Wu Haochen, a young actor who has participated in the hit dramas "Ode to Joy" and "Langya List", is a guest of honor for the second episode of "Drama New Life", and he comes to do one thing: sell tickets.
In Wuzhen, the holy land of Chinese drama, Wu Haochen ran on the street to sell tickets, and there were few responders among tourists, so he sold tickets at a discount of 100 yuan, but he still couldn't sell them at a 50% discount, and he had to say helplessly: You say as much as you want.
The tourist on the opposite side proposed a ticket for 10 yuan, he was going to agree, at this time the female tourist made an additional request to take a photo with him, which he could not accept.
He waved his hand and refused: Please "Teacher", play.
Wu Haochen said: I can't make my brother act for ten yuan.
Ticket prices are in a way a theatrical human dignity.
In the end, it may be a straw that overwhelms the camel, and it may be a small request that breaks a person' heartlessness.
Wu Haochen is still not sophisticated and sleek enough, he can sell a ticket cheaply, but when taking a photo with a person who does not respect drama, he cannot accept it.
How much is a good theatrical performance worth?
01
At the beginning of this issue, the first president of the drama commune was also elected by the vote of 7 theater people, the eldest brother Liu Xiaoye was elected, and Lai Shengchuan presented him with the brooch of the leader.
In the opening program group set up a pit drama person's mini-game (those who have seen "Extreme Challenge" will definitely say that the good guys are familiar with this set), a few buddies who do not understand the game rules donated all the money earned in the last game as public funds, and did not keep living expenses for themselves.
Qiao Shan appeared as the logistics director of the Drama Commune, and he announced the latest rules of the game for the drama experiment: the commune's public funds can only be used for performances, not for private living expenses; when all receivables are recovered from each performance, if the money in the public account is less than half, the circuit breaker mechanism will be activated, and the president will face punishment.
The promoter, Teacher Huang Lei, raised two realistic questions: open source and throttling.
Open source is to make money, but you can't wait until they make new plays to earn money, and before that, you have to make a living for yourself, and you can take out their mature works that have won awards before making money first.
In terms of throttling, Chef Huang has more experience: instant noodles, eggs and ham sausages, and the army hot pot is eaten.
Huang Lei, the old fox, also reminded these dramatists: If you really lose money in the future, be careful of the chase shop that the director lets you sleep in the auditorium.
Old Fritter Wu Pi has begun to fantasize: When we earn two thousand yuan a day, we will eat restaurants every day.
The current reality is green vegetable egg noodles. When they first came to steal the vegetables of the scenic spot, they were caught with conclusive evidence, and the money was first fined 227 yuan by the scenic staff.
So a group of theater people rubbed their fists together and prepared to start their money-making plan.
02
They first established the commercial performance repertoire, Wu Pi's "Still", Liu Tianqi's "Chicken and Rabbit in the Same Cage", both of which are award-winning works of the youth competition of the previous Wuzhen Drama Festival.
The venue of the performance, they chose the Bengwan Theater, which is famous because the Wuzhen Drama Festival is held here, and later the scenic spot changed the name of the surrounding place to: Bengwan in the name of the theater.
At the beginning, Huang Lei chose this place as the venue for the youth competition of the Wuzhen Drama Festival, he said: Because there are many mussels in Mussel Bay, each mussel may hide a wonderful pearl.
This beautiful allegory is also Huang Lei's expectations for young dramatists.
When the dramatists Three Fools Xiurui, Liu Tianqi and Liu Xiaoyi came to negotiate with the theater staff, they reported Huang Lei's name, and the result was useless (it is estimated that the director calculated).
Liu Xiaoyi, the black hole of the negotiation, even raised the 10,000 yuan field rent that had already been discussed to 15,000 yuan, and the demand put forward was that as long as the first credit account was allowed.
Xiu Rui's jaw was about to fall off, no, he couldn't seem to see his chin.
Surprised, the theater manager helped him round the field: or you should discuss it again.
In the end, they completed the negotiations in the form of 3,000 yuan in advance and 7,000 yuan after the performance, and the venue problem was solved.
But the biggest problems and challenges also come, if the ticket can not be sold to 10,000 yuan, you have to lose money, as well as their labor costs, and their previous several consecutive day and night rehearsals, these are calculated, do not sell to 15,000 yuan, I think it is a loss.
On the first day of commercial performance, can they earn money?
