Wenhao: This child has been smart since he was young

Chapter 159 Let's change it to a children's play
The activities were led by the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and then the tasks were assigned to the Federations of Literary and Art Circles in various provinces and cities. So, you know why the Writers Association had no choice, right? Because it was just an execution unit from beginning to end.

The vice chairman of the Fog City Federation of Literary and Art Circles was the final reviewer. She looked at the twelve articles from Fog City.

Vice Chairman Shen can be said to be a living signboard of Sichuan Opera, the fifth actress to win the Plum Blossom Award, and she is not even fifty years old yet...

Everyone knows that the Plum Blossom Award is the highest award for domestic drama performances, and the Plum Blossom Grand Prize is a commonly accepted title in the industry. As long as one wins the Plum Blossom Award three times, it can be said that one has won the Plum Blossom Grand Prize - Chairman Shen is the fifth person in history.

"They are all familiar faces." Chairman Shen took a quick glance and recognized almost all of them.

The drama circle and the writer circle actually have very close contacts. A good drama actor needs acting skills, but he also needs good works to complement each other. Chairman Shen's famous work "Gold" was adapted from Cao Yu's famous work "Wilderness".

Many of the authors are also famous playwrights.

"Hmm? Gu Lu... This is a new writer." Chairman Shen looked at the only unfamiliar name and checked the writer's information.

[Gu Lu, born on February 1996, 2, from Yongchuan, the foggy city, a famous children's novelist, an excellent student...] This date of birth almost made Chairman Shen think that the information was wrong, but the "excellent student" at the end proved that the previous one was correct.

Chairman Shen couldn't help but smile. He thought, is there nothing more to write about the information? Even the outstanding students have been brought up.

There were only three manuscripts sent by the writer. Chairman Shen looked at this one first and read several hundred words in one go, with very rich emotions.

Chinese teachers should have taught that using long paragraphs of parallel sentences in an essay will make the article very powerful. To be precise, the same is true for speeches. In "If There Was No Li Bai", three quarters of the content is parallelism.

So it was very smooth!

In addition, the level of parallelism is also good, as if Chairman Shen particularly likes this paragraph:
[If there were no Li Bai, we would probably have to memorize fewer Tang poems and use fewer idioms.

Speaking of childhood, there is no childhood sweetheart.

When it comes to love, there is no such thing as unforgettable.

Speaking of enjoyment, there is no family happiness.

Speaking of generosity, I don't mean spending money lavishly.

...]
"It's very good." Chairman Shen immediately decided that if the other eleven articles were not much better than the others, he would submit "If There Was No Li Bai".

All twelve articles can be published in "Hongyan", but there is only one spot to compete for "People's Literature" if reported to the higher authorities. Chairman Shen believes that more opportunities should be given to young people.

Next, Chairman Shen read through the remaining two articles and found that "If There Was No Li Bai" was the best.

She knew that even though most writers' manuscripts had not yet been written, the writers who were assigned writing tasks might not have taken it seriously. It would be an exaggeration to say that they were perfunctory, but they still treated it as a task and did not have any feelings about it.

It's normal that the four municipalities plus so many provinces are competing for a place in People's Literature? The most important thing is participation.

After finishing her work at the Fog City Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Chairman Shen cannot rest either, as there is still the matter of the Fog City Theater. She currently holds several positions, not only is she the director of the Ichikawa Theater, but she is also the main leader of the reform of the Municipal Theater.

During the period when Chairman Shen served as the director of the Sichuan Opera House, she brought new vitality to the theater, and therefore she, who had successful experience, was given more responsibilities.

"It is a good idea to set up a youth art center in the city drama theater. Tianjin, Beijing, and Shanghai have already established children's drama theaters. There are successful examples in front of us." Chairman Shen thought.

The economic and cultural atmosphere of the Fog City is far behind those of the other three cities, so it is not capable of running a children's theater alone, but it can set up a youth art center under the aegis of the city.

