Chapter 135 This drama is amazing
"Xiao Ren, your acting is amazing!"
After bowing and taking photos again and again, Ren Limeng finally came to the side and back of the stage, in front of Director Liu of the Fanhua Theater. The first thing she saw was Director Liu's grin.
"Do you have any plans to perform in the future? Why don't you join our Fanhua Troupe? Although our Fanhua Troupe is small, we are not like Meixiang. We can work part-time. You can just come and perform for fun when you go home every year..."
Captain Liu was thinking with great joy, his eyes unconsciously looking at the ballot box not far away. Even though he was still busy calculating the final results of the competition, through a series of rumors, he was already sure that not only would they not be at the bottom, they might even get a good ranking this time!
The more Captain Liu looked at Ren Limeng, the more satisfied he became. The other actors from the Fanhua Troupe around him also smiled from the bottom of their hearts and looked at the ballot box under the stage with pride.
"Liu Tuan!"
Ren Limeng's voice was full of resignation and coquettishness. "Today's play is thanks to everyone, especially these arrangements. Regardless, it's an honor to perform with you all. Thank you all, and I'm sorry for the trouble!"
Ren Limeng looked around, her smiling eyes gradually becoming formal and solemn. She bowed deeply again, her gratitude evident in words.
She really didn't expect that the Fanhua Theater would cooperate so well. Behind the carefree faces in front of her was an inhumane persistence and hard work. Although Captain Liu kept repeating that they should not lose too badly, every inch of the scene witnessed his determination to not give up.
Even when Captain Liu seemingly casually chose her as the leading actress, it was actually after watching her perform. Ren Limeng knew very well how much importance and devotion the Fanhua Troupe attached to the stage.
She was also very happy that she had not let down the trust of the people in Fanhua.
"Mengmeng, that's amazing! I was just so proud to tell everyone that these are my sisters! I'm so touched and so proud! Our Mengmeng is the best!"
After quickly removing their makeup backstage, everyone packed up their things and prepared to return to the center of the ancient city for dinner, waiting for the "Shan Hai" program team and Meixiang Theater, the organizers, to announce the results of the competition. Ren Limeng suddenly slowed down, holding the costume box in her hand, as well as flowers and other things that were enthusiastically stuffed into her arms by the audience.
She raised her head and looked with a smile at Yan Fangshu who was slowly walking towards the crowd. Yan Fangshu came from the east, seemingly to welcome Ren Limeng back.
"Fortunately, I have fulfilled my mission."
Ren Limeng gently hugged Yan Fangshu and handed the flowers in her hand to her without question. Then she quietly turned off the waist microphone with her right hand, and at the same time secretly signaled to Xiao Zhang, who was following her tacitly.
After spending more than a week together, without violating the basic rules of the program team, Xiao Zhang and Ren Limeng became more and more tacit in some gray areas of filming.
Anyway, there were no other guests from the Shen Xing team here, and Xiao Zhang knew clearly that the recording materials of Ren Limeng's individual non-important segments might not be used for even a second to play the main film. He already had many tricks to deal with his superiors, and giving Ren Limeng a little convenience was just a piece of cake. He believed in Ren Limeng's future, and giving her a convenience at this moment was also a way to establish a good relationship.
"Although I knew you could do it, Mengmeng, your performance was amazing! The interaction at the end was completely immersive. I didn't know Huangmei Opera could be performed this way! You gave out ice water, fans, and so on. At noon, I heard our troupe discussing how Fanhua was preparing the greenhouse. I whispered that some actors in the troupe were mocking Fanhua's poor students for having too many stationery items. I didn't expect you to be so popular this afternoon!"
Yan Fangshu chattered non-stop. At this moment, no amount of description could express her excitement. Ren Limeng noticed that Yan Fangshu's eyes were red. She listened quietly to every word of Yan Fangshu and nodded with a smile from time to time.
"I feel you'll amaze the entire Meixiang community, and even the Huangmei Opera world, not just with the results of the competition. Your interactive closing performance today has been a real inspiration to us. People have always said our Huangmei Opera is lagging behind and can't keep up with the times. Everyone's trying every possible way to innovate, but it seems nothing has been as sensational as your performance over the years. When I checked Weibo when I came here, even Huangmei Opera had its own trending search. This is truly the first time I've seen..."
Yan Fangshu's eyes widened as she spoke, gesturing with her hands to illustrate Ren Limeng's series of performances as Feng Suzhen before the show ended. Suddenly, she paused and her eyes met Ren Limeng's, who was looking at her with a smile.
Yan Fangshu's mind went blank for a moment, and an indescribable feeling of emotion suddenly welled up in her heart. It had nothing to do with Huangmei Opera, Meixiang Theater, or anything else. She just didn't expect that when she looked closely at Ren Limeng's calm and gentle eyes, they turned out to be so familiar.
Yan Fangshu once thought that the ups and downs and hardships of more than ten years were enough to smooth out Ren Limeng's stubbornness and pride, but looking at the smiling eyes in front of her and remembering the pair of bright eyes on the stage that seemed to be able to look directly into the scorching sun, she suddenly realized that Ren Limeng was still the high-spirited girl she was back then.
Time has not dulled the girl's ambition. Even though she has grown up to be more dignified and steady, the spirit hidden in her eyes is still high.
"This is the culmination of Huangmei Opera's accumulated experience. After so many years, it's now our turn."
