Su Ran was the last one to arrive at the meeting room and stood at the door shouting report.
"Comrade Su Ran, you are late."
As a soldier, the most important thing is the concept of time. On the battlefield, a delay of one second may cause irreparable losses, so Li Wei's tone was very stern.
"Yes, I had a nosebleed, so I was delayed for a while." Su Ran explained.
"Being late is being late, there is no reason." Li Wei emphasized, his eyes fell on the plaid handkerchief that Su Ran was holding her nose with, and his mind skipped a beat. Wasn't that the captain's handkerchief? The captain was the only one in the entire battalion who used a handkerchief.
Su Ran pursed her lips and stopped arguing.
Ye Dansha looked at Su Ran with glee. Before, the squad leader had used her as an example to enforce the rules, and now it was Su Ran's turn. Ye Dansha was waiting with interest to see how the squad leader would teach Su Ran a lesson.
Finally, the monitor said to Su Ran: "Sit down first and raise your head."
Damn, is it such an obvious difference in treatment? Ye Dansha was dissatisfied again.
When they saw Su Ran, everyone pretended not to see her. They either looked up at the ceiling or looked blankly. Only Liu Yayi asked with concern, "Sister Su Ran, are you okay?"
Su Ran smiled and said that it was no problem. She was mentally prepared not to be accepted before coming here, but she still felt sad when faced with everyone's disregard. Her situation was so bad that everyone regarded her as a plague!
"Everyone is here. Now let's invite Instructor Yang to give a speech." Li Wei led the applause.
There was crackling and sparse applause.
Yang Fan came on stage with a smile on his face, looking at the dusty and listless faces: "What? You can't do it on your first day?"
Deng Zian muttered quietly: "Go run five kilometers on a mountain road and try it."
These words expressed the thoughts of the five male comrades present. This day was too tiring. They were woken up before dawn in the morning and asked to run five kilometers before they could even open their eyes. Then they were given physical tests and various trainings. In the afternoon, they were taken for a long walk in the mountains. It was a miracle that they could still sit up and not lie down.
Yang Fan didn't care: "What's a five-kilometer mountain road? A twenty-five-kilometer load-carrying cross-country race is commonplace for us."
"Are you so strong just after joining the army?" Chen Tao couldn't help but diss, stop pretending.
"That's it..." Song Haoyu agreed.
"Of course not. Some of the new recruits are even more cowardly than you and they even cry." Yang Fan said half-jokingly.
But no one has the energy to laugh, nor does anyone want to laugh. This is not a compliment, it just means that you are not the most cowardly one, but you are still a coward.
"However, since you have become a soldier, you must be a decent soldier, a qualified soldier. What kind of soldier is considered a qualified soldier? It means having iron faith, iron discipline, iron responsibility, and excellent skills. So, if you fall, get up and keep running. If you cry, wipe away your tears and keep training. If you grit your teeth and swallow your blood, it's just one word: practice. Four words: train to death. Whoever falls behind will be ashamed, and whoever leads will be glorious. This is the army, this is the soldier."
"We are not soldiers." Chen Tao retorted. They are just here to experience life, not real soldiers, so why take it so seriously
Yang Fan laughed: "Yes, you are not soldiers. You think you are here to experience life in the army, learn some military skills, and look cooler when holding guns in the photos and look better when fighting. That's all."
Yang Fan changed the subject: "But you are going to play a group of anti-drug heroes fighting on the front line of drug control. Maybe you all know that anti-drug police are the most dangerous type of police, but do you know what kind of dangers they face every day? How many anti-drug police fall on the anti-drug front every year? They also have families, parents, wives and children. Why can they abandon their families and careers and be willing to sacrifice their young lives for this..."
Yang Fan paused, and scanned the crowd with a cold gaze. The smile on his face gradually disappeared, and was replaced by a solemn expression. He patted his chest and said loudly: "Because they have faith here, and are determined to defend the dignity of the country and the safety of the people to the death. Drugs and drugs are as fierce as tigers. They want to keep this tiger out of the country. This is their mission. If you can't understand their faith, can't understand their spirit of willingness to sacrifice for this, and can't have deep respect for the work they do, then I can only say that no matter how handsome you look in military uniform, no matter how cool your poses are, and no matter how wonderful your fighting is, you are a failure, because the character you play has no soul, no soul that makes people moved and admired. If you still feel that coming to the army is just a formality, and you feel that such hard work is not worth it, then you can report and apply to leave now."
The conference room was completely silent. Even those who felt dissatisfied or had some small emotions in their hearts did not dare to say a word. Not only because they could not give up on this film, but also because Instructor Yang's soul-searching questions left them speechless.
Li Wei was originally worried that Yang Fan could not control these people, but now it seems that the captain has good vision and Yang Fan is indeed very suitable for ideological education work.
Su Ran was shocked. Instructor Yang said it very well. This is also a test of every actor's self-cultivation. Acting is not just about doing a few actions in front of the camera, reciting lines, crying when sad, and laughing when happy. Real actors have faith. The famous actor Robert De Niro once said that to play a role well, you don't have to play him, but become him. Perhaps you can't completely become the role you want to play, which is the highest realm of an actor, but you have to integrate into the role as much as possible, try to figure out the identity and background of the role, and experience the experience and state of mind of the role. Only in this way can the characters you interpret have souls, flesh and blood, and can they move people's hearts.
"You have one night to think about it. If I don't receive your application report tomorrow morning, then I will assume that you agree with what I said tonight. Starting tomorrow, I will require you to train you as a soldier. Please put away your complaints and grit your teeth. For this month, treat yourself as a soldier, a real soldier. The meeting is adjourned."
Before everyone could react, Yang Fan and Li Wei withdrew, leaving behind a group of students.
No one spoke for a long time, and no one left. Everyone was like a fool. I don’t know if they were exhausted or thinking about whether to submit the application report tomorrow.
As the oldest and most vocal member of the class, Shen Yifeng was the first to break the silence: "Everyone should just hold on. This is also a rare experience. We should have a beginning and an end. Since we have accepted this role, we should do our best to complete it and not leave any regrets for ourselves."
Ye Dansha flattered: "Brother Feng, I support you."
Liu Yayi said weakly: "I won't leave either."
Qi Lei shook his head, his eyes firm: "I'm not leaving."
Chen Tao stretched his legs and said weakly, "Since we're here, why are you leaving?"
He begged his father for this role, and if he leaves now, he will be killed by his father.
Several others also said they would not leave.
Shen Yifeng smiled and said, "Since no one is leaving, then let's do our best! We can do it."
Shen Yifeng stretched out his hand, and Ye Dansha was the first to cover it, followed by Qi Lei, Chen Tao...
When Su Ran stretched out his hand, Shen Yifeng had already started shouting for encouragement. Everyone shouted "Come on!" in unison and then withdrew their hands.
Su Ran's hand stopped in mid-air, feeling very embarrassed.
Such blatant rejection is more hurtful than being ignored. It seems that it will be difficult to get everyone to accept her again.
However, one day she will clarify the facts and clear her name.