Bright Era of China Entertainment

Chapter 292 Aunt Sissi
In Liu Xiaoli's suite, several dishes were placed on the tea table.

The hotel suites in the county seat are not spacious, and the seats are limited. Everyone carries lunch boxes and eats food while sitting or standing.

In front of Liu Xiaoli, an elder, Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying were a little restrained, and they didn't dare to intervene when they were chatting with Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei.

Sitting on the chair, Liu Xiaoli glanced at the two of them. She had heard about Chu Xuan and Qianqian bringing newcomers a long time ago. She also heard Zhao Liying call Chu Xuan "Master" just now, so she was considered her own.

In order to make the two less nervous, she couldn't help but gossip.

"Li Ying, what do your parents do?" She asked while picking up vegetables.

Zhao Liying was slightly taken aback, she didn't expect Aunt Liu to ask about her on her own initiative.

The chopsticks in her right hand were still stuck in her mouth, so the corners of her lips were slightly parted, and she said with the chopsticks in her mouth: "Mom is a salesperson, and Dad is a policeman."

Liu Xiaoli nodded and said, "Do your parents support you as an actor?"

Zhao Liying put down the chopsticks in her mouth, and said, "At first I was hesitant, saying that the entertainment industry was in chaos, but after hearing that I signed a contract with Brilliant Times, they agreed."

"Why?" Liu Xiaoli asked.

"My father said that the boss of Brilliant Times is Chu Xuan, and Chu Xuan's girlfriend is Concubine Liu Yi, so Chu Xuan probably doesn't like me, so it's impossible to hide the rules." Zhao Liying said.

"Pfft." Huang Xuan almost spat out the food in his mouth, walked aside and laughed silently.

Yang Tianzhen stuck her chopsticks on the rice in the box and was overjoyed.

Liu Xiaoli looked at Chu Xuan jokingly, Chu Xuan couldn't laugh or cry, Concubine Liu Yi couldn't help but looked at him, then looked at Zhao Liying: "It's so funny."

"That's what my dad said." Zhao Liying muttered.

When it was confirmed that she was going to play Baguio, she went home and told her parents about it.

Hearing that the contract was about to be signed, her father told her seriously, "The boss of Brilliant Times, Wang Jinhua, is a woman, so it is impossible to mess around. The other boss, Chu Xuan, has a girlfriend and made it public in front of the whole country. How dare Chu Xuan mess around?" It’s like throwing a stone at your own feet. Besides, compared to Concubine Liu Yi, if Chu Xuan is not blind, he will not like you, so this company can sign.”

Looking back on all this now, she was devastated at first.

Although, it seems, indeed, it is somewhat inferior to Concubine Liu Yi, but the comparison of beauty between girls seems to be the traditional psychology of Chinese women since ancient times, and every woman has such a heart for comparison.

However, it is different now.

Chu Xuan is her master, and Concubine Liu Yi is her master wife.

Then why should I compare myself to my teacher?

Seniority is messed up.

Zhao Liying straightened out her thoughts.

Liu Xiaoli took a small mouthful of rice with chopsticks and put it in her mouth, and asked, "Huang Xuan, where are your parents?"

Huang Xuan walked back, holding a lunch box in one hand and chopsticks in the other, and said: "I have always lived with my mother, and my mother is a dance teacher. She mentioned you before, auntie, and watched your dance on TV."

"Really?" Liu Xiaoli was full of interest.

"My mother said that the three central channels of the year broadcast scenes of you dancing in the Jiangcheng Theater, and my mother learned one of your classical dances and one of your folk dances." Huang Xuan said what his mother told him come out.

Liu Xiaoli smiled, and it was obvious that she was very happy.

"So your mother supports you as an actress?" she said.

"I don't support it." Huang Xuan shook his head with a helpless expression on his face.

"She just wants me to learn dancing, and I know that she wants me to learn dancing because she has something to teach. If I go to do other things, she can't give me any help." He said.

Liu Xiaoli glanced at Huang Xuan, nodded after a while and said, "You're quite sensible."

She pointed at Cici, and said, "I taught her dance since childhood, but her dancing talent is destined to make her not far in this field. Instead, she can shine in the film and television industry with her dancing foundation. After filming, go back and talk to you." Mom, let’s talk about it, the art industry really depends on talent.”

