Actor: My Entertainment Era

Chapter 35 Being pretty is basically not the point
Although the supplementary tuition fee was paid, Zhang Yuanjun had to pay another price for taking classes during the summer vacation: teaching art candidates.

There are teachers who earn extra money outside the school, and Zhang Yuanjun agrees to teach art candidates.

In Zhang Yuanjun's art test, he ranked first in Nortel, second in Chinese opera, and second in military art. This score is enough for the juniors to take classes.

Zhang Yuanjun does not teach business courses, but lectures on art test procedures and test-taking skills.

In fact, he knows how to take the exam with a hammer. He didn't prepare anything for the exam back then. The talent show was to write a wild cursive "Will Enter the Wine" on the spot, and recite the ancient poems engraved in his bones after ten years of calligraphy study, and then he won the first place.

Anyway, he had the cheek to think so.

But Zhang Yuanjun's name as a school grassroots student in Beidian is still well-known among art examinees.

His arrival was warmly welcomed by the boys and girls in the class.

Today he is in a large class, and there are hundreds of students in the classroom.

Needless to say, there are many "familiar" faces.

When Zhang Yuanjun entered the classroom, he saw a girl sitting in the first row: "Did we meet somewhere?"

The girl smiled and said, "I also have the impression that we met before."

"what's your name?"

"My name is Zhang Jianing."

Zhang Yuanjun remembered: "Mr. Zhang Xiaolong is your uncle, I wonder why he looks so familiar."

"Yes. We met in the Chinese opera before."

"Isn't your uncle teaching you enough? Why did you come to the training class?"

"My uncle said that my children can't teach themselves."

Zhang Xiaolong is a well-known performance director in China. He is the main lecturer in school and has a lot of research on etiquette. He founded the first etiquette guidance team in the mainland film and television industry.

After chatting for a while, Zhang Yuanjun officially started class:
"Hi everyone, my name is Zhang Yuanjun. In this hour today, I will tell you about the process of the art test and some skills for taking the test..."

Even though Zhang Yuanjun prepared the class a few days ago, he was still extremely nervous when he was on the stage for the first time.

I made the same mistake as Fang Hongjian. The class was originally scheduled for 60-70 minutes, but he finished the lecture in 45 minutes.

Rubbing his hands together in embarrassment, he laughed twice.at a loss.

Fortunately, the teaching assistant of the institution who accompanied him responded quickly: "The rest of the time is reserved for the students. If you have any questions about preparing for the exam, you can ask our teacher Zhang."

"Ah, yes," Zhang Yuanjun grabbed at straws, "If you have any questions, feel free to ask, I will tell you everything. This classmate." Zhang Yuanjun ordered one at random.

"Mr. Zhang, there are many child stars in the art examinations, or people who have acting experience before. I want to ask, how should we deal with competing with these people."

This classmate's question aroused the resonance of many people present, and there was a buzz below.

Zhang Yuanjun thought for a while and replied, "Your worry is unnecessary.

"First of all, I would like to say that people with performance experience are really good at taking the art test. Even if I don't tell you this, you will know it. But I want to correct a bad thought of you, that is, you will be worried during the art test. What should I do if I don't perform well, what should I do if I don't memorize words smoothly, what should I do if my limbs are out of coordination and my shape is not good. You will worry about this."

"Yes!" Zhang Yuanjun's statement was agreed by almost everyone.

"I want to tell you that this kind of thinking is at least [-]% wrong.

"Everyone must first understand a truth, what is the selection of the art test. Is the selection an actor? Yes, it is not right.

"The art test selects future actors. The school has its own teaching method and teaching process. They chose you because of your future potential. You will not be too normal now. The teachers mainly look at your plasticity. When they recruit you, how can they teach you and whether you can learn.

"Moreover, some teachers have eccentricities. He doesn't like child actors. He will think that you have been trained by others before. If I recruit you, I will spend a lot of time and effort to wear away the traces of your previous performance.

"So, you don't have to worry about competing with child stars, they may not have an advantage over you.

"It's still the same sentence, the art test teacher has seen more students, what you have to do is to try your best to show your true self on the spot, so that the teacher can see your potential."

In fact, Zhang Yuanjun did not say a word. Many performance teachers especially dislike the students who come out of the training class. In fact, the teachers can see the traces of the training class.

But isn't Zhang Yuanjun taking classes in other people's training classes?

"Okay, next question. This classmate."

"Mr. Zhang, what I want to ask is, do you have to be good-looking to take the acting department?" A slightly fat boy asked the question, "I see that many students are good-looking."

Zhang Yuanjun smiled and said: "No. I don't know how other schools enroll students. As far as I know, the enrollment of the acting department of the Academy of Film and Academy of Drama is based on the preparation of a big play.

"That is to say, all kinds of actors are needed. If you look at "Tea House", there is a fat man in Huang, so he must be fat, and he can't be beautiful. Mr. Tian Chunkui is so good at acting. And Mr. Liang Guanhua, Mr. Liang is fat, but who can say that his plays are not good? Mr. Du Xudong is not good-looking, and his acting is not good?
"Actors can rely on their faces for a while, but not forever. Being pretty is basically not the point. As I said earlier, the art test is to let the examiners see your potential and plasticity. Teachers with pretty faces see a lot."

Zhang Yuanjun answered two more questions. Seeing that the time was almost up, the teaching assistant terminated the class in time: "We are here for today's class. I believe that through Senior Zhang's explanation, the students have also gained a lot. Let us once again applaud our senior Zhang for his patience in teaching, thank you."

There was warm applause in the classroom.

Zhang Yuanjun thanked him and returned to school after class.

God knows how relieved Zhang Yuanjun felt after stepping down.

Zhang Yuanjun's back was wet on the podium.

"I shouldn't do this kind of work again in the future." Zhang Yuanjun's heart was still beating when he talked about his class experience with Liu Yifei that afternoon.

"If you don't have the skills, don't learn from others to teach students." Do adolescent girls like to argue with others?
"I didn't know that it was so difficult to teach others. Standing on the podium, looking at the crowds below, my mind seemed to be beaten by someone. I was stunned, blank, and couldn't hold a word for a few minutes. I was still dissatisfied with the class, and finally got through it by asking questions freely."

Vocal music teacher Mou Fenglan teased Zhang Yuanjun as soon as she entered the classroom: "I've heard it all, and it's good."

"So fast?"

"There is a video of your class, and I just watched it." Teacher Mou smiled, "'The art test is to let the examiners see your potential and plasticity', 'beautiful is basically not the point', and the words are still set. You have the potential to be a teacher.

"Why don't you stay in school and become a teacher after graduation?"

Zhang Yuanjun begged for mercy again and again: "Please let me go, I don't know how to say those words. They are all big principles. Isn't this just to make time."

"It's a good thing to take a long time. Your teacher Wang didn't teach in vain." Wang Jinsong, the head teacher of 02 Biaoben, has been the deputy dean of the acting school for many years, and has been in charge of the art test work. He often tells them about the art test in class. "Okay, in today's vocal music class we will talk about the relationship between body language and context in vocal music performance. You are about to be in your third year, so I won't talk about simple ones. Let's directly use classic repertoires to rehearse and explain. Today we will look at "South Pacific" in detail."

This is a Broadway classic musical that almost every acting and musical theater major in the world will learn.

"Remember what I said in your first class, don't smoke, drink less, protect your voice, otherwise your voice will be blocked, don't sing badly, you can't even pronounce your own lines well.

"Okay, get up, let's watch the clip first."

(End of this chapter)