waiting for your starlight

Chapter 52

When Yixi arrived at the downstairs of Yonghui Century, she received a text message from Wang Anhui, "I will arrive in Shanghai at about 05:30, and we will have dinner together to celebrate your achievements."

She pondered for a while, and replied: "Okay, I know that there is a new French restaurant on Huaihai Road that is good, so I just went to try it."

After clicking send, she threw the phone back into her bag, glanced at the towering office buildings through the sunglasses, and raised her beautiful eyebrows slightly.

She flew from Beijing to Shanghai last night in order to participate in the "Empress" audition held here this afternoon.Before departure, Wang Anhui personally drove her to the airport. Seeing that she didn't speak much, she laughed and teased, "Don't be nervous. With your strength, it won't be a problem to kill those shrimp soldiers and crabs in seconds. I'm very confident."

That high-spirited look gave Yixi reason to believe that the five years of married life had really suffocated the former ace manager so much that when someone plotted against her, her first reaction was actually excited.

That day in Huarui, she told Yixi that she had won the role of the girl Wu Meiniang in the TV drama "The Empress" for her, but after only half a month's work, something happened unexpectedly.

"According to Zhou Xingfang's idea, I plan to let two actors play Wu Zetian in the early stage and the late stage respectively. The latter one has long been decided on Han Meng, but she has been choosing candidates since she was a girl. I am also an old acquaintance with her, and we have worked together many times. When I recommended you to her, I specifically mentioned Director Tan Weidong’s evaluation of you. She was very interested. I know your acting skills well. As long as you don’t perform abnormally in the official audition, this role will definitely be yours. But obviously, after five years of absence, My name, Wang Anhui, is no longer very useful, so there is no psychological burden for everyone to grab things from me." Wang Anhui said with a smile.

The accident that came up was her old club, Xia Ce Film and Television. Although "The Empress" is a project of Yonghui Century, Xia Ce is also one of the main investors. They want to add their own artist to it, aiming at the role of the girl Wu Meiniang.Although Zhou Xingfang is the director, the one who pays is always the boss, and the investors have to give face no matter what, and finally agreed to let their people also participate in the audition.

The role that was originally a sure thing, just like this changed.

When Yixi entered the interview site, there were already many people inside, all of them with exquisite makeup and beautiful flowers.She had heard from Wang Anhui that there were 13 people in today's audition, and she was the only one who had greeted them in advance, but now that Xia Ce intervened, it turned into a fight between two related households.Unless the remaining 11 players are still ambushing talented open-type players, there is no possibility of this role being left behind.Given that Yixi has never seen a more talented peer than her in her age, this worry is completely superfluous.

As soon as Yixi appeared at the door, the girls looked over. They were calm at first, but when she took off her sunglasses, some of them immediately changed their expressions.Yixi felt that since these people wanted to develop into the entertainment industry, they should also know more about the trends in the industry, and it was not unusual to know her.In fact, among these competitors, she can also name a few of them.Sure enough, it was a big production by a big director, and none of the people who came to audition were unknown people.

She smiled politely at everyone, and walked towards the right side of the room with a clear goal. There were three chairs there, but only one person was sitting there.Yixi walked up to her and said hello, "Ziqian, so you came to audition too. What a coincidence."

Guo Ziqian pursed her lips and smiled after looking at her for a few seconds, "Yeah, what a coincidence. I didn't expect to see you here."

Wang Anhui's intelligence work is in place, and she has long told her that the person Xia Ce will push is Guo Ziqian. After learning that it is Yixi's roommate, she is even more delighted, and said that she likes to watch this kind of scene where sisters fight each other.While Yixi was speechless, she couldn't help but sigh that Guo Ziqian was really valued in Xia Ce, and she helped her obtain such good resources.In comparison, Xia Xintong was much worse.

She sat down next to Guo Ziqian, still smiling.Compared to her calmness, Guo Ziqian was much more uncomfortable. Although she pretended to be nonchalant, she looked at her from time to time.

She wasn't telling the truth just now.She knew that she would meet Yixi today, and she also knew that Zhou Xingfang had a high opinion of her.They were in the same class for three years. Although they didn't admit it, they knew in their hearts that Yixi's acting skills were much better than his own. Otherwise, Tan Weidong would not have chosen her over himself.Before arriving, the agent saw her nervous, and told her ten thousand times that she must not screw up the audition and let the good opportunity slip through her fingers.

Thinking of her manager made her waist stiffen.So what about good acting?So what if it's Miss Tan?All of this is fiction until the movie is released.In any case, Xia Ce is the investor, and in the official competition, this is more important than the actor's own strength.To be honest, her advantage is much greater than Yixi's!

She lost to her once, and she will never lose a second time!
The audition started on time at two o'clock in the afternoon. The actors entered the rooms according to their numbers. Yixi was ninth in line, and Guo Ziqian was in front.When she saw the number plate, she laughed a little. Did she actually put them next to each other and fight one after the other?
Wang Anhui's words echoed in my ears, "I am familiar with Xia Ce's style. He is rich and self-willed. It is absolutely impossible to say that Zhou Xingfang is not influenced by them. At the same level—oh no, even their performance is a little worse than yours— ——Zhou Xingfang will always choose the other party. If you want to win, you have to be completely crushed. Let Zhou Xingfang believe that losing you is the loss of the show and her loss. With Zhou Xingfang's status in the crew, she really wants to use someone , no one can stop it.

"All you have to do is make her want you."

Thinking of this, Yixi looked up at the opposite door.Guo Ziqian came out just after the audition, and the director's assistant raised her voice, "Please come in on the 9th, and get ready on the 10th."

Yixi stood up.Guo Ziqian seemed to be in a good mood, although she tried her best to conceal it, but the joy in the corners of her eyes and brows gave away her clues.Yixi thought she must have gotten some hint from the interviewer to be so excited.

Her guess was soon confirmed.When the two passed by, Guo Ziqian said softly, "I'm sorry, Xiaoxi. When I get back to school, I'll treat you to dinner."

(End of this chapter)