Chapter 57 Rehearsal
The venue Xiao Zhao prepared for the Master of Cooking Competition is located at the innermost part of the business district.
Jiang Wanwan said before that there are three restaurants in Starlight Theme Park.
In fact, there are far more than three restaurants in this once-busy amusement park.
The commercial area is located in the center of the amusement park, but from the size and topography of the rest area, it can be seen that the owner of this amusement park was once very ambitious.
If you use a drone to take aerial photography, you can clearly see that the business district is a huge oval. The center of the business district is a large square. There are several two- and three-story single-family buildings scattered around the square, and the outer circle is full of small shops. Including the square, all the roads in this area are paved with bluestone slabs. Because they have not been maintained for many years, many of the floor tiles have cracked.
The competition venue that Xiao Zhao chose was an abandoned restaurant with Ming and Qing architectural features.
The restaurant's sign hasn't been taken down yet, Delicious Building.
This name can be said to have been obtained rather perfunctorily.
The delicious building has a hanging mountain top that is very characteristic of Ming and Qing architecture. The exterior walls are ordinary white walls, and the windows are very modern sliding windows, two of which are broken. There are also many broken roof tiles. It is obvious that this restaurant has not received any maintenance or repair after being abandoned.
Because the windows are very modern, Xiao Zhao covered all the windows at the back of the restaurant with white cloth. As long as you don't deliberately take a close-up shot, you can't see anything unusual.
All the props that should be arranged have been arranged. 30 barbecue grills covered half of the square. There was even a banner behind the barbecue grills that read: Taiping Town's 1st God of Cooking Competition.
The pavilion on the east side of the square is an excellent viewing platform. There are small round stone tables and stone benches in the pavilion, which are probably provided by the pavilion.
Herbal tea soup, sugar-roasted chestnut stalls, sesame cake stalls, and candy man stalls have all been set up. Jiang Qi went to these stalls to take a closer look. From the outside, they all looked like ordinary stalls. Modern machines were hidden inside, and they were quite sophisticated.
The candy man stall has a row of candy man models, which are lifelike and very attractive.
Wang Erya was attracted.
"Originally, there was a musical fountain in the middle of the square. It is said that it broke down and the owner of this amusement park was too lazy to repair it. He simply asked workers to fill in the fountain, which was an advantage for us." Xiao Zhao pointed to a corner in the distance. , "There will be a camera set up there, and a camera will be added behind the pavilion. There will also be a camera teacher following the entire competition."
As soon as Xiao Zhao finished speaking, the staff who played other NPCs came.
Four men and three women had sweat on their faces, and it was obvious that they had just finished other work.
The leader was a young man in his early twenties. He smiled sheepishly at Xiao Zhao and said, "Brother Zhao, I'm sorry, I'm late. There are three clown costumes missing at the parent-child park, and the number of fireworks and ribbons is also missing. wrong."
"Have you found everything?" Xiao Zhao asked with a frown.
"I found two sets of clown uniforms, and I'm still looking for the others." The young man said with a grimace.
"Let's rehearse first. It's already 10:30. I won't be able to stay outdoors any later. These are all staff members of Galaxy Script Club. This is their leader, Boss Jiang Qijiang. Boss Jiang, this is Jiang Shu, please hurry up and review the words first, we will start the first rehearsal in five minutes."
Hearing what Xiao Zhao said, the other six staff members all looked at Jiang Shu. It was obvious that he was the leader among the seven people.
Jiang Shu skillfully took out the printed character relationship table from his trousers pocket, pointed to the seven characters circled on it, and said to Jiang Qi and the others: "Well, this is Boss Jiang, because we also received it temporarily. As for the task, except for me, no one has much experience in performing, so this activity is focused on you, and we will assist you. Our main job is to maintain order."
"My role is Agent Chen. I don't need to be too detailed in the rehearsal later. I just need to go through the opening and ending completely, omitting the middle part. When the time comes to enter the scene, try to look in the direction of the camera. When the photographer comes in the afternoon, Guys are all here, find the camera position before entering the venue, don’t look at the camera, look natural, the camera will capture your expressions, I will stand..." Jiang Shu, a professional, began to teach everyone how to stand and how to open the show.
"That's probably it. Do you have any questions?" Jiang Shu asked.
Jiang Wanwan raised her hand weakly: "My stall should have its back to the camera. Do I have to look at the camera when I start selling?"
