Dramas are different from movies.

There are close-ups and various scenes in the movie, which destined that the performances of the movie actors need to be meticulous, because every small expression and action of theirs cannot escape the capture of the camera and then magnified. The drama is performed on the stage, and the nearest audience is several meters away from them, and the distance is even more than ten or twenty meters away. Therefore, the drama needs to be appropriately exaggerated and the force must be high so that the audience can see what they want to express.

The students of Nanyi on the stage rehearsed well, and were in a proper manner, and were indeed not on the same level as the performances organized by the street office themselves.

"Don't just talk about me, tell me about you, Director Du. I really didn't expect you to live in our street. How are you doing recently?"

Facing Zhu Qian's inquiry, Du An smiled, "How is this happening to me, the people across the country should have seen it? I left the entertainment industry, went back to spend a short holiday, and then came back to Nanyang, planning to make a new movie." When he talked about the "new movie", he paid special attention to Zhu Qian's expression.

Nothing has changed.

It seems that she has really given up acting.

"That's pretty good..."

The two chatted, and the rehearsal of the students on the stage came to an end, and it ended in a short while. They packed up their things, stepped down from the stage, greeted Zhu Qian and left, leaving behind a few old men sitting there, including Zhu Qian and Du An.

Zhu Qian raised her hand and looked at the table below, stood up, "Director Du, then I'll leave first, if you have time in the evening, come and support our street office."

Du An smiled and said "Okay". Seeing Zhu Qian turning around and leaving, he suddenly said, "Zhu Qian, have you watched "Thunderstorm"?"

Zhu Qian turned her body over again, "I've seen it, what's wrong?"

Duane said: "Anyway, I'm fine in the afternoon. If you're fine, let's go on stage and have fun?"

Zhu Qian stared at Du An for a while, not knowing what Du An mean, and finally shook her head and chuckled, "Forget it, Director Du, I can't remember even my lines."

Du An refused to give in: "It doesn't matter if you don't remember the lines. Just play and just say it casually. I don't remember the lines very much. It's just wherever you say it. I'm idle, and no one reads it anyway. What are you afraid of? Anyway, you're going back and you're going to read newspapers, drink tea and wait for get off work. How boring."

"No."

"bring it on."

...

After all, Zhu Qian could not resist Du An's pull and was dragged to the stage helplessly.

"Let's do this, let's go to the first reunion between Zhou Puyuan and Shiping. I will play Zhou Puyuan and you will play Shiping."

Duane said this to Zhu Qian, then pulled a table next to her and placed it in the center of the stage.

Then, Duane stood in a good position and said to Zhu Qian: "Let's go!"

They began.

The old people sitting scattered in the audience continued to bask in the sun. Seeing that the new Secretary Zhu from the street office and a young man came on stage, they looked at him curiously for a few glances, and then withdrew their eyes after a few seconds. They chatted as they should, and dozed out as they should, and the lazy sunshine in the afternoon continued to spread out the courtyard.

"Is this the raincoat that my wife found?"

Duane asked, pointing at the table—in fact, there was nothing on the table.

Zhu Qian looked at him with a strange look, as if something was hidden, "Probably yes."

Duane shook his head, "No, it's not this one. This one is new. I want my old raincoat. You can turn around and tell your wife."

"Um."

...

"Thunderstorm" is a drama created by Mr. Cao Yu. In a very short time of twenty-four hours, it concentrated on the grudges and hatreds of the Zhou and Lu families for 30 years, showing a life tragedy, and analyzing the deep sins of society and history. This drama is hailed as "the cornerstone of Chinese drama realism", occupies an important position in the history of Chinese drama and is a classic among classics. Several classic excerpts have been included in the compulsory courses in textbooks, which shows its importance.

Now the passage they performed is also excerpted from the textbook, so Duane can remember it roughly.

“…Who told the window to be opened?”

Zhu Qian naturally walked to the direction Duan pointed, closed the window, walked slowly over, and was about to leave.

Duane looked at her with a strange look and suddenly said, "Stop."

Zhu Qian stopped and did not turn around.

Duane's eyes were filled with admiration in the place she could not see.

This is a natural actor. His depressed emotions are expressed very well. They are not too hot, but they are also jumping under the calm skin, dormant, ready to jump out at any time. The movements are also neat and without dragging on the slut, and the rhythm is very well mastered.

So far, he is very satisfied, and it can be seen that the leisurely life of state cadres has not stripped off the talent of acting from Zhu Qian. He even feels that Zhu Qian now has more of a calm power than when filming "Saw", and the smell of fireworks is gone.

Can she do more?

Du An stared at her back, thinking so, and then became interested, and his tone suddenly changed, "You are your surname~"

Full of frivolous flavor.

