My girlfriend was reborn.

Chapter 110 Lu Bai, I Like You

Seeing Lu Bai's eagerness to try, Zhou Heming held her back for the time being.

If Lu Bai goes first, wouldn't the rest of the applicants who are genuinely here to study be mentally broken?
He didn't believe in his own acting skills, but he had to believe in Lu Bai's acting skills as well.

So, the first group to go up consisted of two men, who looked to be in their mid-twenties.

The topic they chose was "A complete break between best friends".

As for the performance content...

The two men were making exaggerated expressions and shouting at the top of their lungs. It's unclear whether they were close friends, but they had definitely broken up. They almost came to blows, and there was probably some personal grudge involved as well.

"You two acted a bit exaggeratedly, and you probably incorporated some real-life elements into your performance, which is a very good acting method."

Feng Yu wrote down the score he secretly gave on the paper and commented.

"I just hope I don't get too caught up in the role, or it will ruin our friendship."

After hearing her evaluation, the two, their faces flushed, scratched their heads somewhat embarrassedly and sat back down.

A cheerful atmosphere immediately filled the classroom.

Thanks to their energetic performance, the atmosphere in the classroom became much more lively, and the other groups stepped forward one after another.

After each performance, Feng Yu would always offer a few comments. This way, even if they didn't make it into the training program, they would at least have a basic understanding of their own performance level.

Three more groups performed, and then Wang Can, the convenience store clerk sitting next to us, came on stage with his temporary partner.

They chose an undercover agent to meet secretly.

It's obvious that this guy has watched a lot of movies. He and his partner were imitating a scene from "Infernal Affairs" where Chen Yongren meets with his boss. The lines aren't exactly the same, but they're pretty close.

Unfortunately, his co-star probably hadn't seen the movie that many times, and he seemed a little nervous while acting.

"It's a clever trick to imitate scenes from existing films to create a story, but that's how you get the basis for the scene."

Feng Yu praised him, but before Wang Can could even feel happy, he heard the teacher change the subject.

"But similarly, it will inevitably lead people to compare it with the original footage and see the differences."

Wang Can's head drooped.

As a newcomer, he would certainly feel inferior in his attempt to imitate a movie star.

The applicants went up in groups, some fluently, some with difficulty, some making the classroom burst into laughter, and some making everyone extremely embarrassed.

Finally, only Zhou Heming and Lu Bai remained.

Feng Yu clearly recognized Lu Bai. When she saw Lu Bai raise his hand, she didn't say anything, but just smiled and gave up the center of the stage.

The previous group's performance left behind tables and chairs. Lu Bai asked Zhou Heming to sit down, and then looked at the people in the classroom.

"The topic we chose is 'Unspoken Unrequited Love'."

Some of the people below were whispering among themselves, because this was the only group that had chosen this option today.

One reason is that most people sign up on their own, and if you want to play a character who is secretly in love, you have to choose a partner of the opposite sex, but everyone tends to team up with someone of the same sex.

Secondly, this topic does seem a bit difficult to perform at first glance.

"Well, please start."

Feng Yu smiled and gestured, standing next to Josh and watching the two of them.

Lu Bai nodded slightly and turned to walk towards Zhou Heming.

In that instant, her demeanor suddenly changed, becoming lively and cheerful like the sun. With light steps, she arrived next to the slightly awkward Zhou Heming.

"What are you doing hiding here? Want some cookies?"

Lu Bai naturally took out the bag of chocolate cookies, casually pulled out a chair, and sat down next to Zhou Heming.

"Ah."

Zhou Heming responded, looking somewhat nervous, which made the convenience store clencher in the audience clench his fists, empathizing with him.

"What are you so nervous about? You're not usually like this."

Lu Bai attributed it all to acting skills, then took out a cookie and handed it to Zhou Heming, jokingly saying...

"Are you going to confess your feelings?"

Zhou Heming was taken aback, hesitated for a moment before accepting the biscuit Lu Bai offered and nodding.

"Yes, I have someone I like, and I want to tell her."

