When the teacher read out the test question in a deep voice, all the students couldn't help but burst out laughing. They were laughing so hard that they were tilted and twitching, and it looked like they had all been hit by the "Great Parkinson's Spell".
Even the acting teacher who wanted to remain serious couldn't help but twitch his mouth, and looked at Tao Mu with great distress - this kid really didn't have good luck.
This was probably the only weird test question in the whole class, and he picked it as expected.
Amidst the laughter, Du Kang bowed to everyone with a smug look on his face. He even stood up and bowed. He said no one could guess his test questions. As expected.
"Student Tao Mu," the acting teacher said immediately, causing all the happy students in the class to calm down: "Get ready and start your performance."
As soon as the words fell, all 25 students in the class (including the teacher) looked at Tao Mu. The eyes were dark and bright, the emotions were intense, the gazes were blazing, yet what was radiating from the eyes was an irrepressible expectation and a sense of gloating.
Including Du Kang himself, everyone felt that if Tao Mu wanted to complete this test, he would definitely perform in a farce comedy style. Because the question itself is ridiculous. It is fundamentally untenable. The reason why Du Kang came up with such a tricky test question was to create some fun.
Of course, there is also the anticipation of watching Tao Mu's idol burden collapse - as we all know, he was admitted to Beijing Film Academy with excellent scores in appearance conditions, and during the filming of Guo Yaning's MV, he conquered the entire Chinese fashion industry with his advanced and unique makeup skills and styling design. In order to select the Beijing Film Academy's campus belle more fairly and justly, he even created Xiao Tao, the Feixun website. His painting style is actually different from most of the boys in Beijing Film Academy.
To use the words of the other three roommates in dormitory 301, they have a serious idol burden. Although Tao Mu usually doesn't seem to have any idol baggage when he is in class. But in fact, everyone can feel that Tao Mu's performance style is actually quite different from theirs. Because Tao Mu had honed his acting skills to the point where he could win the Best Actor award in his previous life. It was enough to satisfy him with his decent performance in classroom assessments, which made him look decent even when playing a beggar in a sack - not only did he have good acting skills, but he also looked like a very handsome and fashionable beggar.
In general, compared with the students of the same grade who entered school at the same time but whose acting skills were relatively immature, Tao Mu's performance was still very amazing. Basically, among the entire class of 2008 freshmen, except for Wen Bao who was blessed by God, even Chu Suian and the others pale in comparison.
This is also an important reason why even though Tao Mu frequently asked for leave due to family matters, the Beijing Film Academy and the teachers of the Performance Department are still very optimistic about Tao Mu - his acting skills are great. Although there is still a habit of newcomers to acting that they like to overdo it when they first start performing. But to be fair, Tao Mu's acting skills are really good now. Even some sophomores and juniors with less talent may not have as good acting skills as Tao Mu now.
However, when Tao Mu's performance reached its climax, he would always habitually bring out someone's shadow. The teachers in the acting department saw this and probably guessed that Tao Mu might have watched someone's movie to hone his acting skills. This is also the learning method that many new actors choose when honing their acting skills.
But what can I say? An old artist once said, "Those who learn from me live, and those who imitate me die." Although Tao Mu's performance sometimes shows that he is better than his teacher, it is obvious that he is better than his teacher. However, in the eyes of the acting masters of Beijing Film Academy who have a strong foundation and have mastered acting skills, his performance is still too deliberate.
To put it simply, it means overdoing it and showing off one's skills. If you meet the right role, you can emerge out of nowhere and amaze everyone. But if we really talk about acting skills, he is not yet at ease enough and his grasp of the importance of the scenes is not perfect. In comparison, the teachers at Beijing Film Academy naturally prefer Wen Bao's simple but flexible performance style.
But it has to be said that even Wen Bao's acting skills are far better than Tao Mu's. But if he really enters the circle, Tao Mu's acting career will definitely be better than Wen Bao's. The development here does not refer to the depth and breadth of expertise, but a competition of status and popularity. In other words, Wen Bao's future is visible to the naked eye - he can conquer major film festivals with his acting skills and become an actor and artist with a strong Beijing Film Academy label. But whether it is a movie or a TV series, it is estimated that it will have to follow the orthodox literary and artistic style or realistic style. Those big-budget, big-production commercial blockbusters probably wouldn't cast an actor like this as the leading actor.
However, Tao Mu can try to become a superstar through his appearance, acting skills, and his ability to cause a lot of trouble in the entertainment industry before his debut. If he does well, he might become a superstar with both acting skills and popularity.
