Chapter 25: Central Academy of Drama and Beijing Film Academy
April in the capital has become much warmer.

Although it is still a bit cold at night, the daytime temperature is basically around 20 degrees Celsius. This kind of weather is perfect for playing basketball.

After nearly two months of preparation, the basketball competition among the eight major art colleges in Beijing officially kicked off on April 2nd.

The competition system this time is relatively fair. First, a round-robin tournament is played. The four teams with the most wins enter the semi-finals, and then they fight against each other to decide the champion and runner-up.

The first rival of the Central Academy of Drama is the Beijing Film Academy.

The mainland does not have the kind of sports atmosphere that exists abroad, so there are not so many rivalries within the same city.

However, the two academies, the Central Academy of Drama and the Beijing Film Academy, look down on each other.

The two schools are very different in terms of style and philosophy, and the rivalry between them has continued from the past to the present day and will continue to be so in future generations.

The style of study at the Central Academy of Drama is serious, focusing on the basics, rigorous and simple, quite similar to Jin Yong who wrote "The Greatest Hero";

The atmosphere at Beijing Film Academy is relaxed, romantic and free, like Gu Long's wild imagination;

The two are clearly distinguished, and both have many supporters.

Therefore, students of the Central Academy of Drama are often diligent and rigorous, and they pursue the artistic path unremittingly to achieve the glory of actors, while students of the Beijing Film Academy usually emerge out of nowhere, and they pursue more glory and become stars, and achieve the glory of big-name stars.

Later, people jokingly said that actors come from the Central Academy of Drama and stars come from the Beijing Film Academy, which is not without reason.

Although both schools are based on the comedy performance system, have the same core and similar theories, they have different focuses in academic research.

For example, in the most representative performance teaching, the Central Academy of Drama pays more attention to the training in the direction of stage plays, so the students taught have a strong stage presence and are very good at delivering lines.

Large drama theaters such as Beijing People's Art Theater and National Theatre of China recruit more students from the Central Academy of Drama. Beijing People's Art Theater even cooperated with the Central Academy of Drama to train a class of students, namely the 87 Performance Class of the Central Academy of Drama.

Beijing Film Academy’s training in acting focuses more on the sense of camera, with an emphasis on film and television.

Therefore, the Beijing Film Academy pays more attention to the appearance of the students it recruits, handsome men and beautiful women. This can be seen from the fact that the beautiful female candidates of the Beijing Film Academy almost always make the headlines every year.

Veteran actor He Bing, who played Sha Zhu, did not dare to apply for Beijing Film Academy after the college entrance examination and only applied for the Central Academy of Drama, because Beijing Film Academy has requirements for appearance while the Central Academy of Drama does not.

But when He Bing arrived at the Central Academy of Drama, he immediately encountered a critical hit, because his classmates were the 1.85-meter-tall Hu Jun, the tall and handsome Jia Hongsheng, the stylish Guan Hailong with a beard, and the girls were Jiang Shan, Xu Fan, and Chen Xiaoyi.

After arriving at Beijing People's Art Theatre, he met the tall, handsome and dignified Pu Cunxi, which made him doubt himself as to whether he could still play a good role.

However, He Bing gradually stood out with his excellent professional ability and became famous through "The Inspector General of the Song Dynasty" in 05.

Generally speaking, the Central Academy of Drama is better than the Beijing Film Academy in training actors, but in training directors, the Beijing Film Academy is far ahead of the Central Academy of Drama.

Of course, this is also related to the positioning of the two schools. Beijing Film Academy is the only professional film school in mainland higher education, so the training of film directors is more professional.

Almost all the directors of the fifth and sixth generations are from Beijing Film Academy.

The Central Academy of Drama is more inclined towards drama in the training of directors, but drama is a niche after all and does not have as much influence as movies, so the number of film directors who graduated from the Central Academy of Drama can only be counted on one hand.

Even from the perspective of later generations, the only people who can be named are Jiang Wen and Rao Xiaozhi. Jiang Wen was not from the directing department, but the acting department.

As for the students of the directing department of the Central Academy of Drama, it’s all tears. Damn, they become actors while studying.

Li Baotian, who played Liu Luoguo, and Bao Guoan, who played Cao Cao, were both from the directing department. There are also Zhang Jingchu, who was from the 97 directing advanced class, and Tang Wei, who was from the 99 directing department. They have all become actors. What else is there to say!

Of course, the Central Academy of Drama and the Beijing Film Academy look down on each other, but this is only in terms of art. If we look at it from an individual perspective, there are many people who graduate from the Central Academy of Drama and those who graduate from the Beijing Film Academy who have a good relationship.

For example, Liu Zhou, after spending more than two months together, has developed a pretty good relationship with Huang Xiaoming.

But although they are friends in private, they are rivals on the basketball court.

In addition, the competition between the two institutions will more or less be brought to the court, so the players of both sides looked at each other fiercely.

Huang Xiaoming, in particular, looked at Liu Zhou with gritted teeth.

During the warm-up, Huang Xiaoming walked straight to Liu Zhou and said:

"Liu Zhou, you are amazing. You hid it so well. I always thought you were from our school, but I didn't expect you were from the Central Academy of Drama."

"Brother Xiao Ming, I didn't lie to you. I never told you that I was from Beijing Film Academy. It was you who had the preconceived notion that I was from Beijing Film Academy."

