Huayu: Starting from managing the Mahua FunAge Theater Troupe

Over the next month or so, as each chess piece was placed, time raced forward like a wild donkey.

After "Today's Happiness" was submitted for review, nothing happened.

"Struggle" is still going through the subject matter planning and project approval process.

The first round of the national tour for "Crazy Stone" is about to be completed.

The management work of the two long-term on-site teams has been further implemented.

The team leader is the deputy head of the company's administration department, who is responsible for administrative tasks such as scheduling, budgeting, logistics, and liaising with the theater.

The deputy team leader is concurrently held by the director and actors, and is responsible for the daily arrangements of artistic creation and rehearsals.

Each group has 28 people. Most plays don't need that many people. The group is further divided into two subgroups, A and B.

Actually, there are four performance groups.

During this period, I didn't rush to start acting, but instead underwent two months of specialized training as a comedy actor.

Among the newly recruited actors are amateurs like Dong Chengpeng and Chang Yuan, as well as professionally trained actors from vocational colleges. These people have absolutely no knowledge of comedy.

The training instructors were acting teachers invited from the Central Academy of Drama and the Beijing Film Academy, but they were all only mediocre.

Shen Feiyang originally planned to invite Zhang Songwen to be a training teacher, but Zhang Songwen was still filming "The Dragon's Strange Son-in-Law" in Guangdong at the time. The resume he submitted to Happy Twist was submitted with the help of his friends Zhou Yiwei and Lin Jiachuan.

In the end, only one and a half of the three showed up.

One is Lin Jiachuan, and the other is Zhang Songwen, who hasn't signed a contract yet.

Zhou Yiwei didn't come. He signed a contract with the "Deep Prison" production team in August and became the new generation of male lead in Hai Yan dramas.

Shen Feiyang has been busy for more than a month.

He wrote out the story framework for four stage plays: "The Earl of Wulong Mountain", "This Killer Is Not So Calm", "Mr. Donkey", and "Never Say Die".

"Earl of Mount Wulong" is the crown jewel of Happy Twist, with over 4000 performances on tour, more than some classic stage plays.

The story framework of "The Killer Is Not Calm" is based on the Japanese comedy film "The Magic Hour," but that film was only released in 2008. The one created now is an original work and is capable of supporting a national tour.

"Mr. Donkey" is a dark, absurd, satirical comedy, a blockbuster production with over 1000 performances, and it can certainly handle a national tour.

"Never Say Die" is also a classic production by Happy Twist, capable of supporting a national tour.

These four plays were not all performed by Shen Teng.

"The Earl of Wulong Mountain" was prepared for Shen Teng.

"This Killer Is Not So Calm" was prepared for Wei Xiang.

"Mr. Donkey" was prepared for Huang Bo.

"Never Say Die" was prepared for Ai Lun.

Wei Xiang, Huang Bo, and Ai Lun are the three employees of Happy Twist who have appeared on the stage of "Chinese Comedians" the second most times after Shen Teng. They have to lead other groups to perform and sell tickets, and the company also has to promote them so that new employees can see that veteran employees can improve and play leading roles.

Of course, these four plays are not exclusive to each person; they will be performed in rotation to increase the sense of novelty, since tickets need to be sold for a long time.

In addition to these formal productions, the troupe also develops some experimental productions. Long-term residencies require the regular introduction of new productions to maintain creativity and freshness.

Shen Feiyang also hopes that the company can incubate a thousand-show-level production.

……

October 10th, Sunday.

The first round of national tour of "Crazy Stone" came to a close at the Harbin Northern Theater.

The viewership rating of "Chinese Comedians" in Heilongjiang Province exceeded 40%, which is higher than that in Liaoning Province.

Without exaggeration, Shen Teng is more popular than Zhao Benshan in Heilongjiang.

The reason is simple: this is Shen Teng's hometown and home ground.

The villagers watched Shen Teng win the championship step by step.

The emotional bond between them is quite deep.

Originally, the national tour was supposed to end on October 24th, but the enthusiasm of the local people was so great that they came from all over Heilongjiang to watch the show. With the coordination of the vice mayor of Harbin in charge of cultural performances, the Happy Twist Troupe added seven more shows in Harbin.

Including the previous three shows, a total of ten performances were held in Harbin.

The Northern Theater has approximately 1800 seats, and several hundred standing tickets were added for each performance.

A total of 20,000 tickets were sold, with several hundred complimentary tickets, mainly for invited leaders, not only from Harbin but also from other cities in Heilongjiang, including the mayor of Qiqihar.

It's normal for the mayor to come and visit when a big star emerges from our hometown.

Shen Feiyang was sitting in the first row of the Northern Theater, chatting with the mayor of his hometown.

This leader was later brought down.

Shen Feiyang dared not try to build relationships with the leaders in Northeast China.

As for the suggestion that Shen Teng should go back to his hometown to visit when he has time, Shen Feiyang let it go in one ear and out the other.

However, Shen Feiyang verbally agreed to things like promoting local specialties.

The mayor felt that Shen Feiyang was not very enthusiastic about his hometown and was overly wary of it.

Whoosh whoosh whoosh whoosh~

As the performance began, everyone's attention was drawn to the stage, and they clapped.

Two hours later, around 9 p.m., the performance ended.

Shen Teng, along with all the staff, including Shen Feiyang, went on stage to take a bow.

The applause from the audience was thunderous and continuous.

Shen Teng, on behalf of the entire troupe, delivered a closing speech, announcing that they would be returning to Harbin to perform again.

A group of media people in the audience took photos to record the event.

……

After the performance, some people stayed behind to tidy up the props and other items.

The remaining group followed Shen Feiyang and Shen Teng to the Friendship Palace for the closing banquet.

The vice mayor, the mayor, leaders of Heilongjiang TV, and other leaders within the system were all invited to attend.

A group of the TV station's most beautiful women accompanied them.

Shen Feiyang didn't recognize any of them.

After several rounds of drinks and five courses of food,

It's coming to an end.

Wang Yueren, the director of Heilongjiang TV, sat down and toasted Shen Feiyang. He then discussed with Shen Feiyang, "Mr. Shen, do you think it would be possible to let Shen Teng come back to participate in the 2005 Heilongjiang TV Spring Festival Gala? The people of Heilongjiang really want to see him perform a skit on stage."

"Director Wang, you're too kind. We are all folk artists who rely on the support of the people to make a living. It is our honor to be able to perform on the Spring Festival Gala stage in our hometown and give a show to the people of our hometown. Don't worry, I will definitely arrange the time." Shen Feiyang lowered his posture and agreed without hesitation.

Heilongjiang TV wasn't the first station to invite Shen Teng to its local TV station's Spring Festival Gala. Recently, the Spring Festival Gala directing teams of various provincial TV stations have sent invitations to Happy Twist, specifically requesting Shen Teng to perform.

However, Shen Feiyang hasn't responded yet.

Although Heilongjiang TV doesn't have a high market share among all the national satellite channels, it's still a local channel. Moreover, Heilongjiang TV has been seeking change in the past two years, so there might be a suitable opportunity for cooperation.

Shen Feiyang deserves a precise answer.

Wang Yueren smiled and said, "President Shen is very straightforward. Don't worry, you won't be shortchanged on your appearance fee."

Participating in local TV station Spring Festival Galas will earn you an appearance fee, ranging from hundreds of thousands to as little as one or two hundred thousand yuan.

Shen Feiyang nodded slightly.