Under the spotlight, sweat broke out on Fan Xue's body, and his head was buzzing.
He didn't expect anyone to see it...
That person was Shen Tingyan, and he actually said it directly in front of the entire audience...
Fan Xue was so panicked that his hands and feet were trembling.
He really didn't want to give up on himself like this. When he was in the dressing room this morning, his mind was clear.
He knew how embarrassing it was to perform poorly, and his agent had reminded him to do his best.
But at that time, it was obvious that the three of them were not performing well. In panic, this bad idea came to their mind.
He regretted it after the performance, and he didn't expect that Xue Xiao and the other three would perform so well later. Even if the agent would stir up public opinion later, it would not be easy for these three people, but at this moment, he was being compared so badly.
Fan Xue's speechless appearance fell into everyone's eyes, and the answer was clear at a glance.
—He was right by Shen Tingyan!
Xue Xiao was stunned, Su Shijin laughed angrily in disbelief, teammates Wang Minghai and Hu Lang were stunned, the auditorium became noisy, and even Fan Xue's fans were a little commotion.
Everyone looked at her, and Su Shijin said calmly: "It will take a while, I have to go to the toilet."
Maybe only a few fans will still believe it. Even the program team must have known that this wave of on-site overturns would definitely not be fooled, and allowing Jiang Quan to smooth things over at this time was just a formality to save Fan Xue.
Although a confidentiality agreement was signed with the audience in advance and electronic devices were not allowed to be brought into the venue, before the show ended, the chief director tiredly reminded not to leak today's recording to the public.
Under the guilty and panic-stricken look on his face just now, this defense was too pale. Not only did it fail to help him, it actually had the opposite effect.
If you don't act well, it's a matter of ability. If you act poorly on purpose, it's a matter of attitude. You're a thief! Are you fooling the audience? !
Seeing that the cart was about to overturn again, Fan Xue thought in a hazy state, he had to deny it, he had to deny it immediately!
Xue Xiao hesitated for a moment, then bowed to Shen Tingyan and walked down the stage.
The noise in the audience suddenly became louder, and the entire studio was in commotion.
The day's recording didn't end until eight o'clock in the evening.
Guan Ruoying looked at a loss.
He raised his head suddenly and said with a pale face: "I didn't. I acted too badly, but I didn't mean it. Teacher Shen, you misunderstood!"
"This is too outrageous!"
Suddenly, Su Shijin stood up.
On the stage, Jin Xiaochen and Zhao Dong looked at the host Jiang Quan hesitantly.
Fan Xue shook his head repeatedly: "No, it really isn't!"
At the instructor's table, Shen Tingyan looked like he was leisurely watching a show, while the others were either annoyed or disgusted.
The host Jiang Quan was also stunned by this situation for a while. The chief director's words came through the headset. He listened for a moment and began to control the scene.
After she left the table, Feng Wei also stood up and walked out of the studio without making a sound.
He was still about to speak, but Wang Minghai beside him suddenly pulled him and reminded him coldly: "Shut up now. The more you explain, the uglier it becomes."
But before walking away, he said: "Xue Xiao, you three go down and rest."
Fan Xue's eyebrows jumped.
He didn't know if his eyes were blurred by sweat, but he couldn't see clearly at the instructor's seat. He could only hear the man saying in a nonchalant manner:
"Yes, I know I performed poorly, but my attitude is absolutely serious..."
Will anyone believe what Fan Xue said at this time
She could only look at Shen Tingyan helplessly - if he left, then she would leave too, she didn't want to stay alone in this embarrassing place!
Fan Xue swallowed hard and his hands began to tremble slightly.
The questions and answers that followed seemed very formulaic.
"No..."
Fan Xue's heart was beating wildly. He was waiting for Shen Tingyan's next words. No matter what Shen Tingyan planned to say, he could explain it and fool him.
"Yeah."
"He wants to create a character?"
—But after Shen Tingyan threw out these two words with unknown meaning, he stopped speaking!
This man didn't even give him a chance to defend himself!
On the way, Su Shijin whispered: "If the program team is determined to support that fan to the end, I may not be able to last until the end of the program."
Fan Xue was even more panicked. He looked around blankly and could only say very dryly: "I...really, I didn't deliberately act badly..."
This is completely disrespectful and directly slaps the program team in the face.
"Fan Xue, is what Teacher Shen just said true?"
Shen Tingyan stood up as she expected.
"It's too disrespectful of the game!"
Very obedient.
At 8:30 pm, all the students returned to their dormitories, and the four instructors were called to a small conference room.
"You mean Teacher Shen really misunderstood?"
Shen Tingyan laughed, then turned and left the studio.
Guan Ruoying laughed. Unexpectedly, Fengwei answered Su Shijin's words.
