Chapter 104 Blame You for Being Too Excellent
The official performance date of "The Intouchables" has been confirmed, and it is scheduled for the evening of March 22nd.
On the morning before the performance, Lin Weimin went to the People's Art Theatre rehearsal hall to watch their final rehearsal performance, his heart full of anticipation.
The National Theatre of China has high expectations for the play "The Intouchables". From finalizing the script at the very beginning, to deciding on the actors, making props, arranging stage lighting, sound effects, and rehearsals, all steps have been done with the pursuit of perfection.
Today is the last day before the performance, and all the actors put in their utmost effort to perform in order to reassure all the leaders and colleagues.
After the last scene on the stage ended, applause broke out from the audience. Many leaders and colleagues from the institute were sitting in the audience today, which was equivalent to the final acceptance before the performance of "The Intouchables".
Lin Weimin said to Shi Zhi: "Teacher Yu, after watching the final performance, I have 120% confidence in the performance of our play."
Yi Shizhi smiled and said, "It's all because of your good script!"
"Don't ever say that."
On the stage, the actors are taking their curtain calls.
Yi Shizhi took several key behind-the-scenes staff members onto the stage and spoke a few simple words to encourage everyone.
At the end, he mentioned, "As you can see, our screenwriter for The Intouchables, Mr. Lin Weimin, is also at the rehearsal today. I'll give you a tip, Mr. Lin came today not only to appreciate our last rehearsal before the performance, but also to send me his latest script."
As Yi Shizhi spoke, he raised the script in his hand and continued in a louder voice: "I can say responsibly that this script will become another new classic of our People's Art Theatre."
Everyone present was shocked when they heard Shi Yizhi's words.
What are the classics of the People’s Art Theatre?
"Thunderstorm", "Sunrise", "Teahouse", "Longxugou"...
Such a bold statement made by Yi Shizhi is enough to prove that he is optimistic about this script.
"I am telling you this today not to praise Teacher Lin, but to tell you that our People's Art Theatre is not short of good scripts. As long as you are an actor in our theatre, everyone has the opportunity to shine.
The most important thing is that you must seize this opportunity. The performance is the moment to test everyone's efforts and contributions.
I hope that everyone can give their all in tomorrow's performance and give our audience a wonderful show.
Can everyone do this?"
Yi Shizhi finally asked loudly.
"Yes!" all the actors on the stage answered in unison.
The thunderous cheers echoed in the rehearsal room, and the determination of unity was shocking.
After finishing his speech, Yi Shizhi stepped down from the stage and said with a smile: "The army's morale can be used!"
Before leaving, Yi Shizhi gave Lin Weimin five tickets for tomorrow's performance of "The Intouchables". Lin Weimin gladly accepted them, as he had already arranged the ownership of these tickets in his mind.
He rode his bicycle to give Qu Xiaowei a ticket, and then came to Shi Tiesheng's house.
"Tie Sheng! Tie Sheng!" Lin Weimin shouted Shi Tiesheng's name as he entered the door. The neighbors next door had already become accustomed to his movements.
Shi Tiesheng was pushed out the door by his sister Shi Lan, "Why are you here?"
Lin Weimin smiled and said, "My play will be performed tomorrow at the Capital Theatre. I'm here to give you some tickets today, so you should think about going tomorrow!"
Shi Lan asked expectantly: "Brother Lin, can I go?"
Lin Weimin smiled and said, "Not only you, but your uncle will go too. Here are three tickets."
"You and Shu'er work so hard taking care of Tiesheng. Let's go see something new tomorrow!"
The Shi family couldn't help but be deeply moved when they heard his words.
"Thank you, Weimin." said Shi's father.
"Uncle, don't be polite to me."
Lin Weimin said a few more words to Shi Tiesheng, "Okay, let's stop talking for now. I have one ticket left to give to someone else. See you tomorrow."
Shi Lan pushed Shi Tiesheng and sent Lin Weimin out of the gate of the slum.
When she pushed Shi Tiesheng back to the yard, she saw Aunt Li next door chatting with Shi's father.
"Oh, your friend Tiesheng is really not in vain. He always thinks of your family when there are good things." Aunt Li said enviously, "This Lin Weimin is really capable."
Shi Lan looked proud and continued Aunt Li's words, "That's right. Brother Lin is a great writer now!"
"Hey, I heard that you don't have a partner yet?" Aunt Li suddenly asked.
Before Shi's father could speak, Shi Lan said cautiously, "Aunt Li, Brother Lin works in the Chinese Literature Society. There are many beautiful female comrades in the society."
"That doesn't mean there's no one there, does it?"
Shi Lan puffed out his chest and said, "That only shows that Brother Lin has high standards!"
Aunt Li felt bored when she saw Shi Lan's constant counterargument, so she turned around and went home.
Shi Tiesheng looked at his sister's performance and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
It seems that my friend Lin Weimin is a little too outstanding!
After leaving Shi Tiesheng's house, Lin Weimin rode his bike to the Guowen Society.
The office is closed today, and the front and back buildings are empty.
Lin Weimin went up to room 301 on the third floor. Yu Hua was not there, so he went to visit other rooms.
I happened to meet Zheng Guo and said, "For the people, I will leave tomorrow."
"Have you finished revising the manuscript?"
"Now that the revisions are done, it's time to go home." Zheng Guo said, with a hint of melancholy in his tone.
Lin Weimin couldn't help feeling a little sad, as there were always people coming and going in this back building.
"Have you booked your train ticket?"
"I've ordered it. It's for tomorrow."
"Then I'll treat you to dinner tonight."
"How can I feel embarrassed about that?" Zheng Guo said this, but his face was full of joy.
After chatting for a while, Lin Weimin waited for Yu Hua and put a ticket in his hand.
"The Intouchables will be performed at the Capital Theatre tomorrow night. I'm thinking of going to watch it."
Yu Hua excitedly accepted the ticket, "Teacher Lin, you are so kind to me! I have never watched a play since I was a child!"
How can it be bad?
You are the first little brother I have ever accepted.
"You should be going home in a couple of days, so take advantage of the time to see the world."
"Yeah." Yu Hua nodded heavily.
He asked for a month's leave from work, and it has been more than twenty days.
He came to Yanjing to revise his manuscript, but he didn't expect that it would only take him one day to do so. He spent the rest of the time wandering around the streets of Yanjing with his two-yuan daily allowance.
Yu Hua felt that the past half month was the happiest time in his life.
Finally, Teacher Lin gave him tickets to watch a drama. This trip to Yenching was really worthwhile.
After talking about the tickets, Lin Weimin took Yu Hua and Zheng Guo out for dinner.
Yu Hua felt a little sad when he heard that Zheng Guo was leaving tomorrow. He and Zheng Guo had become quite familiar with each other over the past twenty days.
Zheng Guo, on the other hand, behaved very freely and carefree tonight, except that he drank a little too much.
Lin Weimin and Yu Hua worked together to move him back to the dormitory. After putting him on the bed, Lin Weimin heard Zheng Guo shouting in his drunken dream: "Mom, pour me some water."
Thinking of Zheng Guo’s life experience, Lin Weimin shook his head and sighed helplessly.
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