All the judges' eyes were fixed on Meng Yao, and they watched her intently.
But after waiting for a long time, Meng Yao didn't make any move. One of the judges took a sip of water in annoyance, and didn't dare to say anything because of Huang Yan's pressure.
He placed the mineral water on the table with a touch, his chest rising and falling slightly.
There was some silence in the atmosphere for a while.
Meng Yao didn't feel embarrassed at all, and even looked at the judges with interest. She stretched her left foot forward, and just when everyone thought she was going to show something, they found that she just moved a position and then continued to stand there lazily.
Suddenly her eyes paused, and she walked straight to the chair used as a performance prop. She threw the basket on the bench onto a table not far away, and then sat down without any hesitation.
Arrogant! Really too arrogant!!
The judges except Huang Yan all frowned fiercely. One of them couldn't help but said, "Three minutes have passed! Did you know that performances have a time limit?! The time is almost up, and you are still sitting there!"
"Are you going to perform or not? Are you here to waste everyone's time?!"
Meng Yao looked up at the clock hanging on the wall. The performance time was set at four minutes, and there were still a dozen seconds left...
Huang Yan coughed twice and looked at Meng Yao: "Are you feeling unwell?"
"No." Meng Yao's expression was still relaxed, and he even crossed his legs.
"What's the reason?" Huang Yan's voice was as gentle as ever, in stark contrast to her previous stern image.
The numbers on the clock kept changing and finally stopped at an integer.
Meng Yao retracted her gaze: "I forgot."
"Forgot?" Huang Yan frowned slightly: "What did you forget? The lines or the actions?"
"I have forgotten everything."
"You forgot everything...?"
Now the expressions on the judges' faces became even more complicated and ugly. They talked in low voices, but their eyebrows were raised in excitement.
Meng Yao had good listening skills and roughly heard some of the topics they were discussing, which were nothing more than her being unprofessional or not serious about playing big shots...
She didn't show it on her face, but she was in a rare good mood.
Meng Yao had not planned to perform a script from the beginning. She came here just to try her luck. If her last audition for "A Journey to the End of the World" was a lucky circumstance, then this time if she didn't perform anything, she would definitely be able to reduce the probability of success to zero.
By then, Meng Qingqing passed the audition and the story was back on track. Meng Qingqing was happy, she was happy, and everyone was happy.
Huang Yan also frowned slightly. Although she tried to win over Meng Yao partly out of consideration for her own benefit, she really admired Meng Yao. She had always felt that Meng Yao was fully capable of playing the role of the heroine in "Mirror". But now Meng Yao said that she had forgotten everything...
Huang Yan tried her best to adjust her expression. She paused and said, "It must be because of nervousness. I was very nervous when I was auditioning and forgot my lines. I have encountered this kind of situation many times before, so I can understand it. Let's put it this way..."
Among all the judges, Huang Yan is undoubtedly the one with the highest status and the most say.
As soon as Huang Yan spoke, all the judges unconsciously looked in Huang Yan's direction, waiting for her to decide on Meng Yao.
"I'll give you another ten minutes to read the script carefully. Meng Yao, I believe you won't let me down."
All the judges were shocked and couldn't believe that Huang Yan would protect Meng Yao to such an extent. Everyone knew that Huang Yan was notoriously strict and difficult to get along with. Just now, an actor came over and was lectured by Huang Yan because he stuttered a few words when speaking his lines. And now... Huang Yan's attitude towards Meng Yao is too different...
I didn't expect that even though my performance was so bad, Huang Yan was still willing to give me another chance.
She narrowed her eyes slightly: "No need."
Huang Yan was unsure of Meng Yao's attitude, so she asked tentatively, "Ten minutes is not enough? How about fifteen minutes?"
Meng Yao laughed softly and stood up straight. She estimated that the time was up and said slowly: "I am a slow person. Even if you give me ten hours, I can't memorize it."
She stretched herself, looking a little sleepy: "I'm a little tired, so that's all."
After saying that, she walked straight towards the door. The moment she opened the door, dazzling sunlight poured down on her, and she was instantly as beautiful as a colorful oil painting.
The judges in the room looked at each other, unable to believe what was happening.
It was the first time they encountered such a situation. An artist who was auditioning came in, sat for a few minutes and then left. However, her face did not show any embarrassment or nervousness at all, as if she came here just to visit.
"How can there be such an unreliable artist?! What's the difference between her audition and a child's play? If that's the case, why did she sign up? Is she kidding us?!"
"I suspect she came here to do something weird on purpose! She just wandered around and went back. This is the first time I've seen someone act like a big shot like this!!"
…
Huang Yan didn't say anything. She lowered her eyes slightly with a complicated look.
*
Guan Liang had been waiting for Meng Yao outside the room. Since the room was well soundproofed, he had no idea how Meng Yao was performing.
"You came out so soon? How was your performance? What were the judges' expressions like?"
Meng Yao followed him down the stairs, her voice somewhat amused, as if she was quite happy: "I performed very well, there was absolutely no fault to be found in my performance, I am very satisfied!"
“As for the judges…” She paused for a moment and said in a long tone, half-seriously, “I scared them all.”
“I was scared silly by you…?” Guan Liang pondered over this sentence.
What does it mean to be scared silly? Why do people get scared silly
But seeing Meng Yao's smug look, I guess she performed quite well. Don't pay too much attention to the adjectives she said, after all, Meng Yao's Chinese is not very good, and I guess what she wanted to express was that the judges praised her very much.
After this analysis, Guan Liang couldn't help but sigh with relief: "I knew you wouldn't let me down. Meng Yao, let's not go back to the company later, let's go to the restaurant to celebrate first."
"Celebrating what?"
Meng Yao had already stepped down the last step and turned her head to look at him.
"What else can I celebrate? Of course, I'm celebrating in advance that you got the role! Director Huang was very optimistic about you to begin with, and combined with the judges' reactions you mentioned, I think you've secured the role."
"Do you trust me so much?" Meng Yao asked in an ambiguous tone.
(End of this chapter)