Ye Ying told Uncle Mai about the audition, and he was surprised: "Did Mr. He recommend you?"
"Yes." Ye Ying nodded, "He said he felt that this role was very suitable for him, although I don't know where his confidence in it came from..."
Uncle Mai thought for a moment and said, "Just give it a try. The concert just ended and you are not very busy recently. If you can really be selected, it will be your ability. There are so many people who want to be in Zhao Yi's movie but don't have the chance."
The group will disband in a year, and the kids will each find new ways out. With Ye Ying's looks, she won't become popular if she switches to acting.
...if the acting wasn't so bad.
Thinking of this, Uncle Mai added slowly: "Of course, you don't have to feel any pressure. Director Zhao is very strict, and you didn't have any foundation before, so it's normal that you were not selected."
It would be more miraculous to say that he was chosen - he was already at the top of the idol industry, and if he was also so talented in acting, how would others survive! ?
"I know." Ye Ying said with a smile, "No pressure, just consider it as a chance to broaden your horizons."
His teammates were also very curious and excited when they knew Ye Ying was going to audition, and they ran over to see if he was going to act.
"Wow, this role looks really exciting, a hidden boss who appears innocent but is actually ruthless!" Qiu Shuang sighed, and looked at his team leader, "But why did Mr. He recommend you to play the little pervert? Our little Ye Zi is so cute!"
Ming Yuechen said leisurely: "Because this is a beautiful little pervert."
Li Jingfei nodded: "Looking at the appearance described in the script, Ye Ying is indeed quite suitable."
Xu Qiongzhi was excited and ready to go: "Yingying will help you get the feel for your lines! Let's rehearse a scene together for Fang Ye!"
As he spoke, he held the script, frowned, clenched his fists, and began to speak with great emotion: "Xiaobai! Why do you want to do this? I already treat you as my own brother!——"
He Xizhou and Li Jingfei stopped him coldly at the same time: "Shut up, you'll vomit if you keep talking."
Xu Qiongzhi: “…”
Playing around was just playing around, but everyone knew that this was a hard-won opportunity, so they didn't bother Ye Ying, letting him take advantage of the few days to figure out the role and prepare seriously. Ye Ying also took this audition very seriously, and whether he succeeded or not, he couldn't perform too badly. He was recommended by He Pingqiu, so he couldn't embarrass him anyway.
Therefore, apart from regular dance training these days, he spent the rest of his time pondering the script. Even during breaks in the practice room, he would take a pen and write down some of his thoughts in a notebook, trying to thoroughly understand Song Yingbai's inner thoughts.
On the day of the audition, Ye Ying followed the address He Pingqiu sent him, and Uncle Mai drove her there personally. This was a private apartment, very private, and much quieter than the audition locations at film and television companies or industrial parks. Ye Ying asked Uncle Mai to find a place to rest first, and said she would call him after the audition, and then entered the apartment and found the house number.
The door was closed. There were three young men sitting on a bench outside the door. Ye Ying actually knew one of them.
"Why is it you!?"
"You're here too?"
Two voices sounded almost at the same time. Ye Ying and Xia Nan looked at each other in surprise. The latter stood up and greeted: "You...you are not here for an audition too!?"
"Uh, yes." Ye Ying remembered that Xia Nan mentioned during the recording of "Wild Adventure" that she was afraid of getting tanned because she had an audition to attend soon. She didn't expect that she was referring to this.
Seeing his friend become his competitor again, Ye Ying felt a little complicated. He was thinking about how to explain it, but Xia Nan patted him on the shoulder and sighed, "Be prepared to lose - Lin Xuan is here too."
Ye Ying had heard of this name. Lin Xuan started acting when he was a teenager. He is only 23 years old this year and has 10 years of acting experience. He is both handsome and talented. He is the most popular male god-level actor among young people in the circle.
If Lin Xuan also auditioned for the role of Song Yingbai, others would indeed have little chance.
"I guess it's over." Xia Nan motioned Ye Ying to sit next to him and said with a sad face, "Director Zhao didn't react during the performance, and his attitude was neither warm nor cold after the performance. I knew it was over at that moment."
Ye Ying asked: "Have you finished your performance?"
"Ah." Xia Nan nodded to the side, "We have all finished trying."
The two young actors also nodded to them. Zhong Yi looked at Ye Ying and said, "I know you, Ye Ying. But why are you acting? How popular are you guys?"
Ye Ying smiled and said, "It's a rare opportunity. I want to practice."
The man said "oh" and exchanged glances with another actor. He looked a little dissatisfied, and his thoughts were almost written on his face - why did the boy band members not sing and dance properly, but came here to steal the jobs of the actors? They are so idle!
Xia Nan pulled Ye Ying, curled her lips and mouthed, "They are just jealous that you are popular and beautiful, don't worry about it."
Ye Ying smiled slightly. He didn't take it to heart.
"But you have a really stunning face." Xia Nan couldn't help but say, "Just looking at your appearance, I feel like you are Song Yingbai who walked out of the book..."
As he was speaking, the door of the room next door suddenly opened and a tall young man walked out.
Several people stood up, and the two actors asked, "Brother Lin, are you done with the trial?"