Zhu Qian was stunned for a moment and then recovered, turned around and replied, "My surname is Lu." Her eyes were still trying to speak, which was fascinating.

"Subject to Lu?"

Duan took a step forward, his eyes flashing with a hint of charm, "Your accent is not like that of a northerner."

Zhu Qian avoided Du An's eyes. Whenever she touched her eyes, she immediately hid like a frightened quail, "By the way, I'm not, I'm Jiang Su's." Her hands were entangled in front of her lower abdomen, and she wanted to refuse.

...

"A young lady from the Mei family is very virtuous and very regular."

Du An said lazily, with a sarcasm flashing in his eyes, "One night, I suddenly jumped into the river and died, and then... do you know?"

He changed his acting career again.

Zhu Qian can completely keep up.

Zhu Qian looked at Du An calmly, "I know a girl named Mei, but I dare not say it."

Duane raised his eyebrows and said, "Let's talk."

Zhu Qian said: "I know the girl named Mei. She is not a lady, nor is she virtuous. I heard that she is not very lawful." Her tone was remote and she was a little melancholy.

...

"What are you doing when you ask about these things?"

Duan suddenly raised his head, staring at her like a hungry wolf, "This person has some relatives to us." His voice was gloomy, as if it came from under the Nine Netherworld, which made people feel creepy.

"relative?"

Zhu Qian tilted her head and looked back, her eyes flashing with a cruel and bloodthirsty light.

Duane licked her lips and smiled sinisterly, "We want to repair her grave."

Zhu Qian's eyes did not retreat at all, she pressed even harder, and took a step forward, "There's no need."

...

They were performing completely in the form of a movie. In the eyes of the old people in the audience whose eyesight and hearing had begun to deteriorate, they were just two people muttering on it, so they were even less interested in watching it.

The sun also began to set westward, the shadow of the courtyard wall gradually grew longer, and the temperature slowly dropped.

"Thirty years of hard work, you still found this place."

Du An suddenly shook his sleeves and looked at Zhu Qian coldly.

Is this back?

Zhu Qian immediately adjusted her emotions and looked at Du An angrily, with a tone of grief, "I didn't look for you, I didn't look for you, I thought you were dead long ago. I didn't expect you to come here today. This is God asking me to meet you here again." Her eyes were slightly red, and her eyes were already filled with mist.

Her hands were tightly pinching her waist, holding on to her clothes, and her whole emotions formed a unified whole.

Du An suddenly sighed: "Yes, God wants you to meet me again here."

Zhu Qian was really stunned now, "Director Du, it seems that the lines are not like this, right?"

Duan did not answer her, but smiled and said, "You still can't let go. Look, you still remember the lines are wrong."

Basically every actor has acted in "Thunderstorm", so he is not surprised by Zhu Qian's general lines.

Zhu Qian stopped talking, and her emotions quickly stopped. Finally, she smiled freely, "I have been struggling with this for so many years. How can I say I can't remember it, but I can't remember it."

"Why come back,"

Duane said to her, "Look, you can't let it go at all, so come back," he rushed to say without waiting for Zhu Qian to refuse, "This time it's not a special actor, not a supporting role, but a heroine, the real heroine! I remember when you finished filming "Saw" your scene, I told you that if I had the next movie, I would ask you to be the heroine. Now is the time for me to fulfill my promise."

Things in the world were unpredictable. He just said it casually at that time. He never expected that he would really have the next movie, and he didn't expect that he would really come to find Zhu Qian as the heroine in the end.

He stared at Zhu Qian tightly and saw Zhu Qian standing quietly.

It’s okay to let Zhang Jingchu go, Yang Gongru go, Zhang Guan go, and everyone else, but it’s not okay to let go of the person in front of you.

He was originally a little worried that Zhu Qian's acting skills would decline after changing careers, but through the performance just now, we can see that Zhu Qian's acting skills not only did not decline but were more advanced. So the more he looked at it, the more he felt that the role of Qi Wei was tailor-made for Zhu Qian, especially Zhu Qian's unrestrained temperament, which would definitely control this role very perfectly!

The sunset began to set, the heat dissipated, and the chill came. The old people below the stage stood up one by one and walked slowly outside. The old man who was napping before also woke up, tremblingly walking out step by step with a crutch, no one paid attention to the two people on the stage.

"You have to come."

Duane added another sentence, and continued to stare at Zhu Qian.

After a long time, Zhu Qian suddenly laughed.

"How should I tell my family?"

Duane's tense nerves suddenly relaxed, but he was still a little unsure: "Did you agree?"

"You said I must come, how could I refuse?"

“The right choice.”
To be continued...