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Chapter 1064: A Cultural Feast

Around the New Year, various theatrical performances in southern Sichuan came one after another, first of all, the wonderful performances brought by the Shanghai Oriental Song and Dance Troupe again. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

As early as last autumn, Zhou Xuan came to Syria to hold a special concert, which attracted countless people, and every song she sang quickly became a popular song in major colleges and universities, and was sung in the north and south of the country. This time, the performance lineup is more luxurious, the singers and dancers of the song and dance troupe are all contracted artists of the Oriental Film Company, led by Zhou Xuan, who is now the No. 1 seller of records and cassettes in the country, plus the famous female movie stars Ruan Lingyu, Hu Die, Wang Renmei, Li Lili, Xue Lingxian, etc., who all have a good singing voice, can be described as a brilliant star, and they have been performing in the Xufu Song and Dance Theater for half a month, and the venue is full.

Later, Master Mei Lanfang's appearance at the Xufu Grand Theater attracted the attention of all Peking Opera fans across the country.

Mei Lanfang is known as the first of the four famous Peking Opera artists, and Mei Lanfang was awarded an honorary doctorate in literature by Pomona College in the United States and the University of Southern California respectively, which can be said to be a figure standing at the top of this era. Since three or three years later, the middle-aged Master Mei Lanfang has rarely performed on stage in person, so many ticket holders heard that Mei Lanfang was going to take the stage at the Xufu Grand Theater, and more than ten routes of South Sichuan Airlines were instantly full, and many people even did not hesitate to charter a flight to come, in order to see Master Mei's performance with their own eyes. Subsequently, when I heard from the news of the South Sichuan Radio Station that Master Mei promised to stay in Syria for a month, during which he would perform 20 classic plays, the whole country was in a sensation, and the passenger ferry routes directly to Syria were quickly full, and Peking Opera ticket holders packed their bags and marched to the southwest, without the slightest concern that the Red Army was stranded in the Zunyi area of Guizhou not far away. These enthusiasts are either rich or expensive, and the worst have a large amount of idle funds in their hands that can be used for investment, which brings huge business opportunities to Syria and at the same time publicizes the economic construction achievements of Syria by the way, which can be described as unintentional.

The reason why Master Mei Lanfang was willing to come to Syria this time and performed 20 performances in a row for the first time was mainly due to the invitation of celebrities in the cultural circles such as Liu Haisu, Xie Wuliang, and Meng Wentong, coupled with the praise of his friend Zhang Daqian for southern Sichuan and An Yi, which aroused Mei Lanfang's curiosity, so there was this trip to southern Sichuan. Although he was not very interested in Peking Opera, he admired Master Mei's personality and integrity, so he specially set up a banquet to entertain him, and invited Ma Junwu, President of Southwest University of Technology, Jiang Yunshan, President of University of Political Science and Law, and Zhang Yi, Dean of the School of Liberal Arts, to accompany him.

During the banquet, Mei Lanfang talked about the increasingly severe situation in North China, and asked An Yi, as the deputy chief of staff of the whole army, whether he could be confident that he would resist the enemy outside the Great Wall? An Yi shook his head, saying that the current comprehensive gap between China and Japan determines the direction of the war, and in the future China is likely to lose the coastal areas of North China and East China and South China, but because Japan is an island country, the potential is limited after all, while China has huge human and material resources. As for the final victor, it will definitely be China, Japan's barren national strength will eventually be dragged down by the war, and China will rely on its victory over Japan to stand tall again among the nations of the world.

After listening to An Yi's words, people in the cultural circles were deeply encouraged, and Mei Lanfang was even more excited, this was the first time he had heard such an inspiring analysis of the war against Japan. Because her friend Hu Shi insisted that China had no ability to fight a full-scale war against Japan and supported the policy of non-resistance, Mei Lanfang had been depressed, and now she heard An Yi's completely different answer, and in the process of quietly visiting Syria a few days ago, she felt that the people of this emerging city have a completely different spiritual outlook from other cities, as well as the factories that can be seen everywhere in the south of Jinsha and the north of the Minjiang River, and the bustling shops on the streets of Syria, all of which are no different from the urban scenes of developed countries that he has seen several times abroad. Therefore, he had an inexplicable confidence in An Yi, so he said that he would donate all the proceeds of this performance to the southern Sichuan government for industrial and commercial construction and make a modest contribution to the future War of Resistance against Japan.

An Yi was deeply moved, and immediately said that he would confer the title of honorary citizen of Mei Lanfang and give Mei Lanfang all the convenience of her performance, as long as Master Mei performed on stage in Syria for one day, the Syrian government would not only exempt all fees, but also send security personnel to ensure the smooth progress of the performance.

Mei Lanfang happily promised that she would arrange time to perform in Syria every year in the future to repay An Yi's love. At the end of the banquet, An Yi bluntly suggested that Mei Lanfang transfer the deposits deposited in the banks of Shanghai and Hong Kong to the Southwest Bank, because when the Sino-Japanese war starts in the future, Japan will definitely freeze all the funds of the banks, and it will be very troublesome to deposit and withdraw. Mei Lanfang and all the people present were very surprised, An Yi's words were by no means untargeted, with his wealth, he naturally would not covet Mei Lanfang's assets, could it be that Japan would really go to war with Britain, France, the United States and other powers in the future?

