Chapter 264: Four Ways of Self-Reflection and Regret (Ch 264)

The process of the second stage is the same as the first stage.

The contestants will go on stage first to compete. Each director has two S cards and two A cards. But the difference is that after the competition,

The four directors need to select the actor they want from the same crew, give him a rating card, and invite him to join the crew.

In other words, the actors in the same crew are in a cooperative and competitive relationship.

If an actor is selected by multiple directors, he or she can choose to join the crew of one of the directors according to his or her preferences.

After the competition, each director needs to select 4 actors, a total of 16 people, to enter the next round of competition.

The recording time was at nine o’clock in the morning, and Qi Jia and Zhang Ruonan were still the second group to perform.

At 8:00 a.m., the audience began to enter.

Qi Jia was putting on makeup, so she asked the staff to help take her family to the preparation area.

“Why did you bring this thing?”

After finishing her makeup, Qi Jia hurried to the preparation area and immediately saw the poster of the fourth director held by her aunt.

“Sign it. I’m going to take it back and put it up in the store.” Qi Xiaodie looked proud, “Can you…”

“No,” Qi Jia refused decisively, “If you want, go by yourself.”

“Just go by yourself.” Qi Xiaodie snorted coldly, mustered up her courage, and walked towards the fourth guide who was drinking water.

Qi Jia was too lazy to care about her. He said a few words to his family and then went backstage to prepare.

When passing the rest area, he saw that his aunt actually got the fourth director’s autograph, and the two of them took a photo together.

“All departments, get ready. Count down to three, two, one. Start~”

As the spotlights turned on, Dapeng trotted onto the stage.

After a brief opening speech, he read out an advertisement from the sponsor, and then invited five judges.

“Next, let us invite today’s first group, actors Yan Zidong, Cai Qi, and Cao Jun, to perform a segment of “The Promise.”

“Actors, please take your place”

“Actiron~”

The performance officially began, “The Promise” is also known as “A Murder Case Caused by a Bun”.

As director Shi’s most famous work, he said when it was released that no one would be able to understand “The Promise” within ten years.

So, it seems that no one can understand it now, and the only person who understood it back then was sued by him.

Ten minutes later, the performance ended. The performance of the three people was quite ordinary, without any special features.

So, after a round of comments, when it came to the directors’ voting session, none of the four directors showed their cards.

No director wanted them, which meant that the three of them finished filming and missed the next round.

After giving some speeches, Dapeng asked them to leave the stage.

“Now we would like to invite the crew of Anohana,

Actors Qi Jia, Zhang Ruonan, Meng Ziyi, Fei Qimin, and two supporting actors. ”

“Actors, please take your place”

As he finished speaking, the whole audience burst into applause. Uncle looked at Qi Mingyue in surprise.

“Qi Jia, is it so popular?”

Qi Mingyue nodded, and suddenly she pointed at Zhang Ruonan, who was wearing a white dress and lying under the artificial tree, and said,

“Look, sister-in-law, that’s it.”

Liang Hui immediately perked up, took out her newly-worn glasses, and examined them carefully. The more she looked, the more satisfied she became.

The lights dimmed, and the drama began. Everyone picked up the letter Menma left for them, and after reading it, they all burst into tears.

From here we can begin to see the differences among people.

Qi Jia is a talented actor, his crying is real and touching, allowing the audience to feel the emotions of the character he wants to express.

Zhang Ruonan is a person who expresses her true feelings. She does not need to let the audience feel the emotions of the character, because from the moment she sheds tears,

The audience’s sad thoughts will automatically come to mind, and they will create a set of emotions and stories with themselves as the protagonist.

The performances of these two people are like two situations of playing a single-player game.

Qi Jia is a type of player who follows the story set by the developer and devotes himself to the game.

Experience the characters’ emotions, but these emotions are not their own, but are passively triggered by the plots that the developers have already set.

After the game is over, the player becomes sober and all these emotions are gone.

Zhang Ruonan is like this. Even though the game is over, the player is still immersed in the game and can’t get out.

I put myself in the protagonist’s perspective and imagined a subsequent plot that didn’t exist.

Both performances have their pros and cons, but both can successfully bring the audience into the movie.

Compared to these two, the others were not so good. Although they cried very sadly, they just couldn’t arouse the audience’s empathy.

“Director Er, have your heartstrings been touched?”

When the exclusive BGM sounded, Zhang Jiajia saw Er Dongsheng silently take off his glasses and wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes.

“Yes, these actors acted so well.” Er Dongsheng did not shy away from it. After putting on his glasses, he sighed and said,

The fourth director felt very uncomfortable listening to these discussions.

As a writer, he is best at writing about this kind of painful subject, so he can understand it better than the other four.

In this part of the plot, Qi Jia performed very well as the protagonist.

So much so that even he, who had always disliked Qi Jia, had to admit that in the field of youth films, no one could compare to Qi Jia.

What’s terrifying is that Qi Jia not only dominates the field of youth films, but he has also stood the test of the market in war films and feature films.

Just like a hexagonal warrior, there is no subject that he cannot act in. It is just a matter of whether he wants to act or not, or whether others give him the opportunity to act.

Once people start to reflect, they can’t stop, and the same goes for the fourth director.

After facing up to Qi Jia’s abilities, he began to reflect on what he had done wrong in the beginning.

After all, actors and scripts are always a two-way choice. Although Qi Jia rejected him at the time, he was not impolite.

On the contrary, I was too narrow-minded at the beginning, I couldn’t accept my own script, and was rejected by a young man who just debuted, so I got stuck in a dead end.

Now that I think about it, I really shouldn’t have done that. Just because of such a trivial matter, I targeted Qi Jia and missed the opportunity to work with a good actor.

The more the fourth director thought about it, the more he regretted it…

In the director’s room, the camera swept across the audience.

The assistant director saw that the audience was crying. He rubbed his eyes and said jokingly,

“Director, how come I feel like Qi Jia has already secured the championship before the second stage even ends?”

Sun Liangliang sighed, feeling a little amused.

“I am now both glad that I invited Qi Jia and regretting it.

With him, our traffic and market share are definitely guaranteed.

But like you said, it felt like he had already secured the title, and I was afraid that after the show aired, people would accuse us of something shady.”

At the end, Sun Liangliang sighed heavily.

“This guy is a bug! I guess we won’t dare to invite him to this type of variety show in the future.

He should go on variety shows like Longing for Life, otherwise others won’t be able to play.”

…

“Click” With a shout from the staff, the lights came on.

Dapeng walked onto the stage, briefly expressed his own thoughts, and then invited Qi Jia and the others to come to the front of the stage.

Before he started to speak, the audience burst into unprecedented applause.

“It seems that everyone is very satisfied with this group’s performance. Without further ado, let’s see what the judges have to say.”

After Dapeng finished speaking, he wanted to ask Li Chengru for comments, but at this time, the fourth director suddenly raised his hand.

“Excuse me, host, can I give my comments first?”