Back to the Republic of China as a director

"Ah..." Sitting in the office, Zhou Siyin shook his head and rubbed the space between his brows.Too many things to be busy.

As the manager of Kunlun Bookstore, there are too many things to worry about. Kunlun Bookstore and its affiliated library have thousands of employees in the capital alone, excluding branch libraries, including workers.

From a single point of view, he wants to replace the incompetent editor-in-chief, formulate a business plan, scold Zhou Ruojuan, prepare for the Christmas of the Supreme Lord in February, the Christmas of the Nine Heavens Xuannv, the Christmas of Avalokitesvara, the Christmas of Puxian Bodhisattva, the Christmas of Emperor Zhenwu...

too busy! !

"General Manager, Mr. Ji Shuangyu is looking for you." His assistant knocked on the open door and said.

Zhou Siyin was a little surprised, he didn't make an appointment with Ji Shuangyu, although he really wanted to find Ji Shuangyu today, he had a good understanding.No, this word is not used properly... and wrong, um, the wording should not be too rigid...

"Ask him to come in." Zhou Siyin took out a box from the drawer. Under the box was Ji Shuangyu's manuscript. When the box was opened, there was a row of pen nibs inside.This is from Zhou Hanque.

Her pen factory is in Jinling. Recently, she has invited the master craftsmen and engineers there to step up experiments and try to make pen nibs. This batch is all newly made.Originally, Zhou Siyin wanted to bring the nib to Ji Shuangyu to try writing, and discuss the copybook by the way.

Ji Shuangyu was ushered in, and along the way, employees turned their heads to look at him.

Before and after the Lantern Festival, everyone in the capital did not know "Sensation Suixi Ji", and Kunlun Bookstore, who did not recognize the writer who wrote the masthead of "Calligraphy Education", so beautiful...ah no, so talented.

This is also a good partner of their general manager.

Well, it's really hard for him to be friends with the general manager.The general manager's temper... just replaced an editor-in-chief today.

Ji Shuangyu went all the way to Zhou Siyin's office, and said hello in front of his assistant: "Hi! Xiao Zhou!"

assistant:"!!!"

Zhou Siyin: "..."

Zhou Siyin glanced at the assistant slowly.

It is true that people cannot be judged by appearances.The petrochemical assistant hurriedly closed the office door, not even daring to pour the tea, bowed his head and said "I'm sorry" and walked out quickly.

Before parting last time, Ji Shuangyu secretly gave him a ride. Zhou Siyin was in a strange mood. After much deliberation, he planned to show a more kind smile this time, but he froze immediately.

"Don't call me Xiao Zhou." Zhou Siyin warned, "I paid for it!"

He thought about it, the renewal must not expire so soon!

"Then you can't still be called Mr. Zhou, Boss Zhou, you forgot, you are my best friend!" Ji Shuangyu said with emotion.

Zhou Siyin: "I'm your friend with the most money..."

"It's almost the same." Ji Shuangyu took the nib, "Is this a newly sharpened nib?" He tried writing a few times, and felt that after several changes, it was close to the ideal writing feeling.

After talking about the pen and copybook, Ji Shuangyu remembered what she was doing, "Actually, I came to the door today to ask for something—a friend."

He grabbed Zhou Siyin's hand.

"Hiss!!" Zhou Siyin took a deep breath, almost bouncing off his chair.

Ji Shuangyu: "??"

Ji Shuangyu: "...Is it so unbearable to be frightened? Brother Baoduo."

Conscience, this time he really didn't want to scare anyone, so he shook hands. It wasn't the first time he shook hands, but this time the reaction was so big that he almost didn't scare him too.

Zhou Siyin: "..."

He himself also felt ashamed, obviously not usually like this, it must be that Ji Shuangyu repeatedly scares people.After his heartbeat recovered a bit, he said coldly, "Speak up if you have something to say."

"It's like this. My brother and sister are all out of school children, but it's so difficult to go to school. You must know better. Can you help me and introduce them?" Ji Shuangyu said.

It was precisely for the sake of Lei Zi and Fei Fei's schooling that Ji Shuangyu bought them elementary school textbooks a few years ago.Although the two of them said that going to school was too expensive, they almost tore through the textbooks at home... Maybe it was because Ji Shuangyu said that he could only live in a new house because he said that he studied hard, anyway, he worked hard.

