At half past five in the morning, the alarm clocks set by everyone in the dormitory rang one after another.
Two or three seconds later, the alarm clocks were pressed one after another.
Xue Xiao, with his messy black hair on his head, sat up in confusion.
On the other three beds, Gu Ling was already changing clothes silently, Zhao Dong squinted his eyes and scratched his belly, and Chang Yun, who was on the bunk above Xue Xiao, kept yawning.
"come on! Come on!"
"Papa" the sound of two slaps on the face sounded, and Chang Yun muttered: "Let's go to the college entrance examination!"
At five fifty, everyone gathered in the cafeteria.
The meal served in the cafeteria this morning includes shrimp dumplings. These shrimp dumplings are made by the chef of the cafeteria themselves. They have thin skin and large fillings. Each one has two whole prawns inside.
Shrimp dumplings are not served every day, and every time they appear, they are snatched up. Today, the cafeteria gave out more than 20 portions.
Xue Xiao comforted: "We are the last group to appear today, and it will be in the afternoon. Brother Chang, don't be nervous."
"Then I'll go over the order of appearance today with you."
Unexpectedly, Shen Tingyan opened his eyes and said calmly: "It's pretty good."
Halfway through, Lao Gao walked in and said, "I'd like to remind you that we won't have a break at noon today. We will probably record directly until two o'clock in the afternoon. Have you eaten enough in the morning?"
Very good, Shen Tingyan is still the same Shen Tingyan and has not been transferred.
Some people were nervous, some encouraged each other, and some were reciting their lines loudly.
Everyone said in unison: "I'm so full!"
Lao Gao smiled and said, "Okay, as long as you're all full. If you really can't hold it any longer, tell us."
Zhao Dong came over from the back row and said seriously: "I think so too!"
She was used to adjusting the atmosphere, and she thought that Shen Tingyan would be too lazy to answer as usual, and would only answer with a cold and indifferent look.
Xue Xiao sat with Chang Yun this time. Chang Yun kept shaking his legs and taking deep breaths.
The air was quiet, but it was suddenly broken by laughter and laughter, and everything woke up, and the morning light gradually turned into a warm golden color.
Lao Gao raised his face: "Is everything okay?"
At eight o'clock, all students and four instructors entered the venue, and the audience was all in place. The entire studio was noisy and the atmosphere was fiery.
Fortunately, his group was the first to appear this time hahahaha!
Chang Yun stared at him with hatred in his eyes.
Shen Tingyan raised his eyes and glanced at them: "You are the ones I want to ask. You are also the ones who are surprised when I reply. Do you want me to reply or not?"
The morning wind is not that hot yet, and carries a coolness.
Seeing them pouring in, the chef banged his spoon on the table and greeted loudly: "Don't grab it, come one by one, I will keep it for you to eat until you are full today!"
At half past six, everyone sat down in the dressing room of the theater, changing clothes and putting on makeup.
This time, the other three were a little surprised.
Lao Gao picked up a printed program list and said: "The first group, "Snail"; the second group, "The House of Thousand Faces"; the third group..."
Xue Xiao's eyes swept across everyone's nervous or excited faces, including Gu Ling, who was silent. He whispered encouragement: "As long as you follow the state of the rehearsal, it will be fine. Come on, everyone!"
Su Shijin: "Hey, Director Feng even knows this?"
"...the sixth and final group, "Vertigo"."
At six twenty, Xue Xiao finished breakfast and walked through the corridor with Chang Yun and the others.
In another corner, Shen Tingyan sat quietly, closing his eyes and relaxing.
Su Shijin said casually: "Teacher Shen, how do you feel after recording now?"
The other three: "..."
"No!"
Dou Mingjian couldn't help laughing: "Exhibition match? Indeed, this time there is no need to think about victory or defeat."
Guan Ruoying closed her eyes. She looked like a noble goddess in the painting under the makeup artist's delicate skills. When she spoke, her tone of voice was cute: "Hey, I'm so nervous now. It feels like I'm sending someone off." The same goes for parents whose children are taking the college entrance examination!”
"Okay," he put down the program list and said to them, "Come on today!"
Old Gao was extremely happy.
Jiang Lianlian waved her hand: "Okay, okay, anyway, the worst thing is that you can't make it to the finals. Don't be so mentally burdened."
Feng Wei sat on the other side of them and joked: "Is this what young people call a cultivation system?"
Chang Yun said with a grimace: "Smile, don't you think the later you appear, the more nervous you will be?"