03
Liu Xiaoyi proposed to pull the bar's sponsorship to reduce the cost, and Xiu Rui, who was lazy and cancer-level ten, said that the bar owner was a fool before agreeing.
As a result, Liu Xiaoyi really negotiated a 1,000 yuan sponsorship, a female boss who sold bags, and she could get free tickets and advertise her shop before the drama was broadcast.
Liu Xiaoyi and Ding Yiteng sold art on the street together, and they said that it was the artist's "begging" to lay down his body, which could inspire their creation.
Ding Yiteng held the ukulele while playing and singing, and Liu Xiaoyi shouted and collected money on the side, the effect was not bad, they earned 127 yuan.
On the business performance day, two o'clock in the afternoon is the time of the first performance, and the most outstanding performance among the ticket salesmen is Wu Haochen, as the eighth dramatist, he wants to submit a reliable "letter of submission" as soon as possible.
Before the first performance, Wu Haochen successfully took down a female leader who admired him, and successfully pulled all the forty people they were building into the theater, which also made a good start for their first commercial performance.
After that, Wu Haochen continued to sell tickets for the second performance, and there was the scene before the start, several tourists wanted to see the performance, but the ticket price they gave was extremely hurtful, and Wu Haochen gave up their "charity".
However, what followed was a warm scene, a big sister next to her said to Wu Haochen: How much do you want to pay, I will transfer as much as you want, support it.
Wu Haochen only received 50 yuan, and he said I can't deceive a person who supports me.
When night fell, they received a total of about 8,000 yuan of ticket money, and it is estimated that the desire to make money on the first day is basically difficult to achieve.
Putting aside the money thing first, let's talk about their work.
04
The first official commercial performance program was "Chicken and Rabbit in the Cage", the director and screenwriter was Liu Tianqi, and the starring actors were Liu Tianqi and Xiu Rui.
Xiu Rui plays a daughter who goes to elementary school, and Liu Tianqi plays a father who is in prison.
The scene proved that just two chairs and two good actors were enough to prop up a play.
The conversation between father and daughter is short in parents, the father is very serious about the daughter, the daughter complains to the father who is bullied by the school, the daughter is distressed by the adolescent love, the father tells the daughter about the love process between himself and his wife.
Later, the daughter said that her mother had found a new love, and they would go abroad to start a new life, which may be the last time the daughter will see her father.
The daughter asked the father what he was most afraid of, and the father said that if you look at the watch, he is afraid that he will never have time to see his daughter again.
In the hysterical cries of the daughter, in the lonely back of the father, the story ended.
This scene is too lethal for a father, especially a father with a daughter, and it is an instant to prevent crying into a ghost.
Cherish those moments with your daughter, especially when she hasn't grown up yet and she's dependent on her father.
The second scene is "Still", the director and screenwriter is Wu Pi, and the main actors are Wu Pi and Liu Xiaoye.
Before the performance, Wu Pi shouted: I must find a female audience, otherwise this play cannot be performed.
The play tells an adult story, and in order to take care of the tv broadcast, cuts and modifications were made, after all, the original work is about the adult path of a sperm.
This drama begins with the form of storytelling and the audience nagging, and then adopts the form of some operas, passing on a kind of inheritance of the master and the apprentice, the apprentice art becomes a mountain, the master gives a lamp, wishing him a bright future.
The completion of the adult ceremony is to find Xiao Lan, only after the apprentice kisses Xiao Lan, he can become an adult, no wonder Wu Pi wanted a female audience before, it was so.
Adults are not easy, adults should cherish, all say that everyone is the descendant of the brave, because adults alone have to have one hundred millionth of luck, because everyone must defeat hundreds of millions of competitors before finding Xiaolan.
It's so difficult to break through, what else in this life is there that you don't dare to face?
Above, the text narrative is less than one ten-thousandth of the charm of the drama, and I really envy these audiences who can watch such a good performance after spending dozens of dollars.
postscript
Each episode of "New Life in Drama" is divided into two episodes, and the total length of one episode is more than three hours, and two-thirds of the time is spent telling the story behind the scenes of the dramatist.
In fact, it is also possible to watch the last hour of the next episode of each issue, but with more preparation, the final work will be fuller and more fleshy.
Some people performed the stage, some people ran outside the field and shouted, and some warm-hearted sisters said to the anxious Wu Haochen: See you are just in a hurry (so support it).
Yeah, don't worry, hold on, respect and understand that your audience is already running towards you.
Do you think they made money on their first day of commercial performances?
The comments section tells you.
THE END !