I AM A MATCH MAKER AT TAOBAO [UPDATES ONCE IN A BLUE MOON]

Ch. 32

When Chen Xili asked her to drop by her office once she had arrived at the company, Shen Lisa felt a good thing was about to arrive.

As expected, at the company Chen Xili said, “The actress who originally played the sister of the male lead is now pregnant and cannot shoot the dancing and stressful parts. The film is already filming so it is not easy to find actors at short notice. It just happens that you also play the role of a dancer so we don’t have to worry about the dancing part. However, the director also wants to see your acting skills before making a decision. He will arrive at the company at around ten o’clock. So you can have a go at an audition.”

The sister of the male lead was female No.3 in the film and second only to the female lead and the princess. This was way more important than her previous role. At this thought, Shen Lisa’s heart was no longer calm and she could even hear it beating.

After being excited for a while, Shen Lisa finally found her voice, “Is Director Chang coming to the company? I’ve not even met him since I’ve arrived at the company. What do I need to prepare? What is the content of the audition? “

Chen Xili saw the overly anxious Shen Lisa and comforted, “You don’t need to be nervous. Director Chang is very nice but as a director, he is very strict towards actors, especially those who are replacements. As for the audition, I also don’t know. Anyhow, it’s a movie made by our company so it will be okay as long as you don’t perform too badly.”

Shen Lisa understood the meaning behind Chen Xili’s words and promised, “Yes, Executive Chen. I will definitely seize this opportunity.”

An hour later, Director Chang arrived at the audition location. Today, he mainly came to talk about some things with senior management so the audition was only incidental. The company’s deputy executive has recommended this newcomer so he already felt assured. After all, they were the same company and he can easily find out the performance of any newcomer. He was quite satisfied with what he had learned about Shen Lisa.

Shen Lisa felt even more anxious the moment she saw Director Chang. Director Chang used to be a movie emperor and was an idol to many people in their childhoods. Although he was already fifty or sixty years old, you could still see the graceful bearings of his golden days.

From the moment he stepped in, Director Chang had already started to examine Shen Lisa. Upon seeing her so nervous, he laughed and said, “Don’t be so nervous. This audition will be very simple. You just have to perform the role you’ve been practising before. Why don’t you start off with the dance first.”

Shen Lisa had been preparing a while with the script for the female No.3 role and breathed a sighed of relief to hear it was not required. The dancer’s roles were not many and she has been trying to analyse it for two months now. As for the dance part, she felt a great improvement from the initial three months of training followed by the two months of preparation even though she was not a professional. 

As expected, Director Chang slightly nodded after her dance.

After a short break, Director Chang looked at the script and picked out a part for Shen Chuchu to perform.

“No physical performance, toast the general after the dance.”

Shen Lisa recalled that part with her eyes closed. Throughout the film, she only had a total of three parts. This part best reflected the characteristics of the character because here she finally acted alongside the protagonist.

Soon she recalled all the details. She brewed alcohol and started to act.

She pretended there was a tall man in front of her and raised both of her hands to toast. Her eyes were filled with admiration, she suppressed her excitement and said slowly, “General, this lowly maid respectfully toast you.”