Chapter 79 Life is more like a drama
Hong Shen can't put it down with the script "Sunrise".
From his professional perspective, this script is different from the scripts of previous domestic playwrights.
In terms of form, it is very formal and written completely according to the standards of foreign drama scripts. It is not as rough as domestic civilized dramas in the past, but very mature.
In terms of content, it also breaks through the happy ending advocated by domestic dramas and ends with a tragedy.
Evaluation from the artistic level, from language to structure, and the revelation of social darkness are all works of high quality and are no inferior to the works of foreign playwrights.
This is the good script needed by the Chinese drama industry, and this is the good work of realism.
After the drama was introduced to China in 1906, it has been influenced by Chinese drama. While combining it with local drama, it also comes with many bad habits.
This is the reason why dramas cannot prosper in China because the troupe is not professional enough.
Hong Shen studied drama major abroad because he wanted to learn the business model of foreign theater troupes and return to China to change the current situation of Chinese drama. He is a man who is determined to reform Chinese drama.
He wants to transplant the advanced experience of the American drama industry to a domestic drama club and establish a formal performance group.
As for working at Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Company, it is just to get a salary and have a fixed living income to invest in dramas.
This is the current situation in the domestic drama industry, and most of them are part-time staff supporting them.
Hong Shen wanted to rehearse the drama, and after obtaining Lin Zixuan's permission, he began to do the desk work.
When choreographing a drama, it is not enough to have a script. As a director, he has to analyze the plot, analyze the characters, arrange the scenes, etc. during the creation process. This is a complicated task.
Fortunately, Hong Shen is professional and is easy to do these things.
This is also because Lin Zixuan's script was written formally, which saved him a lot of time.
After finishing writing work, Hong Shen was unbearable. He wanted to know what this drama would look like on stage.
Most of the scenes in "Sunrise" take place in a hotel, very similar to the cabin.
Anyway, everyone is quite bored on the cruise ship, and there is nothing to do except reading and chatting, so Hong Shen suggested that it would be better to come and rehearse this drama.
This proposal has been supported by everyone.
Zheng Zhengqiu wanted to relive the wonderful time of performing dramas back then, while Lu Xiaoman liked the fun. She also rehearsed foreign dramas at school, such as Shakespeare and Ibsen.
Lin Zixuan and Zhou Jianyun were just making up the numbers. Because they were not equipped with enough manpower, even Douglas Sheila, an American, was pulled over.
As the only woman, Lu Xiaoman is the role of Chen Bailu.
Zheng Zhengqiu is an old senior and an old actor. He plays the scheming banker Pan Yueting.
Hong Shenze plays the role of Li Shiqing and is a bank employee under Pan Yueting.
This character is not simple. His personality is complicated, with good and evil intertwined. He has no background. He is under the burden of life. He is unwilling to surrender to the arrangement of fate. He is determined to climb up and become a human being. He uses any means to destroy human nature.
Zhou Jianyun plays George Zhang, an international student who admires foreign countries and fascinates foreign countries.
Lin Zixuan plays Fang Dasheng, who is Chen Bailu's friend and a lover from his school days.
He felt sad to see that his former lover had become a socialite in the foreign market and a doll for nobles.
Douglas Sheila plays a gangster who plays a series of scenes.
In this way, a simple drama formed.
Although they cannot rehearse all the plots, they are enough to pass the time. The venue is in the cabin. They sometimes have to play multiple roles in the lines one by one.
They were very dedicated and enjoyable in the rehearsal.
Lin Zixuan was speechless about this. He originally wanted to pull Hong Shen into a celebrity film company, but the drama "Sunrise" made Hong Shen firmly determined to develop in the drama industry.
He thinks he is the man who saves domestic dramas.
However, Lin Zixuan knew that drama really had no future in this era. When the film industry flourished, these people still changed their careers to the film industry for life.
However, Lin Zixuan did not persuade Hong Shen. Some people are like this. They stick to their own ideas very much and will never look back without touching them.
During a rehearsal, Chen Bailu, played by Lu Xiaoman, committed suicide.
Everyone rehearsed here and fell silent one after another, and the atmosphere was extremely depressing.
Hong Shen even doubted whether domestic audiences could accept this tragic ending if they were really performed on stage. Zheng Zhengqiu used "Thunderstorm" as an example to dispel his concerns.
Domestic audiences have a strong ability to accept, as long as it is a good story.
Lin Zixuan suggested that everyone go to rest first and go to the deck to watch the sunrise tomorrow. This is a good way to relieve depression.
So, on a spring morning, several Chinese people stood on the deck and looked at the east sky, where a red sun was gushing out from the sea, emitting a brilliant and dazzling light.
When Lin Zixuan and his group watched the sunrise on the sea, a series of ironic stories happened in domestic newspapers.
Because the Newspaper published Lin Zixuan's "The Old Man and the Sea", it paid special attention to Lin Zixuan's lawsuit in the United States and reported it almost throughout the process.
When Lin Zixuan set out on a cruise to the United States, domestic news media were talking and there were many different opinions.
Supporters believe that Lin Zixuan should seek justice, while opponents believe that Lin Zixuan is insulting himself, that is the place for Americans, you can't play with Chinese people.
With the in-depth coverage of the lawsuit by the Newspaper, the dispute between the two factions gradually escalated.
Then Lin Zixuan proposed the "Lin Chinese Pinyin Rules", which was also published in domestic newspapers, but the Ministry of Education did not give any response.
Many people think that Lin Zixuan will definitely lose, and his voice of bad intentions is getting higher and higher.
However, Lin Zixuan's "Gone with the Wind" was best-selling in the United States, and domestic media began to support Lin Zixuan again.
No one expected that Lin Zixuan's lawsuit would eventually lose. Those who sneered became excited and posted a message to mock Lin Zixuan for not knowing how to advance and retreat. He was originally a plagiarist and had the face to sue.
All the foreigners spoke, now they are in trouble.
Finally, the big reversal of the slap in the face came. Ji Hongming was a deceiving person who cheated on the world and thieves. He was despised by foreigners, and Lin Zixuan returned with honor.
So, the newspapers and media began to praise Lin Zixuan again.
This is a totally satirical drama.
Those who were slapped in the face disappeared, but what they said left traces in the newspaper.
Some are newcomers who are jealous when they see Lin Zixuan appearing, some are seniors who are disliked by Lin Zixuan's new poems, and some are slaves who admire foreigners and those who are not interested in watching the fun.
This is a common phenomenon in the literary world and has never changed for thousands of years.
Chapter completed!