Chapter 44: ab and c

Chen Nuo had been in a very good mood for more than a week after the preliminary exam.

Not only did he successfully pass the preliminary and re-exams, but on the third day after the preliminary exam, Zhang Yi finally made a phone call from Berlin.

On the phone, Zhang Yi's voice was very tired, but his tone was very excited. He told Chen Nuo that "The Mute's House" had squeezed into the main competition unit of the Berlin Film Festival, becoming the third Chinese-language film after "Peacock" and "The Wayward Cloud," and also the only two small-cost films alongside the American "Thumbsucker."

On the phone, Zhang Yi's voice was about to shatter Chen Nuo's eardrums.

"This time it's done, I said this time it must be done! When I saw you at the gate of the Film Academy, I felt it was God winking at me! That kick of yours was the last test He gave me! Damn, luckily I broke through!"

Hearing Zhang Yi so excited, Chen Nuo was also very happy, so he asked at that time: "Then can you earn the money back?"

"Can! Definitely can... um, should be able to." Zhang Yi's excitement diminished a bit, "I think uh, can get some Alfred award? Otherwise, why would they choose us?"

Alright, Chen Nuo understood, although there was progress, the result was still an unknown.

The phone bill was very expensive, Zhang Yi didn't say two sentences before hanging up.

But since he knew everything was fine with him, Chen Nuo could also continue to focus on the exam.

Coming to the third exam, he felt quite good about the dance session, afterwards was character imitation, Chen Nuo drew a tiger as the character.

Chen Nuo didn't know why a tiger counted as a character. But the ones drawn by other students weren't normal either. When it was his turn, he went on stage and crawled around, roared twice. He didn't know how he acted, but looking at Li Er's serious expression, it should be considered qualified.

The last session was improvisation.

This time, Chen Nuo drew a three-person sketch, the topic was: a is eating in the canteen, discovers a stranger b staring at him, at this time a's companion c comes over.

A boy and a girl also drew this topic, so they formed a two-man, one-woman combination.

After drawing lots, the examinees had fifteen minutes to discuss with each other. Chen Nuo and them walked to the corner of the exam room together, the girl couldn't wait to say: "I'll play a, you guys have no opinion, right?"

Before Chen Nuo could speak, the boy said: "I have an opinion, I want to play a."

The girl said: "Why? Isn't it obvious that a is a girl, b is peeking at her, she is very scared, and her boyfriend c comes over to help her? What's the problem with me playing a?"

The boy said: "It didn't write gender on it, why can't it be you peeking at me, and then my friend comes over?"

The girl made a vomiting expression, and said: "Student, don't be so narcissistic, okay?"

The boy laughed, "I'm narcissistic? You are the narcissistic one. Why do you think b peeking at you is for some other purpose? Can't people think you look familiar, or there is a pile of bird poop on your face?"

The girl was so angry her face turned red, turned her face and asked Chen Nuo: "Handsome, what do you say?"

Chen Nuo felt the boy had no problem. It was originally a free-play topic, the character relationships in it had infinite possibilities, and many designs could be made. On the contrary, if it were like what the girl thought, acting out a routine play, for their group, it wouldn't be a good thing, and it wouldn't be easy to satisfy the examiners.

However, the girl was so insistent, Chen Nuo didn't think it was because she didn't understand, but because in the topic, a was the easiest to stand out, besides that was b, as for c, if one wasn't careful, it would be a soy sauce role.

However, he actually didn't care, regardless of abc. Because he felt that a role was a role, not divided into big or small. And, Li Er also said similar words.

"I can do both, why don't we draw lots?"

Then use small paper balls to draw lots.

As a result, the girl was a, getting her wish.

The boy was b, Chen Nuo was c.

Taking advantage of the girl going to the bathroom, the boy had an expression of hating iron for not becoming steel, and said to Chen Nuo: "Why not fight for it? Why let her? Now is not the time to show your gentlemanly demeanor, you know, now you take a step back, maybe you take a step back outside the academy gate, understand? So many years of hard work and effort may flow away with this draw of yours! Isn't it a pity? Hey!"

Chen Nuo said: "I once heard a teacher say, there are no small roles, only..."

