Rebirth of Chinese Entertainment, the Diary of a 95 Flower

Chapter 13: Received the notice of group performance in "Extreme Challenge"
"Variety show?"

Yang Chaoyue's pupils dilated slightly and his body leaned forward.

She had never watched variety shows. She had only watched TV dramas before, but she had heard her roommates at the textile factory talk about variety show content.

Jiang Yang stuffed a steamed bun into his mouth, casually swiping the iPad screen, holding it horizontally in front of Yang Chaoyue, and opened the variety show "Go Fighting! Season 1":
"Haven't you seen it before? Take a look first, and you'll have an idea. This variety show is in the works for its second season. The Magic City Canxing Company we're going to today is involved in the production of Go Fighting! If you don't have the acting skills, auditioning directly for a film or TV series will only get you a role as an extra where you won't even get to show your face. You won't even be able to be a special guest actor. Playing an NPC role in a variety show will give you more screen time."

"Okay, I'll watch it carefully!" Yang Chaoyue straightened his neck.

Go Fighting imitates the Korean variety show Infinite Challenge. Canxing Culture cooperated with MBC of South Korea to obtain the copyright of Infinite Challenge.

As Go Fighting became popular after it was aired, MBC and Canxing Culture started a lawsuit over revenue issues.

Jiang Yang didn't care about these follow-up issues.

There are three reasons why I went to Shanghai Canxing Culture for an audition.

One is that I want to know how much my acting skills have improved.

The second is to let Yang Chaoyue get in touch with casting directors, variety show PDs, and artist coordinators through professional casting companies such as Canxing, and experience the audition process.

Then, through the scenario simulation at the initial audition and the stress test of dealing with emergencies, these interview processes for variety show NPCs will more or less help Yang Chaoyue improve his acting skills, thereby giving him more feedback on his acting skills.

The third is to let Yang Chaoyue see hope in him.

In this way, he could keep Yang Chaoyue by his side like a mascot, order Yang Chaoyue to do work, and feel more at ease when he was trying to extract the attributes from Yang Chaoyue.

"Brother Yang, do I have to watch all the variety shows?" Yang Chaoyue tapped his fingers on the IPAD a few times to pull out the episode list.

"Yes, I've read it all and have a rough idea of ​​it."

"But there are 12 episodes in total. If I read them all, even if I don't sleep, it will take me a whole day. Will it delay today's announcement?"

"No delay, because today's audition notice has been postponed to half a month later." Jiang Yang took a sip of soy milk and said without raising his eyebrows.

"When was it postponed?" Yang Chaoyue asked puzzledly.

"Now."

Hear the words.

Yang Chaoyue's knuckles, which were pinching the edge of the IPAD, suddenly turned white, and then he slowly released them.

Jiang Yang said earnestly, "We don't fight unprepared battles. If you don't even know what this variety show is about, you'll inevitably feel a lot of pressure during the audition."

"Leave the negotiation of schedules and contract intentions with the artists to me. As for how to get through the variety show PD stage, that depends on your own efforts."

"Casting for extras in variety shows is somewhat different from casting for film and television dramas. It focuses more on improvisational scenario simulations and responding to emergencies."

"During the interview, the variety show PD will usually test your performance when encountering prop malfunctions, your on-the-spot reaction to being challenged by the guests, and whether it will have a variety show effect and whether your reaction seems realistic enough..."

"In the next half month, I will train you in this area."

Jiang Yang said a lot and Yang Chaoyue listened very carefully.

What is a variety show PD? What is an artist coordinator? What is a casting director?

She had never come into contact with any of them in her life.

She also doesn't know what variety show effects are.

In the past, the people I came into contact with every day were basically my roommates, assembly line operators, quality inspectors, workshop managers, and technical supervisors.

So she basically didn't understand anything Jiang Yang said.

The overall feeling is that Jiang Yang is very responsible and professional to her.

He can give notices as soon as he asks, and change schedules as soon as he asks, which shows that Jiang Yang is very powerful in this industry!
It feels like I have been working in this industry for several years.

I believe Jiang Yang should have dropped out of school early like her and started working hard in society.

"Brother Yang, I won't let you down!"

Yang Chaoyue clicked on "Go Fighting" and started watching.

After Jiang Yang had eaten and drunk his fill, he crossed his legs and lay down on the leather sofa in the living room. When he picked up the book "An Actor's Self-cultivation" on the armrest of the sofa, Jiang Yang tilted his head to look at Yang Chaoyue.

Yang Chaoyue was sitting on a plastic stool next to the coffee table, looking at the IPAD screen seriously.

A few strands of hair fell from her forehead.

The slowly rising sun from the balcony hit her face, which looked very beautiful.

The reason why Yang Chaoyue was asked to watch Go Fighting first was not just to let her get familiar with the variety show.

More importantly, Jiang Yang wanted to test whether this action could allow him to gain some attributes from Yang Chaoyue.

After all, Yang Chaoyue's habit of watching variety shows was cultivated by him.

Reading the book "An Actor's Self-cultivation" again, Jiang Yang suddenly had a feeling.

