Chapter 53
Chapter 53
Miao Ziyu looked down on Jiang Mingyue.
Miao Ziyu's eyes clearly conveyed her true emotions.
Jiang Mingyue was stunned.
In the past, she had endured similar looks countless times due to disdain for Jiang Mingyue's character or ridicule for her limited acting range. But after being reborn, this was the first time Jiang Mingyue had faced malice so directly.
At this time, Miao Ziyu had not acted in many dramas and was still in the stage of honing her acting skills. Perhaps compared with the so-called "popular traffic stars", Miao Ziyu's acting skills were excellent, but the degree of this "excellence" was too limited. What right did she have to look down on Jiang Mingyue?
Being recommended to the cast of a primetime TV series before any of her previous films or TV dramas were even released is already a testament to Jiang Mingyue's acting skills and connections.
If Jiang Mingyue were in Miao Ziyu's situation, she would definitely be very nervous and take her competitors very seriously, rather than expressing her hatred directly.
Wait a minute, the juvenile fish shouldn't be that stupid.
If she were really that stupid, how could there not be negative comments about Miao Ziyu circulating more than a decade later?
Therefore, Miao Ziyu's current behavior can only be interpreted as deliberately provoking her and trying to disrupt her performance.
Jiang Mingyue couldn't help but recall her experience during the audition for the drama "Seven Stars Alignment." ...They really lacked creativity; regardless of whether their acting was good or bad, they could only come up with this one way to deal with people.
Jiang Mingyue suddenly felt like teasing Miaoziyu.
Her face instantly darkened, she held her breath, and in less than five seconds her face turned red. She glared fiercely at Miao Ziyu with her large, clear eyes, as if she was about to lose control and retaliate.
The fry's mouth began to turn up, and its pupils contracted excitedly.
She rolled her eyes at Jiang Mingyue without any politeness, and then scanned Jiang Mingyue up and down more clearly with her gaze, letting out a clearer snort with each passing spot, repeatedly expressing her "disdain".
Jiang Mingyue seemed overwhelmed, pursing her lips and turning her face away. She plopped down on the folding chair, and less than five seconds after turning her gaze away, she couldn't help but look back at Miao Ziyu. Then she bit her lip hard, turning her face away with great difficulty to avoid looking at Miao Ziyu's eyes.
Seeing Jiang Mingyue's increasingly agitated expression, Miao Ziyu simply stomped her feet on the ground repeatedly, adding noise to irritate her.
Jiang Mingyue snorted loudly, grabbed her handbag, and with a "whoosh," unzipped it. She pulled out the script that had been sent with the interview notice with unusually large movements, gripped the few sheets of paper tightly, and muttered the contents of the paper repeatedly.
Miao Ziyu looked at Jiang Mingyue's completely tense shoulders and back, sat down with a satisfied smile, took out her own script, and read it aloud just like Jiang Mingyue.
Immediately, Jiang Mingyue, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, stood up abruptly, strode past Miao Ziyu, and went to the furthest spot from her, curling up into a ball.
The effect is so good?
As expected, being young means you can't handle the pressure.
Miao Ziyu hadn't expected such a conventional method to produce such an effect, and she felt even more relaxed. She casually placed the script on a chair next to her, crossed her legs, and watched Jiang Mingyue's restless expression, completely unable to concentrate on the interview script.
There were only two actors favored by the investors, so everything proceeded very quickly.
After interviewing the second and third male leads, it was soon time for Miao Ziyu and Jiang Mingyue's group to interview the second female lead.
Compared to Jiang Mingyue, who only has one unreleased work to her name, Pianfang naturally has a higher opinion of Miao Ziyu's performance. This view was reflected in the interview when the director directly pointed at Miao Ziyu and said, "You go first."
“Okay, Director Li.” Miao Ziyu put down the script and stood up from her seat.
Miao Ziyu was very well prepared; the script said to bring an umbrella in the rain, so she brought a transparent one.
After passing the row of seats in front of her, Miao Ziyu's actions changed. She opened her umbrella, tiptoed forward slowly, her gaze darting left and right as she walked, her posture cautious and solemn. After walking a dozen steps, she stopped, faced to her right, lowered her head, pulled out her keys from her handbag, made a door-opening motion, then suddenly threw the umbrella to the ground and complained loudly, "Mom, today is terrible, my shoes are all wet."
Jiang Mingyue sat in her seat watching Miao Ziyu's performance, her eyebrows raised high.
Compared to the finished product shown in the "three bedrooms and one living room", the current performance of Miaozi Fish is simply one or two levels worse!
Jiang Mingyue had completely lost interest in Miao Ziyu's performance, and her gaze involuntarily turned to Director Li sitting on the stool—Miao Ziyu's performance was certainly not bad, but only the director could polish her performance to the level of "refined" finished TV series.
It seems that Director Li is very good at directing and is good at discovering the actors' abilities.
If she gets the role, Director Li will definitely work just as hard to correct any flaws in her performance.
"Director Li, I've done my performance." Miao Ziyu finished her performance, smiled lightly, bowed, and stood to the side.
