Zero-sum game

"You don't even dare to act in LGBT subjects, but you still want to be an actor?!"

Sister Tian Xin's voice echoed in the hall of the auditorium, startling the sparrows on the camphor tree outside.

Zhou Xingchuan looked around and whispered: "Keep your voice down, I dare not act, I just..."

"Then stop talking nonsense. To put it bluntly, there are many people who come to me and say that they want to act." Tian Xin propped up the table and sat on it, regardless of whether she would be naked in a skirt, crossed her legs and hugged her arms , condescendingly intimidating and luring, "Will you accept my notebook?"

Zhou Xingchuan looked at her and thought to himself, "Since senior sister, you think I'm suitable, then I'll take it."

Anyway, maybe I won't be able to play the leading role a few times in my life.

Tian Xin finally showed a satisfied smile on his face, and stuffed a stack of papers into his hands, "This is the first version of the script, you read it first, there may be revisions later."

This semester is coming to an end, and all colleges are starting to prepare for the final exam.

This year’s examination of the School of Drama is still a continuation of the new system reformed in the previous school year. There are four departmental joint examinations. For drama, it is required that the script is completely original and the actors are all school students.

Because last year's results were really good, this year's four-part entrance examination has become even bigger and attracted more sponsors. After the exam is over, the best-performing drama will have a tour in the next summer vacation , Going to the Grand Theater to perform in earnest.

In addition to other subject exams for drama major, the biggest one is the script writing of the big exam.This one was earlier than the other exams, and one month before the end of the semester, it had passed the internal selection of the major, and the top ten books were selected, called the top ten primary selections.

Tian Xin is a third-year drama student. She just won a small award at the beginning of the year. This time the script is also good, and she has entered the top ten primary elections safely.Although she chose a relatively biased theme, she is very confident in her own book, and she is going for a theater tour.

If it succeeds, this will be her screenwriting debut, so unlike other groups where the directors select actors, she insists on choosing the two leading actors herself.

For no other reason, she has long fallen in love with Zhou Xingchuan, a sophomore she met in the club. The hero's personality, temperament and appearance are exactly the same as him, and it is tailor-made for him.

The only problem was that Tian Xin hadn't found a suitable candidate for his second male lead.

She looked at Zhou Xingchuan who was flipping through the script, and asked, "Do you have any boys who are more attractive?"

Zhou Xingchuan was frightened by her, and quickly dismissed it, "What's the call? I like girls!"

Tian Xin patted him, "I know, I didn't ask you this! You look around and see if there is anyone who is closer to the male second."

This search took nearly a week, and the other supporting roles have been found, and the stage design team has also started to design the stage, but the second male lead has not yet been found.

Tian Xin and the director team had no choice but to send interview notices to the class groups of all grades in a hurry. After interviewing all afternoon on weekends, they still felt that no one was suitable.

Seeing that the sky was getting dark, everyone was a little discouraged.

"Why don't we all go back today..."

Tian Xin's words were interrupted by the "squeak" sound of the back door of the classroom being pushed open, and everyone's eyes were focused on the person who came. The other party obviously didn't expect such a loud noise from the door, and said a little embarrassedly: "Um... Excuse me, has a classmate named Li Heng been here?"

The girl in charge of registration looked at the registration form and said, "It seems that there is no one named Li Heng."

"Ah, that's it." He was wearing a very simple T-shirt and jeans. When he smiled a little embarrassedly, there would be two very shallow pear dimples on his cheeks, which added a bit of cuteness to the soft and delicate facial lines. It is better to say that he is "beautiful" than handsome.

"Sorry to bother you..."

"Wait a minute!" Zhou Xingchuan suddenly took a few steps, stepped forward and grabbed the opponent's hand as if he was afraid that he would run away, then turned around and asked Tian Xin, "How is he?"

A malicious and dangerous smile appeared on Tian Xin's face, and he asked in a very malicious and soft voice: "I feel a little unfamiliar, are you a freshman student? What's your name?"

The onlookers in the director's group felt that this scene was inexplicably like two wolves besieging a little white rabbit.

The little white rabbit didn't understand, and replied: "Yes, I am a freshman in the Department of Acting. My name is Shen Yan, and Yan is the one from Rock..."

"Shen Yan," Tian Xin didn't wait for him to finish, "Which group are you joining now? What role will you play? Do you want to play the male lead?"

"Huh? Me? But the main characters are usually sophomores and juniors..."

"Don't hesitate, senior sister thinks you are very suitable." Tian Xin didn't care what Shen Yan said at all, looked at his eyes as if he had found a treasure, and glanced at Zhou Xingchuan who was still holding on to his hand, "Senior I also think you are a good fit."

In this way, Shen Yan changed from a soy sauce passerby to the male second in a daze.

Later Zhou Xingchuan asked Tian Xin, Shen Yan didn't even try the play, didn't even read a line, he decided on the spot, did he really look at his face, Tian Xin patted him on the shoulder, and said inscrutablely: "You will know later gone."

