China News Service, Beijing, September 5 (Reporter Ying Ni) Yang Hua's "Ponzi scheme" was performed in Beijing on the 4th and 5th.

Zhang Liang, who transformed from a model to an actor, took the lead in the play to lead the protagonist "Pang Qi", bringing great surprises to the audience in Beijing.

　　"Ponzi scheme" is a term for investment fraud in the financial sector. It originated from an Italian speculator named Charles Ponzi.

The whole drama covers decades of history and spans the two continents of Europe and America.

A complex story is outlined in the form of singing and dancing, using spliced ​​performances, imaginable spaces, and flexible settings to continuously construct, deconstruct, and reconstruct the ever-changing world in the play.

Photo courtesy of Yanghua Drama

　　The French director of the play, David Lesgaard, positioned the play as a musical drama, the core essence of which is the "sense of rhythm."

The play presents a young Italian town Pangqi in the process of planning and implementing financial scams in the United States, all of which are embodied through rhythmic music, lines, movements, lighting and other elements.

This is also a work that has a huge test for actors.

　　As Zhang Liang, who plays "Pang Qi", said, "The Ponzi scheme is like a very sophisticated Swiss watch. Although my character does not have much singing and dancing, the scheduling and lines need to be in the rhythm of the music. ."

　　In fact, when performing, every actor must strictly abide by the rhythm set by the director.

Let the audience feel that the repertoire has a strong musical foundation. It is the "rapidly spinning" performance of each actor on the stage, forming a rigorous and intertwined "symphony" like a machine-no matter which actor drags the film, If the performance is not completed within the limited time, everyone on and off the stage will feel it.

　　East Coast music, jazz, rap...The music in the play involves regions from all ages.

At the same time, the musical language also travels through different cities and characters, full of various rhythms.

In the director's mind, this is his original form.

After watching a lot of Shakespeare's plays, almost all the new European dramas, for him theater is always limited, "But I want to break the restrictions as much as possible, I want to play happily. As a director, I must do this, I want to create the possibility Sex, to explore whether there is an almost entertaining way, in a mode between drama and non-drama."

　　It is this ingenuity that touched Wang Keran, the art producer of Yanghua Drama.

He recalled how he felt when he saw David Lesgaard’s French version of "Ponzi scheme" through the video for the first time: “Although I don’t understand at all, it’s the presentation on stage that touches me. The tangible sense of destiny that evokes the deep resonance in my heart and my companions."

　　From model to variety show to now as an actor, Zhang Liang has repeatedly surprised people.

In 2019, he starred in the first drama "Do you still play the guitar" and became associated with Yanghua; in 2020, he was invited by Yanghua again to star in "Ponzi scheme"; in 2021, Yanghua's version of "Dreams Like a Dream" re-emerged The whole lineup, the "Earl" played by Jin Shijie and Yan Nan, was taken over by him. He has successfully completed the tour so far. Some critics even think that Zhang Liang is the biggest surprise of this version of "Dream Like A Dream".

　　At the same time, Dai Jun played 18 roles, Zhao Zixin played Rose, Lin Lin played 16 roles, Wang Weiqian played 6 roles, Guo Lutong played 13 roles, and 9 roles played. Su Ye, Ren Xinlu who played 12 roles, Fang Tongchun who played 20 roles, and Wang Jie who played 5 roles—they played more than 80 roles ranging from merchants and politicians to beggars and refugees. The vast expansive nature of the world is impressive.

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