Xu Wangqiu saw Akina Nakamori nodding slightly, knowing that she understood, he clasped his hands together and said with a smile: "Then you and Tang Yuqiang start rehearsals, my rehearsal method is not quite the same as Director Sato's rehearsal method." Director Sato will ask you to put on costumes and makeup during rehearsals, and you will practice your lines at first, and then slowly add in the action. My rehearsals are mainly about rehearsing sketches, and the content of these sketches is not the content of the script, but outside the script, but related to the plot. For example, Ba and Amin go to Ueno Park to play, such as Ba and Amin on a date, etc. These contents are written and performed by you and Tang Guoqiang, and I am just commenting and correcting your arranged sketches. ”

Akina Nakamori said worriedly: "But Mr. Sato wants to read it every few days, can you do it without rehearsing the script?"

Xu Wangqiu explained with a smile: "Mr. Sato's rehearsal is to directly tell you how to act, and you need to rehearse one by one, and my rehearsal method is to help you understand the characters thoroughly, so that you can slowly get closer to the characters, and finally integrate with the characters." You think, when you become a character, you have already become a ba, so do you still need to play it?"

Akina Nakamori suddenly realized, and showed a look of admiration: "I see! This method sounds very powerful, better than Director Sato's method!"

Xu Wangqiu chuckled: "I can't say that, Mr. Sato's method is also very good, there are many powerful actors in the UK, and most of them use similar rehearsal techniques." It's just that my rehearsal method is more suitable for you, because you are so similar to Ba. There are many genres of performance in this world, and there are two particularly important genres among them, one is the expressive school and the other is the experiential school. The performance world is basically the world of expressionism and the local performance genre of Dongying, and the training of the Royal Academy of Drama in the United Kingdom is typical of expressionism, and the rehearsal method I use now is experiential. In our genre, there is an idea called seed.

For example, if an actor is an advanced character with excellent character and learning, it will be more difficult for him to play a villain or a hooligan, so how to play it? You need to find the seed of the character, and this seed is a certain characteristic of the character's character, or a certain trait, such as Hamlet's nobility and indecision, after finding this characteristic or trait, you can gradually enrich the character on this basis, make the character three-dimensional, and cultivate the seed into a big tree.

Just now I have given you the seed of the character of Ba, Ba is lonely, insecure, and longs to be loved, this is the seed of the character. The next rehearsal is for the seed to take root and eventually grow into a tree. ”

Akina Nakamori shook her spirits: "I understand, then let's start rehearsals!"

Xu Wangqiu said with a smile: "The easiest line first, let's go to Ueno Park with Ah Ming." You and Tang Yuqiang have been to Ueno Park, and you have been to many places, so it is not difficult to rehearse this sketch. He turned his head to Tang Yan and said, "Old Tang, start rehearsing now, and the two of you will discuss the content of the rehearsal." ”

Tang Yuqiang got up, looked at Akina Nakamori and said, "Akina, then let's discuss the content of the rehearsal." ”

Over the next few days, Akina Nakamori and Tang went out in the morning, rehearsed psychological dramas in the afternoon in the rehearsal room, and rehearsed sketches with Tang and other actors in the evening. It was only on the afternoon of the last day of the appointed time that Xu Wangqiu asked her and Yoshiko Yamada to rehearse the content of the script of "A Game of Unfinished Chess" to prepare for the evening performance.

Xu Wangqiu asked Akina Nakamori to rehearse a scene in which Ba looked for Guo Amin. This scene is about after the news of the Nanjing Massacre reached Dongying, many Chinese students gave up their studies and returned to China, and Amin also had the idea of returning to China, and told Ba that he was Chinese and could not love a Dongying girl now, and then he disappeared. Ba is deeply in love with Amin and asks for news of him everywhere. Mrs. Yang of the International Student Association was somewhat similar to Ba's experience, and she was very sympathetic to her and told her the news of Amin.

The reason why Xu Wangqiu chose this scene is because this scene is the biggest emotional ups and downs of the character of Ba, and it is also very difficult, as long as Akina Nakamori can play this scene well, then other scenes are not a problem at all.

That night, the main actors and crew of both China and Japan in "A Game of Chess That Didn't End" came to the scene, and even Yasushi Tokuma rushed over. Everyone gathered together, waiting to see Akina Nakamori's performance, and also waiting to see if Xu Wangqiu could adjust Akina Nakamori, an actor who can't act, within a week.

Since it was a formal rehearsal, Akina Nakamori and Yoshiko Yamada both changed into costumes. Two chairs were placed in the center of the rehearsal room as a stage set. There are three characters in this scene, Ba, Mrs. Yang and Li Shan, a Chinese student. Among them, Mrs. Yang only has two scenes, and the actor did not enter the group, so Yoshiko Yamada acted on her behalf, and Li Shan was played by actor Zhang Liwei of Beijing Film Studio.

Sun Daolin watched Akina Nakamori's performance, it was really very bad, very exaggerated, he really couldn't believe that Xu Wangqiu could teach him well in a week. If it's an ordinary crew, it's not a matter at all, but this is a Sino-Japanese joint filming crew, you talk about it, but you can't do it, it's all Chinese. He came from the war years, experienced the invasion of China by the Dongying people, and was unwilling to lose face in front of the Dongying people, so he lowered his voice and asked, "Wangqiu, can that Zhongsen play well?"

