Chapter 173 Casting
It was a black and white puppy, with most of its fur white except for a black circle around its eyes. Its big watery eyes were looking at them, and its black and white tail was shaking lively, like a curious child.
"We don't recognize it," Alia waved her hands quickly.
"Oh, poor little thing, I have food here, just wait."
Seeing the security guard finding food for it, Zhang Wei did not delay any longer. She felt a little embarrassed. She pulled Alia back to the dormitory quickly. It was really embarrassing to be scared by a little puppy.
I can only blame the streetlight for making its shadow too big...
Under such double hardship, Zhang Wei also has to balance his studies. It can only be said that humans are really highly adaptable creatures.
When Alia almost couldn't hold on any longer, she asked her, "How about I ask Professor Cruz to find us a new job?"
Zhang Wei shook his head firmly. "It's better not to. This is the first time Professor Cruz has asked us to do something. Although it's a bit tiring, there aren't any other difficulties. If we ask for it this time, there probably won't be a next time."
This is not only for her own consideration, but also for Alia. If she really plans to leave her family and bear the expenses of her future life on her own, she will have to go through this kind of hardship in the future.
Moreover, after going to the laboratory once, she did not gain nothing. At least she knew what experiments they were doing and could distinguish the types of reactions. Zhang Wei even felt that she could learn to do some of the steps.
Although the teachers and students in the laboratory are often very busy, they are quite nice to them and will save space for them during meals, even though they had not previously stated that they would provide them with meals.
When he is not so busy, he will tell Zhang Wei some simple principles when he sees her looking at the instrument curiously.
So although Zhang Wei felt tired, it was not without value. She later discovered that this experience provided great help in her university application.
The musical wasn't going so smoothly. Rebecca, who had been busy helping everyone tame their limbs for a month, found the results were far below expectations. The usually taciturn teacher sighed:
"Alas, I'm still asking too much!"
Zhang Wei nodded frantically in her heart. To be honest, she sometimes felt that her movements were really pretty good. After all, as a person who had no dancing talent in either life, it was already good enough that she could straighten out the movements. She couldn't ask for any artistry.
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief, feeling that Teacher Rebecca had finally let them off the hook with the movement instruction.
The next step is to assign roles and singing parts.
The plot of "The Phantom of the Opera" mainly tells the emotional entanglement of three people.
The story takes place in an opera house. The heroine Christine is an ordinary little singer in the theater. The Phantom is a talented but ugly musical genius who lives in the basement deep in the theater. He sees the potential of the little singer, teaches her to sing, and comforts her loneliness.
The Phantom also uses various means to control the selection of the troupe's leading actors, secretly giving Christine the opportunity to show herself. After Christine goes on stage, another male protagonist discovers that she is his childhood playmate, a handsome viscount named Raoul.
Christine and Raoul were in love and secretly engaged, but were discovered by the Phantom. He did many crazy things to win Christine's love, but Christine was willing to sacrifice herself for Raoul, so the Phantom finally chose to help his lover.
So these three are the main tasks in this play, and the other characters don’t have many roles. Zhang Wei feels that the president, vice president and the girl who ranked first in the previous interview are just enough, and the rest of them can just make up supporting roles.
As for the male role, of course I can only play the role of a male.
But the moment Zhang Wei got the role, the expression on her face almost cracked. It was the Phantom's lines, which were several thick sheets long.
Then she continued to flip through the pages without giving up. The last page contained the lines of Mrs. Gilly, the head of the troupe. Fortunately, it seemed there was still a choice.
It was then that everyone realized that everyone had two roles to choose from, and the teacher asked them to spend a week practicing the two assigned roles, and then strive for the role they wanted to play. Those who did not successfully get a role needed to follow her arrangements.
Then Zhang Wei asked around and found out that the three girls with higher levels of ability were all vying for the female lead Christine and the male lead Raoul. At the very least, they were the troupe's chief actors. No one wanted to play the Phantom at all.
Moreover, there are people vying for the role of Mrs. Gilly, who is in her fifties. She can only practice the role of Mrs. Gilly well within this week, otherwise, the Phantom will probably be her.
Not only does the Phantom look ugly, but he also has a lot of lyrics and very intense emotions, which is really challenging.
Zhang Wei declined the challenge and just wanted to grab the role of Mrs. Gilly as a life-saving straw.
Then she found a very good learning reference - Grandma Mia.
Although Grandma Mia is a little older, the dignified and elegant temperament she exudes and some of her daily actions are what she needs to emulate.
Moreover, Zhang Wei not only learned from Grandma Mia, but also found theater clips on the Internet and practiced them repeatedly, and then asked her roommates and Grandma Mia to give her evaluation and feedback.
As for the Phantom's lines, she had already pressed them to the corner of the table.
Fortunately, Mrs. Gilly didn't have many lines, and after a week of hard work, Zhang Wei felt that she should be able to handle it. In order to be sure of getting the role, she even borrowed a set of clothes from Grandma Mia, who wished her success before she went.
Then the other actress who played Lady Gilly was stunned by Zhang Wei. She didn't expect that she was so well prepared and looked like she was on a formal stage.
Zhang Wei was satisfied to get the approval of teacher Rebecca and became the actor of Mrs. Gilly, although teacher Rebecca said that if she tried the Phantom, it would not be bad either.
When hearing others discussing why Zhang Wei had prepared so much, Zhang Wei felt a little proud in his heart: There is no way, it is just the inertia of learning habits, I just want to make the best preparations for everything.
Although the role of the Phantom finally fell to the poor students, it was the protagonist after all, so it was assigned to the president with the best singing skills. The other two who had some basic singing skills were assigned to Christine and the male protagonist Raoul.
In addition to the troupe's original leading male and female protagonists, and Zhang Wei, the troupe's leader, there was one more person, and then she was happily given the role of narrator.
Zhang Wei also has some ideas about this role, and she doesn't need to go on stage yet, but there is no other way. However, she is almost ready for the role of Mrs. Gilly, and only needs Teacher Rebecca to correct her movements and practice her singing.
There is still a month until Christmas, so there is still plenty of time and Zhang Wei is not worried about messing up the performance.
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