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At ten o'clock in the evening on February 16th, China Film released the list for the first time.Knowing that the network would be extremely congested, Lu Li decided not to join in the excitement.

At 06:30 the next day, he got up early, packed up and went straight to school.

Around seven o'clock, the school gate opens.A large whiteboard tens of meters long was set up in the open space of the playground, and the list of people who passed the preliminary test was densely pasted on it.

With a meat bun in his mouth, Lu Li walked around leisurely.Of the more than 4000 people who took the preliminary examination of the acting department, 600 people have been initially eliminated.According to the stroke order, he quickly found his name among the remaining 400 people.

There was no suspense, but he still took out his mobile phone, pointed to his name and sent a selfie to his mother, then walked quickly to the gymnasium to go through the retest procedures.

Different from the short, flat and fast initial test, the China Film re-examination has more items, and the content of the interview is also incorporated, so it is divided into three times.

Because most candidates had already completed the online registration procedures last night, there were not many opportunities left for Lu Li to choose on the spot.It is better to hit the sun than to choose the day, he thought about it, and decisively chose all three exams in the earliest batch.

According to the time he chose, ten o'clock this morning is the first exam.Lu Li had been prepared for a long time. He avoided the crowd and went to the playground to warm up, opened his voice, and ran to line up in front of the teaching building when he thought he was almost done.

The scene of the re-examination was obviously much quieter than that of the initial examination.But at this level, most of the people participating in the competition are not idlers.To Lu Li's surprise, he ran into an "acquaintance".

The "acquaintance" is Ye Mengdie, who debuted in a girl idol group at the age of 13 and became popular at the age of 14. At the age of 16, that is, the year before last, she played the third female role in a certain TV series, and by coincidence, the leading actor in that drama was Lu Li.

There are not many rivalries between the male protagonist and the female third, and most of the time the two are in different progress groups.But word of mouth spread the news, and soon half of the crew heard that the "Little Singer" had no talent, had a stiff expression, and couldn't get into the show, and that her agent's mother was always pointing fingers at the whole process, which was annoying.

The final film seems to confirm everyone's point of view - despite editing adjustments and post-dubbing modifications, Ye Mengdie's performance is still lackluster.After being in the group for a month and a half, the scene was cut to only 42 minutes, which is quite tragic.

After that, Ye Mengdie has never set foot in film and television works, and announced her withdrawal from the girl group last year.Now that she actually wanted to come to China Film Academy, Lu Li couldn't figure out the cause and effect of this, and didn't bother to continue thinking about it.

After queuing for a short while, an examination officer came over and brought the candidates into the Biaogui small building.

The exam room is located on the second floor.In addition to the routine makeup removal, there is an additional procedure of taking off shoes and coats and measuring height and weight while waiting.

Candidates who got off the scale entered the examination room one by one.Today's test items are vocal music and body, and the topics are all chosen by candidates.It was a coincidence that the chief examiner of the vocal music teaching and research section was Lin Gan, the vocal music teacher of Lu Li's class more than ten years ago.

In this exam, Lu Li performed well.The songs and a set of martial arts movements have been trained repeatedly to be foolproof. There are no omissions in several test points such as tone tone, body coordination and appearance. The examiner also nodded slightly to express his satisfaction.

After five more people, it was Ye Mengdie's turn.Lu Li originally thought that she would definitely come up with her previous singing and dancing works, after all, they were all successful works after professional choreography and market testing.However, when the music sounded, it was clearly a national piece of music.And Ye Mengdie's folk dance is also unambiguous, with every move, every frown and every smile, I really can't see the rigid and dull shadow of that year.

It seems that she has spent a lot of thought in the past two years.It is estimated that the relationship behind it has been dredged up, and admission is probably not a problem.

Lu Li lamented that he and this little girl still have such a fate; he also wondered what it was like to have such a big star classmate - although there were a few child stars in their class back then, they didn't show off, and they were private. He looks like a down-to-earth college student.

Things have come to this point, there is no point in thinking about it.After the exam was over, Lu Li walked faster than anyone else. He still had one very important thing to do.

