Pride and Predilection [Entertainment]

Before Fu Hanyu lay down and rested for a long time, the recording of the last part of the finals started non-stop.

"Although before this, there were some small problems in the competition system of the program group..." The host gestured "Everything is OK" to the audience, and the audience burst into laughter.

"But because of this, we are fortunate to be able to enjoy more wonderful performances from Qin Zhou and Fu Hanyu." The host took a step sideways, and the promotional video of "Puppet" stage play appeared on the big screen , ""The Puppet", a global classic modern dance drama, must be familiar to everyone."

"Even if you have never been to the scene in person, you should have heard of its story line-the puppet master has a group of puppets, they repeat the same dance every day, and perform for a living. Until one day, the puppets awakened to belong to Artistic expression of self, while the puppeteer thought the puppets were out of order and in need of repair. In the end, the puppets banded together, murdered the puppeteer, and finally created a living work.”

The host paused and continued to introduce the schedule: "And today, what the two contestants are about to bring us is the pas de deux in the stage play of "Puppets" where 'the puppet tries to break free from the control of the puppeteer'."

"Let's first appreciate the performance of the two players in the past 24 hours."

Qin Zhou and Fu Hanyu came to the stage amidst applause, and their preparatory highlights were played on the two screens behind them-the official dance video. Within 24 hours, the contestants learned under the guidance of professional stage actors. this choreography.

"Before today's competition starts, I have a question for the two present," the host smiled and walked between the two contestants, "This question is very 'hot' in job interviews right now."

The host glanced left and right: "Who do you think is more suitable for the lead dancer of "Puppet"? And why?"

Fu Hanyu was stunned, the script he got didn't include this link, and it wasn't even marked that someone would be cueed before the performance.

The moderator does not dictate the order of speaking.Qin Zhou didn't know if he was determined to speak first, or if he was already prepared. As soon as the host finished asking questions, he stepped forward to take the microphone.

A confident smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "I think Han Yu is a very talented dancer, but now that I'm on this stage, I still have to vote for myself."

A word is said unhurriedly and gracefully.

Immediately afterwards, he explained why he is more suitable from many aspects, from his superb popping skills, rich experience in stage plays when he was a child, to his understanding of the role, and his admiration for Director Wang.Qin Zhou even talked about the market - the combination of himself as a traffic idol and traditional literary and musical films is an innovation that breaks the inherent model of the market.

The director team nodded frequently.

Fu Hanyu had a gentle smile on his face, but he was staring at the dog in his heart - I really don't know if classmate Qin is born with a articulate speech or if he is memorizing speech scripts, and he doesn't leave himself any topic when he talks so much.Now, no matter what point he said again, it was as if he had fried cold rice, which was embarrassing.

Then, the microphone was handed to Fu Hanyu amidst applause.

Fu Hanyu blinked innocently: "..."

He is not a person who is good at expressing himself, otherwise he would not have been praised by the company for several reality shows and variety shows, and he is still not popular.

At times like this, Fu Hanyu wanted to die on the spot.

He slowed down his speech appropriately to give himself more time to think: "I think what Qin Zhou said just now was very good. He is indeed very suitable for this role."

Fu Hanyu paused, and just when the pause was about to turn into embarrassment, he smiled brightly and made a simple and rough statement: "But, I am more suitable than Qin Zhou. Any role in a musical is nothing more than acting and dancing skills." , and the fit with other dancers, no matter how good you say it, it doesn't count."

After finishing speaking, he turned his head and looked straight at Qin Zhou: "As for the dancing skills, if you don't accept it, just fight."

Then, Fu Hanyu simply bowed to the audience, indicating that he had finished speaking.I don't know which fan girl yelled "Brother Yu in the society, people don't talk too much", which caused the whole room to laugh.

This was originally just a matter of breaking the ice and warming up the scene. The host continued to follow Fu Hanyu's topic: "Hanyu said that he only wants to dance, not to talk. Very good, I like you who will fight when you don't agree with each other. !"

The host made a gesture to the console of the program group, and all the images on the screen turned into concept stills of the "Puppet" stage play.

In the poster, several "puppets" are dressed in different styles of clothing, men and women.There are priest dolls in kimonos and European-style Gothic girls, but standing in the center of the poster is a "wooden" male doll wearing a black jacket with a bare chest and a black ribbon over the eyes , and behind them is a black figure - the choreographer and puppeteer in the play.

"Then let's get to the point now, please—"

Liang Xiao walked onto the stage from the "black shadow" of the puppeteer on the background board, stepping on the dry ice fog, and the crowd screamed and cheered again.

"Welcome, welcome to our puppeteer." The host gave him a warm hug and handed over the microphone, "During the 24 hours of practice before, our contestants were all performing pas de deux with stage actors. You are about to, the first This time, working with our two players, is there anything you want to say?"

