Chapter 159 The comfort of a stranger in a foreign land
"What are you doing here?"
Lu Yanhe approached and looked at Wei Zhuoran and Qu Yousong with an unkind expression.
The two people were standing outside the rehearsal room, sneaking into the rehearsal room with their mobile phones to take pictures, but they were blocked by Lu Yanhe who was coming back.
Wei Zhuoran and Qu Yousong turned around and saw Lu Yanhe. They didn't pay attention to him at all, and said nonchalantly: "What do you care about what we are doing here? Who are you? When will it be your turn to take care of us?"
Lu Yanhe said with a straight face: "This is the rehearsal room I reserved. You came to my place to secretly take pictures. I can't even ask you questions?"
Wei Zhuoran immediately frowned, "Secret camera? What the hell are you farting? Which eye of yours saw me taking the secret camera? I took photos of my teammates, and they were fair and aboveboard."
Lu Yanhe glanced at Chen Jing who was practicing dancing inside the glass wall and said nothing more.
He passed Wei Zhuoran and Qu Yousong, opened the door and went in, "Chen Jing, how are you practicing? I'm going to rest."
Chen Jing immediately stopped and said, "I'm almost done. You can rest. Thank you for lending me the rehearsal room."
After he finished speaking, he smiled at Lu Yanhe.
Lu Yanhe saw that he was covered in sweat, and the T-shirt on his body was soaked with sweat.
Lu Yanhe shook his head and said there was no need to be so polite.
He looked back and saw that Wei Zhuoran and Qu Yousong, who were outside the door just now, had left.
"Wei Zhuoran and Qu Yousong were outside just now." Lu Yanhe told Chen Jing.
"Ah?" Chen Jing's reaction was a bit strange, and he actually frowned, as if he was worried.
"what happened?"
"No, it's okay." Chen Jing stopped the stereo, thanked Lu Yanhe again, and left in a hurry.
Lu Yanhe didn't think much about it. After he left, he locked the door of the rehearsal room and prepared to take a rest.
Drowsiness has swept over me, and my eyelids are fighting. - In the afternoon, He Shuyi took Lu Yanhe to rehearse the "Golden Age" scene, starting from the first scene.
"As a new actor, you must first learn to figure out the characters." He Shuyi almost took Lu Yanhe step by step to analyze the script. "You are still very young and have little experience. You cannot play every role with all your might like those mature actors." It’s a scene, so you have to learn to find the key points, for example, the character you played in "The Golden Age", what was your first impression of him?"
"Warm and full of justice." Lu Yanhe said immediately.
"Yes." He Shuyi nodded, "Now close your eyes and follow my voice. Let me ask you first, can you imagine a warm and righteous image in your mind?"
Lu Yanhe followed He Shuyi's instructions and sketched a figure in his mind.
"Ah."
"Are you a warm person with a sense of justice?" He Shuyi asked.
Lu Yanhe thought about it seriously and said, "I have always wanted to be such a person."
"Very well, do you think you look like the character in the script?"
"He... is more mature than me." Lu Yanhe said, "Also, he is more tolerant than me. I can't be like him, but when I read the script, I was thinking that I hope to be such a person. "
"Now, put yourself into that person's body." He Shuyi's voice continued to guide Lu Yanhe, "Okay, now open your eyes."
Lu Yanhe opened his eyes again, and there was a moment of confusion in his eyes.
He Shuyi said: "This is the first point I want to teach you. In acting, you must establish a sense of belief in the character. To put it bluntly, you must believe that you are the character, and then find the point of substitution. One person's best acting skills, It means empathy and empathy, especially for young characters, who are often more emotional than complex. Through this kind of dialogue with yourself, you have to find the common points and differences with the characters. The common points are the incisions in which you take on the role, and the differences The point is where you have to smooth it with skill."
Lu Yanhe was a little stunned.
