Huayu: I'm reborn, but you still force me to be a scumbag?

Chapter 21 You are guaranteed to be satisfied
"Although I didn't continue to argue with them in order to get you to take the role, I'm telling you! You are not allowed to listen to them. Their opinions are wrong, wrong!"

Chen Nuo didn't realize that Li Er was so angry. Earlier, Chen Kexin said that everyone should have lunch together at noon, but Li Er said that she had to go back to class and turned it down. At that time, she was smiling and didn't show any emotion. But as soon as she got in the car, she was like a different person and spoke angrily.

"What does Liu Jianjun know? What does he know? Producers, producers, they are all obsessed with money! What do you mean by audience likes? Isn't it just to sell more movie tickets? Right is right and wrong is wrong. Can right become wrong and wrong become right just because of a few movie tickets? The Chinese film industry has become in this state of neither life nor death because there are too many people like him, pretending to know everything and brainwashing young actors every day..."

Chen Nuo sat in the passenger seat, not daring to say a word. He somewhat understood why Li Er was so angry, but also somewhat didn't understand. It was just a play? Was it that serious?
Li Er slapped the steering wheel hard and said, "Tell me, should you have added that last move? Did it destroy all the rhythm you created before!?"

Chen Nuo straightened his back and said, "I absolutely shouldn't have added it. I absolutely shouldn't have added it. My brain suddenly went haywire at that time. I knew I was wrong at that time and wanted to change but couldn't."

Seeing his expression, Li Er said with a half-smile: "You say one thing and mean another. Don't think I can't tell. Do you think I'm picking on you on purpose?"

"Teacher Li, I really think I was wrong. I analyzed my own psychology and felt that I had not yet let go of my idol image. This led to one wrong step and another, and I ended up adding such a useless move. I regret it so much."

"You, are you still an idol? You look like a vomiting person, vomiting."

"Indeed, sometimes I feel like vomiting when I look in the mirror."

Li Er finally smiled and said, "You are quite self-aware. Let me tell you, Chen Nuo, I am recruiting students at the Film Academy, and I have to interview countless handsome men and beautiful women every year. If you are blindly confident about your appearance, I think you are wrong. Let me tell you, your appearance can only be considered above average. If you don't have acting skills, you will never be able to play the leading male role in your life."

"Teacher Li, aren't you being too discouraging?"

"Insulting? I have something even more infuriating to say to you. Do you think your acting is good? Haha, any sophomore or junior in our school can outperform you in acting. You can't even see their exhaust."

"...Teacher Li, am I that bad?"

"What do you think?"

"I thought I was your favorite student."

"Get lost! You are so smug and glib, relying on your little talent. I tell you, when you go back, you must study your vocal music and body shape well. I will talk to Teacher Gao and Teacher Zhang and ask them to be strict with you. Director Chen has requirements, and my friendship is useless at this time. Within a month, you must have at least the basic skills of singing and dancing! By the way, you have to find an agent as soon as possible. Although they have verbally signed you, you need to find someone to negotiate the contract yourself!"

"Agent..." Chen Nuo rubbed his head and said with a headache, "Teacher, do you have any recommendations?"

"Do you want an independent agent or an agency?"

"What's the difference?"

"To put it simply, agents have fewer resources but take a lower commission, while agencies have more resources and can help you find roles, but they also take a higher commission."

Chen Nuo thought about it and said, "I'd better find an agent."

Li Er drove with both hands, glanced at him out of the corner of his eye, and said, "What's the matter?"

“I think in the next few years, I will still focus on learning.”

The corners of Li Er's mouth twitched slightly and he nodded.

In the following days, Chen Nuo felt very tired.

I don't know what Li Er said to the teachers who taught body shape and vocal music, but he is now the focus of attention in every class. Every time he is assigned homework, others will ignore it, but he will definitely be checked.

But strict requirements also have their benefits, and hard work also has its results. After more than 20 days of learning, he finally had some understanding of singing. At least he knew how to make sounds and how to find the tune so that his voice would not go off the track as soon as he opened his mouth.

As for his physical figure, the 18-year-old's muscles and bones could still be saved. At least Chen Nuo felt that his body was more flexible and his movements were more coordinated than a month ago.

If he were to go back and act out the alley-walking scene again, he would probably be able to perform the wall-holding action better than he did the first time.

Time flies and it is January 2005.

The training course is about to end in the last week, and the film academy will be accepting applications soon.

On this day, Chen Nuo got a registration form from Li Er in advance. Li Er told him to go back and paste a photo on it, fill out the form and return it. He should not worry about anything else and just wait for the preliminary test.

As soon as Chen Nuo walked out of the school gate, he saw Ma Yanran wearing a long white down jacket. She was wrapped tightly, leaving only her face exposed. Her nose was a little red due to the cold winter wind.

She stood at the gate, stamping her feet to keep warm while looking inside the school.

Seeing Chen Nuo coming, her eyes lit up and she waved at him.

Chen Nuo smiled. During this period, Ma Yanran did not pester him with all kinds of questions like she did at the beginning. He thought that the female sea king had already turned her attention to someone else, but he did not expect that she would set up a trap here today.

I don't know if she came here specifically to catch him, or if he just happened to bump into her when she was casting the net.

"Waiting for someone?" Chen Nuo walked over and greeted him.

Ma Yanran smiled brightly, "Yes, I'll wait for you. I have a question for you."

Chen Nuo was surprised and asked, "What problem can't be discussed over the phone? Don't you have my phone number? Why would you wait so long in such a cold day?"

Ma Yanran said faintly: "I wanted to say it on the phone, but you didn't answer my call."

"…Really? Then I must have missed it. I will pay attention next time."

Ma Yanran said: "It's okay, I know you don't like me, but we are classmates, can you answer my question sincerely?"

"Go ahead."

"Then I'll be frank with you, don't be angry. Are you very close to Teacher Li?"

"Huh? No!"

"Oh, stop pretending. In fact, all of us have seen it all these days... Chen Nuo, I've already inquired about it. Teacher Li will be the chief examiner for the first few rounds of this exam... I just need you to talk to Teacher Li for me." Ma Yanran showed a gentle smile, "I will definitely thank you very much, and I guarantee you will be satisfied."

(End of this chapter)