Chapter 444: Chapter 443: The Gap is Too Big!
Wang Hao, sitting in the room, shrugged his shoulders and said with a chuckle, “You see, this is much simpler… Only the truly brave would dare to come barefaced! Otherwise, once they remove their makeup, it’s unbearable to look at!”
“Indeed, your method works better,” Jiang Rong laughed. “Coming in barefaced really saves us a lot of trouble.”
The group chatted casually for a bit, and soon Liu Xueyan came out of the room after changing her clothes.
Wang Hao and the others turned their heads to look, and were stunned with just one glance!
At that moment, Liu Xueyan, with a smile on her face, was wearing a blue cloth outfit embroidered with white flowers, from chest to knee, draped with a brightly colored embroidered apron, resplendent with gold, and sporting a pair of huge gold earrings, as big as the mouth of a wine glass. After a simple makeup session, her skin appeared slightly yellow, her eyes large and black as pitch, and a colorful belt around her waist, though she was barefoot.
She slowly walked up to Wang Hao and the others, smiled as she turned around, and a scent wafted through the air as she spoke softly, “Brother Hao, do I look good in this?”
“Beautiful! So beautiful!” Wang Hao was mesmerized. “It’s simply divine!”
“Brother Hao, your taste is truly divine!” exclaimed Jiang Rong. “She looks just like Lan Fenghuang stepping right out of a book! Wonderful, just wonderful!”
“Yes, yes,” the returning staff from the ‘bath center’ couldn’t stop marveling. “This look is simply perfect! There’s no need to act at all; just standing there is enough to draw all eyes!”
“What are we waiting for? Let’s sign the contract now!” At that moment, the third person suddenly stood up. “Brother Hao, if you have no objections, I’ll take her to sign the contract right now! Teacher Tong offered a salary of three hundred thousand; is that figure all right?”
Wang Hao looked at Liu Xueyan. “Sister Xue Yan, do you think this price is acceptable?”
“Really?” Liu Xueyan’s face lit up with surprise. “Can I really be signed?”
Wang Hao laughed. “They’ve already said so, could it be false?”
“That’s great!” Liu Xueyan followed the man to sign the contract. “I’ll sign the contract now and then study the script carefully these next few days!”
The two, along with Xia Xueqi, went to sign the contract. It was just the right time as the intermission was ending. Since he had nothing better to do, Wang Hao decided to sit at the table with Jiang Rong and the bath center staff, starting to select actors together.
Now that Wang Hao had suggested the barefaced entrance, the fun had greatly increased…
At that time, the announcement started outside–
“Number 116, come in!”
Soon enough, number 116 came in, and Wang Hao almost jumped. “Oh my, what’s going on?”
No wonder he was so shocked; once the girl removed her makeup, her eyebrows were almost invisible, and her small eyes seemed like they couldn’t even open.
Wang Hao instinctively glanced at the number 116 photo on the table…
Are you sure this is the same person?
“Next!” Jiang Rong immediately dismissed her without a second word. “The difference is too big!”
The second one wasn’t much different, so they continued with the next.
“Number 118, number 118?”
The announcer called out for quite a while, but number 118 didn’t come. Instead, number 119 came in. “Stop calling, she heard she had to remove her makeup and just turned around and left…”
Oh well, this really does save trouble…
This time things were indeed much faster than before, focusing on appearance first, skipping any showing of talent if the appearance gap was too big!
In just a short while, they had interviewed over thirty people, when the announcer called out loudly: “Number 158, number 158!”
“Coming, coming!” A girl rushed in from the door, her face flushed with excitement. “It’s me, it’s me! Can I audition now?”
As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Wang Hao sitting behind the table at the front, and was immediately shocked. “You… why are you sitting here?!”
“Where else should I be?” Wang Hao smiled. “I told you, I’m not in the same business as you.”
“You’re not holding a grudge, are you?” the girl cautiously watched Wang Hao’s expression. “I just said you had no manners…”
“I’m not that petty,” Wang Hao shrugged. “Just do your audition, I’m just here to see if the appearance fits.”
“So, do I fit?” Number 158 looked around nervously. “Is it not too bad?”
Wang Hao held back a laugh. “The appearance is fine, much better than those garish ones.”
Jiang Rong very much agreed with Wang Hao’s words. This girl seemed quite extroverted, somewhat similar to someone from the Heng Mountain Sect.
“Alright, then please start your performance,” Jiang Rong smiled. “If you have a solid foundation in acting, there should be no problem.”
Number 158 nodded vigorously. “Okay!”
She began her performance. Speaking of which, she indeed had a bit of an acting foundation. During her dialogue recitation, her expressions and movements were quite on point. After she finished her performance, Wang Hao and the others nodded together, and Jiang Rong said, “No problem, go sign the contract. Three hundred a day, meals included.”
“That’s great!” Number 158 cheered excitedly, then rushed forward and grabbed Wang Hao’s hand, continuously thanking him. “Thank you, thank you! You didn’t hold a grudge, that’s great! I’m so excited!”
“Look how happy you are,” Wang Hao laughed. “Go sign the contract.”
In the following time, Wang Hao continued with the audition for the extras, and time flew by. Before he knew it, a whole day had passed.
In the days that followed, Wang Hao spent his time leisurely and happily in the production crew.
That evening, after Wang Hao had finished dinner, he received a call from Sun Jian Country.
“Brother Hao, what are you up to?” The voice of Sun Jian Country on the phone sounded as lascivious as ever. “These past few days have been going well, eh? Didn’t you go charm a couple of girls or something?”