Chapter 15 The storm started when I didn’t reply to his message for two minutes.
Everyone looked at Chen Xing. Chen Xing sat upright and raised his hand confidently. Fearing that the people on the stage hadn't heard him, he repeated, "Crayfish."
Qi Yinrui laughed softly and said, "As expected of a singer, you have a strong voice."
The other members whose lunch boxes were uncovered also echoed this.
“And durian.”
"In that case, does the old popsicle count?"
“Cold beer!”
This caused the other groups to pat Xia Huanming on the shoulder and tease them: "It seems that everyone in your team is a foodie?"
Xia Huanming straightened his clothes and replied calmly, "Being able to eat is a blessing."
“Hahaha, it seems that the people in Group 2 really like to eat. Let’s see if the screenwriters have any new inspirations.” Zhang Jin’an on the stage happily clicked on the next picture. “There is another requirement that must appear later.”
As he was speaking, another word appeared on the screen - [fighting scene].
"The fighting scenes are good." Chen Xing was very happy when he saw this word.
Xia Huanming looked at Chen Xing: "Do you like fighting scenes?"
"Who doesn't have a dream of being a martial arts hero? When I was a kid, I would use tree trunks to learn from my friends the moves in TV dramas, and dub the branches with my mouth." Chen Xing happily reminisced.
The light from the screen reflected in Chen Xing's brown pupils, as transparent as glass beads.
Xia Huanming stared at Chen Xing's profile and told him the truth: "But your martial arts dream may not come true now."
For someone like him who has participated in action scenes, this is part of acting, but for someone like Chen Xing who has never been exposed to anything, action scenes are a part that can easily lead to injuries.
In addition, Chen Xing’s acting skills are not good, so it is even more impossible for the director to assign Chen Xing a heavy role.
Chen Xing didn't care. He nodded and said, "I know. I didn't say I had to play the hero. I can just play the waiter who watches you fight."
Xia Huanming smiled and said, "You have a very good attitude."
The host introduced the three big men and a girl with a long ponytail standing on the right side of the room. They are all martial arts actors with more than 6 years of experience.
The host said: "For the courses during the filming period mentioned earlier, everyone can sign up for the course one day in advance through the link sent in the group."
Chen Xing planned his future schedule.
He is not as professional as the others, so he will not be assigned many roles. He will most likely be a minor character who can be performed in one day, so he will definitely take these classes.
Maybe you'll become familiar with him because of this.
After saying these things, the host invited Gu Yirou to the stage to present the next tutorial.
Zhang Jinan and Gu Yirou performed a short scene from "Moonset Inn" on the spot.
After five years, they performed the same play again. They were still professional and experienced, and they worked well together. The lines were well exchanged, and no one was outdone by the other.
They were both wearing modern clothes, one in a loose shirt and the other in a beautiful long skirt. But listening to their lines and manners - when Zhang Jin'an shook his empty long sleeves and matched his square steps, it seemed like they were acting in a costume drama.
"Who are you?" Zhang Jin'an slammed the table, his eyes filled with anger.
"Why should I tell you? But what about you?" Gu Yirou calmly brewed tea, "Are you sure your current identity is correct?"
Zhang Jin'an raised his sword and pressed it against Gu Yirou's neck.
"And now?"
The contestants below also became nervous.
Chen Xing subconsciously grabbed the things around him and grabbed Xia Huanming's arm.
Chen Xing was so immersed in the action that he completely ignored the look in the eyes of the man he had captured. He gritted his teeth and said, "I know that they are going to fight in the end. I don't dare to watch."
Xia Huanming sneered, but did not pull his hand away. He just muttered, "I dare not look at you, and my eyes are wider than anyone else's."
After he finished speaking, he felt that what he said was a bit inappropriate, and that he might have wronged Chen Xing - Chen Xing's eyes were originally very big, and when his eyeballs moved, they looked very weird. Maybe this was really a state that he didn't dare to look at.
However, Chen Xing was already immersed in watching the movie and obviously didn't hear what he said, so Xia Huanming didn't explain any further.