"You can do it. You know whether you lied to me or not. How do you think this matter can be resolved? Without three meals, my wounded heart cannot be healed."

"Three meals then."

"You're smart, but I won't let you win in this match. I'm going to beat you to a pulp!"

After saying these harsh words, Huang Xiaoming returned to his own half.

As soon as Huang Xiaoming left, Liu Ye came up and said:

"What did that man come here for?"

"He said that you are so arrogant, he will beat you up in a while."

"Hey, I have a bad temper! I'll remember him!"

As the whistle sounded to start the game, the Central Academy of Drama jumped to the ball and attacked first.

Huang Xiaoming immediately found me and said arrogantly:
"You won't be able to score any points if I defend you." Liu Zhou smiled and said nothing. He saw Liu Ye holding the ball outside the three-point line, so he immediately went for a pick-and-roll, and then let Liu Ye and Huang Xiaoming face off directly.

Liu Ye was not polite at all and forced him to rush inside. Their muscles collided from time to time. When they reached the basket, he made a fake move to shake Huang Xiaoming off the target and scored two points directly by hitting the backboard.

It was Beijing Film Academy's turn to have the ball. Unexpectedly, Huang Xiaoming dribbled the ball across half court. Liu Zhou and Liu Ye looked at each other and suddenly double-teamed him. Liu Zhou stole the ball and scored two more points with a fast break layup.

In the next few rounds, Liu Ye would attack Huang Xiaoming. If Huang Xiaoming had the ball, the two of them would immediately double-team him.

Within five minutes, Huang Xiaoming was out of breath. During the free throw, he stood next to Liu Zhou and said while panting:

"That guy is crazy. He played basketball so hard that I felt pain all over my body."

"No, that guy plays basketball very seriously. In his belief, basketball games decide not only victory but also life and death." Liu Zhou replied seriously.

"Fuck, this guy is really crazy. How did he get into the Central Academy of Drama?"

"I don't know either. Maybe the acting teacher thinks he has the potential to play a psychopath."

"And you, did you and that person deliberately target me?"

"Brother Xiao Ming, did you just realize this? I thought you already knew we were targeting you."

"..."

"Now it's my turn to perform." Liu Zhou said as he saw the free throws were over and immediately ran over to catch the ball.

Liu Zhou looked at Huang Xiaoming who was defending him seriously, and without holding back, he gave him a warning right away.

Liu Zhou quickly broke through to the right side, and after two steps he suddenly stopped and pulled the ball back from under his crotch. Huang Xiaoming was unable to brake in time due to inertia and fell directly to the ground.

When Liu Zhou saw Huang Xiaoming fall, he calmly made a pull-up shot and scored two points.

Then Liu Zhou performed Iverson's classic celebration move, stretching out his thumb, index finger and middle finger, and gently blowing them near his mouth.

This move was very well-acted and not only made the opposing players furious, but also made Liu Ye very annoyed. Why couldn't he think of such a pretentious move?

Not to mention the spectators on the sidelines, their cheers were noticeably louder by several decibels, and even people from the Beijing Film Academy joined in the cheering.

In the next few rounds, Liu Zhou kept targeting Huang Xiaoming, using back-to-the-basket, frontal breakthroughs, jump shots, and even three-pointers to ravage Huang Xiaoming in various ways.

In the end, the beating made him lose his mind. When Liu Zhou saw Huang Xiaoming leaving the court and the score had widened a lot, he also asked to leave the court.

The game was also a foregone conclusion, as the Central Academy of Drama won by 32 points over the Beijing Film Academy, not giving them any face at all.

After the game, Liu Zhou came to Huang Xiaoming and said:
"Don't be depressed. It's normal to win or lose in a game."

Huang Xiaoming was even more furious after hearing what Liu Zhou said. Is this a matter of losing the game?

I was beaten up by those two in public!

What a shame!
"Go away. I have just decided to end my friendship with you during the basketball game."

"Well, now I come to hug you as your opponent. You won't be so unsportsmanlike as to show your demeanor."

After saying that, Liu Zhou didn't care whether Huang Xiaoming was willing or not, he directly pulled him up from his seat, gave him a hug, and then said in his ear:

"Don't be discouraged, the future is yours!"

Seeing Huang Xiaoming's confused look, Liu Zhou could only enjoy the joy of this meme by himself.

Liu Zhou originally wanted to go back, but then Yan Danchen came over.

"Liu Zhou, you are so mean. You have been targeting Brother Xiao Ming and making him look bad."

"There's nothing I can do. He's my opponent on the court, so of course I have to use all the means within the rules to defeat him."

"Danchen, ignore this man, he is deliberately making me look bad."

"I also think it was intentional, but I think that shot that knocked you down was so cool!"

Huang Xiaoming: "..."

Seeing Huang Xiaoming's desperate look, Liu Zhou and Yan Danchen both laughed.

I don’t know if he was jealous, but when Liu Ye saw that he and Huang Xiaoming were chatting so happily, he immediately called Liu Zhou to go back.

"what's up?"

"Nothing, I should go back. Are you familiar with that person? You had such a good chat."

"It's OK. I met them when I was taking classes at Beijing Film Academy. He has a nice personality and is also in the acting class. I'll introduce you to each other later."

"So was he defeated today?"

"Of course. If we fight, who can resist? Didn't you see him sitting there with a depressed look on his face? I went over to comfort him."

"That's great. Then you can arrange to introduce us to each other."

(End of this chapter)