Jiang Shu smiled and said: "What I just said about paying attention to the direction of the camera when entering the scene is referring to Brother Huang and Boss Jiang. The rest of us can act how we want to act, naturally it will be fine."
Jiang Wanwan understood that Huang Fugui was the protagonist, Jiang Qi was the boy who followed the protagonist, and the others were dispensable backgrounds and unimportant.
Seeing that everyone was almost ready, Xiao Zhao gave Jiang Qi a gong and drum, stepped aside, and the rehearsal officially began.
Everyone was in their places. Jiang Qi and Huang Fugui stood in a blind corner behind the delicious building that could not be seen from the direction of the square. When the official event begins tomorrow, Huang Fugui and Jiang Qi will appear on stage after all the players have arrived, introduce themselves and announce the start of the game.
The general background of the entire story will be told to everyone in the form of text before the players enter the game. More detailed story background and character background will be explained to players during the game by NPCs such as Liu Lan, Jiang Wanwan, Qin Can, Jiang Qi and Jiang Shu who have many lines and roles.
Jiang Qi counted down one, two, three in his mind and raised the gong stick. Just as he was about to strike it, Jiang Wanwan started shouting at the herbal tea stall.
"Herbal tea, a refreshing herbal tea that relieves summer heat, limited time offer, three yuan a bowl!"
There is no technique, it is all emotion.
Jiang Qi:?
Want to steal the show?
Jiang Qi struck the gong hard, and the sound was so loud that it almost deafened his ears. Jiang Wanwan's hawking voice stopped, and Huang Fugui walked out in time.
"Everyone, everyone, please be quiet for a moment." Huang Fugui smiled and clasped his fists in the empty square, acting very naturally.
Even if the six people except Jiang Shu have expressionless faces, they are just like the extras who only need to change clothes and walk behind the protagonist or lie on the ground like a dead body for 80 yuan a day. Because the money is not enough, they have no acting skills and work enthusiasm. Huang Fugui also performed at a normal level.
Thanks to the skills of Huang Fugui's true character, the rehearsal went smoothly. In the early stage, Jiang Qi only had to follow him with the gong, help the members to blow the gong to clear the way, quietly serve as a backdrop, and then blend in with the crowd to spread gossip when the game officially started.
Jiang Shu's acting skills are very natural. As a policeman who maintains order, he does not just fish in a daze like the other six people because there is no order to maintain. Instead, he consciously talks to Liu Lan and reveals information to the players.
The two were chatting happily. When Jiang Qi finished the scene and wanted to blend in with the crowd, he found that he couldn't get in the conversation at all, so he could only run to Jiang Wanwan and chat with Jiang Wanwan.
Jiang Wanwan and Qin Can, two sellers, in order to prove that their acting skills were not bad enough to make people laugh, they worked hard during rehearsals. They tried their best to sell in the early stage and argued hard in the later stage. They were not idle for a moment.
As a result, both of them lost their voices after one rehearsal.
As for Old John and Wang Erya, they had a great time watching the show.
After Huang Fugui said the last sentence, Xiao Zhao expressed his satisfaction with the rehearsal with warm applause. Originally, only Xiao Zhao was the only one in the audience applauding. When Wang Erya saw him suddenly applauding, he didn't know why, so he also applauded. When Old John saw Wang Erya playing drums, he decided to play drums himself, which confirmed their status as audience members.
"Excellent, much better than I expected!" Xiao Zhao said excitedly, looking a little regretful on his expression, "If I had known that the actual performance of this link was so effective, I wouldn't have taken the initiative to take charge of this part. If I could do it tomorrow How nice it would be to play without knowing anything.”
"It's okay. If you eat green vegetable noodles tomorrow, the effect will be good." Jiang Qi said with a smile.
"Oh yes, there are also green vegetable noodles." Xiao Zhao responded, "Brother Huang, wait a minute and you go to the restaurant to see if the pot for cooking noodles is big enough. If it is big enough, use that pot. I will ask the staff later Move the stove to the delicious building."
"Boss Jiang, I heard that our boss Fang went to your store to have a bowl of noodles the day before yesterday. Is it true? Are the noodles in your store really that delicious?" Xiao Zhao suddenly gossiped.
Jiang Qi thought for a while and decided to smile and not answer, leaving the final surprise of vegetable noodles to Xiao Zhao to slowly experience tomorrow.