I'm just an actor

Chapter 314
After the interview, Xu Rong returned to the dressing room, and did not remove her makeup immediately, but lay on the resting sofa and stared at the ceiling absently.

He is very clear about the root cause of his bad state today. He has been too distracted by recent events and consumed a lot of energy.

There are still more than a dozen scripts at home that he hasn't had time to read. Today, tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow, he will perform for three consecutive days. After the performance the day after tomorrow, he has to change his clothes immediately to attend the Huabiao Awards Ceremony, and after that, he has to attend the Chinese Opera of the opening ceremony.

A performance that lasts for several hours is not an easy task. In the actor's profession, there is one word that can be highly summed up, loose on the outside and tight on the inside.

On the stage, the spirit is always tense. When waiting for the stage, it is inevitable to think about what was wrong in the past, how to act in the future, or familiarize yourself with the lines. Facing a thousand high-standard and strict audience The more times he did it, the less he dared to relax.

Because during the interview last year, a candidate played Fanyi. After watching it, he felt extremely uncomfortable, so he asked, "Who taught you to act like this?"

The student immediately replied: "That's how Teacher Xie Yanning acted."

He couldn't refute, because Xie Yanning was a senior in the courtyard.

Only then did he realize that the people who come to the theater are not only audiences who like to watch theaters, but also colleagues from major domestic theater troupes and performance majors from various colleges and universities in the capital, and most of them come for the purpose of learning. of.

In addition, maybe his performance video, together with his theory, will enter the classrooms of various colleges and universities and become a template for teachers to analyze and students to learn.

If the performance is not good, the audience won't watch the second scene, or the next thing. He can't bear the responsibility of misleading his children.

Because the students will follow the example when they act in the future. Once they meet their peers or their seniors point out something wrong, they will often refute, just like the examinee, "That's how Mr. Xu Rong acted." I won't talk about his status, but his negligence can easily ruin a child who could have become a good actor in the future.

This is what he has been deliberately avoiding all along. He would rather earn less money in front of him, and do what he needs to survive.

"Tuk Tuk Tuk."

"Please come in."

Pu Cunxi pushed the door open and walked in. As soon as he entered, he gave a thumbs up and said, "Xiao Xu, your performance today is really good."

Xu Rong's face turned red with a "shua", and said: "Puyuan, I know something went wrong today, so don't bury me."

Pu Cunxi stared at him in a daze, and said: "No, you're really good at acting today, just now in the sidebar, Teacher Lan Tianye was so excited that he said that you can handle a play now. "

Xu Rong looked at him suspiciously, seeing that he didn't look like he was comforting himself, he half-believingly said: "Really, you didn't mean to make fun of me?"

Pu Cunxi's face became a little more serious, and he said: "Xiao Xu, I know you have high demands on yourself, but don't push yourself too hard. Didn't you see the audience's reaction, didn't you see it? Cough cough, anyway. Let me tell you, today's performance was very successful."

"Xiao Xu, you have to maintain your form and try to play him for [-] games."

Xu Rong shook his head and said, "I'm afraid not."

He really can't keep the current state.

Pu Cunxi unscrewed his water glass, handed it to him, and said, "Drink some water, Xiao Xu, don't put too much pressure on yourself. When I first came here from the air conditioner, I was also very excited. I found out later No, always being hit, always being hit, don't look at Teacher Lan Tianye's benevolent eyebrows now, but at that time he was not ambiguous at all, and a slight mistake was a reprimand."

Xu Rong quickly took it, a little flattered, Pu Cunxi cared about him in the past, but as it is now, Zhang Heping probably didn't enjoy it when he handed the water glass to him.

He always felt a little uneasy.

How could Pu Cunxi think that a small action of his would make Xu Rong think so much, and then said: "But, the elders scolded, in fact, the intention is good, when you quarrel with others, it is because you want to make him worse ? I don't think so."

Seeing Xu Rong's expression becoming more and more confused, Pu Cunxi stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder heavily, and said, "Xiao Xu, I've told you so much, but I actually want to tell you something, our roots lie in Renyi, although sometimes Some things are not in line with your wishes, but in fact, the atmosphere in our family is considered good in comparison, unlike some units, such as Chinese opera, let me tell you, you don’t understand, all kinds of unhealthy tendencies Ah, that place, ah, tsk tsk, I really can’t say, it’s just, it’s just a cesspit.”

