Louie and Albert walked by and attracted much attention.
Actors who were confident in their appearance felt the challenge when they saw them. The actresses, on the other hand, widened their eyes and wished to work with any of them even if giving up the pay.
The staff had put a lot of chairs in the hallway for the interviewers to sit. Louie found a seat against the wall and sat down. Albert walked over and sat down in a seat away from him.
As soon as they sat down, a girl in a pink dress came up and asked Albert with a smile, "Can I sit here?"
Albert said without looking up, "Sorry. It's not available."
Being rejected, the girl left with frustration. When she got back to her seat, a girl in a blue skirt who came with her laughed, "Handsome boys are not easy to catch up. And it's not easy to sit between two handsome boys."
Miss Pink frowned, "If you can do it, just go to have a try."
Miss Blue raised one of her eyebrows. "Yeah. I'll go. You know, guys love girls with big boobs, slim figures and cute little faces like me. I'll try the young one. I know him. He's quite famous online. I'm really into this kind of delicate young boy. I'm sure he won't refuse me."
She made her hair and walked to Louie with great grace. Then she smiled at him and said, "Mr. Delgado, may I sit here?"
She pointed to the seat between Louie and Albert and then smiled charmingly, even her eyes were filled with smiles.
Louie stayed and shook his head. "Sorry. This seat is taken."
Not far away, Miss Pink burst into laughter. Miss Blue was more beautiful than her, but… so what? She was still rejected.
Oh, what a shame!
Miss Blue could not keep the smile. She bit her lips and asked, "Who? Is he or she here for the audition? It's almost started. What an unprofessional person!"
Louie didn't want to explain. "She'll come soon," he said.
Then he felt Albert gave him a look.
Oh, what the hell was he thinking about? Louie wondered inside.
Miss Blue walked to her seat, but her eyes still fixed on the seat between Louie and Albert.
She wanted to see what kind of person would sit there. If it was a guy, it might be Louie's friend. While if it was a girl, she would like to know what kind of fairy would be.
"You seem to be less interested in other girls," Albert suddenly said.
Louie took it as Albert's jealous that he might want to ask, "You only into Sophia, do you?"
He didn't want to have such a misunderstanding, and explained, "She… isn't my type."
"Yeah," said Albert.
Louie felt more and more awkward with Albert.
Why didn't Sophia come back?
Fortunately, Sophia finally came back. There was a small box in her hand. She handed the box to Albert, "It's for you."
Albert was surprised and took over the box, which was warm. He opened it, and there was a piece of Chocolate Hazelnut Cake inside.
Sophia smiled, "Have a try! I bought it for you. I just baked it. I knew you like it."
He had been staring at her cake on the plane, and she knew he wanted to eat.
Albert didn't know what to say.
He didn't like desserts.
But… Sophia specially bought it for him. He picked up the fork and started eating it.
Louie was shocked by the scene.
Why did he feel that Sophia treats Albert like a kid? If things went like this, would Albert get her?
Not far away, Miss Blue saw the person between Louie and Albert and couldn't help frowning, "Isn't that, Sophia? She's auditioning, too?"
Miss Pink looked at Sophia, "The popular high achiever on the Internet? She looks better than on TV. She's here. Do we still have a chance? Didn't you say that only one man and one woman would be chosen?"
"She's not a professional actor. I'm much better than her in acting. I'm determined to get the role," said Miss Blue.
"Really? I wonder about that," said Miss Pink.
She was not happy about Miss Blue's arrogance. She didn't think she could win the part, and she just hoped to get more experience from it. But in her heart, it was not her companion; she wished to win the role, but Sophia.
***
It was not long before the audition began. The secretary came out and said with a smile, "Thanks for waiting here, everyone. The audition is about to start. Is there anyone without a number?"
Louie put up his hand, "Here!"
When he arrived, the staff had already gone in and weren't handing out numbers, so he didn't get one. And people who came after him had no numbers, either.
Several actors raised their hands. With several cards in hand, the secretary went to them and gave out the numbers.
When he walked to Louie, he took three-card cards, gave one to Louie, and the other two to Sophia and Albert.
Sophia waved her hands, "No, no. I'm not here for the audition. I'm here for him."
"Oh, I see," the secretary said and looked to Albert.
Albert didn't even look up but kept eating the cake with his head down as if it were a rare delicacy in the world.
Although he didn't look up, the secretary was sure that he was a handsome man, "Sir, your number."
Albert looked up and said calmly, "No, thanks."
Then, he went on with the cake.
The secretary just felt that the man looked familiar.
When the manager was ill, he had attended a meeting for him at the headquarter and met the younger successor of the Pearson Group. Although it was only a glance, he was good at remembering faces and remembered his face.
But this person… Why did he look like that young successor?
He quickly handed out the remaining numbers, strode back to the manager's office, and voiced his suspicions.
The manager was surprised, "Is the prince coming to inspect? Well, we can't make him sit outside. Invite him in and treat him well."
"But…" the secretary voiced his concern, "If he doesn't want to tell anyone who he is, wouldn't we offend him by doing so?"
The manager was very nervous. The audition was relatively unimportant for him now. The most important thing was whether he could serve the successor well.