Now that the retest has begun, the tens of thousands of candidates who fell in the initial test and their parents began to evacuate.This meant that Lu Li was finally able to move out of the dark and dilapidated guest house and choose a relatively comfortable and clean budget hotel.

After packing up his luggage, Lu Li stood on the balcony for the last time before leaving.The lights are still on in the courtyard opposite, and I don't know if Ma Meng has passed the re-examination.If there is such a classmate, the four years of university must not be too boring.

Just as Lu Li was sighing, the phone in his pocket suddenly vibrated.He took it out to check, and it turned out that it was his mother who received the photo of him passing the re-examination and happily called.

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After the physical and vocal exams, the next thing is the most important part of the whole re-examination: lines and performances.

On the morning of February 19th, Lu Li arrived at the meeting place in the school on time.The order here is orderly, and the candidates line up neatly, waiting to be summoned by the examiner.

However, Lu Li soon felt something unusual - there were four days before and after the speech performance test, which lasted twice as long as the physical and vocal test, which meant that the number of people who came to the test every day should only be half of the previous two days.But the campus in front of him was crowded with people.

Not all of them were candidates. Lu Li quickly noticed that most of them should be students at the school who acted as test administrators.Of course they couldn't be targeting candidates.

According to Lu Li's knowledge of this school, there is probably only one truth - there should be a star examiner in today's exam.

Who is the one?Lu Li had no desire to guess.Because he will soon see it with his own eyes.

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The process of the lines and acting test is relatively complicated, as follows: Candidates are first organized into groups of six according to the ratio of men and women, and enter the test room together.The chief examiner specifies the passages of the article, and asks everyone to conduct the line assessment in turn; after all the examinations are completed, a representative is selected from the group to draw the theme of the sketch performance.

It was a coincidence that Lu Li ran into Ma Meng again during the formation.Ma Meng still looked careless and off-line, sticking to Lu Li, and jokingly asked him, the "old driver", to take him to the China Film Festival.

Lu Li thought for a while, and then nodded, "Then I'll perform a sketch later, you have to listen to me."

Soon, the six-member team entered the arena under the leadership of the examination officer.The examination room was still a rehearsal room, with five examiners sitting under the window, and the sunlight coming in from the window at nine o'clock in the morning was a bit dazzling.

Lu Li thought about the celebrity examiner, so he squinted his eyes to look carefully, and suddenly froze.

The one sitting on the right of the examiner was actually Shen Xingze.

How could it be him?

How could it be him.

For a moment, Lu Li's heart turned several times, but he quickly regained his composure, and he even began to observe the person in front of him——

A few days ago, I just had a quick glimpse in the underground garage, but now it seems that Shen Xingxuan has obviously lost weight.The lines of the face became sharper, the eyes became deeper, and the light that used to shine out began to be restrained, as if the transformation from youth to mature man had been completed.

Lu Li suddenly recalled: If the car accident hadn't happened, both he and himself would have been 30 years old this year.

I am no longer a newcomer in the entertainment industry, and I am no longer impulsive, reckless, or obsessed with getting or losing.

Standing at thirty, it is time to change.

The six-person team's line assessment progressed very quickly, and it was Lu Li's turn in a blink of an eye.

He walked up to the positioning point and announced his test number and name.As expected, Shen Xingze, who was still writing and grading just now, suddenly raised his head, his eyes brightened and then dimmed.

Just now I was praising you for being restrained, how can a 30-year-old man be so easy to understand.

Lu Li smiled in his heart, and remembered that just a few days ago, he and he had put the same yellow rose in the same vase, but now they didn't know each other, like strangers.

Life is like a play.

The content of the recitation in the lines test is determined by the examiners based on their performance in the previous tests.In the first test, Lu Li deliberately behaved more reservedly. This time, he was assigned a line to test his explosive power--in the eyes of many people, it was indeed much easier than tongue twisters and unintelligible surreal scripts.

After all the lines of the whole group were assessed, the leading girl went up to draw lots and read out the theme - "A play within a play"

The test administrator immediately took the group members to the preparation room, and they will have 10 minutes to prepare.Of course, 10 minutes is obviously not enough. During the actual performance, the candidates will run against each other, compete for the show, and even refuse to cooperate, and the final results are often greatly reduced.

