Ji Yunxin never cared about other people's private affairs, let alone Jian Yan's. She kept her distance from them, so she glanced at Luo Jing indifferently and continued to look at the stage. The audition had just ended and the people on the stage were waiting for news. Director Gu gave a long speech and others spoke in a low voice. Only here, no one dared to talk to her. It seemed extremely deserted. Ji Yunxin sat on the chair, with her arms across her chest, stern eyebrows and cold eyes, staring at the actor in front of her, making people shiver a little.
A few minutes later, the two actors got accurate information from the director. The woman stayed but the man was not allowed to audition. Then they entered the next round of auditions. Jian Yan stood in the audience and simulated the performance to a 70% or 80% degree. She was also confident about the play she was about to perform. Before leaving, she waved at Luo Jing. Luo Jing smiled and narrowed her eyes. She nodded a little too much. After she finished, she realized the gazes on her side. Luo Jing tilted her head and saw Ji Yunxin staring at her. She smiled, "What's wrong with President Ji?"
Ji Yunxin didn't say anything but just shook her head. When the people on the stage were about to start the audition, she opened her mouth and said, "Do you know Miss Jian?"
"Are you talking about Jian Yan?" Luo Jing's eyes lit up: "Yes, I know her. She's my favorite artist!"
Ji Yunxin was so happy that he nodded without saying anything. Luo Jing suddenly remembered something and whispered, "By the way, I heard that Jian Yan signed with Jingyi. Is that true, Mr. Ji?"
Ji Yunxin hummed calmly, and Luo Jing said silently: "Very good, thank you Mr. Ji for taking good care of Jian Yan."
It felt very subtle when these words were spoken. She was obviously an artist of Jingyi, but Luo Jing asked her to take good care of her. Ji Yunxin had been in the business world for so long, she must have understood the subconscious meaning. She just didn't expect that one day someone would ask her to take good care of her ex-wife.
This feeling is so subtle no matter how you think about it.
Seeing that Ji Yunxin didn't say anything, Luo Jing couldn't help but shout, "Boss Ji?"
Ji Yunxin met her eyes and nodded: "I understand."
Luo Jing's eyes narrowed with a smile.
The audition on the stage was still going on, and soon it was Li Weiqing's turn. When Director Gu heard the assistant say this name, he looked at Lu Kaiping. Although Ji Yunxin said to follow the normal procedures, who didn't understand her intention of inserting someone in? Director Gu was very hesitant. Although he was usually upright, he was not so arrogant as to challenge Ji Yunxin, so he looked at Lu Kaiping. Lu Kaiping was stunned for a few seconds. Luo Jing was surprised and asked, "Why don't you try it out?"
Lu Kaiping leaned close to her ear and whispered, "The next one is Li Weiqing."
Luo Jing asked straightforwardly: "What's wrong? What's the problem, Miss Li?"
Seeing that she was not understanding, Lu Kaiping wanted to poke her head open to see what was going on. In the end, he could only say, "It's someone that Ji sent in!"
"So what? Isn't it fair competition for roles?" No one expected her to say this. Director Gu looked at her with a bit more respect. Luo Jing said naturally, "Boss Ji."
Ji Yunxin was just worrying about what happened just now. When she heard someone calling her, her eyebrows knitted tightly together. She looked at Luo Jing fiercely. Luo Jing said calmly, "Did the person Mr. Ji put in here audition or was he directly accepted? If he was directly accepted, I have an opinion."
Jian Yan was someone she had finally invited. This role was almost tailor-made for her. Now she said someone was inserted to take away the role? Isn't that funny? Before Ji Yunxin inserted someone, she said that it was a normal procedure and a fair competition. If Jian Yan really lost, she would accept it. But now she wants to take the back door and pass directly before the audition has even started. She is dreaming! It's a nice thought. Even if Luo Jing doesn't sell her script, she can't let them ruin it like this!
The atmosphere was tense for a moment. Director Gu and Lu Kaiping looked at Luo Jing. This was not the first time they had worked with Luo Jing. They knew her personality and that she could actually make a deal without selling the script. So they were in a dilemma for a moment. Ji Yunxin seemed a little puzzled when she saw their dilemma. She frowned and said, "Of course we have to audition. Since we are following the normal procedures, we should compete fairly."
This sentence made everyone breathe a sigh of relief. Director Gu hurriedly said to the assistant: "Please ask Miss Li to come up."
Li Weiqing walked onto the stage in small steps. She was wearing a patched green cloth shirt. Although the clothes were simple, they could not hide her extraordinary temperament. Her long hair fluttered in the wind, her waist was as slender as a willow, and her frail posture was portrayed vividly by her.
Neither of the two main actors showed up for the audition, so there were two staff members acting as the main actors. This meeting was their first reunion after five hundred years. Li Weiqing looked at the girl who played the fox spirit with tears in her eyes. She choked up before she even opened her mouth: "Little Miss..."
The girl who played the fox spirit was shocked by her emotion and lost consciousness for a few seconds. When Li Weiqing called her again, she shook her head and shouted in disbelief: "Lingyue?"
"It's me, Miss." Li Weiqing took two steps forward and hugged the girl fiercely, burying his head in her shoulder: "Miss, I finally see you, I finally waited for you!"
"It's been more than five hundred years! I knew you would come back, I knew..." Before she finished speaking, she was already crying. Li Weiqing's pretty face was tearful. The scene was very sad. Everyone was immersed in the world she created. After a sigh, Li Weiqing wiped away her tears with her sleeves. She heard the girl who played the fox spirit ask: "You wait for me? Where are you waiting for me?"
