Chinese Entertainment: Academic Director

Chapter 237 Enemies meet on a narrow road
The afternoon scene was finally finished, and Huang Xiaoming sat down on the ground, looking at Lu Yi and Chen Shu who were talking and laughing with lifeless eyes. For a moment, he could not accept the reality.

Chen Shu played the lead dancer and had very few scenes with Huang Xiaoming.

But it was this little bit of rivalry that dealt another blow to Huang Xiaoming's shattered self-confidence.

Why is it so easy for others to act?

It's okay that Dong Xuan is too strong, she is the first female lead chosen by director Cao, and it's acceptable for the heroine of a movie with a female perspective to be a little ridiculously strong.

Teacher Pan Hong is a well-known actor, so it is acceptable that she performed better this time.

Who is Lu Yi?

Huang Xiaoming had never heard of it before.

How could a student from a dance academy, who had only played a small supporting role in one play, be so strong?

Well, the other female lead chosen by Director Cao may look weak, but as long as she dances or talks about relevant topics, you can obviously feel her confidence. It is understandable that she has potential.

But what about Chen Shu?

An actress who is not very famous and has always played supporting roles, can such an actress be said to have great potential and good acting skills?
If that were true, he would have been famous a long time ago.

It’s simply baffling!
It was this kind of actress who made a female supporting role with very few scenes come alive and performed extremely naturally...

If she had performed like this in all the dramas she has acted in, she would have become famous long ago.

From this we can see that Director Cao’s ability to train actors is indeed as amazing as the legend says.

This is wrong.

And me?

Why is it so hard for me to act?

Thinking of this, he shuddered, hurriedly got up from the ground, and shouted to Cao Yang who was about to leave: "Director Cao, wait a minute, Director Cao, I have something to ask you."

Cao Yang turned his head and looked at Huang Xiaoming who was coming over. This guy was obviously mentally overdrawn and looked tired.

Cao Yang is quite satisfied with Huang Xiaoming.

Even though Huang Xiaoming seemed unable to keep up with Dong Xuan's pace today and was overshadowed by Lu Yi and even Chen Shu, he was very serious about acting and was not perfunctory at all. With constant adjustments, his acting skills have improved significantly.

Among his generation, he is no worse than Liu Ye and Duan Yihong, and his potential even seems to be higher than those two.

According to the current situation, Cao Yang suspected that even if he did not join in the play experience, after a period of time, he might be able to act on par with Lu Yi who had added the play experience.

Of course, it’s just about not falling behind. It’s very difficult to perform as naturally as Lu Yi.

This is already very remarkable.

In other words, this guy's potential ceiling is really high.

"Xiao Ming, what's the matter?"

Huang Xiaoming walked up to Cao Yang, but felt a little embarrassed.

He said a little embarrassedly: "Director Cao, you have seen that Dong Xuan, Lu Yi and the others all performed very well, even Chen Shu was very good, everyone performed very well, but why can't I... get into the role?"

Cao Yang was silent for a moment. He couldn't say, "That's because I didn't let you experience the drama?"
Patting Huang Xiaoming on the shoulder, he said, "Xiaoming, you have performed very well."

Since it was decided that Huang Xiaoming would also have an immersive experience in the evening, Cao Yang could only trick him.

"As for your slowness in getting into a role, based on my experience, it may be because you come from an academic background. When you are acting, you will unconsciously build a barrier for yourself in your heart so that you won't be unable to get out of the role after getting into it."

Huang Xiaoming thought about it and realized that there have always been two types of acting: experiential and method-oriented. The teacher has also repeatedly said that no matter whether it is experiential or method-oriented, as long as they have received professional training, they will set up a "wall" for themselves.

He suddenly understood something. No wonder he was slow to get into the role and couldn't compare with those three actresses. Director Cao was right.

A few people who studied dance, what do they know about acting? They must be the kind who are very immersed in the role, and it takes them some time to slowly "come out" after the filming is over...

