Chapter 323: Black Light
Cheng Dongqing, the actor of Gu Xiaofan, looked at everyone: "Yes, I am indeed a very principal now, but my students are sitting in classrooms converted from abandoned factories, at 40 degrees Celsius, without even a fan, no canteen, no playground, no library, and the most ordinary primary school in Beijing is not comparable, am I not the most loser among the principals in the world?" ”
"In college, I am a loser, Meng Xiaojun and Wang Yang, like the star core of Halley's comet and I am like the tail of Halley's comet to follow them all the way, next, I also served as a failed teacher, and the boyfriend who stayed, I have always been the lowest loser in society, classmates, people are equal, but life is not equal. [Full text reading]"
Gu Xiaofan continued to speak the lines of the script to Cheng Dongqing's heart's content, but it seemed to be describing his own story.
He is as "humble" as Cheng Dongqing, he has actually endured failure since he was a child, and the inferiority caused by failure, there is nothing to be ashamed of, this is me!
If I succeeded as a director, how did I succeed? I'm not in this small crew, acting with a bunch of extras, not to mention compared to the Hollywood crew, even compared to Huayi, the new picture is far worse.
And am I successful as an actor? Deng Cao next to him, Huang Lei has already been recognized in the industry, and he is just a newcomer who has not yet entered the mainstream market, and he is still far from success.
Gu Xiaofan looked at the eyes of these people in the audience, and suddenly had an intuition of impostority in his heart.
In fact, the content of the lines is not important, what matters is the feeling, the struggle in the negative emotions of loss, frustration, and inferiority, which can be shared, and these processes will give these people in the audience the most needed encouragement.
Whether as a student role, or as an extra.
"I never had a dream, I didn't know what a dream was, I just knew what failure was."
"I can't talk about anything else, I don't have to fight the draft when it comes to failure, students, Chinese students are the most likely to fail in the world, because you are facing the most cruel exam in the world, the Ministry of Education announced the 1993 admission rate, junior high school rose to 44.1%, that is, nearly 6 million people failed, the college entrance examination living rate is 33.9%, 1.4 million people failed, to "New Dream" to take the TOEFL and CRE exams, I have calculated the proportion, On average, only one student gets a scholarship to the United States, and more than 30,000 fail. ”
Gu Xiaofan's words were like waves after waves, and each wave of despair and oppression aggravated a layer...... The emotions of a ** are stacked, which is overwhelming.
Gradually, with Gu Xiaofan's description of failure, all the extras in the audience were touched by the most sensitive nerves, and they were all moved.
Gu Xiaofan said about the students, but the extras heard themselves, how could the actors not be like these students, facing failure every day...... Over and over again.
And no one knows that Gu Xiaofan is talking about himself.
What if he has a system, even if he can have a script?
Although acting is a collective project, it is extremely lonely for him as a director and actor.
Under that sense of loneliness, no one will give you any sense of belonging, in front of the camera, as a director and starring role, you will constantly face actors who are better than yourself, knowing that there will be countless people looking at him in the future, and will question you for using the director's authority to appoint yourself as the protagonist.
So when you get stuck in the mire, you can only crawl forward on your own in full view.
You struggle to find answers to your questions, constantly cursing yourself in your mind, debating with your inner self, trying to find ways to push the limits.
These are all things that can only be done by you alone, and you can't even find anything to teach you.
Friends, parents, loved ones, anyone you have a relationship with can't help you, you can only count on yourself.
Gu Xiaofan wrote "despairing" on the blackboard.
"Failure is everywhere, life is so despairing, (despairing) this is reality!"
Gu Xiaofan's deep voice echoed in the classroom, making everyone feel extremely depressed.
Meng Xiaojun, played by Deng Cao, looked at Gu Xiaofan in a daze, and was very surprised at his ability to control everyone's emotions, and even he was brought in.
"If you fall in the water, you won't drown, stay in the water and you will drown." Cheng Dongqing, played by Gu Xiaofan, quoted what Meng Xiaojun said, but he had a completely different power.
"You only have to swim, keep swimming forward, those who choose to give up from the beginning, will not fail, because they have already failed from the beginning, failure is not terrible, fear of failure is really terrible."
"We can only seek victory from defeat and hope in despair."
When Gu Xiaofan said this sentence almost in a vicious tone, the audience was silent.
His every word hit the hearts of the people present, and at this moment they forgot that they were acting, as if they were just acting as extras, watching Gu Xiaofan, a young director, tell the same experience as them.
They saw a helpless and miserable person written on his expression and tone, and his heart was humble but extremely powerful.
This moment is not emotionally instigating, but the resonance of the real soul, the little six in the audience took the lead in applauding, and then Haitao, the old knife...... And all the extras applauded from the bottom of their hearts.
This applause is not only for Cheng Dongqing in the plot, but also for Gu Xiaofan.
Is this acting? They can't tell the difference anymore, as if Cheng Dongqing and Gu Xiaofan in this movie coincide, and no one can tell the difference between the two.
Deng Cao stood next to him, he didn't applaud, but he seemed to be touched by something, as if he was meeting Gu Xiaofan for the first time, he had never thought of such a "turtle" Cheng Dongqing, but Gu Xiaofan acted so radiant and radiant.
This kind of charm is not as flamboyant and dazzling self-confidence as his, but as if it is a beam of black light, humble but calm, incomparably powerful.
If I'm standing on the stage...... Can I have this ability? Deng Cao's heart suddenly swelled up: "I'm not as good as him".
Deng Cao was stunned on the spot, and the camera captured his expression very accurately.
Until you hear a "Stop!" Immediately after that, a group of behind-the-scenes personnel applauded enthusiastically, and everyone in this scene was flawless.
"Director Gu's absolute~" "I'm so excited to hear it." "One is over, amazing!"
A group of extras rushed to the camera to watch the replay and see if there was any of their own footage, and everyone was eager to know if the camera had captured them just now.
"Caught me~" "There is me, there is me~" "Haha~ I showed my face~! ”
While a group of extras shouted, Huang Lei looked at the camera and patted Deng Cao on the shoulder and praised:
"~ Your shots are level, the reaction is completely on point, it's so exciting, you used to be a little unfocused in the acting, this time it's really brilliant."
Deng is arrogant, and he always wants to perform by himself when he is playing, and he is often a little "excessive", but this time he put down his body and performed it perfectly.
Deng Cao smiled bitterly, thinking to himself where I was good at acting, I was completely brought in by Gu Xiaofan just now...... It's a mess.
At this time, there is no need to wait for the next game, the two have already separated, Liu Shishi snorted coldly, with a smug look on her clear face, and looked at Gao Yuanyuan: "You lost." ”
"Alas......" Gao Yuan sighed faintly and said, "I lost." ”
Just when Liu Shishi was waiting for Gao Yuanyuan to disarm and surrender and no longer pester Gu Xiaofan, he suddenly saw Gao Yuanyuan walking up slowly, and the faces of everyone in the middle lightly tapped Gu Xiaofan who was looking at the camera with his finger.
Gu Xiaofan was the most annoying to disturb him to look at the camera, and turned his head and said impatiently: "Who!?" ”
Before he could react, Gao Yuanyuan's smiling face leaned over and gently kissed him on the lips.
The two hundred people in the audience were stunned......