"The second thing I want to teach you is to put aside all theories." He Shuyi said, "Acting is a skill that is constantly practiced. Third-rate acting means crying whenever you want. First-rate acting means you get to that point and It’s natural to cry. You are a newcomer. It is most taboo to learn eighteen kinds of martial arts, and then act very devotedly, but you can’t impress others at all. In every scene, you have to figure out where the drama is, such as " In "The Golden Age", in the first scene you appeared in, you walked in from outside the classroom, what do you think is the key point of your character?"
Lu Yanhe looked confused and shook his head, "I don't know."
He Shuyi said: "Then why do you think the screenwriter wrote this scene?"
Lu Yanhe thought for a while and said, "This scene is the first time the heroine played by Sister Yuqian meets me. The main purpose of the script is to show that Sister Yuqian fell in love with the person I played at first sight."
"Yes, so the key to this scene is that you have to give the audience the impression that you are naturally liked by Jiang Yuqian as soon as you appear on the scene." He Shuyi said, "There will be lighting, editing, music, and makeup. Wait for the department to accentuate these, just to achieve the effect I just mentioned, then as an actor, how do you perform to achieve this effect?"
Lu Yanhe had imagined this scene before, but in fact it was a bit artificial no matter how he thought about it.
"I don't know. I've actually thought about it a lot, but I feel like no matter what expression I make or what actions I design, it all seems very artificial and redundant."
"You are right to think so." He Shuyi said with a smile, "If a boy makes expressions and actions with the purpose of making himself look more handsome, the final result will be that the audience will think he is being cool or artificial, especially In "The Golden Age", you are a college student, and you are liked by a girl at first sight in a classroom environment, so the key is three words: unaware."
Lu Yanhe looked at He Shuyi in confusion, "Teacher He, according to you, there is actually no need to act at all. How can I feel comfortable?"
"Yeah." He Shuyi nodded, "Since your appearance and personality are very similar to the character, this kind of play that requires you to be in your most natural state, of course, is to do whatever you feel comfortable with. This is the importance of finding an eye for the scene. You have to Fully analyze what is required of you in every scene your character appears in. Some scenes require you to act exaggeratedly, some scenes require you to act more restrained, and some scenes require you to give your most authentic performance. It seems that some scenes require you to completely put aside yourself and act with another personality. Only when you find the right direction will your efforts be meaningful. Just like the scene we just mentioned, if you want to be in this scene with all your heart In the play, you have to be cool and handsome, and you have to be able to impress girls with just one glance. That's too bad, you will only become more ugly and disgusting as you act, and no matter how hard you try, it will be in vain."
Lu Yanhe understood what He Shuyi meant. - It was already evening when He Shuyi finished teaching him.
The setting sun turned completely orange, drawing the vast sky into a deep and shallow color of dusk.
After Lu Yanhe sent He Shuyi away, he returned to the rehearsal room to pack his things.
Li Zhibai sent him a message and asked him if the class was over. If so, he would meet him downstairs in the company later and he would pick him up and eat fried chicken together.
Lu Yanhe replied with an OK.
He put on his schoolbag, turned off the light, closed the door, and left.
At this point, many clerical staff in the company are off work.
I waited several times for the elevator, but it was overcrowded and I couldn't get in.
He thought for a while and decided to go down through the fire escape.
The floor he was on wasn't very high anyway.
When I reached the third floor, I suddenly saw a person sitting on the steps of the stairs below.
Lu Yanhe slowed down.
The man heard footsteps and looked up.
"Chen Jing?" Lu Yanhe looked at this man in surprise.
Chen Jing didn't expect to meet Lu Yanhe and stood up in a hurry.
He subconsciously lowered his head and looked away, but Lu Yanhe noticed that his eyes were a little red, as if he had just cried.
"Aren't you going to record a show? Why are you still here?" Lu Yanhe asked.
"I, I won't record anymore." Chen Jing replied hurriedly, raising his legs to leave, "I have something else to do, so I'll leave first."
