Dreams and Hopes

  As soon as Ye Sumang's side opened up, a group of people rushed over with a whoosh.

  "Everyone, make way and line up. Understand the recruitment conditions before coming over." As expected, Ye Sumang calmly handed a loudspeaker to Huang Bo, and suddenly a voice with a Qingdao accent echoed throughout the scene.

  The extras were very obedient, and as soon as Huang Bo shouted a couple of sentences, everyone dispersed in a scattered manner. Only a few newcomers were still stunned on the spot, but they were soon pulled back by those old-timers.

  After all, as long as you've mixed with the extras at the film studio gate for a while, you'll understand that the director's first impression of you is very important. Whatever the director says, just do it, otherwise, no matter how well you perform, the director can negate everything with one sentence.

  Men and women, old and young, quickly formed a long line, because the actors recruited by Ye Sumang all had lines to recite, and the treatment was not bad. So even though the conditions were harsh, there were still many people who hoped to be chosen by the director.

  With a loud shout from Huang Bo, the recruitment officially began.

  "Little brother, I'm here for an audition for the female lead role, what do you think of me?"

  "Sorry, we're looking for a fresh and lovely girl, you don't meet our requirements..."

  "Which eye of yours saw that I'm not fresh and beautiful? Blind!" A heavily made-up girl had originally wanted to get closer to Ye Su Mang, but he directly and mercilessly rejected her. She instantly turned around, twisting her waist in anger, and left. Secretly resenting this young man for being clueless about romance.

  "Old lady, you're not suitable for this, come back next time."

  "What did you say?"

  "I said you're not suitable for your age, come back next time!" Ye Sumang said helplessly to the old lady in front of her who was almost 80 years old, but saw that the old lady still looked confused and said "What did you say?"

  “……”

  "I'm going crazy, what kind of people are these?" Huang Bo complained with a tired face while eating his lunchbox. He had deeply experienced the helplessness and pain of being an interviewer.

  This morning's recruitment was undoubtedly disappointing, and the quality of these mass actors obviously did not meet Ye Sumang's requirements. After interviewing for so long, they only selected a few unimportant small roles. What's even more frustrating is that there were still many people in the interview team who were just making up the numbers like the old lady before, which was simply a waste of Ye Sumang's time.

  For Ye Sumang now, time is money!!!!!

  Just as they were eating, a few people in the interview team suddenly gathered together, whispered for a while, and then the interview team was directly disbanded.

  "Where have all these people gone?" Huang Bo looked around in confusion at the dispersing crowd and suddenly shouted anxiously.

  Ye Sumang didn't say a word, just staring at the few people walking over. Ye Sumang knew that this was a group of thugs coming to cause trouble. They had recruited actors without going through the union, which was undoubtedly against the rules, so it was only natural that they would be found trouble by the union.

  "Hey kid, are you recruiting actors at the North Film Factory gate with our permission?" The leader was a bald-headed man, who was apparently also the ringleader of this group.

  "Why should I get your permission?" Ye Sumang smiled and shook his head, asking back. At this time he had to toughen up, otherwise he would be bullied to death by these gang leaders.

  Ye Sumang's words had just left his mouth when several group leaders' faces turned dark, and they surrounded him in the middle. Huang Bo and Ning Huan also put down their boxed lunches and hastily stood beside Ye Sumang, causing the atmosphere on both sides to become tense instantly. However, at this moment, a person ran out from among the extras, pulled over the bald-headed man who had spoken earlier, whispered a few words in his ear, and then retreated back.

  The bald man waved his hand and let those beside him retreat, then suddenly asked: "Are you Old Man Ye's grandson?"

  "What's wrong, scared?" Ye Sumang's mouth corner hung a thread of mockery.

  "You...!" The bald-headed group leader was infuriated by Ye Su Mang's attitude, his eyes revealing a burning anger, wanting to erupt but restrained by Ye Xian's identity, could only menacingly say: "Even if it's Old Man Ye filming, he must go through us to contact the extras, this is the rule of the trade, do you understand?"

  "Alright, wait until my grandfather is filming and then you can talk to him. Now it's me who's filming, so naturally I'll recruit actors according to my own rules." Ye Sumang sat down leisurely in a chair on the side, suddenly looking surprised as he asked the bald-headed crowd: "Have you invested money in my movie?"

  "Not... nothing." The bald-headed gangster felt the veins on his forehead throbbing, and this little scamp in front of him made him feel like a fire was burning inside, but he couldn't do anything about it.

  "If you didn't invest any money, then isn't your hand reaching out a bit too far?" Ye Sumang's expression also gradually turned cold at this moment.

  "You... just watch!" The bald-headed gang leader was speechless, squeezed by Ye Sumang's words, and finally pointed at Ye Sumang for half a day. After throwing out a few perfunctory remarks, he left with several of his men.

  In the afternoon interview, Ye Sumang was here and compared to the excitement in the morning, it could only be described as cold and deserted. It took more than three hours for two or three kittens to arrive. And those extras before, were obviously taken to another crew by that group of people on purpose.

  Ye Sumang didn't think much of it, although as an outsider, he only needed to inform a few crews and it wouldn't be difficult for these extras. However, Ye Sumang didn't want to owe people favors over such a small matter, and also because he had auditioned them for an entire morning, he really looked down on the acting skills of these extras.