Lin Xuan responded nonchalantly, and inadvertently saw the extra person at the scene, and his eyes stopped on him: "You are..."
"It's Ye Ying." Ye Ying stepped forward and greeted, "Hello, Senior Lin."
Lin Xuan's eyes were still on his face: "Are you here for an audition too?"
Ye Ying said neither humbly nor arrogantly: "Yes."
Lin Xuan nodded: "Director Zhao is here, you go."
Ye Ying thanked him, said something to Xia Nan, knocked on the door twice, and after getting permission from inside, she pushed the door open and walked in.
Zhao Yi was talking to He Pingqiu: "Lin Xuan is indeed experienced, he has a good grasp of the details and his eyes are also on point."
Producer Wang Qi said with a smile: "Director Zhao finally found someone he likes?"
Zhao Yi had put a lot of effort into this role. He didn't have such a hassle when choosing the protagonist Fang Ye. He had tried more than fifty actors, both big and small, famous and not famous, but he still hadn't found the one he liked. It was only after watching Lin Xuan's performance that he finally praised him a few words.
Unexpectedly, Zhao Yi said, "It's not that I'm completely satisfied. The biggest problem is that the age is not right. Song Yingbai is only 18 and looks very youthful, while Lin Xuan is a bit mature. Moreover, Lin Xuan has the skills to play the role of Song Yingbai in daily life, but he is not quite good enough when he plays another Song Yingbai... He is not crazy enough, not charming enough, not exciting enough... It makes you tremble with fear in your heart, but you are also uncontrollably attracted and even fall for him. Do you understand? "
Zhao Yi gestured as he spoke, and he looked so excited that if conditions allowed, he would have wanted to perform it himself.
Wang Qi was helpless: "...You are talking about the goblin, right?"
Zhao Yi choked and turned to stare at He Pingqiu.
"I understand." He Pingqiu nodded in the hopeful gaze of the other party, and added leisurely, "If I follow your criteria, I'm afraid this movie won't be made in another fifty years."
Zhao Yi sighed.
Of course he knew that his requirements were ridiculously high. The right appearance meant that the actor had to be both pretty and young, and younger actors generally had shortcomings in their acting skills... This was a contradiction that was difficult to reconcile.
If the standards were lowered a little, everyone would feel much more relaxed. Zhao Yi had a strong feeling that if he could really find the most suitable Song Yingbai, the achievements of the third part of "Dark Fire" would even surpass the first two parts and become a new miracle.
Recovering his thoughts, Zhao Yi asked, "Are there any more? Is Lin Xuan the last one?"
He Pingqiu: "There is one more."
Just as he finished speaking, there was a polite knock on the door.
After Ye Ying came in, she found that there were six people in the room. In addition to Zhao Yi and other directors and producers, He Pingqiu was also there, and he and Zhao Yi were sitting in the middle.
Ye Ying:!
When He Pingqiu informed him of the audition, he didn't say that he would be one of the examiners. Ye Ying was a little nervous at once, but she didn't show it. She walked to the center of the space and bowed to several bigwigs in the film and television industry. "Hello, Director Zhao, hello, everyone. It's Ye Ying, here to audition for the role of Song Yingbai."
After he finished speaking, he stood up and raised his head, only to find that Zhao Yi's gaze at him seemed to be fixed, and his eyes seemed to be shining.
If people didn't know Zhao Yi's identity, 90% of them would think that he was obsessed with sex and fell in love with the pretty boy.
Wang Qi coughed, and Zhao Yi came back to his senses. His tone was obviously a little agitated: "Are you Ye Ying?"
As he asked, he slapped his thigh in his heart - He had a really good eye! This kid's appearance was too amazing, he looked exactly like the Song Yingbai in his mind!
Ye Ying nodded: "Yes."
Zhao Yi restrained his excitement for a while, because he heard He Pingqiu say that he was an idol and had never acted before. This kid's model was really to his liking, Zhao Yi even thought that it didn't matter if his acting skills were a little worse, he could teach him step by step!
After all, he can't find another face like this one!
"Are you ready?" The usually strict Zhao Yi's attitude softened slightly. "Just get started when you're ready."
Ye Ying nodded: "Okay."
The audition clips were unified. After all the truth was revealed, the dark forces were caught. Song Yingbai, who played the role of "Yellow Bird", finally stepped out from behind the scenes and confessed his crime process to Fang Ye and other police officers.
Ye Ying didn't dress up for the audition. He wore a simple white shirt and jeans, with a strange bracelet on his right wrist, which was a common outfit for a 17 or 18-year-old college student.
There was a chair in the middle of the room, used as an interrogation chair. Ye Ying sat down and relaxed, with her hands naturally crossed on her legs, looking at the people in front of her with a smile.
This smile was different from the polite and generous one he had just introduced himself - it carried a hint of interest and amusement, and an indescribable casualness. Although the person sitting in front of him was the policeman who was interrogating him, his posture and aura made it seem as if he was the master of this space.
Zhao Yi was obviously more excited, and He Pingqiu also showed a hint of surprise in his eyes.
