I just want to sell products, but you're forcing me to perform talents.

Chapter 200 One glimpse of Brother Xian and your life is ruined!

"Chen Xu, why did it take you so long?"

Li Hong waited for Chen Xu outside for a long time before she finally came out. She quickly went up to her and asked, "How did it go? Did you pass?"

Chen Xu pulled out some sunflower seeds from somewhere and started cracking them open, then hesitated, saying, "Brother Xian just told me not to leave yet."

Li Hong was stunned: "How is that possible? Brother Xian didn't say a single word to me just now!"

Chen Xu was also a little confused: "Maybe it's because I'm prettier than you?"

Li Hong was speechless. To be honest, Chen Xu had a classical beauty, and he looked much better on camera than she did in ancient costume.

The two were best friends, so they spoke without much restraint. Li Hong blurted out, almost as if possessed, "Don't let you, the one who just went along with it, end up being the one who gets the prize!"

The group of actresses who played Lin Daiyu didn't rush to remove their makeup. They waited outside, hoping to see if there would be any new developments. Even just spending a little more time in front of the director and Xian Ge could greatly increase their chances of getting a role.

Liu Yunyun also noticed that Chen Xu had more time than everyone else. Everyone's phones had been confiscated earlier, and now Sun Li was following behind Chen Xu, returning the phones one by one.

Collecting cell phones was to ensure fairness in the audition process, and also to prevent the voting results from putting pressure on those who came later.

Liu Yunyun originally thought that since the project was invested by Datang Entertainment, and she was considered an artist of the investor, getting this role shouldn't be a big problem. Otherwise, the Sixth Princess wouldn't have sent her over first.

Who would have thought that Ye Xian would act unpredictably and publicly audition via live stream? This made her suddenly feel a little uneasy. She grabbed her phone and immediately opened the live stream, only to see in the upper left corner that the voting had ended.

Upon opening the app, Liu Yunyun felt her eyeliner turn black; she was actually in last place.

The casting assistant director came out at this moment, nodded to Li Hong and Chen Xu, and said, "You two stay, the rest of you can go back first."

Li Hong was overjoyed, and Chen Xu, though he had some guesses, was also stunned: "I just came here to meet my idol in person!"

The assistant director gestured for them to go to the temporary housing next door to talk. Li Hong happily pulled Chen Xu along, saying, "Don't worry about that. Let's see what the assistant director has to say first."

After entering the prefab house, the assistant director asked Chen Xu to wait outside, and then said to Li Hong, "The director and Brother Xian were quite satisfied with your performance just now, but they think you are not suitable to play Lin Daiyu. The director and Brother Xian are going to give you a chance. You can choose from other roles, find a suitable one, and then go to the director and Brother Xian for an audition."

Li Hong then realized that while her acting skills had been recognized, they were not enough to qualify her for the lead role.

This made Li Hong somewhat disheartened, and she couldn't help but ask, "What about Chen Xu? Is Chen Xu the same?"

The assistant director laughed and said, "She should be the first choice for Lin Daiyu."

"what?"

Li Hong opened her mouth wide, but remained silent for a long time.

……

Twenty minutes later, Chen Xu, still in a daze, was brought in front of the camera. Ye Xian, who had also changed his makeup, saw Chen Xu coming over and knew that she had agreed to play Lin Daiyu. He immediately handed her the script: "Take a few more minutes to familiarize yourself with it. Let's perform the scene we just saw again with everyone."

Chen Xu stared intently at Ye Xian: "Brother Xian, is all of this real? Have I really become Lin Daiyu?"

Ye Xian smiled and said, "Really, you acted wonderfully just now."

Chen Xu was stunned for a moment, then suddenly gritted his teeth: "Brother Xian, you can't let me down!"

Ye Xian was dumbfounded.

The viewers in the live stream were laughing hysterically.

[Chestnut sandwich cookies: This sentence is quite ambiguous!]

[Shrimp Doesn't Blink: Haha, meeting Brother Xian is a lifelong mistake! Another young lady has taken the bait!]

[The Great Tang Dynasty's Number One Chief: Tsk tsk tsk, Brother Xian is getting more and more women around him. Why don't you give me this Lin Daiyu? I'll take good care of her for you!]

[Darkened Peach: This girl is ruthless! She went straight for Ding Xian Ge!]

