Chapter 3 Difficult Choice
Just when Liu Zhou was drawing a grand blueprint for his future development, Liu Ye, the impetuous young man, rushed into the dormitory again.

"Lao Liu, let's go to my dormitory and I'll introduce you to some classmates from my acting class."

After a day of getting along, the two became more familiar with each other and addressed each other in a more cordial manner.

Both of them were born in 1977 or 1988, but Liu Ye was born in March and Liu Zhou was born in August. Originally, Liu Ye wanted Liu Zhou to call him brother, but Liu Zhou ignored him.

"How many people came to your dormitory?"

"There are three of them. Come on, I'll take you to meet them."

Liu Zhou did not refuse. It would be good to meet more people. This year's acting class, regardless of whether they are famous or not, all have strong professional capabilities.

They are all a group carefully prepared by Teacher Chang Li.

The twenty students in the performance class are either students with special talents in folk art or dance, or students with a certain foundation.

Although Liu Ye looks a little funny, he grew up in the compound of Changchun Film Studio. His father is a lighting technician at the studio and his mother is a leader of the studio.

To be honest, Changchun Film Studio is even more powerful than Pearl River Film Studio, so Liu Ye has been influenced by it since he was a child and has a solid foundation.

Moreover, this class is also the first batch of talents for the educational reform of the Central Academy of Drama. Except for Zhang Ziyi, all the others were admitted through the college entrance examination.

In the past, many of the acting classes at the Central Academy of Drama were recommended or commissioned. For example, the 1987 class of the Central Academy of Drama was jointly run by Beijing People's Art Theatre and the Central Academy of Drama. Pu Cunxin's father, the famous old artist Su Min, personally served as the class teacher.

He Bing, Hu Jun, Xu Fan and others were all from this class, and most of them later joined the Beijing People's Art Theatre.

The 90 class of the Central Academy of Drama is called the Xinjiang Class. It doesn’t mean that all of them are from Xinjiang, but that many of them are descendants of military corps or workers who went to Xinjiang to develop the province in the early years.

Li Yapeng and Chen Jianbin are from this class.

Since 1996, the Central Academy of Drama has started to recruit students through the college entrance examination. Although Zhang Ziyi did not take the college entrance examination, she has a good foundation in dance.

Teacher Chang Li personally wrote a letter to the Ministry of Education for her. In addition, Zhang Ziyi was indeed outstanding and won first and second prizes at the national level, so she was approved for special admission.

In addition to Zhang Ziyi, Yuan Quan was also personally invited by Teacher Chang Li.

Yuan Quan was directly admitted to the Beijing Film Academy, and being admitted to the Central Academy of Drama was just a distant dream for this girl.

In order to get her into the Central Academy of Drama, Chang Li wrote a nine-page letter to Yuan Quan's parents, which finally moved Yuan Quan's parents and they agreed to let her enter the Central Academy of Drama.

Therefore, every student in this performance class was carefully selected by Chang Li.

Through her four years of rigorous teaching, the success rate of this class of students is 100%.

Liu Zhou wants to make it in the entertainment industry, and these classmates are his best network resources.

When Liu Ye and I arrived at his dormitory, we saw three thin figures making the bed. When they saw Liu Zhou and the other person come in, they stopped what they were doing.

"Come, let me introduce you. This is Liu Zhou from the Drama Department, from Yangcheng. I met him on the first day of school. Although he is not in our class, if you want to pursue girls, you can ask him for advice. He knows a lot."

"Go away, don't ruin my reputation. I've never been in love before." Liu Zhou said, then turned to the other three people and said:

"Hello, my name is Liu Zhou. We can communicate more in the future."

Liu Ye also stopped joking and introduced Liu Zhou:
"This tall guy is called Qin Hao, also from the Northeast, but he is from Shenyang. This one is called Dang Hao, from Fushun in the Northeast, and this one is called Wang Li, from Huangshan, Anhui."

Liu Zhou only knew the first two of these three people. Qin Hao was needless to say. After graduation, Dang Hao rarely appeared on the big or small screen and was mainly active in dramas.

As for Wang Li and Liu Zhou, I really have no impression of them. I think they were expelled from school during their freshman year.

Although the Central Academy of Drama enrolled twenty people in this acting class, only sixteen graduated in the end.

The teaching at the Central Academy of Drama at that time was very strict. You couldn't sit back and relax just by passing the entrance exam. There was a screening period in the first year. If they felt you were not suitable, you would be expelled. Three of them were expelled.

Then there was Mei Ting who insisted on making a movie during his freshman year and dropped out midway, so there were only sixteen people left.

I think Wang Li was one of those who was expelled from school because he failed to pass the screening period.

However, despite this, Liu Zhou did not treat them differently and greeted them all warmly.

That's how college students are, knowing each other's names means they know each other, and it happened to be time for lunch, so the five of them made an appointment to go have lunch.

Topics between boys usually revolve around girls.

During the meal, Liu Ye boasted about his understanding of the girls at the Chinese Academy of Drama after just one day of enrollment.

Liu Zhou didn't expose him, but he was right about one thing: almost all the girls in their class were good-looking this time.

Although the admissions of the Central Academy of Drama and the Beijing Film Academy are not based solely on appearance like in later generations, they are still not bad looking. Especially girls without good temperament will find it difficult to be admitted.

After finishing their meal, they strolled around the campus. At this time, Liu Ye used his talent in languages ​​to introduce the three newcomers.

Qin Hao and Dang Hao are both from Northeast China and can get along well with Liu Ye. Wang Li may be more silent and just listens without saying much.

After returning to the dormitory, Liu Zhou saw that two classmates had already arrived and had made their beds but were not there.

But not long after, another young man came in carrying luggage.

