Reborn to be rich

Chapter 171 Huaguo Opera Competition
Having dinner together in the morning, Zhang Guotao told his brother that the registration for the National Opera Competition has started. The Qin Provincial Arts and Customs Society gave a list of 20 people, and Tian Ailing was also on the list.

All the best professional actors in the top 10 operas in the country can participate in a Huaguo opera competition. Tian Ailing is only 21 years old this year. It stands to reason that she has no chance to enter the list of 20 people.You must know that those who can enter the big list are generally young outstanding actors with certain achievements in various opera circles. The minimum age for registration this time is 45 years old. Tian Ailing's entry into the big list cannot be said to have nothing to do with Zhang Jialing.

The importance of Qin opera in the hearts of peasants in Qin Province is extraordinary, and a performance by a famous actor is even more lively than a performance by a star of later generations.The happiest thing for Tian Ailing to participate in the performance of national famous artists is Zhang Guodong's parents. After the second son finished speaking, they were happy to go to the capital to cheer for the second daughter-in-law.

Zhang Guodong also attaches great importance to Tian Ailing's ability to participate in this competition. He remembers that this competition should be called "Huaguo Opera Lotus Cup". No actor who enters the final will be given a "Lotus Cup" trophy, and a national first-class actor title.

Zhang Guodong called Ren Zhezhong, head of the Qin Opera Troupe, and learned about the competition process. The Qin Opera Customs Club actually already had the final reservation staff for the "Lotus Award" cup, and Tian Ailing actually went through the process this time.

The judges of this Qin Opera competition are actually six living masters of Qin Opera. After knowing the rules of the competition, Zhang Guodong called the six judges. Given Zhang Guodong's current reputation in Qin Province, they had to give him some face no matter what.

Received the competition notice on September [-]th, and September [-]th is the time for the preliminaries.Zhang Guodong asked Zhang Guotao to go to Chang'an to look for Tian Ailing on September [-]th. Selection of plays in the competition was a key point. Zhang Guodong finally persuaded several judges to help Tian Ailing choose plays, so that she can better use her strengths.

Zhang Guotao went with his girlfriend, but Hu Yuee got excited at home. When she met someone, she told them that Tian Ailing was going to participate in the national competition, and invited everyone to go to the capital to watch the competition. At this time, it is very important for ordinary people to go to the capital to participate in the competition. But very remarkable.

A few days later, the village committee saw Zhang Guodong and asked Tian Ailing about participating in the competition. Everyone was very positive about this matter.

"If you ask me, Tian Ailing's participation in the national opera competition is not only a major event in our Qin Opera circle, but also a major event in our village. Our village should take this matter seriously." Ma Weizhen first said that Tian Ailing played in Qin Opera The world is very famous now, and she is likely to return to Zhangjialing Village in the future. Now that the village attaches great importance to this competition, it is not only a publicity for the village, but also an investment for Tian Ailing.

"Virgin is right. Now our film and television entertainment company has a lot of actors, but there are too few good Qin opera actors. There is no one above level nine. The self-music class is large, but they are not very famous. If you want to do it again To improve the overall strength of the troupe, a national award is very important." Uncle Qi Bo said.

Everyone said something to each other, basically agreeing that the village organizes a special team to help Tian Ailing win the prize. You must know that this kind of competition has a great impact on audience interaction.

"If I want to see it, let Ma Ge personally lead the team. On the one hand, he is responsible for Tian Ailing's game preparations, and on the other hand, he organizes people who want to go to the capital to watch the performance. This time we simply treat it as a whole village tour. Each family can go two people , the fare and accommodation are paid in the village, and other expenses are at your own expense."

Since Sun Xiao became the village committee member, he has become more and more concerned about the big and small things in the village. Now he is in charge of all the trivial matters of the villagers, and has more say in the current living conditions and needs of the villagers than anyone else.

The village committee quickly discussed the results, and Zhangjialing Village fully supports Tian Ailing's participation this time.

Zhang Xiaoliang is personally responsible for Tian Ailing's pre-competition preparations, including contacting several judges and teachers, understanding the situation at the competition site, Zhang Ailing's travel, accommodation and other issues.

Sun Xiao is responsible for the transportation, accommodation, tourism, safety and other issues of the whole village's trip to the capital.All villagers in Zhangjialing Village can participate in this competition, and the village brigade will not pay for transportation and accommodation expenses. After the competition, there will be a 5-day trip to the capital, and the travel tickets will be paid by Zhang Guodong.

It was a relatively small matter that caused the whole village to travel to the capital. Just one day after the news was released, more than 600 people from Zhangjialing Village signed up. The whole Zhangjialing Village was enthusiastic about traveling to the capital. The villagers of opera also want to see what opera in other places looks like.

