* This place is far away from the city center, close to the suburbs, and there are not even slightly higher buildings around.

One can only think of desolation and bleakness.

It's quite strange.

Some crews will arrange auditions in places like this.

There was cracked yellow soil under my feet, and I could seem to feel the dust rising with every step I took.

Zhang Bai took Sheng Yuan and walked in one direction for a while. They saw a place surrounded by iron sheets not far away. It covered a very large area. One had to look very far to see the edge of the other end. It looked very much like a hunting ground for hunting in ancient times.

Probably not everyone can enter there.

At the exit, there was a person with a sign hanging around his neck who looked like a staff member and was guarding it.

See Zhang Bai and Sheng Yuan coming over.

Just reach out and stop him.

He didn't say anything, but raised his chin and asked with his face - "What do you do?"

Zhang Bai took out his cell phone and handed it to the man: "We received the audition notice."

After the man saw it clearly and confirmed it, he raised his eyes and immediately looked at Sheng Yuan beside Zhang Bai. It was just a casual glance at first, but then his eyes paused and his gaze stayed on Sheng Yuan's face for a few more seconds.

But despite this, the man's expression did not change much.

He averted his eyes calmly, then stepped aside: "Well, go in."

* After coming in.

Zhang Bai finally understood why the staff member had such an expression of "not surprised" and "not uncommon".

As soon as I came in, I saw a sign saying the audition location for "Power".

At this time, the seats in the rest area where the sign was placed were already full of people.

Zhang Bai took a quick look and recognized among them - a fifth-tier actress, a second-tier actress, a third-tier actress, and several female artists who have recently become popular through online dramas.

I'm going to...

Zhang Bai immediately had a bad feeling and said in surprise: "...No, they are all here to audition for the role of Ah Zhao."

He knew that the role of A Zhao was in high demand.

However, I never expected it to be so popular.

A total of almost twenty people.

With so many people all waiting for auditions to grab a role, it's clear how competitive the competition is.

Zhang Bai swallowed his saliva and tried to persuade him to back out: "Little Ancestor, how about..."

"Thanks."

Sheng Yuan had already taken the number tag from the staff, walked to the waiting area, and started queuing.

Zhang Bai: “…”

Silence for two seconds.

"Then little ancestor, I'll wait for you over there."

* This is probably the area specially fenced off by the crew for filming exterior scenes.

Cameras and wire machines can be seen everywhere.

On the northernmost side, which is on the right hand side of the audition waiting area, three awnings are erected side by side.

Under the awning, there are several real-time visual photographic instruments. In front of the instruments, there are four or five people sitting. The one in the middle is a middle-aged man with a slightly fat figure. He is wearing a white short-sleeved shirt and a green and white vest. He is also holding a headset in his hand.

Usually people dressed like this, if nothing unexpected happens, are—

"Director Hu, drink some water and take a rest."

A young man came up from behind the middle-aged man and handed him a cup of wolfberry tea.

With a bit of weakness, he said, "Next."

As soon as the words fell.

A young girl was seen being slowly lowered from the pressure in the air opposite and landed on the ground. After hearing Director Hu's words, she knew that she was hopeless. She let the staff help her to get rid of the pressure and then left with a disappointed look on her face.

See here.

Sheng Yuan probably understood that this didn't seem to be the traditional kind of audition that took place in a spacious indoor space, where the actors had to perform a non-physical audition in front of the director, producer and others, and express all kinds of emotions on the spot.

This is a reality audition.

A staff member came over and announced: "Number 10, it's your turn."

Sheng Yuan paused, lowered her head and glanced at the number plate in her hand, raising her eyebrows slightly.

——Number 25.

A little later in the queue.

The girl whose number was called stood up and left, leaving an empty seat in the rest area. Sheng Yuan simply walked over and sat down quietly to wait.

In fact, when Sheng Yuan just came over, the people waiting for the audition noticed her and looked up at her a few more times.

That’s not all.

Before Sheng Yuan came, they had secretly sized each other up countless times.

They were all people from the same circle, and they were all here for Ah Zhao. All of them were competitors, so they didn't talk much to each other. No one spoke, and they were always feeling nervous inside, fearing that they would be outdone by the other party. But on the surface, they looked natural and perfect, and there was peace and tranquility.

To what extent? At this moment, if any camera were to scan over, there would not be any failure in facial expression management.

Sheng Yuan originally thought that she would have to wait.

Unexpectedly, in just less than thirty minutes, six or seven people in front of me were called one after another and stood up, and then left with lost expressions like the girl just now.

This place is not far from the awning, and you can see the situation over there. Not everyone who comes for the audition has the opportunity to start the audition.

Maybe you just stand in front of the director and look up, and then he determines your fate at first sight, tells you that you are not suitable for the role, gives you one minute to audition, and stops at the first step and is asked to withdraw.

Sheng Yuan was not the last one to come for the audition.

As some people left, more people entered the audition waiting area.

"Hi."

Sheng Yuan was patted gently on the back.

Turn around.

It's the girl standing at the back.

Female artists who are confident enough to come for an interview with A Zhao usually don’t have bad looks.

The girl gave Sheng Yuanyou a friendly smile: "Hello, my name is Chen Zi, Mu Xinzi, and I'm here for the audition as well."

Sheng Yuan nodded and responded: "Sheng Yuan."

"Ah, I know you, Song Yunan, right?" Chen Zi smiled even more brightly, and she blinked: "I have followed every episode of "Glory Family"."

Chen Zi seems to have a lively personality, unlike the other people around him who are so reserved and wary of each other.

She pulled Sheng Yuan aside to chat about this and that, sometimes complaining a little, looking very nervous, and sometimes taking a breath, saying that she wouldn't be rejected by the director as soon as she went on stage.

At this time.

An inappropriate female voice interrupted, and the words were not very friendly: "What's going on? Doesn't the crew do any screening of the auditions? How can anyone come to audition for Ah Zhao?"

A faint sound of complaints came from behind.

"Yeah, who is this person? I have never seen him before."

(End of this chapter)