Chapter 7 - Exemption Pa.s.s (1)

Inside the testing area, there was a table of instruments with another queue of people standing in front of it. These instruments were used take the weight, height, and three measurements of the applicants". Then, the data would automatically be scanned into the computer and added to the applicants" information form. It couldn"t be any easier.

When Sheng Jiaoyang entered the testing area, she immediately lined up to have her measurements taken. As soon as her physical data was added to her information on the computer and sent to another area for staff members to check, she was finished with this part of the application process.

Next, she was sent to the interview area, where there was another queue of people waiting. In the corridor outside the interview room, there were about ten or so people anxiously standing around. Since they were all waiting for their names to be called by a staff member, everyone was very quiet.

Sheng Jiaoyang noticed that the two girls who"d previously been in front of her were once again standing before her. The tall girl"s expression was extremely nervous, while the girl called Yang Bao was standing next to her and holding her hand.

It didn"t take too long to sort through the people waiting in the corridor, so by the time it was Sheng Jiaoyang"s turn, only around half an hour had pa.s.sed.

"Xu Jiaojiao!" A staff member shouted her name from the doorway.

Sheng Jiaoyang took a deep breath before she entered the interview room.

Once inside, Sheng Jiaoyang saw that there were two interviewers in the room; one man and one woman. They were quietly whispering to each other, and when she neared them, they stopped talking and turned to look at her.

"Xu Jiaojiao?" The young male interviewer looked down at the tablet in his hands, and his voice was filled with no small amount of surprise. "Wow, you"ve changed a lot!"

Compared to the male interviewer, the female interviewer was older. But, since she was dressed in a younger style, it was difficult to tell exactly how old she was.

Sheng Jiaoyang calmly moved closer, and it was only then that she could clearly see the nameplates on the table in front of each interviewer.

Zhuo Yiyan, and Jiang Yi.

She didn"t know who Jiang Yi was, but she"d heard about Zhuo Yiyan. After all, he"d only recently been dubbed as a popular fas.h.i.+on icon of the entertainment industry.

Jiang Yi carefully scanned Sheng Jiaoyang before she nodded in approval. The person in the ID card photo had her tied hair up into a ponytail and had thick bangs. Also, she was also wearing gla.s.ses, which gave her the appearance of a bookworm. There were absolutely no strong points about the girl in the picture. Yet the girl standing before her now was completely different! She had stylish short hair, and there was no makeup on her facial features. Although she was only wearing a cheap white t-s.h.i.+rt and denim shorts, the small tricks she"d used on her clothes undoubtedly revealed her slim figure and youthfulness.

"You wouldn"t usually be so dressed up, right?" Jiang Yi asked.

"Yes, my family is poor," Sheng Jiaoyang casually answered. Her tone was flat, expressing that she didn"t feel inferior in the slightest. The two interviewers couldn"t help but raise their eyebrows in surprise.

"Today"s outfit is pretty good. Your hairstyle and clothing ensemble is rather clever; were they your own choices?" Zhuo Yiyan propped his chin up on one hand as he examined Sheng Jiaoyang from top to bottom.

Sheng Jiaoyang bent her head and glanced at her clothes. As her fingers played with the short ta.s.sels at the end of her t-s.h.i.+rt, she calmly replied, "This was the first time I"ve used scissors, so the cut is bad; please forgive me!"

The clothes in the wardrobe had been unacceptable for the compet.i.tion, so the clothes that she"d worn the day before had been washed and dried last night so that she could wear them again today. But, she"d made slight changes to the outfit so that it wasn"t the same; she needed more patience than what she had to wear the same pieces of clothing for two consecutive days.

Since she"d come to partic.i.p.ate in a compet.i.tion, she naturally had to find ways to enter the finals. Originally, she could"ve been said to be quite tall, but when she"d come here, she"d discovered that her height wasn"t at all an advantage. In fact, her stature was somewhat short when it was compared to the group of people waiting outside in the corridor. If she didn"t now exhibit some other ability, perhaps it would be too difficult to pa.s.s the interview.

"The clothes you"re currently wearing were modified by yourself?" Jiang Yi looked extremely surprised.

"I couldn"t find any suitable clothes in the wardrobe, and I had no money to buy myself a new outfit. I could only use what I already had," In truth, Sheng Jiaoyang was actually very helpless when it came down to it. She"d initially wanted to paint something interesting on the t-s.h.i.+rt, but she couldn"t find any paint or brushes, let alone any watercolours pens.

Both interviewers turned to look at each other; a glimmer of surprise in their eyes.

Jiang Yi continued and asked, "Xu Jiaojiao, do you know what it"s like to be a model?"

"I know a little; my best friend is a model."

"Then you should know that this industry isn"t as beautiful as it appears on the surface. Are you prepared to face the hards.h.i.+ps it may bring?"

Sheng Jiaoyang slightly raised her brows when she heard that. "I only came to partic.i.p.ate in the compet.i.tion. Whether I enter the model industry or not is dependent on if I suit it."

Of course, the most important thing to find out was if she was actually willing to join!