Ji Shuangyu took the exam and felt that he was familiar with it, so he should be able to enter the school.Even if you can't keep up with your peers, you can still study in lower grades now, and the learning atmosphere at school is better than at home.

"Education is the most important thing." Zhou Siyin went through it in his mind, and now the system of separate schools for boys and girls is implemented, "The Jingming private school funded by my family has both male and female middle schools and primary schools. The teachers are all talented and virtuous. You can go here first. Take a look. You have seen it too, Principal, Mr. Sun."

Ji Shuangyu was a little confused: "Who?"

Zhou Siyin reminded: "He bought a couplet from you for 70 yuan..."

Ji Shuangyu: "Oh! It's my good friend Mr. Sun, of course I remember!"

Zhou Siyin: "..."

The title of my best friend is really nothing rare...

Zhou Siyin: "There are a few other schools that are also good. You can show your younger brothers and sisters one by one, and I will contact them."

Ji Shuangyu thanked him repeatedly, and he knew that Zhou Siyin was reliable.

……

The next day, when the weather was fine, Zhou Siyin accompanied Ji Shuangyu and his younger siblings to visit the school.

Although it was for Leizi and Feifei to watch the school, Lulu and Haizi couldn't be left alone at home, so when Zhou Siyin was waiting in the back seat of the car, Ji Shuangyu opened the car door and pushed a child in first, "Catch it! "

Zhou Siyin grabbed the hailstones that hit his head and face: "..."

While the other siblings were arguing over who should sit with Ji Shuangyu, Ji Leizong had already consciously climbed into the passenger seat.

"All right, all come up." Ji Shuangyu sat next to Zhou Siyin, with Feifei on the left and Lulu on the right.At this time, the car was really not particularly spacious, and the back seat was full for a while.

Zhou Siyin: "..."

He has never been in such a crowded car...

Ji Shuangyu poked her head out from behind the child: "Let's go!"

Driver Hu coughed: "Boss, do you want to find another car?"

Find another one, whoever gets off, shall I go down?

Zhou Siyin calmly moved away the hailstone who was waving his hands trying to pinch his face, and said to Driver Hu with no expression on his face, "That's it. Go to school."

Driver Hu: "Yes...poof."

……

Zhou Siyin personally brought Ji Shuangyu, who was also Zou Muyun's valued calligrapher, and Principal Sun of Jingming School naturally received him warmly, calling out Ji Shuangyu's name, and said angrily: "If you want to come, just come to me directly. There is no need for Baoduo to explain next time."

Jingming School was originally funded by the Zhou family, and with the influence of Changle Theater, Principal Sun spoke to Ji Shuangyu like an old friend, and introduced him to various parts of the school.

Canteen, study room, library, laboratory...

It is really well prepared, especially the bright and spacious classrooms, where there are already students studying, Ji Leizong and Ji Feifei both like it very much, and are reluctant to leave.

"Simply let your brother and sister sit in on a class and feel it." Principal Sun suggested with a smile.

"I think it's fine." Ji Shuangyu sent them to the boys' and girls' classes respectively, added a stool and sat down to listen to them. Although the progress may not be the same as others, the main thing is to feel the teachers and learning atmosphere here.

The students in the same class were very curious when they saw someone who suddenly joined, but their attitudes were very friendly, without rejection or malice.

Especially for Ji Feifei.

The number of female students is still very small, less than one-tenth of that of male students.There are very few students in the girls' class, and the transfer students are even more fresh. Everyone is staring at a new partner.If they were not still in class, they would all want to strike up a conversation.

It was the first time Ji Feifei participated in this kind of collective life, and it was also the first time that so many people stared at her, no one ignored her!She herself felt incredible, and looked down at her hands: "You can see me..."

Ji Shuangyu: "..."

Ji Shuangyu: "Don't say that in the future, what if you scare people..." Especially your brother's best friend.

Holding Haizi in one hand and Lulu in the other, he looked outside the classroom for a while and left feeling more at ease.