There has always been a saying in the Chinese entertainment industry: Beijing Film Academy produces actors, and Yan Film Academy produces stars. Although it essentially recognizes the teaching quality of Beijing Film Academy and the acting skills of its students. But in fact, everyone, including the Beijing Film Academy and its teachers, was dissatisfied.
——Our students have good acting skills and good looks, so why can they only be actors and not stars? The acting skills of all of you students from Yanying Film Academy are terrible, but you can smoothly get the leading male and female roles in big productions by relying on your looks and stirring up scandals and gossips. And you still have the nerve to say that your students from Yanying Film Academy have more influence in the Chinese entertainment industry than students from Beijing Film Academy?
Do you still have any shame?
However, no matter how unconvinced they are, everyone has to admit that celebrities do have a greater influence on their fans than actors. Whether it is the topic or the attention from all aspects, it can easily trigger a discussion. This is the key factor that investors and film producers must consider when looking for male and female protagonists - no matter how good their acting skills are, they have to find someone who can carry the box office.
However, it is well known that no matter how good the acting skills of students from Beijing Film Academy are, their ability to attract box office fans is... not to mention terrible. Anyway, relatively speaking, those who can carry the box office are extremely rare.
Faced with this dilemma, Beijing Film Academy has also resisted. They also want to use their influence in the industry to push for popular superstars who can carry the box office. However, the saying that small fame depends on support while big fame depends on luck is not just talk.
Among the students taught by Beijing Film Academy, except for the big names in the circle from the older generations, the new actors and actresses are not destined to become famous. Even if Beijing Film Academy takes the lead in finding directors and scripts (given Beijing Film Academy's vision and academic style, one can imagine what styles of scripts and directors they are interested in). I have to admit that the movies have a very good reputation, that's really good. But as for the box office, it’s hard to say.
——Just making back your investment is considered a win. But then again, if a commercial blockbuster can be made into an art film that discusses human nature and the darkness of society, you can imagine the box office of such a movie, right?
So after all this, there were some complaints in the industry. Beijing Film Academy can no longer afford the trouble. The key point is that Yan Ying next door always makes fun of them openly. So after careful consideration, we decided to temporarily stop. We must learn from the profound lessons of the past, and next time when we look for a director and a script, we must strictly follow the model of a commercial film.
——Basically, it was the movie that Tao Mu had been aiming for two years before he entered school.
Let’s not talk about these later stories for now. For example, ever since Tao Mu entered school, the teachers in the acting department have been extremely satisfied with his appearance, acting skills, and the headlines that have caused a lot of controversy in the entertainment industry. It is no exaggeration to say that it really is hope to break the curse that 'Beijing Film Academy can only produce actors'.
Therefore, although the teachers in the acting department didn't say it, they all tried their best to train Tao Mu - they wanted to bring out a super popular superstar with both acting skills and strength. Not only must her acting skills surpass Yan Ying, but her popularity must also surpass Yan Ying.
So in this case, it would be a bit embarrassing if Tao Mu's acting skills during the outburst always carried traces of Yan Ying's most proud disciple, Yan Sheng. You should know that when Yan Sheng applied for Beijing Film Academy and Yan Film Academy, he passed the art exam. Moreover, both schools ranked first in the professional examinations. As a result, Yan Sheng gave up Beijing Film Academy and chose Yan Film Academy. He shined right after entering college and won the Best Actor award for the first movie he made. This really made Yan Ying very proud.
It also made Jingying secretly worried. So after Yan Sheng, Beijing Film Academy really wanted to create a star. However, the most popular first-line star promoted by Beijing Film Academy is Wang Boyuan. Although it's not bad, it's still a little bit inferior to Yan Sheng.
So when it comes to Tao Mu, you have to be more cautious - make sure the good seedlings don't grow crooked. You can act like anyone else, but don’t act like Yan Sheng. Otherwise, even if it is promoted, the Beijing Film Academy will have a headache just thinking about what Yanying will say.
At this time, Beijing Film Academy was particularly grateful that the school had a rule that students were not allowed to take acting jobs during their first and second years. They must train Tao Mu well before letting him take over the role. There must not be any trace of Yan Sheng.
However, this kind of training is not wishful thinking. You must find the right time and influence it subtly. It's like peeling off silk from an onion. If you can't point it out directly, it will easily make children who have not been exposed to much performance feel at a loss. If you are too restrained when performing, your spirit will be gone after a while.
