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Use superb acting skills to interpret the story behind "Red Ling"

When Zero Degree Oxygen finished talking about Dai Tianchuan and went back to watch the live stream, Nan Ye's final song was finally about to be performed!

[Finally, it's here. Two and a half hours have passed. I've almost waited until the flowers withered, but I've miraculously managed to watch until now.]

[Me too. It's the first time I've learned so much about traditional opera. It's truly profound and extensive. This trip wasn't in vain.]

[I always thought I couldn't accept traditional opera, but after actually experiencing it, it feels okay. It's not as difficult to accept as I imagined.]

[It's starting, it's starting, the live stream room is lit up...]

The news that Nan Ye would officially perform a traditional opera-style song had spread like wildfire.

Batch after batch of Netizens poured in frantically, directly breaking through 58 million viewers.

This was definitely the stage with the most live viewers that Nan Ye had ever experienced!

This time, the scene was quite grand, utilizing multiple camera angles and numerous traditional opera actors.

At this moment, text appeared on the screen. Everyone thought it was song information, but it wasn't:

On July 7, 1937, Little Japan launched the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, beginning its full-scale invasion of Great Xia.

In 1939, Hongcheng fell, and most areas of Jiangyou Province fell into the hands of the enemy invaders.

In Jiangyou Province, there was a small county town called Anyuan County.

After Little Japan attacked this place, they committed all sorts of atrocities within the county town.

In the county town, there was a famous traditional opera performer, whose water sleeves were soft and graceful, and Kunqu opera voice was enchanting, named Pei Yanzhi!

Thus, the officers of Little Japan specifically found the opera house in the city and demanded that Pei Yanzhi perform a show exclusively for them to comfort all the Little Japan soldiers.

If Pei Yanzhi dared to refuse, then Little Japan would burn down the entire opera house and even the county town, and no one would escape death.

...

The appearance of this text was to allow people to better understand the story behind this song.

[Wow, I thought traditional opera-style songs were all about love and romance. I didn't expect this time it would involve national hatred and family vengeance.]

[This group of Little Japan are truly not human. Even now, they are not human. How dare they discharge nuclear wastewater? Just thinking about it makes me angry!]

[Was there really such a person in history? Did such a thing happen?]

[Whether it happened or not is not important. What's important is what kind of emotions and information this story wants to convey next!]

[The text has disappeared. Is it about to begin...]

[...]

The camera panned, arriving at the water-mirror stage. At this time, the stage was empty, but the set was already arranged, as if it could start at any moment.

As the camera moved, Netizens could see that the audience below the stage had changed. They were actually a group of actors wearing Little Japan military uniforms.

The officer sitting at the front was sitting with his legs crossed, his expression mocking and sarcastic.

"Pei Yanzhi... If you dare to refuse, dare to escape, I will kill everyone in the city!"

The soldiers behind were drinking wine and eating meat, talking and laughing unrestrainedly, completely disregarding Pei Yanzhi.

As if saying: These Chinese people, I thought they had a lot of backbone, but they're just like that!

With the description from the text just now, everyone could understand the cause and effect.

Although it was just acting, it was enough to make the audience grit their teeth.

This scene wasn't very long. The camera turned and arrived at the dressing room.

At this moment, Nan Ye was sitting in front of the mirror, stroke by stroke, applying the makeup for the stage performance.

In fact, ever since """hundred birds paying homage to the phoenix""", he had been applying makeup until now, with just a few strokes remaining for filming purposes.

Coupled with the full set of opera costumes, he truly looked like a traditional opera actor.

[Ahhhh, it's my first time seeing Xiao Ge with this kind of makeup. He's actually so handsome!]

[Xiao Ge's face shape was already good; it was just his skin tone was a bit dark. Now that this makeup covers his skin tone, the effect is naturally better.]

[He's put in the effort, he's put in the effort. I didn't expect Xiao Ge to actually put on makeup specifically for this stage. You know, this guy has never paid attention to his image.]

[You're talking about that time on the island, right? Hahaha...]

"Yanzhi, do you really want to perform for them? It's still not too late to escape now..."

The person speaking was Pei Yanzhi's senior brother.

"Senior Brother, a line from the great Tang Dynasty poet Du Mu, 'Merchants' daughters know not the sorrow of a fallen land, across the river they still sing 'Flowers of the Back Garden''.

It once demeaned the status of ancient opera performers to the extreme, forever unable to rise again.

Are we to be as unbearable as he wrote?

At a time when all the people in the city are in danger, if we don't step forward, who else will step forward!

Are we going to exchange the lives of everyone in the city for our own ignoble survival?

Although I am just an opera performer!

But I am no worse than those self-proclaimed noble scholars!"

This voice was powerful and resonant!

This voice was resolute and determined!

It made the hearts of the audience tremble.

The people who were just now joking around all put away their playful thoughts at this moment.

Their expressions gradually became solemn!

Actually, Nan Ye was afraid he wouldn't perform well, so he specifically exchanged for Acting Mastery from the system.

With the blessing of this skill, this part was naturally a piece of cake.

He knew what kind of tone, expression, and actions he needed to use at what time...

It was precisely this kind of penetrating acting that instantly brought the character "Pei Yanzhi" to life.

Even the actor Ke Dan, who was acting opposite Nan Ye, was a little confused, as if the person in front of him was none other than Pei Yanzhi.

It was this kind of illusion that made him suddenly speak: "Yanzhi, tell me, what do you need me to do!"

A second after he finished speaking, he knew he had screwed up, because this part wasn't in the original rehearsal at all.

Nan Ye glanced at him in surprise. This guy actually added lines for himself?

Or was he too deeply immersed in the role?

But at this moment, after all, it was a nationwide live broadcast. No matter what, he had to continue!

"Senior Brother, are you afraid of death?"

Ke Dan knew he had said the wrong thing. Since Nan Ye helped him save face, he naturally had to continue.

"If you're not afraid, what am I afraid of!"

"Okay, then Senior Brother, help me prepare a fire!"

Ke Dan stared at Nan Ye blankly for several seconds. He didn't ask why, but said in a deep voice, "Okay!"

After that, he left in a hurry.

Nan Ye had also just finished his makeup, flicked his long sleeves, and then looked at himself in the mirror repeatedly.

That kind of disgust, that kind of unwillingness, that kind of reluctance, that kind of compassion...

Were all written on his face.

His eyes were full of drama!

Suddenly, he forcefully threw the makeup box in his hand.

The mirror shattered in response!

It was truly shattered!

"Better to be shattered jade than intact tile!"

His voice was hoarse, and also resolute!

"Hahaha~"

Nan Ye let out a few loud laughs, and then strode towards the stage!

This scene ended here, but the audience couldn't pull themselves out of it:

[Holy crap, if it weren't for the comments in the live stream room, I would have thought I was watching a movie. This acting is truly amazing!]

[Is it just my imagination? I feel like I saw the Pei Yanzhi from back then!]

[This part is a perfect score! You know, this is a live broadcast. It has to be done in one take. There's no chance for you to mess up!]

[I've watched some actors filming on set, and none were this amazing, unless it was under specific circumstances or they encountered actors of the same level, could they perform like this.]

[Just from this part alone, I know the next song definitely won't be simple!]

[...]

Behind the stage, President Jiang also got goosebumps all over.

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