As soon as the door of the preparation room was closed, the official timer started, and the six candidates immediately started discussing.

"A play within a play, that is, to think about the meaning of two stories at once? And they have to be set together?!"

"Isn't this too difficult? There was no such thing a few years ago."

"I heard that the teacher changed the proposition this year, and he didn't play the cards according to the routine."

Everyone said something to each other, although they were worried, they quickly returned to the topic.Some people proposed that the background of the skit be filmed on the set, some agreed and some opposed it; the opponents also proposed the plan of "police pretending to be victims and fighting wits and courage with telecom fraudsters", and the show of hands also failed to exceed half of the vote.

After being at a loss for nearly 2 minutes, Lu Li, who didn't say anything, felt that the time was ripe: "I have a compromise idea, and it depends on whether everyone wants to play a big one."

"I'll listen to you!" Ma Meng was the first to express his opinion, "It's only a few minutes away, hurry up and become a living horse doctor!"

"It's not the difference between a dead horse and a live horse." Lu Li corrected him, "If the performance is good, it will definitely get a high score, and even become the sketch that impressed the examiners the most." When he said this, he deliberately paused , "But I must get a high degree of cooperation from everyone."

All eyes were on him.

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After 10 minutes, the examination administrator brought the candidates back to the examination room.The examiners were still sitting upright, including Shen Xingze, all of them were expressionless.

Still the top girl, she came forward to report the sketch titled "10 Minutes".The chief examiner nodded, and the performance began.

The plot of the skit is actually not complicated-an old couple who suffered from telecom fraud, in order to buy 10 minutes for the police, pretended to be deceived, and dealt with the criminals in acting, and finally wiped out the scammers.

According to the plot, the six people are divided into two groups.One group consisted of an old couple and a policeman disguised as a bank lobby manager, and the other group consisted of two scammers and a policeman responsible for arresting them.Lu Li's character was the last policeman.

At the beginning of the story, everything seemed to be in order—the old couple under the guidance of the lobby manager made up stories to delay the liar;

But slowly, the situation began to become more subtle.

First of all, the old couple had internal strife, the lines became longer and longer, and the eyes between each other gradually began to smell like gunpowder.

"This group is also... starting to steal the show again."

The two examiners on the far right exchanged a look, which is not uncommon.

Seeing the old couple chattering endlessly, the "fraudster" was not to be outdone. He not only raised his voice, but even added drama to himself, "doubting" whether the police were involved.

The two policemen played by Ma Meng and Lu Li, who were supposed to promote the plot, are now sandwiched biscuits.Ma Meng tried to interrupt the old couple's conversation several times, but he was alone and weak, and his expression changed rapidly from helplessness to annoyance.Lu Li was also not optimistic. His expression was clearly confessing to the examiner: everything in front of him was completely different from what he said during the rehearsal!

The atmosphere in the rehearsal room became embarrassing, and some examiners were already writing their verdicts on paper with a look of hesitation.Only the examiner and Shen Xingze remained calm and continued to observe the candidates' performances.

Finally, it was Lu Li's turn to act as a policeman to arrest the fraudsters. However, by this time, the skit had turned into an absurd drama - facing the police's resistance, the two fraudsters "ran away". Jumping up and down the stage, not even virtual bullets can hurt them.And over there, the old couple was ready to move again, as if they were about to stage a heart attack at any moment.

The scene was completely out of control. Six people with different concerns gathered on the small stage, barking their teeth and claws in different styles, which instead formed an absurd effect.

"What are you doing, this is..."

The examiner sitting on the far right muttered in a low voice, and turned his head to ask the chief examiner for instructions to end the chaos.

It was too late to say it, but Lu Li suddenly took off his coat and threw it on the ground.

"enough!"

He quickly walked towards the young examiner on the far right: "Teacher, please comment, they didn't follow what they said, how can this play be performed?!"