Liang Xiao wore a tight black dance dress today, with a slightly open neckline and a thick silver chain around his neck.Usually when he puts on a suit and doesn't smile, he still has the appearance of a social elite and a gentleman, but now that he puts on this suit, the hooliganism in his bones is revealed, and he can't hide it.

The magnetic and deep voice rang in Fu Hanyu's ears, and he said with a smile: "It's an honor, I'm looking forward to it."

Before going on stage, he had rehearsed countless times in his mind the scene where he and Liang Xiao were on the same stage, but the moment Liang Xiao opened his mouth, Fu Hanyu disconnected in disappointment—no way.

He is not ready.

He wasn't ready for a dance with Liang Xiao that involved so much physical contact.

In a daze, the people around Fu Hanyu giggled and exchanged greetings again.Qin Zhou seemed to be licking his face and exaggerating his admiration for Liang Yingdi.

Then, the order was determined by drawing fists, and Qin Zhou jumped first.

Then, the music ended and the applause roared.

Then, the director team of "Puppet" made a wave of comments.

And then—here he was.

Fu Hanyu, who had never been timid on stage in his life, suddenly felt cerebral ischemia and his hands and feet were cold before going on stage.

He took a deep breath and closed his eyes.

Ordinary people may not see any clues, but in Liang Xiao's eyes, Fu Hanyu's current state is really wrong.Before the dancers go on stage, it is taboo to be nervous and stiff.

The lights on the field dimmed...but the accompaniment hadn't started yet, and the two stood at the entrance of the aisle one behind the other.

Liang Xiao approached him calmly from behind him, with a very soft voice: "Fu Hanyu, think about why you are standing here."

——For this movie.for this role.

——He has worked hard to get to this step, the last step, hasn't he?

"Before you were my former little lover, first of all, you were an actor." Liang Xiao's voice was calm and unwavering, "Don't embarrass me."

In a word, it is like the magic needle of Dinghai, suppressing all distracting thoughts.Fu Hanyu opened his eyes again, the bottom of his eyes was filled with pure clarity.

The music started, and he jumped out without looking back.

The first part of this dance is the Poppingsolo of the puppets.

The music entered the second stage, the puppeteer performed two high ballet jumps in the air, and then entered the arena with a spin.He knelt on one knee in front of the puppet, stretched out his hand, and made a gesture of inviting him to dance with him.

Fu Hanyu still couldn't help avoiding his gaze.

The figures of the two people overlap on the stage, with the puppet in front and the puppeteer behind.Liang Xiao covered Fu Hanyu's waist with one hand, and patted Fu Hanyu comfortingly, signaling him to relax.

With a clear sound of the xylophone, the puppeteer tilted his head and spread his right hand horizontally, in a ballet five-figure pose.The puppet also tilted its head in front of him, and raised its right hand horizontally.

There was another crisp sound of the xylophone, and the puppeteer put one hand on the upper arm of the puppet, and the puppet changed from the ballet five-figure pose to the two-figure pose.

With each ethereal strike of the xylophone, the two changed their movements one after the other, with short and powerful taps without delay.The interval between the rhythm of the music is getting shorter and shorter, and the frequency of the movements of the two is getting faster and faster.Finally, the sound of the xylophone dripped into a river, mixed into the gentle piano accompaniment, and the puppet and the puppeteer interacted smoothly again, changing from a rigid ballet to a waving.

However, several times when the two should look at each other, Fu Hanyu deliberately avoided Liang Xiao's gaze, for fear that if the two of them "look affectionately at each other", he would mess up his next actions.After all, when Liang Xiao performed, Fu Hanyu knew that he couldn't handle the fiery emotions flowing all over his body.

Simply, he completely sang against Liang Xiao, just at this stage the puppet also began to "resist".

The puppeteer turns his head to the left, and the puppet turns to the right.

The puppeteer raised his head, and the puppet lowered it.

Fortunately, the two stepped on the same spot, so the overall impression is not only not against harmony, but a little chaos has been introduced into the order, and the stage effect is very good.

After the puppet was hugged by the puppet master again, Liang Xiao pinched Fu Hanyu's waist calmly, almost gnashing his teeth: "Look, look, me."

Here he added a new action himself.Liang Xiao reached out and pinched Fu Hanyu's chin, trying to twist his head in his direction.In fact, he didn't use any force in his hands, but Fu Hanyu finally turned his head cooperatively.

At the moment when the four eyes met, there was an accent in the background music, and the eyes of the two were like ice and fire colliding, tit for tat. The "conflict" that was only surging in the rhythm seemed to be qualitative at that moment .

Therefore, Fu Hanyu also added a movement, he pushed Liang Xiao symbolically, the other party took a step back in cooperation, and the puppet struggled to turn away.