My reading speed is faster than before.

In the past, it would take me more than ten minutes to read a page, even after reading it repeatedly, and I still couldn’t fully understand the content. Now, when I read it, it’s like I’ve suddenly become enlightened, and I can finish a whole page in a few minutes.

This book written by Stanislavsky has influenced several generations of Chinese actors including Gong Li, Jiang Wen and others, and is listed as a basic course textbook for freshman acting departments at the Central Academy of Drama, Beijing Film Academy and Shanghai Theatre Academy.

The book is divided into two volumes. The first volume focuses on inner experiences such as imagination, emotional memory, etc., which belong to psychological tactics.

The second volume deals with external expressions such as lines and body shapes, which belong to practical methods.

It describes in detail the three major systems of performance, observation and empathy, and the transfer of psychological techniques.

As a layman, Jiang Yang couldn't understand it at first, but now he can read it and understand the meaning between the lines.

Am I a genius?

If there were no system, Jiang Yang would really think so.

"It seems that the acting skills I learned from the little flower I cultivated can not only help improve the surface acting skills, but also enhance the understanding of things related to acting."

The functions of the system are further explored.

Yang Chaoyue can take the lead.

Jiang Yang looked at Yang Chaoyue.

Yang Chaoyue is still watching Go Fighting!

At first, he looked curious, as if encountering something new. But the more he looked, the more he smiled. Now he was clapping his thigh and laughing:

"Hahahaha, Sun Honglei didn't keep his word and stole Zhang Yixin's suitcase!"

Yang Chaoyue was absorbed in watching this variety show.

This will definitely be beneficial for Yang Chaoyue's next interview for the NPC role as an extra at Canxing Culture.

Jiang Yang didn't get any benefits.

Because Yang Chaoyue had been watching for an hour, he still couldn't get any acting skills from Yang Chaoyue.

It seems that the method of trying to pull out Yang Chaoyue's attributes by letting him watch variety shows doesn't work.

What about watching TV shows? I guess that probably won't work either.

This is normal, the system does not allow bugs.

Otherwise, if he locked Yang Chaoyue in a small dark room, fed her with movies and TV dramas every day, and madly plucking her acting skills, it would be only a matter of time before he became the best actor.

"Sun Honglei took advantage of Zhang Yixin's time in the bathroom and stole Zhang Yixin's suitcase..."

Yang Chaoyue slapped his thigh hard, and the plastic stool leg scraped against the floor with a sharp sound, causing a short scream. He shouted at Jiang Yang, "Brother Yang, look! Sun Honglei even deceived his own people! How sad will Zhang Yixin be when he finds out?"

"I've read it, you read it yourself." Jiang Yang shook his head, paused in turning the pages of the book, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and continued reading.

After a while, Yang Chaoyue yelled again: "Wow, Zhang Yixin is crying on the subway, her eyes are red, she looks miserable, Brother Yang, look quickly."

A sudden surprise.

Jiang Yang was carefully studying the core principles of experientialism written in the book when his thoughts were interrupted by Yang Chaoyue.

The words on the pages were scattered by her laughter.

His eyelids were half-closed, and his eyes lazily scanned the contents on the IPAD screen.

Zhang Yixin was on the subway, holding the hanging ring, feeling sad about being teased by Sun Honglei. She tilted her head back, tears in her eyes.

The emotions were so outwardly expressed that it was impossible to act so realistically even with a script.

When this clip was broadcast, it was very popular on the Internet and later became a famous scene from Go Fighting.

But Jiang Yang has already seen it, so there is no point in reading it again.

He moved his eyes away from the IPAD and fell on Yang Chaoyue. He was about to ask Yang Chaoyue to lie on his side with the tablet in his arms and not disturb him while he was reading.

[Under your guidance, Yang Chaoyue has gained a deeper understanding of variety shows. You have received feedback, and your variety show attribute has increased by 1.]

"Did I get the attribute?!" Jiang Yang thought to himself.

It shouldn't be.

Yang Chaoyue has been watching variety shows for such a long time, but he has never been able to get any attributes. How come he got them now?

Is it determined by duration?

Or was it caused by something I just did?

Feeding is the key.

What does it mean to raise?

Jiang Yang glanced at the IPAD, as if he understood something. He put down the book and continued to watch the content playing on the screen.

"Brother Yang, Sun Honglei actually apologized to Zhang Yixin, and Zhang Yixin still didn't accept Sun Honglei's apology. It's so satisfying. If it were me, I wouldn't accept it either."

Yang Chaoyue was watching with great concentration, covering his mouth to stifle laughter, his shoulders shrugged, and the ends of his hair brushed across his collarbone, creating tiny streams of light.

"Hahaha, Luo Zhixiang is so cunning, he stole Sun Honglei's box, Brother Yang, look... Hey, Brother Yang, you're looking at me, hahaha, let's look at it together."

Jiang Yang also laughed.

Because he heard the familiar voice of the system in his mind:
[Under your guidance, Yang Chaoyue has gained a deeper understanding of variety shows. You have received feedback, and your variety show attribute has increased by 1.]

