I'm not mentally ill, I'm a master of a thousand faces!

Chapter 153, Divinity and Humanity

Ye Jiunian muttered to himself.

"This Liu Yehong is definitely not a good person."

"Um"

Yu Mingsheng also agrees with this.

Erlang Shen truly captured that feeling.

But this is not the Erlang Shen they wanted.

We want a family-friendly Erlang Shen, but your sinister appearance is likely to scare the children.

"It seems we're pretty much on the same page; Liu Yehong was the first to be eliminated."

Yu Mingsheng paused and said, "Then we're left with Jiao Jun'en as the only option. He's quite good and very suitable. With that aloof and indifferent divinity, I feel that a high-ranking and powerful Heavenly Court brother-in-law like him is a good choice."

Auditions don't really focus on acting skills; in this round, the main thing is whether the candidate is a good fit.

And acting skills

Jiao Jun'en and Liu Yehong each have their own strengths. They are both veteran actors with many years of experience, leading roles, and second-tier actors.

Acting skills shouldn't be a problem for most people—that's probably the benefit of having accumulated fame and representative works.

"That's right. Of the two auditionees so far, Jiao Jun'en is the best choice." Ye Jiunian agreed with Yu Mingsheng's opinion.

"Oh right, the first two, we have a third auditionee, that young up-and-coming talent, Li Yun."

Yu Mingsheng now feels that his mind is filled with Jiao Jun'en's Erlang Shen—handsome, dashing, and divine.

Li Yun, this young man is indeed a good actor.

But compared to them, it probably won't work.

"It seems the third one has no hope; he's just here to go through the motions." Ye Jiunian looked at Yu Mingsheng's attitude and smiled helplessly. It wasn't that he was impatient at the moment, but rather that his mind was already filled with another suitable actor.

Trying again might not be very meaningful.

It doesn't seem to make much sense anymore, at least not.

However, Ye Jiunian had other thoughts.

"Let's see."

"Let's take another look."

At this moment, it was finally Li Yun's turn, the third one. Liu Yehong and Jiao Jun'en had both left the audition, and it could be said that they were both full of confidence.

They all put in a lot of effort for this role.

Li Yun, however, kept the image of the middle-aged scholar firmly in mind.

The middle-aged scholar smiled gently from the side.

"come on."

Li Yun entered the audition room.

Upon seeing the director and screenwriter, he smiled and said, "My name is Li Yun, I'm 24 years old (by Chinese reckoning), and I've played roles including..."

Here, Li Yun formally introduces his age and his acting experience.

Very formal.

Compared to Liu Yehong and Jiao Junen's direct approach...

The atmosphere here was much more solemn.

Upon careful examination, Li Yun's appearance is actually quite comparable to that of Jiao Jun'en and Liu Yehong.

Neither Ye Jiunian nor Yu Mingsheng denied Li Yun's appearance.

Unfortunately, Li Yun is too young. So young that it makes one wonder if he can capture the character's most basic qualities.

however.

quickly

Li Yun looked at the middle-aged scholar beside him and copied his original divine nature.

A god who views everything in the world from a third-person perspective.

Examine everything from a detached perspective.

even

Examine yourself.

right.

There's also Li Yun's feeling of examining her "past self".

Li Yun felt that the perspective and feeling of being detached from the situation was a manifestation of divinity.

"Just like how the middle-aged scholar viewed the world back then."

"Just like back then, when I looked at this body's past memories and experiences, they were all detached from it all."

Li Yun then displayed 'divinity,' showing compassion for all living beings while remaining aloof and detached.

"Oh"

At this moment, Yu Mingsheng looked at Li Yun and stroked his chin.

Some surprises.

He has a bit of Jiao Jun'en's style, but not entirely Jiao Jun'en's; he also has a bit of Liu Yehong's feel to him.

Unlike Jiao Jun'en, who is gentle and upright.

He's not as wicked and arrogant as Liu Yehong.

It's more like a compromise between the two.

They possess a lofty divinity, and a sense of alienation from mortals is absolutely present.

That sense of detachment, of being uninvolved, has a kind of "divine" feel to it.

When I saw this...

Ye Jiunian, however, felt a sense of surprise and delight.

"Oh, that's interesting."

The feeling of belonging to 'God'

In some ways, it even feels more fitting than the "god" portrayed by Jiao Jun'en.

Jiao Junen's god is too gentle and too approachable.

Liu Yehong's god is too much like a demon or evil god.

The two are mutually opposed.

Li Yun then combined these two approaches.

While maintaining a sense of detachment, one is not so close to people.

It doesn't evoke any sense of malice.

This is the god that Li Yun presents.

Erlang Zhenjun.

"Something unexpected."

Yu Mingsheng nodded quietly.

From a director's perspective, Li Yun's performance certainly meets the standards of the script he received.

If it weren't for Jiao Jun'en, this amazing person, carrying the weight ahead of us...

Giving this role to Li Yun doesn't seem like a bad idea.

This really surprised Yu Mingsheng a little, after all, Li Yun's qualities were indeed sufficient to play this role.

Being able to take on the role doesn't mean he can.

Jiao Jun'en is here.

Uncle Jiao is there!

Li Xunhuan is in it!

He is here.

"At first I thought he could only play second-tier roles like Liu Yanchang and Xiaotianquan, but now it seems I underestimated him," Yu Mingsheng murmured.

If I were to rank them in my mind, I would say something like, "appropriately."

Jiao Jun'en is first, Li Yun is second, and Liu Yehong is third.

It's all because of Jiao Jun'en.

at this time.

Ye Jiunian also looked at Li Yun, the chief screenwriter and the soul of "Lotus Lantern" handpicked by Yu Mingsheng. At this moment, he was also looking at Li Yun seriously, really comparing whether Jiao Jun'en or Li Yun's version of Erlang Shen was more suitable to play the role.

Currently, it seems that both of them have their own merits.

Jiao Jun'en, on the other hand, is more famous.

But no matter how you look at it.

It's quite surprising that a young actor in his early twenties could be compared to Jiao Jun'en in the eyes of the two.

At least, Yu Mingsheng himself never imagined that Li Yun would actually be comparable to Jiao Jun'en.

However.

Li Yun's performance is not over yet.

His eyes began to change.

The magnitude of the change is gradual and tends to tighten.

The changes are also visible to the naked eye.

From God.

It turned into a human.

it's here.

This Erlang Shen has acquired humanity. He has shed his inner shell from a high and mighty god, transforming from a god into a god with humanity.

A God who is closer to humanity.

At this moment, an incredible change was visible in Li Yun's eyes—a change where humanity and divinity coexisted.

(End of this chapter)