Memoirs of Yuan Shihai (70) People with Hearts Jun Qiu wished

The sign in front of the Tianjin China Grand Theater reads: "Zhang Junqiu and Yuan Shihai performed "Farewell to the Overlord."

In the makeup room, I sat in front of the mirror, smeared a white background on my face, and gently straightened the polished makeup mirror with my hand, so that the light of the desk lamp was more strongly refracted on the mirror, making my face clearer in the mirror. I used my middle finger to dip some soybean oil, pot cigarettes, and evenly, smeared a "tongtian" from the eyebrows to the top of the head, smeared two lines from the sides of the nose socket along the corner of the mouth to the chin, and then used my middle finger to trace the "fish eye socket" of the xiang yu. Then, take a pen from the pen holder and dip it in the steamed white powder mixed with honey and start contouring the line. Xiang Yu was known for his bravery, but he was also self-conscious, and his predecessors created fish-shaped eyes, shouzi eyebrows, and a mournful face without smiling. The face I hooked is basically modeled on Mr. Yang Xiaolou's overlord face, and combined with his own face shape, which is slightly different from Mr. Jin Shaoshan's Xiang Yu face.

I began to use the gray pen to tick the eyebrows of Shou Zi, while ticking the deep feeling, this time with Jun Qiudi in Tianjin China Grand Theater co-performance this issue, he has put the goals and ideals we built together a few years ago, through efforts to achieve step by step...

Trains from Qingdao speed through the fields. After Mr. Ma Lianliang's Fufeng Society performance in Qingdao, we took the bus back to Beiping. The long journey is really boring, especially the weather is hot, the air in the carriage is very stuffy, the fairy squints and rests, and I can't sit still, so I get up and go to the door to breathe.

Jun Qiu was also standing in the doorway, he was looking out the window at the endless yellow land, I came over, he did not notice, it seems that he seems to be thinking about something, inconvenient to disturb, I did not greet him, but also looked out of the window thinking about his return to Beiping to worship the master.

"Big Brother!

"Oh," I agreed, smiled, and asked again, "what do you think when you look out the window?" I'm not bothering you. ”

"Bullshit! Big brother, you say, what will my future be?" Jun Qiu smiled shyly, and then asked me very seriously. I looked at his thick eyebrows, God's eyes, handsome and smooth face, and said to him without hesitation: "It is also necessary to say that your appearance is outstanding, your voice is high, bright, and crisp, and you are already one of the four little celebrities, and you have great prospects for development!" Why are you asking me this?"

"Sometimes I often wonder, how should I go? To be honest, I was a little confused. ”

He asked this question frankly enough, perhaps because we had known each other for many years and got along well with each other.

The first time we met, it was when I was about to leave school, and Mr. Shang Xiaoyun was enthusiastic about helping Fu Liancheng. Shi Fang, Shi Lai, Sheng Chang, I often go to Mr. Shang's house to learn drama. Mr. Shang always wants to improve our lives, that day after eating the lamb slice shabu-shabu sent by Liang Yixuan, he was watching Mr. Shang write in the east living room, and the steward Mr. Zhao Yankui said that an old Mr. Yuan from xicao factory in the family pit came to visit and invited Mr. Shang to the large living room. When Mr. Shang returned from the meeting, as soon as he entered the door, he said to us happily: "Hurry up Ming'er, I have added another little friend to you, his name is Zhang Junqiu." After that, Because Junqiu had written to Mr. Li Lingfeng as an apprentice, Mr. Shang was inconvenient to accept him as his apprentice, but he thought that Junqiu's appearance and voice were good, and still valued him, so junqiu also participated in our activities. As mentioned earlier, among the group photos that Mr. Shang took us to Peking University Photo Studio was Jun Qiu. At that time, Jun Qiu was only fourteen years old, and he also called me the eldest brother with Shi Fang, and I was four years older than him. When we first met, the deepest impression he left on us was that his voice and demeanor were very similar to those of a girl. Mr. Zhao Yankui often loves to learn the tone and image of his speech, which makes us laugh incessantly. Gradually, we got to know each other, knowing that Junqiu's mother, like Shifang's mother, was also an actor, named Zhang Xiuqin, singing Hebei Zizi. His family was poor, and his father was forced to go south to earn a living and be raised by his mother. His mother was reluctant to send her only son to Fulian Cheng to study art, and finally wrote to Mr. Li Lingfeng. Mr. Li was a disciple of Mr. Wang Yaoqing and taught Jun Qiu some Qingyi plays. Jun Qiu acted on stage in Mr. Shang's class.

