"Any favorable impression is fine." Xiao Luobing felt that at the very least, she should find a scene with a character who had a positive impression to watch and see how he performed when his emotions were normal.
"If you really want a feeling? The female character introduced just now who said I was 'gentle'." Young Master Fei replied without thinking.
As mentioned before, Jiang Anran was the female lead he liked most when reading the book.
However!
Young Master Fei naturally equated the character with the person, feeling nothing was wrong with that, but this bit of oddness was immediately captured by Xiao Luobing.
Female character? Not an actor?
From the very beginning, she had felt something was a little strange; "Zhao Jinfei" seemed to confuse the character with the actor.
Now she was somewhat certain that "Zhao Jinfei" hadn't misspoken unintentionally, but truly believed it.
In this situation, Xiao Luobing felt there were only two reasons: either he thought the two were the same, equating the character and the actor; or they actually were equivalent...
Were other actors getting roles that suited them and playing themselves?
Or was it some other situation?
"The other one? The one who said you were 'gentle'?" To be safe, she confirmed it again.
"Yes, the other character."
"'...'"
Obviously, expressions and words can deceive, but the gentleness in your eyes cannot be deceived—this wasn't an evaluation from within the play, but an evaluation of the actor.
"You've clearly fallen into a misconception!" Even though this mistake wouldn't cause much trouble even if it weren't corrected, as a teacher, Xiao Luobing felt she had an obligation to correct him.
"A misconception?"
"Yes, you must know: an actor does not equal a character; the two must be kept separate! You need to think more about this and master it thoroughly."
Actor ≠ character?
Young Master Fei fell into deep thought. Of course he knew the literal meaning, but he knew she couldn't be talking about something so simple; it was just that he hadn't had a breakthrough moment of realization yet.
Seeing him thinking deeply, Xiao Luobing smiled with satisfaction. Such a serious student was rare nowadays. However, there wasn't much time left...
"Go back and think about this sentence more. For now, let's continue. Recreate your scene with this female character following the process we just used."
Young Master Fei, who was still racking his brains, was dumbfounded.
Scene? I shouldn't have a scene with her!
I shouldn't even know her!
Her staying by my side right now is a situation that shouldn't happen!
However, it seemed there was one scene he could act out.
The very first chance encounter at the flower shop.
Perhaps Teacher Liang could spot some issue.
"Alright."
Aside from omitting and simplifying his identity information, Young Master Fei copied that performance without changes, and explained Jiang Anran and Uncle Fu's scene to Xiao Luobing so she could match it, replicating the original scenario (as he thought it was).
Thirty minutes later. (See Chapter 5 for this plotline)
"There are no real problems with the emotion in this section, but your performance is slightly exaggerated. It looks a bit like the villain in a clichéd urban Dragon King novel."
Xiao Luobing felt that aside from making mistakes common to novice actors and trying a bit too hard, his performance could be considered fairly standard.
"'...'" You really hit the nail on the head; this is an urban Dragon King novel!
What kind of experience was it to hear a character in a book roast urban Dragon King novels?
Young Master Fei knew now; it felt very wondrous, with a feeling of being looked down upon.
Just like the scene right before, Young Master Fei felt that if he hadn't been careless, he could have easily nailed it with a bit more seriousness.
However.
Even if his performance was a bit exaggerated, it didn't seem to have anything to do with those things that happened later.
Although Teacher Liang pointed out his acting flaws, she still failed to untangle the doubts in Young Master Fei's heart.
Ring ring ring~ The phone nearby rang with the bell signaling the end of class.
"That's about it. Let's end today's class here. Zhao Jinfei, your performance in the first segment lacked immersion, and in the second segment you made a different mistake by trying too hard. These are common mistakes for novice actors, but after some training, they should be fine. Also, remember that a character is a character and an actor is an actor; the two are different."
"Okay, thank you, Teacher Liang." He was originally quite polite. Wearing a mask meant he didn't need to play a villain, and saying thank you didn't have any impact.
"Fine then, I'll add your VX. If you have any questions, we can contact each other on there."
"A burner account? Let me check."
The "Young Master Fei" identity on his main VX account was well known and definitely couldn't be used.
Although the memories he received were incomplete, Young Master Fei only remembered having two accounts.
The main account couldn't be used, so he would use the burner account.
He opened VX to search, and sure enough, it existed. The burner account was named [Lone Brave].
"Teacher Liang, use radar to add [Lone Brave]."
"Okay."
Young Master Fei found it strange. It was one thing not to remember this account, but why wasn't there a single chat history on it?
How was this supposed to help him figure out what this account was for?
He then opened his contacts list—good grief, hundreds or thousands of friends, with all sorts of weird remarks.
He read all the way down.
The case was solved.
Good grief, this was a sugar daddy book.
The most numerous were a long string of college-student-style remarks: [College Student Zhang Xinyao] [College Student Xu Feifei] [College Student Xue Ying]...
Zhang Xinyao... Xu Feifei... Xue Ying...
Female college students, huh? Playing it like this?
Fei Yangyao, Oh Fei Yangyao, I didn't expect your body to be so sturdy, being able to handle this many.
Hmm, Wang Kai.
He kept reading: [College Student Wang Kai]...
Wang Kai!?
This is a guy's name, right?
Playing this wild?
Young Master Fei involuntarily contracted his sphincter. Good thing, good thing; it felt like there was no problem.
At least he wasn't a bottom. Half his heart settled, and he continued reading.
[High Schooler Li Na Yearly Once December 16] [Junior High Student Zeng Jing Once Every Three Months August 19] [Primary School Student Fu Qianyu Once Every Month 15th]
Holy crap, this, this, this, this!?
High schoolers were one thing, but junior high? Primary school!!
Absolute trash!
There were even notes for dates and frequencies after the middle and primary school students?
In an instant, "villain Fei Yangyao's" perfect simp image collapsed in his mind.
He never expected that while chasing the female lead, he would actually do such beastly things behind the scenes!
If Young Master Fei weren't currently occupying this identity himself, he would have a ten out of ten chance of calling the police and having this scum arrested.
He must absolutely not contact them!
Young Master Fei made up his mind never to touch those people ever again.
Could he make an exception for the "college student" tier?
No, no, not a single one. Fei Yangyao, oh Fei Yangyao, how could you fall so low! You're Gu Xiyue's perfect simp!
The two angels clashed for a bit. Obviously, in the face of character settings, lust was completely useless!
Aside from the students making up the majority, there were also some people whose specific occupations couldn't be made out.
Just as he was looking at [Dean Changning Wang], pondering what kind of academy this dean belonged to...
"Zhao... Zhao Jinfei, I've added you. See you next class; I have some things to do and am leaving first."
Watching Teacher Liang's departing figure, for some reason, Young Master Fei felt she was a bit unusual, and her emotions were somewhat off.
Must be an illusion, right?
Shaking his head, he went to the front desk to pay, then hailed a cab back to the hospital.
However, because the roster of contacts had shocked him so much, he overlooked one fact: he hadn't received any friend request notification at all!
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