Master of Chinese Opera

Chapter 42
In the backstage room of the studio, Shen Yuelou changed into a new outfit with the help of a stylist.

Wrapped in a moon-white monk's robe, wearing a pair of gray and white monk's boots on his feet, and a blue-gray monk's hat on his head, he looks very extraordinary.

Seeing the exquisite makeup on Shen Yuelou's face, manager He Ling couldn't help joking aside: "Mr. Shen, you look so good in this monk robe, you can go directly to the movie.

It's just that this makeup is too feminine, it doesn't look like a handsome monk, but like a sentimental little nun. "

"Hehe, Sister Ling really has sharp eyesight. In this round, I was supposed to play the role of a nun."

For He Ling's ridicule, Shen Yuelou could only smile helplessly.

After waiting in the backstage for more than half an hour, after Zhou You, Sun Shujie and Lu Chunyang finished their performance, Shen Yuelou just in time to make his fourth appearance.

"Next, let's invite Mr. Shen Yuelou with the warmest applause.

The film and television clip he got was No. 17, episode [-] of the historical drama "Luoyang Jialan Ji", the story of Zhen Niang and General Lu.

Everyone has watched the TV series, so I don't need to spend more time telling the story for you.

Teacher Shen is invited, he will sing a song "Galan Rain" for everyone. "

After finishing the host speech, Jiang Liang stepped aside, and the audience immediately cheered in unison.

"Shen Yuelou!"

"Shen Yuelou!"

"Shen Yuelou!"
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……

This time, Shen Yuelou walked very slowly, every move was very leisurely, the stage lights came into focus, and the audience couldn't help but marvel at Shen Yuelou's outfit today.

"Wow, it's so beautiful, the monk's clothes can also look so good!"

"Mr. Shen, is this going to pretend to be a young nun?"

"Well, in the TV series, there are only scenes of Zhenniang waiting for General Lu to finally become an old nun. When she was young, she was dressed in a monk's robe. She should be as beautiful as Teacher Shen."

……

When Shen Yuelou walked to the middle of the stage, the cheers and discussions from the audience still had no intention of stopping.

Seeing that there were still many noisy voices under the stage, Shen Yuelou had no choice but to pull back the monk's robe, raise both palms horizontally, and slowly press down.

After the audience really quieted down, Shen Yuelou slowly started his performance this time.

He nodded to the Chinese Orchestra first, and then gestured to the executive director in charge of stage art backstage.

The prelude sounded, and the background picture emerged.

The prelude this time is a bit special. It is the sound of the rotating beads and the knocking of the wooden fish. Accompanied by the sound of the wooden fish, an ancient mottled temple with blue bricks and gray tiles looms in the background.

As soon as the mottled ancient temple came out, the background and the stage were perfectly blended together in an instant.

The picture behind is the slightly open red-painted door of an ancient temple in the mountains, and in front of the red-painted door is Shen Yue Tower standing on the stage.

A young nun dressed in a moon-white monk's robe and a blue-gray monk's hat.

"The sound of prosperity escapes into the empty door,

Frustrated the world! "

Shen Yuelou slowly opened his mouth in the sound of Buddhist beads being plucked and wooden fish beating.

The voice he made was a little cold, with a sense of being out of the world, as if he was watching the narrator, and it seemed that she was the person in the story.

"The dream is cold, I have been tossed and turned all my life, how many love debts are there?

As you default, life and death, etc.

Wait, the annual rings circle after circle.

How many floors of the pagoda were broken, whose soul was broken?
Pain went straight to the mountain gate where a broken lamp collapsed.

Let me wait, history turns around.

Waiting for the wine to be mellow, waiting for you to play a zither. "

The background picture changes with the lyrics sung by Shen Yuelou.

The pagoda, the remnant lamp, the collapsed mountain gate, fine wine and the zither all appeared, and Shen Yuelou also began to interpret this poignant story with his light and agile body in conjunction with the background picture.

In the soft and stretched dancing posture, Shen Yuelou became the infatuated woman who escaped into the empty door and waited for her return from the expedition.

"It's raining, and the vegetation in the old hometown is deep.

I heard that you are always alone.

The mottled city gate is entrenched with old tree roots.