Principal Sun took him to visit again, to brag about the school's collection of books, obviously not only to show off to the parents of the students, but also because Zhou Siyin was beside him, he was showing off his achievements, and by the way, he asked Zhou Siyin for some more books...

On the front ping of the library, there are club activities held by senior students.

"Hehe, this is one of our school's clubs, the Chunlei Drama Club, where students compose and perform new civilized dramas. Not only Jingming's teachers and students, but a total of five schools have been united. It is very innovative. It is also the first time that female students have participated Play." Principal Sun said very proudly.

"Oh yes, did they also perform the charity fundraising performance that day?" Ji Shuangyu remembered.

Principal Sun's smile suddenly became a little unnatural. Could it be that the students' performance was not watched that day, so people from Hanxi's class were invited to assist in the performance, "Yes, this, the new drama is different from the old one. Thoughts, students can also exercise their speech skills...cough."

Ji Shuangyu didn't look disdainful, and smiled: "It's true, extracurricular activities are good for the body and mind."

Principal Sun suddenly remembered that the Chunlei Drama Club was making a fuss recently and wanted to improve, establish a new style, and Ji Shuangyu's few words about the history of Western drama that day, and his heart moved, "Hulusheng, why don't you... go and see it together?"

Ji Shuangyu has no objection, let's see how their student club is organized.He just heard that there are many cultural and sports clubs in this school, and they also organize sports games and other activities.

The students of the new drama club are rehearsing on campus, students perform, and students watch.

The new dramas formed after Western dramas are actually the original form of Chinese dramas.

——Now when it comes to new dramas, there are actually several forms of subdivision.

There are new fashion dramas that refer to Western backgrounds and are improved from Chinese operas.

Some operas and dramas are mixed, and they all have a lot of aria content, and some even retain such professions as Sheng Dan.

In addition, the students imitate the Western style more thoroughly, with more speech content and less singing content. They think that the first two are not authentic new dramas.

There are also local schools, foreign schools, and so on.

All in all, it is still in the process of groping, and it is only the prototype of modern Chinese drama.

These new dramas have been popular for a while because of learning and using fresh Western forms.But later, because the local operas also learned the setting mechanism, and the investors of new dramas cared more about commercial gossip and neglected the plot, they gradually became less popular.

Although the new play performed by the students is the closest to modern drama, because the students are relatively amateurish and value propaganda, they give speeches from time to time and lack entertainment.And now all major colleges and universities across the country are prevalent in performing foreign dramas, which are the least commercially chasing.

The origin of new dramas and the most talented people are still in Shanghai.Just like the set scene of an organ.

The level of other places is more average. If there are still viewers in Shanghai student drama clubs, it is difficult for Jingming's drama club to attract audience interest. Before the charity fundraising, the attendance was bleak, and it was attacked by fans of old dramas. parody.

Ji Shuangyu watched it for a while, and the clips she saw last time were similar. After all, they were in the groping stage, and a complete system had not been established. Everyone lacked knowledge of drama theory.

Lovers of old dramas say it harshly, but their imitations are indeed too rough and unacceptable.

What is being performed on the stage is the Western drama "Lorraine's Coin" adapted by the students. The students are also dressed in makeup and wearing western clothes. After the scene is over, the students and teachers also see Principal Sun and gather around greet.

Principal Sun introduced Zhou Siyin and Ji Shuangyu to them.

That's all for Zhou Siyin. Seeing Ji Shuangyu, everyone in the drama club showed strange expressions.

Hmm...Although the old dramas are influenced by the new dramas, imitating the setting of institutions, and the new dramas also follow the route of opera improvement, but in the final analysis, the two art forms are different.

Old dramas require singing and martial arts, and there are fixed programs for all singing, reciting, and fighting.The action of the new drama advocates nature, no need to practice anything, amateurs can also go on stage.

Now the whole capital knows that Ji Shuangyu is the first to advocate the freehand style of stage sets in old dramas, eliminating excessive Western elements.

And their Chunlei Drama Club is the school that imitates Western dramas most thoroughly, and what they have just performed are all overseas masterpieces...

If there is anything in common between Ji Shuangyu and the people on Yingge Stage, it is completely opposite to their Chunlei Society.

