With Pei Xindan being one of the two female leads, Xu Yinshan had to get the other female role in order to be a lead in this film . She had always been cast as the second female lead throughout her career . There were only so many years for an actress to be cast as a lead . She’d often had the bad luck despite acting in popular films, no one seemed to notice her performance in them . She had made up her mind that she had to strive for the role . Besides, she believed she had built a solid network in the business and a good image in front of the media . There was no reason why she couldn’t work with Pei Xindan side by side .
Ye Qiao went to the audition room directly and shook hands with Director w.a.n.g and the others present there . Director w.a.n.g Qingming knew Director Lai well . It was Director Lai’s recommendation that Ye Qiao got a chance to audition . Director w.a.n.g smiled and spoke in a heavy Hong Kong accent: “I hope you won’t disappoint me . ” Ye Qiao was flattered and humbly said that she would do her best .
As she was leaving the room to prepare for the audition, she overheard a conversation amongst some of the new actors .
-- -- “I saw the investor just as I came in here . He’s the kind that you would ask to get on his casting couch . ”
-- -- “You’re exaggerating?”
-- -- “Go take a look yourself… . . . he looks a bit like Lu Qing . But Lu Qing is getting old, he needs makeup to look good on camera! This one is much younger, just a little too aloof . ”
When Ye Qiao pushed the door to the makeup room, Xu Yinshan was throwing a fit at her a.s.sistant with a dark face . She raised her eyelids and coldly glanced at Ye Qiao . As if she was afraid that Ye Qiao didn’t see her expression, she also sneered at Ye Qiao . There was a maelstrom of emotions in Xu Yinshan’s eyes when she looked at Ye Qiao, spite and disdain, as if to say-- --So this is all you amount to .
Ye Qiao knew that Xu Yinshan had connected with a famous producer lately through Cheng Jiang and had grown even more conceited . However, she didn’t know what she had done lately to make Xu Yinshang this annoyed at her .
She found it out when she heard the sound of the arriving elevator and turned to take a look before she pushed the door open . Two staff members accompanying a familiar figure appeared in the hallway . He towered over the others and conversed with the people next to him with downcast eyes . Ye Qiao saw him from afar and finally understood what had been going on behind the scenes .
Ye Qiao was wearing a pair of white boots with the same colored suit, only a small bit of her knee caps were exposed . She stood in the hallway, so pure that the viewer wanted to add some color to her . When Zhou Tingsheng looked up, Ye Qiao happened to look his way as if she was waiting there for him to come closer .
Ye Qiao watched him for a while, the corners of her lips moved a bit . Then she turned to go into the rest room without much expression . She seemed to mock his childish trick and taunt at his clumsiness after she had seen through it . Nevertheless, she couldn’t help but feel happiness swelling from the bottom of her heart, something she had been waiting for, for a long time now .
Before she could step into the room, Zhou Tingsheng grabbed her thin arm and slightly raised his long eyebrows: “Aren’t you here for the audition? Aren’t you going into the wrong room?”