They all pushed me!

"what happened?"

"No...it's okay."

The man hurriedly took his hands out of his pants. Unable to find the murderer, he could only stagger away while covering his lower body with a low wail, accepting the loss.

The performance on the stage is still going on. For debuted idols, they have to continue even if there is only one audience member in the audience.

"Hey, do you think that girl in the center position is weird..."

In the interval between songs, Kitagawa Ryo heard the whispered discussions between the two idol otakus in front who seemed to have come together.

"Even though her singing and dancing are average, I can't take my eyes off her."

"Indeed, your name is Ai-chan, your eyes are so pretty, it feels like my heart is being squeezed when you wink."

All the discussions that could be heard were about Hoshino Ai.

Kitagawa Ryo turned his attention back to Hoshino Ai. After watching her stage performance, he finally confirmed the existence of star qualities hidden in Hoshino Ai.

LALALAI's first Workshop was undoubtedly a failure, and it did not attract enough truly talented fresh blood.

if so……

B Komachi's debut live has come to an end. If this group can become popular in the future, it should become the object of many people's memories, and they will be crowned with various titles, such as "the beginning of a dynasty"? But for most people now, this is just a very ordinary live in their star-chasing career. I don't know if the memory will remain until a week later.

However, Hoshino Ai was very satisfied. After packing up her things, she said goodbye to the other three people in the team, including the venue staff, one by one in a friendly manner.

After returning to the ground from underground, Hoshino Ai subconsciously looked up.

It was almost midnight and all the children on the road were taken home.

The snow was falling heavier, enough to be caught in the palm of your hand, and was slowly beginning to pile up everywhere.

"Miss Hoshino Ai."

Hoshino Ai, who was stretching lazily, heard someone talking to her from behind.

"Are you willing to work another job besides your idol job?"

Chapter 10: Expressionism and Experientialism

"stand up!"

"sit down."

"stand up!"

Beichuan Liang sat behind the desk, looked at the girl in front of him and nodded slightly.

Just as he expected, Hoshino Ai, who was in a very tight financial situation and even in a desperate situation, had no reason to refuse him. She agreed to Kitagawa Ryo's invitation without hesitation and became a new actor in the LALALAI troupe.

This is different from the newcomers in the WorkShop who pay to take classes. This is a real member of the troupe, who can receive a salary every month, but also has performance tasks.

"So...what's the meaning of this action?"

Hoshino Ai stood there with her head slightly tilted, not quite understanding why she was called into the office on her first day at work and had to stand up and sit down repeatedly at Kitagawa Ryo's commands.

"Just check your physical condition."

Beichuan Liang supported his chin. The actor's standing up posture is one of the most basic physical movements in the performance. There should be no sense of drag, the reaction should be quick, the standing up movement should be crisp, and the posture of the chest, abdomen, waist and back should also be straight.

Compared to the photo he saw a few months ago, Hoshino Ai's progress in the WorkShop over the past two months has been quite obvious. Her original slightly hunched posture and body incongruity have been greatly reduced, and at least she doesn't look out of place when standing on the stage.

"Since Ms. Hoshino is still working as a part-time idol, you only need to report to me three times a week."

"I think it's OK to just call me 'Love'."

I always feel that the other party is very concerned about this weird place.

Beichuan Liang nodded:

"Okay, love."

"Can I call Ryo by his name, too?"

In a sense, Hoshino Ai was taking advantage of the situation. She put her hands behind her back and leaned forward slightly, and it seemed that she had a very expectant expression on her face.

"Whatever you like, it's just a name anyway."

Because he was used to being called by his fans, Beichuan Liang didn't think there was anything wrong with it. He stood up from his office chair and walked in front of Hoshino Ai, raising his chin slightly:

"Stand up straight again."

"Oh."

Obediently following Kitagawa Ryo's instructions, Hoshino Ai immediately stood up straight, with her hands hanging naturally beside her trouser seams, her chest out and her stomach in, looking as serious as an elementary school student who was being punished by the homeroom teacher.

Kitagawa Ryo tried very seriously to observe Hoshino Ai's body carefully from top to bottom, but soon found that she was not tall enough. Unlike Sarina of the same age, the twelve-year-old Hoshino Ai perfectly demonstrated the characteristics of girls' early development and was quite a bit taller than Kitagawa Ryo.

After complaining in his heart once again about why he hadn't grown up yet, Kitagawa Ryo still obediently found a chair, stood on it, and then he could barely keep his eyes level with Hoshino Ai.

What surprised Kitagawa Ryo was that even though all his actions looked quite funny, Hoshino Ai did not show any strange expression throughout the whole process, and her shoulders did not seem to tremble at all, and she did not seem to be laughing or trying to hold back her laughter at all.

Hoshino Ai has a very beautiful figure. The light white sports shirt draws a perfect semicircle on the curve of her chest. This slender size that can be held in one hand is what many child actresses in dramas hope to maintain. Over the years in the circle, Kitagawa Ryo has seen too many examples of actresses whose acting range has become increasingly narrow due to their body development.

I don't know if it's because she's growing too fast or because there's no other lining, but the hem of her top is suddenly a little shorter after she straightens her body, outlining the girl's slender figure while faintly seeing her white waist. Further down, the pink and white skirt extends to above the knees, and the pure white stockings wrap around her ivory-like calves. The proportions are very good, even giving people the feeling of a ballerina.

Hoshino Ai only felt that her whole body was being examined by someone, but she didn't have any other feelings in her heart, after all, she was just a child.

After observing the front, Beichuan Liang looked at it from the side and back, then walked in front of Hoshino Ai again, nodded and said:

"In creating a work of art, a painter uses canvas and brush; a sculptor uses clay and knife; a poet uses words and poetic talent, that is, rhythm, meter and rhyme."

