"Robert, are you okay Robert. ”

His wife got up, sat down beside the professor, and gently put her hand on his forearm, but even though he felt the coldness, he still looked at his wife with a confused gaze, obviously not coming back to his senses.

In her more than 20 years of marriage to the professor, it was the first time she had seen him lose his temper like this, which was why she was worried, maybe it was not a good idea to let him watch this video just now.

If you think about it from the heart, this is tantamount to a bombardment of the soul, a complete negation of the professor's more than 20 years of professional performance education and the theoretical basis of performance, which feels ...... Like an atheist seeing God?

"Huh, I'm fine......"

After a long time, he finally woke up from his sluggishness, but he was deflated, and after comforting his wife, he leaned back in his chair without saying a word, his mind was full of recalling the ability shown by Lu Ze in the video, and he didn't realize it...... There is a hint of old age.

This is not a progress in the performance theory system, and it has not even become a way of acting that has been recognized by the industry, but at this moment, the sense of loss in the professor's heart has reached the point of no return.

Genius?

This word has been used on Lu Ze more than once, and since Lu Ze was born, these two words have been crowned on his head, and have been recognized more and more, but all the previous praise is not as intuitive as this time.

"I'll go pour you a glass of water. ”

She came out of the kitchen and put the water cup in front of the professor, in the kettle, the water splashed and gushed out from the spout, under the light, it shone with a golden luster, maybe the sound of pouring hot water can really soothe people's hearts, listening to the sound of banging, he gradually adjusted his mentality to normal.

Five years ago, on a trip to China, the family had the habit of drinking hot water, feeling the temperature of the water cup, he brought his mouth closer, habitually blew, the glass condensed white mist, took a sip, the water flowed down the throat into the abdomen, he could clearly feel where the water has gone to the stomach now, and finally flowed into the stomach, but also made him stretch his brows, showing a gentle smile in the past.

"Thank you, dear. ”

"He's really that good?"

The dishes and chopsticks were put in the dishwasher, she sat on the sofa and flipped through the magazines, asking the professor about Lu Ze, but her eyes were still firmly fixed on the words, and she didn't look at her husband's eyes.

She didn't want to see her husband defeated, but she had to talk about it, so as not to let him hold things to herself.

"It's a lot better than I thought, and if he really has an extremely stable performance like in the video, then he's destined to be favored and sought after by major studios, and it's not a situation I want to see. ”

This has nothing to do with jealousy, when an actor's state is extremely stable, it is natural to shorten the filming period, then the crew's expenses will be shortened, the release time will be advanced, and even the speed of fund return will be accelerated, which is good for the actor, the crew, the filmmaker, and all three, but the premise is that this extremely stable actor is an individual.

But if this is not the superpower of individual actors, but a training method that can be practiced systematically, then there is a market for super-stable actors, and since there is a market, there will definitely be people who take risks in order to cater to the market.

As a teacher, he was afraid to see his students greet him with the book in their arms, and even more so that one day he would have to visit his students in the hospital.

But as a scholar of performance theory, he also expects the theoretical system to expand again, and the constant collision of two ideas in his mind is the fundamental reason for his mental collapse.

The wife looked at the magazine, but she didn't turn another page for a long time, she didn't know how to act, so naturally she couldn't decide something for her husband, so she could only ask softly.

"Will you bash him?"

"No, in terms of academics, I respect him, he is already on the path of acting guru, but in terms of education, I will never allow my students to read his books, that's all. ”

After drinking the warm water, he leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes, all he could think about was how to explain to his students, and his wife didn't bother anymore, just flipped a page of the magazine, and the two of them were silent, like those who had also watched the video.

……

In just half an hour, the video has been viewed more than 20,000 times, and although the comment area is not as one-sided as before the video was released, it is still mixed.

Many people don't believe in the authenticity of the video, and think that a certain part must have been edited out before the board is played, so that Lu Ze will show a ghost-like scene.

Part of the performance department of the YouTube UP master has begun to make a video, hoping that he can confirm or debunk the authenticity of the video content, two hours later, several videos have been uploaded to the website, although the production is relatively rough, but several UP owners are unanimous that there is no problem with the video.