Huang Xuan nodded.

"Have you finished eating?" Chu Xuan put down the empty lunch box and chopsticks, stood up and said, "Continue after eating."

After a few minutes, everyone finished their meal.

In Chu Xuan's room, Concubine Liu Yi walked in with Chu Xuan, followed by Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying.

When they were on the production team in Shancheng, the two of them just went out of their way to experience the feeling of being an actor. Under the leadership of Huang Bo, they learned about the rules of the production team, and they really learned almost no professional knowledge.

Before joining the crew of "Zhu Xian", although Chu Xuan and Concubine Liu Yi supported them, they both pretended to be calm and were still at a loss.

It wasn't until Chu Xuan taught them the lines that they found a way to learn, which somewhat gave them some confidence in the face of acting.

Chu Xuan's teaching was very clear, as if he was taking a professional line class, and he even taught them to mark each word and read it correctly.

This kind of teaching method also let them breathe a sigh of relief, because they were afraid that they would not understand what Chu Xuan taught.

Fortunately, not only can I understand, but the explanation is very simple.

Here, they also look forward to the next teaching.

"We talked about the lines before, now let's talk about the body shape." Chu Xuan said, turning to face the two of them.

Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying went to the coffee table in front of the window to pick up their notebooks and pens and returned. They didn't want to sit down after eating, so they just stood there looking at Chu Xuan, waiting for his next words.

"The body is the body. The display of the body is the expression of body language. Whether the body language is well expressed is related to whether the character image created by the actor in the current situation is qualified."

"for example."

Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying's recording hands stopped, and they looked up at Chu Xuan.

Chu Xuan raised his right hand, clenched his fist and said, "How do I swing this punch so that the audience can feel the strength and impact. This is the display of the body and the expression of body language."

Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying understood it, and Chu Xuan's example gave them a very clear idea of ​​the actor's body.

Even though Huang Xuan has studied the body, the body of a musical actor is very different from that of an acting actor, and the way of presentation is also different.

"The shape is not difficult to understand, just like the lines, it needs to be practiced."

"For an actor, the physical presentation of each character must be different, in order to show the difference of the same actor playing different roles."

"And the shape of each character has its own reference point."

"Grasping this benchmark and erecting the basic appearance of the character is the basis of actor physiology."

Chu Xuan paused, and the room fell into silence, only the sound of the pens in Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying's hands sliding quickly in essence.

When Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying stopped writing and raised their heads, Chu Xuan said: "In our daily life, most people walk in different postures, and the distance of a step is different. From the perspective of walking posture, everyone presents The temperament and aura that come out are very different.”

Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying nodded slowly to express their understanding.

"Life is like a play. From the meaning of this sentence, we are all playing ourselves in real life."

Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying were thoughtful and seemed to have a clear understanding.

"But on the set, we can't play ourselves, we have to play roles."

Hearing this, the two suddenly understood what Chu Xuan meant.

"So, how we walk in reality needs to be adjusted when playing a role. Walking posture is the body benchmark, the basis for shaping a character, and the audience's first perception of a character. If the reality walks, the acting will follow the same way. , then you are playing yourself, not creating a character.”

Chu Xuan tilted his head to look at Concubine Liu Yi. Concubine Liu Yi embraced her arms and blinked her right eye at Chu Xuan.

"Actors must learn to break the physical routine in their daily life, and define a physical benchmark for each role before acting."

As Concubine Liu Yi said, she put down her clasped hands and walked to Chu Xuan's side.

"To put it simply, my Wang Yuyan, I acted in hundreds of scenes at a step of 40-50 centimeters on the set. In normal plots, the distance has always been the same. It has never changed, and there have been no mistakes."

"My little dragon girl, with a step of 30-40 centimeters, the reference point has not changed from the beginning to the end."

Concubine Liu Yi looked at the two of them and said, "Why do we need to maintain this span? Because we want to shape the basic shape of the character. Wang Yuyan is graceful, and Xiao Longnv is cold and indifferent, so walking like this is in line with the human design. If the normal plot If Zhong strides away, the sense of character of these two characters will be ruined."

"Do you have to keep it all the time?" Zhao Liying asked.

Concubine Liu Yi shook her head and said: "As Chu Xuan said just now, in our daily life, we have formed the habit of walking, and the span of each step is almost the same, but if we encounter happy or exciting things, don't we? Jump up? Maybe run too?"

