Huayu 2007: Starting with fleecing the "Fairy Sisters"

Twenty minutes later, Wu Wei arrived at the entrance of the Beijing Film Academy.

The school gate is made of huge stones, which looks ancient and heavy. The six gold-plated characters on it read "Beijing Film Academy".

Wu Wei glanced at the security guard at the door, then swaggered inside.

The campus was much smaller than he had imagined, and it was completely different from the grand and spacious campus of Beijing University of Science and Technology.

The buildings are very close together, the roads are not wide, but the greenery is quite good, with tree-lined paths winding through them.

It's more like a high school than a university.

In the morning, students walked in twos and threes toward the teaching buildings on campus.

Some were carrying textbooks, some were eating breakfast as they walked, and others were memorizing lines while holding scripts...

After looking around, Wu Wei decided to just go into any classroom and take a look.

Just then, a clear voice suddenly came from the side: "It's you?"

He turned his head and saw a girl wearing a beige hoodie looking at him with some surprise.

It is Jing Tian.

"Don't you remember me? I saw you at Lejiaxuan last time."

Jing Tian walked towards him, her tone tinged with excitement.

"Of course I remember," Wu Wei smiled. "Hello."

I've been listening to your songs a lot lately!

Jing Tian looked at him with bright eyes: "My favorite song is 'What's Wrong', it's so sweet, I even downloaded it as a ringtone."

"Thanks."

Wu Wei politely replied, "I've listened to your song too, and it's quite nice."

Upon hearing this, Jing Tian's expression immediately became somewhat unnatural. She touched the tip of her nose sheepishly, "I was just singing casually for fun, it can't compare to your singing..."

After she finished speaking, even the tips of her ears turned a little red.

Her EP has been released for a while now. Although she did a lot of promotion, it didn't make much of a splash, and the sales were so dismal that she didn't even want to mention it.

Compared to Wu Wei's three songs that became hits across the internet, it's like comparing heaven and earth.

She clearly didn't want to dwell on this topic, so she immediately changed the subject, saying, "Are you also a student at our school? I don't think I've seen you before."

"No, I'm from Beijing University of Science and Technology," Wu Wei said. "I've recently become quite interested in acting, so I came here to audit some of your school's classes."

Jing Tian's eyes lit up: "That's perfect! My roommate and I are just getting ready for class. The first class is a large lecture called 'Introduction to Drama.' You can come with us."

"OK."

As Wu Wei spoke, her gaze naturally drifted to her three roommates behind her.

Upon seeing this, he was momentarily stunned.

He actually knew all three of them.

From left to right, they are Kan Qingzi, Chai Biyun, and — Zheng Shuang.

The four of them standing together in the dormitory were quite a sight to behold.

Wu Wei silently sighed to himself: This dormitory is pretty awesome, full of beautiful girls, and they all did quite well later on, becoming quite famous.

The three of them looked at him with some curiosity, and when he looked over, they all smiled and waved at him.

Kan Qingzi stepped forward and said, "Are you Wu Wei? I really like your songs; I've been listening to them on repeat for the past few days."

"Thank you." Wu Wei smiled at her.

Zheng Shuang looked him up and down a few times and said, "Jing Tian told us that she had seen you in the recording studio before and said you were very handsome. I wondered how handsome you were, but now that I've seen you... you're just average-looking."

Wu Wei was speechless.

Shuangzi is a very direct girl.

The three people next to her smiled helplessly, clearly used to Zheng Shuang's way of speaking.

"That's right," Wu Wei replied with high emotional intelligence, "There are a lot of handsome guys at Beijing Film Academy. Someone of my caliber would just be an ordinary person in your school."

Zheng Shuang raised an eyebrow and smiled slightly, seemingly very satisfied with his answer.

Fearing that Shuangzi might say something shocking again, Jing Tian urged, "Let's go, let's go, class is about to start."

Wu Wei followed the four girls toward the teaching building.

Four beautiful women walking together are still very eye-catching, even in a place like the Beijing Film Academy where beauties abound.

Wu Wei walked beside them, attracting a lot of attention along the way.

After entering the large lecture hall, he did not sit with them, but instead found a corner seat by himself.

This was a large class, with students from several classes attending together, and the classroom was packed.

Wu Wei listened attentively from below.

Unfortunately, both lessons focused entirely on the basic theories of performance. While not entirely useless, their practical application was indeed very limited.

It didn't help his acting skills much.

After class, Jing Tian and the others had to attend small-group professional classes, which Wu Wei couldn't get into.

Jing Tian told him that even if he managed to sneak in, the teacher would politely ask him to leave.

After saying goodbye to the four, Wu Wei began to stroll around the campus.

During his visit, he discovered quite a few good things.

Although the Beijing Film Academy campus is not large, students can be seen rehearsing in many places.

Some were practicing their lines, some were rehearsing the blocking, and some were working on their characters' expressions...

Wu Wei had a flash of inspiration.

Instead of attending those useless theoretical classes, I'd rather observe how these students perform.

Watch how they adjust their gaze, how they control their emotions, and how they design their movements...

What surprised Wu Wei the most was that the doors of several large theaters were open, and several groups of students were rehearsing inside at the same time, with teachers providing on-site guidance.

The teachers would stop the students, correct them, give them pointers, and even demonstrate themselves. The students would try again and again, and the improvement was clearly visible.

He stood to the side, listening attentively, silently memorizing the knowledge and insights.

……

For the next few days, Wu Wei went to the Beijing Film Academy every day.

He would go wherever there was a rehearsal.

He would always be present in the audience if there was a performance or student showcase in the evening.

Gradually, he became a familiar face among the students. Everyone would nod when they saw him, and they would occasionally chat with him.

Especially Jing Tian and her roommates, the campus wasn't big, so they ran into each other a lot and gradually became familiar with each other, and later they even exchanged phone numbers.

Back in his dorm that night, he flipped through the secondhand Beijing Film Academy textbooks that Jing Tian had helped him find, and studied them repeatedly, combining them with the practical exercises he had learned during the day.

With the added advantage of being a "top student," his academic progress can be described as rapid and remarkable.

In just one week, his acting skills improved from 52 points to 54 points.

Wu Weixi couldn't help but prepare to continue his efforts and strive to hone his acting skills to a level of 60 or even 65 or higher before the filming of the movie began.

That afternoon, Wu Weigang came out of a large rehearsal room and was met by a person walking towards him.

He looked up and almost lost his composure.

The person had an exaggerated, flamboyant hairstyle, and it looked like they had used more than half a bottle of hairspray.

She wore heavy smoky makeup, earrings, and most strikingly, a lip ring.

He looked like a street thug.

Only four words popped into Wu Wei's mind: What the hell is this thing!

But then he felt that the person looked somewhat familiar.

After staring at it for a couple more seconds, he suddenly remembered—

Isn't that Zhang Ruoyun?