Chapter 73 Golden Elephant Drama Award
Director Chen's heart skipped a beat and he asked hurriedly, "What's wrong?"
"Myocardial infarction." He Haimei put down the checkup sheet. The strangeness in her expression had disappeared completely, and she looked much calmer. She pulled the corners of her mouth and showed Director Chen a grateful smile, "Thanks to you for insisting on asking me to do the physical examination this time, otherwise I would not have been able to find out."
Everyone was silent.
Ning Baicha breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. It was indeed a heart attack.
When she was reading the book, she had guessed the cause of He Haimei's death. At that time, she had become an expert doctor after years of illness, and she guessed that it was a heart attack based on He Haimei's symptoms.
I didn’t expect it, it turned out to be true.
Director Chen's expression changed immediately, and he stood up quickly: "Why are you still sitting there? Hurry up, go to the hospital."
"Why rush? Let's go now." He Haimei didn't dare to delay. Once a heart attack occurs, it is like a race against death.
Director Chen instructed the assistant director: "Take them to the theater to check out the venue this afternoon. I'll hand it over to you in the next two days. I'll take Lao He to the hospital first."
He Haimei was helpless: "Hey, what are you doing? Now that the results are out, isn't that good? I'll go there slowly by myself, and by the way, I'll call my son and ask him to come to the hospital to handle the hospitalization procedures and so on. Don't worry about it."
Director Chen's face sank: "Stop talking and listen to me!"
Helplessly, He Haimei could only be pushed forward by Director Chen.
As she walked away, she said with lingering fear: "Old Chen, thank you so much this time. If you hadn't insisted on taking me to the physical examination, I really wouldn't have been able to find out about this disease."
"You should thank Ning Baicha from our group. She was the one who suggested the physical examination and asked me to bring you along." Director Chen said as they walked away. "In fact, I thought you might be reluctant to come because you were afraid of trouble. But when I thought about how you complained of toothache and chest tightness a while ago, I thought this was a good opportunity, so I brought you along."
"Then you have to thank Ning Baicha for me."
The two drifted further and further apart, but the news spread among their group of actors.
That's a heart attack.
"Teacher He is really lucky."
"If you wait until a heart attack occurs before going to the hospital, it's hard to say whether you can be saved."
Chang Mengyu suddenly glanced at Ning Baicha. She frowned slightly, pulled Ning Baicha's arm and asked, "Have you felt something was wrong a long time ago?"
"No." Ning Baicha denied, "I just said it casually. I just wanted to take this opportunity to get to know Teacher He."
"You must be kidding. If you really want to get to know him, why haven't you come forward since Teacher He showed up?" Chang Mengyu knew that everyone has their own secrets, so there was no need to dig into them. She patted Ning Baicha on the shoulder and said, "Forget it, if you know, you know. It's no big deal."
Ning Baicha whispered, "It really was a lucky coincidence."
Chang Mengyu snorted arrogantly, obviously not believing Ning Baicha.
The assistant director digested the news that He Haimei was ill, and then organized everyone to get in the car and go to the theater to check out the venue.
After we got there, we found out that there was more than one drama troupe there.
There are also seven or eight other drama troupes.
There was a row of buses parked in the parking area, and the back door of the theater was also crowded with people.
When I got off the car, I saw a staff member hanging a banner above the back door with a particularly large line of words on it: The 30th Golden Elephant Drama Awards Competition.
Director Chen had already mentioned to them that this drama would participate in a competition, but as to what kind of competition it was, although everyone had some guesses, they had never taken the initiative to ask Director Chen.
After all, most of the time, everyone's minds are immersed in rehearsals.
Now they suddenly saw the five words "Golden Elephant Drama Award", and everyone's expressions changed instantly.
“It’s actually the Golden Elephant Drama Award!”
"I know about this award. The drama troupe that one of my senior sisters joined also won the first prize in the previous session. Later, she went to the National Theatre to perform officially!"
"Theatre! That's the National Theatre!"
"The Golden Elephant Drama Awards are held every three years and are of extraordinary value. Let alone winning the first prize, even if we can get a place, it will be worth it this time!"
"It really is the Golden Elephant Awards! When the assistant director told us about it, I thought he was joking!"
Even Chen Ying, who was always very proud, showed some hesitation on her face. She looked at the banner and bit her lower lip with her pearly teeth: "Can we... do it?"
Ning Baicha grabbed her hand and threw her a coquettish look: "Sister Ying, don't look down on yourself. This time, we will definitely get a ranking. Not just a ranking, maybe we can even get first place."
Chang Mengyu glanced in her direction.
Chen Ying was extremely nervous, but after hearing what Ning Baicha said, she couldn't help but laugh, and then glared at her in a reproachful manner: "You are really too confident."
"Of course. If you don't get first place, just pretend I never said anything." Ning Baicha added shamelessly.
Everyone burst into laughter.
The assistant director directed them, "Stop playing around, hurry in! Go get a feel for the scene first, and take a look at the stage. We'll be here for rehearsal tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, so don't be nervous."
The group then lined up and slowly walked inside.
The theater is very large, and even if you enter from the back door, you can still feel its splendor.
They entered the lobby from the first floor and took the spiral staircase to the third floor.
Entering the third floor is the performance venue. There are a lot of people coming and going. After entering the corridor, you can feel that it suddenly becomes crowded.
Along the way, everyone in the Yimeng Drama Troupe lined up obediently and no one left the team without permission.
At this moment, the vehicle in front suddenly stopped.
"An actor from the drama troupe wants to leave, let's make way." The assistant director's voice came from the front.
Everyone stood against the wall, leaving the small space.
Ning Baixuan was seen walking in front with her head held high like a proud princess. Zhang Yin followed beside her and said coquettishly, "Xuanxuan, your performance this time was really outstanding! I tell you, we will definitely win first place this time."
Ning Baixuan's lips curled up into a smile, and she glanced at Zhang Yin calmly: "Don't say it too early, it's best to get the best, and it doesn't matter if you can't get first place, anyway, the most important thing is to participate."
Chen Ying felt annoyed when she saw Ning Baixuan. She hugged her chest, snorted coldly, and didn't even look at Ning Baixuan.
However, when Ning Baixuan passed by Ning Baicha, she glanced at her. Ning Baixuan paused, and suddenly moved in front of Ning Baicha.
Chang Mengyu and Chen Ying protected Ning Baicha behind them at the same time.
Ning Baixuan's expression suddenly turned cold: "What are you doing? I'm just talking to my sister, why do you act like I'm going to do something to hurt her?"
"Who knows?" Chen Ying sneered, with the same sarcastic tone.