He slowly said: "This is a competition show after all, Teacher Su, who do you think will have the decision-making power later?"
mentor, or audience.
All in all, the decision-making power cannot be entirely in the hands of the program team.
It is true that fans of Fan Xue are bound to be included in the audience, but is the audience of this show only fans of Fan Xue? Can fans of Fan Xue control the direction of the show
impossible.
Therefore, it is not a question of whether or not one will be punished by God, but it is simply impossible to do so.
Fengwei shook his head and sighed.
Shen Tingyan was one step behind the three of them. Lao Gao followed him and spoke in a low voice.
"You scared a bunch of us to death today, you know? I was really numb at the time. Although I don't like that Fan Xue either, I originally wanted to host this show, but it was not prepared for people like him. ,but… "
Shen Tingyan only felt his ears buzzing.
He interrupted Lao Gao's ramblings and said in a casual tone: "Scared to death? What is there to be 'scared to death'? Doesn't your leader like to stir up topics? Isn't he happy about such a big topic today?"
Fortunately, Director Zhang was not at the scene, otherwise he might have vomited a pound of blood at this moment.
Lao Gao wiped his face and said, "Happiness doesn't exist. The whole section today may be cut off."
Shen Tingyan sneered and seemed not to care.
Lao Gao was puzzled: "Do you hate that Fan Xue?"
Shen Tingyan: "Do you think I look like I know him?"
Lao Gao: "..."
Shen Tingyan turned his eyes again and said: "You always thought they changed your idea into a mess. If they really followed the script and praised Fan Xue and turned everyone else into his foil, then this program can be considered It’s completely over.”
"In this situation, they should be panicking, so why are you panicking?"
Lao Gao was startled.
Shen Tingyan said calmly: "Afraid that things will get too big and not be settled? Lao Gao, you are sometimes too forward-looking and backward-looking."
After saying this, Lao Gao stopped and Shen Tingyan walked away.
The small conference room was full of cameras, and they seemed to have to record a short piece of content - to grade the students who had performed today.
Director Zhang, the chief director, was waiting for them inside and burst into laughter when he saw the four of them.
There was nothing he could do, these four mentors were all very powerful, and seeing that he had made them unhappy today, he had to make them happy again.
Director Zhang said very attentively: "Four teachers, please take a seat. The scoring sheet is on the table. We will review the students who have appeared on the stage today in turn and ask the four teachers to rate according to their own standards."
*
When Xue Xiao and the others returned to the dormitory, they went straight to the cafeteria to eat.
Chang Yun looked around and whispered: "Fan Xue and the rest of the dormitory are not here."
He was the penultimate performer on stage today. Because of Fan Xue's incident, he was no longer nervous and performed pretty well after taking the stage.
Jiang Lianlian gossiped: "The atmosphere in their group was very subtle when we came back just now. I suspect they have closed the dormitory door and are quarreling inside now."
Although Wang Minghai and Hu Lang's performance today was not good, Fan Xue's performance was deliberately poor. Wasn't it just to give them a hand when they had already fallen into the mud pit and let them transform into little clay figures!
Anyone who encounters this situation wants to scream bad luck.
Xue Xiao didn't speak the whole time. After finishing the meal, he said, "I'm leaving first. I'm going to the top floor to get some fresh air."
At nine o'clock in the evening, it was already dark.
The top floor of the dormitory building is a rooftop, with only a small light near the door.
The small lamp swayed slightly with the evening breeze, and the weak light also swayed, which was quite emotional.
The script was rolled into a tube and stuffed in his trouser pocket. Xue Xiao walked to the railing at the edge of the rooftop and lay down, staring at the camp path below in a daze.
The phone vibrated twice. He took it out and saw that Zhang Chengyu sent a WeChat message asking: "How was the game today?"
Xue smiled and replied: "Not bad."
Then he typed a few words, then struggled to delete them, still hesitating.
Seeing that he kept showing "the other party is inputting", Zhang Chengyu asked: "What's wrong? What are you struggling with?"
Xue Xiao sighed and replied: "It's nothing, I just think the entertainment industry... is pretty fancy."
The words "very pretty" made Zhang Chengyu laugh out loud.
Xue Xiao really felt that Fan Xue was "very good at playing".
If you don't perform well, just perform badly, so that you can make a comeback later - but if you are still thinking about these things when you are performing, how can you perform well
Xue Xiao was angry at first, but later felt speechless.
Zhang Chengyu knew that Xue Xiao could not disclose the content of the program, so he only said: "This kind of thing is inevitable in the entertainment industry. If you watch it too much, you will get used to it."
"Don't be affected, just play your part well. By the way, what did Shen Tingyan say about you today?"
Speaking of this, Xue Xiao finally cheered up.
