Chapter 384 384. Arts Examination (Part 2)
Since the beginning of the winter vacation, Yang Mi has entered a hibernation period. Every day, her mother may not wake her up even if she urges her five or six times. But today, Yang Mi got up before her mother woke up.
It was still dark outside at that time.
But she couldn't sleep. In a few hours, it would be the time for the Beijing Film Academy art exam that she longed for the most. Whether she could enter the university of her dreams would depend on her performance today.
Since she couldn't sleep anyway, Yang Mi simply got up and reviewed the things she had prepared, such as self-introduction, poetry recitation, etc. Yang Mi, who had prepared for the art exam for many years, knew very well what the Beijing Film Academy's preliminary and re-examination would test, so she had prepared these six months in advance.
It can be said that she has completely practiced these words in her heart, and she can recite them without reading a word, but now she suddenly felt an inexplicable tension in her heart, which made her subconsciously take out her notes again and carefully read the contents that she had already memorized. It seemed that only in this way could she subconsciously feel at ease.
She watched from about four in the morning until half past six. When Yang's mother got up and prepared to wake her daughter up, she was surprised to find that the light in her daughter's room was on.
When she opened the door, Yang's mother saw Yang Mi holding her diary and silently reading the contents on it.
"Mi Mi, what do you want to eat in the morning?" Yang's mother asked with concern. She also knew that today's exam was very important to her daughter, but she couldn't help Yang Mi in any way, so she could only try her best to take care of her daughter in life.
"Mom, I want to eat ketchup ramen, and I only want half a portion. I can't eat too much for the exam today." Yang Mi said to her mother in a coquettish tone.
"Okay, Mom will make it for you right away." Gently stroking her daughter's long hair, Yang's mother turned around and went to the kitchen to work.
Soon Yang's father also got up. Seeing his daughter getting up so early, he couldn't help but smile to his wife in the kitchen: "It seems that our Mi Mi is a little nervous."
"How can I not be nervous? I heard that it is very difficult to get into that school. There are only a few hundred students selected from thousands of people." Yang's mother said with some concern.
"Why worry? My daughter has been smart since she was young. It's okay." Father Yang seemed very confident in his daughter.
The ketchup noodles were ready soon. Mother Yang served her daughter a big bowl and brought it to her bedroom. Yang Mi couldn't help complaining when she saw it: "Mom, I told you to eat half a bowl."
"You eat it, and let your dad eat the rest." Mother Yang said.
After eating half of a bowl of ketchup noodles, Yang Mi really stopped eating. Even though she had a bowl of rice, she was afraid that she would look bloated if she ate too much. Today was the first day of the art exam, and the test was about the image, temperament, conversation and other internal and external qualities of the art candidates. So even if there was a little imperfection, Yang Mi didn't want it to happen to her.
After dinner, Yang Mi rinsed her mouth again, and then looked at her makeup in the bathroom mirror. Today she chose nude makeup. The reason she pursued was that there was no trace of makeup. It was fresh and natural, and it was in line with her age.
"There is a little flaw in the eyebrow." Yang Mi found that her left eyebrow was slightly lighter than the right one, so she quickly took out her eyebrow pencil and drew it carefully for a few times. When she was sure that the color of both eyebrows was almost the same, she nodded with satisfaction.
"Daughter, come on!"
"Do you really not need your mother to accompany you?"
"Mom, I'm so old, no need." Yang Mi rejected her mother's idea of accompanying her to take the exam, put on her small schoolbag, and walked out of the house.
At this time, countless candidates in Kyoto walked out of their homes or hotel doors like Yang Mi, heading towards the school they longed for in their hearts, and finally gathered into a torrent outside the gate of the Beijing University of Electronic Science and Technology.
"There are so many people this year. There is still more than half an hour. I think there are almost a thousand people at the gate." Lin Yifei lay in front of the window, looking at the dense crowd outside the gate not far away, and couldn't help but exclaimed.
"More than that, I think there must be at least 3,000 people." Nie Wei only took a glance and had a rough idea of the number of people outside the door. This year, the number of applicants for Kyoto Film Academy has increased dramatically, and it is said that there are nearly 10,000 people, so this year's preliminary examination is also the first time to implement a three-day system, because two days are simply not enough to complete the exam.