Hey, that’s not right. It seems that Dong Xuan is also from the undergraduate class of the Performance Department of Beijing Film Academy. She is my junior sister. How could she get into the role so quickly?
Aren’t you afraid you won’t be able to get out?
Maybe it was because she was the heroine and was under a lot of pressure, so she deliberately let down her guard?
"Director Cao, what can I do to get into the state earlier? Do you have any ideas?"

Huang Xiaoming asked expectantly.

"I see that your performance today is almost in the right state. All you need is an opportunity. So, when you go back, read the notes I took when I explained the play to you three times.

Before going to sleep, lie down on the bed, close your eyes and think about your role and the core of the movie in your mind. Maybe within two days, you will get into the state. "

Cao Yang brought out the same rhetoric again.

Huang Xiaoming nodded quickly, "Okay, Director Cao, I understand."

Before Cao Yang left, he patted Huang Xiaoming on the shoulder again and said, "Come on, I believe in you."

"Thank you, Director Cao."

Huang Xiaoming looked at Cao Yang's back as he left and felt very grateful.

At this moment, he was not the only one watching Cao Yang's leaving back.

"Don't look, everyone is gone."

Chen Shu waved her hand in front of Lu Yi's eyes and joked with a smile.

"What? Sister Shu, I didn't look at Director Cao. I was just thinking about something."

Lu Yi hurriedly explained, as if afraid that Chen Shu would misunderstand.

Chen Shu laughed and whispered in Lu Yi's ear: "I didn't tell you what you were looking at. It turns out you weren't looking at Director Cao. I misunderstood you, haha..."

"Sister Shu, you just tease me."

Lu Yi gently hit Chen Shu. Somehow, he suddenly thought to himself, "What's wrong with me admitting to watching Director Cao? He is a famous international director, so young and handsome, and most importantly, he is not married. Which actress would not have some thoughts?"

"Yiyi, I'm telling you, if you have an idea, you should do it. Look at Dong Xuan, and observe carefully the expression on her face when she looks at Director Cao. Why is she the heroine, while you, who are younger and dance better, can only be the second choice..."

Chen Shu suddenly stopped talking. She was shocked. What was I doing? Why did I say such a thing?

It’s over. I was so rash. It must have been influenced by the role.

The former lead dancer she played disliked the heroine and once told her to her face that she got everything by sleeping with him.

"Hey, Yiyi, I was just joking..."

Before she finished explaining, she saw Lu Yi smooth her hair and walk towards Cao Yang.

"Director Cao, wait a minute, I also want to ask you something."

Lu Yi imitated Huang Xiaoming and chased after Cao Yang while shouting.

Chen Shu stretched out her hand, moved her fingers, opened her mouth, and didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Lü Yi, what's wrong? What's the matter?"

Cao Yang asked with some confusion.

Lu Yi walked to Cao Yang's side and realized what was wrong with him. Why was he so brave?
However, although she looks weak, she is actually a person of action and usually very brave, otherwise she would not have interviewed for the assistant position and joined the crew after failing to get the role in "Seven Swords".

What's more, she always felt that she was very confident about everything now and was much bolder than usual.

"Director Cao, I feel like I'm a little unsure about the role. When are you free, can you tell me more about the play?"

After saying that, she combed her hair again and looked at Cao Yang with a smile. She exuded confidence all over her body and gave people a very feminine feeling.

Cao Yang sighed and said, "I gave you two more experiences of being immersed in a role. We are not blind. You played the role so naturally that even Xiao Ming had a psychological trauma. And you still say that you can't grasp the role?"
Men are actually very strange sometimes, especially when it comes to women who are full of confidence. They have an impulse in their hearts to conquer her.

Cao Yang is no exception.

For a moment, he couldn't help but want to try to press such a woman under him to see if she was like a little lamb, or if she would take the initiative even in that kind of thing.

It is normal for a man to have some thoughts when he sees a beautiful or charming woman. If he doesn't have any thoughts, that's a bit abnormal.

The difference between a normal person and a shameless lustful person lies in whether one restrains himself or uses other means to implement an idea after he has it in his mind.

Cao Yang doesn't think of himself as a gentleman, but he isn't a shameless person either.

