"Brothers of 1205, line up! Let's go!"On the evening of May 24th, the 8th stage of the original musical "Iron Man in Africa" was performed in Xinyi Hall of our university for both online and offline audiences.Liu Tong, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and General Manager of Heilongjiang Performing Arts Group, Zhang Zhigang, Deputy Director of the Department of Propoganda of Daqing Municipal Party Committee, Gao Hongfeng, Vice President of our university, Xu Qingliang, Director of Department of Propoganda of NEPU, and other leaders and relevant personnel watched the scene.In recent days, this musical based on Li Xinmin, the "third generation iron man", about oil workers digging wells in Sudan, represented by Li Tiemin, the hero of the play, has been staged again after rehearsal. It is worth mentioning that the performers of this rehearsal are all teachers and students of our school.

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Since the premiere of "Iron Opera" resumed on May 19, the live performance has been broadcast daily on the university's official Weibo account, B website, Tiktok, video account and other platforms. Up to now, nearly 80,000 people have watched it online simultaneously, triggering a craze of "watching the opera".

In order to implement the General Secretary---Xi Jinping’s important directive spirit of "making good use of red resources, inheriting the red spirit, and continuing the red blood", our university insisted on carrying forward the Daqing spirit and Iron Man Spirit, and jointly created a large-scale original musical "Iron Man in Africa" with Heilongjiang Provincial Party Committee Propaganda Department, Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, Provincial Federation of Literary , Daqing Municipal Party Committee Propaganda Department, Daqing Oilfield Company Party Committee Propaganda Department, Provincial Performing Arts Group and other units.

In honor of the Party's 20 National Congress, since the beginning of March this year, the third round of "Iron Opera" has been resumed in our school.Based on the audience feedback and expert opinions of the first two rounds of performances, the scriptwriter Mr. Dai Lilan once again deeply polished the script to make it more perfect.The teachers and students of our university overcame the impact of the epidemic and fully carried forward the Iron Man Spirit of Daqing spirit. Under the strong light, smoke and 35 degree high temperature on the stage, they rehearsed continuously for more than ten hours every day in a closed environment. They also adopted the method of combining small-range rehearsal and video rehearsal, digged into the details bit by bit, and found the gap frame by frame, so as to have a deeper understanding of the story and a more accurate grasp of the performance.

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It is reported that the school will perform and inherit the play as a classic red drama of ideological and political education in the curriculum. Later, NEPU will create a student version of "Iron drama", so that the red spirit will be passed down from generation to generation.At the same time, NEPU will continue to improve the performance quality and level of the play, and strive to compete for the 16th Spiritual civilization Construction "Five projects" award of the Central Propaganda Ministry.