17. Selected

  "Hello... Director, I'm Dong Xuan, a student from Kyoto Film Academy's 2000 class of performance undergraduate program."

  "Oh, hello." Upon hearing the voice, Ye Sumang lifted her head and when she saw the girl in front of her, her eyes suddenly lit up.

  The girl's appearance is delicate but not common, with her own unique charm, and the space between her eyebrows reveals a sense of confidence, making people unconsciously generate a sense of trust. And she stood in the middle of the classroom, calm and composed, without any signs of nervousness, which made Ye Sumang very appreciative.

  Ninety points of impression. Ye Su Mang lowered her head and silently wrote down a note on the paper.

  "May I ask which role you want to audition for?" Ye Sumang continued to ask, and the girl's answer was not beyond Ye Sumang's expectation. She wanted to play the role of 'Tang Xiaolian'.

  "Have you read the script yet? Can you analyze the character of Tang Xiaolian on the spot?"

  "Okay, Tang Xiaolian is a beautiful and intelligent girl. She also has the calmness and composure that ordinary people rarely see. When faced with danger, she uses her intelligence to help her friends escape at all times..."

  Dong Xuan's analysis of the role of Tang Xiaolian is very comprehensive, and her explanation is also very fluent. It's hard to see that she just got the script. Ye Sumang is very satisfied with her understanding, after all, working with an actor who has a good understanding makes the director's job much easier.

  "That's enough." After listening for a while, Ye Sumang smiled with satisfaction and interrupted her speech. She continued to ask: "Next, let's test your acting skills, I'll give you a question, listen carefully."

  Dong Xuan took a deep breath and nodded seriously.

  "You are now a supermarket salesperson. At this time, a customer enters. I need you to welcome him with a polite and smiling expression."

  "Director, can I ask you to help me with the play?" After listening to Ye Sumang's question, Dong Xuan hesitated for a moment and suddenly looked up at Ye Sumang.

  "Of course, no problem." Ye Sumang stood up from his chair and walked towards the classroom door.

  As Dong Xuan watched Ye Su Mang approach, she couldn't help but let out a low cry. Although they had met at the entrance of the academy before, it was from a distance, so she hadn't gotten a good look. Only now did she realize how tall he was - a full head taller than her. His features were also incredibly refined, and even with less than a meter between them, she couldn't pick out a single flaw. He looked like a young man who had walked out of a painting, leaving Dong Xuan staring in a daze for a moment, her face involuntarily flushing red.

  Taking a deep breath, Dong Xuan barely suppressed the astonishment at the bottom of his heart.

  In the script, Ye Sumang's positioning of Tang Xiaolian is actually half a vase. Although she has a calm and steady personality, it doesn't seem to play much in this comedy-filled work. On the contrary, the girl who plays this role must be particularly moving with every frown and smile, which is the key to capturing the audience.

  Ouch!

  Ye Sumang stood at the entrance, waited for a few seconds, then pretended to push open the door and walked into the fictional supermarket in his mind. He was seen with his hands in his pockets, looking very relaxed, glancing around before finally focusing on Dong Xuan.

  In a flash of eye contact, it was as if a ray of light had pierced into Dong Xuan's heart, and in that instant, she was stunned.

  "Sorry, director." Dong Xuan quickly came back to her senses, but found that she had already missed the best opportunity to respond.

  "It's okay, don't be nervous, let's try again." Ye Sumeng smiled warmly, and Dong Xuan, who was originally still a bit annoyed with herself, felt as if she had been bathed in spring breeze, all her negative emotions were swept away, and her mind gradually focused on the performance.

  Ye Sumang performed again in the same way as before, and when her last gaze was fixed on Dong Xuan, Dong Xuan took over the next performance at the right moment.

  "Hello, sir. Welcome." Dong Xuan revealed a sweet and beautiful smile, very clear and bright, making people feel like breathing oxygen. Moreover, the words also revealed a sincere enthusiasm, causing Ye Sumang to nod involuntarily, forgetting the purpose of acting for a moment, and loudly praised: "Good, extremely NICE!"

  Yves' praise made Dong Xuan's face flush with excitement.

  "Can't you give me another shy expression, the kind between a young couple in their first love, with a hint of hesitation and embarrassment, wanting to get close but feeling bashful?" After examining her smile, Ye Sumang also became interested, wondering if he could see her shy side.

  Dong Xuan thought for a moment, then entered the state, and saw her walk to the front of the desk, neatly arranging the forms scattered on the table by Ye Su Mang. Then, as if unintentionally, she raised her head and met Ye Su Mang's clear gaze together. As soon as their eyes met, Dong Xuan immediately lowered her head again, her face flushing red, and her hands unconsciously curled up a strand of hair behind her ear.

  "Awesome!" Ye Sumang was really satisfied, the girl's performance was really spiritual, especially the last shy movement of curling up her hair, it was simply the finishing touch. Moreover, her eyes were very expressive and vivid, making Ye Sumang almost think that she was a young girl in love for the first time, tender and shy.

  "There's also a small problem, can you make up?" Ye Sumang suddenly thought of something.

  "Huh? I know a little." Dong Xuan was quite surprised why Ye Su Mang would ask her this, but she still answered honestly. Girls more or less knew some skills in this aspect.

  "Then I think it's better for you to be in charge of the makeup for the actors in our crew, we will provide the makeup products."

