The audience just got into it, and then the lights went out, everyone suddenly got restless.
"What’s going on? What happened, did the bulb blow up?"
"Just getting to the good part, why did the lights go out? Can’t see anything now!"
"Such a letdown, what is this show doing?!"
The fans in the live broadcast room reacted similarly.
[Damn, what happened? An accident? Damn it, @Director Wang’s team, what’s going on?]
[I’m pissed, I was just getting to the climax! And you give this?]
[Aaaaa this is as bad as XX happening mid XX (those who know, know! I’m declaring that I don’t know~)]
[The guy upstairs tripped with his trousers, still doesn’t get it!]
Things got chaotic imdiately at the scene, but the most bewildered was clearly Director Wang.
Director Wang imdiately looked for the lighting technician, who was equally puzzled, replying, "Director Wang, I didn’t touch anything here, seems like it’s a power outage? Could it be a circuit breaker due to instability?"
There was previous testing, but it was quickly adjusted, and since the performances before were all normal, everyone didn’t pay it any mind.
Director Wang frowned, "Shouldn’t be, we tested before starting, no issues, wait a bit, I’ll send soone to check!"
Director Wang found a staff mber to check backstage, then stood up to calm the audience.
The stage went dark, and there were only a few floor lights illuminating the area, the crowd was restless, accidents could happen easily, Director Wang could only shout in the crowd, "Everyone don’t panic, don’t move..."
The program team’s actions can be praised for their speed.
But no matter how fast the people below move, for those on the stage, it’s agony, a complete stage performance, even a bit off the rhythm at any mont is a failure, affecting the viewer’s experience.
Let alone Ji Xi’s group, which specifically invited villagers from various villages in Lishui County for the drama, the story was about the process of being deceived and then realizing, emphasizing the sense of imrsion. Now the story was just at the point of being deceived, and the plot suddenly got interrupted, everyone’s emotions were imdiately pulled away.
The audience’s attention was diverted to other things.
Ji Xizhi stood at the edge of the stage, and in the instant the light went out, she quickly tapped her mic, and after confirming that the stage mic was working fine, she swiftly covered it and moved to the center of the stage, lowering her voice she said:
"Don’t make a sound, follow off the stage."
Ji Xizhi’s reaction to everything was completed within a minute, faster than Director Wang below.
The villagers at the center of the stage were also frightened by the blackout, but after all, they had rehearsed, so when the stage lights went out, they stood in place, didn’t speak, didn’t move, they thought once the lights ca on, they could continue, estimating it would be only five to ten minutes.
The villagers were prepared to wait for the lights to co on, but within less than a minute, they heard a voice from the right in the darkness.
Once the villagers heard Ji Xizhi’s voice, they imdiately cald down.
After clearly hearing Ji Xizhi’s words, everyone pressed their lips together and trusting her, followed Ji Xizhi off the stage.
In the darkness, Ji Xizhi seed to still be able to see, as she led the villagers off the stage while releasing the mic.
From the mont the stage lights went dark, Ji Xizhi swiftly made a decision.
The villagers had already played the part where their money was taken by scamrs, and there was still a short segnt left that showed the villagers realizing they’ve been deceived, when the stage lights dimd, she imdiately decided to boldly cut the rest of the segnt, taking her position to supplent the plot using narration.
Ji Xizhi didn’t show any panic to the audience; she calmly took over the description from the previous segnt of the performance and confidently connected it with the scene before blackout, saying:
"Old Wang, my daughter bought a new radio! Co to my house and listen!"
"Hey! Here I co! Once my money makes money, I’ll buy one too!"
"Be cautious of high-profit investnts, read contract details carefully, follow the rules when driving, be vigilant when shopping at stalls, don’t randomly claim anti-cancer drugs, be skeptical of wellness products, avoid blindly trusting superstition, beware of traps in free offers..."
"Old Wang, did you check your investnt contract carefully?"
...
The description isn’t particularly special, what’s special is Ji Xizhi used Lishui County’s local dialect.
Especially one segnt mimicking radio propaganda.
That legal propaganda segnt was quite long, Ji Xizhi spoke faster and faster, her articulation was very clear, and the rhythm was brisk.
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