Chapter 63: Good Attitude
Ning Baicha smiled and said to her: "Pressure brings motivation, and even if I lose, it means I still have a lot of room for improvement."
"You have a good attitude." Chang Mengyu smiled, "But many people say that this is just a perfunctory statement."
"It doesn't matter. Director Chen really recognized me." Ning Baicha couldn't be without pressure, but she was also very clear about her situation. "It's true that Chen Ying is my opponent, but a person's biggest opponent is still himself. It's not terrible to lose the election. What's terrible is to never be able to recover from it."
Chang Mengyu raised her hand and patted her shoulder: "As long as you can adjust yourself, I won't say anything else. In fact, if you really lose to Chen Ying, there is nothing to be embarrassed about. She is indeed very capable and talented."
Ning Baicha's palms were slightly sweaty: "Sister Mengyu, you don't believe I can win?"
"I wouldn't be surprised if you won." Chang Mengyu looked at her with a raised eyebrow, "You are more...powerful than I thought."
Ning Baicha smiled: "Okay!"
As she was speaking, Chen Ying had already finished dancing.
The last scene showed her holding a child in her arms, and she slowly lowered her head, closed her eyes, with a smile on her lips.
The show is over.
There was thunderous applause.
Ning Baicha stood up and took a deep breath.
The spotlight went out, she went on stage, and Chen Ying passed by her.
In the darkness, Chen Ying's words floated: "Come on."
Ning Baicha stood in the center of the stage, the spotlight came on, and then the music started.
The music was sad and slow at the beginning, and Ning Baicha's dance moves were also slow, even a little comfortable. Then, the music started to get more urgent.
Ning Baicha lunged forward and fell to the ground, looking like she had had a stage accident.
Some people in the audience began to whisper.
"Did he fall?"
"No way, could it be that he was frightened by Chen Ying's performance?"
"Director Chen praised her, but this is the result?"
The next second, Ning Baicha stood up in an extremely awkward posture. She leaned over slightly, put her hands in front of her forehead, and looked up at the sky from time to time, with a look of horror and panic on her face.
The assistant director suddenly clapped his hands: "I know! It's an enemy attack, bombing! She is performing bombing!"
Director Chen curled his lips and said, "The script for Qiu's character only said that his hometown fell, but Ning Baicha added a bombing scene, seconds."
The music became lower and sadder.
Although Ning Baicha's posture gradually straightened up, there was a deep sadness on her face. She took a step forward and turned back suddenly. It was a very sad look back, with tears falling in the corners of her eyes.
The expressions on her face were richer, showing despair, fear, confusion and sadness.
It is normal for a woman who doesn't know what the future will be like and is forced to leave her familiar hometown to have these emotions.
In terms of emotional processing, Ning Baicha is a little richer than Chen Ying.
Then came the part where I was working.
The script does not specify what the character Qiu does as a part-time worker.
Chen Ying naturally treated her as a low-level laborer.
But Ning Baicha boldly transformed herself into a dancer.
A dancer in a luxurious city of the old times, she dances and sings in the seemingly prosperous and peaceful city, but the expression on her face is particularly numb.
This is a very bold setting.
Some of the audience were amazed, while others disagreed.
The assistant director disagreed: "As a woman from a small town, it's not normal for Qiu to be a dancer, right?"
"In fact, if you think about it carefully, Cha Cha's treatment may be more logical. After all, we should not forget that one of Qiu's character settings is beauty. She is very beautiful and has just come to the big city. In that era, there are many channels for her to be a dancer. What's more, only by being a dancer can she meet rich men, and then get entangled with more men and become a famous socialite at the time."
Assistant Director: “Isn’t that a bit too far-fetched?”
Director Chen stroked his chin and said, "It's not far-fetched. After all, life is full of adventures."
On the stage, Ning Baicha continued to dance.
It was about to be the turn for the rich businessman to appear on stage, and Xue Zixuan immediately went on stage. He was Ning Baicha's dance partner.
In this relationship with the wealthy businessman, Ning Baicha handled it in the same way as Chen Ying, except that when the truth was revealed, the emotions Ning Baicha expressed were shock, anger, followed by reluctance and finally pain.
She sat alone under the spotlight, curled up in her arms, her shoulders trembling slightly. The pain was expressed almost without any facial expression, only through body language.
When seeing this, Chen Ying suddenly said to Chang Mengyu: "She won."
Chang Mengyu raised her eyebrows: "How do you know the result before the end?"
"She is more delicate than me in handling the emotions of the characters. My uncle likes this way of handling the characters very much, because he thinks it can be more vivid and can move the audience more."
Chang Mengyu smiled: "But don't forget, this time we all voted together, and only your uncle approved, so it shouldn't count, right?"
"In my heart, she has already won. I never thought that after a breakup, there is actually such an emotion as pain." Chen Ying looked at Ning Baicha, "She said that she didn't understand the character well enough, but she was actually already sad when she went on stage."
Chang Mengyu grabbed her wrist and said, "Don't be discouraged. Although Cha Cha and I have a good relationship, I support you too."
Chen Ying smiled: "Ning Baicha handles the details of the character well and gives full emotions, but I also have my advantages, and I am no worse than her!"
On the stage.
After experiencing pain, Ning Baicha's facial expressions were no longer as expressive as before, with a hint of numbness and indifference.
Next, she began to constantly interact with many men and became a famous socialite.
Suddenly, someone whispered something.
"Have you noticed that Ning Baicha has a signature move whenever she's with any male dance partner?"
"I remember now, this move... I think she also had it when she was dancing with Xue Zixuan!"
The assistant director suddenly clapped his hands: "I understand!"
Director Chen smiled a little: "What do you know?"
"Qiu was truly in love with the first man, but she treated all the men that followed as substitutes for the rich businessmen!" The assistant director took a deep breath, "Great, great, great!"
"Yes, Qiu comes from a small place, and her initial concept is very traditional. After being hurt, she wants to hurt back, but more importantly, she wants to get the recognition of the man she once knew." Director Chen sighed, "So this character is a tragic figure from the bottom of society. She looks like a socialite, but in fact she is looking for herself and recognition."
In the last scene, Ning Baicha holds the little boy in his arms.
Different from Chen Ying’s handling, she looked up at the sky with a happy smile after victory on her face!