A few years later, the Shanghai Golden Grand Theatre was taken over by Jin Tingsun, renovated, added more advanced facilities, and hung a large plaque of "standard flat opera" at the door, which was changed to a theater specializing in Peking Opera. Jin Tingsun invited Mr. Ma Lianliang to perform in Shanghai and held a curtain-raising ceremony at the Golden Theater. According to Mr. Ma, at this time, Huang Guiqiu of Danjiao of the Fufeng Society had left, and he felt that the Danjiao Lin Qiuwen found in Shanghai was slightly softer, and he was looking for Danjiao who could sing with him. By chance, Mr. Ma went to Zhonghe Garden to see Master Lei Xifu's "A Stick of Snow" and "Trial Head Thorn Soup", and found Zhang Junqiu, who played Cheng Xueyan, saying that his appearance and voice were impeccable, his singing was also very regular, and although his performance was slightly worse, he was still young and could still be created. So Mr. Ma asked Junqiu to go to Shanghai and hang up two cards, and performed plays such as "Three Niangs Teaching Son" and "Su Wu Shepherd" at the Golden Theater, which became a hit. At this time, I was performing with Mr. Shang for the first time at the China Grand Theatre in Shanghai.

Later, I also participated in the Fufeng Society, and got along well with Junqiu, so Junqiu asked sincerely and bluntly, and I also said bluntly: "From the perspective of your future, you should pick a class!" You see, among the four little names, Shi Fang said that he has already picked up the title of "Little Mei Lanfang", and Mao Shilai and Song Dezhu have also picked classes to sing all over the north and south, and with your voice and appearance, I don't believe you can't pick the class. ”

Jun Qiu smiled, and there was a little more confidence between his eyebrows. He said, "Well, I'll try!"

He was saying it to himself and to me.

My words encouraged him and his words moved me. I also became excited. I put my elbow on the door frame of the carriage, made myself stand firmer, no longer shook with the car, and pushed my heart to say to him: "If you want to pick a shift, you must rehearse more, you must move your waist and legs more, walk your feet, and practice your body." Pick the class, always sing "Three Niang Godson" can not succeed, play "The Legend of the White Snake" just by singing "Sacrifice Tower" with the voice to suffer losses, always have to play a set of fast guns in "Golden Mountain Temple"! The four famous dans are all able to sing, fight, and dance, and you have to practice the sword sleeve that can cope with "Beiji", and the drama path is wide to pick the class. While you're young, practicing a little bit is a little..."

As I was talking, the carriage door was swept up by the wind, and the elbow that put me on the door frame hurt, and it was a shame that I did not hold the door frame with my hand, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

Thinking of this, I couldn't help but stroke my right elbow with my hand, which was holding a brush for hooking my face, as if the pain was still there after decades.

Later, Mr. Zhao Yankui promised his daughter to Junqiu, helped Junqiu form the Qianhe Society, hired many famous artists to cooperate and support, and performed everywhere, with good results.

In recent years, I have performed more in Shanghai, and I have never had the opportunity, this time in Tianjin, Junqiu specially asked me to cooperate, and I agreed with great emotion. Today's performance of "Overlord Farewell" confirmed that Jun Qiu is a person with a heart.

I received a letter from home, saying only that Yu Xian had given birth, and nothing else. Before I came to Tianjin, her physical condition was getting worse and worse, and my mother-in-law and mother kept comforting me not to worry, everything would be fine after giving birth, so I was very worried about her postpartum situation. But it was not said in the letter, and my heart became more and more uneasy.

During this period, Jun Qiu gave me a script for a new play "The Record of QiLie". This is based on the play "Double Cuiyuan" in the "Legend of Qiushuitang" by an influential opera composer in the Qing Dynasty, Xia Bingheng. The main plot is that the ming dynasty prostitute Wang Cuiqiao is bought off by the governor Hu Zongxian, who lures the grass hero Xu Hai (also said to be a pirate) to surrender, and finally kills Xu. I play Xu Hai, jun qiu as Wang Cuiqiao. During the performance, the naval battle began, I played with the gun, the gun was thrown on the flower and did not catch it, the gun fell off, and I got the reverse color.