Millennium director

In the small auditorium of the Beijing Film Academy.

A carefully rehearsed "Romeo and Juliet" is being staged.

Under the stage, all the professors from the directing department were sitting and watching attentively.

The play has come to an end.

Zhu Yawen, who was wearing a gorgeous medieval costume, was looking lovingly at Liu Yifei, who was lying in the center of the stage as if she was just sleeping.

"Juliet, why are you still so beautiful?"

"Death may have drained your sweet breath, but it cannot take away your beauty."

"I believe this is a conspiracy of his. The God of Death also loves you. Will he take you to be his mistress?"

Zhu Yawen's tone and expression were all on point, portraying a person who loved her deeply and deeply.

Professor Xie Xiaojing, who was sitting in the audience, had a satisfied smile on his face, "Xiao Wu, the actor taught well."

How could Xie Xiaojing, who has taught at Nortel for decades, not know what the acting skills of freshmen are?

Obviously, most of the credit for Zhu Yawen's ability to act so well must go to director Wu Yuan.

Facing Xie Xiaojing's praise, Wu Yuan looked at Zhu Yawen on the stage thoughtfully and said nothing.

"I want to be with you! From this dark night in the palace, we will never be apart again."

"Looking at you one last time, giving you a last hug, lips, the door to your breath, sealed forever with an indignant kiss."

Looking at Zhu Yawen's obviously extraordinary performance on the stage, Wu Yuan felt something was wrong.

He frowned, looked at Zhu Yawen's eyes that looked directly at Liu Yifei, not hiding his admiration at all, and murmured in his heart.

In his eyes, all Wu Yuan saw was emotion, without any skills at all.

He didn't believe that Zhu Yawen's acting skills were so superb and so smooth that even he, the director, couldn't see through it.

This kid doesn't know how to rehearse too much. He is so into the drama. He really likes Liu Yifei, right?

New actors can easily make this mistake.

Especially when you are acting in your first romantic drama, it is easy to take the opportunity to act too seriously and devote yourself wholeheartedly to the filming, resulting in being too deeply involved in the drama and really falling in love with the opposite actor.

This kind of situation is really common in the industry, and most actor couples develop like this.

Of course, there are more people who did not make it to the end after falling in love with the drama.

Before Wu Yuan could think about it, the performance on stage was already over.

Juliet did not really die in this scene, she was just pretending to die.

When she heard Romeo's true confession, she couldn't help but wake up and hugged Romeo. The curtain on the stage slowly fell at this tender moment.

In fact, this scene should have ended with a kiss. This is a famous scene in the third act of "Romeo and Juliet".

It’s just that Wu Yuan felt that it was inappropriate for Liu Yifei, a 16-year-old girl, to sacrifice so much just to rehearse Wu Yuan’s doctoral project.

Liu Yifei herself is not very willing to shoot such "large-scale" scenes.

So Wu Yuan made changes, and the male and female protagonists just hugged each other and cried in the end.

Of course, the professors in the directing department are not superficial people and would not see any problem in removing the kiss scene.

After the curtain came down, they proudly stood up and applauded.

"Xiao Wu, you did a good job!"

"These actors are well trained. I think their acting skills are enough to be used in movies, right?"

"You can teach students to this level in half a year. You can teach students better than many teachers in the acting department."

Several professors praised Wu Yuan without hesitation.

"Where is it?" Wu Yuan replied humbly: "I have been rehearsing this scene for half a year. I just practiced such a drama in a targeted manner, and I can arrange it well."

He really didn't think he was that powerful.

If you give any reasonably good director half a year to rehearse a drama in a targeted manner, the result will not be bad.

This is different from the situation when a movie crew goes on stage.

When filming a movie, actors usually only go through the scene a few times and then go straight to the actual filming. How can I give you half a year to polish it bit by bit?

Most of the compliments given by professors are just kind words.

But it is undeniable that Wu Yuan's play has a high degree of completion, and it ultimately produced an excellent performance.

Several actors who participated in the drama performance walked out from behind the scenes and stood in the small auditorium to bow.

Xie Xiaojing looked at these young people with a smile.

"You all acted very well."

"Being able to participate in this drama performance of 'Romeo and Juliet' will be a lifelong learning and practice for you, I believe."

"Teacher Jinsong, I will also tell him about your excellent performance!"

"Thank you for your hard work, everyone, you can go back to the dormitory to rest first."

Luo Jin, Zhou Yang, Zhu Yawen and others all showed joy on their faces. It is the happiest thing for students to be praised and rewarded by teachers.

Not to mention that they are familiar with the great director Wu Yuan and have exchanged contact information.

Participating in the drama rehearsal this time was so worthwhile for them!

Only Liu Yifei showed hesitation on her face when she heard Professor Xie Xiaojing ask them to leave.

She glanced at Wu Yuan with a somewhat vain look, and opened her mouth to say something, but when she saw Wu Yuan surrounded by professors from the directing department, she closed her mouth again.

Sighing with some disappointment, Liu Yifei followed Luo Jin and walked slowly towards the door of the auditorium.

She didn't know that all her movements and expressions were captured by Zhu Yawen who was standing next to her.

I don't know if it's because he hasn't acted yet or if he doesn't want to act. In short, seeing Liu Yifei's gaze and expression on Wu Yuan, Zhu Yawen's face looked bitter.

He looked back at the empty stage, feeling very sad.

How I wish this drama would never end and go on forever

Wu Yuan off the stage naturally didn't know that his male and female protagonists had so many inner dramas, so he only focused on chatting with a few professors.

"Xiao Wu, you are going to Los Angeles to attend the premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean" in two days, right?"

Director Tian Zhuangzhuang, who was transferred back to Nortel's directing department last year, smiled and patted Wu Yuan's shoulder, "Teacher, I wish you that your new movie will be a hit at the box office!"

"I also hope you can be more successful in Hollywood!"

"Bring glory to Nortel in the world!"

Today you are proud of your alma mater, and tomorrow your alma mater will be proud of you.

This statement is no joke.

Although Wu Yuan is still studying for a Ph.D., his photo has appeared in the latest version of the Nortel alumni album, and it is ranked very high.

Several professors came together to send blessings to Wu Yuan.

They are definitely the group of people in the world who most hope that Wu Yuan will become more successful and his film results will get better and better.

More than ten minutes later, after chatting with several professors and supervisors and completing his doctoral homework, Wu Yuan left the small auditorium alone.

Wu Yuan was just about to go home and pack his luggage. Before he walked out of the school gate, his cell phone rang with a text message.

He took out his cell phone and saw that it was from the little girl Liu Yifei.

"Brother, thank you for choosing me to play Juliet."

"Thank you also for your patience and meticulous teaching me how to be a qualified actor."

"To express my gratitude, I would like to invite you to watch a movie. "Stealing Hearts" is very popular recently. I wonder if you have time."

Wu Yuan laughed and shook his head. He quickly typed a text message with both hands and replied: "You don't have to be so polite. I'm going to the United States tomorrow and I don't have time to watch movies."

"I invite you to watch "Pirates of the Caribbean" when it is released in China."

After replying the message, Wu Yuan put his phone back in his pocket and strode towards the school gate.

Behind a landscape tree not far behind him, Liu Yifei, wearing a fluttering white dress, poked her head out, biting her lips with her silver teeth, looking at Wu Yuan's retreating back, her gaze unwavering for a long time.

Behind her, behind a landscape tree further away, Zhu Yawen, who was also watching her back, was holding the landscape tree with his hand, almost peeling off the bark.