In fact, in China, even until now, the audience proportion of opera is not large, and the attention it receives is not high.
However, this peak showdown between drama and opera attracted the attention of almost the entire country.
Because this is a battle of honor.
Chinese people have cultural confidence deep in their bones.
In peacetime, Chinese people like to fight among themselves and would like to curse the other party's dog brains out.
You are unhappy with me, and I am unhappy with you. I will criticize whatever you say.
But if they encounter an invasion from outside, they will immediately put aside their prejudices and unite to face the enemy.
We can say our own food is bad, but if foreigners say our food is bad, we will be unhappy.
Therefore, this peak battle attracted the attention of countless netizens.
The attention and discussion on the Internet also reached a peak.
"Do you think we can win this time?"
"It's hard to say. Xiao Ri Zi's drama has financial support from a company. It has developed rapidly in recent years, and this time it's coming with great momentum."
"Alice in Wonderland is already an unreachable mountain, not to mention the peak, Romeo and Juliet."
"Hey, domestic opera, I hope it won't fail too badly this time."
This peak battle will also be broadcast live and rebroadcast worldwide.
It even has simultaneous translation, which doesn't quite reproduce the original, but it's pretty close.
In addition, because this is a war between multiple countries, the entries must not be flowery, and the lines cannot be piled with flowery words. More emphasis should be placed on stage performance and musical expression.
Therefore, each troupe of the five major drama genres felt a sense of pressure and showed off their unique skills one after another.
“Can The Female Prime Minister compete with it?”
"It's hard to say, but don't worry. I heard that several famous Qingyi actresses from the Peking Opera will be participating in the competition this time!"
"Several masters of Henan opera have also come out to compete."
"I won't say anything else, I must get rid of Xiao Ri, he's too rampant!"
The competition venue is arranged at the National Grand Theater in Kyoto. It is said that leaders will come to watch the competition, such as Secretary Ning Zheng who is in charge of culture and tourism, Zhou Yanshi from the Zhou family, and several bigwigs from the Ministry of Education.
The battle of honor is related to national self-confidence and cultural self-confidence, and the country attaches great importance to it.
This time, Ning Zheng and Zhou Xingjian both approved a special sum of money to be used for arranging the daily living arrangements of each theater troupe.
As soon as Chen Xian arrived at the hotel, Zhou Yanshi called and asked to meet him.
Chen Xian agreed, and the meeting place was in a private room of Kyoto Hotel.
Shen Xian saw the three Zhou brothers and old Mr. Zhou Yanshi, as well as four or five young people and five or six middle-aged men.
"Are you sure this time?" Zhou Yanshi asked directly.
Everyone turned their eyes to Shen Xian.
"Let me introduce to you all. This is Chen Xian from the Huangmei Opera Troupe of Nanzhou City." Zhou Yanshi introduced Chen Xian to everyone.
“Chen Xian, this is the head of the Peking Opera Troupe, and also a famous Da Qingyi!”
"This is the male lead of this Peking Opera, and he has also participated in international competitions."
Zhou Yanshi introduced them one by one.
Shen Xian smiled and said, “It’s not a big problem.”
"How many scripts have you prepared?" Zhou Yanshi asked.
Shen Xian said: "I prepared two, both of which are based on Romeo and Juliet."
Benchmarking against the top masterpieces?
This young man is really arrogant.
Zhou Yanshi was a little skeptical.
Zhou Xingjian also had a stern face: "Don't be too confident. Romeo and Juliet has swept the world and has no rivals. I just hope you don't lose too badly, at least don't lose to Xiao Ri Zi."
Shen Xian has always been very polite to Zhou Xingjian, and nodded when he heard this: “Mr. Zhou is right, but I have the confidence.”
Zhou Xingshen said: "This time, there are more than 30 countries and more than 60 works participating. The entire competition period is seven days. If you are drawn to the last place, you can continue to improve your work and performance. Don't take it lightly."
Shen Xian nodded.
"Hmph, young people should keep a low profile and don't speak too early!" said a middle-aged man indifferently.
It was the director of the Peking Opera Troupe, and he looked at Shen Xian with some sarcasm.
"We in the Peking Opera Troupe don't even dare to say this. How dare you, a member of the Huangmei Opera Troupe, say this?"
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