In fact, if it weren't for Fan Xue's episode, he felt that the whole day would have been quite complete.
He talked to Shen Tingyan.
Shen Tingyan praised him and of course criticized him, but that kind of criticism was far from "harsh" to Xue Xiao.
He even felt that Shen Tingyan spoke quite gently.
While chatting, Xue Xiao simply made a voice call to Zhang Chengyu.
He took out the script again, just like he did when he was still at Nanhe Film and Television City, excitedly discussing his new ideas with his master, how he should act in this plot in the future, and how he should change when he encounters that plot.
Unconsciously, they chatted for more than an hour. It wasn't until a flashlight light came up from below that he shut up and stuck his head out in confusion.
Lao Gao is standing downstairs.
Six floors away, Lao Gao shouted at the top of his lungs: "I thought someone was chirping on the rooftop, Xue Xiao, haven't you gone to rest yet?"
Xue Xiaosan smiled and waved his hand, and suddenly saw Shen Tingyan beside Lao Gao.
The man just took out a cigarette and raised his head following the movement. Xue Xiao's eyes suddenly lit up, and he waved happily again.
Shen Tingyan paused and chuckled.
Lao Gao muttered: "A child with double standards."
Shen Tingyan lit the cigarette, took a puff, and slowly exhaled: "Normal reaction."
Lao Gao: "Fuck, get out!"
The two of them walked to where Shen Tingyan parked his car. Recalling the grading situation in the conference room just now, Lao Gao smiled proudly again: "How is it? Xue Xiao is not bad, right?"
Shen Tingyan walked in front of him. Lao Gao couldn't see the man's expression. He could only see the curling green smoke blowing away in the wind, carrying a sense of laziness and carelessness.
On the rooftop, Xue Xiao turned around and leaned against the railing until the two people's backs were no longer visible.
He raised his head and looked at the stars in the summer night.
Zhang Chengyu: "Why don't you speak?"
"I just met Teacher Shen," Xue Xiao murmured, "Master, I was thinking..."
People may be greedy.
Some people are greedy for money, some are greedy for fame.
And Xue Xiao.
He is greedy for drama.
In addition to drama, he unexpectedly discovered that he was greedy for another thing today.
He hoped that the man's eyes would stay on him longer.
He hoped that the man's eyes would be more serious when watching his performance.
When Shen Tingyan becomes serious, what will happen to his eyes
Xue Xiao couldn't help but imagine.
The stars in the sky seemed to become even brighter.
*
At eight o'clock sharp the next morning, the second half of the recording officially started.
Amid criticism and praise, the tenth student who appeared on the stage completely amazed everyone with a one-man show.
The man stood on top of the pool, with his back to the crystal water drops spraying down. His eyes were like burning flames, hot and deep.
His lines silenced the entire audience, and each word seemed to hit the ground with a huge impact, making people's souls tremble.
Opening his arms to embrace the sun, his stretched limbs seemed to collect all the light in his arms, and the audience could no longer take their eyes away from him.
Gu Ling.
When Xue Xiao was sitting in the audience, watching the performance blankly, at a certain moment, he seemed to feel something and subconsciously looked at the instructor's seat.
Then, he silently tightened his fingers.
Shen Tingyan restarted the student roster for the first time in this round of competition.
He lowered his eyes to look at the student information on the roster. After two or three seconds, he raised his eyes.
That gaze was calm and focused.
*
At six o'clock in the evening, the second day's performance was completely over.
At seven o'clock, the instructor finished grading.
At nine o'clock, the students reunited in another studio, and the four instructors personally announced the first round scoring results to them.
Each student has a total score of 20 points, and each instructor has 5 points, which will be announced starting from the last one.
Fan Xue, 2 points.
Guan Ruoying and Feng Wei each gave one point of face, while Su Shijin and Shen Tingyan didn't even give them any face.
Fan Xue didn't even raise his head, and everyone could only see that his ears were blood red, as if he was extremely ashamed.
Second to last…
Third from last…
Chang Yun scored 11 points, ranking in the middle, neither high nor low.
He is quite satisfied with this result. After all, he also knows that he is not an acting genius. He just needs to start steadily and study hard later!
Jiang Lianlian scored 13 points.
She took a deep breath, nodded, and said to the four instructors: "Thank you, teacher!"
Jin Xiaochen and Jiang Lianlian both scored 13 points.
Because the overall divisional space is limited, there are actually many students who are tied for ranking.
Zhao Dong scored 15 points, and there were five people with the same score as him. They occupied the eighth to thirteenth places, and were finally counted as eighth.
After their names were announced, it was the turn of the seventh player in the field.
Shen Tingyan opened his lips:
"Seventh place, Xue Xiao, with a total score of 16 points."