At the end of the performance, Gu Yirou put one foot on the table, did a backflip without any worries, and landed nimbly.
This caused applause from the audience.
After the audition, Zhang Jinan and Gu Yirou asked several contestants to act out the same scene, and helped correct punctuation and stress problems while they were acting.
Whenever Chen Xing heard a term he didn't understand, he would ask Xia Huanming, "What does stringing candied haws mean?"
Xia Huanming leaned to the side, crossed his arms and answered, "It's a push shot. Look, there are five people standing on the stage, they stand in a row, and the camera moves from left to right, like a string of candied haws."
Chen Xing watched the photographer on the stage holding a gimbal passing in front of the contestants, and then thought of the scene of stringing candied haws, and smiled: "Oh - it's quite vivid."
Xia Huanming said: "There are many very descriptive words like this. For example, if someone is exposed in the camera, we will call them assassins."
This is indeed a vivid image.
Chen Xing lowered his head with a smile.
After Chen Xing finished laughing, he asked Xia Huanming, "Captain, will my asking you this question disturb you from watching their lecture?"
Xia Huanming glanced at the actor who was playing with knives on the stage, shook his head and said, "Some of the things they are saying now have been mentioned in the acting class, and we are in the same team, so of course I will help you first."
Chen Xing shook his pen and said, "Then I am quite lucky to have such a responsible captain."
"Otherwise, if everyone else's scores are high, your score will be too low, which won't work either," Xia Huanming answered so smoothly that he realized there was ambiguity after he finished speaking. He wanted to explain again, "Uh, I'm not talking about you..."
Chen Xing nodded: "That's right, if I act badly, it will affect your average score."
The rope that was originally tangled in Xia Huanming's heart was suddenly tied tighter, and his heart beat rapidly twice.
It was exactly the same as the day I heard that little green-haired boy was sick.
Xia Huanming opened his lips and said slowly: "That's not what I meant."
No one knew what Chen Xing was thinking. Instead, he patted Xia Huanming on the shoulder, his eyes more determined than if he had gotten a perfect score on the test: "Don't worry, Captain! I will definitely do my best."
Xia Huanming: “…”
Xia Huanming wanted to explain, but Chen Xing had already lowered his head and started taking notes, his eyes sparkling with anger.
Xia Huanming thought that he would talk about it later, but for the next ten minutes or so, Chen Xing listened to the class attentively and never asked him any questions.
The acting class was coming to an end and the actors on stage returned to their seats.
Zhang Jinan made the final summary. He picked up the microphone again and said solemnly: "There are always actors who will make excuses, saying that they don't feel the feeling today, the clothes are not suitable today, or the knife is not suitable today. But that has nothing to do with you. That is the business of the props team. As long as you act it out and bring the character to life, then the character is alive. No matter how beautiful the clothes are, a corpse is still a corpse. I don't want you to only be able to play corpses."
Gu Yirou continued, "But it's also difficult to play a corpse. You have to endure the scorching sun, and you can't even scratch yourself when others are moving. So, everyone, act well. We will come to the practice room later to see how each group performs."
At 10:08, the acting class ended.
The crowd dispersed.
Xia Huanming stood up and called Chen Xing: "Chen Xing."
Chen Xing tilted his head and asked, "Hmm? Captain, is there anything wrong?"
Just as Xia Huanming was about to speak, Zhao Xingyu grabbed Chen Xing's shoulder, stamped his feet anxiously, and spoke directly in Mandarin mixed with Cantonese: "No matter if you have something to do or not, come with me to find a toilet first, sir, I have to pee urgently."
Xia Huanming: “…”
Chen Xing looked at Xia Huanming: "Captain..."
What could Xia Huanming say? He just waved his hand and said, "Go ahead."
Zhao Xingyu was really in a hurry to pee, and when he heard that Chen Xing could go with him, he pulled Chen Xing and ran. He ran so fast that he almost slipped at the door. Fortunately, Chen Xing held his hand.
Zhao Xingyu smiled and hooked his arm around Chen Xing's shoulder, calling him "good brother" all the time.
Xia Huanming, who was standing still, took off his hat and murmured, "I know everyone..."