It was the first time for the young examiner to encounter such a strange situation. He straightened his back involuntarily, and glanced at the examiner again.Unexpectedly, the four examiners, including Shen Xingze, all looked at him in unison.

This is what it means to be ready for a play.

The young examiner mulled over a bit and cleared his throat.

"Since this test is a skit with many people, the tacit understanding between people is also part of the test. You should think about it carefully and see where you went wrong."

The examination room was suddenly silent, and six pairs of eyes stared at the examiner. The expressions in the eyes were nervous, anxious, and depressed, which were complicated and no one could tell clearly.

"Think about it carefully, what's wrong..." Lu Li repeated the young examiner's words in a low voice.

"Where is the mistake..." As if they got some kind of hint, all of a sudden, the other five students also repeated this sentence in unison, and then they sat or stood, and they all froze.

"..."

This time even the examiner felt something was wrong, and his eyes quickly fell back to Lu Li.

Lu Li took two steps forward and walked to the center of the stage.

"10 minutes is very long, allowing two elderly people to help the police solve a crime; and 10 minutes is too short, not even enough time for six candidates to arrange a sketch. Which 10 minutes is real and which one is fiction Yes? Thank you teacher, this is our skit - "10 Minutes"

After the words fell, six people bowed at the same time.The young examiner didn't know what expression to make, so he could only cover his face with one hand to hide his embarrassment.

For a few seconds, there was silence in the examination room.After the candidates bowed, they did not dare to leave the venue without authorization.Lu Li had nothing to worry about, so he boldly looked at Shen Xingxuan, watching him lower his head and write something on the paper.

In the end, the examiner smiled at them.

"Obviously, the tacit understanding between the six of you only needs 10 minutes. Now it is the turn of the five of us to reach a tacit understanding. Thank you, you can leave."

The encouragement in his words was obvious, and the examinees immediately beamed with joy, bowed several times one after another, and then walked out of the examination room together.

There are still 10 minutes before the next batch of candidates enter the hall, and now it is time for the examiners to discuss and comment.

The examiner took a sip of tea: "Let's talk about it, how are these children doing?"

"This is not acting, but fooling the examiner." The one who thought he had been fooled was the first to speak, "This is a typical opportunistic and clever trick!"

"I think it's not bad." The teacher sitting on the right side of the examiner looked at the record he wrote on the paper, "Thinking about it carefully, they gave a hint at the beginning that "10 Minutes" happened to be the time to rehearse this sketch .To be able to conceive such a double-layer structure in such a short period of time is considered pretty good for a high school student.”

"I agree with Mr. Li's point of view. This group of students is indeed a bit clever." The third examiner also spoke, "They used the 'play within a play' setting of the sketch, and made the performance process possible. It’s a cunning move. But it also shows that they know their own weaknesses. I personally agree that they can come up with this move.”

The examiner nodded, slowly recorded on the paper, and then glanced at Shen Xingze who had been silent all this time.

"Xing Zhe, I'm not asking you to come back just to sit in a daze. Tell me what you think."

Only then did the statue-like Shen Xingze move.

"If the actor can influence the audience, if he can convince the audience of the truth of emotion and communication, it means that the purpose of creation has been achieved."

"Hmm." The examiner nodded, "Then, what do you want to comment on the specific performance of the candidates?"

"The overall performance is still slightly exaggerated. In fact, when I saw them arguing together, I began to wonder if it was intentional."

"The two scammers are too facial. Although they have a lot of lines, their expressions and bodies are not rich enough."

"The girl playing the old lady is not bad, she is a little Tsing Yi."

"The examinee took off his clothes just now, and it really shocked me."

"Oh, it's the one named Lu Li, right? He also read the lines well just now."

Although he didn't mention it, when the name was mentioned, some people subconsciously turned their attention to Shen Xingxuan.

As if feeling the weight of his gaze, Shen Xingze lowered his eyes and remained silent for a moment, then said a word.

"The other candidates performed the skit itself; but I think this person took the entire assessment as part of the performance."

As soon as these words came out, several examiners were thoughtful, while the chief examiner nodded.

"I think the general situation is clearer. Now it's time for the next group of candidates to enter."

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