Three days later, Xu Bingzhi personally came over and took away his two little troublemakers.
Sheng Zong breathed a sigh of relief.
Sheng Tang had returned to Gu Jiahui’s apartment, preparing for her next audition.
She was flipping through the audition script.
The three auditions Sheng Tang was preparing for were all films in which her company had invested. Each role had about ten minutes of screen time, which was quite significant in a movie.
However, their company wasn’t a major investor and didn’t have much decision-making power, only the privilege of auditioning first.
Sheng Tang went to audition for all three roles.
The three roles were very different from each other. Despite graduating from a prestigious school, Sheng Tang lacked experience. Ke Fei thought it would be great if she could land just one of them.
There was no way she could handle every role perfectly.
"’Invincible Life’, the lead actor in this film is the 5 billion superstar Ding Ruifan. The total investment exceeds one billion, and it’s targeting next year’s summer slot," Ke Fei explained to Sheng Tang, "I have high hopes for this movie.
Your role has already been offered to three B-list actresses. There’s a lot of pressure on you. However, the producers and writers insist that this role must be played by a beautiful woman.
This is your chance. Your screen time might be as long as ten minutes, but it could be reduced if your performance isn’t good enough."
Sheng Tang agreed and promised to do her best.
The three auditions were almost back-to-back over a few days, and the results came quickly.
To Ke Fei’s surprise, Sheng Tang passed all of them.
In addition to the stunning beauty role, there was also a cold witch and a neurotic housewife. Sheng Tang performed exceptionally well in all her auditions, earning the approval of the three production teams.
"How did you do it?" Ke Fei was astonished.
Sheng Tang didn’t have a great reputation in the TV industry, but the Xi Lingtu couple’s influence didn’t extend to the film industry.
Thus, Sheng Tang’s bad reputation had little impact in the film world.
Even though some producers knew about her bad reputation, they didn’t care about the Xi Lingtu couple’s opinion, and remained objective about Sheng Tang.
After all, she was an investor’s nominee.
Being an investor’s nominee meant that during auditions, the production team would treat her more carefully and seriously consider if she was suitable, rather than brushing her off after a few lines.
As long as Sheng Tang was given the chance to perform, she could always deliver a stunning performance.
Whether it was the frivolous beauty, the cold witch, or the neurotic housewife, she captured each role perfectly, making people instinctively forget that she was just a pretty ordinary woman, and think instead: "Oh, this is the character I want."
The weight of the roles in the three films was about the same, so Ke Fei chose the biggest investment, ’Invincible Life’. Sheng Tang played Xuanxuan, the confidant of the male lead. Though the role wasn’t big, it was very charming.
When Gu Jiahui heard about Sheng Tang’s achievements in the auditions, he said to her: "Let’s invite my brother tonight and go celebrate."
Sheng Tang agreed.
The three of them chose a casual Chinese restaurant for dinner, focusing on having a good time.
"...Ke Fei was startled by her, saying she’s a genius actress." Gu Jiahui said to Cheng Lichuan, "He kept asking me about Tangtang’s background."
He seemed too embarrassed to praise her directly, preferring to express his admiration in front of a third person.
Cheng Lichuan was delighted as well: "Tangtang is going to be famous!"
"No way!" Sheng Tang laughed, "Before the auditions, I found similar classic roles and studied them repeatedly, and thoroughly read the scripts to perform well. There’s no such thing as genius?"
Cheng Lichuan disagreed: "Genius is one percent talent and ninety-nine percent hard work!"
Sheng Tang: "..."
What kind of outdated motivational speech is that?
Genius is genius, it has nothing to do with effort. Like Gu Shiting, he casually studies and still surpasses most people who work hard day and night. Sheng Tang had never seen him put in ninety-nine percent effort.
Accepting one’s mediocrity and striving hard is what’s necessary. Sheng Tang wasn’t a genius actress, she was just a very hardworking one.