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Chapter 657 [83] The most popular graduation drama in the history of Chinese drama, bar none!

"My name is Charlotte!"

"I'm so annoyed now!"

"When I was in school, I liked a girl very much. Her name was Qiuya!"

"She is very famous and is recognized as the campus beauty in our school!"

On the stage of the Experimental Theater of the Central Academy of Drama, Chen Yu sat there, alone, reciting his lines.

He was wearing a black suit with a few colorful chicken feathers stuck in his chest pocket.

Chang Li, Liu Tianchi and other teachers from the Central Academy of Drama sat in the first row under the stage, watching Chen Yu perform the drama "Charlotte's Troubles" which he directed.

This was the first formal performance on stage by Class 1 of the Acting Department of the Central Academy of Drama, Grade 02, after one day of rehearsal.

“Actually, I’m famous too!”

"It's a well-known joke in school!"

Puns never go out of style, and several teachers from the Central Academy of Drama in the audience couldn't help but laugh when they heard them.

Chen Yu's serious narration was quite funny.

"Qiuya is getting married today. More than ten years have passed, and she is still so beautiful!"

Swish!
On the mist platform behind Chen Yu, a light suddenly turned on, and Liu Yifei, who looked holy and elegant in her wedding dress, suddenly appeared in front of everyone.

She had a smile on her face, and her carefully made-up face looked particularly dignified and beautiful. In contrast, Chen Yu, who was sitting there, looked even more sloppy compared to her.

"But I wonder why beautiful girls always end up marrying a pig?"

"Ahahahaha!"

As Chen Yu finished his words, Huo Zhengyan, the fattest boy in the class, came to Liu Yifei with laughter.

That laughter was very magical.

He also had makeup and fillers on his face, making him look fatter.

Therefore, the effect of this sudden appearance made Chang Li laugh out loud even though she had watched the rehearsal several times.

This scene is very hilarious.

"I declare that Mr. Zhu Wen and Ms. Qiu Ya are officially married!"

"it is good!"

clap clap clap!
As applause and cheers rang out, the entire stage suddenly lit up.

Wen Zhang, who played Yuan Hua, Yang Shuo, who played Zhang Yang, and others who were sitting there were all clapping and shouting, and the plot of the drama suddenly began to unfold.

"His name was Meng Te, and now he has changed his name to Meng Te Jiao. When he was traveling in Thailand, he had an appendectomy operation!"

"From the results so far, it seems that the appendix is ​​not the cause of the injury!"

"This big, stupid guy is called Dachun. He was the last in all the subjects in our class at school!"

"But now, even a fool is doing better than me!"

"..."

"Hahaha!"

The teachers from the Central Academy of Drama who were watching in the audience all laughed as Chen Yu introduced the students in a humorous way.

Chen Yu's lines were delivered very well, and everyone present could hear them clearly.

At the beginning, all the plots, characters, etc. had to be introduced by him, which is different from the movie.

Charlotte, played by Chen Yu, also does a lot of the narration.

So among all the students, his performance was the most difficult.

"I want to thank God—"

"You should thank the school, thank your teachers, and thank your class for not having a high floor!"

"..."

"Teacher, I want to change seats. Ma Dongmei's eating melon seeds is disturbing my study!"

"Does your academic performance still need to be affected?"

As Chen Yu uttered one classic line after another, all the teachers at the Central Academy of Drama in the audience were undoubtedly laughing like crazy.

really good!
Chen Yu is much better than Wen Zhang’s performance as Charlotte in previous rehearsals.

There were tears in Chang Li's eyes.

Be it the tone of the lines, the way he speaks the funny lines seriously, or his acting ability, none of them can compare to Wen Zhang.

That gap may be like the gap between a small pond and the Pacific Ocean.

Not a level of performance.

"Director Chang, I think Chen Yu would be great if he could act in a comedy!"

Liu Tianchi clapped his hands and whispered to Chang Li with a smile.

"Yes, the range of roles is very wide!"

"Except for roles that have absolute age requirements, many roles should not be difficult for him!"

"Bug Chen Yu has acted in comedies before. In Stephen Chow's Kung Fu, he played a funny role, hahahaha!"

At this time, Chen Yu mentioned a classic scene again, and Chang Li laughed again.

The rhythm of the entire drama was almost entirely controlled by Chen Yu, so even if other students had flaws, Chen Yu could still bring up the atmosphere of the entire drama.

There will be no sudden forgetting of lyrics or mistakes in connection, which will make the audience feel awkward.

"Thank you!"

Chen Yu held Liu Yifei's hand and bowed to all the teachers present.