Zhao Liying nodded.

"Jumping up, running, the shape will change, and the span of the steps will also change. The reference point I mentioned to Chu Xuan means that under normal circumstances, your walking posture is the reference point. This benchmark is the basis of the character's body, and the body can change due to the plot, but once the plot is over and returns to normal, you have to return to the benchmark of the character's body." Liu Yifei explained.

Huang Xuan thought about it, took a pen and subconsciously poked the notebook lightly, and said: "People in life usually walk like this, no matter what happens, they still walk like this after returning to normal. In other words, how to live, how to act. "

"Well said, with savvy." Chu Xuan smiled.

Regarding what Huang Xuan said, Concubine Liu Yi slightly nodded her head in approval.

She took a step with her right foot, then with her left foot, stepped forward and said, "This is the distance of one step."

She looked at the two of them and said, "Think about it yourself. Based on Zhang Xiaofan and Baguio's personalities, how many centimeters should Zhang Xiaofan take in one step, and how many centimeters should Baguio take in one step? Settle down, and practice every day so that the basic look of your character doesn't fall apart.

Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying nodded and lowered their heads to take notes.

Concubine Liu Yi put her hands behind her back, like a teacher, she came to Zhao Liying to read her notes.

The notes were a bit scribbled, and the handwriting was a bit poor. Concubine Liu Yi thought it was very interesting and couldn't help but smile.

"Master." Zhao Liying knew that her handwriting was not good-looking, so she couldn't help closing the notebook to prevent Concubine Liu Yi from reading it.

Mistress? Concubine Liu Yi was stupefied for a moment, delighted that Zhao Liying called Master Chu Xuan and now also called her teacher's wife, but disgusted because this name seemed a bit too old for her age.

"I'm only a year older than you," she muttered.

"Ms. Qianqian." Zhao Liying blinked.

Concubine Liu Yi's eyes lit up, she nodded repeatedly and said, "This is good."

A 17 year old and a 18 year old.

One dares to call, the other dares to respond.

Chu Xuan and Huang Xuan couldn't help laughing at the two people's discussion of a title.

"The display of all the character's movement and body is based on the character's basic body. If you don't practice the character's basic body well, then your character will be unqualified from the beginning, and the change of body will also make the character distorted. It makes the audience feel inexplicably shocked.”

"For example, a group performer who plays the role of a court lady, trains the basic body well, walks as far as one step takes, and presents the audience with a palace-like picture. If a court lady strides like a star, the audience will be puzzled, and they will There will be a play."

Listening to what Chu Xuan said, Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying took pens and continued to take notes.

"Miss Qianqian, don't look." Seeing that Concubine Liu Yi was still beside her, Zhao Liying held the pen and did not write, she wrinkled her nose at Concubine Liu Yi, a bit coquettishly.

Getting a new title gave Concubine Liu Yi a sense of novelty. With her hands still behind her back, she walked back to Chu Xuan with happy steps.

Chu Xuan turned around and took the thermos cup from the bedside table, opened the lid and took a sip of tea.

"I want it too." Concubine Liu Yi said, her mouth was dry after talking so much.

Chu Xuan handed her the thermos cup, Concubine Liu Yi took a sip, put the lid on the cup and put it back on the bedside table.

Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying raised their heads secretly, and were imperceptibly hit by a wave of dog food.

"Let's talk about emotions next." Chu Xuan walked towards the window, glanced at the two of them and said, "Sit down."

Huang Xuan, Zhao Liying and Chu Xuan came to the window and sat down on the chairs on both sides of the coffee table.

Chu Xuan sat by the bed, facing them.

Concubine Liu Yi took off her shoes and went to bed, and sat cross-legged beside Chu Xuan.

"Whether it is the expression of the lines or the display of the body, it is all driven by emotions."

"People, as long as they are alive, they have emotions every second."

"Bland, happy, depressed, irritable, etc."

"In our daily life, it is natural for everyone to express emotions under normal circumstances, but we don't pay attention to how the inner emotions come from, how the facial expressions are presented, and how the emotions rise, sink, and dissipate. How is it controlled."

Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying listened carefully and looked at Chu Xuan squarely.

