Chapter 75 Actors’ Examination Topic (Ch 75)

After breakfast, the two walked back while chatting.

Through chatting, Qi Jia learned that Zhuang Dafei had been involved in the entertainment industry since he was a child.

She debuted as a child star. In addition to filming movies, she has also starred in commercials, MVs, etc.

When she was in high school, her family sent her to study in Canada.

After returning from studying abroad, I applied for the Beijing Film Academy last year because I like acting.

At the art exam, she was discovered by an agent, who thought she had great potential and signed her to Jiaxing.

In addition, just as Qi Jia guessed, the little girl was seventeen years old and was indeed a minor.

8:30 AM,

The two returned to the training class, received their name tags from the staff, put them on their chests, and walked into the lounge.

At this time, there were already quite a few newcomers from the entertainment companies sitting inside. Qi Jia took a quick look around and didn’t recognize them, but many people knew him.

After all, the Spring Festival dark horse “Nobody” was a huge hit, and Qi Jia, one of the protagonists,

Naturally, he attracted the attention of major entertainment companies. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Qi Jia was going to be a big hit.

Before coming, these newcomers were more or less reminded by their agents to try their best to establish a good relationship with him.

As a result, many people stood up and took the initiative to come forward to greet Qi Jia.

“Hello, Brother Qi, I’m Wang Bo from Sunshine Entertainment, and I’m your fan.”

“I’m Zhang Zhaoyi from Universal Entertainment. Hello, Brother Qi Jia. I really like the drama ‘Nobody’ that you starred in.”

“Hello, Mr. Qi. I am Wang Peng from Xueyu Entertainment. Please give me your guidance in the future.”

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Qi Jia could barely accept those who called him brother, but he felt uncomfortable when they called him teacher.

I don’t know when this bad trend started, but people in the entertainment industry call everyone “teacher”. Even for some veteran artists, calling them “teacher” is acceptable.

However, some newcomers who have just debuted are also called teachers because of their high popularity and large traffic.

Qi Jia didn’t know what others thought after hearing this, but he felt very awkward inside.

“I don’t deserve to be the teacher. We are all classmates from now on. Just call me by my name. Don’t be so polite.”

Qi Jia kept smiling, shaking hands and greeting each other one by one, giving people a comfortable feeling like being bathed in spring breeze.

After chatting with each other for a while, we found out that not all of them were newcomers, and many of them were third-tier or lower-tier artists.

He has played supporting roles in several dramas, but they were all mediocre.

Qi Jia’s easygoing attitude won the favor of many people, and the atmosphere in the lounge became lively for a while.

Before Qi Jia arrived, since they didn’t know each other, everyone was basically playing with their phones.

During the chat, some people noticed Zhuang Dafei who was always beside Qi Jia.

After all, the little girl is very pretty and it is hard not to attract people’s attention.

After listening to Qi Jia’s introduction, many people became more enthusiastic towards her.

At about nine o’clock,

Many artists who were going to attend the training class had almost all arrived, and Qi Jia finally saw an acquaintance.

Ren Ming hurried in, and seeing so many people, he felt a little socially anxious.

But when he saw Qi Jia, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he immediately trotted over and sat next to Qi Jia.

“Drink some water. Did you oversleep? Why are you here so late?”

Seeing Ren Ming running out of breath, Qi Jia smiled and handed her a bottle of mineral water.

“Thank you, Brother Qi.”

“I went back to the company this morning. There was a traffic jam on the way here, and I was almost late.”

After Ren Ming took it, unscrewed it and took a sip, he calmed down and whispered the reason why he was late.

After a while, the staff came in and clapped their hands for everyone to be quiet.

“Dear students, our five instructors have arrived. Now please follow me to the auditorium.”

After hearing this, everyone stood up and followed the staff out of the lounge.

We arrived at a spacious auditorium.

The staff asked everyone to sit down first, and then two people holding lottery boxes walked in front of the crowd.

“Please, students, each draw a card from the box, but remember not to open it yet.”

Qi Jia reached out and pulled out a card. On the back of the card was printed the words “Beijing Film Academy 2018 Young Actor Training Class”. It was beautifully designed.

There is a film on the surface of the card, which needs to be torn off to see the information underneath.

After everyone had finished drawing, the staff member spoke again,

“Now please take your cards and come up to the stage one by one to reveal your registration.”

After saying that, the person sitting in the first row stood up and walked onto the stage. After revealing his card, he handed it to the staff.

