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Chapter 218 Comprehension

After returning from the night market to close the stall, the students in the class were waiting for Zhang Ran and the others. [【, Zhang Ran told everyone in the morning that when they came back from the stall, they would go to the food stall to have a midnight snack together.

It was already one o'clock in the morning, and it was already the eleventh day of Zhang Ran and his friends' arrival in the Demon City. In other words, the experience of survival in another place had ended.

After ten days, the students in the class have lost weight significantly, and some of them have even had dark circles. If the parents of students see it, they will definitely feel distressed. Why did my child suffer like this?

Most of the students in the class only earned a few hundred yuan, and only Cao Bingkun's two teams and Huang Shengyi and others who actually completed the task were the two groups. Those who completed the task were proud; those who did not complete the task were like eggplants made from frost.

Seeing that most of the students were dejected, Zhang Ran smiled and said, "Why did you think you didn't complete the task? You made one mistake. Your real task is not to make money, but to experience life. The reason why you make money from air tickets is just to increase your pressure. You can accept the money you have made in the past few days. Of course, if you buy some gifts for our three teachers, I will not refuse. As for the air ticket money, I will pay it!"

"Oh, Teacher Zhang, you are so good!"

"Teacher Zhang, you are the best teacher I have ever met as old as I have!"

"Then we have money to have midnight snacks. Oh my god, I haven't eaten meat for several days, so hurry up and leave!"

Zhang Ran couldn't help but smile and said, "Yes, then leave quickly!"

When everyone came to Tianlin Road Night Market, the most lively time had already passed, and there were many empty seats. Zhang Ran went straight to a barbecue restaurant and found a table to sit down. The tables and chairs here were quite clean. Others also found their own locations and sat down one after another.

The shop owner was a little surprised to see such a large group of people coming. There was still someone having a dinner together in the middle of the night. He hurried forward to greet him.

The students are not worried about air tickets now. Everyone has a few hundred yuan in their pockets. They are a bit of cooking, slapping the table and shouting, and bringing all the good wine and dishes. They are quite a bit like a hero from Liangshan and occupying the mountain as king.

However, drinking is impossible. I have to catch a plane tomorrow morning. Those who are drunk are afraid they can't get up, so Zhang Ran ordered not to drink. He was only allowed to drink beverages. Those who drink alcohol pay for the plane ticket tomorrow.

For students, wine is really not important at all, what is important is meat. In the past ten days, many people have basically eaten steamed buns, drank porridge and lived a luxury every day. Eating a bowl of beef noodles has become a luxury. Now that they have money, they are eating like they have just been released from prison, and they eat oily mouths. Even girls don’t care about the image of a lady at this time.

Liu Yifei had never eaten at the food stall in the night market. This restaurant tasted good. She held the meat skewers in her hands and bit them in her left and right. So much so that Zhang Ran had to remind him: "Hey, hey, buns. Pay attention to the image!"

Liu Yifei said "happy" in her mouth, but her movements in her hands did not slow down at all, and her face was covered in oil, like a cat.

Zhang Ran smiled and shook his head. Although this child is average in talent, he is really a very good girl, with a tough temperament. He doesn't have the temper of a lady, so he can eat food stalls without distractions. However, it is precisely because of these advantages that Zhang Ran devotes his time to teaching this apprentice.

When the students had almost finished eating, Zhang Ran put down his chopsticks, wiped his mouth, and said aloud: "Let me give a simple summary of this activity. The foundation of acting comes from life. Acting is to learn how to capture the reality. Many actors have been acting, but they have never thought clearly about the relationship between acting and life. Acting is actually to examine life. Actors play people, and what they ultimately need to do is to make me become another person.

Young actors like you always have a problem. If you talk about performances, you can talk very well. You always have 'This performance should be from the inside out and then from the outside to the inside', but you pay too much attention to skills, and the performance is very heavy and lacks anger. Some people, such as Jia Niaoliang, act, give people a feeling that I am good at acting and too artificial! What you need to do now is to downplay the skills and traces and make your performance closer to life."

As he said that, Zhang Ran smiled faintly and said, "The solution is very simple, to live. Last semester, everyone went to experience life, worked as a shopping guide, and sold some small things, but at that time you did not let go of your identity as a student and an actor, and did this with a game mentality. It was said that you were experiencing life, but in fact, you didn't really enter life at all, and it was difficult to truly experience the ups and downs of life. In this way, you naturally lacked vitality when you experience life like this!

I organized this survival experience to let you go to a strange city and put pressure on you to survive. If you can’t make money, you will really go hungry and you will really not sleep on the streets. In this way, you can experience the real state of survival. You won’t think that I am a student of Beijing Film Academy and an actor. What you can really think is, ‘I can’t make money and I have no food to eat and no place to live’. In the past ten days, you have entered a world different from your living environment and come into contact with people you have never been in contact with before. Ten days ago, I told you this, you heard it, but you didn’t understand it. Now I believe everyone should have some experience and know what is missing in your performance!

The students were all nodding. Looking back on the hard work of the past ten days, they really figured out some of the taste. Before, they thought their performance was very good, with all skills, emotions, and psychological motivations, but now, they found that their understanding of performance was still too shallow.

