After returning to the artist's apartment that night, Cheng Xia really received a call from her agent Zhou Yan: "Cheng Xia, I have good news for you, Tianxuan recently opened a training class, which is specially aimed at newcomers, so I signed up for you. name!"
She was very puzzled when she saw the notice today. Isn't the timing of this training class too coincidental? Just in time for Cheng Xia's audition? If the training class hadn't targeted all the artists of Tianxuan, she would have mistakenly thought that this was specially opened by President Pei for Cheng Xia.
After being notified, the agents actively helped their artists to sign up, and Zhou Yan quickly signed up for the four newcomers he brought.
Cheng Xia heard President Pei mention this this afternoon, and he was mentally prepared. He immediately asked, "Sister Yan, when will the training start?"
"From May 23rd to 29th, you will audition on June 1st, just in time. Come and report to class with me tomorrow afternoon." She then sent Cheng Xia a class schedule and said, "Let's see first. Let's take a look at the course arrangement, the teachers invited for this training class are all veteran actors in the circle, and the seniors give lectures in person, which should be of great help to the newcomers."
Cheng Xia said: "Thank you sister Yan, I will come to the company at 2 o'clock tomorrow afternoon to find you."
After hanging up the phone, Cheng Xia opened the curriculum and took a look - except for the basic etiquette training, the rest were all acting-related courses. Teacher Cai Yun, who is particularly good at crying, even teaches them. Teacher Cai is Cheng Xia's father's idol. Cheng Xia grew up watching her movies and TV dramas when she was very young. I didn't expect that one day, I would be able to listen to my seniors. Lectures face to face.
Cheng Xia was excited to save the class schedule.
Then, he opened the chat window with Pei Shaoze, and replaced the green path photo that Pei Shaoze had sent him as the background of the chat—this was their "first date", which was very memorable. Immediately afterwards, Cheng Xia changed the remarks from "President Pei" to "Brother Pei", which would be kinder.
After setting everything up, Cheng Xia sent Pei Shaoze a message: "Are you home?"
Pei Shaoze replied, "Just entered the house." He was changing his shoes at the door. After seeing the news, he put on his slippers and sat down on the sofa in the living room. He typed, "You attacked me suddenly, and kissed me while I wasn't paying attention?"
Cheng Xia said boldly: "You kiss me today when I'm not paying attention. I call it practice [shy]"
Thinking of the wonderful experience of kissing the teenager in the afternoon, Pei Shaoze couldn't help but curled his lips and sent a gentle voice: "I don't mean to blame you, you can continue to 'practice what you have learned' in the future."
Alpha's voice was low and sexy, Cheng Xia put the phone close to her ear and listened, her cheeks were hot, and she hurriedly changed the subject: "By the way, the agent just informed me about the training, and I can actually invite Teacher Cai Yun for this training class. ,Amazing!"
Speaking of work, Pei Shaoze immediately became serious: "After all, you are only a freshman, you lack experience, and you are still a little immature in terms of acting skills. I will study hard this time, and I hope this week's training can help you."
Cheng Xia nodded seriously: "I understand. The Folding Paper is just a school drama, and Qin Nian's emotional changes are not so intense, but Xu Ziyang is different. I think it will be much more difficult than Qin Nian to win the role of Xu Ziyang."
He paused, and then sent a guarantee: "Don't worry, Brother Pei, I will work hard [come on] [come on]!"
Pei Shaoze's eyes were fixed on the title of "Brother Pei", and a smile appeared in his eyes - no one had ever called him that way before. Brothers and sisters call him "Brother" directly, and everyone he encounters at work will respectfully call him "President Pei".
Brother Pei, Cheng Xia was the only one who called him that, and it sounded very kind and pleasant. He likes this feeling and is influenced by Cheng Xia, as if his heart has also injected some sunshine and vitality, not as dead as before.
Pei Shaoze ended the conversation with a moon emoji and "Go to bed early".
Cheng Xia had another beautiful dream that night.
In the last dream, the birthday party turned into a wedding scene. Pei Shaoze put a wedding ring on him. At that time, he and Pei Shaoze were not officially together, and neither of them even held hands. Now, after kissing, holding hands, and finally confirming the relationship, Cheng Xia's dream will naturally go further—
He dreamed that he was marked by Pei Shaoze.
The process is quite detailed.