Noticing Yan Fangshu's pause, Ren Limeng smiled and continued, "We prepared a lot of little things before this match, and it was indeed a bit of a stretch. The main reason is that the three major troupes are too powerful, and we have to be afraid of them."
"No, you prepared it so openly. You might not know that half of your plastic tent was scraped together by Director Liu from our three major theater troupes."
"ah?"
"No one expected Fanhua to be so generous. I heard that the Yunsheng Theatre next door even sponsored some actors to help Fanhua paint fans at noon."
Yan Fangshu collected her thoughts and said with a smile that although it was a competition, the three major troupes of Meixiang Theater only regarded each other as competitors.
Everyone knows that the "grassroots troupe" of the Fanhua Troupe actually "tricked" Fanhua into the so-called four major troupe competition. The top management of each troupe and theater felt a little indebted. Even the actors of the troupe such as Tami couldn't help but discuss it extensively in private.
Moreover, after so many years of performing in rural areas, all the troupes have seen each other frequently. Unlike the Fanhua Troupe, the three major troupes of Meixiang Theater have no need to compete.
"But the three major troupes must be sweating profusely now. I wonder if President Xu will regret using Fanhua to make up the numbers."
Yan Fangshu tilted her head and whispered in Ren Limeng's ear. As a worker in the troupe, she didn't care about what the higher-ups were worried about. She just couldn't help but share gossip with her friends.
It was like when they were quietly discussing the love, hate, and grudges between teachers in the drama school, and they never expected that after so many years, they would be able to get together and talk about it again.
"Fangfang, you've revealed all the details of the troupe to me. Aren't you afraid that the troupe will cause trouble for you?"
Ren Limeng glanced around vaguely. Even though Yan Fangshu deliberately lowered her voice the whole time, there were still crowds of people around her. It was almost the first time for her to feel the star's perspective of having every step watched by onlookers. The ubiquitous mobile phone cameras seemed to force people to pay more attention than the cameras of the program crew.
"It's okay. Our Troupe Leader Li is a sensible man. When I returned backstage after my performance this afternoon, everyone was already discussing whether our troupe would be able to compete with your Fanhua. When Leader Li heard about it, he told us that Huangmei Opera is more important than anything else. Even if it's not our Qianfang, any Huangmei Opera troupe that can break out like this and come up with something new should be a cause for celebration."
Hearing this, Ren Limeng's smile froze slightly, and she nodded silently, "As expected of the troupe leader. How about my mother? How was her performance today?"
"You really want to beat us Qianfang, you can't wait to find out about the 'enemy situation'. However, our seats are always full this afternoon! We Qianfang always come in first or second in the competition every year. Mengmeng, although you are very strong, we are not guaranteed to lose!"
Yan Fangshu teased with a smile, her words revealing the confidence of an actor from the Qianfang Troupe. "By the way, how did you come up with the final interaction? When did you practice it? Your performance of 'The Female Imperial Concubine' was good, as I expected, but I was worried about your improvisation at the end. The stage in the West Market is about three or four meters high, and so far away from the audience. I was so worried that you wouldn't be able to make it over."
"I tried it out in the morning, but there was no improvisation in the afternoon performance; it was all planned. Of course, I had to pull out all the stops when I was competing against you guys! The inspiration for the interactive part came from a trip to Pengcheng two years ago where I hosted an agricultural competition. I happened to see a local Yue Opera performance. The theater there wasn't a square theater like ours; the audience seats literally surrounded the stage, which really left a deep impression on me."
Ren Limeng explained slowly, "The scene at that time suddenly flashed through my mind this morning, and I decided to give it a try."
"This wasn't just a spur-of-the-moment decision. It was just over an hour this morning. You're really brave. You're worthy of being the Mengmeng I know!"
As they got closer to the Central Theater, Yan Fangshu looked thoughtfully at the growing crowd around them. Noticing that everyone had their cameras trained on Ren Limeng, she couldn't help but sigh, "Mengmeng, you're quite popular! I really need to take notice. By the way, if you hold my arm like this, will I become a little star too?"
"It's a bit difficult, but maybe we can figure out your identity. Did you report this to your Li Tuan?"
When meeting Yan Fangshu in the morning, Ren Limeng couldn't help but remind Yan Fangshu to go back and report to Director Li of Qianfang Troupe. Even though coming to Fanhua Troupe to visit a friend was a small matter, Yan Fangshu was a member of Qianfang Troupe after all, and some things had to be prevented in advance.
"Of course. Captain Li smiled and said it was okay, and told me to come find you whenever I wanted. However... the pressure of being in the spotlight is a bit overwhelming."
Yan Fangshu's excitement gradually subsided. She looked around and saw Ren Limeng raising her camera again. She made a decisive decision to leave her friend behind. "We're almost there. You have to continue filming the show anyway. I'll leave now. We'll talk later. Oh, and your flowers."
"This is for you. I wanted to share my joy with you. You can also take the gift box. Thank you today. It's time to return it to you."
"Okay, I'll take the flowers, but Mengmeng, these are your clothes. I've returned them intact, so you can keep them!"
Yan Fangshu shook her head and looked at Ren Limeng, just in time to meet Ren Limeng's deep eyes with a strong smile.
"Fangfang, I'm the host now. You need this dress more than I do. It should belong to you!"
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