Before Chen Nuo finished speaking, he was interrupted by the boy: "Only small actors, right? Heh..."

The boy had an expression of you trying to fool me, and said: "Don't talk about it, come, let's match the lines."

Since people couldn't listen, Chen Nuo didn't say it anymore. He had tried acting three times before this, twice with Zhang Yi, and once with Chen Kexin, at that time Chen Kexin let him act in a two-person sketch, and the one acting opposite him was a female actor named Zhou Xun.

Zhou Xun at this time had already acted in "Palace of Desire," acted in "Love in Shanghai," acted in "Suzhou River," known as the most talented female actor in the mainland.

And now the one acting opposite him was a male examinee and a female examinee without even a name, the gap between their acting and Zhou Xun's might be ten thousand Yang Mis.

This caused Chen Nuo to be very uncomfortable.

The girl said: "Shouldn't you look up? You have to stare at him fiercely, he is harassing your girlfriend, how come you have no reaction? How do you expect me to pick this up?"

Chen Nuo said seriously his own insight: "But he is just looking at you, not coming up to harass you."

The girl laughed: "Do you know how to act? Do you know what is method acting? Have you seen Stanislavski?"

"Haven't seen it."

The girl shook her head, with a look of disdain: "You haven't even seen this... hey, that b, come over, let's match the lines."

Just like this, Chen Nuo was abandoned. a and b got together, no longer paying attention to him, this c.

He actually wanted to join in, re-form abc, or ac, even bc would do.

Because Li Er said, a good-looking play cannot rely on you alone, it has to rely on you and the opposing actor to support it together.

However, a felt he didn't understand anything, b felt he was mud that couldn't support the wall, and neither of them paid attention to him. Chen Nuo could only be a lonely c.

When it was their group's turn to go on stage, all the examiners saw a very strange scene.

a screamed in horror: "Ah! I'm so scared! c, where are you, this person wants to molest me."

b muttered strangely: "Beauty, don't be afraid, I just want to make friends with you."

c hurried over, blocked in front of a, his expression was a bit surprised and scared: "What did he do to you? Hey, who are you."

But a fled in a panic, running around the field: "No, b don't follow me, I'm going to call the police!"

b laughed loudly: "I didn't do anything, what can the police do to me?"

a ran away, so c had to block in front of b, he was a bit scared, so his footsteps moved back bit by bit, "Can we sit down and talk slowly if there is anything?"

a ran in circles while screaming: "Hit him, hit him quickly, my god, how can there be such a pervert in the world! Simply too terrible."

b started roaring: "Am I a pervert? I just looked at you twice, and you actually said that about me, I can't bear it, you come over, I want to kill you!"

a started crying with a flower-like face, stopped running, sat on the ground, choked up and said: "No, don't, don't come over... my boyfriend is here, he will protect me!"

b revealed a wild and evil smile, he turned around, faced the examiners, his gaze swept around the exam room, and then looked back at a with a 90-degree fierce look: "No, he won't, he is just a coward, he wouldn't dare to block in front of me. You listen obediently, otherwise, I will kill you!"

c looked at a, then looked at b, everyone could see he was a bit scared, and a bit at a loss, he tried hard to open his arms to block in front of b, pretended to be brave, and said in a low voice: "If there is anything, can we sit down and talk slowly?"

Many examiners sitting in the audience looked at him with bright eyes.

The chief examiner of this session was named Cui Xinqing, a teacher with even older qualifications than Li Er, who had taught many star students, and the famous 96 class was brought out by her. Seeing this, she said: "Alright, let's stop here. Next group."

After speaking, she whispered to Li Er beside her: "The gap between ab and c is too big."

Li Er nodded expressionlessly: "No cooperation, not a play, this point c is also not good."

Cui Xinqing smiled and shook her head and said: "Xiao Li, your requirements are too high. It's an exam, what's mainly looked at is personal ability. This c, regardless of appearance or acting, if our Film Academy doesn't want him, the Central Academy of Drama will laugh their teeth off. You help me record it, I want to see his name later."

"Okay, Professor Cui." Li Er nodded.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 45 =====