Yu Jianqing, the instructor of the Chunlei Drama Club, who is also the president and the actual chief director, said excitedly when he saw the principal: "Principal Sun, I plan to let the students perform again. The new script is what we are looking forward to using." With an enlightened atmosphere and open people's wisdom, how can it be done if you don't often perform outside the school. What do you think?"

Principal Sun nodded: "It's not that the public performance is impossible, it's just that there were very few people who could appreciate the charity performance last time..."

Furthermore, for a public performance, funds, venues, costumes, and publicity are required. In the past, each school jointly allocated as much as 2000 yuan to the Chunlei Club, which has never made any profit, so it doesn't matter.It’s just that no one watched it, so it’s no different from acting on campus.Even public performances are often seen by students and knowledgeable people, and the audience is getting narrower and narrower.

Yu Jianqing had really thought about it deeply. Now there are not many professional drama talents in China. He taught himself to read a few foreign works. These days, he has been thinking that no one will read it.

He said in a deep voice: "That's right. We have studied it carefully and realized that we should not be too divorced from the public. We hope that more ordinary citizens can watch it. We are too lacking in stage knowledge, such as the classical dresses we rehearse. How can it be called realism? Professionals in this field are needed to enhance the stage layout in order to attract the audience.”

As he spoke, he glanced at Ji Shuangyu, not for any other reason, but, in fact, he also got inspiration from Ji Shuangyu, not everyone said that Ji Shuangyu's stage design saved the Changle Theater.

If an advertisement is advertised that truly restores foreign classical scenes, costumes, and customs, it should be better than previous performances at the box office?

"We have contacted a foreign stage designer. If he joins the guidance, it will be even more powerful. This designer only needs a monthly salary of [-] yuan and a car to pick him up." Yu Jianqing said cautiously.

Originally, 2000 yuan was sufficient each time, and each department was in charge of the agency itself.But it is not enough to hire outside designers.

Principal Sun: "..."

No matter how careful your expression is, Babai can't use "only need" to describe it!

Many of the teachers and students in their school come from wealthy families, so they don't think money is money.

And Ji Shuangyu, who had been smiling and listening as a guest, also changed his face, eight hundred? !

I rely on, foreigners are good at making money!

Now his salary has risen again and again, and he only gets two hundred and eighty a month in Changle Theater!Xu Xinyue continued to howl every day that she was too small to afford the money!

Yu Jianqing smiled wryly and said, "800 yuan is the minimum, and I got a discount from my family."

Ji Shuangyu glanced at each other bitterly, making them puzzled.

Zhou Siyin pondered and said: "If you can learn knowledge, and then the performance is successful, it's really not a loss." The Zhou family is also involved as a sponsor in all the school's income and expenditure accounts, so he doesn't mind meddling when he speaks.

Principal Sun was ready to move, and tentatively asked Ji Shuangyu: "What does Mr. Ji think?"

Everyone thought he was asking politely, about your new drama, asking what the director of an old drama does.The reason is that practitioners of old dramas went to consult experts in new dramas to reform their own backgrounds.

Ji Shuangyu had endured it for a long time, and his eyes were red. When Principal Sun asked, he opened his mouth and said, "You might as well find me if you are looking for foreigners!"

Everyone: "???"

Do you know what you're talking about...

A person who carries the banner of the freehand style of old dramas, just fought against the Shanghai faction who admires the realistic set organization, and has accepted many apprentices openly, looking like he wants to start a school... The director of the old drama, stand here and let them Looking for yourself to design a new play? ?

Ji Shuangyu grew taller and taller in the eyes of everyone, and said loudly: "If you want to be popular, then you can't invite foreigners to rehearse Western classics. Since it is a Chinese vernacular drama, it should take root in the Chinese soil so that it will not be acclimatized. Moreover, the new The most special thing about this drama is that it is closer to life than traditional operas, except for the setting of the mechanism, and there are not so many stylized movements. Your acting skills just now are still too exaggerated, too unrealistic!"

Everyone: "…………"

The most confusing thing of this year has appeared, a pioneer of the freehand brushwork school, teaching us that the movements are too unrealistic...! !He even climbed onto the stage by himself, holding a baby!

The author has something to say:

Zhou Siyin: Why am I getting less and less courageous? ?How strange!