Chapter 484: Script Read-Through
After quickly finishing lunch, Jia Na, dressed in her wizard robe, swiftly left the White Tower, took out the flying broom she had recently bought from her thorn bracelet, and flew along Dordogne's designated high-altitude flight path towards the Nightingale Opera Troupe in the city center.
“Jia Na, I’m here!”
As soon as Jia Na arrived at the Nightingale Opera House, she heard the voice of Liji-Xiaosi, who had also just arrived.
“I thought I was going to be late, but seeing you, I feel relieved.”
Looking at Liji-Xiaosi’s noticeably messy hair, Jia Na tidied her own hair and then helped Liji-Xiaosi with hers.
“What? Do you think having someone else be late with you makes you feel less lonely?”
“That’s not it at all.”
Hearing Jia Na’s words, Liji-Xiaosi, whose hair had been tidied, took Jia Na’s arm and shook her head, saying:
“Don’t you know? Among the entire troupe, only you won’t be criticized by the troupe leader and Director David when you make a mistake.
Everyone else, if they make even a small error, will be criticized terribly!”
“Is that so?”
After hearing Liji-Xiaosi’s words, Jia Na also carefully recalled the attitude of Leader Roman-Roland and David-Berg towards her.
As Liji-Xiaosi said, since Jia Na joined the Nightingale Opera Troupe, she had indeed never been criticized by these two.
Not to mention Roman-Roland, who usually kept a cold face towards everyone, even David-Berg, who seemed easy to talk to, became very irritable once he entered work mode.
Currently, David-Berg's irritability was primarily due to others' professional abilities and work attitudes.
Especially for opera singers, any sloppiness in lines, acting, singing, or stage blocking would incur David-Berg's “thunderous wrath.”
For example, Liji-Xiaosi had been scolded by David-Berg many times for not memorizing her lines or being unable to cry during tragic scenes. In some severe cases, she was almost scolded to the point of developing a psychological trauma.
However, Jia Na, as the “star student” of the Nightingale Opera Troupe and the “divine person” who was never scolded by the directors in everyone’s eyes, truly commanded everyone's respect with both her professional ability and work attitude.
In addition to her Exceptional Memory talent, which ensured she never made any mistakes in line memorization, her Muscle Control and "Voice of Nature" talents also allowed Jia Na to achieve perfection in both acting and opera singing, making it impossible for anyone to find fault.
Of course, besides her outstanding professional skills, Jia Na’s inherent Extraordinary Charm talent was also a crucial reason why she became the troupe's “heartthrob” and was never criticized by David-Berg.
“Let’s go. If we’re any later, we might actually be late.”
After a brief chat, and seeing the little time left on her pocket watch, Jia Na put away her flying broom and hurried into the newly renovated Nightingale Opera House with Liji-Xiaosi. The rehearsal hall of the new Nightingale Opera House was on the fourth floor. When Jia Na and Liji-Xiaosi entered the rehearsal hall, almost all the actors, except for the two of them, had already arrived.
Most of the actors participating in the "withering rose" production this time were veteran actors Jia Na had worked with many times before, such as Freya and Xier, but there were also some new actors recently recruited in Dordogne.
“Jia Na, long time no see.”
As usual, whenever Jia Na appeared in the rehearsal hall, she would become the center of attention. Both familiar and unfamiliar actors would greet Jia Na in unison.
And Jia Na, being a social expert, enthusiastically responded while accurately calling out everyone's names.
“Xiuka, long time no see. So you’ve come to Dordogne too.”
The person greeting Jia Na was David-Berg’s younger brother, and Jia Na’s exclusive male lead for her previous two operas—Xiuka-Boge.
He was also the most popular person in the Nightingale Opera Troupe, second only to Jia Na and Anna-Moonshadow.
“I thought you would stay in Turin with Miss Anna and continue to be Director Kelan’s male lead.”
“Haha, I originally thought so too, but Director David can’t do without me—.”
The original Nightingale Opera Troupe, currently located in the Turin Wizard Gathering Place, was now entirely managed by Crane-Roland.
And Anna-Moonshadow, one of the leading actresses of the Nightingale Opera Troupe, also chose to stay with Crane-Roland in the Turin Wizard Gathering Place, rather than coming to Dordogne.
“Jia Na, you’re finally here! I’ve been waiting for you for ages!”
While Jia Na was exchanging pleasantries with Xiuka-Boge, David-Berg, whose face was largely obscured by his beard, quickly walked up to Jia Na.
“David, you look much more weathered today compared to a while ago.”
“Is that so?”
Hearing Jia Na’s words, David couldn't help but touch his big beard, then shrugged nonchalantly.
“Beards are a sign of a man’s sexiness. You just don’t appreciate it.”
“Then my appreciation skills definitely need improvement.”
Although David-Berg’s appearance was a bit over the top, from the emotional state he displayed, Jia Na could tell that his mental state was still very good. He hadn't been crushed by too much pressure.
“Oh, by the way, I received your messenger’s letter yesterday—I saw from the letter that you also prepared a few opera pieces for the "withering rose"?”
“Yes.”
Upon hearing this, not only David-Berg was surprised, but Xiuka-Boge and Liji-Xiaosi, who were standing beside Jia Na, also showed surprised expressions.
“Jia Na, how come I didn’t know you had a talent for composing music?”
After a brief moment of surprise, Xiuka-Boge couldn't help but ask Jia Na his question.
“Having spent so much time with you artists, I’ve naturally been influenced and developed some artistic talent. But these are just a few melodies I casually composed while practicing the Harp recently. They might not be good enough for the stage.”
Hearing Jia Na’s words, Liji-Xiaosi also felt an urge to let out a long sigh of relief.
After all, as an experienced opera singer and Sound-type apprentice, she deeply understood the difference between performance and creation.
Actors' interpretations of opera pieces mostly relied on excellent vocal conditions, an understanding of the characters' emotions in the script, and repeated practice to achieve proficiency.
However, composing music required extremely high artistic talent.
Especially creating an excellent piece of music that aligns with the public's aesthetic taste and can stir everyone's emotions, that is as difficult as ascending to heaven—.
