Ni Ni was extremely shocked in her heart, and it took a while to come back to her senses: "You, how did you know?"

Zhang Ran touched his chin and said incomprehensibly: "I am your master's master, how can the nod and careful thinking of a hairy girl like you hide from my old man's eyes." Last night, you probably didn't sleep well and did a lot of preparation for this scene, but you still can't get into the scene when you get to the scene, right?"

Ni Ni was completely sluggish, just like Zhang Ran said, in order to ensure that her emotions were in place during the shooting, she began to brew emotions last night, and she also watched "Dream of the Covered Bridge", crying a lot, and when she got up this morning, she found that her eyes were swollen. When she was putting on makeup before shooting, she heard sad music again and made enough preparations, but when it came time to shoot, she still couldn't get into the state.

A few years ago, Ni Ni watched a movie "Man 100%", in which the male protagonist can read minds, can see through other people's hearts, she thought, Zhang Ran can read minds? This thought made her heart extremely panicked, what is more terrible than her heart being seen through by others, and her secrets are all exposed? She looked at Zhang Ran in horror, her eyes dodged, for fear that Zhang Ran would see through those bad thoughts in her heart.

Zhang Ran saw that Ni Ni's eyes were frightened and vigilant, knowing that she was thinking about it, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I can't read minds!"

Ni Ni almost didn't jump: "If you don't know how to read minds, how do you know if I'm wondering if you can read minds?"

Zhang Ran laughed when he heard this: "I induced you through questions, and then analyzed it according to your expression and reaction, just like a street fortune teller telling people." Observing characters as an actor is a basic skill, as long as you usually observe and accumulate more, you can also do it. I really don't know how to read minds!" He paused and said with a smile, "I'm here to help you solve the problem of not being able to enter the play!"

Ni Ni thought about it carefully, and laughed, sure enough, she thought too much, how could there be mind reading in this world! She looked at Zhang Ran and asked, "Director, then do you have any way to let me into the play?"

Zhang Ran spread out his hands and said, "Now I don't know much about your abilities and skills, I must figure out this problem first." Now tell me, what is the specific content of Guo Zhen's training for you, and what did he teach you?"

Ni Ni immediately said that after Guo Zhen took over the training of the actors of "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling", she mainly let Ni Ni get close to them and enter the role from the details of life, from playing cards when playing mahjong, sitting posture to holding cigarettes, wine, and the posture when the mirror all had to be trained, just practicing walking in cheongsam and high heels in the three months of training has never stopped, and asked them to imagine themselves as a snake when walking, out of the swaying and colorful body curves. In addition to these targeted trainings, they were also given basic performance training, including the seven forces and four senses, as well as non-physical training.

After listening to Ni Ni's introduction, Zhang Ran nodded slightly, Guo Zhen's training of Ni Ni and them should be effective, Ni Ni and they are ordinary female students, and they have nothing to do with the wind and dust, but now Ni Ni and they have a strong wind and dust atmosphere, and their state is very close to the characters. Ni Ni can't enter the play, the key is that the actor who plays the opposite role is Cruise, she has too much pressure in her heart, too many distractions in her heart, and a serious lack of self-confidence. It is very important to be confident as an actor, if an actor does not have self-confidence, it is difficult to perform well. To solve Ni Ni's problem, she must be clear about her inner distractions, let her relax, and most importantly, restore her confidence.

It is easy to get her to relax and let her do puppet training or yoga, but it is a little troublesome to improve her confidence. Zhang Ran pondered for a few seconds, had an idea, and asked, "Ni Ni, do you know what Chinese drama originated from?"

Ni Ni has never studied acting systematically, where do you know this, she shook her head lightly and said, "I don't know." ”

Zhang Ran said slowly: "Traditional Chinese drama is derived from witchcraft, that is, what we call witches, these wizards dance gods are actually entertaining ghosts and gods through singing and dancing, their function is to communicate the two worlds of man and god, which is a solemn and sacred work. However, with the development of time, Wu gradually became excellent and became an actor. Therefore, the ancients said that the witch is a happy god, and the best is a happy person. ”

Ni Ni made a sudden realization, and felt strange in her heart, why are you talking about this, what does this have to do with me not being able to enter the play?

Zhang Ran continued: "It is precisely because traditional Chinese drama was developed on the basis of witchcraft that Chinese opera actors, and even many drama actors, will hold a ceremony called worship before they officially perform on stage. Everyone believes that the stage has a spirit, and that worshipping before the performance can communicate with the stage and communicate with the gods, and that the time of worship is the closest time to the gods, and after the worship, the actors tend to be very relaxed, and the performance effect is also very good. For film actors, this method works as well, so let's go on the stage ceremony!"

Ni Ni was very surprised, isn't this a feudal superstition, a big director like you actually believes this? But she remembered that the crew had a worship ceremony before the start of the film, and it didn't seem strange to worship the stage before the performance, so she said suspiciously: "Can this work?"

Zhang Ran said nonsense: "Of course, I didn't know this method before, it was taught to me by an old actor when I was taking level 05." Once when I was filming, there was a newcomer in the crew who couldn't get into the state, let alone the role, and I tried all kinds of methods. In the end, an old actor in the crew couldn't stand it anymore, so he said to me, director, let me try! Then the old actor took the newcomer to the stage ceremony, and after the worship, the newcomer really acted. At that time, I was shocked, so I asked the old actor, what the hell is going on? Now the 05 students will basically worship the stage before the official performance, and Zhang Jingchu will also worship the stage before the performance, which is really effective!"