……

Chen Xu then realized that his words had been ambiguous and quickly tried to cover it up: "Ah, what I meant was, you have to do a good job filming this drama, otherwise my mom will kill me if I study directing and end up as an actor."

"Oh, okay, no problem. This drama is my own flesh and blood, don't worry!"

Ye Xian was startled, but after understanding what was going on, he laughed: "Should we talk to your mother and explain?"

"What's there to explain? I'm going to make it a fait accompli!"

Chen Xu suddenly chuckled. She had now accepted that she was the leading lady in an investment project worth hundreds of millions of yuan. That's how contemporary college students are—live for the moment and be happy.

"Brother Xian, may I join your fireside chat?"

"Sure!"

Ye Xian was wondering why she brought this up when he saw Chen Xu rub her hands together and say, "For the barbecue, you have to give me extra pork belly. I don't like lamb."

Ye Xian slapped his forehead. How come all his fans are such foodies?

[Steel pole buttocks: Hahaha, I can't laugh anymore! Are all the members of the midnight snack group foodies?]

[Juicer: Exactly! Brother Xian first won over the group leader with food!]

[Martial Arts Master: Leader, you have a rival! I heard you also like grilled pork belly!]

[Hilarious! I'm starting to suspect that Brother Xian used delicious food to deceive so many innocent young ladies.]

……

The two were fully dressed and performed a scene from "The Meeting of Bao and Dai" for everyone. This scene was captured by the photographer and released as part of the official costume photos.

In a proper scene, Ye Xian immediately realized just how amazing a professionally trained actor really is. After taking two months of acting classes, he almost couldn't resist Chen Xu's tender offensive.

Chen Xu was also somewhat surprised. She had only thought that Ye Xian, as an investor and the original author, became the male lead because of his fame, just like those young idols and popular celebrities, and wouldn't have much acting skill.

Even though I'm a die-hard fan of Ye Xian, I still viewed him with prejudice and never thought Ye Xian's acting skills would be that great.

Who knew that, after just one scene, it was immediately apparent that Ye Xian possessed considerable skill.

He can handle every glance and every line with ease.

This completely ignited her competitive spirit, causing her to become even more fully committed.

Both of them were young and fearless, and after a few tries, they officially started performing.

Director Jia, watching the two on camera and observing their chemistry on the monitor, grew increasingly pleased: "This is exactly how I envisioned Bao and Dai!"

Many fans were left wanting more, and after Ye Xian and Chen Xu went through two or three scenes together, the highlight of the day came to an end.

"From now on, all the actors in the 'Dream of the Red Chamber' production team will be going live, and they will also appear regularly in the official 'Dream of the Red Chamber' live stream room. I also welcome them to visit my live stream room, and I'm always ready to have a fireside chat with them."

Many fans gave it a thumbs up.

Just as Ye Xian was about to end the live stream, many fans started making noise again.

[Understanding People's Clothes: Brother Xian, the second episode of *Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio* should be updated soon!]

[Burning Chest Hair: Brother Xian, wasn't the last ghost story enough? Give me another one!]

[The female benefactor was startled: "Exactly! Even the donkeys in the production team aren't as lazy as you! That author called 'Sea Queen' was posting 10,000 words a day, five updates a day! You're only updating once every three days, that's too slow!"]

[Black Fungus/Soft Banana:: Last time I told a "female friend" the story of "Painted Skin," and guess what? I successfully removed the word "sex."]

[Soy milk maker: What's the point of those three words if this one is gone?]

……

Ye Xian then remembered that it was time to start a new episode. After thinking for a moment, he said, "I won't tell the story today. In three days, I'll release a new song and invite Liu Xiaoxiao as a guest to our fireside chat. I'll tell an even better ghost story then!"

[President of Big Fishpond: Holy crap, Brother Xian, you're amazing! You're hanging out with Liu Xiaoxiao again.]

[Scratching the poop makes me ascend: Brother Xian, do you think you deliberately waited until Liu Xiaoxiao arrived before telling ghost stories?]

[Three seconds later, ruthless: I guessed so. Does Brother Xian want to turn our Xiaoxiao's name from four characters to three?]

[This humble Taoist only touches chrysanthemums: I guess the missing character is "woman"!]

……

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