He combed his hair again and put his hat back on.
"Hey, Lao Xia, have you decided which team member you want to cooperate with?"
Xia Huanming turned around and saw the team leader, Shen Miao, speaking.
Shen Miao has a very classical look, with an oval face, willow-shaped eyebrows, and a height of 1.72 meters. As a professional in ancient costumes, she is not inferior in modern clothes. Her long hair is tied into a simple braid, with a goose yellow shawl, and a burnt yellow long skirt under a white shirt.
If Xia Huanming was not her friend, he would have been deceived by her gentle appearance.
Shen Miao's personality and temperament are completely opposite. She likes rock music and horror stories very much. She has a Junji Ito comic pendant hanging on her bag, her WeChat avatar is also Tomie Kawakami, and her circle of friends is comparable to a horror story club.
Xia Huanming met her at an awards ceremony three years ago. At first, they didn't talk much until one day Shen Miao sent a link to Kan Yi Dao. After Xia Huanming helped to cut it, Shen Miao replied: "Wow, you actually cut it, thank you brother."
After that, the two of them gradually became familiar with each other.
When they met each other here yesterday, they were both stunned for a moment. When shaking hands, Shen Miao smiled and said, “I didn’t expect you to come here too?”
"Well, we want your Huang Canni and Shao Shuxian," Xia Huanming put one hand in his pocket, bent down and picked up the half-bottle of mineral water next to his seat, "We will go to read the script later, call them over. Have you made your choice?"
"We want you and Brother Qi." Shen Miao looked at Xia Huanming, "But I really didn't expect you to come. When I saw you yesterday, I was stunned for a moment. I was so happy."
Xia Huanming smiled and replied, "You hid it very well. Zeng Li told me that you were traveling."
Zeng Li is Shen Miao's public boyfriend, and they have been together for more than a year.
Since the two of them got together, Shen Miao's circle of friends is no longer full of horror pictures, but also mixed with a few couple photos.
Just this morning, Xia Huanming said under a newly posted photo that her circle of friends had a little more humanity, and Shen Miao gave him an eye-rolling expression.
"Does he dare to say no if I say one?" Shen Miao hooked his fingers around his hair and beard, "Okay, we'll read the script after lunch, around one o'clock, remember to come."
"good."
After Shen Miao left, Huang Canni and Shao Shuxian came. The other team members greeted them, and they were embarrassed and respectful.
The two actresses took the initiative to chat with the introverted screenwriters. Xue Si-nian and Zheng Pei-ya were too embarrassed to refuse the beauties, so they could only nod with red ears for a while. After a few more words, they relaxed.
"My whole family loves your play and thinks you are just like the person on the calendar."
"You guys are really skinny, I wonder if you're eating well."
…
Xia Huanming didn't have time to listen to the rest of the conversation. He stood at the front of the team and sent a message to the group.
[Xia Huanming]: @陈醒@赵星宇We’re leaving first, practice room No. 2 on the third floor.
【Zhao Xingyu】：ok
Xia Huanming waited for a while, but still didn't get a reply from Chen Xing. He clicked into Chen Xing's window again and saw that they had indeed added each other as friends after dinner.
Xia Huanming stared at the fireworks avatar and remained silent.
Before Xia Huanming put away his phone, he heard Wang Baiyue laughing behind him: "Hahahaha."
Zheng Qixian asked: "What's wrong?"
"Nothing, Xiaozhu sent me a screenshot of his Weibo," Wang Baiyue showed Zheng Qi his phone, "We talked about the band last night, and he sent me this now."
"Ouch," Zheng Qi also laughed, "This is really bad luck."
Xia Huanming glanced at the screenshot.
[@彩虹-绿影]: I can’t stand it anymore. A certain music software has blocked the word “ass”. When my band releases a song, I’m the only one that starts with “b***”. I’m fed up.
Wang Baiyue and Zheng Qi focused on the Weibo screenshots, while Xia Huanming focused on the time when the messages were sent.
Ten fifteen, two minutes ago.
The corners of Xia Huanming's mouth suddenly stiffened.
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