Ni Ni heard that this was Zhang Ran's personal experience, and level 05, as well as Zhang Jingchu, would worship the stage before the performance, although she still had some doubts, she also believed it. After all, "Dragon Group" has been particularly popular recently, the starring role is a 05 student, their acting skills are very good, Zhang Jingchu is even more powerful, not only the Berlin actress, but also nominated for an Oscar.

So many powerful actors believe in worshipping the stage, and they will worship before the performance, which must make sense.

Ni Ni immediately said: "Director, then let's hurry up and worship the stage, everyone is still waiting for me!"

Zhang Ran chuckled and said, "I didn't expect you to be an impatient, so let's start! Now you stand up, face the performance venue, and fold your hands like me." Journalists should be pious in their hearts, do not have distracting thoughts, and be sincere in their hearts. Say this three times!"

Ni Ni followed Zhang Ran's example with his hands folded, clearing his inner distractions, and bowing meticulously, looking extremely pious.

The on-site staff, actors, and Zhang Yimou behind the monitor didn't know what Zhang Ran was doing, and they all felt strange. Many people whispered: "What are Zhang Ran and Ni Ni doing here?"

"You think you're worshipping something, right?"

"This is a worship stage, in the past, old actors often worshiped the stage before the performance, which is similar to worshipping God when the camera is turned on!"

"Ni Ni can't get into the play, can you let Ni Ni enter the play, just kidding!"

"Zhang Ran's acting teacher, the students he taught are very good at acting, and the actors' performances in his movies are also very good.

After Ni Ni prayed three times, Zhang Ran said: "Now let's carry out the second part of this ritual, now you stand with your feet apart, shoulder-width apart, your arms naturally hanging down at your sides, first raise your left hand, put it down, raise your right hand and put it down, now raise your hands at the same time, stretch your fingers outward as much as possible, and your hands are at 45 degrees to your torso." Your hands are not at 45 degrees, go up a little bit, and it's good to stay in this position. Heaven and earth have spirits, all things have spirits, now close your eyes, don't think about anything, quietly feel the aura of all things in this heaven and earth......"

Not far away, the staff asked the old man who had seen the worship: "How long will the worship be in the platform, and what are they doing now?"

The man shook his head: "It's complicated to go to the incense burner to order incense, but it's usually very simple, just stand on the stage, fold your hands and bow to the platform, I don't know what they're doing, I've never seen such a worship!"

Five minutes later, Zhang Ran clapped his hands and said, "This is the end of the ceremony, you can open your eyes." When Ni Ni opened his eyes, he smiled and asked, "How do you feel now?"

When she visited the stage, Ni Ni didn't have any special feelings, but now she suddenly found that her heart was very calm, very relaxed, nervous, and all kinds of negative emotions disappeared, she was extremely shocked, and lost her voice: "I feel very good now, and the worship seems to be really effective!"

Zhang Ran snorted and said, "If it's useless to worship on stage, will I let you worship?" He saw that Ni Ni was a little embarrassed, so he laughed: "Now you are in very good shape, and you will definitely be able to perform well this time." You are here to play silently, I will go and say to Lao Mou, and the filming will officially start in five minutes!"

Ni Ni nodded, found a quiet corner, and closed her eyes to play silently.

Five minutes later, the shooting officially began.

In the camera shot, Ni Ni, who was originally smiling, suddenly became sad: "I also studied in a church school for six years. ”

Tom Cruise suddenly realized, "Where did you learn English?"

Ni Ni didn't answer, as if she was caught in a memory, her eyes quickly turned red, and her expression became more and more sad.

Zhang Yimou behind the monitor slapped his thigh: "There is! Ni Ni has entered the role!"

Cruise felt Ni Ni's sadness and asked carefully, "Then what happened?"

Ni Ni smiled bitterly, shook his head lightly, and said, "It's just another unfortunate story, and you, a passerby, won't be interested." ”

Cruise said with certainty: "I'm interested, let me know." ”

Ni Ni didn't answer, a tear flowed out of her slightly moist left eye, and slowly flowed down her white cheeks, she turned her head to look at Cruise, her words were sad and a little uneven: "My life shouldn't be like this!"

The on-site staff were all shocked by Ni Ni's performance, no one expected that Ni Ni, who couldn't enter the play half an hour ago, and Ni Ni, who was crying urgently, suddenly acted so well, this performance was simply amazing! Zhang Ran deserves to be Zhang Ran, and his guidance of the actors is simply amazing!

Zhang Yimou, who was sitting behind the monitor, was also shocked the moment he saw Ni Ni's tears rolling out, the time for the tears to fall was just right, the sad eyes were simply heartbreaking, and the whole performance was extremely perfect. He said excitedly: "This is the effect I want, this is the jade ink I want!"

After this scene passed, Zhang Yimou looked at Zhang Ran and asked curiously, "How did you do it?"

Zhang Ran smiled mysteriously: "I took her to do a worship ceremony just now, and she was protected by the gods!"

Where is Zhang Yimou willing to believe it, knowing that Zhang Ran is fooling himself, he said with a smile: "Don't fool me, an old man, how did you do it?"