Xu Wangqiu smiled and said, "Don't worry, it's no problem." ”

Seeing Xu Wangqiu say this, Sun Daolin nodded slightly, but his heart was always hanging.

Xu Wangqiu looked at Akina Nakamori, then at Yoshiko Yamada and Zhang Liwei, and said loudly: "It's time to play, let's start the show!"

Akina Nakamori and the three of them came to the center of the rehearsal room, Akina Nakamori and Zhang Liwei sat on two chairs, while Yoshiko Yamada held a cloth and wiped the "furniture" that did not exist.

Zhang Liwei's expression was very calm, but there was a trace of sympathy in his eyes; Chinese students knew about Ah Ming and Ba, and Ba was also a very good girl, so it was really a pity to be like this.

Akina Nakamori tries to recall when her mother was drunk and said, "If only there was no Akina," and she recalls the feeling of being disliked. Akina Nakamori has not received the "seven forces and four senses" training of the experiential school, so it is impossible for her to act like an experiential actor, and she can only act in a methodological way. As Akina Nakamori recounted her memories, her expression gradually dimmed, exuding a sad mood from the inside out, as if the whole person was shrouded in a dark cloud.

Sun Daolin's eyes lit up, Xu Wangqiu was really powerful, the girl from Nakamori could actually convey such emotions!

Junya Sato and production director Masao Takenaka glanced at each other, and they both showed surprised expressions, they wouldn't think that Nakamori could actually perform such a feeling, this kind of sadness from the inside out is not something that a newcomer like her can play!

After a few seconds of brewing, Zhang Liwei began to say the line: "Please forgive me! Armin didn't tell where to go, and suddenly left. ”

Akina Nakamori's expression darkened even more, and she said softly, "That's the case." She stood up, squeezed out a smile with difficulty, and bowed to Zhang Liwei while holding her clothes: "Thank you." With that, she turned to leave. As if she had lost her soul, she took two steps before she shook and fell to the ground.

Zhang Liwei hurriedly stepped forward to support Akina Nakamori: "Miss Ba." ”

Yoshiko Yamada heard Zhang Liwei's shout and hurriedly walked over. She saw Akina Nakamori fainting, so together with Zhang Liwei, she helped Akina Nakamori into the room and took a blanket to cover her. Zhang Liwei withdrew from the stage, while Yoshiko Yamada continued to be busy.

After a few seconds, Akina Nakamori sat up with force.

Yoshiko Yamada glanced at her and asked, "Are you better?"

Akina Nakamori's eyes dimmed, and she said weakly: "Thank you, it's much better." ”

Yoshiko Yamada sighed and said: "Besides, Amin has always been very distressed, I miss his parents, I miss his ancestors, but I can't let go of Go, and you ......."

Ba said sadly: "No, he, he said, he can't talk to Miss Dongying." She sighed slightly and said, "However, if that's the case, maybe I can be a Chinese." ”

Yoshiko Yamada smiled bitterly: "Being a Chinese, isn't it? That's not a simple thing. The people of Dongying will call you a Chinese Yankee, call you a thief, and throw stones at you. She sighed and said, "As for me, I have two children here, but when they grow up, I will definitely send them back to China." ”

Akina Nakamori looked at Yoshiko Yamada and said in surprise, "You are?"

Yoshiko Yamada smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, it's Chinese, my husband is Chinese, and he was broken up over there." I often wonder what it would be like if we didn't come back then?" she picked up a cup, poured a glass of water and handed it to Akina Nakamori: "Drink!"

Akina Nakamori took the cup and looked at the cup in a daze.

Yoshiko Yamada sighed and said, "Chinese people will say that you are fine, hate you, and look down on you." She exhaled softly and said, "Do you know what it's like to be looked down upon?" She looked at Akina Nakamori and said, "Can you imagine it? If you are a Chinese and you have to bear this, can you do it?"

Akina Nakamori raised her head, looked at Yoshiko Yamada and said, "I love him, I love Amin." I love Amin more than my life. ”

Yoshiko Yamada raised her voice and said, "But this will be very painful for Amin. ”

Akina Nakamori stared at Yoshiko Yamada without flinching: "But don't you love your husband too?"

Yoshiko Yamada's eyes instantly dimmed: "Yes, I love him very much, but he died, and he died in battle with the Toei army." She sighed deeply: "It's hard to be at war now, Miss Ba." ”

A huge sadness welled up in her heart, and tears welled up in Akina Nakamori's eyes.

Yoshiko Yamada sighed and said, "Whether Amin returns to China to fight or stays here to continue playing chess, it's not an easy task, do you understand?"

Akina Nakamori nodded slightly, tears falling down in big drops.

Yoshiko Yamada looked at Akina Nakamori with a sad face, sighed softly and said, "When I saw you like this, I remembered who I was at the beginning, okay, I'll tell you where Amin went!"

Akina Nakamori suddenly raised her head and looked at Yoshiko Yamada with tears in her eyes: "Really?

Yoshiko Yamada nodded and said, "He went to Morikawa's house to say goodbye to Morikawa's family." ”

Akina Nakamori got up from the "bed" at once, ran two steps and then stopped abruptly, bowed to Yoshiko Yamada, and then ran out of the "stage" suddenly.