Chapter 483 The Butterfly Effect

Gao Jinwen and Xiao Can have worked together for a long time and are familiar with each other. He was also happy for Xiao Can when he heard that Xiao Can was going to be on his own.

Speaking of which, the directors who followed Zhou Yan are getting better and better, and most of them can stand alone.

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Teacher Gao, I may delay your class time for a while."

"It doesn't matter." Gao Jinwen waved his hand generously, "I can give you all this lesson. Anyway, you can find time to make up for it later."

"It won't take too long. I just came over for a quick look. Teacher Chang is already here first."

Gao Jinwen nodded, "Okay, if that's the case, let's go in."

After that, he walked into the classroom first, followed closely by Zhou Yan and the others.

The students had already learned in advance from Chang Li that directors Zhou Yan and the others were coming, so they were not too surprised when they saw Zhou Yan and the others.

When the students looked at Zhou Yan's expression, they were more curious. They were very curious about Zhou Yan, who was only a few years older than them but was already famous internationally.

They were looking at Zhou Yan, and Zhou Yan was looking at them.

Unlike the two classes he had seen before, the faces of students from the class of 1996 were indeed more familiar to Zhou Yan.

Not only are there many big stars in this class, other students, even if they are not famous, basically have works that everyone can see all the time.

For example, actors such as Dang Hao, Chen Minghao, Zhao Huinan, Niu Qingfeng, and Song Yunhao. Although most people have never heard of their names, they will feel familiar when they see their faces, and they will recall which drama they have seen. .

Relatively speaking, the girls in their class have developed better. Zhang Ziyi, Yuan Quan, Zeng Li, Hu Jing, Mei Ting, and Qin Hailu are all well-known female stars.

Among the boys, Qin Hao and Liu Ye have developed better, while the others have fared worse.

But Zhou Yan looked around and suddenly raised his eyebrows, because this class was different from what he remembered.

First of all, he couldn't find Zeng Li.

Forget it, after all, it's possible that Zeng Li didn't come to class today, but the problem is, Zhou Yan also found two people who shouldn't be here, a boy and a girl.

The boy was thin and sitting in the corner. Zhou Yan was very sure that this boy was Lu Yi, because Zhou Yan was very impressed by Lu Yi's appearance at this period.

There was another girl sitting in the front row. Zhou Yan thought she looked a bit like Hao Lei, but he wasn't sure.

Logically speaking, these two people should not appear in Zhongxi opera, but now they appear in Zhongxi opera, which surprised Zhou Yan.

In this way, this generation of China Drama will be stronger than the previous one.

Even if Zeng Li really is no longer in this class, it would definitely not be a loss to replace Hao Lei with Lu Yi for Zeng Li.

While Zhou Yan was thinking wildly, Chang Li had already told Xiao Can the general situation. She turned to Zhou Yan and said, "Director Zhou, it's rare for you to come to China Opera. Do you want to teach your classmates your experience?"

Zhou Yan said with a smile, "Teacher Chang praises me too much. To impart experience in front of you is not just trying to do the same thing."

"Director Zhou, you are too humble."

"It's definitely not modesty." Zhou Yan waved his hand, "Speaking of which, my performance is also learned from your Chinese opera."

As he said that, he half-turned to look at Gao Jinwen, "Teacher Gao is the first acting teacher in my life. When we were filming "Raise the Red Lantern" in the Qiao Family Courtyard, I was a soundtrack assistant, but Director Zhang With such a heavy responsibility, I played the role of Chen Feipu. Fortunately, Teacher Gao taught me carefully, otherwise I would have betrayed Director Zhang’s trust.”

Gao Jinwen had never told anyone about this, and the students in the audience naturally didn't know that Zhou Yan and Gao Jinwen had such a past, and they all showed curious expressions.

"Don't listen to Director Zhou's nonsense. I didn't help him much back then. At that time, I just wanted to let him follow the steps and copy the gourd. He was very pursuing it and even roped in Gong Li to play with him. I was surprised by his talent at that time. It only took less than a month for him to grow from an amateur who had never acted before to a young actor with great potential."

Speaking of what happened to Zhou Yan back then, Gao Jinwen couldn't help but start to work hard on his students, "In order to perform those two scenes well, Director Zhou practiced from morning to night every day. If you had half the efforts of Director Zhou, I would save the money." With more worry, you, Teacher Chang, will have less worry.”