As the students applauded enthusiastically, Shen Tingyan raised his eyes casually and paused.
Among the fifty students, Xue Xiao is still the easiest one to find.
Upon hearing his ranking and the encouragement from around him, the young man smiled shyly and was rubbed on the head by Chang Yun beside him.
After finishing laughing, he looked at Shen Tingyan, who still looked so good.
But, what's the difference...
Sensing Shen Tingyan's pause, Feng Wei glanced at him.
Shen Tingyan put down the microphone with a normal expression, and Feng Weicai continued to sign up.
After going around for a while, the second place still belongs to Fengwei Bao.
"Second place, Dou Mingjian, with a total score of 18 points."
Dou Mingjian is the oldest among the fifty students present. He is forty-five years old this year.
After five years of acting as an extra and ten years as a supporting actor, this middle-aged man with rich industry experience is down-to-earth. Today, he used the solid skills he has honed to bring a wonderful performance to everyone.
He smiled sheepishly and said in a rich voice: "Thank you four teachers!"
Finally, there is Su Shijin.
"First place, Gu Ling, 19 points."
The whole audience burst into exclamation.
This result is not unexpected, but it is also unexpected. After all, Gu Ling is an amateur!
Before today, no one expected that an amateur could perform a performance that shocked the whole audience and won first place in the first round of the competition. What level of acting talent is this? It is too scary!
If this is not a dark horse, then who is
"Okay, you kid!" Chang Yun hugged Gu Ling's neck, "I'm going to call you Teacher Gu later!"
"It's so awesome..."
"By the way, I want to know who didn't give him the missing point..."
"Don't cause trouble!"
"Ha ha ha ha!"
In the room full of congratulations, Gu Ling was unfazed and nodded to the four instructors, acting very calmly.
Guan Ruoying said: "The scores have come out, so it's time for us to be divided into classes. Shall we just do it directly?"
She looked at the other three and nodded, then said simply and rudely: "Students with a score of 8 and below are class C, students with a score of 9 to 14 are class B, and students with a score of 15 and above are class A. Everyone, please remember your class placement. After a day off tomorrow, the program team will provide you with the class schedule for each class. Please remember to attend class on time. "
"Thank you, teacher!"
Su Shijin said: "By the way, the program team came up with a little trick, and I gave it to you as a small gift."
She waved, and the girl from the program team quickly ran over and handed over a cardboard box.
Everyone poked their heads curiously, and Su Shijin didn't show off and took out a badge from the cardboard box.
The badge is made of metal, with gold characters on a silver background, and the character "qi" written in chic regular script. The workmanship is very exquisite.
Everyone was stunned.
What does this little gift mean
"Everyone knows the story structure's ups and downs. If your acting career can be regarded as a life story, then all of you are now in the 'start' position."
"No matter whether the starting point is high or low, your story has just begun. Whether you run fast or slow, who will fall behind and who will surpass, none of us currently know."
Everyone understood the intention of the program team and couldn't help but hold their breath.
"Your end point is still far away, and there is such a long road in between," Su Shijin said, "Everyone, please work hard to move forward!"
Hot blood surged into my heart.
Regardless of whether they were frustrated or proud in the first round, at this moment, everyone's mentality calmed down and returned to the starting point, and everyone's fighting spirit was once again ignited.
In response to Su Shijin, the studio was shaken by a chorus of "Okay"!
Fifty students walked down the stairs one after another and lined up in front of the four instructors to receive small gifts.
Following the order, Xue Xiao walked up to Feng Wei.
Fengwei handed him the badge, and the cold metal word "Qi" fell on his palm. Fengwei said to him: "Keep up the good work."
Xue Xiao raised his head, nodded heavily and said, "Thank you, Director Feng."
When it was over, Xue Xiao walked around the team while putting the badge on himself.
A deep voice suddenly stopped him.
"Xue Xiao."
Xue Xiao stopped and looked back in confusion.
Shen Tingyan was handing the badge to a certain student. He didn't look up and just said lightly: "It's too low-profile and ugly."
Xue Xiao realized what he was saying and quickly lowered his head.
He was really about to put the badge on his stomach.
"Wear the badge well on your chest," Shen Tingyan said in a gentle voice, "put this word in your heart."
Xue Xiao trembled.
After a moment, he responded in a low voice.
He took off the badge and moved it to the left side of his chest.
In summer, I only wear a single shirt.
The brooch pierced the fabric and rubbed against the skin, leaving a slight cold touch, as if a small stream of fresh water was injected into the chest, and the worries of the whole day seemed to be swept away.
Xue Xiao raised his head again.
Shen Tingyan lowered his head to get the badge again.
Xue Xiao's heart was beating heavily.
He pursed his lips, smiled, and whispered, "Thank you, Teacher Shen."
(End of chapter)