Being a director isn't as glamorous as outsiders think. Often, they have to put on a smiling face for investors while also politely persuading popular celebrities they can't afford to offend. So, apart from a few famous directors, most directors seem very amiable.
Director Li was no exception.
She had a gentle, round face, and smiled as she nodded to Miao Ziyu, "You acted well, go take a break." Then she beckoned to Jiang Mingyue, signaling her to perform.
Jiang Mingyue shoved the interview script back into her bag, got up from her seat, and began her performance.
Jiang Mingyue's lips twitched down, she looked up and nervously clenched her fists at her sides.
With just one gesture, you could tell that she was looking at the gloomy sky through the transparent umbrella, and that it was raining heavily—because only when the umbrella could not stop the rain would she show such a worried expression.
Jiang Mingyue didn't tiptoe, but she walked very slowly, pausing every few steps before starting again. She then switched directions. Suddenly, Jiang Mingyue moved her hands slightly back, then turned her head and shrugged her shoulder on the same side.
Jiang Mingyue used her face and neck to trap the non-existent transparent umbrella!
What is she going to do?
Director Li, observing her performance, immediately showed curiosity and stopped twirling his pen.
Jiang Mingyue squatted on the ground and wiped her calf from her Achilles tendon with her hand. When she moved her hand back, she rubbed her fingers together, and her facial features immediately scrunched up.
A hint of a smile flashed across Director Li's eyes as he thought to himself: So it was because of his poor walking posture that he splattered mud on his calves and dirtied his stockings.
With a pained expression, Jiang Mingyue moved her toes slightly, then continued to tilt her head, using her face and shoulder to hold the "non-existent umbrella," and stretched out her arm on the same side to support the "equally non-existent wall." Without caring at all, she pulled her foot out of her shoe in front of everyone, made a kicking motion with her toes, wiggled her toes a few times, put her foot down, put it back in her shoe, furrowed her brows tightly, and took a few more steps forward with a heavy expression.
Director Li had already guessed the meaning behind these actions—not only were the backs of the stockings covered in mud by "Qiao Xin," but sewage had also seeped into the shoes, wetting the stockings.
Leather shoes damaged by water will fade, and "Qiao Xin" is upset about her stained stockings.
Qiao Xin has no money! For ordinary people, a pair of stockings costing around ten yuan is just a consumable, but ruining a pair of stockings could very likely cause Qiao Xin to go hungry for two meals in a row.
The pain on Jiang Mingyue's face turned into numbness in a short moment. She returned to her initial calm and sour expression, opened the door with a large twist, closed the umbrella with a large movement, raised the umbrella high, but stopped just in time to throw it to the ground, becoming cautious.
Then, with a wronged, nasal voice, she called into the house, "Mom, can you get me some tissues? My purse got wet."
Yes, a handbag is also a leather item. It's hard to say what will happen to shoes after being soaked in water all the way; they might be beyond repair. But a handbag can definitely be cleaned up without much problem. The real Qiao Xin, once she gets home, will definitely not care about being soaked to the bone in the rain; she will only be concerned about saving her "property" as soon as possible.
Jiang Mingyue stopped acting and said the same thing as Miao Ziyu: "Director Li, I've done my part."
"Hmm, not bad." Director Li quickly composed herself and gave the same evaluation, but her gaze lingered on Jiang Mingyue a few more times.
Director Li did not announce the results immediately, but said, "The performances were all good. Go back and wait for news."
Jiang Mingyue smiled and nodded, without saying a word of nonsense, politely said "Goodbye" and left first.
When Gu Yifan saw Jiang Mingyue, he asked, "How was your performance?"
Jiang Mingyue smiled confidently: "It's definitely better than the competition. The rest depends on the company's strength."
The fact that she was able to appear at the interview speaks volumes about the company's strength. As long as Jiang Mingyue herself is good enough, the contract for the second female lead role will soon be available to Gu Yifan.
Neither of them spoke, and they went to wait for the elevator together.
Miao Ziyu lingered inside for another ten seconds or so, and came out just in time to catch the same elevator. Miao Ziyu only had one assistant with her for the interview, unlike Jiang Mingyue, who had her manager and two assistants.
In the elevator, she stood next to Jiang Mingyue and looked Jiang Mingyue and her three-person team up and down again.
As the elevator landed, Miao Ziyu finally couldn't hold back and asked, "Did the company arrange for a professional acting coach to choreograph this audition scene for you?"
Jiang Mingyue smiled and calmly replied, "That's not important."
Yes, it doesn't matter whether Jiang Mingyue's performance during the audition was something she figured out herself or something a performance coach designed. What matters is that she was able to perfectly present so many details of movement and emotions in front of the camera.
After all, as long as she gets the role, even if it's designed by someone else, Starry Night Pictures will bring the so-called "acting coach" into the crew with Jiang Mingyue.
Miao Ziyu blushed and stopped in her tracks.
When she asked that question, she admitted that she was not as skilled as others.
“…This isn’t our first time working together. How about I accept Director Li’s suggestion and play another supporting role?” Miao Ziyu pressed the floor button again and returned to the interview location.
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