Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 75: I'm at the level I was ten years ago

A few days later, Wang Rui called Chen Linfeng to his office.

"I've contacted Pu Cunxin for you. He was just elected as the vice president of the People's Art Theatre this year. He meets your requirements, but he has a lot of things to do, so we still have to go to his house to invite him."

This is indeed the right person. In the previous life, the most famous recitation version of "Li Bai" poem was performed by Pu Cunxin. He wrote down the poem by listening to his recitation.

Wang Rui drove Chen Linfeng to the People's Art Theatre to visit Pu Cunxin. It would not be enough to just talk over the phone, he had to invite him in person.

Chen Linfeng and his group arrived at an inopportune time as Pu Cunxin and his group were rehearsing a new play, so Wang Rui simply took him to sit in the audience and wait while watching their performance.

A play called "North Street South Courtyard" is being rehearsed on the stage. It is a story about SARS and a series of stories triggered by an infected person in the court.

Chen Linfeng saw many familiar faces, Pu Cunxin, of course, as well as He Bing, Wu Gang, Lu Zhong and others, who were later called veteran actors.

The others have also been seen on TV to some extent, and each of them has unique skills.

This play must have been rehearsed for a long time, and the actors were visibly skilled in it. The director hardly gave any instructions the entire time, and only made a few comments at the end.

Wang Rui and Chen Linfeng watched them line up in the audience for nearly an hour, and it finally came to an end.

Pu Cunxin walked over without even changing out of his costume.

"I'm sorry, Director Wang, I've kept you waiting for so long." Pu Cunxin's voice arrived before he even showed up. As expected of a drama actor, his voice is loud and rich, very distinctive.

Wang Rui stood up and greeted him, "It's okay, drama is more important than anything else, I know your rules."

Pu Cunxin looked at the boy standing in front of him and said, "You must be the writer Xiao Chen, right? I'm very familiar with your name. My daughter likes to read your books very much."

Since others gave him face, Chen Linfeng did not hesitate.

"Teacher Pu, you're too polite. I grew up watching your plays. You can just call me Xiao Chen."

Pu Cunxin laughed, "That's perfect. We are all from the younger generation in the People's Art Theatre, and everyone calls me Xiao Pu."

After a brief greeting, the three sat down and started to talk business.

"Cunxin, I made it very clear on the phone that Xiao Chen has a newly written poem and wants to do a recitation program with you."

Wang Rui gave a brief description of Chen Linfeng's performance in the art exam and the evaluation given by his teacher at that time.

Finally, he concluded, "Old Pu, this poem was written by Xiao Chen himself. His dialogue skills are not low either. It is a perfect match for you. I think you can consider it carefully."

Pu Cunxin sat on the side and listened quietly, tapping his fingers on the armrest of the seat.

He was not opposed to this matter in his heart.

This writer Xiao Chen has been very popular in recent years. He is still engaged in the writing industry. In terms of status, there is no question of who leads whom. At most, he has more experience and is older.

Just talking about the film and television industry, if he is asked to train newcomers, as long as they are good kids, he has no objection.

He also read the poem itself and appreciated it very much. It did not look low-brow at all when it was put on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala.

However, Pu Cunxin was not very confident about the boy's ability to deliver lines, after all, the program might be performed on the Spring Festival Gala.

Normally, as long as he has a basic foundation, he can improve it a little bit by working hard these days.

But if the gap between the two is too big, he needs to make excessive concessions, or if there is an obvious incompatibility in the end, resulting in poor results, which is what he doesn't want.

"How about this," Pu Cunxin slapped the armrest heavily and made up his mind, "How about Xiao Chen go on stage first to try his skills?"

He then explained, "It's not that I'm arrogant or look down on people, but I need to understand Xiao Chen's level so that I can assess how much time he needs to practice.

As you can see, I am also rehearsing here, and I have to coordinate my work."

Wang Rui looked dissatisfied, thinking that everything I said before was in vain. He was doubting the level of his students.