Suddenly, Lu Bai's teasing expression faltered slightly, and then, as if to hide her wavering, she laughed even more flamboyantly.

"Really? Well, actually I also have something to tell you. I also have someone I like, and I want to confess to him."

Upon hearing Lu Bai's words, Zhou Heming turned to look at her.

Lu Bai's eyes reflected Zhou Heming's image.

"really?"

Zhou Heming asked a question in return.

"Hey, let's talk about you first. Do I know that person?"

Lu Bai quickly looked away, as if worried that their eye contact would reveal their feelings.

"We know each other, we should be quite familiar with each other."

Zhou Heming nodded and looked at the biscuits in his hand.

"Because we're so familiar with each other, well, it's hard to put into words."

While Zhou Heming hesitated to organize his thoughts, Lu Bai lowered her head, clutching the wrapper of the chocolate biscuit, looking apprehensive and uneasy, yet also somewhat expectant and eager to try. Finally, she seemed to have made up her mind, slightly raising her eyes to look at Zhou Heming's profile.

Is that Lu Bai?

Zhou Heming was taken aback, but then he understood Lu Bai's intention. He nodded hesitantly.

".Um."

Lu Bai's expression froze for only a moment, then she forced a smile and quickly looked away.

"Oh, it was her. That's great, really great."

As she spoke, Lu Bai nodded, shoveling the remaining chocolate chip cookies into her mouth, her body swaying slightly. She stared at the packaging in her hand, pursed her lips, and spoke again.

"Have you figured out how to tell her?"

"I don't know how to bring it up yet, I'm a bit conflicted."

Zhou Heming sighed.

"How about this, you treat me like Lu Bai, confess your feelings and see how it goes?"

Lu Bai spoke in a playful tone, but his gaze always avoided Zhou Heming.

"Okay, let's give it a try."

Zhou Heming smiled faintly.

At this moment, Lu Bai also raised his eyes and looked directly into Zhou Heming's eyes.

The boy looked at his own reflection in those eyes, remained silent for a moment, and then spoke solemnly.

"Lu Bai, I like you."

Lu Bai looked at Zhou Heming, her gaze sweeping across his face as if to remember this moment. She didn't speak, but the smile on her face was barely perceptible. Then, she looked away and put on that smile that eased the atmosphere again.

"It's fine, she should be happy."

Lu Bai waved his hand, his smile bitter.

The performance has ended.

There was silence in the classroom.

Unlike the laughter or admiration that followed other performances, the people in the classroom, after watching Lu Bai and Zhou Heming's performance, only felt that the difference in talent was clearly visible.

When others see that someone performed well, that is, when everyone else gets a score of 60, but someone gets a score of 70, they applaud to show their encouragement.

But Lu Bai and Zhou Heming got full marks.

Moreover, their perfect score was because the test paper was only out of 100 points.

Dude, are you guys really good at acting?
In everyone's hearts, a thousand wild horses galloped through their minds.

That scene could be seamlessly integrated into the film.

More importantly, putting Zhou Heming aside for now, Lu Bai, as the main performer, is also top-notch in terms of looks!
In the film and television industry, good looks are king. If you also have acting skills, as long as you have normal resources, it would be an injustice if you didn't become famous.

"The task I just assigned you was to test your ability to express a story. Some of you performed very hard, but you lacked information and couldn't tell the story. Others, in trying to explain the cause and effect, made their performances bland."

Feng Yu spoke at this moment, breaking the silence in the classroom.

"The theme of unrequited love is inherently less dramatic in terms of conflict, so no one had chosen it before. However, these two did a great job of it. They quickly established the relationship between the characters through the confession scene. The plot of a boy liking another person and a girl liking a boy naturally creates conflict and dramatic tension. In the end, their performances were very natural, as if they were experiencing it firsthand, which is truly commendable."

Hearing Feng Yu's praise, the others in the classroom sweated even more.

After all, if they were truly talented enough, they should have been in the art exam preparation classes on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays a few years ago, instead of staying in the social classes on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.

