Chapter 142: fight
Auditions are still going on in an orderly manner.
After finally hearing the prompt to prepare for the audition, Lin Xuefei quickly suppressed the random thoughts in her mind, took the makeup bag handed by her assistant and quickly touched up her makeup. After sitting quietly for a while, she walked to a place near the infield gate and waited.
But whether to continue auditioning for the role of Jiang Ling'an, which she was more optimistic about, or to take a step back and audition for another alternative role, she was still hesitant before stepping in.
It wasn’t until I stood on the stage and saw the looks of the health director and the judges that I gritted my teeth.
Give it a try, she won't believe that she can be worse than Jiang Lingxi!
Minus one level.
In fact, compared to the auditions of the main creative actors on the first floor, the auditions of the special actors on the negative floor are really more crowded.
After all, there are only a few main creative actors, and the largest number of actors in a TV series are small roles with few roles.
The entertainment industry is like a pyramid. Only a handful of people can reach the top levels. The largest ones are extras and some middle- and lower-level actors.
For them, they won’t miss the audition for director Wei’s new drama.
Maybe if you get one of these small roles, your career will skyrocket.
Many people came with this ambition, so you can imagine how many people came to audition.
If the first floor is like a quiet high-end shopping mall, then the first floor below is like a noisy wet market.
Jiang Xiyu's face had not brightened up since he entered the negative level. Hearing the voices around him, which even though they were whispered, still made people feel like they were chattering due to the large number of people, his face became darker and darker.
Xiao Tao used her somewhat chubby figure to occupy a small quiet area for her. Jiang Yuting went back to the car to get her noise-canceling headphones, which made Jiang Xiyu hold back from getting angry.
Even though the audition time for each person for such a small role is kept within two minutes, and most of them only have one minute of performance time, there are too many people auditioning, and the waiting time is infinitely extended.
Just when Jiang Xiyu was so irritable that she could hardly hold on anymore, Jiang Yuting reached out and took off the headphones she was wearing, "Get ready, it's your turn next."
Before Jiang Xiyu could breathe a sigh of relief, he noticed something was wrong with Jiang Yuting's face, "What's wrong?"
Jiang Yuting moved her mouth and then sighed, "The role you are planning to audition for, Qing Yuan, the maid of Emperor Yuan Zhao, has just been confirmed and a suitable candidate has been found. How about we..."
"I don't!" Before Jiang Yuting could finish her words, Jiang Xiyu interrupted her in a sharp tone. He gritted his teeth and looked up at the large screen that was scrolling not far away.
The screen lists all the special roles to be auditioned this time. The fonts for those who already have suitable candidates will turn green, followed by the name of the selected actor. The one who didn’t choose the right actor is red.
As for the role she was interested in, she had seen it as red just ten minutes ago. She thought that as long as she auditioned, this role would be hers.
But now it has turned green, and a person named Pei Xinyuan got there first.
"I don't know where this young actor came from, and he was playing the role for Xu Qingmei. Why didn't he check that he was worthy?" Jiang Xiyu said, lifting up his skirt and rushing into the audition hall, "I want to watch it." Let’s see who the assistant director in charge of the audition will choose between me and that Pei Xinyuan!”
Jiang Yuting stretched out her hand, but didn't stop her.
Looking at her aggressive look, after thinking about it, I just ignored it.
Her thoughts were similar to Jiang Xiyu's. She had never heard of the name Pei Xinyuan at all. She probably was either a minor or an extra. If she were the director responsible for selecting people, she would definitely choose the more famous one.
As for Pei Xinyuan, she could only say sorry in her heart.
Who made you fall in love with a character you shouldn’t have fallen in love with?
*
The infighting in the audition hall cannot affect the tranquility of the lounge.
Xu Qingmei woke up after resting comfortably for half an hour. While eating the iced yogurt and fruit handed over by her assistant to wake up, she asked quietly: "Is the audition over outside?"
“It will take about half an hour, sister. Do you want to go out for a walk? By the way, let’s take a look at the quality of the actors in these auditions. After all, they will be supporting you later.”
Xu Qingmei thought for a while and nodded, "It's okay, I haven't been in China in the past few years, and I don't know if the acting skills of domestic actors have deteriorated." After saying this, she put down the fruit fork and stood up lazily with the attentive help of her assistant.
“I’m definitely not as good as you, sister.” After leaving the lounge, not far along the corridor was the audition hall on the first floor.
The two of them entered through the side door without disturbing the audition that was still in progress.
Xu Qingmei saw Wei Minmin sitting in the corner, so she simply walked to the side and sat down.
She expected to hear Wei Minmin whispering hello to her soon, and she had even thought of the reason for coming.
Unexpectedly, after waiting for almost ten seconds, the person next to me seemed to be asleep, and there was no movement at all.
Xu Qingmei couldn't help frowning and turned to look over.
I saw that this girl was obviously awake with her eyes open, but she seemed to be in a state of mind and didn't even notice her coming.
Had no choice but to take the initiative: "Minmin?"
It was only after two calls that the person came back to his senses.
“Ah, it’s Sister Qingmei, why are you here?”
“I was a little bored in the lounge, so I came over to see how everyone’s audition went.” Xu Qingmei seemed to have no intention of saying, “What were I thinking just now that I called you twice?”
"No, it's nothing." Wei Minmin shook her head quickly, looking at Xu Qingmei's eyes and hesitated to speak.
If she had learned earlier that her brother-in-law was planning to let Xu Qingmei be the heroine, she would have totally agreed.
She is famous and has good acting skills. Among the domestic actresses, there really is no one more suitable than Xu Qingmei.
But that was before the scene with Jiang Lingxi.
And after that, even though Jiang Lingxi had left, her mind still thought of Jiang Lingxi's eyes that looked towards her when they were on stage.
It was as if it had taken root in her brain and she couldn't pull it out, and she didn't want to pull it out for no reason.
So when she saw Xu Qingmei again, she realized that the balance in her heart had tilted towards Jiang Lingxi.
But no matter which way the balance in her heart tilted, it was her uncle who made the final decision, not her.
As for Xu Qingmei, who didn’t know that anyone had auditioned for the lead female role at this moment, she really didn’t know what to say.
“I just think everyone performed well.”
“That’s good. As long as your acting skills are up to standard, I won’t have to work hard to help you.”
Wei Minmin nodded casually with a slight hum.
Half an hour passed, as the last actor finished the audition and bowed to leave. After Wei Xiao wrote down his evaluation of the actors on the paper, he put down the pen and couldn't help but stretch and let out a long sigh of relief.
“Professors, thank you for your hard work. I’m hosting tonight, and we’ll be here...” Before he could finish his words, he saw his eldest niece sitting in the corner, and Xu Qingmei, who came over at some unknown time, and her tone was paused.
“I almost forgot, Teacher Xu hasn’t auditioned yet. I’ve kept Teacher Xu waiting for a long time. How about we take a walk now?”
After hearing this, Xu Qingmei was stunned for a moment and nodded with a smile, got up and walked towards the stage, "Okay, Director Wei is really strict. Which part should I perform?"
"Just then, Emperor Yuan Zhao sent Wei Fuying to go on an expedition. Minmin, you go and create a show."
Wei Minmin nodded, followed on the stage, and stood opposite Xu Qingmei.
“Director, you haven’t given me my lines yet.”
Wei Xiao slapped his forehead and said, "I forgot about it." He quickly took a pen and wrote on the note and asked someone to pass it over.
Who asked Jiang Lingxi to act without even asking him for lines before she acted?