Chen Linfeng also noticed it.

However, being young makes it easy for him to be questioned, even if he gives people the impression of being a genius.

After all, his highlights are mostly in writing, and his acting is still not convincing.

"It's normal for Teacher Pu to have doubts. I'm going to make a fool of myself now."

Chen Linfeng walked straight onto the stage.

Several actors who had just finished rehearsing had just changed their costumes and were not yet dismissed. When they saw a young man coming on stage, they all looked at him curiously.

"It's going to be a good show." He Bing pointed to the audience and said, "Look, our President Pu, that's Director Wang Rui, they're all big shots, waiting for this guy to perform." Wu Gang glanced at him and said, "The one on the stage is not bad either, that's Chen Linfeng, have you heard of him?"

"Oh~ He is Chen Linfeng, of course I have heard of him. The commotion in the past few months was simply outrageous. It would be abnormal if he didn't know about it."

He Bing shamelessly approached Pu Cunxin and said, "Pu Yuan, what's going on? Why is writer Xiao Chen on stage?"

"He is going to do a poetry recitation. Shh, stop, it's about to start." Pu Cunxin stopped Xiao He from asking any more questions.

Chen Linfeng on the stage cleared his throat first, confirmed that there was no problem, and said, "Dear teachers, the poem I want to recite is titled..."

……

After listening to the entire recitation, the quick-talking He Bing spoke first.

"This poem sounds interesting. How come I have never heard it before?"

"Xiao Chen wrote it himself," Wang Rui replied.

He couldn't wait to ask, "Xiao He, what do you think of this recitation?"

"No, wait a minute, he wrote this himself?"

"Hmm."

"Hiss," He Bing took a breath, "I can't comment on this. Let the experts comment on this poem."

Wang Rui rolled his eyes at him and said, "Who asked you to comment on poetry? I was asking about the level of the lines recited."

That makes sense.

He Bing touched his chin, thought for a moment and said, "The level of this dialogue is probably about the same as my level 10 years ago."

Although these words may seem arrogant, they are actually a compliment to Chen Linfeng.

He Bing won his first drama award 10 years ago. It is rare for Chen Linfeng, who has practiced on his own since childhood, to reach such a level.

Most young actors in the future probably won’t be able to reach this level in their lifetime.

"I'm overconfident, isn't it?"

Wu Gang, who had just come over, said, "At least, this should be at the level I was at 10 years ago, or a little higher than your level 10 years ago."

"Hey, you always use your seniority to bully others."

The two people were bickering.

Pu Cunxin nodded slightly. His two colleagues were right. The level was indeed good.

Considering his age, he is pretty good.

Pu Cunxin didn't say anything, but Wang Rui next to him would not let him go.

"How about this performance? I've already said that during the art exam, the teachers in charge of the exam were all praising his lines."

Wang Rui said proudly, "We at Yanying can also produce good actors."

"He's a good actor, but his feng shui doesn't look right. A good actor from a directing department sounds so weird." Pu Cunxin complained in his heart.

"Okay, stop bullying me. I know you have talented people in Yanying."

The only point of concern has been resolved. Pu Cunxin will certainly not refuse anymore. He naturally agreed to cooperate.

After that, Chen Linfeng basically ran between school and the People's Art Theatre, receiving guidance from Pu Cunxin at the theatre at least twice a week.

Although he had been practicing since he was a child, he was young and lacked experience.

The guidance from drama masters like Pu Cunxin has greatly improved him.

Not only that, when Chen Linfeng has nothing to do, he will watch other actors' performances at the People's Art Theatre, and sometimes he will seek advice from some people.

Liang Guanhua is also an old member of the People's Art Theatre. He didn't see him when he first went there, but he had more contact with him later.

Because they had already communicated at Qian Yanqiu's house, Chen Linfeng would consult him more often, and occasionally He Bing would join in the fun and make some comments when he had nothing to do.

Recently, Chen Linfeng’s questions mainly focus on the confusion between two schools of performance.

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