Liu Zhou was happy to see the person coming.

"Hello, are you also from the Department of Drama?" Liu Zhou asked enthusiastically.

Because the number of students admitted to the Department of Drama and the Department of Directing was not large, the Department of Drama only recruited seven people from the Class of 96, and the Department of Directing recruited even fewer people, only five people, so the dormitories of these two majors were mixed. But the person who came was the only classmate Liu Zhou had played well with during college, named Wang Qingshan. After Liu Zhou left the Pearl River Film Studio, he asked him to introduce him to the industry.

"Yes, are you also from the Department of Drama?"

"Yes, my name is Liu Zhou, please take care of me in the future." After saying that, Liu Zhou stretched out his right hand.

Wang Qingshan didn't know why Liu Zhou was so enthusiastic, but he quickly stretched out his hand and shook it, saying:
"My name is Wang Qingshan, please take care of me in the future."

Because of preconceived impressions, people always feel more familiar with the first person they meet in a new environment.

Coupled with Liu Zhou's enthusiasm, Wang Qingshan's liking for him increased greatly, and the two immediately started talking.

However, before the two of them chatted for long, two more people came in, and they were the two who had just arrived.

After some conversation, everyone got to know each other.

As far as Liu Zhou could remember, there were a total of twelve people in the Department of Drama and the Department of Directing, ten of whom were boys. However, only six of them lived on campus, which just filled up the dormitory.

The admissions for these two majors are not all through the college entrance examination like the performance department, there are also other channels for admission.

Some of them have already started working and have places to live outside, and there is a big age gap between them.

The youngest is Liu Zhou, who is only eighteen years old, and the oldest is from the Department of Drama, who is twenty-five years old.

After everyone got to know each other, Liu Zhou didn't want to be rude, so he took a group of people from the dormitory to Liu Ye's dormitory and introduced everyone to each other.

We were all of the same age and were all freshmen, so we became familiar with each other through simple introductions.

In the evening, a group of people from the two dormitories went to the restaurant at the school gate to eat.

Those who can get into art schools all have well-off families and have no pressure at all to eat out.

After three days of registration, all the students from each class have arrived.

Because of Liu Ye and Liu Zhou as the link, the people in the performance class and the drama class were not so clearly divided, and they all knew each other.

Especially with the appearance of several talented students in the acting class, Liu Zhou's status in the drama class soared. If it weren't for him, it would not be so easy for them to get to know people in the acting class.

However, Liu Zhou was not too excited. Although they were all stars later, he did not act too excited.

Although they are freshmen, they are not young girls who have never seen the world. It is almost impossible to impress them by showing your attention, so Liu Zhou acted very indifferent.

But it was Liu Zhou's indifference compared to the other boys' passionate enthusiasm that left a deeper impression on them.

After reporting, the 96 class of the Central Academy of Drama officially started their university study life.

There were no classes on the first day. We just got to know each other and elect class leaders.

Since there were fewer students in the drama department, they only elected a class monitor.

Liu Zhou didn't care about this. What interested him most was his class teacher.

In his previous life, Liu Zhou only cared about studying during his four years in college. He didn't even look up and see the road ahead, and instead ignored his homeroom teacher.

Because the head teacher does not teach classes but will take care of every aspect of the students, but Liu Zhou pays more attention to study, so his relationship with the head teacher is just average.

However, this head teacher is a hidden big shot. He is not only the deputy director of the department but also a teacher focused on by the former dean Xu Xiaozhong. He is also the head teacher of the 1993 class of the Department of Drama.

If the class of 96 of the Acting Department is the golden generation, then the class of of the Drama and Literature Department is the golden generation.

This year, a group of well-known screenwriters in the industry emerged.

There is Wang Hailin, the screenwriter of the TV series "Iron Teeth and Bronze Teeth Ji Xiaolan", who is the one who keeps picking on the young actors;

There are also Guo Junli, the screenwriter of the movies "Let the Bullets Fly" and "The Siege of the City in October", Lan Xiaolong, the screenwriter of the TV series "Soldier Assault", Yan Gang, the screenwriter of the TV series "Legend of Chu and Han", and Gao Dayong, the screenwriter of the TV series "New Journey to the West".

In addition, there were many people who worked in drama teaching positions, including Hu Wei and Qu Shifei, who later became associate professors of the Department of Drama at the Central Academy of Drama, Gao Cheng, associate professor of the Department of Drama at the Shanghai Theatre Academy, and Zhao Lili, director of the Department of Drama at Jinling Academy of the Arts.

I don’t know if the people in Liu Zhou’s class deserved to fail, but no one wanted to get close to this head teacher with such extensive connections.

There is a saying in later generations that the most amazing person we have ever met in our life may be our college teacher. This was truly true for them in their previous lives.

In this life, Liu Zhou will never be so stupid again.

"Classmates, my name is Huang Weiruo, and I am your homeroom teacher for four years of college. I will say some polite words later, but first let's get to know each other briefly and everyone introduce themselves."

After all, the drama class is not as lively as the acting class, and everyone’s self-introductions are relatively simple.

Liu Zhou was not a maverick, nor was he a humorous person. Anyway, he and his class teacher had a long way to go.

"In fact, there is nothing to do today. The main purpose is to get to know each other. Military training will start the day after tomorrow and will last for half a month. Although I will not teach you, each of you must hand in a notebook after the military training is over.

Whether it's a skit, a play, a musical, or even a movie script, let me see what your level is."

As soon as the head teacher finished speaking, everyone started wailing. They didn't expect to have homework on the first day of school.

The only one who remained calm was Liu Zhou. This was too easy for him.

The only difficulty was that Liu Zhou had to think carefully about which notebook to hand in.

(End of this chapter)