Guan Liang smiled lightly but did not refute her.
Soon another assistant came back and drew the audition number: No. 73.
Guan Liang nodded: "Those with earlier numbers won't have to wait that long, but... Meng Yao, how are you preparing?"
Meng Yao's eyes paused, then she took a big sip of milk tea and gently lifted her eyelids: "Of course I'm ready."
In fact, she has never read the script until now. She just knows some general ideas and key points through online classes some time ago, but she doesn't know a word of the specific plot she is going to perform.
Guan Liang nodded: "This is the performance segment I personally selected for you. It's not very difficult, but if you perform well, it will be very outstanding. At least I think it's no problem to get this role. The "Journey to the End of the World" you chose last time was a bit too risky. Let's play it safe this time..."
Meng Yao nodded. She didn’t care what script Guan Liang chose. She had already thought of a way out anyway.
"Oh right..." Guan Liang suddenly said, "I remember that when you were in the crew before, didn't you often communicate with Ling Xiao about acting? I heard that Ling Xiao taught you a lot, and your acting skills have improved rapidly. Did you ask him for advice during this audition?"
Meng Yao answered perfunctorily: "I asked before, it happened a few days ago."
"As the saying goes, a sharp sword is not sharp, but it shines. You should read the suggestions he gave you now, and you will be able to improve yourself. Ling Xiao is young, but his acting skills are first-rate. Since you two are childhood friends, it will probably be more convenient for you to communicate with each other."
Meng Yao's face froze: "...Is this not necessary?"
Guan Liang opened his eyes and said, "Why not? It's always a good idea to eat less and study more scripts."
Under Guan Liang's extremely oppressive gaze, Meng Yao could only swipe open her friend list.
She scrolled up and down three times but couldn't find Ling Xiao's name. Finally, she found Ling Xiao through his avatar, an unfamiliar nickname, probably his online name.
"Didn't you give Ling Xiao any notes?" Guan Liang's voice was inexplicable.
Meng Yao's scalp tingled. How could she know why the original owner didn't leave a note for Ling Xiao? Ever since she came here, she was too lazy to change these nicknames or anything like that. In addition, she usually didn't reply to other people's messages, so naturally she didn't notice that Ling Xiao didn't have a note.
"Ahem... We are so familiar with each other, do we still need to make notes? Look, I recognized him just by looking at his profile picture!"
Meng Yao pointed at Ling Xiao's real-life portrait on the screen and said shamelessly.
Guan Liang held his forehead helplessly, seriously doubting the truthfulness of Meng Yao's words.
Meng Yao opened the chat box again. The last message was not too long ago, and the time displayed was two days ago. But the problem was... The chat box was filled with messages from Ling Xiao. He asked the question "Have you eaten?" in different ways more than five times, but Meng Yao kept a cool image and ignored him.
Meng Yao looked up again and saw that the message was "Do Not Disturb"...
"Well... I chatted with him yesterday. Maybe I deleted the chat history because I was sleepy this morning. We talked about a lot of issues related to acting. Um... I benefited a lot."
Guan Liang looked at her doubtfully: "Why don't you ask him again? In terms of acting, Ling Xiao can definitely be your teacher."
"I think..." Meng Yao stammered, "Isn't this necessary?"
It takes countless lies to cover up a lie. For the first time, Meng Yao felt a little powerless because of her own opportunism.
"This is just a discussion about acting skills. Many artists in the industry who have good relationships will exchange ideas. What's the big deal?"
After Guan Liang finished speaking, he took Meng Yao's phone and sent a message. His hands were very fast and the message was sent in just three seconds.
Meng Yao didn't plan to struggle anymore. The worst that could happen was that Guan Liang would scold her. She had experienced this kind of thing many times anyway.
Guan Liang handed the phone back to Meng Yao: "I don't know if Ling Xiao is working, let's wait... No, you can't wait, Meng Yao, take a good look at the electronic file I sent you. This time, the role of 'Jiang Jian' is very challenging, take a good look at her character analysis."
Meng Yao could only open the document sent by Guan Liang again, but although her eyes seemed to be glued to the screen, she actually did not stop stuffing snacks into her mouth.
"How can you watch this while eating? You have to concentrate."
Meng Yao took the time to look at him and said, "I am not an ordinary person."
After waiting for about ten minutes, there was still no response from Ling Xiao.
Guan Liang said: "Ling Xiao should be working, you should take a good look at these materials."
Meng Yao breathed a sigh of relief.
Guan Liang looked at Meng Yao and said, "The heroine of Mirror has a dual personality, and the characteristics of the two personalities are completely opposite. This means that you not only have to figure out the personalities of the two characters, but also have to reasonably integrate the two personalities together. The performance is quite difficult."
"Another point is, as I told you before, the heroine of Mirror Image, Jiang Jian, is set to be a plain-looking person. Your image is different from hers, which means that your image score is not very high, and the requirements for your acting skills will be further increased."
Guan Liang's eyes swept over Meng Yao's exquisite face, and after a second he continued, "Your good looks are sometimes not a good thing. You should know that image matching is very important. An overly outstanding appearance will affect your acting range. In this case, the requirements for acting skills are quite high."
Meng Yao ignored it and nodded.
"This way, or you can put on some makeup to make your image more suitable for the role."
Meng Yao was too lazy to move and refused without even thinking.
"I do not want!"
Guan Liang was not surprised by this. After all, Meng Yao had always loved beauty and always wanted to be covered in jewelry. How could she be willing to deliberately make herself ugly
"Forget it then, but you have to perform well later. Mirror is a big production that cost a lot of money. Huang Yan put a lot of thought into it, and it has a great chance of winning an award."
Winning awards - this is not the first time Meng Yao has heard Guan Liang say this, but all the awards go to the heroine Meng Qingqing. What does it have to do with her, a cannon fodder villain
Although thinking this in her heart, Meng Yao still nodded obediently.
Suddenly, a message notification sounded, and Meng Yao took out her phone and saw it was Ling Xiao.
(End of this chapter)