Huayu: It's normal for me, as a director, to mentor young actresses, right?

Chapter 11 Performance Lesson 1

Lin Yu felt much more relaxed after descending the mountain.

Having passed this hurdle today, the entertainment industry is truly a place where fish can leap freely and birds can soar high.

Back at the Beijing Film Academy, Lin Yu finally began her formal first-year courses in the acting department.

Acting fundamentals are considered a core course in the acting department, but students will not start learning on-camera acting or simulating film and television clips during their first year; they will first build a foundation.

The first lesson in the acting department: Unleash your true nature.

The core of this lesson is to help students let go of their inhibitions and overcome the nervousness of performing in front of an audience. In short, it's about letting go of any inhibitions.

Teacher Wang Chunzi stood in the center of the classroom, looking around: "For today's first lesson, we won't talk about theory, let's get straight to it. Everyone come up and perform a short piece, anything is fine, animals, plants, inanimate objects are all acceptable."

The performing arts students stood in a circle below, looking at each other, none of them wanting to be the first to speak up.

"Who wants to go first?" Teacher Wang asked.

No one said a word.

"Then I'll take attendance." Teacher Wang glanced around and her gaze landed on Lin Yu. "Lin Yu, you go first."

Lin Yu cursed inwardly, "That's the downside of being handsome; you attract attention wherever you go."

If we're going to unleash our true nature, let's go all the way.

He walked to the center of the circle, lay down on the ground without saying a word, and began to crawl, advancing in an arching motion.

After climbing around once, he suddenly stopped and began to twist his body, mimicking the motion of a butterfly emerging from its cocoon.

Just when everyone thought he was about to start waving his arms like a butterfly, Lin Yu suddenly stretched his neck and rubbed his hands together.

Teacher Wang Chunzi is a well-informed person, but it is indeed rare to see a student perform this thing in front of the audience in the first natural acting class.

The classroom was silent for a moment, then burst into laughter.

However, it was a good start for the class, since someone was shameless first, and others were more likely to be open about it later.

The male students' competitive spirit was completely aroused, and each one became more and more exaggerated.

Thankfully, this lesson wasn't recorded, otherwise it would definitely be a black mark on my past when I become famous.

Wang Yanyang was the last to go on stage.

This guy stood in the center of the circle, looked around, and had an expression that said, "I'm going to do something big."

By now, he'd already exhausted all the acting opportunities, so he needed to come up with something different.

Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration and remembered a classic character.

Wang Yanyang reached for his waistband.

Upon seeing this action, a scene immediately flashed through Lin Yu's mind.

The conversation that Dean Wang Jinsong whispered in Professor Feng Gong's ear about pulling out a rubber band.

That poor kid clearly wanted to act out that line.

Without thinking twice, Lin Yu rushed forward and grabbed Wang Yanyang's hand.

"Brother!" Lin Yu lowered his voice, but his tone was full of urgency. "I told you to unleash your true nature, not to show off your weapons! You still have to live on Earth!"

How could a perfectly normal Northeastern man reveal such a thing? Has the Northeastern version evolved that fast?

Wang Yanyang's eyes widened upon hearing this, her face completely innocent. "I was just paying homage to Dean Wang Jinsong's classic role!"

Lin Yu immediately retorted, "That doesn't mean you have to pull your own rubber band!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Yanyang's gaze suddenly shifted to Lin Yu's waist.

Seeing this, Lin Yu immediately covered his pants and backed away, shouting, "Don't come any closer!"

After saying that, he turned around and ran downstairs.

Lin Yu couldn't understand why the enthusiasm of the students at Beijing Film Academy always seemed to have a touch of perversion.

They didn't try to keep their voices down during their subsequent conversation, and the other students were trying not to laugh. Some of them, who had a low threshold for laughter, were already doubled over with laughter, lying on the ground.

Teacher Wang Chunzi, who was listening nearby, couldn't help but chuckle and waved her hand, saying, "Liberating your nature means letting you magically imitate animals, not paying homage to the classics."

Wang Yanyang scratched his head and finally acted as a dog fighting for food.

You know what, this dog's bark is pretty good at imitating.

Although the performance was mediocre, at least they retained the opportunity to continue living on Earth.

This matter will surely reach Dean Wang's ears today. Wang Yanyang's most important task now is to protect the dormitory's windows.

After class, Wang Yanyang chased after Lin Yu, explaining for a long time: "I'm really not a pervert, I just wanted to pay tribute to the classics!"

"I don't believe you for a second." Lin Yu rolled his eyes. "If you really want to pay tribute, go back to your dorm and perform it yourself. Don't embarrass yourself in class."

"That's different; there's a better atmosphere in the classroom."

"Holy crap, bro, it's even more twisted to think that way."

The two argued all the way back to their dorm.

It's clear that Lin Yu's school life is exceptionally interesting and fulfilling.

I have to get up at 5 a.m. to wash up and do morning exercises, and then I have evening self-study until 9:30 p.m.

Even with all that, he still had to find time to write scripts and go on dates with Gulnazar.

Lin Yu really wanted to visit Master Luo and humbly learn from his advanced time management courses.

Time flies.

Not long after, news of my second brother arrived.

"It's all set. Here's my contact information and address," my second brother said on the phone. "I've already made the arrangements. You can talk to them yourself when you have time."

Upon receiving the letter, Lin Yu immediately dialed the number to arrange a time to meet and talk.

On the other end of the phone was Han Sanping, chairman of China Film Group.

The main problem is that my second brother doesn't really know anyone below him.

Mr. Han was also very excited when he received the call. He had just learned that there was such a great talent hidden among the freshmen of Beijing Film Academy.

He has been in this position for four years, saying that he is not interested in fame and is only devoted to the development of domestic films.

That meant his career was over, and there was no hope of going any further.

He dreamed of climbing half a grade higher.

At a recent conference, the situation changed.

The chief secretary of the Central Propaganda Department, who rarely speaks more than two words a year, made a special trip to chat with him privately for a few minutes.

He realized his opportunity had arrived.

What he meant was:

"Young people don't know their own limitations."

"You want to make movies without much experience."

"As a leader in the film industry, you should offer more criticism and guidance."

"Don't give me special treatment, just let me practice more."

If he can't understand what's in this, then all these years have been for nothing.

When Lin Yu said that he might only be free to meet on the weekend, he agreed without thinking. If he wasn't concerned about the impact, he would have gone straight to the Beijing Film Academy right now.

If he can get in touch with this person, his chances of moving up half a grade will be much greater.

I really want to improve!

After hanging up the phone, Han Sanping dialed the internal line again.

"Guomin, come to my office."

Not long after, there was a knock on the door.

"Enter."

Zhang Guomin pushed open the door and came in; he was the deputy manager of China Film Group in charge of overseas copyrights.

"Chairman Han, you wanted to see me?"

"Yes, Guomin, come and sit down." Han Sanping was in a good mood and gestured for Zhang Guomin to sit down. "I remember we had contact with the copyright holders of 'Twelve Angry Men' before, didn't we?"

Zhang Guomin thought for a moment and nodded: "We have been in contact. We talked once at the beginning of the year, but we couldn't reach an agreement, so we put it aside for the time being."

At the beginning of this year, China Film Group had already made initial contact with the copyright holder regarding the adaptation of the script for "12 Angry Men".

However, it has been temporarily shelved due to disagreements over some key conditions.