To be frank, he has seen many actresses throwing themselves at him, but he still has principles and some bottom lines.

Why would someone throw themselves at you?

Except for stamp collectors, most people have the same purpose.

Cao Yang’s bottom line is that as long as I sleep with you, I will praise you.

So he is still very cautious in this regard.

"Xiao Ming also said just now that he couldn't grasp the role. I'll tell you my advice to him."

Cao Yang pretended not to understand what Lu Yi meant and said with a smile:

"After you go back, read the notes I gave you when I was explaining the play several times. Every day before you go to sleep, close your eyes and think about your role in your mind. What is the core of the movie? Then you will have a better grasp of the role."

Before Cao Yang left, he said to her, "Your performance is already very good, keep it up."

Lu Yi looked at Cao Yang's back and frowned.

Isn't my meaning obvious? Can't Director Cao understand what I mean?

Or, was I rejected?
During the next few days of filming, everyone could clearly feel that Huang Xiaoming's acting skills suddenly broke out. He was able to "fight" back and forth with Lu Yi, and he was also able to keep up the rhythm with Dong Xuan.

In this way, everyone felt comfortable watching their rivalry, there were very few NGs, and the shooting progress was obviously accelerated a lot.

In this drama, Dong Xuan has the most rival scenes with Huang Xiaoming and Pan Hong.

Apart from Huang Xiaoming, the actor who expressed the most emotion was Pan Hong.

As an actress of the older generation, she clearly felt that she had performed above average in this film, even better than in the films in which she won the Golden Rooster Award for Best Actress.

It’s not that the acting skills have improved drastically, but it’s just that it’s very comfortable to act.

Yes, it was very natural and comfortable, as if this role was tailor-made for me and I felt comfortable no matter how I played it.

But even so, she could still feel that if she wasn't careful, she would be unable to keep up with Dong Xuan's pace!

When did such a young acting master emerge in China?

She had watched "Snow Goddess Dragon" before, but didn't she feel how amazing Dong Xuan's acting was at that time? Then the answer is obvious, Cao Yang is good at training actors, and it is definitely not just talk.

Based on her decades of experience in acting, Pan Hong feels that Director Cao is not only good at training actors, but also at selecting actors.

Only if an actor's potential is high enough can he be trained to have such acting skills.

However, she could still see that Dong Xuan was a little too immersed in the role, and sometimes her every move that she showed unconsciously was somewhat similar to the character she played.

Every time after Pan Hong finished filming a scene opposite Dong Xuan, she would chat with Dong Xuan about everything under the sun to relieve Dong Xuan's mental stress, but she would never talk about the plot of "Black Swan".

She is very optimistic about Dong Xuan. She is a good seedling. Or maybe she can't be called a seedling. She is a good actor, a senior actress who is no worse than Li Xiaoran and Gao Yuanyuan. She can't let herself be ruined by getting too immersed in the role.

Gradually, Pan Hong also discovered that this was a treasure crew!
Apart from Dong Xuan, Lv Yi, Huang Xiaoming and Chen Shu's acting skills are all very good. Not just good, but the kind that is definitely no worse than their own.

This is amazing.

She once again refreshed her understanding of the statement "Cao Yang is good at training actors".

On May 5, the crew had a day off.

This day was the last day of the Beijing University Student Film Festival. There was an award ceremony at the Beijing Olympic Sports Center in the evening, and CCTV's Six Princesses broadcast the entire ceremony live.

This year's Beijing University Student Film Festival lasted for three months. A total of 12 awards were set up, and 32 participating films competed for these 12 awards.

According to the latest information disclosed by the organizing committee, the famous director Cao Yang, who rarely appears in public, will appear at the awards ceremony in the evening.

This made many college students in Beijing overjoyed, and they eagerly looked forward to Cao Yang's arrival.

But it also makes many people worried.

Xiao Gangpao's "A World Without Thieves" received three nominations for Best Director, Best Actress and Best Viewing Effect.

He was full of confidence as he was very popular among college students and thought he would win a big prize this time.

