Chapter 211
While Jian Li was instructing others to go find him, in a basement in the capital.
A girl with long hair got up early, cleaned the house, and then did nothing but stared at the mobile phone in front of her.
She bought this mobile phone before moving to Beijing, and it cost her four thousand yuan.
I don’t dare to buy a PHS because I’m afraid I’ll miss calls due to poor signal.
But the monthly expenses of a mobile phone are really staggering. After deducting the rent, utilities, and other expenses, she still has to spend the remaining money on photo shoots and interviews with the crews...
She was extremely distressed, staring at the phone in front of her, hoping for good news.
Her agent told her a week ago that there was an opportunity to find her a role in a big production crew. The name of the production crew gave her a chill for a moment, and she said a lot of good things to the agent, asking him to find her a role.
It doesn't matter if it's a small role or even a minor one.
She has liked that comic for a long time, and she would have no regrets as long as she could take part in the show.
The agent gave her good news the day before yesterday, saying that the company had invested in this play.
"Xiao Ru, I'm keeping an eye on the role for you. As long as the company doesn't push those people to take the role, you can get a role!"
I don’t know if it’s luck or not, but the agent said that several potential contenders in the company have recently got better offers.
"Director Feng is making a new movie, and they are all competing for roles!"
Even if you play a small role in a movie, it is much better than playing the second male or female lead in a TV series.
Xiaoru waited and waited, and the agent told her that the casting would be in the next few days, and if nothing went wrong, she could go for an audition on site.
Xiaoru's eyes fell on the mobile phone, and she couldn't help picking it up after a while. She kept looking through the text messages and missed calls. After reading them, she fiddled with the volume button, fearing that she had missed it because she didn't hear the sound.
But hope is always dashed. Xiaoru waited until noon but still didn't receive a call.
Finally she couldn't bear it anymore and called her agent.
The agent said: "Xiao Ru, Mr. Yang has already taken Lan Nuo to that role...Xiao Ru, maybe next time. There will always be a chance."
Although Xiaoru was disappointed, she still insisted and asked her agent: "Sister Hua, can't I just have a small role? Just one or two lines will do!"
The agent was still very apologetic: "Xiao Ru, it's my fault for not telling you in advance. Our company really can't get a say in this crew. It would be a waste of effort to squeeze one person in. You don't know that the person who speaks for this crew is not Mr. Zhu, but the original author."
The agent kept saying the same thing: he would not fight for Xiaoru.
Xiaoru felt upset and lay down on the table after hanging up the phone.
She likes filming, so she gave up her job in her hometown and came to the capital, but she has not been able to make it in the capital in the past few years.
Although the agent was optimistic about her, he was also a lowly person, and there were always some managers bringing people in. The agent also tried to persuade her when he was drunk several times.
"In our line of work, you're just not bold enough."
"But it's no use telling you that. I'm not willing to do that."
Xiaoru knew what the agent meant. After being taken advantage of several times by the company's CEO Yang, she finally rejected him harshly. As a result, she was not able to join any team for six consecutive months.
After hearing this, the agent did not blame her and continued to look for roles for her.
But how could such a good role fall into her hands so easily?
No one is stupid.
Xiaoru felt disheartened and thought that she might as well just go home.
She had been struggling for several years for her dream. Although her parents did not urge her over the phone, she could not continue like this...
"Dingling——"
The phone rang and Xiaoru answered it.
It was not the voice of an agent, but that of a young boy.
"Excuse me, is this Feiru?"
"We are here at the audition site for "The Legend of the Star Bamboo". The thing is, Teacher Zhili saw your photo and hopes that you can come for an audition today... Can you come to the Yunteng Hotel before 4 pm?"
Fei Ru almost thought there was something wrong with her ears.
"The Legend of the Star Bamboo", the re-selection scene, Teacher Zhili......
The assistant asked again.
"Because the re-election is only today, if you can't get there before four o'clock..."
Fei Ru finally came to his senses and said excitedly, "I can make it!"
The sound was so loud that the assistant unconsciously put his phone further away.
"Okay, when you get there, give me a call and I'll bring you in."
Fei Ru hung up the phone and didn't even bother to change her clothes. She quickly put on her boots and went out.
When hailing a taxi, she was so anxious that she almost stood in front of the taxi.
"To Yunteng Hotel!"
Fei Ru took out several dozen dollars from her wallet and stuffed them into the driver's pocket.
"Master, don't take the detour, I have an audition, please hurry up."
As soon as the driver saw the money, he patted his chest and promised to deliver it to her before 3:30.
"A little girl going for an audition? That's incredible."
Fei Ru didn't want to talk to the driver, but at this moment her agent called her like crazy.
Fei Ru picked up the phone, and the agent quickly said, "I just heard that you go first and I'll be there a little later. By the way, when you get there, don't bother with Mr. Yang."
Fei Ru hummed, her voice choking: "Sister Hua, can I really do this?"
When the time came, she became nervous.
Sister Hua said calmly, "Fei Ru, this is your closest chance to success."
"Don't retreat!"
When the taxi stopped downstairs of the hotel, the clock showed exactly 3:32.
Fei Ru ran out of the car, asked the waiter which floor the car was on, and hurried to the destination.
Three fifty-two.
