Chapter 19: The Male Lead of the Movie

The New Year’s Day holiday had just ended. Everyone heading out to work today seemed to lack energy, and even the warm winter afternoon sunlight couldn’t offer them any comfort.

Two in the afternoon. The audition venue.

Ling Xiaoli and Luo Zhaoyin arrived very early. When they got there, there were hardly any people in the room.

Originally, Ling Xiaoli had wanted to come early to gather some information, but the staff merely registered them.

Oh, and they also brought them some water.

Then they told them to wait.

As a result, every person who arrived afterward was drawn to the two of them—or more precisely, to Ling Xiaoli.

Ling Xiaoli had deliberately put a great deal of effort into her makeup today.

When she went to Maoya Company in the morning to terminate her contract, she wore a mask the entire time, afraid that people would see her stunning beauty (Pfft, please).

With a face like hers, if her bare face could almost rival Daji, then with makeup, she was Daji herself.

Those who were well-informed and knew about what happened last night also knew that she was the former internet celebrity Ling Xiaoli.

Those who hadn’t been following the news were left wondering where this thousand-year-old fox demon had come from.

In any case, everyone had the same premonition: the entertainment industry was about to undergo a major upheaval.

The entertainment industry was never short of beautiful women, but someone this beautiful was truly rare!

Time passed little by little.

Ling Xiaoli looked at the twenty or thirty men and women in the venue, then at Luo Zhaoyin, who was becoming increasingly nervous beside her. She couldn’t help thinking that her own mindset was really quite good.

After deciding to attend the audition, Ling Xiaoli couldn’t find any information about this particular movie’s casting, but she thoroughly researched Director Hu Lifang from every possible angle.

Anything related to Hu Lifang—official announcements, exclusive reports, even gossip and obscure rumors—she didn’t let anything slip through the cracks.

In the end, she even watched every movie Hu Lifang had directed, fast-forwarding through them at double speed.

If other people failed to get the role, they would merely lose an acting opportunity.

If she failed to get the role, she would be lowering her chances of survival!

So compared with everyone else in this room, Ling Xiaoli could be said to be the least nervous.

Simply because she had done everything she could to prepare as thoroughly as possible. Being nervous would be useless.

As for her acting skills, ummm… Did having once served as the president of her university’s drama club and having performed in multiple stage plays count?

“It’s Feng Weiyuan!”

“Why is Feng Weiyuan here? Hasn’t he already been cast as the male lead? Why is he still auditioning?”

“Hey, I bet he’s here to audition us.”

“Could be.”

……

The sudden commotion in the room made Ling Xiaoli look toward its source.

A clear-eyed young man walked in.

He wasn’t particularly tall, but he was exceptionally handsome, especially his eyes—they were enormous and brilliantly bright.

Feng Weiyuan?

Oh, the male lead of this movie, the third or fourth male character in the original novel?

So this was the young man playing the Second God of War, Erlang Shen?

Ling Xiaoli looked him up and down, shaking her head. She had only one thought—

Jiao EJ is forever the GOAT!

Feng Weiyuan was only seventeen years old this year, yet in terms of experience, he surpassed everyone present.

He had entered the industry as a child star. Although his age meant he hadn’t won a Best Actor award yet, he had already collected countless other awards.

This movie was also being invested in and produced by Feng Weiyuan’s own company, Fengsu Media.

And for Ling Xiaoli, the most important thing was that Feng Weiyuan was the male lead’s cousin in The Birth of an Entertainment Industry Overlord!

A tool for bringing the male and female leads closer together!

Ling Xiaoli couldn’t help sighing. After three days since transmigrating, she had finally met someone connected to the male lead. She wondered when she would get to meet the male lead himself.

As soon as Feng Weiyuan entered the room, the discussions continued without pause. Several people who knew him came over enthusiastically to greet him, and he was already accustomed to it.

After dealing with all those greetings, Feng Weiyuan casually found a corner and sat down, beginning to survey all the actors who had arrived for today’s audition.

After all, this was a movie invested in by his own company. If he happened to come across one or two people he disliked, he still had the authority to kick them out, didn’t he?

Then his gaze suddenly froze on a certain spot.