Zhongwen Drama Troupe is one of the oldest existing drama troupes in China.
It was founded more than 60 years ago by the famous drama performance master Liu Zhongwen.
After sixty years of ups and downs, the era of universal television, the era of universal smartphones, the era of universal Internet, and new eras have continuously impacted this ancient art performance form.
The Zhongwen Drama Troupe has gone from being a large-scale troupe with six halls in Jiangdu's most prosperous area to now having only one hall in Xindu Town, a suburb of Jiangdu. This is quite a big change.
"Uncle, we are here to see Captain Du." Feng Xiaoyun shouted at the uncle in the message room.
It's not that he doesn't know manners, but this old man's ears are really...
"Pork dumplings? This is a theater, not a restaurant. Where do we get the pork dumplings? If you want to eat pork dumplings, go somewhere else. We don't have any here, not at all."
The old man in the message room was holding a covered bowl of tea, calmly using the lid to stir the tea leaves floating on the tea soup. His light words made Feng Xiaoyun choke.
"Uncle, I'm not looking for Pig Dumpling, I'm looking for Captain Du, Captain Du Sixi Du."
"What? Making Four Joys? I told you this isn't a restaurant. We don't even have pork dumplings. Who's going to make Four Joys dumplings for you?" The old man was a little angry. Why are young people these days so unreliable? Can't you see the huge Zhongwen Drama Troupe signs at the door?
You even have to come to the message room to order food from me!
Yan Zi was laughing secretly behind Feng Xiaoyun. He stretched out a hand from beside him and handed the note in his hand to Feng Xiaoyun.
The old man took the note, pulled his glasses down with one hand, held the note in his other hand and stretched it out to the distance, reading it word by word.
"Captain Du asked us to come here today." The words were written by Yan Zi with an eyebrow pencil, and each word was written large and clear.
"Oh, Captain Du asked you to come? Then come in quickly. There's an office on the left after entering the door. It's his. Remember to turn left. Turn right and you'll find the locker room."
"Thank you, uncle!" Feng Xiaoyun just felt a tightness in his chest.
"No need to thank me, no need to thank me, it's all my duty." I don't know how the old man heard this sentence clearly, but he said something else that made Feng Xiaoyun slip.
"Young man, if your eyesight is not good, go get a pair of glasses. There's a big sign on the door saying 'theater', and you still come to order food from me, and even order four-happiness dumplings."
"Hahaha, Feng Xiaoyun, aren't you usually good at fooling people? Why didn't you fool this old man today?" Yan Zi finally couldn't help it. He grabbed Feng Xiaoyun's sleeve and laughed so hard that he couldn't straighten his back.
"I will give you the best hearing aid this afternoon!" Feng Xiaoyun said viciously.
Following the old man's instructions, the two found a room with an office sign on it. The old man was not wrong. It was indeed an office. The door was not closed, and six desks could be seen crowded inside.
A man in his fifties was sitting behind the innermost desk, talking to the person in front of the desk.
Feng Xiaoyun knocked gently on the open door, and the two people inside noticed the visitor.
"Who are you?" Du Sixi looked at the two of them in confusion. In fact, in their drama troupe, this kind of young handsome man and beautiful woman combination was very rare. Such combinations were more likely to appear in Jiangdu's pedestrian street rather than in their shabby drama troupe.
"Captain Du, right? We were introduced here by Sister Mi..."
"Oh, oh, oh! Xiaomi introduced it. I know, I know. That one is called Yan..."
"Yan Zi, my name is Yan Zi. Sister Mi introduced me to study here." Yan Zi quickly introduced himself.
"Yes, yes, Yan Zi. Good at studying, good at studying. It's rare to see a celebrity willing to come and study here." He came over excitedly, took Feng Xiaoyun's hand and said, "Then you must be Mr. Feng Xiaoyun, right? Mr. Feng, please take a seat."
Then he said to the person who was standing at the table, "What are you looking at? Go pour Mr. Feng a cup of tea. Oh, and this... Miss Yan."
"Oh, okay, okay, then, Captain, let me tell you about that..."
Captain Du waved his hand and said, "I know, I know. Don't worry. Go and bring the tea over. Don't keep Mr. Du waiting."
"Come, sit down, sit down, Mr. Feng." After Feng Xiaoyun sat down, Du Sixi sighed and said, "I just got your notebook and I thought you were my age, at least in your thirties or forties. Later, when Xiaomi told me, I realized you were only in your early twenties."
"I didn't believe her then, thinking she was trying to trick me. But now that I've seen you in person, I understand what it means to be formidable when you're young. And you're so handsome! Even my youthful looks pale in comparison to you."
"Hey, I've read those two books of yours several times. To be honest, they're really good. Especially the descriptions of those minor characters on the opposite side, they're so accurate."
"You know our drama troupe performs things that are close to life. Although your two scripts are movie scripts, they can be very good drama scripts after some revisions. I've been waiting for you to come over these days. Let's discuss how to revise these scripts together."
Captain Du seemed to be a chatterbox. He dragged Feng Xiaoyun over and gave him a long speech, leaving Yan Zilan alone.
Logically speaking, Yan Zi is now considered a popular young artist. Not to mention anything else, just looking at her online popularity, her popularity alone is many times higher than that of everyone in the entire drama troupe combined.
But seeing Captain Du holding Feng Xiaoyun in front of her hand as if they were drinking with a close friend, she was not annoyed, but felt a little sweet inside. She was happier when others praised Feng Xiaoyun than when others praised herself.
Feng Xiaoyun didn't expect that the team leader would be so enthusiastic, but wasn't the main purpose of coming here to let Yan Zi come and learn?
So Feng Xiaoyun pointed at Yan Zi and said to Captain Du with some embarrassment: "Hey, Captain Du, look..."
"Oh, yes, look at me, I'm old now. Xiaoyan, do you mind me calling you that?"
Seeing Yan Zi shook his head, he continued, "The one who just left was our troupe's teacher, Chen Fei. He usually guides the newcomers. He has a wealth of experience with newcomers to the drama troupe. You can learn the basics from him for a while. Is that okay with you?"
Of course there is no problem for Yan Zi. He came to the drama troupe to study, so there is no harm in starting from the basics.
Seeing that Yan Zi had finished his work, Captain Du turned around and looked at Feng Xiaoyun with a smile on his face and said, "Then let's start discussing the adaptation of the script now? You know, it's hard for me to start without you, the original author, hahahaha."
Feng Xiaoyun had no choice but to give Yan Zi a bitter smile, and then began to discuss the two scripts with Captain Du.
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