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Chapter 130 - 130 130 This is Called No Acting Skills
Chapter 130 - 130 130 This is Called No Acting Skills
?Chapter 130: Chapter 130: This is Called No Acting Skills? Chapter 130: Chapter 130: This is Called No Acting Skills? Seeing that Bo Xiangxiang and Luo Ning didn’t get into a fight, many were somewhat disappointed.
But they didn’t really take Bo Xiangxiang seriously, not thinking she could be selected for the lead or the Second Female role.
During their conversations, some people would intentionally make pointed sarcastic remarks about Bo Xiangxiang as if deliberately trying to curry favor with Luo Ning.
Although Luo Ning herself had issues with Bo Xiangxiang, she didn’t want to deal with these opportunistic, backbiting individuals.
So, she took out the script and sat down to look it over.
After a while, a fairly beautiful young woman walked in.
She was followed by three assistants, one carrying a bag, another holding an umbrella, and one leading the way, with an agent beside her.
Looking at this entourage, anyone unaware would have thought she was a top-tier movie queen.
Luo Ning glanced up and saw the woman walking toward her, sitting down in the empty seat next to her.
The look in her eyes was full of arrogance, as if no one here was worth noticing.
Luo Ning recognized her. In her previous life, this woman, Yu Chunjiao, played the Second Female in the Fantasy Martial Arts Drama.
That series had been greatly affected by scandals such as her being kept as a mistress, failing to create much of a splash and flopping in the end.
Seeing Luo Ning looking at the script, Yu Chunjiao, due to sitting close, glanced over and realized it was for the Second Female role.
She curled her lip and said disdainfully to Luo Ning, “Stop looking, it’s pointless.”
Luo Ning knew what she meant. After all, this woman’s sugar daddy was one of the investors of the drama, and in the past life, the role of Second Female had been fixed for her.
Luo Ning really disliked people who knew someone was married yet still eagerly played the role of the mistress or even the fourth woman.
Of course, that sugar daddy definitely wasn’t a good guy either, since it takes two to tango.
She replied indifferently, pulling her gaze back to the script, “You needn’t worry about that.”
Yu Chunjiao choked and glared at Luo Ning, “What’s so great about you, hmph!”
Although her popularity and hotness were not as high as Luo Ning’s, her sugar daddy had said he would support her strongly in the future, and she was sure to be more famous than Luo Ning.
The auditions started soon.
There were first and second-line actresses present, as well as quite a few connections, so in order not to offend anyone, the director decided to let them draw lots to determine the order of the auditions.
Everyone was okay with this decision; no one wanted to be scheduled last, and relying on luck by drawing was more fair.
Luo Ning drew the number 11. Among the hundred or so people auditioning, she was towards the front.
Bo Xiangxiang drew number three.
Yu Chunjiao wasn’t so lucky; she drew number ninety-six.
Seeing the number in her hand, her face showed displeasure, and she sent her agent to communicate with the director to move her to the front.
However, Director Zhu did not agree, so her assistant suggested she switch numbers with someone else.
So Yu Chunjiao said to Luo Ning, “Let’s swap our audition order numbers.”
Her face practically had ‘you don’t stand a chance, the role of Second Female is mine’ written all over it.
Luo Ning replied coldly, “No swap, you sure think highly of yourself.”
“You!” Yu Chunjiao hadn’t expected Luo Ning to be so dismissive, “Just you wait.”
Just a pretty vase that got by on her looks, what right did Luo Ning have to be so arrogant in front of her.
Once she became famous, she would show Luo Ning a lesson.
So she went off to find someone else to swap with.
Everyone knew who Yu Chunjiao’s sugar daddy was, and they weren’t like Luo Ning, unafraid to offend him.
Consequently, the person who had drawn number ten was coerced into swapping with Yu Chunjiao.
Bo Xiangxiang was happy to see Luo Ning being disliked. After all, the sugar daddy behind Yu Chunjiao was no simple character, wealthy and influential; if Luo Ning offended him, she would suffer the consequences.
