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

Chapter 99 When will you surpass Fang Long?
The scenes shot in the afternoon were the rivalry between Chen Linfeng and Zhang Lingtong, which was the part where Chenxiang became Sun Wukong's apprentice and learned martial arts.

In order not to reveal his identity, Sun Wukong transformed into a human form and taught Chenxiang skills. The two of them tacitly agreed that one would teach the other.

In this scene, Zhang Lingtong is dressed as a woodcutter. Without the monkey hair on his face, his acting skills are more evident. Although he has a human body, he looks like a monkey. What is particularly impressive is his eyes, which are really eye-catching.

To be honest, Zhang Lingtong's acting skills are actually very high, and he is one of the top actors.

It’s just that he was too successful in playing the role of Sun Wukong, so it was difficult for the audience to accept him playing other roles, which limited his acting range.

Despite this, last year Zhang Lingtong played the villain Hua Tiegan in The Untold Story, and his acting skills were almost completely transformed, making it impossible to recognize that he was the actor who played the Monkey King.

Shu Chang is also in this drama, and she is the female lead.

When she was chatting with Chen Linfeng and Liu Qianqian, she once mentioned that she was really impressed by the acting skills of this veteran.

Therefore, when playing the opposite role, Chen Linfeng put in his full energy.

If his current acting skills are assessed by grades, as long as they are the types of roles already stored in his acting library, he is probably at the level of an average senior actor.

The control and design of movements and gestures, facial expressions and voice are all done well.

It means that you can only be competent, but not necessarily outstanding.

This is because acting that can truly touch people's hearts requires a lot of elements.

Taking TV dramas as an example, the most important thing is that the actor’s image and temperament fit the role.

Even if the acting skills are not very good, as long as the audience feels that this person fits the role, a TV series as long as this will always make people slowly get into the play and immerse themselves in the plot.

But this can only be considered passing. To truly achieve lasting popularity, the actors either play themselves or are able to move the audience with their emotions.

Or it could simply be the mysterious temperament and personal charm.

Let’s not talk about metaphysics for now.

Whether the former can encounter his natal character depends on luck.

The latter can be compensated by acting skills.

If you want to express emotions, eye contact is the most important thing, allowing the audience to feel the character's mood through the eyes.

Most actors still rely on getting into the role. As long as they do that, emotions will naturally show in their eyes.

For someone like Zhang Lingtong, one has to rely entirely on practice to develop his eye expression.

This is what Chen Linfeng wanted to learn the most. When he was acting out sadness, loss, anger, grievance... these kinds of emotions that he had experienced in his previous life.

There is no need to act at all. Once I recall the memories, the emotions come up naturally.

But those more complex emotions, such as the angry and disappointed eyes of those in high positions;
The lowly people are humble and pitiful, but they also want to please others;
In modern times, Chen Linfeng would not be able to empathize with such people as the affectionate little boys and the effeminate little boys.

There's nothing he can do about it, since he was just an ordinary person in his previous life.

So after each scene, he would ask Zhang Lingtong how he had created the expression in the eyes in the scene just now.

First, you need to practice making your eyes bright and sharp, so that they can be like Zhang Lingtong, with eyes that seem to radiate light and attract the audience to look at them unconsciously.

Even if there isn't much emotion, the audience can probably imagine it.

If you are really like some actors, with dull eyes, no matter how turbulent your emotions are, it will be useless because the audience will not pay attention and will not be able to see it.

At Zhang Lingtong's age, his acting range is limited, so he doesn't have to worry about any competition.

Therefore, there is nothing that cannot be taught. Generally, Chen Linfeng will be demonstrated or told the tricks.

He was eager to get closer to this promising young man.

I was just puzzled, "This kid is at the age where he loves to play. Not only is his acting excellent, but he also works so hard. It's really strange."

The afternoon passed quickly.

Reporters joined the group for interviews.

They surrounded Chen Linfeng and held out their microphones.

"Chen Linfeng, how do you feel about being on the cover of Time magazine?"

"Of course I'm very happy. Time magazine is very respectful. Thank them a lot." The reporter from Movies and Entertainment Weekly looked askance at his colleague who asked the first question. What a low standard! What a crappy question! There was not a single bit of exposure.

Look at me.

He asked loudly, "Now that you are so famous, are there any big directors looking for you to make a movie?"

"I have not received any invitations yet, but it still depends on fate."

Huh~ Your question is not very good, another reporter expressed disdain in his eyes.

"Hello, I'm a reporter from the Southern Newspaper. I'd like to ask you if you said you wanted to surpass Van Long. Do you think you've achieved that now?"

When did I say I wanted to surpass Fang Long? The rumors are really hurting me.

Chen Linfeng said seriously, "You remembered it wrongly. What I said at that time was that I wanted to be like Brother Fang Long and let the world remember my name.

I am still working hard and hope to achieve my goal one day. ”

The reporter from Southern Newspaper simply ignored the first sentence and made a mental note, "Chen Linfeng said he felt he could surpass Fang Long sooner or later."

It was the next reporter's turn, and he asked a question that is quite common in this era.

"Now that you are very popular in Emily's, do you intend to immigrate to Hollywood in the United States to develop your career?"

Chen Linfeng said in a positive tone, "I will not and cannot immigrate. As for Hollywood, if there is an opportunity, we may cooperate, but I will definitely stay in China."

The other party asked in surprise, "Nowadays, many actors have changed their nationality for better development. This is a common thing in the entertainment industry. Why do you reject it?"

"Maybe I'm just a bit stubborn. I really like my Chinese identity and I don't plan to change it."

Chen Linfeng didn't plan to say more and simply ignored the reporter.

"next."

"I'm a reporter from the River University newspaper. Could you please perform the knife kicking move from Conan's Late Night Show? I heard it's very popular in Emily Ken. Could you let our audience see it too?"

Yo, we’re family.

Chen Linfeng thought for a moment and asked Sister Mei to go to the room and get his sword. This was the prop he had always used for practice and it was the most convenient to use.

Holding a long sword, he emphasized to the reporter, "I can't do this move 100% successfully. I may have to try it a few more times. Please don't be surprised."

The crowd dispersed excitedly, ready to watch the performance.

People from the crew also stood around, ready to watch the fun.

Chen Linfeng tried to kick the sword, but failed.

He simply repeated the previous sword-dancing moves, and finally kicked the sword again, and this time it finally worked.

When the reporters saw this action for the first time, they were so shocked that they even forgot to applaud.

The reporter from Henan University Daily was the first to react. He quickly asked the photographer next to him whether he had taken a picture. After receiving a confirmation reply, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

This is really great, we have some great material.

Martial arts director Zhao Jian, who was standing far away, held his chin, thinking about how to do this action.

Liu Song on the side clapped his hands softly, "This kid has some skills."

Zhao Jian nodded, "Indeed, this action is not difficult to say, but to achieve a high success rate, you need to practice more and have good basic skills."

He has figured out the essentials of this action. For a martial arts director, creativity is the most important thing, and the action can be achieved through various editing methods.

Or try multiple times, as long as one succeeds.

But for someone like Chen Linfeng to be able to perform in front of the public, it takes a lot of effort.

Zhao Jian didn’t know how much effort this kid had put in, but at least he knew that his basic skills were good enough.

He recalled what the director had mentioned to him about the changes to the character Chenxiang's martial arts scenes.

(End of this chapter)