An Yi smiled and said nothing, the guests and hosts dispersed happily, and Mei Lanfang really began to perform the contract, which attracted the attention of everyone in the north and south of the river for a while.

Huangmei Opera, Henan Opera, Yue Opera, Sichuan Opera, Cantonese Opera and other operas were staged in major theaters in Xufu, Luzhou and Zhaotong, greatly enriching the cultural life of the people in southern Sichuan and the surrounding areas.

Of course, among all these performances, the most popular among the military and civilians in southern Sichuan is the performance of the Anjia Army Art Troupe that goes deep into the grassroots of the army and various villages and towns.

Today's Anjia Army Art Troupe has a creative studio, chorus, dance team, quyi team, band and stage art team and other multi-departmental military art groups, which are active in the garrisons and urban and rural areas in southern Sichuan and southern Yunnan all the year round, sending favorite literary and artistic programs to the soldiers and their fathers and fellow villagers, and are deeply supported by the soldiers and the people, and it is already the most influential group in the sequence of the Anjia Army.

However, from the establishment of this army to the present, An Yi has not personally gone to condole, let alone made a speech to the literary and artistic soldiers, which is really a little unreasonable, so on the morning of January 16, An Yi and Gong Qian discussed the topic of sending additional security personnel to the monosodium glutamate factory and sugar factory, which had been established for more than a month, and then talked about the art troupe.

"Little brother, it's been half a month since you returned to Xufu, and you have gone around almost all the surrounding garrisons, but there is only one unit that you have never been to, and now the soldiers are in a great mood, you can't sit idly by!" Gong Qian's smile was a little ambiguous.

An Yi was a little surprised, thought about it and said with some uncertainty: "Won't it?" Even if I was negligent this time, I must have been there before, how can I say that I have never been ......?"

Gong Qian interrupted him: "Don't guess, you haven't been to the art troupe before, have you?" Major Han Yu started from scratch and single-handedly established this heroic unit, and their performances played a very good role in promoting our propaganda policies, boosting the morale of the troops, enlivening the cultural atmosphere of the troops, and enriching the cultural life of the urban and rural people. ”

An Yi shook his head: "Aren't I afraid of people gossiping?" The art troupe recruits all delicate girls, and it is said that this time more than 20 Belarusian girls are specially allowed to enlist in the army and rehearse ballets. You also know that in order to prevent the leaders at all levels of the army from making mistakes, the Political Department has repeatedly issued orders demanding that the normal work and study of the art troupe not be harassed, and that I cannot break the rules myself......"

"Go and go, don't make excuses for yourself, if you are really worried about gossiping to others, you won't find someone to accompany you, and then call a few reporters to inspect together? We can't afford to be slack in our literary and artistic work, you have to take some time to go anyway! Gong Qian was very resolute.

An Yi smiled bitterly: "Okay, you arrange a time, I'll go to the art troupe to take a look, I don't believe it, I'm afraid of those little girls?" ”

Gong Qian raised her wrist and looked at her watch: "It's still early, and the meeting in the afternoon can be postponed until the evening, so I'll call and ask someone to accompany you to the art troupe." ”

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The person called by Gong Qian was really a little unexpected by An Yi, it turned out to be Zhu Yun from the Southern Yunnan Civil Affairs Bureau who came back from Simao with him last year and studied at the Southwest University of Political Science and Law, but the reporter was Ye Qing, who had a serious face and a pair of apricot eyes, but betrayed her true thoughts.

Zhu Yun was originally going to return to southern Yunnan after studying for half a year, but Gong Qian fell in love with her at first sight and intended to train her to be her deputy, and the art troupe needed Zhu Yun to sort out and teach national songs and dances, so Gong Qian found Jiang Yunshan and deliberately extended Zhu Yun's study time.

An Yi looked at Ye Qing: "What, is there no one in your newspaper?" Actually let the dignified editor-in-chief come out in person? ”

Ye Qing glared at him: "It's really right for you, all the reporters from the newspaper were indeed sent out today, there is a new electrical appliance factory in the Jiangnan Industrial Zone, the newly built power station on the Nanguang River began to store water today, the large bazaar in Jiangbei opened, and there are many problems that the people have reacted to that need to be tracked, everyone in our newspaper is very busy, is there anything strange about me coming?" ”

An Yi smiled when he heard this, and turned to the beautiful woman who looked at him with admiration: "Zhu Yun, how are you doing this year?" Although we have met many times during this time, we have never had time to ask about your situation. ”

Zhu Yun's heart suddenly relaxed, and greeted An Yi with a smile: "Brother An, I'm still worried that you have forgotten my name!" I'm very good, in addition to studying, I often go to Sister Qian to intern and help, and in my spare time, I also go to the art troupe to teach dance, and now Han Yu and they have learned the Yi dance, Wa dance, Yi dance, Hui dance and Tibetan dance that I am good at, and it is estimated that I will soon see their performances on the stage! ”

Gong Qian interjected: "Don't talk about it yet, let's talk about it on the way if you have anything, otherwise you can only go to the art troupe for lunch." ”

An Yi was a little surprised, pointed at Gong Qian, Ye Qing, Zhu Yun, and then pointed at himself: "Just the four of us?" ”

Gong Qian corrected: "What four, I still have something to do, I can't go." Let's go, Han Yu probably can't wait......"