  "Huh?"

  "Hmph..." Seeing Dong Xuan's astonished gaze, Cui Li couldn't help but burst out laughing: "Ye Su Mang, how can you be so petty? As the actor of your own crew, you still have to take care of makeup."

  "No way, if you don't manage the household, you won't know how precious rice, firewood, oil and salt are. Since I didn't invest much, I'll naturally save where I can." Facing Cui Li's big laugh, Ye Su Mang helplessly spread out his hands and frankly admitted to being 'frugal'."

  Dong Xuan also had a smile in her eyes at this moment, but deep down she didn't think Ye Su Mang was petty, on the contrary, she thought this man was very charming.

  "Alright, that's all for now. Take the script back with you and study the role of Tang Xiaolian carefully." Ye Sumang smiled and sat back in his seat, having already decided on the actress to play the lead female role - this girl named Dong Xuan.

  Under Ye Su Mang's nearly naked expression, Dong Xuan was stunned on the spot. She had not expected to be able to pass the interview because although she had been in school for two years, apart from the plays and skits performed by her department, she had no other performance experience. Unexpectedly, this casual interview gave her the opportunity to become the female lead in a movie.

  "Thank you, director! I will carefully study this role." With a happy smile, Dong Xuan bowed to Ye Su Mang and Cui Li, then excitedly left the classroom. As he turned back, he couldn't help but take another glance at Ye Su Mang, as if wanting to deeply imprint his appearance in his mind.

  She had just stepped out of the classroom door when she was pulled aside by a girl, who was none other than Wang Luodan, with whom she had come together.

  "How about it, is he that boy after all?"

  "You guess." Dong Xuan, who was in an exceptionally good mood, couldn't help but tease Wang Luodan, who was getting anxious due to her excessive curiosity, which made the girl opposite her feel dissatisfied.

  "Alright, alright, it's that Ye Sumang we met before, and..." Dong Xuan said, intentionally dragging out her voice, but not continuing.

  "And what?" Wang Luodan felt like she was going to be driven mad by Dong Xuan, who was originally curious and now this bad sister was speaking in a vague manner.

  "And I think he's really handsome, even more so than when I first saw him!" Dong Xuan actually thought to herself that Ye Su Mang was frank and generous when talking about money, but the words didn't come out of her mouth. Instead, she seemed to have thought of something and her face turned bright red with shyness.

  "Is he really that handsome? I also want to go for an interview and take a good look at whether what you said is true or not." Wang Luodan looked at Dong Xuan's red face, her heart was like a cat's claw, after finishing speaking she wanted to step into the classroom door, but was caught by Dong Xuan who grabbed her arm, fixing her in place.

  "It's no use, the female lead role has already been taken by my sister." Dong Xuan said with a smirk, waving the script in her hand, while Wang Luodan looked at her with an incredulous expression.

  "Really? Oh, I regret it so much. Why wasn't I the first one to go in earlier? Maybe the heroine would have been mine." After confirming several times, Wang Luodan immediately put on a dejected look. Having just entered university for a year, she was especially eager to act.

  "Alright, I'll treat you to a big meal, how about that? It's to celebrate me being chosen as the female lead."

  "Hmph, I'll definitely make you go bankrupt, but come to think of it, how much did the female lead get paid for this..."

  "I don't know either, hehe."

  Two girls walked away, meanwhile, Ye Sumang sat in the classroom, organizing the interview materials in her hand and waiting for the next candidate, but unfortunately, no one came over.

  "What other role is missing?" Cui Li asked curiously beside him.

  "There are two male leads, He San Shui and Li Jun Wei. However, I already have a satisfactory candidate for He San Shui, and we're in negotiations. Now there's only the role of male lead 'Li Jun Wei' left." Ye Su Meng let out a sigh of relief, finally the casting was almost done, this kind of work was really exhausting.

  "How about I recommend someone for you?" Cui Li suddenly suggested after flipping through the script.

  "Of course it's okay, but we don't need any famous actors, I'm broke." Ye Sumang apparently still remembered Cui Li's teasing from earlier.

  "Don't be so petty, don't worry about it, he's my student." Cui Li gave Ye Su Mang a white eye and took out her phone.

  The phone was soon connected. On the phone, Cui Li only said to let the other party come to school for a trip, saying that there was an interview for a movie, and Ye Sumang had not yet heard clearly what the person on the other end of the line had said, when he saw Cui Li had already hung up the phone.

  "Alright, let's wait for half an hour, this student has already graduated, so he needs to rush here from home. However, his acting skills are great and I think he has a certain characteristic that fits the role of Li Junwei." Cui Li explained briefly.

  "No problem." Ye Sumang didn't mind, as long as they could find a suitable actor this time, waiting another hour wouldn't be a problem.

  Time passed slowly, and Ye Sumang didn't just sit there. Instead, she took out the script and asked Cui Li for guidance. Sometimes, even though the director had ideas in mind, it wasn't easy to express them. Conveniently, Cui Li, as a drama instructor, was right next to her, so Ye Sumang took the opportunity to ask her about acting techniques.

  Ye Su Mang was willing to learn acting, which was exactly what Cui Li had hoped to see. One was willing to learn and the other was willing to teach, and before they knew it, twenty minutes had passed. Just as the two were discussing how to use understated expressions to portray exaggerated comedic effects, a soft knock at the door sounded from outside the classroom.

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