The teachers at Beijing Film Academy have worked hard and thought of every possible way to achieve this, and are secretly waiting for the opportunity. However, Tao Mu had too many worries in the first semester and asked for leave several times. He probably didn't focus on his major courses. Besides, with Tao Mu's acting skills, he can handle the usual classroom assessments even if he is absent-minded. This has left the teachers in the performance department sharpening their knives, but they have been unable to find where to start.
The test questions Du Kang asked now were unexpected. The teacher saw the hope of breaking the shackles on Tao Mu - yes, in the teacher's eyes, Tao Mu's idol burden was also a shackle that bound his acting skills.
Tao Mu was not a professional actor in his previous life. All his acting experience was acquired through self-study. And because Yan Sheng always overshadowed him in his performance, Tao Mu was influenced by Yan Sheng's performance the most.
Yan Sheng is a top domestic superstar. His extremely handsome appearance and his super high popularity ensure that the TV series and movies he takes on are all big-budget commercial blockbusters. This means that no matter what kind of movie Yan Sheng takes on, he must ensure the charm of the male lead - to ensure that Yan Sheng's fans will pay a lot of money to go to the cinema just for Yan Sheng's face.
Therefore, in order to boost the box office, Yan Sheng would unconsciously retain every shining point in his performance that would make him look more handsome and more masculine on the big screen. Tao Mu took him as a reference, and naturally he would subconsciously retain his own shining points when honing his acting skills.
In the eyes of Beijing Film Academy teachers, that is an idol burden. It is also one of the factors that affect Tao Mu's unnatural acting. The previous classroom assessments at Beijing Film Academy were not innovative, and the clichéd test questions failed to bring out Tao Mu's potential. Now seeing such a weird test question - even the teacher of Jingying felt a headache, and didn't know how to start in a short time, so he wanted to see how Tao Mu interpreted this role.
"Perform well. Don't worry about your idol image." The acting teacher said with a smile, and then warned: "Don't show off."
All the students clapped and cheered. In everyone's opinion, Tao Mu must be interpreting the role like a clown this time. Some students couldn't wait to take out their smart phones or home video recorders, ready to record Tao Mu's assessment and put it online. Let other netizens also feel the joy of appreciating acting skills.
However, amid the chaotic laughter around him, Tao Mu's expression was particularly serious.
He hadn't thought of interpreting the role in a slapstick comedy style. Tao Mu could certainly sense the bottleneck that the acting teacher could feel. After being reborn, the reason why he chose to return to the Beijing Film Academy system to study acting was not only because he coveted Beijing Film Academy's huge connections and influence in the circle, but also because he really wanted to break the bottleneck of his acting skills that bound him.
He also didn't want his performance style to be similar to Yan Sheng's. Every time he heard such comments, Tao Mu felt so sick that he wanted to vomit. Because no one knew how desperate he was, so desperate that he was close to collapse, so desperate that it was pitch dark and there was no light at all, but he gritted his teeth and held on to the only hard bone in his body that did not soften, and persevered to the end.
After being reborn, Tao Mu chose to start over and chose to study in the Beijing Film Academy system - he really wanted to study hard, but the troubles that kept coming up always distracted him. Even if he didn't ask for leave to stay in school for classes, Tao Mu was always thinking about that little thing.
The affairs of the Yao family, Sheng'an Group, Tao Haiguo and his wife, and the orphanage were like several mountains pressing on Tao Mu's heart, ready to crush him to pieces at any time. It was like a tsunami that could instantly destroy everything he had - a stable life and a close family.
Such heavy pressure does not allow Tao Mu to breathe freely and easily. He must solve these troubles. Only by beating the jackals surrounding him until they have no power to fight back, will he have enough energy to do what he wants.
Now, Tao Mu felt that he was finally safer. At least he has the strength to resist those who want to make his life miserable.
Therefore, Tao Mu finally had the leisure to think about his hobbies.
He took Du Kang's test paper, although the question was a bit strange and absurd. But in Tao Mu's eyes, this was indeed the first question he got after relaxing. Tao Mu's acting addiction also came up - the most important thing is that Tao Mu had just watched Wen Bao's free and easy performance without props, he felt particularly shocked, envious and yearning.
He also wanted to perform a serious play to satisfy his own pleasure. It's not because his acting skills are not good enough that he has to resort to absurd comedy style. That means he will not use his acting skills to interpret the role, but use the style of absurd comedy to interpret the test questions.
Tao Mu didn't want to admit defeat just like that. So he thought about this question seriously. First sort out the plot and character biographies in your mind.
An e-sports player with Parkinson's disease plays games.