After confirming the candidate, the time for the big exam is already very tight, and the time for rehearsal is less than a month.Stage art, music, costumes... There are too many things to consider, and many students almost live in the rehearsal room.

While walking the play, there are still many small details in the script lines that need to be modified according to the specific situation, so Tian Xin has been rehearsing along with it, and by the way, completely subverted the previous image of a delicate and beautiful schoolgirl, wearing a big T-shirt, big pants and black-rimmed glasses every day , Let alone makeup, my face is swollen every day to the size of two before.

Compared with sophomores and juniors, the end time of freshman students is relatively later.Because generally speaking, it is assumed that freshman students will not play the main role in the drama of the big exam, Shen Yan's this time is indeed an exception.

He had just finished his last theory class, and it was almost dark, so he hurried from the academy building to the rehearsal room.

The borrowed rehearsal room is a yoga classroom, located on the first floor of the public building, so it feels a bit chilly when you enter.The noise from the rehearsal over there can be heard only at the entrance.

Shen Yan took a deep breath and inhaled the damp cold air into his nose, which could calm him down.

"What are you doing standing here?"

Shen Yan was startled by the voice behind him, Zhou Xingchuan walked to his side, apparently also looking like he had just rushed over from the classroom.

Shen Yan said: "It's nothing, I'm just getting ready to go in." To be honest, he and Zhou Xingchuan are not very familiar with each other in the first two days of rehearsal, perhaps because of this reason, Tian Xin always said that the scenes between the two of them were too stiff.

Looking at Shen Yan's expression, Zhou Xingchuan stopped when he was about to go to the rehearsal room.He hesitated for a moment, then turned around and walked to the vending machine beside him, and asked, "What do you want to drink?"

Shen Yan shook his head and said, "Sister Tian Xin told me to lose weight and not drink."

"How can you lose weight with your small body?" Zhou Xingchuan glanced up and down at him while pressing the button on the vending machine.

"Well, she said to get closer to the character."

The drink rolled out from the outlet of the machine, Zhou Xingchuan took a can of functional drink himself, and handed a bottle of soda to Shen Yan, "Drink this, zero fat and no sugar, you won't gain weight."

Shen Yan took it over, "Thank you."

He didn't open it to drink immediately, but lowered his head to study the words on the bottle.

Because of the height difference, Zhou Xingchuan could see the fluffy and soft top of his head.

"How about..." Zhou Xingchuan suddenly stretched out his hand and pinched Shen Yan's cheek that seemed to feel good, "Let's go for a walk, the rehearsal is not too late."

"what?"

Shen Yan was pinched in the face and before he could express his objection, he was dragged outside by Zhou Xingchuan.

When you walk to the first floor, there is an elevator leading to the laboratory on the fifth floor, and then go up the stairs next to it, and you will reach the top floor of the public building.It was getting dark, and the street lamps on the campus were turned on one by one, and there was some light on the top floor, but it was only enough to see the road under our feet clearly.

It can be seen that few people come here, more than half of the place is empty, and some abandoned tables and chairs are piled up in the corner.

Shen Yan never knew that it was possible to go up to the top floor of the public building, so he followed Zhou Xingchuan ignorantly, not knowing what the other party was going to do.

It was not during class time, students could be seen downstairs in twos and threes, the campus broadcast had come to an end, and a soothing piano piece was vaguely floating in the dark sky.

Zhou Xingchuan sat down on an old desk with ease, and asked, "How did you come up with the idea of ​​taking the acting department?"

Shen Yan stood there holding the bottle of soda he gave him, looking a little embarrassed, "Because... because I like it."

"Me too," Zhou Xingchuan put the drink can aside, propped his hands on the table and looked up at the sky, "That feeling of being watched by everyone, once you try it once, you will never forget it, it's like being addicted."

Shen Yan didn't know how to answer the conversation, he was not good at talking about philosophy of life with people he didn't know very well.

In fact, he had heard Zhou Xingchuan's name before, and he was a famous figure in the academy.I heard that when he was admitted to the acting department, the dean of the interview asserted that he would be a big hit, and gave him even higher marks than the students who had already debuted as stars.

He also met Zhou Xingchuan a few times in teaching buildings and other places, and he seemed very popular with friends.

The taste of the soda I drank just now still lingers in my mouth, the sweet peach taste explodes on the tip of my tongue, my throat seems to be irritated by carbonic acid, and I feel a bit itchy.

He didn't speak, neither did Zhou Xingchuan.

The two of them sat in silence for a while, Shen Yan watched the light in the sky slowly disappear, and the night fell completely, and he belatedly felt a bit of coolness.

However, he rarely felt a trace of clarity in his mind.The heaviness in my heart when I just stood at the door of the rehearsal room also disappeared a lot.

At this time Zhou Xingchuan jumped down from the table and rubbed his shoulders, "It's so cold, let's go back, if we don't go to Tian Xin, I'm going to lose my temper."

Shen Yan nodded.

In fact, Tian Xin was not angry at the lateness of the two of them, but showed some thoughtful expressions when he saw them walking into the rehearsal room side by side.

The rehearsal that night went surprisingly well.

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