Translator: Dj22031
Editor: Dj22031
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Huayao was very good to its artists, and the teachers it hired were also quite good.
As soon as Sheng Ziyou arrived at the company, she separated from Zhao Jing.
She went about doing various chores while Sheng Ziyou went to the performance practice room to find Teacher Qin.
Teacher Qin’s full name was Qin Wenjun. She was not very old and the company also had older artists as acting teachers.
But the older artists may not be suitable for the performance style of today’s artists, especially those who were already famous like Sheng Ziyou. If you wanted to achieve quick results, you still had to find Teacher Qin.
“Hello, Teacher Qin.” Sheng Ziyou walked in with a respectful attitude.
Teacher Qin was a middle-aged woman in her forties. She looked very intellectual and had a good temperament.
She was also the wife of a senior executive of Huayao. Without financial pressure, she didn’t want to go through the ups and downs in the circle, so she retired after winning two awards.
After life returned to normal, she wanted to find something to do, so Lu Jiangyuan hired her to take acting lessons.
The other party was surprised to see Sheng Ziyou. In fact, Sheng Ziyou had not acted in many dramas, and her acting skills in the few works she had acted in were indeed average.
She mostly participated in variety shows and entered the second-tier cities thanks to the traffic brought by her looks.
Qin Wenjun had been here for two years, but Sheng Ziyou had never come to ask for advice.
But she still stood up with a smile and said politely, “Ziyou is here.”
“Teacher Qin,” Sheng Ziyou said respectfully, “I want to learn acting from you. I used to think that being in variety shows was enough and I didn’t care about acting. Recently, I suddenly had some insights and I really want to be an actor in the future.”
Her voice was very serious, and Qin Wenjun was a little surprised. You know, actor and star were two different terms…
“Okay.” Qin Wenjun said with a smile.
She took Sheng Ziyou to the next room, which was surrounded by mirrors and looked like a practice room.
“Actually, acting is the same as performing a show. You have to get used to performing the story in front of everyone…”
Perhaps knowing that Sheng Ziyou had no basic knowledge, Qin Wenjun started from the most basic.
After talking for more than an hour, she took a sip of water and said with a smile: “It’s still not as important to say so much as to experience it. You have also acted in a play, so you know the feeling of acting.”
Qin Wenjun turned on the TV on the side wall and said, “Let me tell you the most intuitive part first, the crying scene. This is the simplest and most difficult part. Watch these two clips.”
She played the crying scenes of two popular young actresses, both of whom were recognized as first-tier female stars with decent acting skills.
One cried heartbreakingly, while the other cried while trying to suppress the pain.
These basic teachings were what Sheng Ziyou had learned in her previous life, but she still listened carefully and with a positive attitude.
“Look at this one, she is a professional, her expressions are just right, and when she cries, the audience can’t help crying with her, this is art. She has an oval face, if she holds back her tears the effect will definitely not be as good as crying bitterly, and this scene is more suitable for crying bitterly.”
Qin Wenjun changed to the next one: “This one has a round face, and her crying is not as heartbreaking as the last one, but the way she endures the pain is also heartbreaking.”
Finally, she looked at Sheng Ziyou and said, “Acting is like crying scenes. It has different levels. When do you need to cry bitterly, when do you need to be patient, which crying scene is more contagious, and how do you combine the character’s mood to make your performance more contagious? These are the levels.”
Sheng Ziyou nodded. What Qin Wenjun said were all things she had practiced in her previous life.
Acting was inherently a vague thing, and no one could give a standard boundary.
So for some actors, there were always audiences saying that they acted well, and there were always audiences saying that they acted poorly.
There was no standard for acting, which made it difficult to define.
But emotional contagion could.
Your every move should touch the hearts of the audience. When you laugh, the audience must het happy; when you cry, the audience must also cry…
As long as you present good works, you have acting skills.
“Ziyou, come here, cry and let’s see how you cry.” Qin Wenjun said with a smile.
No matter what we say, we still have to put it into practice.
She found a way: to make Sheng Ziyou cry, and then let her experience it firsthand, which was her experience from many years of teaching.
Sheng Ziyou nodded, then looked at Qin Wenjun with a slight frown on her face.
Half a minute later, Qin Wenjun smiled and nodded.
Few people could cry right away. Even actors who had acted in many plays needed to build up their emotions.
“You can imagine…” Qin Wenjun stopped speaking halfway.
Sheng Ziyou’s eyes gradually became moist and redder, and some tears got out of control and wanted to roll out.
She then blinked her eyes and bit her lower lip. Her eyes were silent, filled with despair and anger. She opened her mouth but only uttered three words: “Why…”
It was very light, but it seemed as if all the grievances in the world were condensed in these three words.
When she finished the last word, she closed her eyes and tears rolled out.
Qin Wenjun: “…”
Sheng Ziyou sniffed, opened her eyes, and looked at Qin Wenjun: “Teacher Qin, was this alright?”
Qin Wenjun suddenly asked her: “Why did you cry just now?”
Sheng Ziyou’s tears had not yet stopped as she replied, “I just imagined you as my biological mother who ran away when I was a child, so I asked her why she didn’t want me… Was it because I was disobedient? Or was it because the money my dad earned couldn’t satisfy her?”
Her voice was soft, as if she didn’t care. Qin Wenjun didn’t know why, but her eyes felt a little dry.
After a moment, she said, “Very good, first you can imagine, then you can act, it’s really good.”
She suddenly thought of the plays that Sheng Ziyou had acted in. Her acting was indeed not good, but for a complete newcomer who had never learned anything, it was not bad.
Others could only play the leading role or important supporting roles after they had gained some fame.
Many people’s fame was built up from one drama after another, but Sheng Ziyou’s was not…
She was so good-looking that she became popular quickly after her debut and reached the same level that others would have to work for many years.
For someone who was performing in front of the camera for the first time, the scenes that Sheng Ziyou performed were actually pretty good!
Qin Wenjun’s eyes lit up and she grabbed Sheng Ziyou’s hand: “Ziyou! You are talented! You are really talented! Let’s go and watch the plays you have acted in before, and I will explain them to you slowly!”
Her voice was very excited. It was rare to find an actor who was both talented and famous. If she was polished well, she would definitely be great!
Sheng Ziyou said helplessly: “Teacher, I’ll go wash my face first.”
She had just cried, her eyes were red, and her face was made up, so she needed to… clean it up.
“Okay, go ahead, I’ll go find the video first.”
Sheng Ziyou smiled and walked out.
In fact, her mentioning that her crying because of her biological mother was fake, but she couldn’t say that she had acting skills and could cry whenever she wanted, right?
Her mother… since she abandoned her and her father, she no longer missed her at all.
Not worth it.
Sheng Ziyou walked out of the room and went to the bathroom.
After a moment, her footsteps stopped.
In front, Lu Jiangyuan and Assistant Gao were talking, and Sheng Ziyou subconsciously wanted to turn around and leave.
But the other party had already seen her.
She was dressed simply today and had taken off her down jacket as soon as she entered the company. She had just tied her hair up casually while learning from Qin Wenjun.
Moreover, because she had cried too much, her eyes were red, as if she had suffered endless grievances.
Lu Jiangyuan was stunned, and immediately walked over quickly, with anxiety flashing in his eyes.
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