As soon as Christmas was over, Liu Yifei flew to other places to tour, and Zhang Yuanjun also left Beijing with the group to perform "White Deer Plain" in Sanqin.
The People's Art crew will stay in Chang'an for a week, during which in addition to three performances, they will also have artistic exchanges with Sanqin - this has nothing to do with Zhang Yuanjun.
"White Deer Plain" was performed three times in Chang'an, and each performance was packed with audiences.
In the past two days, Zhang Yuanjun received flowers sent backstage from a girl named Jing Tian every day.
Finally, after the curtain call on the last day, the theater staff brought Jing Tian and his assistant backstage.
The girl was holding a bouquet of flowers in her hand.
"Brother Zhang, this is for you. You did a great job." Lu Zhaopeng is the number five character, so that's not how people praise.
Zhang Yuanjun took the flowers and thanked him: "Have we met at the premiere of "Animal World" before?"
"Yes." Jing Tian was very happy that Zhang Yuanjun still remembered him, "I really like your drama. I have watched Gui Hai Yida, Yang Guo, Li Jiahui, and Zheng Kaisi."
"Thanks."
Anyone else would have definitely heard the alienation in Zhang Yuanjun's voice. After three hours of high-intensity performance, Zhang Yuanjun really couldn't muster the interest to entertain Jing Tian backstage, but the little girl was very excited to see her idol and kept saying: "You I also watch every play in the capital."
"The performances are all the same, just watch one." Zhang Yuanjun said.
"I'm from Chang'an," Jing Tian continued, "I heard that you were coming to Chang'an to perform, so I bought a ticket immediately."
After Zhang Yuanjun took off his makeup, Jing Tian saw that he hadn't left. She knew that he was taking care of her and didn't leave first. However, she finally saw Zhang Yuanjun and didn't want to leave after just a few words, so she shamelessly invited: "Brother Zhang, I Can I treat you to a late-night snack? There are a lot of delicious food in Chang'an."
The assistant next to Jing Tian didn't look very good. This girl chased stars, sent flowers, and talked well, so why did she treat her to a meal?
Zhang Yuanjun is so popular now. If he is photographed by a reporter, how will he explain himself when he goes back? I hope Zhang Yuanjun refuses it himself.
Zhang Yuanjun wanted to refuse, and Jing Tian has officially made his debut. Although he has no works now, it is really not suitable for the two of them to have a private meal.
But Jing Tian seemed to know that Zhang Yuanjun would avoid suspicion and refuse, and begged: "Brother Zhang, just agree. I really want to treat you to dinner."
Zhang Yuanjun looked at Jing Tian, then at the assistant beside her, and thought of a compromise: "Let's do this. Our crew is going to have dinner later, so you can come together."
"Okay, okay." Jing Tian nodded, very happy.
Her assistant also thinks this is a good idea, as it satisfies the little girl's pursuit of stars without appearing too intimate and arousing suspicion.
If it were an amateur fan, Zhang Yuanjun would have refused cruelly, but Jing Tian was still different.
During the half hour backstage, Jing Tian kept talking about how much she liked Zhang Yuanjun's plays and Zhang Yuanjun's songs.
"Brother Zhang, you will be nominated for Cannes after graduation. The freshmen in the school will take you as a role model. It's a pity that I didn't see "Buried Alive" when it was shown in school." Some banned films, or films that are not released in the mainland, are also available in film schools, Zhang Yuanjun I watched a lot of classic movies this way.
"Buried Alive" was once screened on campus as an "Outstanding Alumni Film".
Zhang Yuanjun said: "On the 18th of this month, "Buried Alive" will be released in China."
"Really!" Jing Tian said in surprise, "I will definitely go see it."
Zhang Yuanjun said with a smile: "Actually, it's the same when downloading and watching it online." It has been more than four months since "Buried Alive" was released in the United States, and high-definition resources have already become available everywhere.
