When I saw Brother Wen just now, because he's famous, you're saying you acknowledge his acting skills?
Now that you see me, a relatively unknown newcomer, you're going to start questioning my acting skills, let alone whether they're up to par.
What a master of double standards!
Xu Lu, who had originally planned to greet Director Zhong after hearing his introduction, immediately abandoned the idea and cursed inwardly.
Xu Lu was particularly disgusted by the woman named Zhou An's comments about "riding the coattails" of the situation.
I can make it to the trending topics just by walking around the street or visiting a haunted house. Do I need to ride on your coattails?
"Zhou An, it's my right as the director to choose who plays the male lead and the second male lead. I chose Xu Lu, which means I approve of him. As for fame or anything like that, it doesn't matter!"
Director Zhong was probably also holding back a lot of anger, and at this moment he spoke in a slightly harsher tone.
Zhou An ultimately didn't dare to fall out with the director of a film.
Seeing that Director Zhong looked somewhat displeased, she smiled and said:
"Director Zhong, I was just saying it casually. Of course, it's your job as a great director to choose who to cast."
But since Director Zhong brought this up... I'd like to see who has good acting skills.
At this point, Zhou An turned to Director Zhong and asked:
"Director Zhong, I'd like to act in a scene with this newcomer. What do you think? Let's see if he's really got the skills, so he can keep up with my pace and avoid delaying the filming!"
Since Zhou An had already said so, Director Zhong could only look at Xu Lu apologetically, nod helplessly, and say:
"Alright, but I'll say it again, Xu's acting skills are fine."
"Whether there's a problem or not, we'll find out soon enough!"
Zhou An smiled confidently; she didn't think a complete newcomer could have much acting skill.
If she only performs at half her usual best level, she will definitely crush this newcomer, and then she can take the opportunity to bring in someone she has her eye on.
Thinking of this, Zhou An asked her assistant to bring the photocopied script from earlier.
Then she casually flipped through the pages and pointed to one of them, saying:
"Hey, newbie, we're just going over this part. You have three minutes to read the lines, okay?"
"No problem. By the way, my name is Xu Lu!"
Xu Lu was getting a little angry at the woman named Zhou An's inexplicable provocation.
But Zhou An, standing to the side, didn't take Xu Lu's words seriously at all, and she thought to herself:
"Who cares what your name is? Anyway, after this scene, you'll be out of the running as the second male lead in this production!"
For the next three minutes, the two of them were looking at the script.
When the time was up, Zhou An stood up and said:
"Alright, alright, let's stop wasting time and get started!"
Judging from her confident eyes, she probably thought that a newcomer who only had three minutes to prepare, let alone memorize any lines, would be quite remarkable if he could even read them fluently.
Now that she's a veteran actress overshadowing him, even if the newcomer has some acting skills, he'll be lucky to perform even half of what he needs under her overwhelming presence.
With this in mind, it's a done deal that the second male lead in this production will be replaced, even though casting is the director's prerogative.
But if you, as a director, choose a terrible role, capital still has the right to speak, and isn't Zhou An the spokesperson for capital?
Soon, the people around them dispersed, leaving the two of them an open space to perform.
In order to make the environment more realistic for filming, Director Chung had most of the lights turned off.
It made the whole room seem somewhat dim.
Of course, it's not accurate to call the environment eerie, considering there were so many people there, and it was just an ordinary room without any horror props or sets.
However, in this ordinary environment, the next moment, everyone felt a chill down their spines, and the hairs on their bodies involuntarily stood on end.
Everyone around was like this, let alone Zhou An, the female lead who was acting directly opposite Xu Lu.
She hadn't taken the newcomer seriously at first, and was even thinking about how to embarrass him even more thoroughly.
Unexpectedly, at that moment, she felt that the person standing opposite her had changed... well, not exactly changed, but just became strange.
She felt as if the person standing opposite her was no longer a human being, but some unknown and terrifying creature.
She herself was the one targeted by this creature.
Zhou An's heart trembled involuntarily, and then her limbs.
"No, no, don't come any closer..."
After a few hysterical shouts, Zhou An's legs went weak and she sat down on the ground, then shuffled backward.
...
This sudden scene left everyone around dumbfounded.
Because Zhou An's behavior and words at this moment were completely out of character for the ghost house script.
"No wonder Director Zhong said that Xiao Xu's acting skills are very good. It turns out that it is true, and Director Zhong was underestimating him."
Xiao Xu's acting at this moment can't just be described as "good"; it's practically Oscar-worthy!
The male lead, Brother Wen, was deeply shocked at this moment.
Although he hadn't underestimated this newcomer named Xu Lu before, he now paid even more attention to him.
In fact, director Chung Lai was also deeply moved at that moment.
Yesterday, he invited Xu Lu to the haunted house crew to be the second male lead, simply because he saw something in the haunted house's surveillance footage and felt that this person was very suitable to be the second male lead.
But at this moment, Zhong Li finally understood why all the NPCs were so terrified of Xu Lu inside the haunted house.
Because the facts show that this guy is indeed very scary.
Even those who were merely observing from the sidelines, not directly facing him, felt their hair stand on end, while Zhou An, who was directly facing him, also gave his own performance at this moment.
It's hard to believe that a dignified actress like herself could be so intimidated by her co-star during a scene.
However, the facts are already clear.
"Turn on the lights!"
Director Zhong spoke, and soon all the lights in the room came back on.
Zhou An, who was sitting on the ground unable to get up on her own, finally stood up with the help of her assistant, but she was already deathly pale.
In particular, the presence of a puddle of water on the ground, which hadn't been there before, made everyone think of something.
"I'm not acting anymore! I'm quitting!"
Just as Director Zhong was about to say something, Zhou An suddenly shouted and turned to run outside.
Her assistant quickly chased after her, while the others looked at each other for a moment before bursting into laughter.
Hahahaha...
"Director Zhong, I scared away the female lead. Um, will there be any problems?"
Xu Lu asked with some concern.
Unexpectedly, Director Zhong had a very good attitude and calmly said:
"It's alright. This industry may lack many things, but it never lacks actors. It's good that Zhou An is gone, so we don't have to watch her anymore!"
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