Chapter 346: Superb Acting
“May I also be a miracle-working doctor in the next life!” Yun Xiangxiang had no idea how to express her feelings aside from this expression.
This provoked a chuckle from Song Mian, and then he called Song Yao. He sent all the information about the mansion to Yun Xiangxiang, and she then sent it to He Wei.
“The house is considered an investment. Shall I donate the remaining money to charity in your name?” She asked Song Mian for his opinion.
He did not lack this money, and she certainly did not want it either. However, she hoped that his house would be used to fulfill her filming and be turned into a meaningful contribution.
“I’ll listen to you.” Song Mian nodded.
Yun Xiangxiang smiled sweetly, and soon He Wei came to pick her up. She gave Song Mian a kiss secretly while her parents were not paying attention.
Who knew that she managed to fend off the big problem, but not the small one. Yun Ting rushed over, “Sister, I also want a kiss.”
The word “also” was used in such a delicate way that she didn’t dare to look at Yun Zhibin directly in his eyes. At this moment, only Song Mian was standing beside her.
After kissing Yun Ting, she fled immediately. As for how Yun Zhibin dealt with Song Mian, it was not within her consideration.
Even after getting into He Wei’s car, Yun Xiangxiang couldn’t help but snicker. She somehow wanted to go back and see Song Mian’s pitiful state after being framed by her.
Huan Yu Century Entertainment was very lively today. It was no less lively than the last newcomer selection. He Wei’s car just drove up to the company entrance. Before she even got out of the car, the reporters all swarmed towards her.
Fortunately, the company had long been accustomed to such situations, and the security personnel was familiar with what to do.
Ai Li and Song Qian stood beside Yun Xiangxiang and did not let anyone get close to her.
After entering the company, the reporter was stopped outside. Yun Xiangxiang and He Wei took the elevator to the interview place on the eighth floor.
“Today’s audition method is to pick a card from the assistant director for an impromptu performance.” He Wei only told Yun Xiangxiang about the rules now, “Director Xie Manliang suggested this method. The contents of the performance might have absolutely nothing to do with the film.”
This was to prevent anyone from leaking the film’s plot in advance, such as He Wei giving her any special treatment, which would have been unfair to the other temporary audition members.
It was also to prevent the auditioning actors from knowing the film’s contents and spreading it out. That would cause a monetary loss to the film.
Xie Manliang was a fifty-year-old American. His Chinese name was translated from his English name, and his real name was Semalle.
This was a director from Hollywood. His directed works had also been nominated for the highest awards at the World Film Festival.
It was not that China did not have good directors, but this film was to be in a series, and it was intended to go international. China could not catch up with Hollywood in terms of special effects as well.
This was why they used a considerable price to invite this director along with a team over. It was a similar concept to foreign blockbuster films being optimistic about the domestic market, so they invited domestic actors to appear in their films.
However, Huan Yu Century Entertainment did not spend so much money to invite these people over merely for decoration. Of course, they intended to use them to the fullest.
In this case, they had to respect his ideas in many aspects, such as the audition method.
Many actors auditioned from different tiers, such as popular influencers, celebrities with huge followings, new and popular newcomers, and even amateurs who had not had any works at all.
There were at least thirty to forty people, roughly counting. Once they arrived, they got a number. Then, they drew a card after that.
The card they drew was the content of the audition. Yun Xiangxiang got number forty-two, which meant there were forty-one people in front of her.
Then she went ahead to draw a card. On it, there were only a few words, sadness, sweetness, and relief.
This was the first time Yun Xiangxiang had seen such an audition. There were no characters, no clips, just a few words describing emotions.
It was not for the actor to make three expressions to express these three words.
Yun Xiangxiang went to the lounge, pondering the meaning of those three words, and what results Xie Manliang wanted.
“Sister Xiang.” At this time, a person ran over to her. The unfamiliar voice made Yun Xiangxiang raise her head. It turned out to be Liang Xinrong.
“You’re here for the audition too?” Yun Xiangxiang saw that she also had a number and a card in hand.
“I’m just here to learn and get experience from my seniors.” Liang Xinrong smiled openly. She had two dimples when she smiled, which looked very sweet, “I do not understand this at all.”
She handed her card to Yun Xiangxiang while saying that. Yun Xiangxiang saw that she also had three words, melancholy, laughing, and anger.
“What are your thoughts?” Yun Xiangxiang had good impressions of her and was willing to talk to her.
Liang Xinrong was a little embarrassed, “I was wondering if he wanted me to find a role myself to express these three emotions.”
It was not just a facial expression. Otherwise, that would be too silly. The film audition still depended on acting skills.
Yun Xiangxiang nodded slightly. It was almost as she thought. She assumed that Xie Manliang wanted to see their creativity.
This would test the actors’ performance skills, emotion control, flexibility, and comprehension skills.
The prominent foreign directors were different. Liang Xinrong did not test her, nor pester her. She went off to think about her own words after exchanging a few sentences with Yun Xiangxiang.
She came earlier than Yun Xiangxiang, so she went in around twenty counts. Then more people came one after another.
These people came out fairly quickly, as well. Yun Xiangxiang expected that this would happen. Xie Manliang must have set a time limit.
At about twelve o’clock, it was Yun Xiangxiang’s turn. She walked into the room, and right in the middle of the room sat Xie Manliang.
Next to Xie Manliang was He Shen, the producer, deputy director, and Xue Yu.
“You only have five minutes to express the card you drew. You can’t have any stagnation in these five minutes.” Xie Manliang only glanced at Yun Xiangxiang and spoke coldly in English.
Xue Yu made a cheering gesture to Yun Xiangxiang.
Sure enough, there was a time limit. Moreover, she could not take a pause. This meant that once she started, she could not stop and think. Once she was stagnant for a while, she would be asked to leave. This was why many people left as fast as they came.
“Please give me a podium.” Yun Xiangxiang requested.
Naturally, the company would satisfy this request. Soon, a podium was brought up, and she stood behind the podium.
She became a speaker almost instantly, “I used to stutter. For a long time, I was misunderstood, rejected, and isolated…”
Yun Xiangxiang’s speech was short because she only had five minutes, but her performance was quite attractive.
She played the role of a person with communication barriers, who managed to overcome their stutter because of love and their hard work.
When she mentioned that she was misunderstood, her eyes moistened with sad tears. There were waves of moistness, but no tears dropped down.
When she mentioned that she met someone who brought her back to the light, she was sweet and shy. Her eyes shone with shining stars.
When she said that she finally raised her head to face the mockery she encountered, there was a relief.
Especially that drop of tear that was clearly held back, but involuntarily slipped down.
How touching!