"I know you want to know how Zhao Chengheng died." The boy smiled at the end of his voice, and his tone was leisurely, as if he was discussing today's weather. "It's actually very simple. I sneaked into the school in the afternoon. With this face and the age that no one would suspect in the school uniform, I stayed in an empty dormitory the whole time. At nine o'clock in the evening, I avoided the surveillance and came to the teaching building."
"Zhao Chengheng would be on duty at school every night at this time. After all, he wanted to create a selfless image of treating the school as his home. I knocked on the door of the principal's office with tears in my eyes and told him that I was a junior high school student who was about to commit suicide because of the pressure from Xi Jinping and hoped to get his help."
At night, in the dark and empty teaching building, only the principal's office on the third floor was lit with warm lights. Zhao Chengheng looked at the boy who was showing pain, took him into the office in a gentle voice, poured him a glass of warm water and handed it to him: "Student, are you having any difficulties? You can talk to me."
The middle-aged man had a kind face and a patient voice. No matter how you looked at him, he was a very reliable and competent educator. The boy obviously developed some trust and reliance on this kind principal. He wiped his tears and whispered, "...I did very poorly on the midterm exam. My parents were very dissatisfied with my grades. They scolded me for a long time and made me kneel...I felt so useless, but I really tried my best..."
Zhao Chengheng frowned slightly as he listened: "Your parents' behavior is not appropriate. It's normal to not do well in the exam. How can they treat you like this just because of a failure?"
The boy shook his head and said dejectedly, "It's normal for them to be disappointed. My family is not well off, and my parents have always hoped that I would get into a good university so that they can be proud of me... I'm stupid and slow at everything, so now, let alone university, I can't even get into high school..."
He seemed to have thought of such terrible consequences, his face turned pale with fear, and he couldn't help but cry.
——Weak, inferior, timid, controlled and oppressed by parents for a long time, no opinion of my own...
If such children encounter any problems, they often do not have the courage to resist.
Zhao Chengheng's eyes suddenly became a little strange. He reached out to wipe the tears from the boy's face, and gently stroked his fair skin with his fingers twice: "Kid, you are too pessimistic. It is not as difficult to get into high school as you think. If your grades are a little worse, you can also get extra points by winning awards in various competitions."
"Competition?" The boy looked a little bewildered. "But... if I can't even do the test questions, how can I win a prize in the competition?"
Zhao Chengheng smiled softly and said something very heartwarming: "I can help you."
He had never attacked a child in school, let alone in the school office.
But... this boy is really handsome.
Much more beautiful than any he had seen before.
The young man sat in the chair, slowly revealing the unknown scenes bit by bit: "Zhao Chengheng said he can help me win the competition prize, as long as I listen to him obediently."
"Ask, Principal, what do you want to do?"
"He said--come sit on my lap."
The young man suddenly laughed softly, his beautiful eyes and eyebrows showing a strong sense of sarcasm: "Zhao Chengheng really deserves to be a famous psychological counselor. This unique way of counseling is really the first time I have seen it."
The room was completely silent. Everyone was attracted by the boy in the center of the room. They held their breath unconsciously, as if they had witnessed the dark and ugly night with their own eyes following his voice and narration.
The teenager continued his account of the crime: "So I walked over obediently, trembling and sitting sideways on his lap. He seemed very satisfied with my docility, or maybe very excited - so excited that he immediately responded and reached out to touch my neck."
"My hands were too dirty, so I stabbed his throat with the pen in my sleeve. He died at his desk. Can it be considered as a dedication to education? After all, he gave up his own child for the sake of so many people's children."
As the boy spoke, a malicious smile suddenly appeared on his lips: "By the way, do you know why he has no children? Because he is a pervert who likes to play with little boys, and he can't get hard with his wife at all."
The boy's smiling eyes gently swayed over, his eyes were filled with sarcasm, coldness and darkness that could not be dissolved like thick ink, but because of his overly beautiful eyebrows and eyes, they paradoxically brought a kind of temptation, like a poisonous rose that grew out of the rotten soil in prison and was watered with blood.
The moment Wang Qi met the other person's gaze, his back suddenly leaned back against the chair. His heart suddenly stopped for a moment, then started beating wildly again.
Zhao Yi swallowed, and his fists on the table were shaking slightly.
The young man in the field restrained his expression at this time, stood up from his chair and bowed to everyone again: "Thank you, Master, the performance is over."
When he raised his head again, the creepy smile on his face had disappeared, replaced by a slightly shy and uneasy look: "This is my first attempt at acting. If I try too hard, please don't laugh at me, teachers."
When he said this, he seemed to have turned back into Song Yingbai before the truth was revealed. With a shy smile on his clean face, he scratched his hair and said to Fang Ye embarrassedly: "Brother Ye, the new dish seems to have failed. If it doesn't taste good, don't laugh."
He Pingqiu sighed, smiled, raised his hands and applauded.
He had to admit that some people could indeed be called geniuses.
He couldn't help but think back to when he first entered this industry, was the talent he displayed comparable to that of the boy in front of him?
Several other judges also applauded. Zhao Yi finally came to his senses and slammed the table, spitting out saliva:
“It’s you!!”
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