The assistant's surname was Ji. He told Jian Li right after receiving Fei Ru's call.
Jian Li: "Take the person to the preparation room."
Assistant Ji went to the door, showed his ID, and took the person away.
Jian Li nodded at the girl named Lan Nuo who was brought to the stage by President Yang.
President Yang thought that Jian Li agreed to let Lan Nuo join the team.
Old Zhu frowned. Lan Nuo was the last person to come in, so he walked down the stage and asked Mr. Yang, "Where's the one in the photo?"
President Yang said with a playful smile: "Our Lan Nuo has acted in movies directed by famous directors. Isn't this better than the one in the photo?"
Lao Zhu: "You're still laughing... Let me tell you, the guy above seems a little angry when he changes players in battle."
President Yang disagreed: "Old Zhu, isn't this what we agreed on? Each family has its own role. She didn't do anything to those two boys just now."
Lao Zhu: "...I don't care about you. Anyway, let's be frank. Your company has a quota, but I don't have the final say on who gets selected. If Lan Nuo is blocked, the next candidate won't be yours."
Mr. Yang has many agents in his company, and this time he chose the person based on his own selfishness. If everything goes well, the company will not care, but if not, it is not known who will get the fat piece of meat.
The dozens of people who were selected in the shortlist entered the preparation room.
Fei Ru sat in the corner, out of tune with the people around her.
No one told her what to do next.
The agent, Ms. Hua, didn't call again.
After two rounds of selection, those who remained were more or less familiar with each other.
Everyone gathered in groups of three or four to talk, and Fei Ru had nothing to say.
Everyone looked at it in wonder.
Until Lenno walked in.
"Fei Ru?"
Lenno was shocked.
Mr. Yang's face darkened instantly.
"Who asked you to come?"
Fei Ru didn't know. She wanted to say it was a pear, but she felt that she shouldn't be so ostentatious.
Jian Li was walking behind and came in with a smile: "Are all the people here? Let's get started."
She just didn't believe that President Yang had the nerve to come over and ask Fei Ru to leave.
Fei Ru drew the lot and was among the last few.
Fei Ru was full of confusion. She sat there and watched the people around her. They had one hour to prepare, and they were all reciting the lines for the passages they were about to perform.
There are even male and female groups working together.
When Fei Ru was worried, Sister Hua appeared.
When Sister Hua saw the situation, she slapped her in frustration and said, "The teacher gave you a chance, but you just sit there and don't go to the pier?"
Sister Hua went up to find Jian Li without saying a word.
Jian Li's assistant stopped the person and gave a copy of the audition content: "It's not appropriate to go up now, let your artist take a look at it quickly."
Sister Hua took a look and found it was indeed not suitable. At that moment, Jian Li was talking to someone there, and the company's General Manager Yang's face was red with anger, and he was arguing with General Manager Zhu.
Sister Hua handed the page to Fei Ru: "Hurry up and read it!"
Soon, it was time for the audition.
Those who are ahead have to try three sections.
Three sections are randomly selected, mainly depending on the character in the booklet in hand.
Lan Nuo was chosen to play the supporting female role in three segments, but perhaps Fei Ru's appearance made Lan Nuo lose her mindset. She either forgot the lyrics or her emotions were not in place in the three segments.
President Yang glared at Sister Hua fiercely. Anyone could see that Lan Nuo was not capable.
When it came to Fei Ru, Jian Li pointed to two paragraphs of the female supporting role, and the last paragraph pointed to the content on the first page.
"Let's try this one."
Old Zhu could hardly sit still, as the director from Hong Kong Island next to him spoke unfluent Mandarin.
"I'd like to introduce you."
Both Buddhas said so, so all Lao Zhu could say was, "You try it."
Fei Ru closed her eyes to calm down her emotions, then opened them again, her demeanor suddenly becoming cold.
The first part is about the hero losing his memory and the heroine being forced to fight him.
Fei Ru tried to control her emotions, but gradually, as she spoke more and more lines, her emotions became out of control.
When the performance was over, Jian Li led the applause.
Old Zhu no longer wanted to cause trouble, but he also knew that the other party had indeed acted well.
Jian Li: "Fei Ru, during the audition just now, I saw that you didn't follow the script?"
Fei Ru was a little embarrassed: "I followed the original book... I remember the lines of this part in the original book."
I remember crying a lot when I saw this scene. When I was acting just now, I unconsciously said all the lines of the original work.
When she said this, someone at the scene immediately slapped his thigh in regret.
Why didn’t I think of this?
Now, this role will undoubtedly belong to Fei Ru.
Jian Li smiled: "Very good."
Old Zhu's eyes went dark.
What's good about this?
The play of our own company is now given to another heroine!
Jian Li didn't care about all that. She looked at Fei Ru's photo and found it a little unbelievable.
In her previous life, Fei Ru became famous after she turned 40. When marketing accounts edited her videos, Fei Ru was always included in the group of "young pearls covered in dust".
When Fei Ru herself was interviewed, she spoke calmly about her experience as a migrant worker in Beijing.
"I drifted for a few years and then returned home. Then I got married and divorced. In the end, I realized that life is too short and I might as well spend it doing what I like."
Choosing Fei Ru in the casting process was something that Jian Li felt was a very strange situation.
Life is too short, so you might as well spend it doing what you love.
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