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Chapter 211 Cute Sword Girl
Zheng Jing invited Yu Long to take a seat. While boiling water to make tea, he casually asked, "How are the preparations for this year's Yanjing International Music Festival going? Is everything going well?"

Yu Long sighed and said, “Classical music has always been a niche hobby, and I feel quite stressed because it’s such a grand event this time.

You should know that when this matter reaches the official level, I, as the person in charge, will only be in charge of the music matters, and the rest will be decided by the leaders."

The Yenching International Music Festival is a large-scale music festival event organized by the government.

The festival is held from October to November every year, and invites world-renowned musicians, singers and music groups. Symphony and opera performances are the main features, making it a relatively traditional and high-end music festival.

Classical music has a great influence in the West, especially in Europe, and is also highly respected in Japan.

In the past two years, the authorities have been making a fuss about this issue.

Not only did it change the name of the radio orchestra to the Philharmonic Orchestra to keep pace with the international standards, it also frequently invited foreign classical musicians to perform in China.

The world's three great tenors held many concerts in China this year, and every concert was sold out, setting off a trend.

This year's Yenching International Music Festival not only celebrates the success of Yenching's Olympic bid, but also demonstrates an open and inclusive attitude towards China's accession to the WTO. It is of great significance, so the authorities attach great importance to it.

Not only top orchestras and performers from all over the world were invited, but also important figures from the political and business circles of various countries.

Sony Group President Norio Ohga will also take the stage to perform with the Japan Philharmonic Orchestra.

The show doesn't start until November 11th, but all the tickets are already booked.

Under such circumstances, Zheng Jing, an international star from the mainland and a talented writer of many pure musical works, was also arranged by the authorities to perform, and it was the most important closing ceremony performance.

Just as Zheng Jing was about to speak, Zhang Yi walked in.

"I'm sorry, my son kept crying this morning, so I tried to comfort him for a while longer. I'm late."

Zhang Yi apologized verbally, but his face was filled with a happy smile.

Zheng Jing joked, "Then let's discuss it quickly and finish the work quickly so that Director Zhang can go back to breastfeed the baby earlier."

"I can't breastfeed my child, so I can only work hard to earn more money for my son's milk powder."

After the joke, Zheng Jing said: "My boss called me yesterday and told me that our opera should not exaggerate the sentiment of war, but should ultimately show openness and tolerance and call for love and peace.

I'm not very good at this, so I'll leave it to you, Director Zhang."

After receiving the official assignment, Zheng Jing thought about linking together an opera and performing it based on the Chinese and Western versions of "Victory", and at the same time promoting the movie Last Stand.

The leadership agreed to the idea but made some requirements for the opera.

Zheng Jing had no objection to his leader's request. After all, the occasion was different, and he had to pretend to do the right thing when it was time to do so.

After hearing what Zheng Jing said, Zhang Yi nodded and said, "This is easy. Openness and tolerance means multi-ethnicity. We can invite ethnic minorities to perform dance accompaniment and foreign singers to sing. As for love and peace, we can show them through children..."

Zhang Yi is full of energy and has extensive experience in stage plays. He has directed stage plays such as "Turandot" and "Raise the Red Lantern", and is also adept at coming up with opera ideas.

When it comes to completing the official assignment, Zhang Yimou has absolutely no problem.

With him around, Zheng Jing is ready to just sit there and have a good rest for a week, and then he will go to promote the movie "Double Vision".

Soon, Zhang Yimou and Yu Long agreed on the general framework of the opera.

The whole opera is divided into three parts.

The first part is about oppression and suffering, mainly composed of sad and mournful music. The second part is about struggle and sacrifice, based on the melody of Victory. The last part is about peace and rebirth, mainly composed of light-hearted and cheerful songs.

Zheng Jing only said a few words during the whole process. At the end, Zhang Yi sighed: "Mr. Zheng is really amazing. Every word he said hits the point. It's so comfortable to cooperate with you."

Yu Long also said: "That's right. With General Zheng's creative ideas as a foundation, our work has become much easier."

Zheng Jing: “…”

After Zhang Yimou and Yu Long left, Chen sighed, “Sure enough, when people become successful, even their farts smell good.

What did you say? They flatter you like that."

Zheng Jing smiled and said, "Openness, tolerance, love and peace?"

“Isn’t that what the leader wants?”

“I’m not a leader?”

Chen was speechless in response to Zheng Jing's question.

Zheng Jing laughed out loud, returned to his desk and continued looking at the documents in his hand.

Du Wei is very talented. Under her leadership, the company's business operations have developed rapidly during this period.

In particular, Huanjian Book Alliance has attracted many authors and readers and has become the most popular online literature platform.

The champion novel of the previous million-word essay contest, "The Adventures of the Cute Baby Sword Girl", has been published for more than 4 months and has sold over a million copies, and is very popular among children.

The adapted comics also sold very well and has become a good IP.

Du Wei has already discussed with Amanda and plans to translate the novels and comics into multiple languages and sell them overseas to test the waters.