When he woke up, Cheng Xia's whole face was so red that blood was about to drip, and he hurried to the bathroom to take a cold shower. If Mr. Pei knew that he was so good at brain supplementation and had strange dreams, he would definitely think that he was an Omega who was not reserved at all, and he might even laugh at him for being thick-skinned...
At 2:30 in the afternoon, Cheng Xia, who had adjusted her mentality, came to the broker's office on time.
The four newcomers brought by Zhou Yan have all arrived, she glanced at the four of them, and patiently said: "This week's training is closed, you are all staying at the Ronghua Hotel, and the teacher invited by the company will be there. The conference hall on the third floor of the hotel gives classes to everyone, and the classes are very full every day, which may be more difficult. But the opportunity is rare, and everyone must study hard.”
The four nodded in understanding.
Zhou Yan said: "Bring a few changes of clothes and report to me."
After arriving at the Ronghua Hotel, there were indeed many artists from Tianxuan, most of whom were newcomers. This training class was organized by Tianxuan Entertainment with money. It is only for its own artists. Newcomers from Group A and Group B can also participate. After seeing Cheng Xia and the others, some newcomers from other groups came to exchange WeChat with them friendly, and Cheng Xia also politely added a few friends.
The artists' hotel rooms were arranged on the same floor. Cheng Xia put away his luggage and rested for a while, then went to the conference hall on the third floor.
There was a class opening ceremony that night, and Pei Shaoze came over in person and said a few words on the podium. President Pei's speech style was still as crisp and clear. Cheng Xia sat in the audience and listened very carefully - this Alpha belongs to him, which makes him so proud.
The eyes of the two faced each other across the sea of people, and Cheng Xia immediately showed a bright smile to Brother Pei.
Pei Shaoze also smiled slightly and said, "Okay, I don't need to say more about the truth. Acting is the foundation of an actor's life. I hope everyone will cherish this opportunity arranged by the company and study hard in the next week."
There was thunderous applause from the audience, Cheng Xia applauded vigorously, and his hands clapped.
There were too many people at the scene, so Pei Shaoze couldn't speak to Cheng Xia alone, so he just sent a sentence on WeChat: "I'll go first, take care of myself."
Cheng Xia replied, "Don't worry!"
In the early morning of the next day, etiquette-related courses were arranged from 8:00. The company invited a professional etiquette team to teach everyone how to walk the red carpet, face reporters when interviewing, keep your chest and abdomen up, and stand tall and straight. These are all basic. When being interviewed by reporters, where to look and how to smile politely are also skills that an artist needs to master.
After two classes, Cheng Xia has learned how to get out of the aura of 2.8 meters.
But what he was most looking forward to was Teacher Cai's crying training class in the afternoon.
In the 90-minute class, Mr. Cai specifically talked about how actors can control crying scenes and how to cry silently without using eye drops? How to choked and sob without breaking the expression, how to cry with heart-wrenching cry to drive the audience's emotions, how to break down and cry to release oneself completely...
The step-by-step crying tutorial made the newcomers on the scene stunned.
It really deserves to be an old drama bone, if you cry, you can cry!
She was talking on the stage, and her tears fell like broken beads. The level of emotional control has reached a level of perfection. When she performed the scene of breaking down and crying with everyone later, the newcomers on the scene were taken. With moist eyes, Cheng Xia couldn't help shedding a few tears.
That's the power of a great actor.
Ye Mingqian's crying scene is already very strong in the new generation, but it is still too far from the 60-year-old senior. Not to mention Cheng Xia, if the senior stood in front of him and played against him, he would definitely turn him into a scum.
I am still too weak, inexperienced, and unable to manage my emotions freely. He still has a lot of room for improvement.
After class, Cheng Xia took the initiative to ask Mr. Cai Yun a question: "Teacher, if I want to play a scene where I go home and find all my close relatives dead, how can I control my emotions? From surprise to disbelief, After I believe it, I break down and cry, and then calm down and call the police? I think this kind of emotional change is too intense and difficult to grasp."
Cai Yun looked at the serious boy in front of her. The boy had clear eyes and a thirst for knowledge. She noticed it when she was lecturing just now. The boy sitting in the first row listened very carefully throughout the whole process. Newbie at heart.
Cai Yun smiled and taught Cheng Xia some skills: "If you can't get into the play as soon as possible, you can try to use the idea of association. Imagine a scene where you see your own parents lying in a pool of blood, how would you react? If you think about it, the emotions will come.”