Because there were too many people, it was obviously impossible to take the train this time. Sun Xiao contacted the largest car rental company in Chang'an, but in the end he could only find 12 buses for them, which was far from enough for Zhangjialing Village.

On September 4th, Tian Ailing's works for the competition had all been confirmed, and she went to the capital to make preparations. Zhang Xiaoliang, Zhang Guotao and Tian Ailing's family set off for the capital, accompanied by four villagers from Zhangjialing.

The number of tourists in Zhangjialing Village has reached more than 800 people. This is because some people in the village can’t leave because they have to go to work. In the whole Zhangjialing Village, more than half of the 470 people from more than 1400 households have signed up, and many villagers in neighboring villages are clamoring to join the group. Go, Zhang Guodong did not agree.

On September 28, 16 buses set off from Guanlukou, and the first collective tour of Zhangjialing Village began.Among them, 36 buses were bought by the village just yesterday, but Zhangjialing Village simply bought them by themselves because they couldn’t afford to lease them. A total of 476 buses cost [-] million. Who can do this if they are not rich?
These buses will be placed in the village passenger transport center in the future, and Zhangjialing Village can open a few more lines. Although the new lines will lose money, Zhangjialing Village does not have such a large passenger volume now, but for the convenience of tourists, Zhangjialing Village still pays for it. Willing to.

Zhang Guodong did not expect that he would have to go to the capital a few days after returning from Guangdong Province by car. Now that the Huaguo Expressway has not yet opened, the journey will not be completed in 5 days.

Fortunately, there are a lot of people in Zhangjialing Village who can drive big cars. Several people take turns to drive a car. They only stop to stay at the hotel when they encounter the city at night. It was not until the afternoon of September 17 that everyone entered the capital area.

After five days of driving, everyone was exhausted, but seeing that they had already entered the capital, the vitality of the villagers suddenly became active again. Everyone pointed out the window to the unique buildings in the capital city, and compared them with the capital in their own impressions. After a while, everyone came to the hotel that had been booked this time.

Zhangjialing Village booked three hotels this time due to too many people. These three hotels are all three-star hotels, and the environment is not bad. When we arrived, the eight teams issued room cards uniformly, and then everyone was free to move around.

"Brother, you are here!"

When Zhang Guodong entered the hotel, he saw his second brother coming out of the hotel. This "Maison Hotel" is only less than 1000 meters away from the performance venue, and Tian Ailing's family also lived here.

"Tomorrow is the preliminary round. How are you preparing? Have you bought all the tickets?" Zhang Guodong said, seeing Tian Ailing's parents coming out.

"Guodong is here, and Ailing is almost ready. We went to the rehearsal this morning. The head of the team said that Ailing's state is no problem to win the trophy."

Seeing Zhang Guodong, Gou Xiaodan said with a smile that it is actually a little bit reluctant to participate in this competition with his daughter’s strength. After all, the other contestants are basically over 30 years old and have sung for a lifetime. His daughter can qualify for the competition A large part of the reason is because of Zhang Guodong, and after the guidance of several famous actors, her daughter's performance has made new breakthroughs in the past few days.

"Uncles and aunts, you have worked hard these days. I have already talked with Director Chu on the phone for this competition. As long as Tian Ailing plays well, there is a great chance of winning. This time, 813 relatives and friends came from our village. The judges scored the audience below Performance plays a big part as well.”

Gou Xiaodan and his wife welcomed Zhang Guodong into the hotel, they all lived on the top floor, Zhang Xiaoliang approached Zhang Guodong at this moment.

"Village chief, all the competitions will be held in the Beijing Grand Theater this time. The 820 audience tickets for the Qin opera stage in the preliminary competition are very easy to buy. I found someone to get 820 tickets for the rematch, but the price of a ticket for the final has been raised to 120 yuan. Up to now, only 509 copies have been bought." Zhang Xiaoliang said in Zhang Guodong's ear.

There are a total of more than 3600 seats in the auditorium for this competition, and most of these tickets were snapped up by the actors' relatives and friends.Especially the finals, when the time comes, many leaders will participate in person, and naturally many people will insist on watching the finals, after all, this is the top drama performance in Huaguo.

"You send more people to the entrance of the theater. It's okay if the ticket price is more expensive. I believe you can collect some tickets. In addition, I will contact Director Chu to see if he can get us some tickets."

When we arrived at the VIP suite of the hotel, there was a large living room. Tian Ailing was still practicing in the living room. When he heard the door open, he turned his head and saw Zhang Guodong coming.

"Brother Guodong!" Tian Ailing said politely.