The first stage performance of the drama "Charlotte's Troubles" from beginning to end by Class 02 of the Acting Department of the 1 Central Academy of Drama has officially ended.

There was also unanimous laughter and warm applause from the teachers in the audience.

“Very good!”

Chang Li stood up with a smile and said to the 02-grade students on the stage: "This is more complete and exciting than any of our previous rehearsals!"

“It’s a comedy full of jokes and gags, and it’s a very distinctive comedy!”

"But except for Chen Yu, everyone else has problems, starting with Yifei!"

"The breath of the lines is sometimes high and sometimes low, try to let your voice be as free as possible..."

Chang Li is worthy of being a teacher in the Performance Department of the Central Academy of Drama. Her vision and ears are quite sharp.

She read it from beginning to end, but did not write down each student's questions.

But he pointed out almost every student's shortcomings directly and blurted them out.

More than 20 students, no one was an exception.

"Take a break. Everyone else, think carefully about what I said. Rehearse for the second time in 15 minutes and try to make progress!"

When Chang Li turned into a teacher, she was obviously very strict.

A group of students bowed to express their gratitude, while Chen Yu was called down by Chang Li.

"How do you feel? No pressure, right?"

Chang Li asked him, Chen Yu smiled and said modestly: "It's OK, no big problem!"

"Well, I see you are quite relaxed and have a good grasp of the role of Charlotte. Have you practiced it privately?"

If you haven't practiced before, it would be difficult for many veteran actors to perform like this directly on stage.

Because Chen Yu rehearsed for a whole day yesterday, getting used to the role of Charlotte and working with other students.

He caters to others, not others to him.

After a few months of rehearsal, the others have almost gotten used to each other.

Chen Yu is an outsider. Even though he has a high status and position, if others try to cater to him, the rhythm and performance will become even more chaotic and the play cannot be performed at all.

So Chen Yu must make efforts.

But after only one day, Chang Li saw the immediate effect, and had to admit that Chen Yu's current stage performance ability was not inferior to many teachers who performed every day in the theater. This was not something that could be achieved with talent, and one must definitely think about and ponder the role every day.

"Well, I'll think about it when I have nothing to do!"

Chen Yu lied. Of course, he could do this because Chang Li didn't know that he was a reborn person.

What makes him better than other actors in the drama is that other teachers need to study the script and the characters, but Chen Yu has the entire image and picture of Charlotte in his mind when he performs.

Shen Teng’s performance in his previous life was indeed a classic.

He was able to impress Chang Li by imitating the other person's performance.

What’s more, the Charlotte in Chen Yu’s mind is the role that Shen Teng has played thousands of times, and that is the Charlotte that has even been made into a movie!

If he still doesn’t perform well, Chen Yu doesn’t deserve the Best Actor trophy.

This kind of copying performance is almost not difficult at all for Chen Yu now.

He can even act better than Shen Teng.

Because he is standing on the shoulders of "Shen Teng" and understanding this role through his own performance, both the lines and the performance are more delicate.

"Good performance!"

"All the leaders of the Central Academy of Drama and even President Zhao of the National Theatre of China will be here the day after tomorrow!"

"it is good!"

Chen Yu's face did not show any nervousness, which made Chang Li sigh.

Although he has only been filming for a few years, Chen Yu, like many senior actors, has much better psychological qualities than most people.

This is a kind of confidence and calmness in one's own performance.

The Dean Zhao she was referring to is Zhao Youliang, the current head of the National Theatre of China. He is a very famous actor in the industry and has acted in many movies and TV series. Almost everyone of the older generation and people in the industry has seen his screen image.

The most classic one is "The Debt" which was popular all over the country in the 90s and was the ratings myth before "My Fair Princess".

This dean is definitely a talented person, but his background is not very good.

There are many literary and artistic workers in this circle who worship foreign things and fawn on foreigners, and he is one of them.

The reason why he came in person to watch a graduation drama of the students of the Central Academy of Drama was, of course, because of Chen Yu. After all, he now has another identity - a regular actor of the National Theatre of China, who has been promoted to the third level.

He participated in and wrote the script of "White Deer Plain", which premiered at the National Theatre last year and caused a huge sensation in the capital's circles.

This is one of Chen Yu’s contributions.

The current Mandarin version of "White Deer Plain" is a modification based on Chen Yu's version of "White Deer Plain".

……

Two days passed in a flash.

All students in the Central Academy of Drama, even those in Beijing Film Academy, knew that Chen Yu and his class 02 of the Acting Department, Grade , would soon perform their graduation play at the Experimental Theater of the Central Academy of Drama.

However, in 06, the graduation drama at the Experimental Theatre of the Chinese Academy of Drama is not open to the public.