Cheng Xia thought thoughtfully: "Well, teacher, did you think like this when you acted later?"
Cai Yun said: "When you really learn to play, you don't need to think about it at all - whoever you want to play is who you are."
Who are you going to play, who are you
It is very difficult to reach such a level, but after listening to this class, Cheng Xia still felt enlightened. He showed a sincere smile to his senior and said, "Thank you, teacher, I have probably found an idea! I have read yours since I was a child. Drama, I love you very much!"
The young man's eyes were bright and pure, and when he looked at her, the adoration did not seem to be pretending. Cai Yun patted him on the shoulder lovingly: "I've heard many people say this. But I know you're not complimenting. Come on."
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In the next few days, Cheng Xia has been listening carefully to the class. He has become the student who asks the most questions. Every time after class, he asks the seniors to ask questions. This serious attitude also makes some newcomers dislike him. They think that he is deliberately showing off, and some people think that he wants to make a presence in the old seniors...
Cheng Xia ignored these private discussions and listened to the lectures and took notes on his own.
When he went back in the evening, he would report to Pei Shaoze what he had achieved today. Pei Shaoze would also chat with him and help him answer his questions. Although a week of training could not make his acting skills improve by leaps and bounds, for Cheng Xia, this time Training is really rewarding.
How to show the inner struggle of the character through subtle expressions and small movements
How to interpret intense emotions such as crying, laughing, roaring, and hating
The seniors brought them lessons with valuable experience, and it was like opening the door to a new world for them.
How much one can learn depends on the individual's perception.
Cheng Xia had no idea how to play the police role of "Xu Ziyang", but now, he has a clear idea in his heart.
Xu Ziyang is a sunny, warm-blooded and upright criminal police intern. He has never experienced a cruel case and is full of hope in life. He has always believed that the truth will not be absent and the real culprit will not slip through the net.
But the massacre of his uncle's family happened right under his nose, and there were no clues left at the scene. The police's investigations repeatedly fell into a quagmire, and it was about to become an unsolved case where the murderer could not be caught. As you can imagine.
It is not difficult for Cheng Xia to play a sunny and bloody intern. However, it was a big challenge for Cheng Xia to perform the kind of uprightness and ambivalence that only the police can have, and the collapse and ambivalence of the murderer who could not catch the murderer after the death of his relatives.
At the beginning of the play, Xu Ziyang witnessed the tragic death of his uncle's family of four after returning home. He went from shock, pain, collapse, to quickly calming down and protecting the scene and calling the police. This kind of intense emotional change, it is not necessary to act well. easy.
The audition required the actors to perform this scene. After repeated deliberation in his mind, Cheng Xia finally decided how to act.
After the training class was completed on May 29, Cheng Xia returned to the apartment and rehearsed several times according to the simulated scene in his mind.
For the next two days on the 30th and 31st, he practiced in the apartment from morning to night, looking at his movements and expressions in the mirror, closing his eyes and reciting the lines of the script silently, he walked around the house like a little madman Going back and forth, crying loudly for a while, laughing loudly for a while, completely releasing myself regardless of the image, to find the most accurate feeling...
After practicing many times, he gradually gained confidence in his heart.
On the evening of the 31st, Pei Shaoze sent a message: "I'm going to audition tomorrow, are you confident?"
Cheng Xia quickly replied: "Yes! I have practiced many times these days and know how to act. Thanks to the crying skills taught by Teacher Cai, I think I should be able to cry at the audition site."
Pei Shaoze said, "Very good. I'll accompany you tomorrow afternoon."
Cheng Xia was stunned: "you don't need to accompany me when you are so busy, just go with me, sister Yan."
Pei Shaoze said, "I'm not going with you as a boss, but as a boyfriend. I'm going with you. Do you still refuse?"
Cheng Xia: "..."
Can't refuse!
This sentence warmed Cheng Xia's heart. It's like attending an important interview, although you say it's okay, but you still feel nervous. If his boyfriend is with him, he will feel a little more confident in his heart!
Pei Shaoze continued: "Don't think too much. Of course I'll be happy for you if you get selected. If you can't get selected, we have other dramas to shoot. Relax and show yourself well, I believe you can."
If Cheng Xia had only 70% confidence before, Pei Shaoze's gentle encouragement made his confidence soar to 90% in an instant.
He will definitely perform well and not let his boyfriend down!