Chapter 642: Life in All Its Forms

The entertainment industry seems glamorous, and the people here are loved by the audience.

But in fact, beneath these beautiful appearances, lies the darkness, evil, and filth of the world, which is just unknown to ordinary people.

This also means that artists can enjoy the admiration of fans and feel the satisfaction of self-realization when standing on the stage, but at the same time, they also have to bear various pressures.

Public opinion, exclusion and competition from peers, various unfair treatments, high pressure at work, etc. If an artist who is pushed to a high position does not have a strong enough psychological quality, problems will sooner or later arise!

After this baptism of life and death, everyone's minds suddenly became open-minded.

All kinds of difficulties seem like insurmountable chasms, but in fact, when they grit their teeth and persevere, looking back they turn into puddles. After a few days, one year, two years, five years, ten years, they can't even remember what the puddles look like.

Only by living, everything is possible; only by persisting, they can see the rainbow after the rain!

Suddenly, the eyes of everyone who had realized the truth became firm, without a trace of confusion or hesitation.

Two hundred and thirty people were eliminated, and now there are more than 1,400 left. However, the competition has been going on for four months, and the competition seems to be getting more and more intense. How can this be a selection of superstars? It's clearly an all-around king, right?

"Star Dream"'s unconventional approach has attracted great attention from the international public.

They just want to see what Xia Hua's An Zhixia can turn this program into!

Everyone's eyes were focused on An Zhixia, who was wearing a moon-white cheongsam with large peony flowers on it. Her hair was tied up, and her light makeup not only did not make her look dull, but instead made her unique beauty more prominent, just like an ink painting, the ink itself was a color that encompassed everything!

The artists looked at her with madness and burning eyes, waiting for her to announce the next stage.

An Zhixia took the microphone and chuckled, saying, "Congratulations to everyone for successfully advancing to the fourth month of the test. We have already passed one-third of the stage, and the elimination round has just begun, and more than 230 people have been eliminated.

The road to the entertainment industry is glamorous but also dangerous. Without enough effort and persistence, you won’t go far.

Our program only simulates a few simple scenarios. We hope that you can get sufficient training while accumulating exposure.

The future is long, and our current efforts to move forward with heavy burdens are by no means a waste of time and energy."

After briefly congratulating and encouraging everyone, An Zhixia continued under everyone's expectation: "In the first stage, we experienced more than ten kinds of temporary jobs, and in the second stage, we patiently witnessed the joys and sorrows of tens of thousands of people every day as ordinary people in the amusement park.

In the third stage we were successful businessmen, and in the fourth stage we resisted temptation and forged ahead.

In this fifth stage, she paused and chuckled, "You continue to go deep into the people and experience all kinds of life. The lower your attitude, the more you can understand what human nature is like."

At this time, the staff will distribute the task cards.

When everyone opened it to check, they found that it required them to put on makeup and pretend to be ordinary people, then draw lots to decide where to go with the character attributes, work diligently for a month, and then the comments of colleagues around them would be used as the final scoring criteria.

Whoever is commented on and whose attributes match the ones they drew will have a chance to advance!

It can be said that they are the protagonists, directing and acting in the script, while their colleagues are the audience. This kind of "documentary" film is the best way to test the acting skills of the artists!

The students had mixed feelings of joy and worry on their faces. On the one hand, they were glad that they had time to concentrate on their acting skills, but on the other hand, they were afraid that they were not professional enough and would be discovered by the public and eliminated.

They lined up to draw their professions and character attributes.

There are the old men who sweep the floor, who look mean and take advantage of others, but are actually righteous and honest; there are the old women in the neighborhood committee who like to gossip about others but are eager to help others and selflessly devote themselves; there are the rebellious, fighting and trouble-making hooligans, but they are kind-hearted and willing to stand up for their friends...

There are more than 1,400 people, but not a single one has the same profession or character attributes!

Everyone was shocked by the conscience and generosity of "Star Dream". After all, "Star Dream" promised that all the artists who advanced would have their work for a month filmed into a five-minute short drama, and each twenty-four would be one episode of the large-scale variety show!

And at this moment, the audience really has the urge to catch up on all the artists' stories for the next month.

After receiving the complete task cards and information cards, the students began to collect props everywhere. Through clothing and makeup, they concealed their glamorous and arrogant temperament as artists and transformed themselves into the gray and low-level people who were burdened by life.

Looking at themselves in the mirror, they couldn't help but smile foolishly. They looked like they were dressed up for a documentary movie. All their image as idols had been thrown away. Even if their biological parents were in front of them, they might not be able to recognize their daughter and son.

After simply packing their luggage, which was dressed in the same way, they took their letters of introduction, work permits and other items and took the subway or bus to go to work.

Most of the students are trained in professional schools and have a basic sense of professionalism. When filming a movie, they must first forget who they are and always keep in mind the attributes of the character.

On the way, everyone had already listed some actions and words that could become keywords for character attributes in their notebooks. Some students took the risk of taking shortcuts. They repeatedly demonstrated the summarized actions and words, and explained the character attributes to the staff with particularly strong self-created events.

After all, the competition is based on the final score, so as long as the colleagues fill in the content correctly, they will be able to advance.

Some students perform in a conventional way, racking their brains every day to think about how to perform and how to arrange their movements, expressions, and language so as to not be exaggerated and complete the script naturally and fluently.

One month is not a short time for the ever-changing entertainment industry. It is enough for a girl group to become famous internationally. Moreover, during this month, everyone was enslaved to work, and every minute and every second was a torment.

It is not difficult to perform for an hour, half a day, a day, or two days, but to persist in performing for a month is a great test of the artist's skills and endurance.

Many artists were discovered and eliminated before the deadline, and had no chance to participate in "Dream Star"!

However, when they left, they deeply understood where their shortcomings were. If they could correct them in the future, they would be able to take a big step forward!

(End of this chapter)