Xu Rong opened his mouth and asked, "Can't you? I also have a few friends who work in Chinese opera, I haven't heard of it."

Pu Cunxi waved his hand, and said, "Let's not talk about other family's affairs, or our own family. It is because we are not so perfect that we need us more. Do you think it makes sense?"

Upstairs, Zhang Heping hung up the phone and scratched the thinning hair on the top of his head helplessly.

Tickets were not enough, this is good, and one session has to be cancelled.

What a happy trouble.

Since the performance of "Thunderstorm" last year, the audience of Renyi has changed a lot.

Overnight, many fans of Xu Rong poured in.

For this kind of change, Zhang Heping himself is not happy to see it, because the drama performance is not a moment of excitement, and the ticket price is not cheap, he does not want the audience to come to the play because of Xu Rong's relationship.

In addition, he was worried that scalpers took the opportunity to drive up ticket prices. Last year, he heard that tickets had been fired to more than 6000 privately.

This will damage the reputation of Renyi.

Most importantly, based on past experience, these audiences cannot be retained.

To his surprise, about [-]% of the young audience who flooded in last year actually stayed.

Just like the endless queue downstairs to buy tickets.

This made him feel that the hard work at the beginning was not in vain. When Xu Rong just graduated, Nortel wanted to keep him in school to teach, or he asked the leader to say hello, and Zhang Jun obediently let him go.

And the phone call just now made him even more helpless. He was going to talk to Lao Xu again, but before that, he had to express condolences to the two old men and Xu Rong.

In the dressing room, as soon as Pu Cunxi left, Zhang Heping pushed the door and walked in. As soon as he entered, he boasted again.

The compliments came one after another, Xu Rong was completely dumbfounded.

Only when you are tired of co-authoring can you feel new?
Seeing Xu Rong's tired expression, Zhang Heping asked with concern: "Tired?"

"A little bit, this thing is a bit much."

Zhang Heping's face became serious: "Then, should we cancel the match, and you should rest first?"

Xu Rong felt more and more wrong, and waved his hands and said: "Dean, I really don't need it, I am young, and I can recover after a night of sleep."

"That's good." Zhang Heping frowned, as if he suddenly remembered something, "By the way, in two days, do you still have to go to Chinese opera class?"

"No, I'm just going to give a speech to the freshmen, and I haven't arranged anything else yet."

Zhang Heping tapped his chin lightly, and said: "That's fine, if you can do as little mixing as you can, let's go to the Chinese opera, oh, what do you say?"

He sighed heavily at first, then moved a little closer, and said with disgust on his face, "It's just a cesspit!"

Xu Rong was completely dumbfounded. What happened today? Why did the brother unit suddenly become a cesspit?

He felt that the attitudes of Pu Cunxi and Zhang Heping were very strange today. Firstly, their attitude towards him was a little too good, and secondly, they both held inexplicable hostility towards Zhongxi.

He couldn't figure it out, just like today he felt that his acting was not very good, but everyone thought it was good, especially when he was off work, the line of buying tickets hundreds of meters outside the theater made him feel that everything All are weird.

Back home, after hearing grandpa's praise for today's performance again, Xu Rong was completely numb.

After eating a little bit, Xu Rong yelled at Xiao Zhang in the kitchen: "Xiao Zhang, do you have anything to do later?"

"I still have to practice."

Xiao Zhang's voice came from the kitchen. After waiting for a while, she poked her head out and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Go to the study to watch a movie."

Xiao Zhang's eyes widened quietly, and he glanced at his grandfather who was watching TV indiscriminately. Seeing that he didn't pay attention, he sternly refused, "I still have to practice."

"Row."

When he arrived at the study room, about ten minutes later, Xiao Zhang quietly pushed open the door of the study room, and immediately locked the door after entering the room. With a "hey hey" smile, he tiptoed to him, and then He took out the earphones from his pocket and said, "Mr. Xu, use this, use this. We used to watch with earphones in our dormitory."

Seeing her excited expression, Xu Rong gradually turned weird, turned the computer over, pointed at the screen and said, "I'm talking about watching the video of today's performance, what do you think it is?"

Xiao Zhang's smile froze on her face, but soon she argued again: "The drama has no subtitles, so you can only hear the sound clearly if you wear earphones."

She also knows that this reason is too far-fetched. As a drama actor or an actor of human art, familiarity with major classic repertoires is a necessary basic skill.

"What do you pretend to be in your head every day?"