Most of them have very good family conditions and excellent living conditions. During these ten days, they seemed to have entered another world. They never thought that survival would be so difficult. In these ten days, it would be a blessing for them to drink the cheapest bottle of soda.

Young actors of their age like to say that they are wronged and that they are not appreciated by their talents, but they have no idea what it is to be wronged by their talents, what is real grievance, and what is the hardship of life.

They are students of Beijing Film Academy and will be actors in the future. In the past, they had a sense of superiority when facing workers at the bottom and were arrogant. However, when they really walked into these people, set up stalls with them, and lived together, they realized that although these people had a hard life, they all lived hard. Their faces were filled with a confident smile and full of hope for life.

Now they understand why Zhang Ran said that his performance was not angry. He also understood what the so-called angry was!

Seeing that the students were thinking, Zhang Ran felt that the hard work of the past ten days was not in vain, and said with a smile: "Vivin Leigh's husband Oliver Lawrence is a master of the performance school, and he is perfect in terms of skills. One night he performed "Othello", and his performance was exciting and even surprised by himself. After the performance, Maggie Smith, who was acting opposite, asked him, how did you do it, so outstanding? Oliver Lawrence replied. I don't know. This is not modesty, he really doesn't know. Since that performance, Oliver Lawrence fell into fear, and he felt that he knew nothing about performance. After that, he had been in fear for many years. Performance is a big proposition. What I teach you is just to lead you into the gate of the performance world, and in the end, you have to rely on yourself to understand it. How to understand it? It is to live a good life!"

Jia Niaoliang asked, "Teacher Zhang, what does it mean to live a good life? How to live a good life?"

Zhang Ran raised his hand and pointed to the busy stall owner on the roadside, saying, "Life like an ordinary person. Many actors perform fresh and natural before they become famous. Once they become famous, they feel that they have become wrists and horns, and they will tremble and gradually become farther and farther away from ordinary people's lives. Their performances are getting farther and farther away from life. They will become too hot and more craftsman! These people take themselves too seriously; some actors are becoming more and more refined in the play. They never take themselves as stars and never take their identity as actors seriously. To give a simple example, big stars who can usually go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables like ordinary people are often more natural in their performances!"

The students were all surprised: "No, is there any big star buying vegetables by themselves? Are you not afraid of being watched?"

Zhang Ran smiled and said, "Chow Yun-fat often buys vegetables and likes to wear slippers to buy vegetables. Liu Qingyun knows that he will also go to the vegetable market to buy vegetables by himself. This does not mean that he can increase his acting skills by buying vegetables twice in the vegetable market. If that happens, we can directly change it to the vegetable market. The ability of big stars to buy vegetables at the vegetable market means that their living conditions are very relaxed. They live a peaceful life, and they are living with their hearts! In the end of their performance, they are actually learning life and learning to draw nourishment from life!"

Zhang Ran looked at the pedestrians on the roadside and turned around and said, "If an actor takes himself too seriously, stands high above and in the clouds, he will be separated from life and will not be able to truly experience the joys, sorrows and sorrows of ordinary people from the bottom of his heart. The final result can only be abandoned by the audience, fall from the clouds, and falls to his nose and faces! "

Huang Shengyi nodded and said, "I understand. Those stars who pretend to behave and like to be big names have difficulty improving their acting skills because they are separated from life and cannot experience the ups and downs of the characters. The whole performance is lacking in energy and cannot move people!"

Zhang Ran showed a teaching-worthy expression and said, "Acting skills are not achieved overnight, but are accumulated bit by bit from life. This accumulation process is undoubtedly the most important, but it cannot be separated from the help of books. The circle of life in our lives is limited, and many things cannot be experienced, so indirect experience must be used. For example, Baozi plays the role of Wang Yuyan in "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". Wang Yuyan is a fictional character and lives in the Song Dynasty. She cannot experience many things. Therefore, books are the key to her understanding of characters and understanding characters. Baozi tells everyone, what books have you read in order to play Wang Yuyan?"

Liu Yifei pointed and said, "It was all prepared by my master, including "Xia Meng Movie and Life", "Biography of Jin Yong", "Jin Yong's Women", "Social Life History of Song, Liao, Western Xia and Jin", "Study on Marriage Customs in the Song Dynasty", and "Dream of Tokyo". I can't understand this book, but it was told to me by my master on the phone!"

The students in the class were shocked. Teacher Zhang’s requirements were too strict. He had to read so many books even if he had to perform a martial arts film!

Zhang Ran smiled and said, "If you want to become a good actor, you must read more. Only by reading more books and accumulating more can you better understand the role and perform the role. Otherwise, you will definitely play a confused role if you are ignorant. Of course, reading is selective, and reading less is better. Life insights and spiritual chicken soup is harmful and useless. Actors should read more books on art, especially philosophy books. Without these foundations, all performances will be empty!"

Speaking of this, Zhang Ran looked at the time, closed his hands hard, and announced: "Okay, I'll say that. Let's continue eating, and go back to rest after eating, and we will go back to school tomorrow!"

After eating the food stall, it was already three months old. However, Zhang Ran and the others were not sleepy and walked back slowly. The night breeze was whispering and a little cool, enjoying this rare tranquility.

Zhang Ran likes these students very much, but he will be very busy in the next few months. He may have to wait until his junior year to teach them again. (To be continued.)
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