Zhou Yan rolled his eyes, this old Gao always praised others, so why did he praise others and suppress others?

However, the students were already used to teachers talking like this, and they were more interested in Zhou Yan dragging Gong Li into a scene.

"Senior Sister Gong Li is so good, she even practices with the newcomers." Chen Minghao said with a smile.

"Well, Sister Li is very good." Zhou Yan nodded, "That's why I say that my acting apprenticeship is also related to Sister Li. Sister Li has had a great influence on me in my acting career."

What he said was not a compliment. After all, Gong Li was not here, so there was no need for him to compliment her.

It was Gong Li who made him feel the charm of acting for the first time, and it was also the first time that Gong Li brought him into the state of acting.

Zhou Yan still clearly remembers the feeling of acting with Gong Li that time.

Regardless of whether Zhou Yan was a compliment or not, the actors and actresses present felt very comfortable and felt that the relationship between themselves and Zhou Yan had become closer.

"Director Zhou, will you and Senior Sister Gong Li cooperate again in the future?" Qin Hailu, who was sitting in the first row, asked.

"Cooperation depends on fate. Of course, I personally hope to work with Sister Li again. If there is a suitable role for Sister Li in my future movies, I will definitely find him as soon as possible."

"Director Zhou, what do you look for when choosing actors? Appearances or acting skills?" Qin Hailu asked again.

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "I mainly rely on feeling."

"It's like talking about a partner, right?" Hu Jing said with a smile.

As soon as she finished speaking, Chang Li's sharp eyes flew over, and she immediately lowered her head and stopped talking.

It can be seen that the students in his class are in great awe of Chang Li.

"Actually, that's right. Looking for an actor is the same as talking about a partner. Although there are many conditions in mind, whether the negotiation can be successful in the end depends on your feeling. This kind of thing seems to be illusory, but it is actually determined by a project. It’s made up of real standards, such as looks and acting skills.”

After answering Hu Jing's question, Zhou Yan continued: "You are only freshmen in class, and many of you have little exposure to movies. If you have time, you can go to my studio and have a look. In our studio, you can get in touch with movies." You will learn a complete set of post-production processes for a film, and you may also be exposed to the pre-production process. Although you are studying acting, it will not hurt you to become familiar with these things early.”

After Zhou Yan finished speaking, before the students responded, Tian Youliang opened his eyes wide and said, "Director Zhou, what you said is not only valid for 96-level students, right?"

"Of course, our studio is open to your school, and you are welcome to visit us at any time."

Chang Li and Huang Dingyu also looked at each other. They didn't expect that there would be an unexpected surprise today.

If the Chinese Theater Company could establish cooperation with Zhou Yan's studio, it would be a good thing for their school. The Chinese Theater Theater is too small and its infrastructure is very rudimentary.

But they heard that the equipment of Zhou Yan Studio was more mature than that of Yanjing Studio.

Most people may think that they are leading an acting class and that the students only need to focus on performance. How much do the equipment and processes for making movies have to do with them?

In fact, the relationship is huge.

Students studying acting will not be able to act well in a movie if they don’t even know how to make a movie.

If you don’t know the angle at which the camera shoots the actors, it’s impossible to accurately find the position and movement in front of the camera. It’s impossible for the director to tell you everything on set.

Zhou Yan didn't say anything else after that, and Xiao Can began to explain the general requirements of the role to the students.

While Xiao Can was speaking to the students, Zhou Yan turned his head and asked Chang Li, "Teacher Chang, are all your class here?"

Chang Li nodded, "Yes, we are all here. When our class started, there were originally twenty people, but two left, and now there are eighteen people."

"Oh, that's it."

It seems that Zeng Li is indeed gone.

There may be other people who are different from the previous life, but Zhou Yan doesn't know that, and he doesn't know everyone in this class.

"The overall quality of the students in our class is pretty good, but the character of many of them needs to be polished."

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "The overall physical condition of this class is good."

"I don't deny this. The girls are indeed pretty. As for the boys, Liu Ye and Lu Yi are also good. But in the actor's profession, appearance is a double-edged sword. I am also worried that they pay too much attention to their appearance. Some Students who are good-looking think that they can get everything as long as they are good-looking, while some students who are average-looking tend to feel inferior.”

