Huayu: Starting from an Unemployed Male Model

Before joining the training group, Wang Churan couldn't sleep every night. She is currently a senior in high school and has to take care of her studies and prepare for next year's art exam and college entrance exam.

When the production team invited her to audition, she was hesitant and apprehensive, fearing both that she would pass the audition and that she would fail.

If she gets the job, she'll have to go to film, which means she'll have to take time off from school during the stressful time of her senior year of high school.

She was often absent-minded during those days; even though it was summer vacation, she just wasn't in the mood to play.

Her mother noticed her hesitation and encouraged her to give it a try. If she passed, she could take leave to film; if she didn't, she could go back to school to study hard and prepare for the art exam and the college entrance exam.

I passed the audition, but the pressure also increased.

Seventeen- or eighteen-year-old girls are always sensitive and hesitant. She was afraid of not performing well, afraid of disappointing the director and her mother, and afraid of ruining the play.

Liu Xiyin in "Oh My General" is a perfect woman who is "beautiful, intelligent, and strong-willed," with an ethereal and pure temperament similar to that of Brigitte Lin or Liu Yifei. This role is quite challenging for a newcomer like her.

She was under so much pressure that all she wanted to do was have a good cry to release the pent-up stress, but for some reason, she couldn't cry. She had hardly ever cried before.

Wang Churan sighed, put down the script, rubbed his temples, and kept thinking about the script, considering how to portray Liu Xiyin's feelings and actions during the final suicide scene.

After massaging her temples, Wang Churan noticed a sliced ​​fruit salad and a shrimp and vegetable salad on the table. Her mother knew she hadn't had much of an appetite these past few days, so she went to the supermarket, bought some fruit and lobster, prepared them, and brought them to her.

She picked up a bamboo skewer from the table, chose a bright red slice of watermelon, tilted her head back, and ate it. It was sweet, juicy, and refreshingly cool. She squinted her eyes.

With such delicious food, how could there not be a video to accompany it?

Wang Churan unlocked her phone with the password and, after a few days, opened Bilibili again to see what interesting videos were available to watch while eating.

Upon entering the homepage, new content appeared in the video recommendation section: a chorus version of Wei Jun's "Touring Beijing".

"Wei Jun? New song 'Touring Beijing'?" Wang Churan had been either in seclusion studying the script and memorizing lines or training on set these past few days, and had no idea that he had released a new song.

She first learned about Wei Jun from the variety show "We Are In Love". One of her classmates watched the show every week and after finishing it, she recommended Wei Jun to the class, saying that he was tall, handsome, humorous and had high emotional intelligence.

Wang Churan wasn't interested in dating reality shows, but her classmates kept recommending them to her. Just then, the "Satellite Couple" was promoting themselves everywhere to boost ratings, and her classmates started asking each other if they had watched the show.

If the answer is no, she will urge the other person to watch it next week. She will ask the other person what the plot of the previous day was like the day after it airs. If the other person cannot answer, she will continue to pester them like a leech.

Wang Churan reluctantly followed along, but she was cunning. Knowing that her classmate liked Wei Jun and asked questions about him, she waited until the next day when the video was released online, and then specifically chose to watch the clips featuring Wei Jun.

After seeing more of him, she began to become curious about Wei Jun, wondering how many abilities he had that she didn't know about. The ones she did know were that he had a strong ability to imitate, was excellent at flirting, and sang very touching love songs.

Wang Churan started searching for information about Wei Jun online. At that time, there wasn't much information about him; it was mostly photos of him in low-quality magazines and films, photos from events, and clips from variety shows.

Seeing so little information, Wang Churan was somewhat disappointed. Just when she thought Wei Jun would continue to work in variety shows like other variety show stars, she was surprised to find that he filmed a TV series, released a song, and even gained popularity because of the song.

After that, Wei Jun became the spokesperson for OPPO phones and Metersbonwe, shot magazines such as "1626" and "Red Show", appeared on variety shows such as "Day Day Up", and starred in "Princess Agents".

Only then did she realize that Wei Jun was an ambitious person who was not content to be just a variety show personality and was constantly urging himself to improve, break out of his comfort zone, and develop in other fields.

She began to admire Wei Jun and took him as her role model, determined to work as hard as he did in the future.

Wang Churan clicked on the chorus version of the music video for "Touring Beijing".

The first time, I was so focused on listening to the music that I didn't eat a piece of fruit or a single shrimp.

The second time she watched the scene, when she saw Chen Xiangkou's smile, her nose tingled, and the bamboo skewer involuntarily fell to the ground.

The third time, she cried, for the national integrity and the spirit of sacrifice of the two stars of Peking Opera.

As she cried, the pressure she had been holding back flowed away like a flood, and she suddenly realized how to portray the character of Liu Xiyin.

To some extent, Chen Xiangkou and Liu Xiyin are the same kind of people; they are both the kind of people who know they will die, but still choose to go in that direction.

Wang Churan quickly picked up the script, turned to the page where Liu Xiyin committed suicide, scribbled on it with a red pen, and then sent a WeChat message to the director: "[Director, I have an idea for Liu Xiyin's final suicide. Could you add a smiley face?]"

director:【?】

Wang Churan typed a lot of words, but deleted them all. Instead, she sent the "Travel to Beijing" music video directly to the director's chat window: "Take a look at this music video."

The director paused for a moment before replying: "We can give it a try."

......

In Beijing, on the East Fifth Ring Road, stands an inconspicuous old building.

Liu Haocun was stretching her legs and doing warm-up exercises. She and several other girls stood in front of the mirror, following the posture teacher in doing various movements.

Two months ago, she participated in the film actor selection event of director Zhang Yimou. After round after round of selection, she stood out from 3000 people and was finally selected as a candidate for the female lead and began to enter the preparation team for training.

She trains two days a week, taking a one-hour bus ride from her dance school to this place to receive training in acting, dialogue, and physical expression.

The group practiced with the posture teacher for a while before being stopped. The posture teacher then took out a computer and projected the story of the two stars of the Peking Opera, "A Tour of Beijing".

"Huh, what song is this? The music video made me want to cry." A girl's eyes were red and her nose was twitching.

"There's a music video that's been really popular these past few days, I think it's by a singer named Wei Jun," another girl replied.

Liu Haocun didn't say anything, but stared at the music video with his bright, star-like eyes, watching the old master's opera performance, watching the two stars of the opera world grow up together and fall in love, and watching the opera lines they sang at the end.

This video left an indelible impression on her young mind.

So this is how opera can be performed, how lines can be spoken, and how emotions can be expressed.

She remembered the two stars of the Peking Opera, as well as Wei Jun and Li Lin, especially the handsome Wei Jun.

"Haocun, come and imitate the shapes in it." The teacher directly called on the adorable little Haocun.

"Ah..." Liu Haocun stood up, at a loss.

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