The dressing room suddenly started to roar and scream, and someone got excited and shouted, "Everyone is a huge star today!"
The morning light shines on the small theater not far away and bathes in the small forest connecting the dormitory and Building 3.
In the instructor's dressing room, which was some distance away from the actors' dressing room, Su Shijin was the first to laugh when she heard roars and cheers coming from a distance.
Su Shijin smiled and said: "When you first came to this show, you never thought you would have such deep feelings for these brats, right?"
Jin Xiaochen: "Hey, I'm okay this time, so let's just treat it as an exhibition match."
"Um!"
At 8:10, the recording of the fourth round of competition officially started.
Jiang Quan gave the opening remarks as usual, explaining the rules of this round and the next round. After that, the first group of "Snails" came on stage.
"Snail" is a script written by Su Shijin about the entrepreneurial struggles of small people.
The core of the story lies in a small verbal dispute. Zhao Dong and his co-star represent two different types of "little people".
Different from the colorful characters played in the first three rounds of the competition, the character played by Zhao Dong this time is an "ordinary person" who can be seen everywhere in society struggling for life.
He is very ordinary, but also very unique. He is a bit thoughtful, but not much. He is a bit stupid, but occasionally he can glimpse a little bit of wisdom and foolishness.
Xue Xiao can clearly feel that Zhao Dong's acting skills are much more "natural" than at the beginning.
If it were the Zhao Dong who starred in "Praying Mantis", he might not be able to blend the different qualities of this character well. But at this moment, Zhao Dong on the stage played this character so naturally and so reasonably that everyone was stunned for a moment. Laughing, the tip of my nose felt sore for a while.
There was no on-site voting this time, and the instructors' evaluations were much milder. Even Shen Tingyan gave a few compliments, which flattered Zhao Dong and his friends.
Su Shijin said with a smile: "It's not that we don't want to be bad guys at this stage of the competition, but you have really made a lot of progress and deserve praise."
Zhao Dong and the others bowed deeply on the stage and said, "Thank you, four mentors!"
"House of Thousand Faces" performed by Dou Mingjian, You Qianqian and Xu Shi is the second group to appear.
This group caused a much greater reaction from the audience. From time to time there were sounds of inhalation and noise in the studio. The plot of this show was really too exciting.
These three people play a father and a brother and sister. They constantly change their costumes and identities and cheat everywhere.
One moment it was a poor brother and sister who had lost their parents and the uncle who defrauded their parents of their inheritance. Another moment it was a middle-aged gay, a girl in love, and a scumbag bisexual who was wandering between his girlfriend and the middle-aged gay.
In the ten-minute play, these three people changed their identities five times and defrauded an astonishing amount of money.
When the plot finally entered a climax, the identity of these three people as liars was suspected, and they realized something was wrong. Everyone wanted to trick the other two and escape by themselves. Their shamelessness and ruthlessness made all the audience stunned - but at the end of the story , the audience was shocked to discover that even the deception of each other was the deception of these three people! They used this method to escape in three directions, and finally met at another location!
The story was so exciting, and the three people's performances were so natural that the audience burst into applause at the end.
Su Shi's sentiments were not yet finished. After praising Dou Mingjian and the others, she began to hint whether Shen Tingyan would have the opportunity to collaborate in the future -
At this moment, not to mention professionals like them, even the audience is beginning to realize that Shen Tingyan's personal directing style is too strong, which is almost impossible for an actor who is still focused on his acting career.
To achieve this level requires careful consideration and a lot of time and effort.
And when a person reaches this point, his ambition to transform into a director is also obvious.
However, when Shen Tingyan established a film and television company and announced the IP of Xue Xiao's novel with a high profile, the entire Internet thought that this man just wanted to make some investment of his own!
They didn't expect that this guy would come with such a big wave!
In response to the meaningful glances from both sides, Shen Tingyan remained calm and did not answer directly.
Sitting in the audience, Xue Xiao, who knew all about this, suddenly felt like sharing a little secret with this man...
The team of Jin Xiaochen and Jiang Lianlian appeared in the third place.
The mentality of these two people was really good this time. Xue Xiao watched from the audience and felt that they performed even better than during rehearsals.
At this time, almost no one would agree with Jiang Lianlian's lack of acting skills.
Her eyes were very lively, and her every frown and smile were speaking.
The characters she plays will no longer be so stereotyped. Even the characters with heavy personality labels are played by her in a unique way.