Before Lu Yanhe could say anything, Chen Jing walked upstairs and passed by Lu Yanhe, as if he was afraid that Lu Yanhe would ask.
Only a fool can't see that Chen Jing is in a bad mood now.
No more recording? It is estimated that Chen Jing's bad mood is related to this this show, Chen Jing was still practicing dancing at noon, but in the end he stopped recording. This is not in vain.
I don’t know what happened to the recording of this show.
Lu Yanhe went downstairs, walked out of the company door, and came to the roadside.
Li Zhibai's car has been parked on the side of the road, waiting for him.
"Why do you suddenly want to eat fried chicken at night?" Lu Yanhe opened the car door and got in. After getting in, he saw that not only Li Zhibai and Yan Liang were in the car, but also Li Zhenzhen, "PD Li, you are still here!"
Li Zhenzhen's long hair had been tied up. He rolled his eyes and asked with a smile, "What's the matter? Are you not happy to see me?"
"No, it was just an accident. I thought you had gone back." Lu Yanhe asked, "Are you following Li Zhibai all day today?"
"Yes, but he stayed in the house all day long and didn't go out." Li Zhenzhen sighed, "So I proposed that we go out to eat fried chicken together in the evening. I'll treat him."
"Oh, so that's it." Lu Yanhe thought to himself, no wonder, Li Zhibai and Yan Liang didn't usually say they wanted to eat fried chicken, so it turned out there was someone else.
During the evening rush hour, the road was a bit congested.
Yan Liang flipped through his phone and said, "I don't know what happened to Chen Jing."
"Huh?" Lu Yanhe was a little surprised when he heard the name.
"In the afternoon, MX's official account sent a note saying that Chen Jing needs to miss the recording of "Ace Brawl" due to physical reasons." Yan Liang explained.
"Physical reasons?" Lu Yanhe was even more surprised.
"That's a pity. The show "Ace Fight" is quite popular. I heard that MX had to talk about recording this episode for a long time before the two parties reached an agreement." Li Zhenzhen said, "Originally, all members of MX could participate in the recording. Of."
Lu Yanhe thought about the Chen Jing he had just seen. He didn't look like he had any physical problems.
I also practiced dancing all day at noon.
Li Zhibai clicked his tongue and said, "What's wrong with you? Maybe you just don't want to be recorded, so you just found an excuse like this. Anyway, it's not like you don't know about those people in MX. After they become famous, they will leave their picks if they say they will." Well, it’s okay even if I give up my job, they are popular, and if they are not dedicated, they will beg them to be on a lot of shows.”
Yan Liang: "Yes."
Lu Yanhe thought for a while and then said, "It shouldn't be Chen Jing who just gave up."
"Huh?" Yan Liang was a little surprised that Lu Yanhe would speak for Chen Jing at this time. "Do you know what's going on?" Lu Yanhe said, "He practiced dancing all day in the rehearsal room I reserved at noon today. If the performance of this show is taken so seriously, it shouldn’t be rejected for no reason.”
Yan Liang: "Then why did he suddenly stop recording the show?"
"I don't know." Lu Yanhe also shook his head, thinking of the Chen Jing he saw when he went downstairs just now. "Maybe there was an accident."
"Is there really something wrong with your body?" Yan Liang asked in surprise.
"What could possibly go wrong? At most, it's just a sprained foot." Li Zhibai said immediately.
The two of them didn't have a good impression of MX, and they also had a bad impression of Chen Jing.
Although Lu Yanhe spoke for Chen Jing, it did not affect the two of them to still speculate on Chen Jing with a negative impression.
Li Zhenzhen said: "You are from the same company. I really want to know what's going on. Just ask someone who knows."
"What are you asking? If you have anything to ask, their MX matters have nothing to do with me." Li Zhibai said immediately.
Li Zhenzhen showed a slightly speechless expression.
