Chapter 133 The Show Begins

During the break in the recording in the morning, Ren Limeng hurriedly contacted local classmates. She wanted to use the method of appearing on the "Mountains and Seas" program in exchange for resources to attract sponsorship from classmates and solve her financial worries.

"No, our troupe can still afford this amount of money."

After a moment of hesitation, Captain Liu shook his head firmly and directly rejected Ren Limeng's offer of full sponsorship.

"You young people are the real deal. Don't worry, we can handle this by lunchtime. Our troupe is made up of locals, so your suggestions are trivial! They don't cost much. You're a guest of our troupe, so just put on a good performance this afternoon. Leave everything else to us!"

"Captain Liu..."

Ren Limeng wanted to persuade them again. In order to attract more audiences in the afternoon, in addition to the huge expense of renting a greenhouse, small things such as ice cream, ice water, and round fans may seem to cost little each, but the huge amount added up is not a small amount of money. The Fanhua Troupe may not be able to earn back this expense even if they work hard for a month.

As a former Huangmei Opera practitioner in Mei City, Ren Limeng is well aware of how difficult it is for the Fanhua Troupe to make money. The actors in the troupe have to support their families. Although the troupe's performances are out of everyone's interest, they have been able to persist for so many years, and some actors may rely on this skill to make money to supplement their family income.

Ren Limeng didn't want to add any extra burden to the troupe, but Director Liu had already frowned and made the decision nonchalantly, "Don't argue with me, leave these to us, don't worry!"

Looking at the determined Captain Liu, Ren Limeng didn't know what to say. But on the one hand, she was worried that Captain Liu was not well prepared and all the small designs would not achieve the desired effect. On the other hand, she was afraid that Captain Liu would prepare too much and waste money. Until she arrived at the Xishi Stage in the afternoon and saw that the scene was exactly the same as what she had imagined, Ren Limeng's emotions were still complicated.

The Fanhua Theatre Company really put a lot of thought into coming up with such a near-perfect layout.

"Thank you for your trouble, thank you!"

"Xiao Ren, what are you doing? We are a group now, why should we separate you and me? Well, I'm telling you, leave everything to us, don't worry!"

Captain Liu patted Ren Limeng on the shoulder with a smile, without mentioning the difficulty of implementing these things in a short time, nor did he mention the funding issue. He just gave some final instructions.

"The stage will be yours soon. Don't put too much pressure on yourself, don't be nervous! We just need to not lose too badly! Even if the gap is really too big, it's just our Fanhua Troupe's inherent shortcomings. You're already great!"

"You just said we're a group, so why are you trying to distance yourself from me in the next sentence?"

Ren Limeng lowered her eyes to hide all her expressions. When she looked up again, she was smiling, with determination written in her eyes. "Don't worry, I believe we can do it!"

Everything is ready, and Ren Limeng will not allow herself to let down all the efforts of the Fanhua Theater.

At 2:30, all the live broadcast rooms of "Mountains and Seas" refocused on each guest. The dazzling twenty live broadcast rooms were divided into five rows and four columns according to the teams and their popularity, and displayed brilliantly at the top of the "Mountains and Seas" column of Orange Video.

Team Chen He will be performing storytelling this afternoon. Four guests will partner with professional storytelling actors to perform in their personal live broadcast rooms. There are also similar offline PK rules settings. Inheriting the average popularity of the first half, the starting point of the popularity bar of each guest of Team Chen He is much higher than that of guests from other teams.

But the popularity of Chen Xingzhi's personal live broadcast room rose quickly. The live broadcast screen showed Chen Xingzhi helping Qianfang Theater to coordinate the actors waiting for the stage. His long legs were running quickly in the screen, and his handsome face, which was only occasionally clear under the camera, had already attracted the barrage of comments.

It was clearly just an ordinary live broadcast screen, and in less than five minutes, the popularity value of Chen Xingzhi's live broadcast room had rapidly risen to the first place among individuals. However, it was limited by the average value of other teammates, and the first row of the column was still Chen He's team.

"The four guests on Chen He's team are all popular stars. How could Shen Xingzhi's team possibly compete? Guan He and Ren Limeng's fan base is too weak, especially Ren Limeng, who was nowhere to be found before the show! Two on two, it's hard for Shen Xingzhi and Chen Xi."

"Chen Xingzhi is being hyped up by his fans as a top star. In a simple popularity challenge, a top star can't win, so why blame his teammates? Chen Xingzhi's fans, stop pretending to be passersby (dog head)"

"We are strong, but what? Is being strong a sin now? Compared to individual popularity, Xingzhi's rapid rise to the top doesn't even prove it, and the team members' fault is being pinned on us? Hilarious (rolling eyes)"

"Everyone, stop arguing. Ren Limeng is indeed the least famous this season. Her last-minute rescue is well known to everyone. It's not easy for her to make it to the second public performance. The popularity competition is set by the production team. Why mock the guests?"

"By the way, is Ren Limeng's livestream stuck? Why is she still singing? Didn't Ren Limeng appear? (Gossip)"

In the general discussion area of ​​"Shan Hai", a sudden question aroused the curiosity of many viewers. Everyone flocked to Ren Limeng's personal live broadcast room where Ren Limeng herself seemed to be invisible, wanting to determine whether it was a technical error of the program crew or a problem encountered by Ren Limeng on the spot.