The students at Beijing Film Academy were so angry.

This theater, which is the small theater where the Central Academy of Drama rehearses dramas, was formerly called the Shaw Theater. This was of course due to the donation from Run Run Shaw of Hong Kong!
But the name was changed because he donated, but not much.

The theater can accommodate 717 spectators and has a turntable with a diameter of meters and adjustable-speed hoists. It is a modern professional drama theater with complete facilities and multiple service functions including performances, screenings, filming, conferences, exhibitions and stage art production.

And, it is open to the public.

That is to say, outsiders can buy tickets to enter the theater because there are drama performances every day; and students from the Central Academy of Drama often work part-time in the theater.

Every year, the graduation drama of the acting class of the Central Academy of Drama is also rehearsed and performed here.

However, it was not until after 2011 that the graduation drama was officially incorporated into commercial drama by the Central Academy of Drama and became one of the channels for the Central Academy of Drama to make money. Students who participated in the graduation drama could get a share of the profits.

It has become one of the major sources of income for the Chinese Academy of Drama.

Now in 06, the graduation drama can only be watched internally and tickets are not sold to the public.

Unless this big play makes the theater leaders see its potential commercial value, it will be allowed to be included in the subsequent performance plan.

For example, Deng Chao’s graduation drama “Cuihua, Serve the Sour Cabbage” in 01 became a huge hit in the entire Beijing circle after its graduation performance and its premiere in the theater.

The probability of this happening is actually very low.

The tradition of holding graduation dramas at the Central Academy of Drama has been implemented for so many years, but in fact only the scripts and dramas of three classes have reached the level of being able to be performed in theaters one after another.

For so many other graduating classes, the graduation dramas are basically just small-scale events.

Not only did it not cause any waves, it was just like a group of students performing a show, and afterwards there was no splash or follow-up.

But now, this class, Chen Yu’s class, is different.

Unlike Deng Chao's subsequent popularity, "Charlotte's Troubles" became popular throughout the entire Central Academy of Drama as soon as it was released.

It was the rehearsal of this play that allowed the theater to see its commercial potential and future popularity.

But it’s——Chen Yu!
Chen Yu’s presence makes this drama, no matter how bad it is, become a blast.

It’s also a good thing that the tickets are not sold to the public. Even if they were sold internally, many students of the Central Academy of Drama failed to get tickets!

Currently, more than half of the more than 1500 students in the entire academy have not bought one!

Gone!

There were only more than 600 tickets in total, and they were all sold out in less than 2 hours.

And it’s the kind that’s sold out after a long queue.

There was a long queue for buying tickets, and the scene was quite spectacular.

The internal ticket is actually very cheap, 15 yuan per ticket.

But now, it is said that the price has been driven up to 2000 per ticket, and that is still in the back row.

Except for the teachers and some student union members, no one else in the front rows is qualified.

And these tickets will obviously not be released.

But for others, with the temptation of 2000 yuan per ticket, it’s hard to say.

In fact, compared with the National Theatre, People's Art Theatre and other nationally renowned theatres, the Central Academy of Drama is obviously not very famous, but it has a very high cost-effectiveness.

First, it is located in the city center, and second, it has a fixed audience group.

The entire school of the Central Academy of Drama is the most direct audience, which is why the Central Academy of Drama can digest the works internally.

As students of the drama school, they naturally love and learn drama, so they will spontaneously spend money to watch any new drama in the theater.

There is no better place to stage a new play than this one.

The rent is cheap and the publicity is high.

The posters for Chen Yu's 02 graduation drama had just been hung up and students were already lining up at the window.

Without any hesitation at all.

So by the time many people knew that Chen Yu’s graduation drama was going to be performed, it was obviously too late.

"Damn it, I paid 1500 for this ticket, my heart is bleeding!"

"If it's not good, I'll be the first to complain to Brother Yu and ask him to compensate me and perform it again!"

"Haha, I heard your calculations even from so far away. I spent 2000 on this one!"

"Hey, I'm only 15!"

"roll!"

"..."

Many students couldn't wait to rush to the Experimental Theater 02 hours before the graduation drama of Class 1, Department of Acting, Grade 2, started.

A very bizarre scene can be seen throughout the campus of the Central Academy of Drama.

Countless young figures quickly gathered towards a building of the Central Academy of Drama.

The scene was quite lively, like a market.

The Central Academy of Drama has also invited relevant reporters and media to report today's event.

No matter what the reputation of Chen Yu's drama is, there will definitely be media reports on it afterwards.

In this case, it would be better for me to hire some people to promote the reputation of this graduation drama, so as to do some work in the unified recruitment of actors next year!
(End of this chapter)