Chapter 143 Day 143 of Love-brained Entering the Film and Television Industry
Chapter 143 Day 143 of Love-brained Entering the Film and Television Industry
When Gu Panxia learned that she would be playing against Tang Xiao from Jiang Ziyi's team, she was a little panicked at first. But later she found out that there were only three people in Tang Xiao's team, including her old rival Pei Xiao and Chen Mengyu, who she had worked with before.
After learning about the members of Tang Xiao's group, Gu Panxia felt more confident. Although Chen Mengyu graduated from a professional school, her acting was mediocre and unremarkable, and she was easily overlooked.
As for Pei Xiao… Although her acting skills improved in the last campus drama, Gu Panxia tended to think that Pei Xiao just performed exceptionally well last time. She was able to join Jiang Ziyi's team only because of her relationship with Jiang Ziyi's roommate in "Heartbeat". This time, she was not so lucky.
"Snapped!"
The crisp sound of breaking glass brought Gu Panxia back to her senses.
"What are you doing? Why don't you just talk it out calmly... and you're even throwing cups..."
Pei Xiao squatted down to clean the glasses, and just as he stretched out his hand, he was grabbed by Tang Xiao.
"Don't punish her. I think she's crazy. Not only does she want to give birth to the child for such a man, she also wants to break up with us."
Chen Mengyu huddled on the sofa with her knees hugged, her hair disheveled, and she stared at the broken glass on the ground with her head down.
"Oh, she was just angry. Whether to have the child or not is a big deal after all, and she should give it serious consideration."
Pei Xiao smiled, trying to smooth things over. But Chen Mengyu didn't appreciate it at all, and stuck to her guns.
"I will give birth to the child. This is the fruit of my love with him..."
Before Chen Mengyu finished her words, Tang Xiao was so angry that she laughed when she heard her stubbornness. She pointed at her nose and cursed:
"If you give birth to him, how will you raise him? With your 3000 yuan salary every month?! Look at your current situation. You are an intern. If the company finds out that you are pregnant, how can you get a permanent job?!"
Tang Xiao became more and more angry as she spoke. Pei Xiao saw her red eyes and looked like she was going to hit Chen Mengyu in the next second. She was so scared that she quickly hugged her. She stammered:
"You, you, calm down!"
But Chen Mengyu was still provoking Tang Xiao. She stroked her belly with a motherly smile on her face.
"Yes! I am not as capable as you, nor as ambitious as you. He said that he would take good care of me and the children, and he would work hard to support us. A workaholic like you who has no emotions will not understand. Everyone wants to live a different life. Please don't impose your ideas on me!"
Tang Xiao was stunned. She seemed to have not expected Chen Mengyu to say such a thing. She pushed Pei Xiao away.
"Okay, okay, do you think he really loves you? I thought you were just a little love-brained, but I didn't expect you to have brain damage!"
Pei Xiao was so anxious that he was sweating all over. He whispered to Tang Xiao not to curse so harshly, but he was scolded by Tang Xiao instead.
"Do you think you're trying to stop a fight? Look at her, she's pregnant before marriage and she doesn't care about her job anymore. If you don't scold her now, she might get kicked out of the house by that guy after her baby is born?"
The play on stage looks noisy but has a good balance of tension and relaxation. Tang Xiao explodes with emotion and Chen Mengyu confronts her. However, Pei Xiao, who seems insignificant and plays a cowardly role and dares not speak, plays the role of a stabilizing force in the play.
The whole scene looks extremely explosive, but not so explosive that it seems like a farce.
The more Gu Panxia watched, the more surprised she was. Their play was very exciting, and Pei Xiao's performance in it made her even more frightened.
She and Pei Xiao are rivals. Whether she is willing to admit it or not, her appearance is indeed not as good as Pei Xiao's. Pei Xiao's appearance can even surpass Jiang Ziyi. But her professional ability has always been better than Pei Xiao, which is also where Gu Panxia feels more at ease.
But now in "Life is a Play", she saw Pei Xiao's amazing progress. In just two weeks, she was able to suppress her flamboyant and exquisite appearance in her second performance and play a mediocre and cowardly girl. It can be seen how much effort Pei Xiao put into it.
After the show ended, Jiang Ziyi also showed a long-lost smile. Seeing her smile, Pei Xiao and the other two felt a little relieved, but Gu Panxia's heart was lifted after watching their performance.
"Not bad, this time is better than the previous rehearsals. Tang Xiao is more restrained this time. She seemed to be more relaxed during the rehearsal?"
Tang Xiao nodded and explained:
"Yes, but then I thought about it again and felt that I was too excited before and it didn't seem like the behavior of a roommate, so I wanted to use a more restrained way to express that although I was worried about getting angry, we were just roommates after all."
Jiang Ziyi nodded appreciatively.
"Very good. You are indeed a very good actor for being able to pay attention to such subtle details. Chen Mengyu's performance was also very good this time. Her emotional outburst was very good. She had a sense of confrontation with Tang Xiao."
Chen Mengyu blushed and bowed her head to thank her, her heart full of gratitude. In previous rehearsals, she was always unconsciously affected by Tang Xiao's emotions, which resulted in her performance not being able to fully perform.
So she began to think of various ways to change this situation. She tried to adjust her mentality and focus more on the role itself instead of being swayed by other people's emotions.
After some efforts, she finally found a way of acting that suits her and can better control her emotions. Today's performance is a good proof that she successfully integrated herself into the role and perfectly interpreted the character's emotions and inner world.
It was precisely because of Jiang Ziyi's patient teaching and careful guidance that she was able to find the right direction, overcome difficulties and make such great progress.
"Pei Xiao, you have made great progress. This role is a challenge for you. In fact, you are more suitable for the role of Chen Mengyu or Tang Xiao. The roles I assigned to you this time are somewhat different from your own images. For you, how to make the audience ignore your beauty is a difficult problem. You did a great job this time."
As soon as Jiang Ziyi finished speaking, thunderous applause and cheers rang out from the audience. Pei Xiao was a little overwhelmed by the sudden enthusiastic response. She looked blankly at the audience behind Jiang Ziyi, only to see people clapping and cheering.
The scene in front of him made Pei Xiao feel unreal, as if he was in a dream world. The cheers and applause seemed to come from far away, making it hard to believe that they were directed at him.
At this moment, she realized that her hard work had paid off and all the sweat and tears she had shed were worth it.
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