Chapter 451 - Taken (III)

Xiong Zhi stared at Xiong Wuyue, her eyes were challenging her.

"Prove it to us right now. Change our minds. After all, you want this role desperately, don't you?"

She then daintily put a slender hand to cover her lips, full of noble air. Yet what she said next was not soft at all, but full of mocking and schadenfreude. "Like... a dying beast in her last fight."

Xiong Wuyue's eyes turned red.

How dare you mock me!

So you are the biggest investor?!

No wonder why I didn't get the role!

It was not because she didn't audition, but because of this wench. She was blocking her again.

This battle was unfair to begin with...

Xiong Wuyue clenched her teeth. "Now I understand, you are all here to embarrass me! Happy, huh?"

Like what she usually do in her tantrums, she yelled out angrily again.

"I don't need this film! This sucks to begin with! This movie doesn't deserve me at all!"

'I don't need it all! I am fine without all of you!' She turned around angrily.

She should get out of this place before this woman started her hidden games again!

The crowd gasped at her rude words.

The producer nodded at a staff member to allow the security on stand-by to come into the hall.

They already explained their side, so there was no need for this woman to create more scenes here. She was destroying their cast announcement.

However, Xiong Zhi unfortunately was not yet done.

"Hold on."

Producer Ning instantly stopped the staff member from calling in the security.

"You're leaving already? You came in, causing trouble, and ruined the event. All this… because you claim that the team wronged you. But, you haven't proved yourself yet,"

Xiong Zhi told Xiong Wuyue who was about to storm out of the hall.

Xiong Wuyue turned around angrily.

"With you around, there will be no fair fight!"

"Fair fight? Heh." Xiong Zhi faintly laughed, the corner of her lips slightly rising.

How come these words came out from this woman who did not know the word 'fair' to begin with?

"I think we should make it clear that the production team never wronged you, although if you did not even attend the audition."

"What are you talking about?!"

Xiong Zhi raised one hand at the person who was looking at them behind the stage. 

That 'person' nodded.

"Please, look at the screen. I especially looked for something that somehow could be compared to Song Xuantin's scene. See it for yourself, what it meant to be 'fair'."

Xiong Wuyue frowned at the screen, wanting to leave but unwilling to look like a loser.

A video clip suddenly played on the screen.

[Miss Xiong Wuyue, we heard a lot about you from the producers. We are honored that you finally accepted to audition. It's to clear the doubts of the other candidates for this role. It's just for formality, rest assured.]

The voice, which should belong to the director, had a clear meaning. He was implying that Xiong Wuyue already got the role and was just auditioning for appearances.

The crowd all looked at the screen with confusion.

What was this?

The directors, producers, and media understood what was happening on the screen. Wasn't this the so-called 'faux audition'?

However, usually, the videos were kept in confidentiality and afterwards deleted.

The director on the screen explained the scene.

Xiong Wuyue was wearing a white one-piece dress. Her face had a sweet smile on, unlike the crazed woman that was standing in front of them now. It was the usual Xiong Wuyue presented in public.

Xiong Wuyue outside the screen froze.

That audition!

It was one of the auditions that she was not proud of!

In reality, Xiong Wuuye did not like auditioning because she could not really get into the scene deeply through such an informal manner.

Aside from it feeling like she was lowering herself, she was simply not good at auditioning. When auditioning, there was a panel watching her as if she was a monkey in a cage, as if she was acting out a play all by herself to cater for them.

It felt different from actual shooting, where she felt as if she was the center of the world.

Also, she would only act alone like a fool during auditions, without props or other actors. It made it difficult for her to truly enter the scene. She can perform well on on-site taping, but her quirk made it difficult for her to do auditions. Her aversion and dislike hindered her from doing well in these.

"Stop that!" Xiong Wuyue yelled at the screen.

The beautiful, flower-like girl on the screen followed the instructions of the director.

Because it was just formality, there was no feeling of getting into the play.

After receiving the call that her husband had died on accident, Xiong Wuyue on the phone blinked.

She ended the call and slowly kneeled on the ground.

Seeing the video, Xiong Wuyue wanted to say, when this was filmed on actual shooting, in fact, this scene was done better.

However, everyone already began to murmur.

One of the actors on-stage who watched the screen could not help but comment.

"Her husband died, but she has the room to end the call in a calm way, like what she heard is nothing?"

The other actors covered their mouths to prevent themselves from laughing. What were they seeing? Even the high schooler's drama club was better than this.

Xiong Zhi was not polite. She laughed. "He-he."

It was an ironic yet indifferent and mocking sound.

Xiong Wuyue could clearly feel that people were laughing at her.

This was why she did not like auditions!

She could not let out her acting skills!

In the video, as Xiong Wuyue kneeled on the ground, she covered her mouth to sob.

However, there were no tears, she just sobbed fakedly.

[Ah… A-alright. Thank you, Miss Xiong Wuyue.]

The director's voice was a bit awkward.

Xiong Wuyue stood up with a sweet smile and wiped the little tears that managed to come out at the end.

[Your welcome. I am pleased to work with you in the future.]

[Ah...L-likewise.]

And the screen turned blank.

There was unbearable silence.

Was that really an audition? Really? Not some child's prank?

Xiong Wuyue was totally stiff, her face burning.

How... how did Xiong Zhi get that?

She made sure that the directors had all destroyed the prior videos of auditions and never accepted any formal auditioning afterwards!

Xiong Zhi broke the silence with her slow paced voice.

"And that is how Xiong Wuyue gets the roles 'fairly'. Her acting skills are truly good, that even Li Wei who auditioned at the same time lost against her. Well, if Li Wei didn't lose, she would not be able to star in the movie that won many awards and become the best actress of that year, wouldn't she?"

The whole crowd was silent.

However, their thoughts were raging.

Li Wei, one of the best actresses in the country, the current Film Queen, lost to that kind of audition?!

It was clear how Xiong Wuyue managed to get the role.

With an audition like that, how else would she be able to secure roles?

"Isn't that the reason why you couldn't audition for the Lone Star? Because, like you said to the production team, 'You don't deserve it?'"

"Pfft." Su Lin laughed.

That was really funny!

Xiong Wuyue was frozen.

Her face was red due to embarrassment. She bit her lips hard that it bled.

The eyes that were looking at her were full of laughter and mocking.

She could not bear it any longer.

Suddenly, she ran towards where Xiong Zhi was at.