Zhou Yan noticed that when Chang Li said the next sentence, she looked at Qin Hailu in the front row.

Objectively speaking, Qin Hailu should be the least beautiful among the girls in this class.

She is not ugly, but compared with Hu Jing, Yuan Quan, Zhang Ziyi and others next to her, she is too ordinary.

However, Zhou Yan did not expect Qin Hailu to have low self-esteem. In Zhou Yan's impression, Qin Hailu had always been a generous and straightforward person.

Now that I think about it, when Qin Hailu asked him what his criteria were for selecting actors, she might have been waiting for a certain answer. Qin Hailu probably wanted to hear from him that looks are not important.

Zhou Yan very much agrees with Chang Li's point of view. If an actor is too beautiful, it will not be easy for him to achieve success in film art.

On the one hand, if an actor is too beautiful and receives too many preferential treatment and temptations in life, it is easy for him to relax in thinking about his acting skills.

On the other hand, if the actors are too beautiful, it is easy for the audience to focus too much on their faces in the camera.

Of course, a beautiful actor has a wider acting career, because as long as the actor is willing to let go of his baggage, it is easy to become ugly.

But it is difficult for an ordinary-looking actor to become good-looking.

Many beautiful actors starred in some high-grossing movies when they were young. When they got older and their appearance deteriorated, they began to pursue art.

"Everyone is born with their appearance, and it is useless to think too much about it," Zhou Yan said.

Chang Li smiled and said, "Director Zhou, you are a bit sarcastic. As a person with an appearance that most people think is good-looking, it is difficult for you to feel the mood of ordinary-looking people like us."

"Well……"

"Haha, I'm kidding you." Chang Li said she was just joking, and then asked Zhou Yan, "Director Zhou, where is the specific location of your studio?"

"Next to the Third Ring Road, not far from the Yanjing Factory."

"Is it a large area?"

"It's quite big now. Do you know the state-owned electronics factory near the Third Ring Road?"

"Yes, I know."

"Now the whole factory belongs to our studio."

Chang Li's eyes widened, "The electronics factory is not small."

"Yes, more than 300 acres."

"It's more than 10 times bigger than our school."

The Central Academy of Drama only has more than 20 acres, and the electronics factory must be more than 10 times bigger than the Central Academy of Drama.

Chang Li was shocked. She knew very well what it meant to have more than 300 acres of land near the Third Ring Road, and the electronics factory was not just vacant land, but also had many buildings.

"I must visit it if I have a chance."

Zhou Yan smiled and said, "Welcome Teacher Chang to come and give us guidance. I plan to build a comprehensive theater in the park later. Teacher Chang, please give me more suggestions."

"I don't understand this." Chang Li waved her hands repeatedly.

While waving her hands, she was even more envious. Their school had no place to hold a performance, but Zhou Yan's studio was actually going to build a comprehensive theater. It was really annoying.

But this is also good news for them. If they can really get along well with Zhou Yan, maybe they can use the theater in Zhou Yan's studio in the future.

She has made up her mind to take the students to visit when she is free in the future.

As the two of them were chatting, Tian Youliang came over again, "Director Zhou, do you have time these two days? I will take our classmates to your studio to study?"

Zhou Yan thought about it and said, "I have time in the afternoon these few days."

"How about we go there tomorrow afternoon?"

"Tomorrow?" Zhou Yan was a little surprised, "Aren't you going to have a holiday tomorrow?"

Tomorrow is New Year's Day, a day off.

"I have time only when I am on holiday." Tian Youliang smiled.

Zhou Yan also laughed, "It's vacation time, students may not be willing to participate in such group activities."

"They act like they're on vacation every day now, anyway I won't force them, I'll ask their opinions later."

Since Tian Youliang said so, Zhou Yan nodded, "Okay, as long as they want to go, I will definitely receive them."

Chang Li rolled her eyes, "Since you are going, then our class can also go with you to have a look."

"Okay, we'll go together, but if there are too many people, it won't be too much trouble for Director Zhou."

Zhou Yan waved his hand, "No, let alone your two classes, even if your whole school goes, I can receive you."

He didn't brag, there are only a few hundred people in the Central Academy of Drama, the studio will definitely be able to receive them. (End of this chapter)