What echoes on the slate is Wait! "

In this section, the texture of Shen Yuelou's voice suddenly changed from Chuchen to cold and hard, with the bravery and iron blood of a general on the battlefield.

There is also a trace of tenderness wrapped in the iron blood.

Amidst Shen Yuelou's cold singing, a young general in golden armor suddenly appeared in the background, and the general was also played by Shen Yuelou.

"It's raining, and the vegetation in the old hometown is deep.

I heard that you are still guarding the lonely city.

The sound of the reed flute on the outskirts of the city fell on that wild village.

Fate takes root is us! "

A young general in golden armor chants in the picture, and a young nun in monk's robe sings lightly on the stage. Both are Shen Yue Lou, but the picture is surprisingly harmonious.

"It's so beautiful, this is the story of General Lu and Zhenniang in my heart."

"The crew of "Luoyang Jialan Ji" should really ask Mr. Shen to sing the theme song."

"It would be nice to keep looking at it like this!"

The audience in the audience were intoxicated by the singing voice sung by Shen Yuelou and the pictures outlined.

Audiences who have watched TV dramas always know that these are just pictures imagined by Zhenniang Nuni. She and General Lu haven't seen each other since the battle of defending the city in Luoyang until she died of old age.

You will always wake up from a dream. When Shen Yuelou opened his mouth to sing softly again, the golden-armored general in the background gradually disappeared, leaving only his faint voice:
"Hearing youth ushers in laughter envies many people,
The annals of history are too ruthless to be gentle and unwilling to write.

Fireworks are easy to be cold, and personnel are easy to divide.

And you're asking, am I serious?
Thousands of years later, who will be waiting for you if you are deeply in love?

And how can Qingshi not really defend Luoyang City?

If you are following, pass through the previous life.

Follow the world of mortals and follow me wandering all my life. "

The lyrics and pictures have already told this story clearly, and even audiences who have never watched "Luoyang Jialan Ji" gradually feel the sadness in it.

A general who had not yet returned from the battle and looked at his hometown, the gate of the city was lost, the country was destroyed and his family was destroyed. He escaped protecting his king, just waiting for a chance to make a comeback.

A woman who couldn't hold on to it and escaped into Buddhism.If she doesn't enter Buddhism, she is afraid that she will be married to someone else early.

The emotions of the audience have been completely mobilized by the story of General Lu and Zhenniang, and Shen Yuelou is also slowly brewing the last relationship.

At the last stanza, Shen Yuelou suddenly read the lyrics into a Jingbai:
"It's raining, it's raining, the vegetation is deep in the old hometown.

I heard, I heard, you are still guarding the lonely city.

The sound of the reed flute on the outskirts of the city fell on that wild village.

It is we who are destined to take root. "

This section of Laosheng Jingbai's recitation is indignant and desolate, with a long rhyme, and the audience is intoxicated when they hear it.

"I'm stupid, how can it sound so nice?"

"Is this the singing style of old opera students?"

"The half-reading and half-singing rhyme is really delicious!"

And then, Shen Yuelou even sang a part of "Yanjing One Night" on Earth:
"I don't want to ask you again, where are you?
Don't want to think about it again, can you come back?
Thinking of your heart, thinking of your face.

If you want to hold it in your chest, let it go if you can! "

With the foreshadowing of the entire previous story, Shen Yuelou's desolate old man finished his words, and then opened his mouth with amazing drama, and the audience immediately couldn't help but burst into tears.

"My God, this drama is so touching!"

"Mr. Shen's use of the last two sections of Peking Opera here is a stroke of genius!"

"The older Jingbai in the front is telling the heartfelt feelings of General Lu, while the singing in Tsing Yi at the back is Zhenniang's longing and pursuit. Their stories are so good to cry, woo woo woo..."

"Is this the charm of Peking Opera? It directly pushes the emotion to a higher level."

The applause and sobs of the audience continued, and Shen Yuelou faintly sang the last two lines of the lyrics.

"It is we who are destined to take root,

Jialan Temple listens to the sound of rain and looks forward to eternity. "

After singing the song "Galan Rain", Shen Yuelou pulled back his gray monk robe, bowed to the audience and left the stage.

The applause of the audience was like thunder, but no one shouted. Most of the audience were still immersed in the sad aftertaste created by the song.

(End of this chapter)