Parkinson's disease, also known as shaking palsy. It is a common neurodegenerative disease in the elderly. The clinical manifestations are resting tremor, muscle rigidity, bradykinesia, posture and gait disorders, and may even cause depression, anxiety, sleep disorders, cognitive impairment and other symptoms.
As for e-sports players, perhaps people born in 2008 may still be unfamiliar with this word. But Tao Mu, who was reborn ten years later, at least understood what e-sports players were like. Although he doesn't play games himself, Tao Mu has also watched some particularly popular game live broadcasts.
Tao Mu felt that he could at least use an athlete's mentality to figure out an e-sports player. So what happens if an athlete gets Parkinson's?
As a professional e-sports player, steady hands, fast hand speed and quick brain reaction are the most basic professional qualities. However, when a professional e-sports player is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, how can he continue to excel in his most professional field - the gaming field?
It's impossible.
Tao Mu moved.
He sat at the desk in front of the podium, his right hand slowly reaching for the mouse on the table. It seemed as if he could not lift his arm, so it was stiff and slow, sliding across the table with a very low gap. Then he grabbed the mouse steadily - it was just a subconscious action, a conditioned reflex after years of training.
However, his physical condition was not subject to his will. When his hand got the mouse, his hand began to shake unconsciously. At first it was a slight tremor, and Tao Mu tried his best to control his hands. However, the more he tried to control it, the faster his hands shook and the greater the amplitude became. Tao Mu placed his other hand on the keyboard. Want to use the keyboard to complete game commands.
However, his fingers were too clumsy. The slender fingertips trembled slightly on the keyboard, and the usually light typing movement seemed so difficult at this moment. His fingers could once flexibly strike out beautiful clacking sounds on the keyboard - more flexibly than playing the piano. Now it can only stick stiffly to the keys.
He pressed down hard, his fingertips trembling as they pressed heavily on the keys, and the computer immediately displayed an error instruction indicating a delayed operation. Because his movements were too slow. With his stiff joints, trembling fingertips and slow movements, he couldn't complete the short tapping movements.
Tao Mu smiled, licked his lips, took two short breaths, opened his mouth and took big gulps of air, his eyes suddenly turned red.
His breathing was trembling, his smile grew bigger and bigger, and tears rolled down from his red eyes. Tao Mu put down the mouse, swallowed hard, and tried to calm down.
He picked up the bottle of mineral water next to the computer and wanted to unscrew the cap to drink some water. However, he couldn't open the bottle cap at all - he was a professional e-sports player and had won awards in e-sports competitions. Now I can’t even open a bottle of mineral water.
Tao Mu stopped laughing. He held back his tears and took another deep breath. His hand was tightly clenched around the mineral water bottle. His hand was frozen in mid-air, as if he was holding a mineral water bottle, shaking slightly but violently.
Tao Mu tried his best to control his right hand, but the harder he tried, the more his hand shook.
Tao Mu trembled and put the mineral water bottle on his chest. Use your chest to steady the water bottle. His other hand also trembled as he placed it on the bottle cap, trying hard to open it. He even lowered his head and bit it with his teeth without any image. Help your hands to exert force.
Finally, the bottle cap was opened with great difficulty. Tao Mu put down the bottle cap tremblingly and wanted to drink some water.
However, he had no way to control his hands. He held the mineral water bottle to his mouth with his right hand, but he was shaking so violently that his arm was stiff and hard. I couldn't even get the bottle close to my mouth. Tao Mu used his other hand. Hold the bottle with both hands and try to pour it into your mouth.
The bottle trembled even more violently. It can't be poured in at all. Tao Mu tried to pick up a cup and pour the water into it. The mineral water bottle trembled and shook, shaking nearly half of the water into the cup. The cup moved slightly on the table due to the impact of the mineral water bottle, and the mouth of the bottle and the mouth of the cup made a slight sound.
Tao Mu looked at the water in the cup, but didn't want to drink it.
He sat in the chair blankly, his eyes red and his expression dull. His hands were still shaking slightly. After a while, Tao Mu suddenly went crazy and swept the computer keyboard, mouse, mineral water bottles and cups on the table to the ground.
He is a professional e-sports player, and his computer mouse and keyboard were once his most precious possessions, which he bought by mail from abroad at a high price.
However, now, for these expensive equipment, for the "armor and weapons" most favored by an e-sports player, Tao Mu has become unnecessary.
An e-sports player with Parkinson's disease is no longer an e-sports player. It's impossible in this lifetime.
He will never be able to play games again in his life.
No, it should be said that he no longer has this life.
When Tao Mu finished his non-object performance, there was silence in the performance classroom of Class 1, Grade 08.
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