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This book taking the reform in a Beijing opera troupe as the clue, reveals the rarely-known truth in the opera circle. Song Haiyan, a graduate from a provincial opera college, became alumni of the municipal Beijing opera troupe. A series of conflicts to win the role of B in the new opera-Mei Niang was stirred and it portraited the situation of opera troupe in the great wave of reform. On one hand, the reform was limited by the old system represented by the Director of the Culture Bureau, on the other hand, it had to rely on the support of the amateur and entrepreneur Lang Erhu. The book exactly analyzed the hesitation of the opera troupe between art and commercial gain and the exploration of the opera troupe in the reform with entertaining stories.