Chapter 919 Passing Director Lin’s interview is the most important thing

In the Magic City Grand Theater, the last performance of the Chinese Opera Tour is going on as scheduled.

Su Tong sat under the stage, watching the performances of the professional drama actors on the stage attentively, listening to the applause and cheers coming from the audience from time to time, and felt deeply moved.

In recent years, more and more young people are willing to go to the theater to watch and learn about traditional Chinese drama. Although the number is not large, and many of them actually do not understand the drama and simply come to watch the fun, this phenomenon is a very good signal for traditional drama.

For a long time, traditional drama was rejected by a large group of people due to the impact of foreign culture. They developed a prejudice that it was "too rustic" and "too vulgar". As a result, there was a lack of traditional drama talent during that period, and even the sad scene of no one watching the performances.

Fortunately, China has always vigorously promoted and carried forward traditional drama culture. A group of veteran drama artists have not chosen to give up. They have reformed and innovated the content of traditional opera, worked hard to train successors, and explored the potential and value of traditional opera. They have survived the impact of foreign culture and modern life and regained their vitality.

The most intuitive manifestation is that when Su Tong had just graduated and performed on stage as a professional opera actor, there were really only a handful of audience members in the audience.

But now, Su Tong looked around. It was impossible to say that the place was full, but at least 80% of the seats were full.

Moreover, from the expressions of the audience, it can be seen that everyone is watching with great interest and they are not the kind of people who are there just to complete the "task".

During the two-hour performance, there were at least a dozen rounds of warm applause during the intermission. At the final curtain call, the actors also received enthusiastic feedback from the audience.

It is worth mentioning that Su Tong’s senior brother who specializes in monkey performance has gained several fans. When Su Tong saw those fans, she ran to the backstage dressing room to ask for his autograph and take photos.

"Brother!" Su Tong waited until all the little fans left before showing up. "Brother, your performance tonight was absolutely perfect. I haven't seen such a good performance in a long time."

"Junior sister, why are you here?" Shi Chongshan hadn't even finished removing his makeup yet, and hurriedly stood up from the dressing table, a little anxious, "Is there something wrong with that matter?"

What was that thing?

Of course, I want to meet Lin Fan and see if I can interview for the role of Sun Wukong.

Although Shi Chongshan has been busy with a national tour recently and has little free time to pay attention to things in the entertainment industry, it does not mean that he does not know about "Journey to the West".

It can even be said that Shi Chongshan was already paying attention when Lin Fan was serializing the "Journey to the West" comics.

After all, as a professional monkey actor, Lin Fan's "Journey to the West" features a stone monkey as the protagonist. Even if Shi Chongshan himself doesn't pay attention to it, other people in the troupe will tell him if they see it.

Not to mention, Shi Chongshan actually has a certain understanding and concern for Lin Fan for some reason.

It’s just that the two sides had no chance to contact each other before, and Shi Chongshan didn’t think that he could play the role of Sun Wukong, so so far, the communication between the two sides has been zero.

It was not until Su Tong took the initiative to approach Shi Chongshan and asked if he was willing to interview for the role of Sun Wukong.

To be honest, Shi Chongshan's first reaction when he heard the news was that his junior sister was controlled by some organization, right? Otherwise, how could she deceive him? But then he thought, what could the junior sister deceive him about?

She had no money, no status, and in terms of connections, what she had, her junior sister had; what she didn't have, her junior sister had, so what could she lie to her about? A hundred pounds of flesh? So Shi Chongshan agreed to Su Tong and meet Lin Fan after the performance today.

It was originally agreed that Shi Chongshan and Su Tong would meet at the designated location after the performance. However, Su Tong had a full day of work and could not spare the time to find Shi Chongshan. However, Su Tong arranged for his driver to pick up Shi Chongshan and he waited outside the theater.

But now Su Tong came here specially, and Shi Chongshan subconsciously thought: What happened?

Unexpectedly, Su Tong waved her hand and said, "Don't worry, Senior Brother. Nothing has happened. I just can't sit still."

As the introducer, Su Tong originally thought that with her years of experience in this circle, she should be able to stay stable and complete her work step by step before meeting Lin Fan.

But in fact, Su Tong couldn't stay there for a moment.

After hurriedly finishing her work as quickly as possible, Su Tong went straight to the Magic City Grand Theater, thinking about picking up Shi Chongshan and then going to the appointment.

Unfortunately, Su Tong had finished her work, but Shi Chongshan had not, so they had to wait again.

Shi Chongshan finally finished his performance. Su Tong couldn't wait any longer, so she ran backstage to pick him up.

"I'm glad you're alright," Shi Chongshan breathed a sigh of relief and sat back down in front of the dressing table. "Then Junior Sister, please wait a moment. I'll be gone after I take off my makeup and change my clothes. It'll be quick!"

Although Su Tong was very anxious, she felt comforted when she saw that Shi Chongshan was even more anxious than she was. She felt much more relaxed. "Brother, don't be anxious. The agreed time hasn't come yet. Even if we arrive early, we still have to wait. Take your time. There's still plenty of time."

Shi Chongshan sighed as he removed his makeup: "I know I still have a lot of time, but this role is really important to me. Junior sister, you don't know, it's just that I don't have money. If I had money, I would have bought the copyright of Journey to the West and adapted it into a drama."

There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!

Su Tong's mind moved: "Brother, if you have this idea, you can mention it to Director Lin when you meet him later."

Shi Chongshan paused and said, "Do you think Director Lin will agree?"

After all, I don’t have much money to buy the copyright.

Su Tong thought, "It's good to mention it and see what Director Lin thinks. I feel that Director Lin is quite willing to help promote traditional culture. Look at Director Lin's previous songs, such as "Compendium of Materia Medica" and "National Treasure" and you will know. As for the copyright fee, I can also help."

"How can I lend you money..."

Su Tong interrupted Shi Chongshan and said, "Brother, you said you lent it to me. I lent it to you, not gave it to you as a gift. What's wrong with that? Besides, after you get the role of Sun Wukong, you may not need my help anymore!"

Shi Chongshan didn't understand Su Tong's hidden meaning. He just thought, "I am satisfied that I can get the role of Sun Wukong. As for the salary, I really haven't thought about it."

"I'm not talking about the pay..."

Su Tong looked at Shi Chongshan, who was determined to promote traditional opera, and suddenly felt that there was no need to explain: "Forget it, let's get the role of Sun Wukong first."

Shi Chongshan also nodded: "Yes, it is most important to pass Director Lin's interview first."

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