Luo Ning couldn’t be bothered with the two idiots and continued to immerse herself in the script.
Over half an hour later, Luo Ning’s name was called.
Luo Ning stood up and walked in.
In the auditioning stage, besides Director Zhu, there was also an assistant director and a scriptwriter.
Luo Ning first greeted the three of them.
Director Zhu looked at Luo Ning and asked, “Have you finished reading the script?”
Several people before her had only a superficial understanding of the role they were auditioning for, and Yu Chunjiao who went before Luo Ning was even more extreme, unfamiliar with the character and obviously hadn’t carefully read the script.
The quality of the auditions had made Director Zhu want to scoff.
However, an investor had made a request to cast Yu Chunjiao as the Second Female, even threatening to pull funding if she didn’t get the role.
He was especially irritable now, unsure whether to compromise.
Luo Ning responded calmly and confidently, “I’ve finished it. Whichever part you need me to audition, I can do it.”
Hearing her say this, Director Zhu nodded slightly.
He knew about Luo Ning, a famous vase actress in the entertainment circle who recently gained popularity from a live reality show, shedding her vase image considerably.
Many people used to say that Luo Ning had only her looks to offer and that her acting was particularly poor.
He didn’t have much hope for Luo Ning, but her attitude still pleased him.
He flipped through the script quickly and then said, “Then audition the scene where the Second Female turns evil and returns.”
Luo Ning had already memorized the script and dialogues. She nodded, “Alright!”
In this Fantasy Martial Arts Drama, the Second Female, Su Youling, was a tragic character.
Her father was the protagonist’s master, and when she first appeared, her nature was innocent and pure, as if imbued with a sunlit vitality.
She grew up together with the protagonist, betrothed to him since childhood.
But just before their wedding, Su Youling’s father was gravely injured in an accident while traveling and passed away a few days after returning to the sect.
Heartbroken, Su Youling accidentally discovered that her father’s death was orchestrated by the female lead’s father, who wanted to contend for the Sect Leader position.
The fact that many high-ranking members of the sect were involved made it even harder for her to accept.
She then sought out the protagonist, intending to discuss revenge.
But instead, she found her fiancé confessing his love to the female lead, who was resisting because she didn’t want to be a homewrecker, bearing the pain and rejecting him.
Then the protagonist was also extremely pained, and when the female lead finally tried to leave, he couldn’t restrain himself and embraced her.
Witnessing this scene, Su Youling collapsed, and with old grudges and new hatred piling up, she couldn’t hold back and ran out to kill the female lead.
However, she was stopped by the protagonist and accidentally pushed off a cliff by him.
Who would have thought she would not only survive but also find a Demon Clan technique and a token at the bottom of the cliff, and by a stroke of fate, she became the Holy Daughter of the Demon Clan.
At the same time, the hatred transformed her completely.
Now, Luo Ning was to play Su Youling, returning to the sect as the Holy Daughter of the Demon Clan.
In the eyes of the three directors, Luo Ning’s current image fit Su Youling’s initial appearance when she first entered the scene.
But the Second Female completely turned evil in the middle and later stages, so they were concerned Luo Ning couldn’t handle it.
When the director shouted “action,” Luo Ning immediately got into character.
From her originally youthful and beautiful temperament, she instantly shifted to a demonic and seductive allure.
This sudden change startled the trio of previously indifferent directors into sitting up straight.
Then they saw Luo Ning begin her performance, and whether it was her expressions, movements, or tone, all matched the image of the Second Female after turning evil in the script.
The scriptwriter couldn’t help but exclaim, “I feel she’s brought the witch to life. This is the Su Youling I wanted.”
The director also didn’t expect Luo Ning to perform so brilliantly. After watching her performance, there was just one feeling: This was Su Youling.
Lack of acting skills? The rumors outside must be blind.