For them, it might take a lifetime to achieve that level of natural acting.

However, it was just a topic that the two young people came up with on the spur of the moment.

The painstaking efforts of ordinary people cannot compare to the momentary whim of a genius.

The difference in talent is stark and extreme.

"However, there's no need for everyone to worry."

When Feng Yu saw the solemn expression on the applicant's face, he smiled gently.

"Because this student, Lu Bai, is indeed a proper actor and an outstanding graduate of our training program."

She then began to introduce Lu Bai.

Everyone stared in disbelief at Lu Bai.

"No wonder he looked familiar, he really is an actor!"

The convenience store clerk muttered to himself, seemingly relieved, but soon he remembered how confidently he had acted in front of Lu Bai, and felt a pang of embarrassment and awkwardness. At the same time, everyone suddenly realized that the two had just been showing off their affection in front of everyone!
I thought it was a bittersweet unrequited love, but I never expected it to turn into a confession!
Only Zhou Heming glanced at Lu Bai beside him. He knew that the girl who could see through the lies had some genuine emotion in her performance just now.

That's how she is; she uses everything around her and her own feelings to enhance her acting skills and complete the role she plays.

"However, this Zhou Heming is indeed a student who just finished the college entrance examination and has never been involved in any performance before."

Finally, Feng Yu introduced Zhou Heming again.

The relief that everyone had just felt was dashed once again.

If you can't even beat a high school student, what kind of actor are you?

This life is truly over!

"Therefore, if you want to improve your acting skills, you need to learn and practice more scientifically. Our training class was established to help everyone perform better."

Feng Yu continued, which made everyone's eyes light up, and they nodded repeatedly.

Zhou Heming sat back down, his lips twitching.

"Teacher Feng, your methods are amazing."

This process of giving a stick, then a piece of candy, then another stick, and then another empty promise, repeatedly pulling at emotions, has lured all these applicants into becoming sycophants.

Recalling the imposing manner with which Feng Yu questioned him during the targeted exam interview, Zhou Heming subconsciously felt a slight sense of fear towards this woman.

"She gave you your study materials."

Lu Bai said in a low voice.

"She was my interviewer."

Zhou Heming answered in a low voice.

"That's such a coincidence! It means you have a special connection with Ningjiang University, Zhou Heming. You're sure to get in!"

Lu Bai smiled.

The previous feeling of melancholy disappeared, and she returned to being the cheerful and bright girl she always was.

Listening to Feng Yu's lecture on stage, Zhou Heming gained a general understanding of the structure of this performance training class.

Feng Yu and Qiao Xiya together own half of the shares, while the other half belongs to Lu Bai's relative, a director named Lu Ban. Of the three, Feng Yu is only there during holidays, Qiao Xiya is an actress who comes to teach students when she's not filming, and the other three teachers take turns. As for Lu Ban, he basically doesn't get involved here, at most he'll come to grab some people for auditions when there are films available.

That's why the convenience store clerk said that what matters here is networking and getting audition opportunities.

Although there are many film crews now and the industry has expanded, there are not many roles that allow actors to appear on screen and have lines. Rather than training newcomers, more directors prefer to use familiar faces directly, as it is very important to be recognized.

"Moreover, there are very few actual auditions now. They usually just record a self-introduction video and then show a PDF of their work. Sometimes, even for minor roles, it all depends on the director's or producer's ideas."

Lu Bai explained to Zhou Heming.

Soon, Feng Yu gave the results of the audition, removing Lu Bai's group and keeping twenty people.

As for those who couldn't stay, they were given small gifts such as notebooks so they wouldn't leave empty-handed.

The convenience store clerk was disappointed that he wasn't selected. He glanced at Zhou Heming one last time and left dejectedly.

Zhou Heming could only wish him that he would have another chance to realize his dream in the future.

*
As a result, Zhou Heming ended up attending the class for the entire day.

In the evening, after the training class ended, Feng Yu suggested that Lu Bai and Zhou Heming have dinner together.

