior brother. He has a sunny attitude, is affectionate and righteous, and can be called a true overlord. Such a protagonist is very good!"

Li Zhiming, who had read the script, smiled lightly.

Is the protagonist a real overlord?

Maybe now.

On the screen, the screen changed.

By the lake, the cold wind destroys the trees, and the snow dances and the wind howls.

The troupe apprentices stood by the lake with their arms akimbo, singing in unison the words from the Peking Opera "Farewell My Concubine", "Strengthening the mountains and overwhelming the world..."

They grow from childhood to adolescence.

The teacher walked up to the little Leggy, Little Shitou and Little Douzi who were hanging their legs.

Check out their "Night Run", "Farewell My Concubine" and "Sifan" one by one.

The little leper didn't say that he "didn't care about loyalty and filial piety" when he came up, so he was beaten.

Xiao Shitou turned his back to Xiang Yu to speak, but he felt aggrieved and stretched out his hand to be beaten. Because the teacher wanted to warn him to memorize it like this next time.

Xiaodouzi was wearing a costume as a female actor, but she recited "I am a tomboy", so she was naturally beaten.

in front of the screen.

Zhou Wen shook his head and sighed: "Hitting Little Shitou when his back is turned is too harsh."

Li Zhiming shook his head and said in a low tone, "Not only is it harsh, the one-minute long shot here should hint at the fate of the three people, right? Director Chen."

"Yes, Director Li has a good eye."

Chen Xiao nodded.

As expected of the director of the Art Department, he could see the hint of this shot just by reading the script.

Xiao Laizi would not care about loyalty and filial piety and would choose to commit suicide to get rid of it.

Xiao Shitou successfully played the role of Overlord, but was crushed by the times and lost the spirit of Overlord, so he gave in and was beaten.

Xiao Douzi was trapped in the words "I was originally a female girl" for his whole life.

One shot hinted at the fate of the three people's lives.

…

In the picture, the story continues.

Xiao Douzi and Xiao Laizi opened the door and escaped, and came to the theater, where they saw the famous actors performing "Farewell My Concubine" on the stage.

Amid the applause of the whole audience, Xiao Laizi burst into tears.

"How did they become stars? How many beatings did they have to endure?"

He seemed to have no idea what was going on, and asked in tears: "How many beatings did they have to endure? When can I become a star?"

Hearing this, everyone in the screening room sighed.

The second to last row.

On one side of Section Chief Wang sat Xiao Xia, and on the other side sat his colleague Section Chief Liu.

Section Chief Liu sighed, "It's filmed so well. I used to sing Peking opera. It was really hard."

Outsiders watched the excitement, but insiders felt sad.

After graduating from elementary school, he entered the opera school.

Every morning at six o'clock, he had to get up to practice basic skills, running around, stretching legs, kicking legs, holding the top, tiger jump, small flip, and singing, and he also had to take care of cultural studies.

When holding the top, that is, when standing upside down, all the weight is on the arms, the arms tremble, and sweat drops, and he counts the sweat drops.

He lived this kind of life for 6 years.

It's a pity that he later suffered a serious waist injury and had to give up this path.

Otherwise, maybe he would become a famous Peking opera artist like the one on the stage.

At the side, Section Chief Wang whispered, "I guess it's going to be about Xiao Douzi and his friends finally getting their reward after all the hard work, right?"

Section Chief Liu nodded, "As for the promotional video, it's probably about the three young actors working hard and achieving success."

"Of course, you've seen so many of these promotional videos that you can guess the direction with your knees."

Section Chief Liu patted him on the shoulder, "Don't complain, at least it's well shot and the emotions are very real."

"Okay, go ahead and watch it." Section Chief Wang yawned.