Although Cao Yang's "Nine-Tailed Demon Fox" also received four nominations for Best Feature Film, Best Director, Best Actress, and Best Viewing Effect, as long as Cao Yang does not come, the Best Director award will most likely not be given to him.

Cao Yang has never been to the Beijing University Student Film Festival.

Xiao Gangpao thought that this time would be no exception, so he would have a good chance of winning the Best Director Award.

At least give him an award for the most popular director among college students.

He no longer has any hope of getting into the top three in Europe. He has discovered that getting into the top three in Europe really depends on luck, and he doesn't seem to have that luck. He should try every possible way to win awards in China.

The Beijing University Student Film Festival is the award closest to him.

No matter how valuable it is, his only wish now is to win the award.

But, that bastard Cao Yang had to come!
He just can't get along with himself, even the awards he was nominated for overlap!

The little cannon felt so upset.

Not only Xiao Gangpao felt uncomfortable, but Lu Chuan had also been feeling uncomfortable these days.

His film "Kekexili" received three nominations for Best Feature Film, Best Director and the Grand Jury Prize.

After hard work, news finally came from inside that he was likely to win two of the major awards.

This made Lu Chuan very happy.

I signed up for the Venice Film Festival last year with full confidence, thinking that I would be able to make a splash at the festival, but I didn’t expect that I wouldn’t even make it into the main competition unit.

This dealt a heavy blow to his self-confidence.

He then attended the 17th Tokyo Film Festival which took the initiative to extend an olive branch to him. Unexpectedly, his daily life gave him a surprise and he won the Jury Prize.

This is the first international award he has received.

For a moment, he began to like his daily life more.

I even feel a little grateful.

He put a lot of thought into participating in the Beijing University Student Film Festival this time, and made full use of his connections at home and at school. Plus, with his "big win" at the Tokyo Film Festival, it was easy for him to win several awards.

He also didn't expect that Cao Yang, who never participated in the Beijing University Student Film Festival, would come.

A few days ago, someone from the school told him that Cao Yang would participate in the Beijing University Student Film Festival, and that he was still young and would have plenty of opportunities in the future...

Lu Chuan knew what it meant.

In other words, he won’t be able to use his connections at school!
Just fucked up!

I'm still fucking young? There are still plenty of opportunities?
Isn’t that bastard Cao Yang much younger than me?
Lu Chuan just doesn't believe it.

Speaking of which, he has a deep connection with Cao Yang.

When Lu Chuan was a graduate student at the Beijing Film Academy, his supervisor was Jiang Shixiong, and Lao Situ had served as his temporary mentor and guided him.

As everyone knows, Lao Situ was Cao Yang's teacher during his undergraduate studies and also his mentor during his graduate studies. He even regarded Cao Yang as his last disciple.

This is what Lu Chuan has been resentful about all along. How is he worse than Cao Yang? Why did the old Situ accept Cao Yang as his last disciple instead of me, Lu Chuan?

If I became old Situ's last disciple, relying on old Situ's connections, my current achievements would definitely not be lower than that unlucky guy Cao Yang!

Lu Chuan wanted to compete with Cao Yang in the Beijing University Student Film.

He first went to Beijing Film Academy to find his mentor Jiang Shixiong. He did not tell him that Cao Yang was also participating in the film festival. He only said that he wanted his teacher to help him inquire about the situation.

Well, as for asking about the situation, everyone actually knows what is going on.

But the old lady agreed at first and said she wanted to ask what was going on.

Who knew that not long after, he called Lu Chuan and said, "You are still young, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future..."

Lu Chuan almost smashed his phone.

The old lady finally said earnestly: "You are also brothers, you can have healthy competition, but don't start a fight among yourselves, you..."

The old lady wanted to say that you are not qualified to be an opponent, but she thought that it would be a bit hurtful, so she said, "Don't be willful. You must respect Cao Yang. He is a professor at the school and the leader of the school for the next fifty years..."

He didn't hear clearly what the old lady said afterwards. He just felt a little dazed, and more of it was anger and jealousy.