Chu Xuan looked at them, shook his head and said, "However, as an actor, the emotional output and control of playing a role requires a sense of faith. This sense of faith requires a strong heart and a rich inner world supplemented by imagination."

Seeing the two taking notes, Chu Xuan said, "It sounds mysterious, but I can really feel it."

Chu Xuan stood up, went to the head of the bed and picked up a pillow, "Emotions are useless to talk about, and there is no systematic teaching method. If there is, everyone will be an actor and actress."

Concubine Liu Yi nodded. The most important thing for an actor to play a role is emotion, but emotion is not easy to find, and it doesn't come just by saying, and there is no systematic teaching method. You can only experience and imagine by yourself.

In other words, it still depends on life experience and talent.

Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying stayed in the Shancheng crew for a month, and Ning Hao always yelled "click" because the actor's emotions were not in place. They also understood the difficulty of actors finding emotions.

"Huang Xuan, come." Chu Xuan threw the pillow in the middle of the bed, then walked to the other side.

"Come up." He instructed.

Huang Xuan was stunned for a moment, although he didn't understand what Chu Xuan meant, he did as he did and took off his shoes and went to bed.

Concubine Liu Yi stepped aside, sat down on the head of the bed, and said, "Physical therapy."

Chu Xuan looked at her and smiled.

Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying were baffled.

In Zhao Liying's eyes, Huang Xuan was kneeling in front of the pillow, only to hear Chu Xuan say, "Smash the pillow with both hands."

Huang Xuan was astonished.

"If I don't tell you to stop, you can't stop." Chu Xuan said again.

Huang Xuan pursed his lips and looked down at the pillow. Even though he didn't understand Chu Xuan's intentions, he knew that Chu Xuan must be doing it for his own good, but he couldn't let it go for a while.

"Do it, use as much force as you can." Chu Xuan urged.

Huang Xuan looked at Chu Xuan, and Chu Xuan's eyes were full of encouragement.

As soon as Huang Xuan raised his hands, he slammed on the pillow.

"Hurry up." Chu Xuan said.

Huang Xuan sped up the frequency, listened to Chu Xuan's words, smashed the pillow with the greatest strength of his body, and even the bed trembled.

With such force, it didn't take long for Huang Xuan's breath to become disordered, and he felt like he couldn't win by venting his anger.

"Does it bother you?" Chu Xuan stared at him.

Huang Xuan's face began to turn red, he looked up at Chu Xuan, then lowered his head and continued to smash.

Chu Xuan said that if he didn't say stop, he couldn't stop.

"Are you restless?" Chu Xuan prostrated himself on the bed, looking up into his eyes.

After smashing for a full minute, Huang Xuan's breathing became more and more heavy, and he didn't even have room to speak.

Seeing him like this, Chu Xuan said: "Stop, tell me 'why'."

Huang Xuan stopped his hands, panted heavily, his chest heaved up and down, and he looked very tired.

"Why!" he said gruffly.

"No." Chu Xuan shook his head and said, "This emotion is not right, it has not been completely released."

Hearing Chu Xuan's words, Huang Xuan frowned and thought for a while, then said, "Brother Chu, I seem to understand what you mean."

"Then take a rest and continue." Chu Xuan smiled slightly.

After resting for 3 minutes, I slowed down.

Under Chu Xuan's signal, Huang Xuan swung his slightly sore arms, and then began to slam the pillow again.

After smashing for another minute, Huang Xuan's forehead was sweating and his face was flushed.

"Stop." Chu Xuan said suddenly.

"Why?!" Huang Xuan yelled loudly, his voice was a little hoarse, and his tone was full of mania.

Zhao Liying was taken aback, she raised her buttocks and sat down, trembling.

Seeing her like this, Concubine Liu Yi pointed at her and smiled.

"I'm scared to death." Zhao Liying patted her chest, looking as if she had lost her soul, and was dumbfounded.

Chu Xuan looked at Zhao Liying cheerfully, and said to Huang Xuan who was in a daze, "Take a break and continue."

Huang Xuan nodded, rested for 5 minutes, and started smashing the pillow again.

After exerting force twice in a row, Huang Xuan's physical strength has obviously declined, and the frequency of smashing the pillow is not as good as the previous two times.

From the looks of it, it will lose its strength if it is smashed for less than 1 minute.

However, less than a minute later, when Huang Xuan smashed the pillow for 1 seconds, Chu Xuan yelled "stop".