After understanding the company's situation, Zheng Jing felt relieved and took Chen to the Central Academy of Drama to study.

In the next few days, Zheng Jing went on vacation. As for the preparations for the opera, he only showed up occasionally to play the piano.

The overall preparatory work was handed over to Zhang Yi.

On the morning of October 10, in the rehearsal hall of the Xingjiang Art Theater Acrobatic Troupe, two pretty little girls, dressed in kung fu clothes, each holding a prop dagger and competing with each other.

One of them said: "I can make 5 sword flowers in a row!"

Another person said, "That's nothing. I've already learned how to do the sword flower under my armpit!" "I can do it, too! Watch me show you."

The two little girls were having so much fun competing that they didn't notice at all that there were several adults standing in the audience watching their competition.

The head of the circus, Wai Yiti, introduced: "President Cai, these two girls are new students recruited by our circus from the art school. They have only been here for more than a month.

They are very athletic and I was attracted to them at first sight.

I was not disappointed with my performance after joining the troupe. I learned all kinds of acrobatics very quickly and have now started to perform in the acrobatic musical "Hello Afanti".

Cai Rong nodded and asked, "Are there any photos or videos of them playing Afanti?"

Waiti replied, "Yes, I'll sort it out and give it to you later."

Looking at the stage, two little girls jumped up lightly and drew swords at each other.

Although they are petite, the dagger looks extremely harmonious in their hands.

The sword-dancing posture is free and easy, yet also has a sense of power.

Cai Rong found it incredible, and asked, "Who taught them the sword dance?"

Waiti answered truthfully: “No one teaches us, our acrobatic troupe still focuses on teaching acrobatics.

It’s just that these two girls really like sword dancing, and they practice it secretly when they have nothing to do. They are also very talented, so it can be said that they learned it by themselves.”

Cai Rong nodded, looked at the information in his hand, and said, "Gulinaza and Dilireba, the names rhyme quite well.

Not only is she good at sword dancing, she is also very beautiful, which is really rare.

It’s just a pity.”

Wai asked, "What's a pity?"

“It’s a pity that Director Zhang Yimou only needs a girl to dance with the sword.

You can only choose one of these two people.

By the way, are there any boys in your circus who can sword dance?"

In the opera "The Last Strike", Zhang Yi designed two sword dances.

One is the sword dance of Xiang Yu and Yu Ji, who died to the sound of tragic music;

Another scene is a little boy and a little girl dancing with swords. Their sword dancing is for performance and they are happy.

Through the contrast between the two sword dances, the changes of the times are reflected, thereby reflecting on war and praising peace.

Zhang Yi interviewed some children who were learning to dance. Although they were good at dancing, they were not so good at sword dancing and did not meet the requirements.

Since the child was not good at dancing, Zhang Yi thought of martial arts classes and acrobatic troupes.

In order to demonstrate inclusiveness, Zhang Yi gave priority to looking for acrobatic troupes from ethnic minorities.

The Xingjiang Art Theater Acrobatic Troupe is a regular unit under the Xingjiang Art Theater. It is an officially organized acrobatic troupe that recruits suitable children from all over Xingjiang every year.

Zhang Yi found the Xingjiang Art Theater through official channels.

Dean Cai Rong naturally took it very seriously and immediately found Wai Yiti, the head of the acrobatic troupe.

When hearing Cai Rong's question, Waiyi replied, "We are an acrobatic troupe. We can do things like balancing bowls and hanging on tightrope, but we are not good at sword dancing."

Cai Rong shook his head and said, “This time I am going to perform at the closing ceremony of the Yanjing International Music Festival, working with Zheng Jing and Zhang Yimou, which is a very rare opportunity.

This is not only an honor for our theater, but may also affect the child's life.

Don't just say you're not good at something. Pick two suitable candidates and report them first.

Maybe Zhang Yimou will take a fancy to her?"

"Okay, Dean, I understand. Then Reba and Naza, should we also report them?"

"Submit them all. I will call Zhang Yimou and recommend Dilraba Dilmurat and Guli Nazha, which can be regarded as helping them.

As for who will get to the top in the end, it all depends on their own luck."

"Can't we be selected together?" Waiyi asked unwillingly.

He really likes both girls equally.

At first, their families were not very willing to let them learn acrobatics. Waiyi personally visited them, spent a lot of time and effort, and made many promises before they were able to switch from dancing to acrobatics.

Cai Rong replied: "There is only one role, there is nothing we can do about it.

Don’t think too much, maybe they won’t even be selected.”

Waiti sighed and said, "I'm sure we'll be able to choose one.

I have been doing acrobatics for more than 20 years, and these two girls are the most talented I have ever seen.

I have recommended them to the city gymnastics team before, but they think they are too old and it is too late for them to lay a solid foundation.

I am now afraid that if one of them is selected, the other will be too far behind.”

Seeing Waiyi's overconfidence, Cai Rong shook his head and turned away.

(End of this chapter)