Chapter 1: Take off your clothes
The sofas on the long corridor were filled with young and beautiful actresses. There were even a few curvaceous female models leaning against the walls.
It was evident that the requirements for this screen test wasn’t exaggerating.
– Must have a very, very good figure, and have to look really, really pretty.
Ye Fu was late. She had just received the topic for her screen test when her name was called. She stood behind a group of stunning female actresses, as they entered in a line.
Inside, apart from the director, there was also another man who was wearing shades. They were seated a distance away, and she didn’t dare to take a closer look. Her eyes quickly swept by them, as she focused on the topic in her hand.
– Cry.
There were many reasons for crying: sadness, frustration, as well as breaking down. The different scenarios for crying were different, so she didn’t know how best to perform this word.
As for the show that she was auditioning for today, all she understood were two words – extremely raunchy.
No matter what, to a C-list actress who had been frozen by her company, this was her final chance, and she didn’t want to lose it.
Moreover, because the director couldn’t find a suitable candidate after so long, the pay for the female lead had been raised to an all-time high. It was an amount that she couldn’t earn even if she worked
hard for ten years.
She was extremely attracted to that.
“Take off your clothes.” The man seated right in front, Director Xu, spoke.
The group of actresses who came for the audition hesitated for a moment, then started removing their clothes.
Director Xu was known in the industry to be a strange but gifted director. In the twenty-odd years of his career, he had helped quite a number of actors succeed. However, he was also known to have a bad temper, and he refused to rely on connections. Even if you were a movie king or queen who wanted to parachute into his production, you would still have to go through the process of auditioning.
Ye Fu had rushed over today, so she was only wearing a green dress.
She removed the dress, and all that remained were a pair of pure white undergarments. In contrast, the others were all in purple, red, or even leopard print undergarments, so her underwear style made her appear more innocent.
“Remove your shoes and socks.”
Director Xu’s gaze swept across the group. He looked straight faced, without any male desires. It was as though he was appraising whether a merchandise was worth its value, his gaze full of scrutiny and assessment.
A row of twenty five actresses removed their shoes and socks without another word, and stood barefooted on the wooden floor.
Perhaps no one had anticipated that they would have to remove their socks, hence, some of the actresses with red nail polishes revealed awkward looks on their faces, but immediately remained calm – they could easily remove their nail polishes.
But they didn’t know if this would cause them to lose some points.
“You, you and you…” Director Xu pointed with his index finger at a few actresses. “You may leave now.”
Some of the actresses were unwilling to accept this, but they didn’t say anything. They simply picked up their clothes and shoes, put them on, then bowed at the director before leaving.
“Remove the rest of your clothes.” Once the door closed, Director Xu pushed his glasses up and looked at the remaining actresses. “Take everything off.”
Ye Fu looked up at the director, and her gaze unwittingly flitted over to the man beside the director.
The man was wearing shades that blocked half his face. The nose bridge that was revealed was very high, and his lips were thin. He didn’t have any expression, and this caused his aura to be somewhat cold.
The fingers that were on the table were clearly defined, and the two legs that showed under the table were long and straight.
This man hadn’t said a single word from the beginning, but his presence was extremely strong. Among the actresses who were still standing by the side, few were looking at the director. Almost all of them were staring at him.
Ye Fu lowered her head and didn’t look anymore. She removed her bra and p*nties lightly. There were no chairs behind them, and while the others had thrown their underwear on the floor, she was the only one who was worried they would be dirty, hence she held it in her hand.
Her dress was already dirty, but she wished that her lingerie wouldn’t be.
However, they were in the midst of an audition.
She was hesitating, but the others were already n*ked and standing upright.
Director Xu’s gaze swept from the last person all the way to the front. Ye Fu was third in line. Her hand still gripped her underwear tightly, and she didn’t drop them.
It was the first time she was faced with such an audition, so she was both nervous and somewhat shy.
She had never thought that one day, she would take off all her clothes in front of the director just for a movie.