CHAPTER 887: CHAPTER 869: ACTING WITH HUO FENG! (1 SWEET)

Just when Huo Feng was starting to get a bit famous, he suddenly received an audition invitation from a proper director, which is definitely a good thing. Huo Feng had to take it seriously!

At this moment, it was only eight o’clock in the evening.

Taking advantage of the early hour, Huo Feng dragged Pu Sangzhi to a quiet spot under a street lamp on campus to prepare for the audition.

The campus path was very quiet, with no students passing by, making it a very comfortable location.

Under the dim yellow streetlight, Pu Sangzhi and Huo Feng sat on a bench, with Huo Feng sharing his thick coat with Pu Sangzhi, both focusing on the script received on Huo Feng’s phone.

The script sent by Director Lu Xun to Huo Feng was very short, just a single page in a Word document.

In this limited script, Huo Feng needed to unleash boundless acting skills to showcase the character’s personality traits.

It’s quite challenging.

The page outlined the story background and events as follows:

[In the school corridor, Zhou Cheng and the campus belle passed by each other. Zhou Cheng fell for her at first sight and called out to her, engaging in a conversation.

Zhou Cheng: "Hey... which class are you in? What’s your name?"

Campus Belle: "Class 1. Why?"

Zhou Cheng: "Do you have a boyfriend?"

Campus Belle: "No."

Zhou Cheng: "From now on, you do."]

The script is just one page and the words are quite concise.

But the story content and character core seem to be expressed.

Director Lu Xun told Huo Feng that on the day of the audition, everyone would have the same script. However, each person’s performance would be different, and he hoped to see a ’Zhou Cheng’ that closely resonated with the character, especially hoping for Huo Feng’s portrayal of Zhou Cheng to have that specific feeling.

Because, in Director Lu Xun’s mind, Huo Feng’s outer appearance very much fits this character.

Huo Feng is handsome, but not in a very standard way. His phoenix eyes make some of his expressions look fierce, and his single eyelids are a small flaw in his features...

So, Huo Feng’s level of handsomeness very much fits the characteristics of the second male lead.

All in all, Huo Feng was auditioning for the second male lead role this time.

After reading the script, Huo Feng and Pu Sangzhi couldn’t help but look at each other, feeling a bit bewildered for a while...

Huo Feng asked Pu Sangzhi, "Is the script this simple?"

Pu Sangzhi asked Huo Feng back, "Don’t you think it’s hard to act?"

Huo Feng shook his head directly, "I don’t think so."

Pu Sangzhi pulled at Huo Feng’s coat draped over her, scooting closer to him, pointing at the phone screen, "Look, the script is just this one page. Everyone gets the same script, the same lines, the same scene, so everyone’s interpretation shouldn’t differ much. You think it’s simple, but it’s not easy to perform brilliantly."

Huo Feng glanced at the script again, frowning, saying, "It looks very simple..."

"Not simple."

Pu Sangzhi said firmly, "Get up and perform for me."

"I’ll just sit here and read the lines with you. You read the campus belle’s lines." Huo Feng said.

"No way!"

Pu Sangzhi frowned and pushed him, "You need to take it seriously, get up and act!"

"The lines are just so simple..." Huo Feng wasn’t very willing to get up.

But Pu Sangzhi grabbed his phone and forced him by holding onto his clothes, "Stand up! Act properly!"

"Alright, alright..."

Huo Feng couldn’t resist her, so he had to stand up.

He turned around, his toes facing Pu Sangzhi, took a deep breath, "Here we go."

Pu Sangzhi suddenly stood up too, wearing his coat, and walked to a spot a meter away opposite him. She looked at her phone and said, "Start!"

Action...

On the same campus path, Huo Feng stood with his hands in his pockets, standing casually, raising his chin to call out to the opposite Pu Sangzhi, "Hey... which class are you in? What’s your name?"

Pu Sangzhi looked at the phone and recited the line, "Class 1. Why?"

Huo Feng suddenly took a step forward, raising one side of his sharp brow, asking, "Got a boyfriend?"

Pu Sangzhi shook her head, "No."

Huo Feng took another step forward, his tall figure directly overshadowing Pu Sangzhi’s petite body. He lowered his head, leaning closely to her, his lips curling into a mischievous smile, "Now you do."

Performance ended, cut...

"You read the wrong line."

Then, Pu Sangzhi held up the phone to correct Huo Feng, "Your third line is ’Do you have a boyfriend?’, your fourth line is ’From now on, you do.’ You missed two words."

"It doesn’t need to be so strict."

Huo Feng laughed, "As long as I portray the character’s nature, missing one or two words doesn’t matter."

