Chapter 1101

  When they arrived, several artists were already waiting at the scene.

  This film was a project that HM had invested in before the merger with Ho's company, and after the merger, it naturally became a Ho's production. With abundant resources and extensive connections, Ho invited renowned director Ren Jialun to direct, and famous screenwriter Wu Yue to adapt the original work. Every aspect of the production was handled by top-notch professionals, making its success almost predictable when it hits theaters.

  "The Birth of a Tree" roughly tells the story of a father and son. The father was once a famous idol star, with unlimited prospects, but after an affair with a certain female star, he accidentally had a private child. At that time, the social atmosphere was conservative, and the star retired from the entertainment industry in shame and was forced to marry the woman. Later, the woman died in childbirth, leaving the star to raise their only son alone. However, when the son was in his teens, he discovered that he had a rare mental illness, which caused him to become anxious and violent during episodes. At that time, the star, who was not good at managing finances, had lost everything, and to pay for his son's treatment, he had no choice but to return to the entertainment industry with great difficulty.

  This play gives the male lead a lot of room to perform, whether it's the shock of suddenly falling into a deep valley when he was young and vigorous, or the panic of learning that he will have a child at the age of twenty, or later being submerged in the city, living with his mentally ill son, feeling helpless and depressed. All of these can bring out an actor's acting skills to the greatest extent. Therefore, many famous male stars in the circle have sent olive branches to the crew, hoping to participate in this role.

  Although this play was invested by He, Director Ren Jilin never allowed others to interfere with his casting. He chose people slowly and carefully, the leading role had not been decided yet, but the supporting roles were already settled. Today is the day for the audition of the second male lead, also known as the son's role in the play.

  The script has been seen by everyone, the role of the son has limited space to play, most of the time just being crazy and silly is enough, but as the second male lead, there are many scenes, and he can stand beside the protagonist, it's a great opportunity to promote newcomers.

  After arriving, Li Jin first settled down with Luo Fei and then went to the deputy director to build a relationship. The audition has its own rules, who goes in first, who goes in before whom, who goes in after whom, what to say first after entering, all need to be carefully considered. Director Ren Jilin is a big shot, but his deputy director is easy-going and nice to talk to, besides, they had communicated several times beforehand, so Li Jin didn't ask many questions before getting answers to all the things he wanted to know.

  He walked back with a satisfied heart, and when he arrived at the artist's rest room, he saw other artists idling away, chatting and flattering each other, but only Luo Fei sat alone by the window, staring blankly at his phone.

  Li Jinxin's heart tightened as she greeted everyone and walked over, gently pulling out Ruo Fei's phone and asking: "What's wrong? You look so down?"

  Luo Fei was staring at his phone, wondering what to do, when it was suddenly snatched away from him. He felt like the secret thoughts he had been hiding from others were bursting out of his brain like a flood, and his heart felt guilty, making his lips turn white. After a while, he forced a smile and said, "Nothing."

  "Have you memorized all your lines? All you know is playing with your phone." Li Jin played with her phone, seemingly unintentional, but left three points of attention to observe Luo Fei's expression. "What, waiting for a text from your girlfriend? Secretly dating and not daring to tell me?"

  Although it is not in the middle, it is also not far away.

  Luo Fei's face turned pale with fright, and he laughed dryly: "You're thinking too much, how is that possible? Which girl would... anyway, it's like this."

  He said and came to grab his own mobile phone.

  Li Jin changed his hand, with a deep and meaningful smile, staring at Luo Fei: "Really?"

  Perhaps it was an illusion, but Ruo Fei always felt that this gaze was unfathomable, as if it could see right through to his very soul.

  Lying has always been a difficult thing to get out of, and when you tell a lie, you have to tell another one to cover it up. At that moment in the car, Lu Fei stubbornly denied it, feeling like he had no room for maneuver left.

  He gritted his teeth and nodded, while stretching out his two long arms, determined to snatch the phone back.

  Just then, the phone rang again.

  Luo Fei's movements suddenly froze, the ringing sound for those two or three seconds, his whole body was stiff, all the blood rushed to the top of his head and got stuck, making him feel like he couldn't even think.

  He stared blankly as Li Jin flipped through his phone, and the glowing screen displayed a new message, sent by -

  "Anonymous"!

  "This is..." Lei Jin furrowed his brow.

  Luo Fei didn't even have time to breathe, holding his breath with both arms together, wrapping around Li Jin's body to grab the phone. His fingers had just touched a corner of the phone when the door to the rest room opened.

  The director's assistant walked in.

  "Lu Fei?" The assistant had just called out his name and smiled ambiguously, "You two are really close."

  Li Jin's eyes narrowed for an instant before he quickly reacted.

  Lu Fei had more than half of his body pressed against himself, with both arms wrapped tightly around him, one in front and one behind. Who could have guessed that he just wanted to grab the phone back?

  In this circle of ten men and nine bases, it's not just about having a "good" relationship.

  Everyone in the house was watching them and laughing.

  Li Jin suddenly opened his eyes and stared at Ruo Fei, saying "Don't get any ideas, this is just a joke." He turned around and gave Ruo Fei a signal with his eyes, then asked the assistant, "Is it Ruo Fei's turn?"

  The assistant nodded and said to Luo Fei: "Follow me."

  Until the three of them left the house together, Luo Fei was still a bit confused.

  "So soon?" His chair hasn't even warmed up yet.

  The assistant glanced at Li Jin and smiled, "You should thank Li Jin for getting our hidden ace of a deputy director to give you such a good position." Lowering her voice, "The one in front of you is Liu Jinghui."

  Li Jing nodded, and words of thanks were unnecessary; the two understood each other without needing to say anything, and they fell silent.

  The audition was in a conference room with a suite, where several assistants were sitting outside, working in an orderly manner. Liu Jingwei was trying out the mirror inside, while his agent was sitting restlessly outside. Li Jin brought Ruo Fei to sit down quietly on one side, lowering her voice to tell him the information she had investigated, and also instructed him how to behave later. As Liu Jingwei was the weakest among all the artists who came for the audition today, Li Jin specially smoothed out the relationship and asked Ruo Fei to try out after him.

  Luo Fei listened intently yet not seriously, his eyes constantly glancing at his hand. After Liu Jingwei came out, the assistant came over to call him in, and he was still somewhat reluctant to leave, asking: "Phone..."

  "Cell phones can't be brought in." The assistant interrupted him.

  "Here, you take it and go," said Li Jin, "behave yourself."

  Lu Fei went in with a desperate mood.