Chapter 456 Final Audition
When the wooden door of the art troupe's rehearsal hall was pushed open, a sad melody surged out. It was the theme song of "Blood Plum in the Pit", also Lin Zihuai's latest work.
Lu Qing and several leaders of the art troupe were sitting in the first row.
Seeing Lin Anan following, Lu Qing quickly gestured, signaling them to sit next to him.
Old Zhou rubbed his hands nervously and did not dare to sit in the same row with these military district leaders. He pulled Xiao Zhu to the second row and found a seat to sit down.
Editor Liu followed Lin Anan closely. He felt that he had really improved his skills!
I also found out a truth. Although Lin Anan is young, most people are very respectful to her. As long as I follow her closely, people will look up to me and my back will be straightened.
Lin Zihuai took the improved performance costume and went backstage.
After a while, a sobbing suona sound accompanied by heavy drum beats rang out.
The lights on the stage suddenly changed, and nine actors dressed in tattered military uniforms huddled together in the dim light, using their bodies to protect the bloodstained radios in their arms.
This is the most tragic "tunnel defense" scene in "Spine".
"Comrades! The code book must not fall into the hands of the enemy!" The actor playing the company commander shouted at the top of his lungs, his empty left sleeve rustling in the wind from the blower.
Lin Anan subconsciously clutched the wooden armrests of the chair, and the description in the book seemed to reappear before her eyes: when the enemy's artillery fire tore open the tunnel, the signalmen bit off the wires with their teeth and tapped the sending keys with their severed fingers until the last moment of their lives.
The side curtain of the stage suddenly exploded with simulated gunpowder smoke, and a slightly pungent smell of sulfur filled the air.
Lao Zhou's hand holding the camera was shaking violently. In the viewfinder, the actor playing the new recruit slammed his knee heavily on the "bullet crater" backdrop. The real pain made his distorted expression even more tragic.
"Hold on! Reinforcements will arrive in ten minutes!" A hoarse shout pierced through the smoke.
Another young soldier was wrapping his comrade’s eyes with a bandage stained with red ink - that was the prototype of the soldier in the book who insisted on translating intelligence after becoming blind.
Editor Liu quickly wrote down the words in his notebook, the tip of his pen scratching the paper: "It's so shocking. It completely reproduces the scene in "Spine" where 'flesh and blood are used to build a communication defense line'!"
Xiao Zhu's eyes were already red as he recalled the details described in the book: when the last soldier lost his strength, the radio station was still repeating the code of victory.
As the passionate string music sounded, nine actors fell down in different postures: some clutched broken radio parts, some held the code books tightly to their chests, and some maintained the posture of sending telegrams.
The spotlight slowly moved downward, illuminating the "bloodstain" spreading beneath their feet - it was a mixture of red silk and cinnabar, winding across the stage into a bloody monument.
Lu Qing wiped his eyes, turned around and said to Lin Anan: "We deliberately added the 'one-legged radio transmission' plot described in the book."
He pointed to a corner where an actor was kneeling on one knee, holding the handle of a radio transmitter with his stump. "This was the action directed by veteran Ma Zhanshan himself, and he tried his best to restore the real scene of that year."
Lin Anan's vision blurred. In a trance, the actors on the stage overlapped with the figures of the disabled veterans in her memory.
She recalled the last words in the book: "The radio waves of the communications company will never disappear, because they are the lifeline built by the backbones of the soldiers."
At this moment, the long-lasting applause in the rehearsal hall seemed to be the best tribute to these silent heroes.
"Good! Very good!"
The actors on the stage stood up one by one, some of them were breathing lightly, some had red eyes.
Lin Zihuai and several other performers also came out from the side, stood in a row with them, and saluted to the people in the audience.
Lu Qing personally stood up and walked forward, and everyone in the screenwriter team also stood up.
"It lived up to everyone's expectations! Our first stage play "Blood Plum in the Pit" was a success!"
Lin Anan and others also stood up. She clapped her hands and gave Du Juan and Lin Zihuai a thumbs up, looking very proud.
When the applause came like a tide.
The final adjustments were being made on the stage and Lin Anan just watched quietly.
How to put it... Her mood now is very complicated, feeling relieved, touched, and in deep trance.
When she was writing this book, she didn't think too much about it, and all the thoughts came to her mind in an instant.
There is not so much sedimentation, and even less excessive concerns. The whole text is written realistically and with full awe.
But at this moment, the scenes in the book were being performed on the stage, and she was the one who was most deeply moved.
It seems like everything I do is recognized.
The martyrs have never been forgotten, and the future they supported with their flesh and blood... will get better and better.
That’s great!
"How about it?"
Lu Qing poured a cup of tea for Lin Anan and sat back in his seat with a smile.
"Of course, everything from the script to the casting is excellent."
"It is our honor to be recognized by you, the author of the original work."
Lin Anan glanced at him and said, "Don't be polite. I can't handle it."
Lu Qing laughed softly. He looked at the actors dismantling the scenery on the stage and said, "The premiere is scheduled for three days later. Commander Zheng said he wants to invite all the disabled veterans in the military region to watch."
“It should be.”
Lin Anan mentioned the matter of the Provincial Department of Culture to Lu Qing again, so that he could have an idea of it first. She would have to contact the director of the art troupe for the specific matters.
After the work with the art troupe was done, Lin Anan took Editor Liu and a few others back home.
Lu Qing signaled to them to keep today's photos. If they wanted to use them, they would have to wait until the show premiered.
Editor Liu and his colleagues naturally responded, "Please rest assured, Instructor Lu, these photos are also extremely precious to us. After we return, we will carefully develop the photos and send them to the art troupe together with the negatives.
Spine is one of the finest books we have ever produced and we have a deep affection for it and would not do anything to jeopardize it.”
"Hahaha, okay, then on behalf of the cultural troupe, I will invite your publishing house to watch the premiere in three days."
"Thank you, thank you very much."
Editor Liu felt like he was part of the cultural troupe again...
He even pinched himself on the way.
"Hiss~"
Lin Zihuai and Du Juan trotted to catch up, and when they saw him turn his head and snort, they asked with concern, "Brother Liu, what's wrong with you?"
Editor Liu replied without thinking, "It was like a dream, I pinched myself."
“Hahahahahahaha…”
Lin Anan was also very happy.
"I've been working in the publishing house for many years, but I've never been so prestigious. I just met the leader of the Provincial Department of Culture, and now I'm invited by the leader of the art troupe?"
Lao Zhou and Xiao Zhu also nodded.
Lin Zihuai and Lin Anan looked at each other, then he put his arm around Editor Liu's shoulders and said sweetly, "Brother Liu, look at what you said! My brother Liu is the pillar of the publishing house after all. He not only has a unique vision, but also has a high level of workmanship. He will definitely be a great man in the future."
“Hey!” Editor Liu laughed so hard that he couldn’t stop. He also put his hand on Lin Zihuai’s shoulder, thinking that he was particularly lively. “I wouldn’t recognize anyone else, but you have good taste. I’m definitely the only one.”
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