"That's better than some people. If you go to bed, you won't be honest."

"I was in his position to seek his own government!"

Seeing Xu Rongyi's upright speech, Xiao Zhang opened his mouth, and for a long time, he couldn't think of how to argue, so he hit him twice and asked, "Mr. Xu, why do you want to watch your own video? "

"Is my acting really good today?"

Xiao Zhang immediately nodded and said, "That's right, it feels better than Zhou Ping's performance, that is, as soon as you appear on stage, people's attention can be drawn to you and enter that environment."

Xu Rong frowned, looked at himself in the picture, and said in surprise: "It's weird."

While watching the video, Xu Rong asked: "Actually, I was a little tired during the performance, and I didn't feel in the right shape. It was just a forced spirit. I thought my performance was terrible."

"It's simple. Only by breaking through the limit can you discover your talent."

Xu Rong thought for a while, and said: "There may be factors in this area, but I don't think it's all, because although I'm tired, I haven't lost control, and the whole is still under my control. It might have been a disaster, but I feel like I've stumbled onto something great."

Classmate Xiao Zhang asked suspiciously: "Amazing?"

Xu Rong was not sure, she put aside his thoughts for the time being, and said, "It's hard to say."

After watching the video, Xu Rong recorded his feelings and experiences today.

Because it has not been tested in practice, it is not easy for him to draw conclusions to overthrow past conjectures.

At the same time, his remarks after the performance caused an uproar in the outside world.

"The ROI of drama investment is at least 10000%!"

"Drama is the most profitable industry!"

The media was completely dumbfounded. Xu Rong's original words were "The cost of a drama is between 20 and 100 million, but the box office revenue of a round of performances is tens of millions." Completely changed.

In fact, this is Xu Rong's euphemism. Last year's "Thunderstorm" he performed had a total box office of 500 million, accounting for nearly one-third of the theater's annual box office.

No one suspected that Xu Rong was bragging, because these data were not difficult to find.

So far, like sharks, certain capitals with a keen sense of smell have discovered new business opportunities in the literary and art market, and began to recruit venues and stars overnight, preparing to do a big job.

The rate of return is really high!

But one theater with both a venue and a star didn't move at all.

Mandarin.

Through the idea of ​​gathering audiences with stars, Mandarin Chinese has been practiced since 08. Last year's all-star cast "Four Generations Under One Roof" was hammered by Renyi and Meng Jinghui after the dismal box office in Beijing, and it completely died down.

In the drama business, the stage performance is not good, no matter how loud it is, it will not be able to retain the audience. If the performance is good, one audience can watch a play for a round.

And the Mandarin is very clear, Xu Rong said a round of 1000 million, even in Renyi, there are only two sets of "Thunderstorm" and "Wotou Guild Hall" right now.

But Guohua didn't have the slightest idea of ​​discouraging it.

At the same time, the members of a certain team looked at Xu Rong's "apology remarks" published in the media, and felt like cursing their mothers.

Co-author, you haven't performed well yet?
Xu Rong didn't get up until eleven noon the next day. Firstly, he was really too tired. Secondly, he wanted to practice the conjecture in his heart.

It's just that when it was time for the performance, the good state he thought he was in did not achieve the effect he expected.

"Son, is something wrong?"

"Xiao Xu, your performance this time is a little bit less interesting than the previous performance."

"Xiao Xu."

Xu Rong was at a loss again, he obviously felt that he was in a very good state, but what happened, he didn't understand for a while.

But he clearly knew that it had nothing to do with the limit. He vaguely felt that the reason why he acted well in the first scene was rooted in experience.

A practice that may not fit the "jump in and out theory", "the theory that 'I' is my distraction'".

On August 8th, the No.28 China Film Huabiao Awards.

Not long after the awards ceremony started, Zhu Jun stabbed Pu Cunxi in the heart of watching TV at home: "I invite Xu Rong, the director of the Chinese opera performance department, a famous young performing artist, and a famous actor in film and television drama, to give a speech."

Looking at the familiar or unfamiliar faces in the audience, Xu Rong took out the speech script Han Sanping had given to him, and read slowly: "Everyone on the scene and in front of the TV, hello everyone, I am Xu Rong , Today, I am very honored to be able to stand here. I am a newcomer in the film industry, but I am very fortunate to be able to engage in this industry. The era of blockbuster movies has slowly kicked off."

(End of this chapter)