  Time passed slowly, and three hours of the afternoon were gone. Just as the three of them were extremely bored and about to pack up and leave, a delicate girl walked shyly over to Ye Sumang, handed her a form, and looked at her expectantly.

  "Go, go, go! The interview is over. What are you doing here so early?" Huang Bo had been holding back his temper all afternoon, and now that he was in a bad mood, his words naturally carried a hint of anger.

  The girl was startled by Huang Bo's dark face, and her eyes suddenly became moist. She stood there shivering, looking particularly pitiful, but her feet didn't move a step, still firmly standing in place, with a nervous expression continuing to stare at Ye Sumang.

  "Alright, alright, you two continue collecting, I'll take care of this interview." Ye Sumang waved his hand and shooed Huang Bo and Ning Huan to one side, then took the form handed over by the girl.

  Although Ye Sumang's gaze was fixed on the form, her mind had long since wandered.

  The girl in front of him was someone Ye Sumang knew.

  Although they had no intersection at all, and didn't even know each other's names. However, he had truly spent five years watching this girl's growth.

  What attracted his attention was the contradictory feeling on this girl. She always had a soft and weak appearance, looking particularly pitiful. But deep down, she revealed a strength that no man could match. Who would have thought that such a frail girl had been living alone in Beijing for five years, standing unwaveringly at the entrance of Jingying Film Studio every day, waiting for an opportunity.

  "What's Liu Meng? What role are you applying for?" Ye Sumang came back to his senses, and this time he finally knew the girl's name, Liu Meng Ruyan, very dreamy and desolate.

  "I... I wonder if I can try being the heroine?" Liu Meng said this with a tense expression, afraid that Ye Su Mang would refuse.

  But what made her let out a breath of relief was that Ye Sumang smiled and nodded in agreement across from her, without rejecting her request.

  Liu Meng began her performance, and the five years of honing had already given her a set of her own performing skills, which looked much better than those extras from this morning. But in Ye Su Mang's opinion, the marks of hacking were still too heavy. Moreover, the girl's temperament was not quite suitable for the role of Tang Xiao Lian, who was intelligent and calm in his script.

  "That's enough, let's stop here. If you're selected, we'll notify you by phone." Knowing this wasn't the actor he wanted, Ye Sumang lost interest in continuing to watch and directly interrupted Liu Meng's performance.

  Liu Meng's face turned pale as soon as he heard Ye Su Mang's words, and he was stunned on the spot, unknowingly shedding tears.

  "How did you cry?" Ye Sumang just raised her head and found that the girl opposite had shed tears, slightly frowned, and still took out a handkerchief from her pocket to hand it to Liu Meng.

  "I'm sorry, it's my fault, I lost control. Thank you for the director's guidance, I will continue to work hard." Liu Meng's small hand tightly accepted the handkerchief handed over by Ye Su, but didn't use it to wipe away the tears on her face.

  After a polite bow to Ye Sumang, Liu Meng turned around and left dejectedly. She knew in her heart that she had missed this opportunity once again...

  Ye Su was dazedly staring at the girl's somewhat stumbling footsteps, for the first time feeling that a person's back could be as helpless as a child.

  "Wait!!!" Ye Sumang didn't know why he spoke up, perhaps he just didn't want to let a person with dreams lose hope, in any case, he impulsively shouted out to stop the girl.

  "Really?" The girl turned her head, looking at Ye Sumang, with a puzzled expression in her eyes, but more of it was a kind of hope.

  "The heroine is afraid that your acting skills are not up to par." Ye Sumang hesitated for a moment, seeing the girl's eyes reveal that desperate look again, and hastily said: "But I have a role with lines here, although the part isn't very heavy, but I think it's very suitable for you, do you want to come try?"

  After hearing Ye Sumang's words, the girl's eyes changed from despair to confusion, and finally turned into a hint of wild joy.

  "Thank you, thank you, director! I will definitely work hard!!!" Liu Mengqiang held back her urge to cry, her voice gradually changing from a whisper to almost a scream, and the despair in her eyes had long been blurred by tears, gradually turning into a glimmer of hope.

  "Come on!" Ye Sumang smiled and waved his hand at Liu Meng, then turned around and walked back to the table with a very cool attitude. At this moment, he felt inexplicably happy for some reason.

  Ning Hao and Huang Bo were both looking at Ye Su Mang with incredulous expressions. They had just witnessed the whole thing, and they really didn't think that Ye Su Mang would actually give that girl a role in the end. After all, they had personally seen Ye Su Mang's cold and ruthless side during today's audition, her decisiveness and ruthlessness.

  "Why did you agree to give her a role, I don't think she's acting well, and there doesn't seem to be a suitable role for her in the script." Ning Hao asked with confusion as Ye Su Mang sat down.

  "No role? Can't we just add one?" Ye Sumang asked with a smile. Only he himself knew that he just wanted to give someone who insisted on their dreams a glimmer of hope.

  "Alright, let's pack up and head back. We won't be recruiting here at the film studio tomorrow. I've already thought of a place where we can definitely find the actors we need!"

  "Where?" Huang Bo and Ning Hao asked in unison.

  "Right there!" Ye Su Meng's hand pointed straight ahead, in the direction of Kyoto Film Academy across the street.

  Sorry for the late update. Here is a 3000-word chapter, please leave your collections and recommendations, now there are already 130 collections and 130 recommendations, I promise to make up for it on the weekend.

  ;