After observing for a day, Li Zhenzhen finally discovered that this handsome and popular male idol is actually a child who has not grown up very much. He has been pampered by his family since he was a child. His temperament is easy to get angry, and he also... Always telling the truth.
But human nature is good.
After observing for a day, Li Zhenzhen hoped that Li Zhibai would join his show even more.
An artist with such a strong self-personality is really rare in the entertainment industry.
Today’s idol artists are too perfect and distorted.
Among Lu Yanhe, Li Zhibai and Yan Zhen, it can also be seen that Li Zhibai has the most distinctive personality and rarely restrains himself. No matter who he is in front of, he always looks energetic. . - There are quite a lot of people at the fried chicken restaurant.
Fortunately, Li Zhibai had reserved a seat in advance.
There was a queue of people sitting in front of the store waiting for a table.
Several of them entered the store directly, which made people very angry and asked why they could go in first.
The waiter explained that they had made a reservation in advance.
Someone recognized Li Zhibai.
"That's a star."
"Does it mean that celebrities don't have to queue up? Do they have the privilege?"
"Uh, didn't you say you made a reservation in advance?"
“Why didn’t I know I could reserve a seat in advance?”
……
Li Zhibai was about to step into the store door. Hearing everyone's comments, he put his feet back again, turned around and said: "Call, order the food in advance, pay the order, and you can place the order in advance." Hey, aren’t there guides online? Next time you come to this kind of Internet celebrity restaurant, read more guides. When you come to this kind of restaurant, it’s obvious that you have to wait for a table. If you don’t want to wait, just think of a way.”
The people waiting for their seats were confused and looked at Li Zhibai at a loss.
After Li Zhibai finished speaking, the corners of his mouth raised, and the old god walked in under their gazes.
Yan Liang glanced at him speechlessly and said, "You too, why are you explaining so much?"
But Li Zhibai said: "What should I do if this incident is spread on the Internet and it is said that I have celebrity privileges? Everyone recognizes me."
He took off his mask and sighed, "You can still recognize me wearing a mask. I'm so red."
Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang rolled their eyelids in unison.
Because they had ordered things in advance, fried chicken, drinks, and fruits were served shortly after they sat down.
Worried that one portion of fried chicken would not be enough for four people, Li Zhibai also ordered a portion of pork chop.
Li Zhenzhen asked curiously: "Do you guys often go out to eat together?"
Lu Yanhe nodded.
"Go out a few times a week."
"Aren't you worried about being recognized by fans? It would be troublesome?" Li Zhenzhen asked again.
Lu Yanhe pondered for a moment, glanced at the two of them, and said, "You overestimate us too. Apart from Li Zhibai, Yan Liang and I don't actually know many people. We seem to have some fans online, but in reality, Scattered in various places, the number of people who know us is only better than nothing, and it won’t affect our travel, so it’s not that popular.”
Yan Liang also nodded in agreement, "Even if he recognizes us occasionally, he just wants to take a photo with us, so it's not a trouble."
Li Zhenzhen smiled awkwardly.
Faced with this kind of artist who has trampled himself into the dust, Li Zhenzhen really doesn't know how to answer the question.
Generally, the artists she has seen at this age are a little proud.
Not to mention that all of them have high self-esteem, but they are certainly not like Lu Yanhe and Yan Liang, who are so clear-headed that it even makes people feel a little presumptuous.
At this time, Li Zhibai said: "Actually, it doesn't matter even if you are recognized by some people. If you are not famous to the level of a national superstar, why can't you go out? At most, you will be stared at a few more times."
Li Zhenzhen feels that the three of them are quite real, and they are rare artists who do not regard themselves as stars.
Maybe it has something to do with their experience of going downhill right after their debut? When they were on that talent show, they became very popular.
Indeed, few people can experience the peak and the bottom at the same time when they are seventeen or eighteen years old.
"What are you studying every day now?" Li Zhibai asked.