Jing Tian smiled sheepishly: "Actually, I bought the pirated CD a long time ago."
"It's okay." Zhang Yuanjun didn't take it to heart.
Jing Tian went to dinner with the crew of "White Deer Plain".
As a local, and the people present were all young people from the crew—Pu Cunxin and Guo Da generally did not attend such gatherings—Jing Tian was not afraid of strangers at all when he came to the table, chatting and laughing with the actors, and was very happy.
"It would be great if "White Deer Plain" could be produced in Sanqin dialect. It would definitely be better."
"Don't we have an exchange mission here this time? This should be what we are talking about."
"Sanqin People's Art currently has insufficient manpower and can't arrange it." Sanqin People's Art, formerly known as the Sanqin Provincial Repertory Theater, is now in an extremely bleak situation. The entire troupe's staff and actors cannot put together a complete play, and every rehearsal is full of troubles. Actors had to be borrowed from outside.
"Nowadays, only the capital and the Magic City can do dramas in the country, and no other place can do it." Zhang Yuanjun said, "My hometown of Gan Province is similar to Sanqin. There are not many plays scheduled throughout the year, and there are no famous plays performed there. .”
"Did you go to see Mahua's show?" Someone mentioned Happy Mahua.
"I went to see it." Guo Yijun said, "It's very good. They are probably one of the best among small theaters in Beijing."
"It should be, their attendance is very good."
"They arranged the stage play "Crazy Stone" in August, and I went to see it. It was super interesting! What's the name of the director..."
"Shen Teng." Zhang Yuanjun added.
"Yes, that's the name. It's an interesting change."
"Yuanjun, your drama "Famous" is so easy to adapt, is anyone looking for you?"
Zhang Yuanjun took a sip of the soup and said: "Speaking of this, I feel aggrieved. Why is there someone arranging a drama for "Crazy Stone"? My performance in "Famous" is better than his. Why is it that no one talks to me about adapting it?"
"Are you asking too high a price?"
"I will buy half of the drama and give it half as a gift," Zhang Yuanjun said, not wanting to make money from the drama at all. "With 200,000, you can not only buy my license, but I will also provide free guidance. No one is talking about this kind of deal."
“Have you ever considered selling to a theater?”
Zhang Yuanjun leaned over and said softly: "I actually talked to Teacher Pu. I said I didn't want any money. I wanted to use our theater to stage a performance of "Famous", but Teacher Pu didn't agree."
The style of "Famous" really doesn't match people and art.
"I arranged "Famous" as a student assignment for the film school, and now I don't want to be able to sell the drama rights." In fact, a small folk theater troupe approached Zhang Yuanjun about licensing it, but Zhang Yuanjun didn't think it was well arranged, so he didn't sell it.
As he spoke, a bowl bigger than his face was brought up.
"Do you people from Sanqin all eat like this?" Zhang Yuanjun asked Jingtian.
"Yes, people in Sanqin use such a big bowl to eat noodles." Jing Tian was peeling garlic, "Do you eat garlic?"
Zhang Yuanjun shook his head: "Put some garlic in the cooking to smell the aroma, but I can't eat raw garlic."
"If you eat noodles without garlic, the taste will be half as good. How can you eat noodles without garlic in Sanqin? Try it, it's delicious." Jing Tian strongly recommended Zhang Yuanjun to try it.
But Zhang Yuanjun still didn’t want to try it: “I’ll just eat it like this.”
However, Zhang Yuanjun became suspicious when he saw his northern colleague eating a mouthful of noodles and garlic at the table.
"Does it really smell that good?"
"Xiang, why don't you try it?"
Zhang Yuanjun picked up a clove of garlic on the table and said, "One bite of noodles and one bite of garlic, right?" Then he took a bite of noodles, chewed a few bites, and ate a bite of garlic.
"The taste is okay, not that spicy." Southerners have opened up a new world of eating noodles. (End of chapter)
