During the waiting period, the four judges on the judging panel whispered to each other in pairs.
Tong Gege spoke quietly with Liu Tianchi.
Meanwhile, Teacher Huang chatted with Jiang Wen.
“Hey, who do you think has a better chance?”
Jiang Wen glanced sideways at Teacher Huang and said indifferently, “Teacher Huang, if you were asked to play a dying cancer patient, how confident would you be?”
“Me… seven points,” Teacher Huang said seriously, “I haven’t tried it, so I’m not very confident. But I have played dying roles before.”
“Dying roles.”
Jiang Wen scoffed, “That’s a far cry from a dying cancer patient.”
“Director Jiang, so you mean Zhuang Feifei has a better chance of winning?”
“Her?”
Jiang Wen pursed his lips and turned to look at the center of the stage, “I make no comment.”
“Ah?”
Teacher Huang was stunned.
…
On the other side, Tong Gege looked at Liu Tianchi and asked softly, “Teacher Tianchi, between the two of them, whose role do you think is more difficult?”
“What do you think?”
Liu Tianchi smiled.
“I think it’s definitely Chen Feng. He has to portray a dying cancer patient; that’s too difficult to grasp, isn’t it? The nurse is easier to interpret.”
“You think so too?”
Tong Gege nodded, “Mm, that’s what I think.”
“Then you think Chen Feng will definitely be eliminated?”
“Pretty much,” Tong Gege said faintly, “It feels quite a pity, I actually admire him a lot. I even thought about collaborating with him.”
“Mm, he is indeed very good.”
Liu Tianchi looked at the stage and said softly, “If he were a little smarter, he could have easily won this round.”
“Ah?”
Tong Gege was startled, looking bewildered, “How could he win this round?”
“Come here.”
Liu Tianchi motioned for Tong Gege to lean closer and whispered in her ear, “Actually, the prompt we gave only defined the scene, but didn’t set any lines.”
“This kind of test is very difficult, requiring both people to improvise on the spot.”
“Do you know what the two most crucial factors in acting are?”
“One is acting skill, and the other is dialogue.”
“So in their scene, acting skill isn’t the main thing; the most important thing is actually the dialogue.”
“If Chen Feng could realize this point and cleverly choose to speak less, focusing more on expressions and physical movements, then he would win.”
“Because Zhuang Feifei needs to say a lot of lines.”
“Sometimes, the more you say, the more mistakes you make.”
After Liu Tianchi finished speaking, Tong Gege was dumbfounded.
My goodness!
There’s even this perspective?
She really was too naive.
Liu Tianchi truly lived up to her reputation as a gold-medal mentor.
She was too amazing.
The key was, could Chen Feng grasp this point?
As long as he focused on portraying pain and the feeling of dying, he didn't actually need to say any lines.
But Zhuang Feifei couldn't.
She had to portray pain and self-reproach; facing a dying patient, she definitely needed long monologues.
Therefore, strictly speaking, Zhuang Feifei was set up.
Tong Gege slowly looked towards the stage.
On the stage, the lights dimmed.
The set was mostly complete.
Chen Feng, dressed in a hospital gown, lay on a hospital bed.
Beside him, Zhuang Feifei had also changed into a nurse's uniform.
Her slender waist, long legs, and long hair coiled into a nurse's cap made her look beautiful just from behind.
What a pity, what good was beauty?
Had she prepared her monologue?
…
The first group's competition was about to begin.
Almost everyone overwhelmingly believed that Chen Feng had been unfairly treated, always getting these harsh, almost perverse roles.
What Addict, what domestic abuser, what male prostitute… None of them were good.
And now, a dying cancer patient.
Who could have such an experience?
They would all have to rely on their own understanding.
It was simply hard to act.
Conversely, the female nurse, a white-clad angel with a beautiful face and a nurse's uniform, was inherently a uniform temptation.
Even if she didn't act well, a large number of male fans would still support her.
The difference was clear.
So Chen Feng was definitely going to be eliminated.
Thus, with everyone's disapproval, as a prompt sound rang out, the first match officially began.
…
Scene One.
Nurse making rounds.
The patient on the bed groaned, his voice hoarse and painful.
When this sound was released, almost everyone got goosebumps.
Holy cow!
That groan was truly grating.
It sounded like he was genuinely in great pain.
On the judging panel, Jiang Wen immediately sat up straight, his eyes sparkling, staring intently at Chen Feng on the hospital bed.
His feeling was very good.
His whole body was trembling, and he constantly tried to move slightly. With each subtle movement, that painful and grating groan would tremble violently.
It made the listener feel a tightness in their chest.
At this moment, the nurse entered, making her rounds.
Before coming, she already knew the patient was beyond saving.
So young, yet dragged to the late stage of cancer; he was probably going to pass away in the next day or two.
So the nurse stood at the doorway, grieving for a moment, appearing slightly artificial.
Then, she slowly walked to the bedside.
…
Scene Two.
When the nurse stood by the bedside, the patient on the bed trembled violently, shaking even more intensely.
One hand slowly lifted, weak and powerless.
And that hand, its five fingers were curled, the knuckles white.
That hand laboriously reached out towards the nurse.
The nurse quickly ran over, grasping the patient’s hand, her eyes reddening, and she choked out, “Chen Feng, it’s okay, it’s okay. Just bear with it and it will pass.”
“It’s okay, Chen Feng.”
“Don’t be afraid, I’m here, I’m the nurse, I’m here.”
“Don’t be afraid… Ah… it hurts so much.”
Perhaps Chen Feng squeezed her hand too hard, so she instinctively blurted out.
…
Scene Three.
On the hospital bed, the patient seemed to have calmed down slightly.
The nurse stood by, with a blank period of nearly forty seconds.
After forty seconds, she finally thought of something to say and began to quietly comfort the patient.
…
Scene Four.
The nurse said a lot.
During this time, she tried to call out to the patient, tried to get the patient to speak.
But the patient never said a word.
The expression on the nurse’s face became a bit complex.
About three minutes later, the patient suddenly convulsed violently, as if some immense pain swept through his entire body, causing him to instantly arch into the shape of a large shrimp.
The patient screamed in agony.
The patient convulsed violently.
The patient’s finger joints even made cracking sounds.
This eerie sound, transmitted through the loudspeakers, reached the ears of every audience member at the live broadcast and entered the minds of all viewers in front of their televisions.
Everyone gasped.
Holy cow!
What’s going on?
Is Chen Feng really having a seizure?
Otherwise, why would there be cracking sounds from his joints?
The nurse by the bed screamed in fright, retreating several steps and letting go of the patient’s hand.
Just then, the patient coughed up a mouthful of blood, spraying it all over the floor.
The nurse screamed again, turning her head and yelling at the director team below, “Oh no, Chen Feng is really spitting blood!”
In an instant, the live broadcast scene descended into chaos.