If Yang Chaoyue watches the variety show alone, he will not be able to grasp the variety show attributes.

But it's okay to watch it with Yang Chaoyue.

Raising and raising, 'raising' lies in feeding, and 'raising' lies in interaction. Only with both can you get the best attributes. This is Jiang Yang's preliminary conclusion about his system.

"Chaoyue, sit on the sofa and watch it together." Jiang Yang patted the sofa.

"Will it not disturb your reading?"

"Don't bother me. It's just a variety show. It's fun to watch it together. If you don't understand anything, just ask me."

"Okay!"

Yang Chaoyue went to the kitchen to get a bowl, and with the help of disposable chopsticks, he made a simple IPAD stand and placed it on the coffee table.

Then she leaned back on the sofa, sat next to Jiang Yang, and continued watching the variety show.

At first, Yang Chaoyue felt a little embarrassed and didn't sit too close to Jiang Yang.

But as he watched, his palms slapped his thighs, causing Jiang Yang to scold him: "Yang Chaoyue, if you want to laugh, just laugh. Why are you slapping your thighs?"

"I'm sorry, I couldn't help it. I couldn't control my laughter."

"Then slap your own thigh!"

……

after an hour.

"Brother Yang, please sit closer. Your butt is too big and it's squeezing me."

"You've pushed me to the side, just sit still and watch."

"I'm sorry, Brother Yang, hahaha, I couldn't control myself."

Yang Chaoyue laughed so hard he couldn't straighten up: "Huang Bo sent a package but the lady refused to sign for it because the bananas were rotten. Huang Bo was so angry that he threw the package box. It was so sad and funny at the same time."

Yang Chaoyue leaned his body sideways, appearing particularly relaxed.

The smile is like a glass soda bottle that suddenly explodes, with a sweetness and reckless vitality.

"What does this have to do with my big butt? I haven't even mentioned that you have small breasts." Jiang Yang didn't even bother to look at Yang Chaoyue's chest.

"Jiang Yang, this is workplace sexual harassment!"

"You were the first one to say my butt was big."

Yang Chaoyue was arguing with great enthusiasm when he suddenly heard the IPAD beeping, indicating that the battery was low.

She quickly changed the subject: "Where is the charger?"

"It's on the desk in the master bedroom, go get it."

"Alright! Wow, this variety show is so exciting."

At first, Jiang Yang was willing to watch "Go Fighting" with Yang Chaoyue, because with each episode, Jiang Yang would get one point of variety show attribute from Yang Chaoyue.

"The acting attribute can improve my acting skills."

"The vigilance attribute can increase my vigilance."

"What is the purpose of the variety show attribute? Does it enhance my variety show sense?"

Jiang Yang had tried to use this ability before, and he immediately noticed the position of the IPAD camera on the coffee table in the living room. He also keenly noticed the degree of reflection from the camera of Yang Chaoyue's old Nokia mobile phone, and whether the camera of his iPhone 6, which was placed on the leather sofa, was on.

First, the sensitivity of the lens is improved.

Then there's how to convey information through micro-expressions and body movements.

And through camera distribution, you can stand out in the group without appearing out of place.

This is just the effect of increasing the variety show attribute by 1 point.

When the variety show attribute was raised to 2 points, Jiang Yang already had in his mind the skills of how to control the atmosphere in variety shows.

Be careful not to steal the spotlight too much, stay natural, follow the program rules, and be prepared for unexpected situations.

Yang Chaoyue sat next to Jiang Yang, laughing so hard that he fell backwards, and got a preliminary understanding of what variety shows were all about.

Jiang Yang deeply felt the key points to pay attention to when recording a variety show.

"Luckily, I got the variety show attribute through Yang Chaoyue. Otherwise, I might have gotten into trouble during the interview at Canxing Company."

Jiang Yang was mentally prepared.

Unfortunately, when he accompanied Yang Chaoyue to watch the third episode of "Go Fighting", he found that the system prompt sound no longer sounded.

I watched the show with Yang Chaoyue for the whole day, but the variety show attribute value did not increase at all.

"Why can't I get Yang Chaoyue's variety show attribute value?"

At 10 o'clock in the evening, Jiang Yang was lying on the bed. Before going to sleep, he was thinking about the rules of extracting attributes through the system.

During the whole day, I watched 6 episodes of Go Fighting with Yang Chaoyue.

Only the first and second phases can obtain the attribute value.

Is it because you can only get 2 points of variety show attribute value from each variety show?

No pattern has been found yet.

The more time you spend with Yang Chaoyue, the more patterns you will be able to figure out.

at the same time.

Next door side lying.

After washing up, Yang Chaoyue applied a layer of Pechoin hand cream on his hands and patted his cheeks with the moisturizing cream he bought for 10 yuan.

I returned to the room, subconsciously locked the door, and got into bed.

If she wasn't so sleepy, she really wanted to stay up late and watch the rest of "Go Fighting".

"In half a month, Brother Yang will take me to Canxing Company to audition for the casting of Go Fighting! Season 2. During this half month, I must fully understand the content of this variety show."

(End of this chapter)