Chapter 831 -830: Changes in Scores
[Act Two, Scene Three]
[Lovers – Bai Zilan]
Compared to the first act, Bai Zilan seems more mature at this moment. Relating this to her first speech where she mentioned ‘about to graduate,’ this might signify her transition from a student to a working professional.
At this time, she is not looking towards the audience but is constantly looking down at a piece of white paper in her hand.
“Is this the floor plan you liked?
“Mm… It does look nice. The living room and master bedroom are south-facing, and it’s well-ventilated from north to south. It seems quite reasonable.
“The location is also quite good.
“Though it’s an old and small place, the area isn’t big, but it’s completely enough for us.
“However… the price of this house is not cheap, right? Can we really gather enough money? Your family, especially your brother, also has many places that need money, right?
“I still think there’s no need to rush into buying it. Why not wait another year? I’m working now too, and can save a bit each month.
“The two of us can save money together, and the pressure will be a little less by then.
“Your mother also likes this house? Hmm… though you say that, but…”
[Calculating the performance score for this scene…]
[Bai Zilan’s score for this scene: 47 points (Fair Match)]
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[Act Two, Scene Four]
[Mother – Zhang Lijuan]
It’s still a home setting. Compared to before, Zhang Lijuan’s appearance has slightly changed. She has changed into casual home clothes and seems to have just finished cleaning, now sitting on a chair to read the newspaper for a while.
But after a moment, she takes out her phone and answers a call.
“What did you say?
“No, you must buy!
“You’re such a child, why don’t you listen? If you don’t buy a house now, you won’t afford it in the future!
“Think about how old you are! You’ve completed your master’s, now your PhD, and you started working. Uncle Li’s son already has two kids. If you don’t buy a house and get married soon, I can’t hold my head up outside.
“And anyway, these young girls nowadays, which one would be willing to marry you if you don’t buy a house?
“… Oh, listen to her talk, Mom has been through this, understands a woman’s mind best. If she says she’s willing to go through thick and thin with you, do you really believe that?
“Mom is doing this for you, she won’t harm you.
“All the decisions Mom made before were right, weren’t they? Including your education, your job search, weren’t they all decided by Mom?
“Now you grit your teeth and no matter what, buy this house. You can repay the borrowed money slowly. You will definitely thank me in the future…”
[Calculating the performance score for this scene…]
[Zhang Lijuan’s score for this scene: 48 points (Fair Match)]
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[Act Two, Scene Five]
[Professor – Fu Yujun]
He puts down a thick stack of materials in his hands and adjusts his glasses: “Hmm, not bad.
“This paper is written quite well, after several revisions, it’s finally presentable.
“With this paper, your postgraduate recommendation shouldn’t be a problem.
“No need to thank me, the foundation of your paper is solid. Although I set the direction and also helped revise it many times, the ability to write such a paper mainly depends on you.
“Doing it to this level finally looks decent.
“Gong Zheng, I’ve told you this many times, but I feel you still haven’t fully listened, so I’ll emphasize it again.
“Your foundation is very good, and you’re very smart.
“But you often aren’t serious enough, clearly not putting in enough effort.
“Like this time, when you prepared carefully for the paper, the result is obviously refreshing. But what about the things you usually do? They clearly look like you just muddled through!
“You also have to maintain this level in the future, understand?
“Alright, you should have been tired preparing the paper during this time, go back and have a good rest.”
[Calculating the performance score for this scene…]
[Fu Yujun’s score for this scene: 51 points (Highly Match)]
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[Act Two, Scene Six]
[Professor – Zheng Chunhua]
This time, Zheng Chunhua’s performance content hasn’t changed much, similar to before.
After all, the strategy was already decided at the beginning to show all the content to the audience as much as possible, so most of the summaries on the setting book were already covered in the first act.
In the second and third acts, more detailed content on the setting book will be involved, and the focus of the performance will change slightly, but overall, there’s not much difference.
[Calculating the performance score for this scene…]
[Zheng Chunhua’s score for this scene: 52 points (Highly Match)]
…
Qin Cheng and the others have already seen Zheng Chunhua’s setting book, so they have a basic understanding of these contents. At this moment, the focus naturally shifts to contemplating others’ performances.
Huang Shengjie said, “There are no very low scores for the second act, but compared to the first act, does it feel like a general decline?”
Qin Cheng nodded: “There seems to be a trend like that, maybe due to the ‘amount of information in the performance’? After all, by the second act, much of the information has already been performed, resulting in some repetition.”
Zhou Wanlin was focusing on another issue: “I noticed Zhang Lijuan, her performance also scored 48 points and was not further behind.
“Did they decide to change strategy during the break after the first act?”
Qin Cheng frowned: “It’s possible.
“Although actors cannot participate in group discussions, they can hear the calls from their community and other communities.
“If Community 5 discussed strategies during the call with other communities, then Zhang Lijuan, as an actor, could indeed execute it.
“Since Community 5 could score 48 points in this performance, it implies they have this capability. Then, the performance in the first act can be identified as having some issues.
“It might be deliberate, or it could be an error.
“But either way, such a strategy is somewhat unwise. Having a 10-point score difference each time would eventually lead to a 30-point gap, which is difficult to make up with answering points, very detrimental, and could easily make one end up last.
“Unless there are some special considerations.”
Zhou Wanlin reminded: “Perhaps hiding information constitutes a deduction?
“Zhang Lijuan is likely a ‘Special Player,’ and her setting book might have content that once performed, is more likely to reveal the truth, so she deliberately concealed it.
“It could be that the relevant content was not performed, or the wrong makeup was deliberately used.
“By Act Two, Zhang Lijuan realized that such concealment was unwise, so she had to reveal the true aspect of the ‘Mother’ character in the setting book, hence the score recovery.
“Thinking about it this way… Community 10’s guess is actually quite reasonable.
“Family factors are often the most damaging aspect of an individual.
“Because other factors can be avoided: encountering a bad teacher, you’ll eventually graduate; encountering a bad boss, you can change jobs; but if there are problems in the family, there’s really no way to avoid it. The long-term torment can easily break people down.
“Moreover, in the second act, the performances of actors from other communities have more or less reflected this point: Gong Zheng’s life is largely controlled by his mother, especially in significant matters like marriage and home buying, his mother should have played a major role.”