They booked a private room at a small Sichuan-style restaurant near Jiangcheng University for four people.

"I was originally planning to invite the other two along, but it seems they're not in Jiangcheng right now."

Sitting in the private room, Feng Yu glanced at his phone.

"But it's okay, if you go to Sichuan with Xiaobai, you'll definitely see them."

"oh oh."

Zhou Heming didn't know who she was talking about. After pouring tea for the four of them, he picked up the cup and took a small sip.

"Speaking of which, when are you two getting your marriage certificate?"

Feng Yu suddenly spoke.

puff--

"Cough cough cough."

Zhou Heming almost spat out his tea.

"What, what certificate?"

He glanced at Lu Bai beside him, who was also a little flustered. He pretended to look at the teacup and didn't say anything.

"Graduation certificate? Admission notice? Have the results come out yet? It's been so long since I went to high school, I don't remember these things very well."

Feng Yu casually turned the central turntable and took the teacup down.

"Oh, is that it? The results haven't come out yet; they'll be available on the 25th."

Zhou Heming calmed down a little.

"Oh, I thought you and Xiaobai went back to Sichuan to meet your parents."

Feng Yu's next words left Zhou Heming speechless.

"Sister Feng Yu, we haven't reached that point yet!"

When Lu Bai spoke up to explain, it was hard not to think that she had just been watching Zhou Heming's misfortune.

"Oh, it's okay. Meeting Lu Ban is like meeting the parents. Once we've met him, we can speed things up."

Feng Yu said with a smile that she was quite adept at manipulating people's hearts and pulling their emotions.

"Is it Lu Bai's director relative?"

Zhou Heming had previously researched that Lu Bai's first film was directed by Lu Ban. This director is somewhat famous now, but not much. Some viewers who like horror and thriller films are his loyal fans, but due to the pressure of life, he hasn't made a film of similar genres for a long time.

The drama Lu Bai filmed in Sichuan this time, "Goodbye, Pear", is director Lu Ban's new work. It can be seen that although there are no horror elements, it still touches on the heavy topic of life and death.

"Yes, Xiaobai should be closer to Director Lu."

Nearby, Josiah put down her phone, seemingly having already ordered the food.

No, how can it be assumed that you've already met the parents?

This made Zhou Heming nervous.

When does filming start?

Feng Yu casually asked about Josiah.

July 14th.

Josh was concise and to the point.

She stared intently at the paper menu, seemingly trying to find some hidden recipes that weren't visible when ordering via mobile phone.

"My art exam results came out on the 11th."

Lu Bai looked at his phone and did some calculations, then looked at Zhou Heming.

"Zhou Heming, your application results are due on the 12th, right?"

"Yes, the early admission batch is on the 12th."

If the score is high enough, Zhou Heming will be admitted in the early admission round, and the admission results can be checked earlier.

"That's perfect! We'll know the admission results before we go to Sichuan, so we can set off with peace of mind."

Lu Bai seemed certain that Zhou Heming would pass the exam.

"I remember your birthday is on the 7th of next month, right? I happen to be in Jiangcheng these days. Do you want to celebrate with me, or are you going to celebrate with your boyfriend?"

Feng Yu then asked meaningfully.

“I’m with him, so you don’t need to worry.”

Lu Bai answered without hesitation.

"It just so happens that we were born on the same day."

What a coincidence!

Feng Yu smiled.

"I don't usually celebrate my birthday."

Zhou Heming scratched his head.

"No."

Lu Bai spoke with righteous indignation.

"You have to celebrate your birthday this year, and you have to celebrate mine too. It's a deal."

She spoke in an unquestionable tone.

"Ok."

Zhou Heming agreed.

"Hehe, I'm looking forward to it."

Lu Bai chuckled and squeezed Zhou Heming's hand.

"There's no need to have such high expectations."

The boy looked away.

do not know why.

Looking at her expectant eyes and smile.

Zhou Heming also inexplicably began to look forward to this year's birthday.

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