Talented

Seeing Xu Xiu's confused expression.

Ma Wei saw that Director Hou had no intention of speaking, so he knew that the burden of commentary had fallen on his shoulders.

He figured Director Hou also wanted to test him.

Ma Wei calmly said:

"First, I want to praise Lin Chuan's opening performance."

"Don't you feel that Lin Chuan's crying scene felt very awkward?"

Xu Xiu nodded.

Ma Wei continued, "Actually, this awkwardness is the most real."

"A good performance is from the inside out, and from the outside back in. The reason Lin Chuan's performance is real

is because he himself has that sad emotion, he's just restraining it.

Those who have experienced it might know that when a person is truly sad, their emotions are actually difficult to control."

This is like asking someone who can deadlift 200 kilograms to deadlift 50 kilograms.

Although 50 kilograms is also heavy, compared to 200 kilograms, it's just a warm-up.

Xu Xiu's face turned a little red. She was like this before when she was so angry she cried because of a student.

She knew crying more would be embarrassing, but she just couldn't stop.

Thinking back to that moment, Xu Xiu's toes curled up involuntarily, wanting to dig into the ground.

However, Xu Xiu didn't forget to marvel at Lin Chuan's brilliant acting.

After all, Lin Chuan was only a sophomore. Students in his year struggled to perform a normal crying scene.

Let alone acting with restraint like Lin Chuan.

Seeing Xu Xiu understood, Ma Wei stole a glance at Director Hou's expression and found him looking at Lin Chuan with great fondness.

Although the possibility of Lin Chuan transferring to the acting department was low, it wasn't impossible that Director Hou might use some methods.

For example, sending a few female students, or other preferential conditions.

Bandits are cunning, and one must be wary.

So, he changed the subject and began to praise Lin Chuan's talent in directing.

Ma Wei continued, "Next, I want to praise Lin Chuan's brilliant plot setting."

"Lin Chuan plays a desperate young man who wants to commit suicide."

"He found a hourly-rate room, wanting to die quietly in a place no one would know. This shows he's not the type to seek attention through suicide."

"But he couldn't even find peace in his attempt to die."

"He rented a room to commit suicide, but was harassed by the landlord's phone calls, demanding extra payment for the hourly room. He took sleeping pills and wanted a drink of water, only to find a bottle of mineral water cost ten yuan.

He prepared to go downstairs to pay for the room, but accidentally fainted and was rescued by the landlord.

The landlord's reason for saving him wasn't sympathy, but fear of him dying in her room and causing trouble.

Lin Chuan didn't use sentimental acting to describe how miserable the protagonist was.

Instead, while amusing the audience, he guided them to discover the protagonist's tragic situation.

Through a simple scene, the audience subconsciously understood that the protagonist was a nobody, an insignificant character on the fringes of society."

Xu Xiu nodded. After listening to Ma Wei's explanation, she finally understood that Lin Chuan's performance was not as simple as she had thought.

On the contrary, his acting was profound and quite spirited.

Instantly, Xu Xiu's gaze shifted from seeing Lin Chuan as a handsome student to a talented young man.

Director Hou added at the opportune moment:

"Lin Chuan's pacing is also excellent.

In the first few seconds of the crying scene, the audience is looking down at him, and on the other hand, they are curious, curious why he is crying.

Later, when Lin Chuan took the sleeping pills, his actions were very exaggerated, grabbing a large handful and stuffing them into his mouth.

This wasn't like a typical suicide attempt with sleeping pills, but more like a child eating candy.

This kind of performance casts a comedic hue on the inherently heavy subject of suicide.

Afterward, Lin Chuan heard the ringing of a phone, a very lifelike scene.

As a counselor, Ma Wei, you should deeply understand this, right?"

Ma Wei felt a lingering fear.

As a counselor, he indeed suffered from a phobia of phones.

Receiving emergency calls in the middle of the night, students falling ill and being hospitalized.

Receiving calls from the police station, students being arrested.

Students with relationship-addled brains attempting suicide in the middle of the night.

Being tricked into a pyramid scheme organization was on the lighter side; some students were even lured abroad, almost losing their kidneys.

Director Hou continued, "The sudden ringing of a phone, the landlord's rent reminder, bottled water costing 10 yuan a bottle.

These everyday details can definitely make young viewers feel a strong sense of connection.

I've been to internet cafes before, where instant noodles cost more than they do in stores.

What's amazing about Lin Chuan is his ability to control the sense of distance with the audience.

He can switch between two states with ease.

One state is that of a tragic young man, cornered and with nothing left to live for.

At this point, Lin Chuan deliberately maintains a distance from the audience, using comedic techniques to amuse them.

The other state is that of an ordinary, average young man.

He'll feel pained by a bottle of water costing 10 yuan, find the phone ringing too loud, and complain about the landlord's rent notice.

At this time, the audience will see him on screen as their own avatar.

Because in this state, Lin Chuan is portraying a situation, an experience, a common predicament of contemporary youth.

After establishing empathy with the audience, Lin Chuan didn't push his luck; instead, he fainted and was rescued by the arriving landlord.

As Teacher Ma Wei mentioned earlier, the landlord didn't save him out of sympathy, but because he feared the house would become a haunted property if Lin Chuan died inside.

This, in turn, subtly widened the distance between Lin Chuan and the audience again.

The audience can lie in their safe zone, enjoy the rest of the plot, and don't have to worry about facing moral condemnation."

"Tragic, but not simple; this is my definition of the character Lin Chuan portrayed."

