Chapter 171 Opportunity
She used to think that musicals and stage plays should be more expensive in the country because they are less common.
I didn’t expect it to be so expensive abroad. When I got the ticket, I saw that it was a famous musical called "The Phantom of the Opera". No wonder so many people watched it.
After entering, I found that her seat was still in the inner field, not far from the stage, which was much better than the seats in the back and on the second floor.
As soon as the show started, the music and lights on the stage pulled Zhang Wei into a suspenseful and terrifying atmosphere. This was her first time watching a musical, and it was really different from watching a movie.
The male and female protagonists both have great singing skills, with rich and penetrating voices. She can clearly feel every actor wandering in their roles, they are completely immersed in it, and Zhang Wei seems to be singing along with the emotions of the characters in the play. When seeing the male protagonist Phantom willing to let go for love and fulfill his lover, the whole audience can hear the sobs caused by his wails.
This was a truly immersive experience. She finally understood why Londoners love watching musicals so much. The actors' superb singing and acting skills, as well as the emotions created by the scenes, were much more exciting than ordinary movies. The actors seemed to be living on the stage.
After watching the play, Zhang Wei felt more and more that she was just being funny by joining the musical club. Perhaps this was also the purpose of the president assigning them this task.
There was a small incident during the viewing. A couple next to me was probably not watching for the first time. The woman whispered, "Has the Phantom gained some weight since last week?"
"No, this time it's the A-side, different from last week's. Enjoy it."
It turned out that the show Zhang Wei accidentally bought was actually the one performed by the best A-list actor. No wonder she felt so amazed. If she has free time later, she will probably choose a musical instead of watching a movie.
When it was time for the second club activity, President Anna asked them what play they had watched, and found out that three out of five people had watched "The Phantom of the Opera".
Some people watched "The Lion King" and "Mamma Mia". Anna nodded in satisfaction, but her next words made everyone's face change:
"We must prepare a good stage before Christmas this semester so that we can apply for club activity funding for next year,"
Zhang Wei counted on his fingers and found that there were only more than two months left. However, if it was not a very difficult program, the time should be enough. Although he knew nothing, he might as well rush it.
Anna hadn't finished her words yet: "And the play will be chosen from the three plays that everyone has seen."
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If Zhang Wei's expression was still relatively calm, the others' expressions were filled with fear.
Especially the girl who watched "The Lion King". Although Zhang Wei had never seen this show, she could imagine the scene of the actors dressed up as animals jumping up and down on the stage. If she put herself in their shoes, she would simply not be able to bear to watch it.
The five of them just stared at each other with stiff eyes.
Then a girl next to Zhang Wei whispered, "We probably don't have enough people, do we?"
"That's impossible!" said the girl who watched "Mamma Mia" in a firm tone.
Zhang Wei knew that this drama would definitely have many insurmountable difficulties. In fact, every drama should be similar for them. After all, they have no foundation. But they are not necessarily the protagonists. Zhang Wei cast his eyes on President Anna and Vice President Lanita and asked:
"President, what do you think? Let's let someone with experience make the selection. You know we don't know much about musicals."
Anna then spoke: "It's true that there are not many of us, but we don't need to perform the entire three-hour show, we only need to choose a scene fragment."
Then Anna asked everyone to share their thoughts after watching the movies. Zhang Wei also learned about the characteristics of "The Lion King" and "Mamma Mia" from other people's descriptions.
Simply put, one requires wild performance and vivid body language, while the other requires abundant emotions and a strong dance foundation.
In this case, the possibility of choosing "The Phantom of the Opera" is relatively high. There are not many characters in it, and it focuses more on the actors' emotional rendering. The body expression is less dependent on the basic dance. Simply put, this is an emotional drama.
It may be difficult to perform the same as in the theater, but it should be feasible to imitate it roughly.
As Zhang Wei expected, Anna chose "The Phantom of the Opera", and then everyone continued to watch the musical video of "The Phantom of the Opera" together for the rest of the week.
Zhang Wei and others who have seen it before need to choose the excerpts that impressed them the most for everyone to choose from.
As for Zhang Wei's imagination of someone coming to teach them some body expressions or singing styles, there was no such thing at all. She felt that even if they performed on stage, they would probably make a fool of themselves.
Moreover, she currently doesn't know the level of the president and the others, so Zhang Wei is absolutely unwilling to go on stage and make a fool of herself.
"Didn't you hire a teacher to teach us? We have no experience at all," Zhang Wei asked directly.
Vice President Lanita, a quiet red-haired girl, said, "Our club only reached the minimum membership requirement last week, and the funding was just distributed this week. The teacher is already in contact."
Anna said, "I've already contacted an actress who retired from the theater. She used to be the leading actress in several well-known plays. She will be here next week, so don't worry."
The subtext is: Let's just muddle through the class for now and make further arrangements after the teacher arrives.
Well, Zhang Wei felt that there was really no need to worry. It shouldn't be too embarrassing at that time. She would choose a role with fewer lines. It would be even better if there were more people and she didn't need to go on stage.
Just when Zhang Wei was worrying about the club class, Alia came to her and told her something.
"Professor Cruz said his friend's pharmacy lab needed an assistant to help with chores and asked if I wanted to give it a try. The salary wasn't high,"
"But I remembered that you said you wanted to study pharmacy, so I asked him how many people he needed. He said if you wanted to go, we could go together."
"I hope you don't mind me asking this one more question."
Zhang Wei immediately said, "Yes, I will go. The salary is not a problem. Thank you, Alia! I'm glad you can help me ask."
Seeing Zhang Wei's reaction, Alia smiled and said, "I guessed you would want to go. You're welcome. You've helped me a lot."
To be honest, it is indeed difficult for Zhang Wei to get involved in pharmacy-related studies in advance. Her brothers all study social sciences and engineering, and there are no relevant resources. Therefore, Zhang Wei is very grateful that Alia thought of her.
Because of what happened before, the last shadow left by Alia in her heart disappeared completely.
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