It's just that because of his own fame, it is not enough to convince the majority of netizens, and some people still think that this is the water army that collected Lu Ze's money and washed the ground for him.

The real reason for the change in the thinking of most netizens was a tweet from Professor Robert Ksler, a professor at the Department of Performance at the University of the Arts London, for Lu Ze.

As a performing artist with a background in stage plays, Robert has long been well-known in the European stage drama industry, and his status is similar to that of singers who appear and sing at the Chinese Spring Festival Gala all year round.

Judging from the 2023~2024 consumption expenditure table of major European cities, from 25 to 60 years old, the annual fixed expenditure of white-collar workers and above, the average cost of watching art performances accounts for 5% to 8% of the total annual income.

In London, the city with the largest artistic consumption, the white-collar class spends 10% to 13% of their annual income on watching art performances.

In this kind of economic prosperity in the industry, the stage drama master born naturally has the credibility to convince the doubters, which is far from being comparable to the UP master on YouTube.

At least it can shut up the vast majority of people, as for those Internet mobs who won't admit Lu Ze's excellence if they kill them, just let it go, after all, they are a few clowns who jump off the beam, and they can't make any waves at all.

What is the reason for tweeting? Robert himself has thought about it for a long time, it seems that the sense of justice in his heart is at work, and he has the admiration of genius, even if he is more than ten years older than Lu Ze, but at this time, it can only make him think that he is just stupid.

Even if he can't benefit the actors for the time being, Lu Ze can take a key step on the basis of the theory of the acting profession that no one has taken for a long time, which is enough to make him respect.

……

"I read Mr. Lu Ze's work "Performance, After My Life", at first I had the same doubts as everyone, and even had doubts about my own performance level and training methods, there is no doubt that the training method proposed by Mr. Lu Ze is not feasible in the eyes of most performers, and it is extremely dangerous, if you have to try, even if you perfect a role and successfully bring it in, but life only depends on a movie to live?"

"It's hard for us to get rid of the shadow of a character that is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, especially in their own hearts, ordinary experiential performance methods are the same, not to mention this more dangerous performance method, maybe just after making a movie, it will take a lifetime of psychological treatment, this kind of price, I don't think anyone can afford it, not to mention, the movie you shoot is also very likely not to be called a classic by people, let alone leave a mark in film history, if you dedicate your life to an ordinary film, this is not heroic in my opinion, but stupid。 ”

"I also watched the video, the impact on the spirit is very obvious, I have acted in stage plays for decades, but I have never perfected the image of those characters who once made me cry, my impression of these characters, most of them come from the original books, and now when I put on the costume, I will definitely feel that I am a little strange in the mirror, this is the impact of this book on me, the longer the acting career, the deeper the impact of this book on it. ”

"I very much agree with Mr. Lu Ze's speech at the end of the video, this is not a suitable way for all actors to practice, the meaning of its existence is to prove that this road is feasible, at least someone can take it, and enrich the theoretical foundation, which is worthy of our respect in any case. ”

"Through the book, I learned about Mr. Lu Ze's ambition, he wants to create a fourth form of performance that is beyond the three major performance forms, which is a great ideal, but now the theoretical framework he proposed is not perfect enough, and the difficulty is much higher than that of the three major performance factions, here I also hope that netizens will not grasp the ability to enter the role instantly, but to consider why Mr. Lu Ze can not NG for eighteen consecutive games, this fantastic ability is the top priority in the entire training system. ”

"At present, Mr. Lu Ze's performance method is not enough to transcend the three major performance factions, but it is not ruled out that he can improve this performance method in the future and form a real performance faction, which is also very possible, and at present, I prefer to include this performance method in the branch of the experience school, after all, it was born out of the experience school. ”

"Perhaps, we will witness the birth of the first acting guru after the new century, even if his theory is not accepted by the public, but at least he is still on the road to becoming a guru, climbing to the top of the actor, and I, and all those engaged in the acting industry, must pay tribute to him, because this road is destined to be lonely...... No one was able to accompany him. ”

"A theatrical performer destined to be buried in the long river of history, Robert Ksler pays tribute to the great climber Mr. Lu Ze. ”

"I wish you all the best and realize your ideals. ”

“……”