240: Female lead?

Female lead?

Even though the female lead role was already taken by someone else, the audition for it was still ongoing. The production staff looked on in pity as these actresses did their best to get a chance to get the role of the female lead yet, it was stolen from them even before the actual audition started.

Nevertheless, the production staff didn't say a word to anyone and let things flow as they were. After all, it was normal for some actresses or actors to use a backdoor to take a role from someone in this industry.

Thus, instead of fussing over it, they all proceeded with their job, acting as a background.

Xu Lei talked to the actress sitting beside her. The female actress looked cute and adorable with a hint of her baby cheeks still present.

Looking at her focus and trying to memorize her lines, Xu Lei smiled to herself. She was also like this when she started out as an actress.

Xu Lei remembered being so nervous when she first arrived at her first ever audition as an actress, and soon after the audition was done, she cried so much that her eyes were red the whole day.

"Is there something on my face?" The female actress on her side asked, taking Xu Lei out from her memory lane.

Xu Lei blinked her eyes a few times and smiled, "No... I was just lost in thought because you look very cute."

The female actress blushed. Never did she expect that someone so beautiful like the woman sitting next to her would actually say she was cute.

Even if a man were to say that she was cute and pretty, the female actress would only think they were hitting on her and ignore them.

But who would expect that her heart would flutter when she saw Xu Lei smiling at her and calling her 'cute'.

"Oh... Really?"

Xu Lei nodded, "Of course. I think out of all of us here, You are the cutest."

The female actress blushed once again. Her face to her neck was red all over.

Not wanting to embarrass herself, the female actress tried to veer the topic away and asked, "Are you also here for the female lead role?"

The role of the young princess who fell to the eunuch who would become her greatest enemy was what everyone here wanted to get. Even the female actress wanted it.

Knowing what exactly the other was thinking and talking about, Xu Lei shook her head.

The female lead role was eyed by many actresses. The battle for this should also be bloodier. However, Xu Lei guessed that any one of them wouldn't be fated to get the role.

Earlier, when she sat in her seat, she didn't observe the other actresses in the room. The first thing she observed was the production staff and their attitude towards the people who auditioned for the female lead role.

However, after observing for a while, she found that they were lukewarm. Thus, she came to a conclusion.

The production team has already found someone for the female lead.

"No, I'm not here for the female lead. I am here for the second female lead role," Xu Lei replied with a smile as she narrowed her eyes.

The female actress who heard her answer was shocked. The second female lead of the movie wasn't really good. Although the movie will be sponsored by many tycoons and the plot was really good, if one would want to thrive in entertainment and get a good image in front of the fans, they should aim for the best role.

Just like the first female lead of the movie, the princess who will turn into a Great Empress at the end of the movie.

"Are you sure?" the female actress asked her.

Xu Lei nodded: "Yes, I am sure. The second female lead might sound awful when reading the novel and the script. But I think it's a good supporting role."

The second female lead that Xu Lei was eyeing for was precisely the villain of the story. It was also the sister who stole the eunuch from the female lead and died in a miserable way at the end of the movie.

By taking this role, one must be courageous enough to brave the storm when the movie comes out because the role was really evil and wicked that even those who read the script and novel would want to jump inside the novel world just to beat up the villain.

However, Xu Lei was not worried about that.

For years, artists played several roles of a villain in a drama and movie. Each one of them expected nothing less from their role and already knew that the audience would either tear them up or praise them for their realistic acting. And Xu Lei was aiming for the latter.

Being a villain did not only require the basic skills of acting, it also needed a lot of preparation because they had a very vital role in the movie to make the relationship of both the female lead and male lead grow stronger and deeper.

They also kept the story very entertaining.

Thus, Xu Lei did not feel uncomfortable when the female actress looked at her in dismay.

"Number 12, please come in!" exclaimed the production staff.

It was the female actress' turn.

"Good luck!" Xu Lei waved to the female actress who returned it with a smile before entering the audition room.

Xu Lei watched on silently as the door closed. After several minutes had passed, the door opened once again.

The smile on the female actress was wiped away and there was a streak of tears on her cheeks.

"Oh my god... was she scolded?"

"I already expected it since she's been smiling too much since earlier."

"Yeah, I saw that too... She must have a backer. Too bad, she didn't get the role though."

The other artists in the waiting room whispered with each other. However, their voices echoed in the room and the female actress who had just left the audition room heard all of it.

She flinched at their harsh words, but didn't say anything. After all, it was the truth that she had a backer herself and that person told her that she could get a higher chance of securing the role.

Sadly, her dream of getting the role didn't happen.

When Xu Lei saw the female actress approach, she didn't say a word to sympathize with her. She only nodded at the female actress in silence, knowing that there was no need for the two of them to say anything to each other.

Surprisingly, when the female actress reached their seats, Xu Lei heard her speak to her.

"You're lucky you didn't want the female lead role." The female actress opened her mouth to speak. "Anyway, g-good luck. I hope you get the role you want."

"Thank you," said Xu Lei in return.

The female actress left without a word soon after she talked to Xu Lei with a dejected look in her eyes.

Soon after the other left, the audition continued without any trouble as if nothing happened.

Everyone waited for their turn.

As time passed by, the number of people who auditioned for the role of the female lead came out one by one with a dark cloud hanging over their heads as though the world had ended for them.

"I wonder what happened..." one actress asked. She noticed how several artists had already come out of that room without a smile on their faces.

Xu Lei glanced at the actress and shrugged, "I also wonder..."

Of course, she was merely saying this. Xu Lei could already guess what happened. Just like her, the veteran and more experienced actresses in the waiting room could already guess why it was like this.

The female lead was already taken.

They had no chance anymore.

The other people who wanted to audition for the female lead weren't saddened by this as much as those who already entered and left the audition room.

Instead, they all had an enlightened look on their faces. But they weren't worried. Unlike those who already left, they had several other roles offered to them by their agencies and some directors from other movies and dramas.

And so, some of them left even before their turn was called.

After the audition for the female lead was over, it was the second female lead's turn now.0

Xu Lei felt tense all over.

This was her first audition after her recuperation. And she didn't want to fail at any cost. But she was confident in her acting skills and even if she failed, she would know from inside that she did her best.

"It's my turn... I'm so excited!" The actress from across Xu Lei smiled smugly at everyone else. She was pretty confident that she'll get picked.

Xu Lei looked at the actress and saw that she looked pretty. Her dress was a fiery red and her hair was perfectly curled at a salon. She really looked like a villain.

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