“Art has different tools, but an actor has only one tool.”

“That’s your own body.”

“Whether you’re an idol or an actor, as long as you’re on stage, the only thing you can trust is yourself, and that’s what the audience sees.”

"Okay, stop tensing and sit down."

After hearing Beichuan Liang's permission, Hoshino Ai also gave a thumbs up:

“I exercise every day!”

"Well, that's amazing."

Beichuan Liang's praise sounded quite perfunctory. He looked up at Hoshino Ai and said:

"From your debut live last night, love should be expressionistic."

"What does Expressionism mean?"

Miss Hoshino Ai, who had only just graduated from elementary school, naturally looked confused.

"It's a performance style proposed and represented by the French actor Coglan. But you don't have to pay too much attention to it now, because last night... you already mastered the skills of expressionism."

Beichuan Liang raised his eyebrows at Hoshino Ai:

"Love, smile."

Hoshino Ai showed the same smile as last night, as if even the degree of the upward movement of the corners of her mouth had been calculated.

"That's pretty much what you do, through constant and even harsh practice, to master the external expression of any inner emotion, and then--"

“Show it.”

Kitagawa Ryo gave the same smile to Hoshino Ai. He had long discovered that the other party was imitating the promotional photo of him when he was the spokesperson for children's toothpaste.

"In the eyes of expressionism, the human body should be like clay in the hands of a sculptor, which can be shaped into any shape at will, whether it is the vengeful prince Hamlet, the regicide Macbeth, or the affectionate Romeo."

As he spoke, Beichuan Ryo naturally switched between different expressions. His eyes and facial muscles, like those of a well-trained soldier, skillfully conveyed different emotions, whether anger, joy or hatred.

"Amazing!"

Hoshino Ai's pupils seemed to be sparkling at this moment.

Beichuan Liang put away the expression on his face and said seriously:

"In the eyes of the Expressionists, 'beauty' is more important than 'truth'. All performances on stage are distorted from the beginning. The most important thing is to let the audience feel the beauty of art."

Hoshino Ai nodded repeatedly as she listened to this. This was exactly what she thought.

What people pursue in idols is something inhuman and distorted, and the idols' performances are just to make them believe this.

Kitagawa Ryo was still explaining the expressionist style to Hoshino Ai, who nodded repeatedly and even took out a notebook to carefully write down the key sentences.

“In the eyes of the Expressionists, all performances on stage should be step-by-step, combined, learned, familiar, well-thought-out, and sequential.”

“Every passion has its progress, its intervals, its beginning, its middle, its extreme, its end.”

“Make yourself the role you want to play, instead of letting the role accommodate you.”

After Beichuan Liang calmly explained these basic concepts, he suddenly smiled and asked:

"What does Love think of Expressionism?"

“It’s a good duck.”

Hoshino Ai nodded without hesitation. She felt that these things could be directly used in her performance.

After all, she is the idol who is best at adjusting every subtle expression in front of the mirror and disguising herself with lies to present the image in the minds of fans.

Just show it.

Anyway, people can only infer other people's feelings through external expressions.

Smiling, crying, frowning, grinning... expressions and movements have long been given emotional meanings.

"Since Ai is so interested in expressionism, our previous teaching content will focus on expressionism."

Beichuan Liang clapped his hands in a relaxed manner:

"As I just said, the quality of performing party form is very high. Although Ai's form is pretty good now, he still needs more frequent and professional practice."

After thinking for a while, Beichuan Liang supported his chin and smiled playfully:

"Then let's try a [puppet practice] first."

"Puppet practice?"

Hoshino Ai felt that the unfamiliar words she heard from Kitagawa Ryo today were more than all the unfamiliar words she had ever heard in her life. Her brain was a little confused. She looked at Kitagawa Ryo with her mouth slightly open in confusion.

"This expression is very good now, keep it."

Beichuan Liang took a wooden ruler from the table, stretched it out and picked up Xingye Aijiao's chin:

"Relax your jaw and shoulders, let your hands hang naturally, and spread your feet to shoulder width."

"Close your eyes and imagine that you are a puppet now."

Holding a wooden ruler, Kitagawa Ryo points at the body parts of Hoshino Ai one by one:

“The top of the head, the elbows, the wrists, the fingertips, the knees, the ankles.”

“Imagine that all of these places are wrapped with silk thread, and the top of the thread is in my hand.”

Beichuan Liang stood on the chair and whispered softly in the ear of Xingye Ai:

"I am now lifting your right elbow to shoulder height."

"Slowly...slowly...pay attention to feeling the strength and changes in the joints."

He swept the wooden ruler across the fingertips of Hoshino Ai's right hand:

"I didn't mention the strings there, so the puppet is not allowed to move."

You can see Hoshino Ai's long eyelashes trembling like a black crystal butterfly.

"Then... I'm going to lift the fingertips and elbow of your left hand up high - raise them until they are fully straight."

Beichuan Ryo observed Hoshino Ai's movements and put a wooden ruler on her left arm:

"In this kind of movement, the forearms and palms are pulled up first, and the upper arms are pulled up later."

"Okay...now put down your left and right hands."

"no problem."

"Then I loosened the thread on top of your head."

Hoshino Ai's head drooped naturally, and her long purple hair fell into Kitagawa Ryo's field of vision like a waterfall as she moved.

I should use a shampoo with a green tangerine scent.

"The weight of your head will cause your upper body to droop, starting from the cervical spine, and then relax and lean forward one vertebra at a time."

Hoshino Ai's head was resting on her chest, revealing her beautiful fair neck.