Chapter 66 Unexpected

The director looked up when he saw the page of Xia Dan's audition.

Xia Dan ran two steps, then fell to the ground. When she looked up again, her face was pale and covered in sweat. "Ah..." She screamed in pain. Instantly, goosebumps covered everyone in the room. Everyone looked up.

Sister Hua was startled and was about to rush forward, but was stopped by her good friend, the assistant director.

Sister Hua looked over with a skeptical look. Was her artist really alright?

Then Xia Dan grabbed the trouser leg of her co-star and said, "I want to go back to the city, let me go back to the city." As she said this, there was a hint of hatred in her eyes.

The actor was also shocked by this look. How could the other party be like this? It was as if he wanted to eat his flesh and blood. He was speechless for a moment, and cold sweat broke out on his back. But he quickly recovered and read the lines according to the script: "Why are you going back to this city? You are already married. You are pregnant with the child of the old Shi family, so you should just live an honest life."

"No more." Her voice was as sharp as a stone scraping through broken glass. "I aborted the baby. I had my uterus removed. Don't even think about getting pregnant again in this lifetime. I want to go back to the city."

"Crazy woman."

"Hahaha. You guys drove me crazy. Shi Lei, that bastard, tricked me into marriage. Then he took the college entrance exam and returned to the city with the educated youth, asking me to give birth to his child in the middle of nowhere. Bah, now I have no uterus. The Shi family can only wait for the extinction of their lineage."

"Oh, that's six months old. How can you hit him like that? Are you still a human being?"

"He as a father doesn't want to raise him? I won't raise him either."

"Hey, Old Shi family, there are only two spots left for returning to the city, and they've already been decided."

"If you don't let me return to the city, we'll all die together." Xia Dan's face was twisted, even ferocious: "I will burn your village down."

When I saw the sweet love story played by Liu Jianing earlier, I thought it would be another kind of sour and regretful story of being forced to separate under special circumstances.

But after watching the second half of Xia Dan's performance, I still don't understand something.

It's like after the heroine got married sweetly, the other party started to have feelings for someone else. The girl from the city was placed in a backward and dilapidated place to be tortured. A beautiful flower withered and turned into mud to provide nutrients for the other party. Who knew that the bullying was too much and the other party went crazy.

She had a miscarriage at six months, had her uterus removed, and even caused a disturbance in the village without recovering properly.

Being unable to have children was absolutely unbearable for the people in the village who valued having descendants the most.

At this moment, she risked her life.

So this movie is definitely a girl's movie.

Xia Dan burst into tears. Her voice was filled with regret, grievance, pain, and despair. Her voice was like a net that wrapped around everyone's heart and then tightened, leaving them in pain and struggle.

The screenwriter and producer looked at each other in bewilderment.

The staff nearby were all tearing up. Xia Dan's cries of wanting to return to the city were like the blood-curdling tears of a cuckoo. Especially after watching Liu Jianing's shy and sweet beginning and then her desperate cries at the end, these two clips seemed like life in the play was being played at double speed.

Even the director's throat seemed to be blocked by something.

Liu Jianing glanced at Sister Juan. This was definitely a female lead role! She was already popular enough, all she needed was an award. Her breathing was hot.

But Sister Juan stared at Xia Dan intently. The audition was over, and everyone she was acting with was moved to tears. How could it be possible?

How could this seemingly ordinary actress have such explosive power just from an audition?

It is said that her voice is as good as a professional voice actor's, and her voice is almost as good as a professional voice actor's. Her pronunciation is clear, and every sound in the high-pitched passionate scenes seems to be able to penetrate the eardrum, bringing a sense of surround sound.

After the audition, she couldn't leave and knelt on the ground crying loudly. Her face and eyes were a little hot from crying.

But even now, a woman can't leave a broken marriage without exposing herself to the elements. That was a period drama; I couldn't even imagine the full storyline. After this resolute resistance, would she still be able to survive? The only thing that kept repeating in my mind was this: She wants to go back to the city!

As a well-known agent in the industry, Sister Juan has managed many artists and has seen countless auditions. This kind of infectiousness cannot be achieved without ten years of experience on the stage of drama.

At this moment, the director knocked on the table and said, "You guys go back first. I'll let you know later." His voice was trembling. He was a veteran director after all, so he could remain calm. But the screenwriter next to him jumped up and said, "Why go back? This is the feeling I want. She's the heroine. Old Meng, don't be confused."

After all, everyone knew that before Xia Dan performed, he liked Liu Jianing.

He wanted it so badly that he didn't even dare to take the gamble. He was afraid that if he didn't give Xia Dan the nod, she would leave and act in something else, and he would be sick to death.

Liu Jianing's face changed, and she became anxious after hearing this: "Director, I want to try out that scene she just tried out. I really want to act in it. If I do, I'm willing to do it for free." It would have been fine if she hadn't known what the script was, but she knew it was a good one, with a female-centric theme. Furthermore, the contrast between the two shows that the actor was so eager to win an award that he didn't even care about the dignity of a second-tier celebrity and directly bid on the spot.

Director Meng glared at his old screenwriter partner. This was his fault.

Director Meng said, "Then wait a moment. We have some other actors ready to audition. Wait until they're done, then you can try."

Liu Jianing hummed a grimace. Sister Hua helped Xia Dan, who couldn't stop crying, to her feet. The two-minute audition had just exhausted her energy, and she was only able to perform with the help of Sister Hua. Sister Hua felt sorry for her and said, "Director, we'll leave first."

The director hummed.

Then the two of them left the room together. The moment they closed the door, the screenwriter and director inside started arguing, and the table banged loudly.

The actors who hadn't auditioned were all terrified when they saw Liu Jianing's sullen face and Xia Dan crying. They became even more nervous.

Sister Hua took her to sit in the car. Sister Hua wiped her eyes and sat in the car without saying a word.

Her heart was pounding. After watching Xia Dan's audition, she felt like she had found a treasure.

Then he said, "It's okay if you don't get this movie. I've arranged another one for you. With your acting skills, you'll definitely be a big star!"

Xia Dan said, "Then let's go for the audition."

"There's no need to be so anxious."

Xia Dan said, "I want to finish the film as soon as possible and show it to Chen Duo." She didn't want to stop.

"..." Sister Hua wanted to persuade her, but she didn't. After all, she was also a desperate woman in the past.

As an agent who wants to return to the top, it is her luck to meet an actor like Xia Dan.

Thanks to meeting Chen Duo, she had the opportunity to meet Xia Dan.

Although they had never met, Sister Hua felt that after half a lifetime of ups and downs in the circle, in the end, Chen Duo turned out to be her biggest connection in the entertainment industry.

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