"I'll come and see you. Tomorrow at 6 o'clock in the afternoon, the first round will be the preliminary competition of Qin Opera, Hebei Bangzi, and Kunqu Opera. No one will compete for 7 minutes. Qin Opera will be the last one to appear. It will probably be after [-] o'clock. Today you Rest early, stay in good shape, and everyone will watch your performance tomorrow." Zhang Guodong said encouragingly.

"I'm ready. The plays selected for me by the teachers are all classic excerpts that I often sing. I have performed each part many times. Nothing will happen. Brother Guodong, don't worry." Tian Ailing looked very happy. Have confidence.

Tian Ailing lived with her mother, Gou Xiaodan. Zhang Guodong went back to his room without disturbing him. Some villagers in Zhangjialing went out shopping so late. Zhang Guodong took Zhang Xiaoliang and Ma Weizhen to find a night market. The three discussed while drinking. Regarding the situation of the fan group, this trip is one aspect of everyone's travel, and the main purpose of this trip to the capital is to be a good fan group.

On September [-]th, the villagers of Zhangjialing Village woke up very early. They came to the conference hall of the hotel to listen to the competition arrangements. Ma Weizhen thought of a few loud slogans and actions, and everyone began to practice.

Because the conference hall is too small, many villagers practice together with dozens of people, and the whole hotel is full of lively laughter.

Tian Ailing didn't go out until after lunch at 2 p.m., and she handed Tian Ailing backstage at the Qinqiang Opera House of the Grand Theater, and the others had to go through the audience channel to watch the stage.

Entering the theater, Zhang Guodong saw that it was much bigger than the Qin Opera Theater in Qin Province, and there were cameras everywhere around the stage. This opera competition is very important, and the cctv logo can be seen everywhere.

Because the tickets in Zhangjialing Village were bought late, they were bought in bulk, and everyone was not in the same place. The villagers of Zhangjialing Village did not have stage fright in the face of such a big battle. There are often crews in the village shooting TV dramas and movies, and they have no fear of the camera. Yes, and the stage here is just bigger than that in my village.

The contest started soon, and the four hosts were all well-known hosts from CCTV. The first one to take the stage was Kunqu Opera, one of the top ten operas of Qin Opera. The one who took the stage was a tall poetic woman with a crisp and melodious voice. Even if Zhang Guodong has never heard of Kunqu Opera, he knows that this woman sings very well.

But when the second contestant came to the stage, Zhang Guodong finally knew what is called a master-level singing. Every opera actor can continue to give you a perfect auditory feast, and their acting skills are also newcomers. After watching a few paragraphs For Kunqu Opera, Zhang Guodong actually has a slight idea of ​​going home to listen to Kunqu Opera more, which shows how strong the master is.

When the 20 actors of Kunqu Opera finished their performances, Zhang Guodong was a little worried about Qin Opera, because Kun Opera immediately performed leisurely and melodiously, while Qin Opera relied on loud roars in many places.

After Hebei Bangzi came to the stage, Zhang Guodong realized that this Hebei Bangzi was even rougher than Qin Opera. They basically yelled throughout the whole process, but there was no gap between people's ears, and all audiences could hear what they wanted to express in the repertoire emotion.

After watching the performances of several Hebei clappers, Zhang Guodong finally understood what is the profoundness of Chinese culture, and those high-spirited vocals can take you into another world, which is far beyond the reach of language.

Both Kunqu Opera and Hebei Bangzi eliminated 10 people at one time, and the one who appeared last had a lower chance of being eliminated. When Qin Opera started, Zhang Guodong found something wrong.

Tian Ailing played ninth and was on the verge of promotion and elimination.

The first few actors who appeared on the stage were all excellent Qin opera actors who are familiar to the people of Qin Province. Some of them are even iconic characters in certain plays, and there are also two clowns. Many commercials in Qin Province are filmed by them.

The villagers in Zhangjialing Village were fascinated by the performance, especially in the performance of the two clown actors. Everyone laughed so hard that their stomachs hurt, but Zhang Guodong found that many audiences were not interested in clown plays, and the judges obviously valued the audience's attention. react.

Among the first eight actors, in the end, the two clown actors only ranked second to last, No.3, and Tian Ailing finally appeared in the ninth place.

Compared with the first eight actors, Tian Ailing is the youngest and the most handsome of all actors.

Before the people from Zhangjialing Village played, many audiences were excited. Tian Ailing's lively and lovely dress of Xiaojiabiyu caused bursts of applause from the audience.

When the people in Zhangjialing Village realized that it was their turn to play, Tian Ailing was about to start performing, but everyone didn't expect her to choose a section from "Hanging Paintings" in Qin Opera.

There are very few singing parts in this play, and it is mainly about hard work in performance.Tian Ailing's thin body jumped up and down on a stool, which surprised the audience.

(End of this chapter)