At that moment, Fu Hanyu couldn't explain why, but the invisible "wall" between the two was suddenly broken.He no longer avoided Liang Xiao, but finally devoted himself to this dance, and there was a silent communication between his eyes.

There are two kinds of dance partners in this world, one is just dancing solo with others, and even hopes to get more attention from the audience in the pas de deux and compare each other.But there is another kind of person who will stimulate the potential of his dance partner, cooperate with every detail, and moisten everything silently.

Qin Zhou is the former, while Liang Xiao is the latter.

Three times of close contact, three times Fu Hanyu cleverly avoided him.

A disobedient puppet, a distraught puppeteer, was performed vividly and exquisitely on the stage.By the last paragraph, the two of them were almost improvising, but all the movements seemed so natural and harmonious...

At the end of the song, the two stood still in the middle of the stage.

Fu Hanyu tapped his left foot back slightly, held a flower in front of his chest with one hand, and stretched horizontally to the right in an arc with the other hand, making a curtain call.Almost at the same time, Liang Xiao imitated Fu Hanyu's appearance and made a mirror movement. The two bowed at the same time, one left and one right, and there was thunderous applause from below.

Fu Hanyu panted slightly, turned his head, and showed Liang Xiao his first sincere smile since the reunion, but found that the other party was also smiling and looking at him with tenderness in his eyes.

Fu Hanyu hastily turned his head away again.

Even before the judging session, the casting director squeezed Wang Hongjin's thigh, his tone couldn't hide his excitement: "I really like the chemistry between Hanyu and Liang Xiao so much! Boss, can you arrange it?"

In Wang Hongjin's corner of the eye, the executive producer on the other side also gave him a meaningful look.

As the chief director, Wang Hongjin didn't show his preferences on his face in advance, and his smile was unpredictable.

The producer had already communicated with him about wanting to pick Qin Zhou, but until now, he was more inclined towards Fu Hanyu in his heart.For nothing else, as the casting director just said, the chemistry between these two is really amazing.The whole cooperation is harmonious on the surface, but the two only need to meet each other, and the sense of conflict can be full and full of tension.

Moreover, Fu Hanyu graduated from a dance performance major. During the limited study time, Qin Zhou could only dance the pas de deux in the video step by step. Han Yu can flexibly make many changes.This kind of impromptu performance and ability to dance is what Boss Wang likes most in this role.

However, in the end, it is the father who pays the money, and he can't blatantly sing against the investment producer.It's really difficult to be a human being.

This selection no longer adopts a voting system, but is directly decided by the "Puppet" director group after discussion.The live recording was suspended, and the producer, chief director, assistant director, casting director, and Liang Xiao went to a small room separate from the audience.

Everyone in the small room had a heated discussion for a long time. Every time the host came back after inquiring about the news, it would always be "5 minutes later" and then dragged on for another 5 minutes. It seemed that the "battle situation" was very stalemate.

Finally, a group of people from the small black room came out.Qin Zhou and Fu Hanyu who were sitting and resting got up at the same time.

The host looked at the judging panel: "So, may I ask the director team, do we have a final result?"

The audience held their breath, and the audience all stared at Wang Hongjin, looking like they were waiting to be fed.

But Wang Hongjin directly acted as the hands-off shopkeeper, and stuffed the black silk into Liang Xiao's hand: "You worked the hardest today. You can announce it."

"Thank you, Director Wang." Liang Xiao took the tape, hooked the corner of his mouth casually, and turned to look at the two contestants on the stage.

"Okay, now I invite the puppeteer to give this black ribbon to his favorite puppet—"

The scene suddenly became intense.

Qinzhou has always had the most fans on this stage, and every time the cheering group has a very spectacular light board, banner and fluorescent lights.Only this time, the voices of "Qin Zhou" and "Han Yu" in the audience were almost evenly matched.

Fu Hanyu's heartbeat suddenly accelerated - to be honest, he couldn't be more satisfied with today's improvisation, thanks to his dance partner, he really didn't "disgrace" Liang Xiao at all.

So, who did the director team decide?

Fu Hanyu watched Liang Xiao get up, and then watched him walk towards Qin Zhou step by step with a smile on his face, and his heart suddenly became cold.

——So, nothing has changed?

Under the spotlight on the stage, Fu Hanyu forced a smile on his face, numbly staring at the inevitable victory in Qin Zhou's eyes.However, no matter how many times you rehearse this kind of thing in your heart, you will still be sad when it really happens.

When Fu Hanyu was thinking wildly, Liang Xiao just smiled and shook Qin Zhou's hand, then slightly bowed: "Thank you."

"Thank you for bringing us so many wonderful performances. I believe that you will become an even better dancer in the future."

Then Liang Xiao turned around amidst screams and applause, covered Fu Hanyu's eyes with the black silk and satin with his backhand, and tied a knot behind his head.He lowered his head slightly, and smiled very softly in people's ears: "This time, you have no reason to run away again."