"Why!!" Huang Xuan vented the emotions he had accumulated for 20 seconds.

Looking at his state and the emotions in his tone, Chu Xuan said with satisfaction: "From a psychological point of view, when a person is doing something meaningless, his inner emotions are irritable and depressed. Yes. This method of smashing pillows is also what I came up with based on this bit of psychological knowledge."

"Actors pay attention to the progression of emotions when interpreting roles, but how to advance emotions layer by layer, many actors cannot control the layers."

"So I thought, let's do the opposite."

"From a full emotional state, slowly lower the emotional level, and train from high to low, will it be easier for you to feel your emotions and control them?"

Huang Xuan panted and nodded to express his understanding.

Zhao Liying, who was sitting on the chair, also said "Oh~" and understood Chu Xuan's intention.

Concubine Liu Yi pretended to look at Chu Xuan with hatred, and said: "When I practiced for the first time, he didn't let me go when I was exhausted. When I continued to hit him, I wanted to scold him for hitting him twenty times. I want to hit him with ten strokes."

Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying smiled.

Chu Xuan looked at her and said, "That shows that you are full of emotions, and it also shows that this method is useful."

Concubine Liu Yi nodded, and said: "It's really useful. I have obviously improved when I played "Sculpture of the Gods". I can also suppress the emotions that I shouldn't let go."

Chu Xuan glanced at Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying, and said: "This method is very simple and rude. You practice it every few days. The highest emotion you personally think will start to erupt, and then decline layer by layer until you lose your physical strength. Feel in the process. Emotions and remembering the feelings that correspond to the emotions.”

He added, "Everyone feels emotions differently. This kind of thing can only be felt but cannot be expressed in words. I have taught you the method. Can you control your emotions and to what extent? It can be said that it depends on talent and whether you persist in practicing."

Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying nodded to express their understanding.

They also know that the master leads in and practice is personal.

Chu Xuan and Liu Yifei taught them the practice of lines, body shape, and now the method of emotion practice without reservation. How much they can learn depends on their talent and hard work.

"When you can feel the layered emotions with faith, this method will be useless, so you don't need to practice." Chu Xuan said.

"I don't need to practice anymore, you guys work hard." Concubine Liu Yi encouraged her.

Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying smiled back.

"It's ten o'clock." Chu Xuan checked the time with his mobile phone, put it down and said, "I've talked a little bit about the lines, body, and emotions in the performance today. The specific performance still needs to be combined with the play."

Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying nodded, stepped into an unknown field, and gained a lot overnight. They undoubtedly gained more confidence in acting, and they also held high expectations.

"Starting from tomorrow, I will go to the production team at 6 am. After breakfast, I will start running at 7 am to exercise my body. At 7:[-] am I will practice my lines and body. If there is a scene that day, I will explain it to you based on the script. If you don't understand, just ask."

"Master, are you and Mrs. Qianqian also together?"

Zhao Liying blinked, although she had to get up for training before dawn at 6 o'clock, but if the master and wife were there, then everything would be fine.

"Together." Concubine Liu Yi pursed her lips and smiled.

"That's fine." Zhao Liying said happily.

"Go and rest." Chu Xuan said.

Huang Xuan and Zhao Liying stood up, picked up the notebook and the book Chu Xuan gave them.

"Master, Mrs. Qianqian, good night." Zhao Liying left, followed by Huang Xuan.

Watching the two leave, Concubine Liu Yi put her arms around Chu Xuan's neck, leaned on his back and said, "Many people ask me why my acting skills have soared since Wang Yuyan."

Chu Xuan raised his head slightly, and Concubine Liu Yi leaned on his right shoulder.

Chu Xuan looked at her eyes and said, "And then?"

"I said that I have a good teacher who is willing to teach me every day, and then they asked who I am." Concubine Liu Yi said.

"Who?" Chu Xuan asked knowingly, which could be regarded as a small interest between the two.

Concubine Liu Yi's eyes flickered, and the corners of her lips gradually rose, like pear blossoms in full bloom, fascinated.

"I said it was my privately-made treasure, the kind with a life-long combination lock." She said.

Chu Xuan laughed, stroked her face, and kissed her for a while.

"Go back and rest, you'll have to get up early in the future."

"Good night."

"Good night."

(End of this chapter)