After Director Hou finished speaking, Ma Wei and Xu Xiu both nodded.

Director Hou's explanation was incisive and logical, point by point.

As expected of the head of the acting department!

After hearing these analyses of his performance, Lin Chuan felt much the same as Teacher Xu Xiu.

He felt a bit awkward.

It wasn't to the point of wanting to dig a three-bedroom apartment out of the ground with his toes, though.

Actually, he felt his performance hadn't reached the heights the teachers had analyzed.

And he always felt Director Hou's expression was too incongruous when he seriously analyzed his acting.

Director Hou's face would be better suited for analyzing the inner wear of young ladies and married women.

Lin Chuan could understand, though. The three present were all teachers, and they hadn't acted in a long time.

Teachers in Huaguo are probably the most fond of textual analysis on Earth.

Lin Chuan chose to go with the flow:

"It's all thanks to my teachers' excellent guidance. I've learned a lot from you all, and my senior fellow student who acted with me also helped me a great deal!"

This simple sentence managed to acknowledge all four of them.

There was Director Hou, of course, especially since Lin Chuan had previously said he greatly admired his performance.

Counselor Ma Wei was Lin Chuan's current instructor, who had taught him acting.

As for Xu Xiu, she believed Lin Chuan had drawn inspiration from the incident where she was brought to tears by a student.

And the actor playing the landlord was Lin Chuan's senior fellow student, named Tian Yu.

This person wasn't well-known outside the industry. Many years ago, his then-girlfriend wanted to star in an adult film.

Tian Yu strongly objected, but to no avail, and they eventually broke up.

Tian Yu's acting career had always been lukewarm.

His girlfriend, on the other hand, had long since become an internationally renowned movie star.

In the scene just now, Lin Chuan and Tian Yu were the two leads, but everyone was praising Lin Chuan.

Tian Yu stood to the side, feeling quite awkward.

Now, Lin Chuan's words had subtly boosted Tian Yu, instantly changing his situation.

Even Director Hou couldn't help but exclaim, "Tian Yu's acting is indeed excellent. I almost thought he was a real landlord."

Tian Yu smiled and agreed, giving Lin Chuan a grateful look.

In reality, Lin Chuan had only said a simple sentence.

But it unexpectedly produced an extraordinary effect.

It wasn't because he was so skilled in social etiquette.

The reason was the prevailing atmosphere in Huaguo.

The people of this land always showed a little extra consideration towards geniuses.

And Lin Chuan, whom they considered a genius, naturally enjoyed this preferential treatment.

As for Lin Chuan, he was immediately preparing to shoot the next scene.

This scene, which earned everyone's praise, was just a normal performance for Lin Chuan.

After obtaining Stephen Chow's Comedy Character Creation Techniques.

Lin Chuan's understanding of acting had improved significantly.

Stephen Chow was once known as the uncrowned king of comedy.

He popularized the absurd.

His talent in acting was overshadowed by his astonishing comedic genius.

Hong Kong director Chen Jia Shang once revealed in an interview that Stephen Chow was the most formidable actor he had ever seen.

This was during the filming of The Royal Tramp.

Trouble arose during filming.

Su Chaha'er Chan went to compete for the top spot in the imperial martial arts examination, overcoming all obstacles and winning.

However, at the last moment, it was revealed that he was illiterate.

The emperor asked him to write his name, but he couldn't.

Thus, from being the top martial arts scholar one moment, he was demoted to a commoner the next.

Before the examination, he was the son of a general in Guangzhou, powerful and privileged, a favored son of heaven.

After the examination, he nearly became a prisoner, and his vast fortune was plundered.

"I saw his mansion rise, I saw him feast his guests, I saw his mansion collapse."

This complex emotion was something Chen Jia Shang, despite losing all his hair, couldn't figure out how to express through a single shot.

Helplessly, he communicated with Stephen Chow, wanting a scene depicting desolation.

Stephen Chow looked at the camera and asked Chen Jia Shang about the positioning.

Chen Jia Shang said he required a sense of emptiness.

So, Stephen Chow sat on a large opium bed and actually began singing Nan Yin.

Years later, Chen Jia Shang described the feeling that moment gave him:

"His performance stunned me; this was the most desolate moment."

"You wouldn't expect his most desolate moment to be wailing to the heavens or crying."

"Nan Yin has a touch of sorrow."

"As he sang, I watched through the camera and saw a genius actor."

In the scenes of The Royal Tramp, Lin Chuan saw Stephen Chow's understanding of the character.

And in A Chinese Odyssey, Lin Chuan saw Stephen Chow's solid foundation in acting.

He could switch between several expressions in just one second, and it was incredibly natural.

This was solid acting.

After obtaining Stephen Chow's Comedy Character Creation Techniques, Lin Chuan fully absorbed Stephen Chow's comedic talent.

Not only was his understanding of characters superior, but his acting was also second to none.

Moreover, he maintained his performance at its peak.

Someone who can run a hundred meters in 9.85 seconds may not be able to do so their entire life.

But with the System's help, Lin Chuan could maintain his optimal state at all times.

Not to mention, Lin Chuan had also gained Christian Bale's Rubber Man Talent.

Lin Chuan could, without exaggeration, say that his control over his facial muscles ranked him in the top ten on Earth.

Therefore, after receiving consistent praise from his teachers, Lin Chuan did not become arrogant.

He felt a bit eager to try.

Lin Chuan thought, if the previous segment was considered an excellent performance.

Then, what would it look like if he gave his all?