CH 150

​After the fifty actors chose their positions, the wall in front of them suddenly separated from the middle and moved slowly to the sides, revealing a high platform.

Standing on the high platform was Duan Lian Shui, a senior in the acting profession. She was wearing a gray-blue cheongsam with a lotus pattern with her curly hair scattered on her back, giving off a feminine charm.

The fifty actors in the audience began to applaud excitedly, some of male actors even cat-whistled. For them, Duan Lian Shui is a well-deserved goddess-level actress.

Duan Lian Shui held the microphone in her hand and smiled with grace.

"Hello everyone, I am actress Duan Lian Shui and I’m the host of [The Path of an Actor]."

"This time, the mentor selection order is absolutely random. I believe most people have chosen their ideal mentor."

"Everyone is probably tired of waiting, right?" Duan Lian Shui's gorgeous eyes swept across the stage, "Next, let us invite five mentors onstage!"

Duan Lian Shui raised her left hand in the direction of the fifty actors, making them confused.

With a "hiss", the sound of smoke machines came from behind them.

The actors turned around in surprise and saw the wall behind them slowly pull up, slowly revealing the five mentors slowly exposed from feet up.

When the wall rose completely, the actors finally saw the five mentors.

The seats of the mentors were half a meter higher than the actors and they sat behind the actors who chose themselves. They were Xu Jia Shu, Yu He Shao, Zhu Qing Fu, Wen Qin and Luan Qing Xiao.

With the exception of Wen Qin, everyone else was a man.

There were also more men than women in the audience.

Essentially, it’s because people of Origin Star could only choose their same kind to reproduce and even then it’s still extremely difficult to get pregnant. While the human life span has increased to one thousand years, similarly, the pregnancy time has also changed from one year to ten years. Ever since humans came to Origin Star a hundred years ago, up until now fewer than ten newborns have been born. With women responsible for reproduction, every pregnant woman was considered Origin Star’s treasure. No matter the profession, there are always more men than women, and the entertainment industry naturally wasn’t an exception.

The actors under the other four mentors were very pleasantly surprised. Only the actor under Xu Jia Shu looked downcast and felt that they had already booked a definite failure before the competition had started.

Among the ten people, Nie Zhen'er was an outlier again.

After seeing Xu Jia Shu, Nie Zhen'er stood up excitedly and bowed to Xu Jia Shu, "Director Xu, I am your movie fan. I’ve seen all the movies you directed!"

Xu Jia Shu had been accustomed to the attitudes of the other nine actors, because all the actors he has been in contact with in the past eight years have basically despised him from the heart.

On the contrary, there are almost no actors who admire him like Nie Zhen'er. Moreover, Nie Zhen'er has not only seen his masterpieces, but also seen his bad movies. Xu Jia Shu was extremely surprised even then, Nie Zhen'er can remain his fan.

Xu Jia Shu felt a little ashamed facing Nie Zhen'er's excited gaze.

He hasn't directed a good movie for eight years now. If it hadn't been for the enormous amount of money given by the [The Path of an Actor]’s program group, he wouldn’t have come to this show to expose his own shortcomings.

In response, Xu Jia Shu nodded slightly to Nie Zhen'er. His gaze towards Nie Zhen'er contained a little guilt, he was afraid that he might fail Nie Zhen'er's expectations of him.

Standing on the high platform, Duan Lian Shui raised her voice, "I know everyone is happy to see your mentor, but please calm down first. Once I introduce the rules to everyone, then everyone can communicate with their mentor."

After Duan Lian Shui finished speaking, the originally excited actors sat upright, waiting for Duan Lian Shui to introduce the rules.

Duan Lian Shui announced, "[The Path of an Actor] is divided into five stages. Currently, it is the first stage. Under the guidance of your mentors, the fifty actors on the scene will challenge selected scripts to film them into video clips. After it broadcasts, the judges will choose their favorite actors. In the end, only actors with the top 40 votes from the public judges can remain to participate in the next stage of the program recording."

"Mentors should also note that although [The Path of an Actor] is an actor elimination competition, when all the actors under a certain mentor are eliminated, the mentor will also stop their recording of [The Path of an Actor]."

"Just now the five mentors have already chosen the scripts for their respective groups backstage. The mentors can now bring the actors who selected you back to their respective preparation rooms to discuss the filming of the clips. Five days later, everyone will come back here with their respective works to accept the vote of the public judges and determine the elimination of actors."

"Mentors, actors, see you all in five days!"

The preparation room of the five mentors is actually five spacious rooms next to each other, in which different decorations are placed according to the preferences of the mentors.

Luan Qing Xiao initially thought Nie Zhen'er would choose her, but Nie Zhen'er chose Xu Jia Shu instead.

Coincidentally, Xu Jia Shu's preparation room and Luan Qing Xiao's preparation room were right next to each other.

Luan Qing Xiao divided the ten actors in her group into two groups, each with four males and one female, respectively to perform two scenes from the script.

Glancing at the ten actors faintly, Luan Qing Xiao exclaimed, "I am an actor, not a director, so I can only teach you all acting. Therefore, when filming the footage for the competition, there will be a part-time director hired by the program team to guide the shooting. I’ve already decided on the script and have selected two scenes from it. You two groups rock pack scissors. Whichever group wins, the actress will choose the scene that your group will be performing."

It took Luan Qing Xiao less than ten minutes to decide how to divide her team and choose the scenes.

"Okay, the script is now in your hands and I’ve already told you which role you’ll be playing. Your next task is to get acquainted with your companions as soon as possible; couples, friends, enemies, or strangers. Find the right state and I’ll come back to check on you all in half an hour."

Once Luan Qing Xiao finished talking, she left her own team’s preparation room and knocked on the door to walk into Xu Jia Shu's preparation room.

Different from the state of the actors in his group who were full of fighting spirit, when Luan Qing Xiao opened the door, Xu Jia Shu was explaining the script and except for Nie Zhen'er who was listening carefully, the other nine actors weren’t listening to Xu Jia Shu's words at all. They just rummaged randomly through their scripts with a face full of impatience.

After Luan Qing Xiao entered, she interrupted Xu Jia Shu's train of thoughts.

Xu Jia Shu and Luan Qing Xiao have never cooperated before, nor have they seen each other on any other occasions.

However, Xu Jia Shu deeply admired Luan Qing Xiao's acting skills. Prior to his investment failing and going bankrupt, he originally planned to contact Luan Qing Xiao to ask him to star in a film he directed. Later when he went bankrupt, this matter naturally dropped.

Xu Jia Shu placed down the script and walked to Luan Qing Xiao to shake hands with him enthusiastically, "Teacher Luan."

Without being affected by Xu Jia Shu's enthusiasm, Luan Qing Xiao nodded faintly, "I came over to see how Director Xu’s faring here."