"There are just no good scripts." Chairman Shen was also helpless. The current children's play scripts are still Snow White, Cinderella, The Monkey King, etc., which are very old-fashioned and repeated.

The debuts of the Youth Art Center are all such old scripts, which makes the whole tone fall. "The Little Prince", "Ma Xiaotiao Series", "Shuke and Beta"...

Chairman Shen held in his hand a list sent by the secretariat, which contained the top five best-selling fairy tale novels in recent times.

Ma Xiaotiao, Shuke and Beita are all very famous. The writer of the former, Yang Hongying, is from Sichuan and Chongqing, but it is not suitable to be adapted into a drama.

To put it simply, children's plays are not performed by teenagers, but rather adults performing stories that children like. Strictly speaking, Ultraman fighting monsters is also a children's play.

A drama should at least be a little bit fantastical. Ma Xiaotiao’s story is too real-life and children don’t like to watch it.

"The story setting of "Shuke and Beta" is too large and not suitable for the stage." Chairman Shen set his sights on "The Little Prince", the best-selling fairy tale in the foggy city this year.

It's normal that Chairman Shen doesn't know "The Little Prince" because it's just a fairy tale book with a national sales volume of more than 300,000 copies. It's also normal that he hasn't heard of Gu Lu's name, after all, Gu Lu's fame has not yet broken through the education circle and the writer circle...

"It turns out that the author of The Little Prince is Gu Lu. He has a best-selling book before he is 18 years old. He is a genius writer." Chairman Shen saw the author's introduction on the front flap of the book, which was exactly the same as the introduction of the author in the previous submitted article.

So, Chairman Shen bought "The Little Prince" on the way home and read it after arriving home. After reading it, Chairman Shen was surprised to find that this was very suitable for being adapted into a children's play.

The requirements for stage props are not high, and the little prince travels between the planets, which has a fantasy color.

"Buy the copyright and adapt it into a stage play." Chairman Shen made the decision directly. The author is from Fog City, and as the opening play of the Children's Cultural Center of Fog City Drama Theater, it will definitely make a splash.

Chairman Shen quickly advanced——

At school, Gu Lu also has troubles.

"How can I make my voice less nervous? I shot the video and recorded it several times, and my throat is very dry." Gu Lu asked the professional.

"Nervous?" Zhang Liwan asked, "Do you want to appear in person when recording the video?"

"It's not a real person, so the camera probably can't capture my head." Gu Lu responded, "And if I completely turn off the camera and only record the sound, I will also be nervous and won't be able to express the emotions I want to express."

"Since the camera can't even capture your head, what are you worried about?" Zhang Liwan wondered. "Besides, you're only recording sound, so no one knows what you're doing. Even if you pick your toes, no one will know. Wouldn't that feel great?!"

Gu Lu stared at Zhang Liwan with a strange look.

"Pfft, pfft, pfft, I was just using an analogy. I definitely wouldn't pick my feet while recording a show," Zhang Liwan explained immediately. Seeing the doubt in the other person's eyes, "When our Time Radio was recording a show in the school broadcasting room, there must have been two or three classmates there. I wouldn't have been able to pick my feet if I wanted to. I don't have any anyway!"

Zhang Liwan asked, "Why are you nervous?"

“The main reason is that I’m afraid that many netizens will hear what I record and that I won’t be able to achieve the desired effect, which will make me feel stressed.” Gu Lu thought about it carefully.

"Great writers think differently. How many followers do you have on Weibo?" Zhang Liwan asked.

“Almost 200,000.” Gu Lu said, “But I won’t post it on Weibo, I’ll post it on Bilibili.”

"Bilibili?" Zhang Liwan wondered.

“It’s a place for people who like animation to communicate with each other,” said Gu Lu.

"Isn't that A Station?" Zhang Liwan said, "A Station is more famous, but this kind of website is all about discussing animation. Who cares if you post this? No one will read it. Why worry about it!"

(End of this chapter)