Lu Yanhe: "In the morning, I learned what is a good performance, and in the afternoon I learned how to perform well, one theory and one practice."
Li Zhibai clicked his tongue.
"Chen Ziyan is really attentive to you."
"She arranged a lot of classes for me, Wen Minglan and Tu Song, and everyone was in class." Lu Yanhe said in a dumbfounded voice, "They are all laying the foundation for us."
"She is quite responsible. Zhou Ping'an gave me another business performance this afternoon. What do you think it is?" Li Zhibai asked.
Lu Yanhe shook his head.
Unimaginable.
Li Zhibai said: "When a real estate project opens, let me go to the hot spot."
Lu Yanhe: "...Will he accept this kind of business performance for you?"
"Yes, you didn't expect it, right?" Li Zhibai said with a tantrum, "What he said is that people give him a lot of money. Anyway, I am idle."
Lu Yanhe: "Are you going then?"
Li Zhibai said: "You can't always refuse. I have refused seven or eight times before. If I continue to refuse, I think he will explode. For such a low-level performance, he does not refuse anyone who comes." Received."
Lu Yanhe sighed.
Zhou Ping'an is like this. In order to make money, he doesn't consider that this kind of work will have a bad impact on Li Zhibai's image.
This kind of real estate opening business is a purely commercial performance, and the stage is generally very low, and there is no so-called stage design.
Li Zhibai has been criticized by many fans on the Internet for taking this kind of job, which seems too low.
The three people complained that Zhou Pingan did not avoid Li Zhenzhen at all.
Li Zhenzhen used to work with Chen Biqiu as an assistant director. He also often had contact with artist management teams and dealt with many management teams.
Although Li Zhenzhen also felt that Zhou Ping'an was a bit excessive about this matter that Li Zhibai complained about, it was still nothing compared to other things she knew.
It can only be said that different people will do different things, and the relationships between different artists and different management teams are also all kinds of strange and varied.
Li Zhibai is an artist who has a certain degree of autonomy and will not be led by the management team. However, some artists are more miserable and have become completely tools of the management team and have to listen to the team in everything.
"PD Li, why did you go to South Korea before?" Yan Liang asked.
Li Zhenzhen said: "Korean variety shows are very successful, and I also want to learn from their experience. I have always wanted to make my own show, but if I don't improve myself, I will have to endure the qualifications until one day I can do it myself." The show will probably start in seven or eight years. This time after I returned from study, Director Chen supported me and helped me become the producer, so I got the green light for this show."
“Are Korean variety shows very successful?”
"Well, their environment is different from ours in China. Their place is small, their market is relatively small, and they have many artists. Several TV stations compete with each other fiercely, but the production funds for one program are actually only so much. They cannot pay big-name artists to participate like some of our programs. In order to stand out, they can only constantly introduce new ideas and come up with innovative ideas." Li Zhenzhen said, "In fact, making variety shows is to follow the trend of the times and find people who can hit the mark. What everyone has in common is that many programs are completely focused on comedy, because this is the most popular and is loved by audiences of all ages. However, the homogeneity is too serious, which also makes comedy programs very complicated. I was also living in Korea, unfamiliar with the place, and felt a sense of loneliness as a stranger in a foreign land. Suddenly I thought of the concept of young people living together. I hope to create such a program to bring together some young artists. , it is best to make it an evergreen show. Find a time every year to get together and film this show. The artists will grow with the show, and the program will also grow with the artists, just like this place where the three of you live together. Three years, if someone records it, it will definitely be a very warm memory for you in ten or twenty years."
Lu Yanhe nodded.
He actually understood what Li Zhenzhen was thinking.
As soon as Li Zhenzhen said the words "a stranger in a foreign land", he suddenly became enlightened.
People need friends, but not everyone is lucky enough to meet true friends.
When a show is done well, it can be a source of comfort.
The kind of friendship that cannot be experienced in reality is also a kind of comfort to feel from the show.
(End of this chapter)