He just didn't believe that he wouldn't be able to win the award without the school's support?
Then let’s show it off at the Beijing University Student Film Festival.

Cao Yang didn’t pay much attention to the Beijing University Student Film Festival before, but after he took a look at the list of nominations, he started to have a headache.

Gao Yuanyuan was nominated for Best Actress for her role in "Nine-Tailed Demon Fox".

Li Xiaoran was also nominated for Best Actress for her role in "A World Without Thieves".

Cao Yang talked to both of them on the phone, and they both said that they would attend the closing ceremony of the College Student Film Festival tonight.

In addition, after learning that Cao Yang was also participating for the first time, Gao Yuanyuan said that she wanted to walk the red carpet with Cao Yang, and Li Xiaoran also said that she wanted to walk with Cao Yang.

Isn't this nonsense?

The night before, Cao Yang came to Li Xiaoran's residence. He wanted to sleep with Li Xiaoran and make her give up attending the closing ceremony of the film festival with him.

It’s not that Cao Yang is partial to one over the other. Gao Yuanyuan was selected as the best actress for her role in "Nine-Tailed Demon Fox", so it’s normal for her to attend the event with him.

If Li Xiaoran had not been nominated for Best Actress for her role in A World Without Thieves, it would have made sense for her to attend the event with Cao Yang, since she is also the other heroine of The Nine-Tailed Demon Fox.

But wasn't she nominated for Best Actress?

What's the matter with attending the event with Cao Yang?

Cao Yang first performed maintenance on the two headlights and then filled up the car with gas.

While Li Xiaoran was a little carsick and confused, he said to her, "You are nominated for the best actress for A World Without Thieves. How can you walk the red carpet with me? Wouldn't that offend Director Xiaogang?"

"I'm also one of the heroines of 'Nine-Tailed Demon Fox'. Isn't it normal for me to walk the red carpet with you?"

Li Xiaoran was a little carsick because of the full tank, but now she became more energetic. She looked at Cao Yang, acting to the extreme, and said with resentment:

"Do you hate me now? My heart is with you. I have gone abroad for you, but you don't appreciate it...Did you miss me as much as I miss you during the days I was away?"

Nima!

And there was a performance.

Cao Yang wiped the headlights again without saying a word, and filled up the gas!

In the end, the driver was more skilled and the car was almost broken apart. In a daze, she agreed to whatever Cao Yang said.

Cao Yang let out a long breath, he was really tired this time.

When he went to take a hot shower, Li Xiaoran, who was dazed just now, suddenly opened her eyes, smiled, and made a "yeah" gesture.

A woman should know how to act coquettishly and occasionally mention the guilty things a man has done, but don't go overboard.

In this way, the relationship between the two people will be strengthened and deepened.

In addition to the 12 regular awards, the Beijing University Student Film Festival also has selection activities for "Most Popular Actor among University Students", "Most Popular Actress among University Students" and "Most Popular Director among University Students".

These are selected through the voting system of the College Student Film Festival's official website, Xinlang.com, and by distributing ballots at film screening locations.

Among them, online voting accounts for 30%, and the ballots filled out by college students after watching the movie account for 70%, which is used to comprehensively generate these three popular awards.

Cao Yang didn’t know what the ballots filled out by college students were like after watching the movie, but this was also a decisive factor.

But on the Internet, in the category of the most popular actresses among college students, Gao Yuanyuan and Li Xiaoran ranked first and second respectively, far ahead of other actresses, and the number of votes for the two were almost the same.

Maybe it’s because Yu Feihong won the Venice Film Festival Best Actress award early on, but now she’s almost lying low and has no ambitions.

But Li Xiaoran and Gao Yuanyuan are different.

The two of them acted like close sisters in front of the media, but they started to quarrel as soon as they met in front of Cao Yang.

Moreover, the two of them often fight in their forums.

This is the most troublesome thing for Cao Yang.

Although he knew it was impossible, Cao Yang still prayed that the two could live in peace tomorrow and not quarrel with each other.

(End of this chapter)