Live broadcast accidents have always been a hot topic on variety shows.

Ren Limeng's live broadcast was still showing the Xishi stage. The sun was shining freely on the mottled and ancient stage surface. Along with the melodious sound of the erhu, a long and charming opera tune suddenly sounded, which immediately drew the audience into the Huangmei Opera "The Female Prime Minister".

The leading actress Feng Suzhen walked out on the stage with light steps, wearing an elegant phoenix crown, exquisite costumes, and small embroidered shoes. Her clear and elegant singing voice was sometimes high-pitched and passionate, and sometimes low and gentle. She skillfully used the changes in her singing voice to vividly display the intertwined joys, sorrows, anger, and happiness, love, hate, and emotions of the character Feng Suzhen.

Even viewers who know nothing about the show and casually enter the live broadcast room with the intention of joining in the fun will subconsciously want to stay for a while and listen to a few more gentle and moving voices.

What is even more eye-catching than the voice is the vivid performance of the lead actress Feng Suzhen. Her eyes are sometimes as hard as a rock, revealing her determination to save her husband at all costs; sometimes they are as gentle as water, revealing a woman's deep affection.

The light yet powerful posture is perfectly grasped, which is in line with the dignity and elegance of ancient women, while also retaining the wit and courage of her character Feng Suzhen. Under the plaque of "Zhuangyuan Mansion", the leading actress wears a black gauze hat and appears heroically in men's clothing. Her heroic and imposing eyes seem to look through the lens, straight at every audience member.

The background music gradually became more passionate, and with the sudden sound of gongs and drums at the climax, the protagonist's eyes suddenly became stern, like a sword drawn from its sheath in the cold night, its edge fully exposed.

She took a step forward, as if there was wind under her feet, and left a series of difficult somersaults and jumps in the air, drawing beautiful curves, instantly bringing the audience into a tense and exciting situation.

The next second, he stood perfectly in time with the music and responded wittily to the lyrics of other characters in the play, showing his clever maneuvering to the point of being so vivid that it was amazing.

"What's this? Huangmei Opera? I didn't quite understand it at first, but the more I listened, the more I got hooked! This tune is like magic, it's drilling straight into my heart! (Shocked)"

"A man dressed as a woman? Is this the same person? I looked again and again, and the makeup hasn't changed, but the voice and gestures are completely different! Is this a professional opera actor?"

"Listening to this play, my eyes are inexplicably wet (tears) (tears) (tears) It feels like watching a TV drama, but no! It's more exciting than a TV drama. In a TV drama, I don't worry about whether I can do those backflips."

"Whether or not the TV series has real martial arts action like this is another matter. Speaking of which, does 'The Female Prime Minister' have such fighting scenes? Although I'm not an expert, I still remember this classic piece. Is this... innovative?"

"It must be the design of this troupe. It's really subversive to Huangmei Opera! Although I am a Peking Opera actor, I have to admire this actor's basic skills. The movements are very standard! And all the martial arts movements are very coherent. It doesn't affect the plot and adds to the atmosphere. It's absolutely amazing (thumbs up) (thumbs up) (thumbs up)"

"Is this the three major opera troupes in Mei City that Chen Xingzhi and his team are promoting? This kind of traditional opera culture really deserves to be promoted through "Shan Hai". The production team has finally done something useful."

"Wait, this is Ren Limeng's personal live broadcast room, right? It's not the "Shanhai" live broadcast room, nor is it the Shenxing team's live broadcast room. Is everyone here to enjoy Huangmei Opera? (confused) (confused) (confused)"

After everyone expressed their feelings, some viewers finally remembered their own "serious matters" and the topic returned to Ren Limeng.

"Is Ren Limeng helping out near the stage? Everyone, take a closer look. There's a small section of auditorium seating below this livestream. Are they afraid it'll affect the performance, so they can't cut to a close-up shot, so they're cutting to a full view?"

"It's possible. I watched the excitement from the discussion area. This live broadcast room has a very complete performance. I just went through the four guest live broadcast rooms of Shen Xingzhi's team, and only this live broadcast room was focused on the stage the entire time. Is this Mei City's trump card promotion?"

"As a native of Meishi, I have mixed feelings right now. I've never even heard of the Fanhua Troupe, but this play was performed with originality and real skill. I suddenly feel like there are many talented people in Meishi. I welcome everyone to come to Meishi to listen to Huangmei Opera live."

"This is the little transparent troupe in the 3V1. That's right. Ren Limeng is also the smallest member of the Shen Xing team. The two are a perfect match (dog head)"

"Don't be so arrogant! The Xingzhi team is definitely not divided by status, don't always use status as an excuse! Ren Limeng has always had a lot of screen time in the Xingzhi team, okay? She also had a lot of average screen time in the first half (ha)"

"Wait, wait! Does anyone else feel that this makeup is looking a little familiar? I have a bold idea..."

"Opera makeup is all about white face paint, they all look the same. If you have something to say, just say it, stop being so secretive (annoyed)"