So many people want to apply for Beijing Film Academy, but even if you count the higher vocational schools, the academy is expected to admit only about 150 students this year.
So this year's Beijing Film Academy art exam has been called the most brutal art exam by many media. After all, the base number of applicants has increased, but the number of student places has not increased much, and it is obvious that the competition will only become more intense.
"Are we going down now?" Looking at the growing crowd outside, Lin Yifei asked Nie Wei on the side.
"Don't worry, Teacher Wang will call us later." Nie Wei made a calming gesture to Lin Yifei, and then said: "Rest well now, we will be busy later."
Nie Wei's words are not false. Looking at the number of people outside, you can see that they will definitely not have an easy time doing reception work today.
Twenty minutes later, Nie Wei received a call from Wang Jinsong, asking them to prepare to go downstairs.
When Nie Wei arrived downstairs, more than twenty students had gathered here, all of them were local students in their first and second years, and were also recruited by the school to be volunteers. Seeing Nie Wei and Lin Yifei coming, these students were not only a little agitated, but even though they were already considered half-insiders in the film and television academy, seeing Nie Wei and Lin Yifei, such legendary seniors who were rarely seen, made them really excited.
"You guys are responsible for counting the registrations. Nie Wei, you take a few classmates to distribute the handbooks. You should also try your best to answer questions for the art exam candidates and their parents. You guys, help the security guards maintain order..." Wang Jinsong assigned the tasks one by one. When he finished speaking, people began to be let in from the gate.
When the parents and candidates walked to the main building of the school, they saw two very familiar people in front of them.
"Dear students, dear parents, here is the art exam handbook. Everyone take one copy each. Don't take more. Thank you for your cooperation." Nie Wei shouted politely and handed the handbook to each art exam candidate. If some parents asked for one, Nie Wei would give one copy.
This art exam handbook is also a new item added to the Beijing Electric Art Exam this year. It marks the specific process and time of the exam, as well as the exam venue, etc. In addition, there are some questions that art exam candidates like to ask the most in previous years, which are also marked in this handbook.
This thing only costs two or three yuan to make, but it can largely solve the doubts in the hearts of art exam candidates.
"My child, you look familiar to me." After taking the handbook, a parent looked at Nie Wei carefully and asked, "Are you a big star?"
"Mom, he is Nie Wei." A pretty girl standing next to the parent had already recognized Nie Wei. When she heard her mother's words, she immediately reminded excitedly.
"Hello, Auntie, and hello to this female classmate, I am Nie Wei."
The girl obviously didn't expect Nie Wei to really answer her words in person. Her face became more excited. Before her mother could react, she immediately replied, "Hello, Senior Nie Wei."
"I am also looking forward to you becoming my junior sister." Nie Wei smiled, and then said to the parent next to him, "Sorry, Auntie, I still have to go to distribute handbooks, so I won't talk much."
"It's okay, it's okay." The parent obviously remembered who Nie Wei was.
When Nie Wei was far away, the parent said with emotion: "It is indeed an art college. I can actually see a big star."
"That's right. My future goal is senior Nie Wei. Mom, you don't know how great Nie Wei is..."
The girl exaggerated a lot of Nie Wei's achievements. At this moment, a beautiful figure suddenly passed by her eyes, and the girl who was talking excitedly suddenly stopped.
A second later, she excitedly pulled her mother's arm and said: "See, see, Lin Yifei, it turned out that applying for Beijing Electronics was the right choice."
Wang Jinsong was right to let Nie Wei and Lin Yifei help. The appearance of the two really stimulated the candidates at the scene. Many people at the scene chose Beijing Electronics for their 2002 Golden Class. As a representative of the 2002 Golden Class, they appeared at the scene, which made these children with star dreams feel that they were one step closer to this circle.
Nie Wei led five or six classmates to send hundreds of people, and suddenly saw a familiar figure in the crowd.
"You came alone. Didn't your parents accompany you?" Nie Wei asked Yang Mi, who was alone in front of him.