After taking a look, the staff member held it up for everyone to see and then shouted.

“sad”

Then, another staff member wrote the word “sad” after the student’s name.

Then the next person came, and this time he drew “Anger”.

The staff also wrote the word “angry” after her name.

Seeing this, Qi Jia understood that the topic of this assessment should be about acting expression, and the card each person drew was the topic they were to perform.

It was Qi Jia’s turn. After he tore open the card, he was slightly stunned. He saw only one word written on it:

“Domineering”

When seeing this title, Qi Jia was confused for a moment and didn’t know what to act out.

Next up were Zhuang Dafei and Ren Ming, who drew “anger” and “sadness” respectively.

When Ren Ming saw that he had drawn “sadness”, the tense look on his face suddenly relaxed.

There is no other reason, because this may be her best at the moment. She just finished filming “A River of Sorrow” not long ago, and now I feel so sad whenever I think about it.

Zhuang Dafei’s expression became even more nervous. It wasn’t that she couldn’t act angry.

It’s just that her current image is too youthful and like a first love. Even when she is angry, she gives people a cute feeling, and it is difficult for people to empathize with her anger.

“Don’t think about how to act angry, just be natural.”

Qi Jia saw what she was thinking and spoke to comfort her.

“Huh?” Zhuang Dafei looked at Qi Jia puzzled.

“Forget what your teacher taught you in class, and imagine that one day, your favorite guitar was broken by a stranger.

Instead of apologizing, he accused you of dropping your guitar and scaring him. What was your first reaction? “

Qi Jia tried his best to break down the words and explain them to her.

After hearing this, Zhuang Dafei frowned and began to think seriously about what Qi Jia said.

Qi Jia didn’t say anything else, but started thinking about how to perform his topic.

At this time, a group of people came out from the stage talking and laughing. They were the five instructors of this training class.

Chen Baoguo walked in the front, followed by Huang Bo, Shen Teng, Yang Mi and Lin Chaoxian.

Several people walked to the chairs in the center of the stage and sat down.

As the most experienced teacher among the five teachers, Chen Baoguo naturally served as the spokesperson.

“Hello, everyone. Welcome to the Beijing Film Academy Young Actor Training Class. I am your training teacher, Chen Baoguo.”

As soon as he finished speaking, there was warm applause from the audience.

The applause lasted for a few seconds, and then Chen Baoguo introduced several other teachers to everyone one by one.

After the opening introduction, Chen Baoguo continued,

“I guess everyone has drawn their own cards. The corresponding words on the cards are your test questions for today.”

“From now on, you will be given 40 minutes to prepare. You can write and direct a scene based on the topic you drew, or you can choose a scene from an existing TV show to imitate. Each person has 3 minutes to prepare.”

“Of course, for the sake of fairness, the assessment will not be conducted in order. We will randomly draw people from the box, and whoever is drawn will come up to perform.”

“The five of us will give scores based on everyone’s performances, with a full score of 50. But don’t worry, the scores are just for us to understand your understanding of the performance and don’t represent anything else.”

“Okay, now everyone can start preparing. If you have any questions, you can ask them on the spot.”

As soon as Chen Baoguo finished speaking, a buzz of conversation began to rise from the audience.

The student who was originally ranked first was relieved. Fortunately, he would not be the first one to go on stage.

But then he started to worry about how he could perform well.

“Teacher, can I apply to change the topic? The topic I drew is not what I am good at.”

After a while, a male student raised his hand to ask a question.

“Can’t!”

Shen Teng gave a straightforward answer to his question.

Seeing that many people had nervous expressions on their faces, Yang Mi spoke.

“Students, as an actor, improvisation is your most basic ability. We chose this as the assessment topic not to embarrass you, but to understand your shortcomings and help you make up for them in subsequent courses. If you are afraid to perform because you are not familiar with it, then I can only say that you are not suitable to be an actor.”

After saying this, the other four mentors expressed their deep agreement.

It doesn’t matter whether the students agree or not. If they don’t accept it, they can quit at any time.

“Brother, have you thought about performing that part? My agent said that if I fail in front of Sister Mi, I will be punished to take a month of body shape lessons when I go back.”

Zhuang Dafei leaned close to Qi Jia’s ear and whispered.

“Yeah, I’ve thought about it.”

Qi Jia nodded with a relaxed look on his face, but his eyes were looking at Chen Baoguo who was talking to Huang Bo on the stage.