And Jin Xiaochen - if someone pointed at this guy and said that he only started acting for more than a month, who would believe it
Xue Xiao looked at it and felt excited and happy from the bottom of his heart.
Everyone’s progress is almost leap-forward!
Gu Ling appeared in the fourth group.
Xue Xiao watched his performance again today and was still amazed.
Really, Gu Ling completely recovered the state he had in the first round of competition, and he felt extremely relaxed!
He suddenly thought that it was a pity that Gu Ling could not take on roles all year round like an ordinary actor.
But once Gu Ling can receive roles and scripts that suit him... then the works he leaves behind will definitely be treasures that will amaze the world.
Therefore, Xue Xiao will expect—
Even if it can only be one film every two to three years, or one film every six or seven years... he will continue to look forward to Gu Ling's performance, and to the moment when this man accumulates enough strength and bursts into light in one go in his future life.
Time passed by, and neither the instructors nor the students nor the audience felt tired or hungry this time.
As the only team under Feng Wei, Cheng Yang and the four of them appeared in the fifth order.
Xue Xiao was looking forward to it.
Because this is the only costume show today, and it is also the show with the most gorgeous makeup so far.
Feng Wei himself has strong directing ability, and the acting abilities of Cheng Yang and the other three team members are also sufficient.
On the day of the rehearsal, Xue Xiao remembered that they all performed pretty well.
However, I don’t know if this round of competition put too much pressure on him, but Cheng Yang actually forgot his words during the performance.
Although the strange pause lasted only two seconds, Cheng Yang didn't panic too much and covered it up calmly. However, the audience still felt that "there was something wrong with that place just now."
After Cheng Yang forgot his words, the performances of the other two actors immediately became tense, and the three of them became extremely unnatural.
After the performance ended, Fengwei's face sank.
Shen Tingyan didn't comment much. Guan Ruoying and Su Shijin gave some words of comfort and made some suggestions. When it was Fengwei's turn, he approved these three people for eight minutes!
Finally, he breathed out and said: "I hope some of you can reach the finals, but opportunities may not always be waiting for you at the next intersection. I hope you will not make such a low-level mistake again in the future."
Cheng Yang and the others' heads were bowed deeply, and their hands were all clasped tightly.
It's already one o'clock in the afternoon.
Of the groups that have not yet appeared, only the last group remains.
Xue Xiao straightened his back, took a deep breath, and exhaled slowly.
Chang Yun moved his body slightly in his seat to warm up his hands and feet.
Dou Mingjian joked: "Those who didn't know better thought you were going to participate in the Olympics."
Chang Yun trembled and said: "Brother Dou, you don't know that both of my hands are ice-cold now. How about you try..."
Dou Mingjian: "Hey, hey, don't come over here!"
On the stage, Jiang Quan said: "Now, let's invite the next group, our last group today, Xue Xiao and Chang Yun to come on stage!"
The audience's applause suddenly became several times louder!
It was obvious who they were expecting.
Xue Xiao and Chang Yun stood up and walked onto the stage.
When the spotlight hit them, Jiang Quan joked: "Are you already extremely nervous by now?"
Chang Yun stuttered when he opened his mouth: "Yes, it's a bit."
Laughter rang out.
"Before the two students start performing, do the instructors have anything to encourage?"
Su Shijin said leisurely: "Don't be nervous. You are all in the last group. You will be relieved after the performance."
Guan Ruoying burst out laughing: "What relief is there? There is still the finals."
Su Shijin raised her lips: "The finals are not a live performance anymore. No matter how nervous you are, nothing will go wrong on the spot."
Chang Yun almost said "f*ck", Xue Xiao was also embarrassed, and Cheng Yang in the audience had a straight face.
Other students secretly sweated.
Su Shijin is so shady that she hacked two groups at once.
Shen Tingyan cast a cool look, and Su Shijin immediately made a gesture of zipping up her lips.
After the previous group's competition, Fengwei obviously lost interest in talking.
Shen Tingyan looked at the two of them and said lazily: "Whatever happened during the rehearsal, just do it now. Don't listen to everything in your head. Learn to filter it yourself."
Su Shijin looks up to the sky.
Chang Yun wiped his sweat and Xue smiled.
Shen Tingyan's eyes swept over him casually.
The man finally said in a tone so gentle that almost everyone in the audience was surprised:
"take it easy."
"Go ahead."
Xue Xiao's eyes calmed down.
He and Chang Yun bowed together, turned around and walked towards the depths of the stage.
The big screen comes down.
"Vertigo" is officially staged.
(End of chapter)