Pu Sangzhi frowned, "That’s not standardized..."

"It won’t be, trust me, it’s not that strict!"

Huo Feng squeezed her shoulder and spread out a hand, "I told you this script was too simple. It took no time to feel the character, and the performance’s done."

"No, that’s not it..."

Pu Sangzhi still felt uneasy, "I think your performance was very average. Just very typical! Not like a professional, very unrefined kind of acting indeed."

Huo Feng: "..." How come he didn’t feel like he was that bad?

Isn’t it that her demands are too high?!

Pu Sangzhi pushed his chest and said strictly, "Let’s do it again. This time, you have to act properly, and don’t mess up the lines."

Huo Feng pouted and said, "Then, you need to cooperate a bit. At least act like my scene partner and help me get into character."

"Oh..."

Pu Sangzhi put away her phone silently but grew a bit shy, "I-I can’t act either... you can’t critique me..."

Huo Feng couldn’t help but laugh, "Of course, I have to point some things out."

Pu Sangzhi got anxious, "Hey..."

"Okay, okay, no critiques..."

Huo Feng smiled as he lightly pinched her cheek, "Let’s try again."

Then, the two of them stood on opposite sides, one meter apart...

Pu Sangzhi suddenly thought of something, and immediately said to Huo Feng, "How about we walk toward each other, then you show love at first sight, turn around amazed, and then call me, how about that?"

"Sure!"

Huo Feng agreed readily, "Back then, I did fall in love with you at first sight, this feeling is so familiar!"

Pu Sangzhi: "Stop kidding! Let’s start!"

Action...

On this little campus path, Pu Sangzhi and Huo Feng walked towards each other...

She wasn’t very natural, keeping a tense face the entire time, incredibly nervous.

At this point, Huo Feng told her, "You look like you’ve just swallowed a fly with that expression; how am I supposed to fall for you at first sight?"

"Hey!"

Pu Sangzhi immediately broke character, stomping her feet in frustration, "Don’t mind me! Just get into character!"

Huo Feng couldn’t help but laugh out loud, "Haha, but you looked so silly just now, you were even walking with the same arm and foot forward."

Pu Sangzhi was so anxious her face turned red, "I told you I can’t act, I’m nervous..."

"You’re facing me..."

Huo Feng laughed as he corrected her, "I’m your husband, what’s there to be nervous about when you’re facing me?"

Pu Sangzhi held in her blushing face and said, "Because, because we’re acting now..."

"Just treat it as if we’re meeting for the first time, walk over in the most relaxed and natural way. You can add a bit of body movement, like taking off my coat and putting it on while walking, that makes it look more natural." Huo Feng guided her.

"Why are you teaching me..."

Pu Sangzhi felt very uncomfortable, "It’s not like I’m the one auditioning..."

"You’re my scene partner, you need to help me get into character."

Huo Feng lifted his hand to cup her little face and pinched it, "You need to have at least a little bit of acting ability, right?"

"Okay..."

Pu Sangzhi couldn’t win against him...

To help Huo Feng find his groove, Pu Sangzhi had to set aside her shyness and act with him.

Just a single page script, with just a few lines...

They practiced countless times along this little campus path.

From the initial awkwardness, which was pretty mediocre...

Until later, they even explored several different ways of performing it.

They even googled how to make acting more natural?

After a bit of simple learning, they continued with this segment that seemed very simple but actually had a lot of room for expression.

Pu Sangzhi had never tried anything like this before, but to help Huo Feng, she had quite a bit of learning experience tonight.

Kept practicing until 9:30 pm...

After an hour and a half of practice, they only stopped after wearing themselves out.

Huo Feng biked Pu Sangzhi back to the dormitory. Sitting on the back of his bicycle, a cheerful Pu Sangzhi improvised some lines and asked him.

"Hey, which class are you in?" Pu Sangzhi asked him.

"Me? I’m Huo Feng from Class 7." Huo Feng, who was biking, replied to her.

"Do you have a girlfriend?" Pu Sangzhi, hugging his waist, continued to ask.

"Nope." Huo Feng replied with a smile.

"You really look like someone without a girlfriend." Pu Sangzhi said.

"Pfft—"

Huo Feng nearly spat out a mouthful of blood, "That’s too much!"

Pu Sangzhi laughed like a bell ringing from the back of his bike, "Haha..."

Huo Feng added, "I don’t have a girlfriend, but I have a wife! My wife is sitting on my bike! My wife is also the campus belle! Top scorer in the college entrance exam! The flower of our department!"

On the bike, Pu Sangzhi laughed even more lively...