"How old am I? Why do I need my parents to accompany me?" Yang Mi replied, and then looked around at the group of candidates who came with their parents with disdain.
"You are a local, and many of them are from other places." Nie Wei could tell what the girl was thinking from her eyes, so he said this.
After all, many of the children at the scene had just walked out of high school campuses. They did not have rich social experience, so their parents would naturally not be at ease with them. In fact, they themselves might not be at ease with themselves. Besides, Kyoto's consumption is not ordinary. They have to stay here for half a month, which costs a lot. With such a large sum of money, parents naturally cannot let their children spend it by themselves.
Facts have proved that children of this age generally do not have a clear plan for consumption, and because of their lack of experience, they are also easily targeted by scammers, so Nie Wei feels that there is nothing to be ashamed of having parents accompany them.
"I'm just saying. Actually, if my parents weren't too busy, I would have asked them to come with me." Hearing Nie Wei's words, Yang Mi instantly understood what he meant. Then, she changed her tone and replied with a smile.
But Nie Wei had a sharp eye and could not see that the girl was lying at the moment. However, he did not expose her. Instead, he admired her emotional intelligence. Her words just gave this topic a step down. If they continued to talk, they would really be serious.
"By the way, are you free in the evening?" Nie Wei was about to say goodbye to Yang Mi, but suddenly thought of something and stopped and asked.
"In the evening?" Yang Mi was startled, and then looked at Nie Wei with some vigilance. Inviting herself at this time was meaningful.
"Tonight, the crew of "The Condor Heroes" will have a dinner party. Aren't you also a member of the crew? Do you want to come? If you come, I will count you in." Nie Wei explained.
Hearing this, Yang Mi was no longer nervous and immediately nodded and said, "Go, of course!"
"Then send me a message after the exam and I'll take you there." After Nie Wei finished speaking, he turned around and left to continue his job, while Yang Mi stayed there with a look of excitement.
Soon, a candidate came over and asked Yang Mi, "Classmate, do you know Nie Wei?"
"Yes." Yang Mi nodded with a hint of pride: "We have worked together before, and we are still filming together now, it's "The Return of the Condor Heroes", I play Guo Xiang."
"Wow!" As Yang Mi said this, exclamations immediately rang out around her.
Everyone who heard Yang Mi's words looked at her with envy, especially since Nie Wei had just talked to her for a while, which seemed to confirm Yang Mi's words.
Surrounded by a crowd of envious eyes, Yang Mi's mood also brightened.
Because there were so many applicants, many parents who had received their exam numbers took their children back directly when they were sure that they would not be able to get a place today, and those who stayed began to enter the examination room one after another.
Until about three o'clock in the afternoon, Nie Wei took Lin Yifei and Yang Mi, who had just finished the exam, and the group walked towards the restaurant that had been booked long ago.
This time was to fulfill the meal that Lin Xiaoli promised Zhang Jizhong.
Because Nie Wei was the one to treat, everyone was very respectful, and basically everyone who could come made time to come. When Nie Wei and the two girls arrived at the scene, more than a dozen actors from the same group were already in the box.
"Teachers, this girl is called Yang Mi, and she is also an actor in the crew. She plays Guo Xiang. Please take good care of her." After entering the room, Nie Wei first pulled Yang Mi to introduce her, and then sat down.
Yang Mi was very tactful and did not sit next to Nie Wei, but found a place with a bunch of young actors to sit down. This small detail was also seen by many people, and they nodded secretly.
Nie Wei let Yang Mi's choice go naturally. After sitting down, he did not deliberately take care of Yang Mi, but chatted with teacher Wang Luoyong next to him about filming.
Although Nie Wei did not take care of her deliberately, others would not look down on Yang Mi. After all, she was pulled over by Nie Wei to introduce her personally, which always made people feel that it would not be so simple. Therefore, among the young actors, many people were chatting with Yang Mi and vaguely inquiring about Yang Mi's background.
People came one after another, and soon the huge box was almost full. Just when Nie Wei was about to call Zhang Jizhong to ask him when he would arrive, the door was pushed open again. Zhang Jizhong walked in first, but there was another person following closely behind Zhang Jizhong. When Nie Wei saw clearly, he was slightly surprised.