"Kunlun Caves." Li Weiqing said, and then took the girl's hand: "I'll take you there."
"Ok." Director Gu spoke first and clapped his hands twice. The other people in the audience were infected by his emotions and applauded. Li Weiqing let go of the girl's hand and bowed to the people on the stage.
"Let's go with her."
“I think it’s good too.”
"Where's Director Gu?"
Director Gu looked at Lu Kaiping and Luo Jing. The argument was still ringing in his ears. He didn't dare to make a decision on his own. Seeing that everyone was looking at her, Ji Yunxin said, "Next."
Li Weiqing went backstage to change her clothes, and soon she went to the front stage with Jian Yan. She was in the audience and Jian Yan was on the stage.
Ji Yunxin saw Jian Yan standing on the stage in a daze for a few seconds and guessed why Luo Jing was so excited just now. She glanced at Luo Jing and saw her looking forward with a smile on her face. There were stars in her eyes. It was a look that was almost worshipful, as if the person standing in front of her was someone she had admired for a long time. Ji Yunxin withdrew her gaze indifferently and looked at the stage.
Jian Yan was wearing the same clothes as Li Weiqing just now, plain color and patched. She did not walk to the middle in small steps like Li Weiqing just now. Instead, she took two steps forward anxiously, then stood there in a daze, staring at the front without blinking, tears flowing before she said a word.
"Miss?" There was a little hesitation, a little uncertainty, and a little uncontrollable joy. Those emotions were mixed together, a perfect fusion. The girl in front of her opened her mouth and said in a hoarse voice: "Lingyue?"
Acting also requires a sense of drama, which is the so-called rivalry. Some people have great acting skills and are very impressive when viewed alone, such as Li Weiqing. Her personal show just now was outstanding in terms of acting skills and spirit, but when acting with others, the smartest way is to draw them into the play. When Jian Yan first started filming, the first lesson she learned was how to draw people into the play. The person who explained the play to her was an old actor who had been acting all his life and had acted with all kinds of people. The feeling of acting with the leading actor and with the supporting actor are completely different. You cannot be overshadowed by the leading actor, nor can you overshadow the supporting actor. Today, the people acting with her are just crew members without superb acting skills. Therefore, what she has to do is not to overshadow her.
"It's me." Jian Yan smiled through her tears: "Miss, I finally see you, I finally waited for you, I finally..." She didn't hug the girl impulsively like she did just now. Instead, she stood in front of her, at a loss like a child. She didn't know what to do. The girl who played the fox spirit was touched by her and reached out to hug her tightly. She was very proactive, and Jian Yan also hugged her. The two figures hugged each other, and everyone on the stage inexplicably reddened their eyes. The girl asked: "Where have you lived all these years?"
"Kunlun Caves." Jian Yan lowered her head and said in a slightly lower voice, "I have been waiting for you in Kunlun Caves."
The girl nodded, looked at the woman on the other side, and said, "Let's go and take a look."
Jian Yan hummed and tugged at the girl's sleeve, as if she was afraid that she would disappear but did not dare to do anything too presumptuous. The other people stood together. The director did not call for the end. Jian Yan looked back when she turned around and looked at the man who played Zhao Lin.
"Ok!" Director Gu stood up. Jian Yan's glance just now elevated the entire scene!
In the original novel, Zhao Lin and Lingyue only came into contact and got to know each other in the later period, but after being deleted and revised by Luo Jing, the two of them also had a three-life fate. So when Lingyue saw Zhao Lin for the first time, she should have been a little confused and felt that this person seemed familiar. Jian Yan's glance just now perfectly interpreted this scene. This was what he imagined Lingyue to be like!
I don't know about other people...
There were seven people on the stage. After Jian Yan bent down, Director Gu tilted his head and asked, "What do you think?"
The assistant director looked at Ji Yunxin and said, "Let's go with Li Weiqing."
Another one also said: "I also think Li Weiqing is better."
There are three people in the crew, two of them are Li Weiqing and one is Jian Yan.
Director Gu was grumbling in his heart. He knew that everyone was doing this for Ji Yunxin's sake. He didn't dare not give Ji Yunxin face, let alone them. However, he still felt that Jian Yan was good. He said, "Then I will vote for Jian Yan."
Lu Kaiping glanced at Ji Yunxin and said, "I vote for Li Weiqing."
Luo Jing didn't even turn around: "Jian Yan."
Three votes against three votes, and the last vote was in Ji Yunxin's hands. Director Gu and Luo Jing took a closer look. Li Weiqing's performance just now was not bad, just average, not out of the ordinary, but not outstanding either. He did not give people the eye-opening feeling that Jian Yan gave at the end, but he has a backer.
Director Gu did not dare to speak on his own initiative. He said to Lu Kaiping, "Let President Ji make the announcement."
The final decision lies in Ji Yunxin's hands. Whoever she votes for, the decision belongs to him, so it would be more appropriate for her to announce it. Lu Kaiping nodded and whispered something in Ji Yunxin's ear. Jian Yan looked at Su Ziqi below the stage and saw the gloom in her eyes. Her heart sank.
Li Weiqing in the audience had already stood up, waiting for Ji Yunxin to announce that he was going to the stage.
Everyone's eyes fell on Ji Yunxin, and she said calmly, "Let's choose Jian Yan."