To Shen Weiwei's surprise, Su Lingxi agreed so readily that all the words she had prepared were of no use.

"I thought... you wouldn't think highly of me." Shen Weiwei laughed self-deprecatingly, "In recent years, those big platforms haven't even wanted me to act in revenue-sharing dramas, let alone allow me to try out this kind of big-budget project."

"From the perspective of your basic voice, stage, and acting skills, you are a fully qualified actor." Putting aside the social media tactics, Su Lingxi's answer was very objective. "The platform always has many considerations when selecting actors. It is not always possible to select the actor who best matches the IP. Many times, it will be affected by external factors. You don't need to belittle yourself because of this."

In fact, Su Lingxi's words were already very subtle.

Kiwi Video, Penguin Video and Tudou Video are the three major TV drama platforms in China. Every time a drama is released, countless people flock to them. Shared-revenue dramas are poor resources for traffic stars, but they are good resources that need to be fought for for the obscure ones.

Shen Weiwei has national popularity but lacks the traffic and background to match it. Also, because of her overwhelming popularity in the press, she has offended many young actresses of the same period in the circle. It is basically impossible for her to compete with others for resources.

No one will help someone who has no value. They will just wait for her to become obscure, and may even try to divide up her film and television resources and business resources.

In the entertainment industry, such successes and failures are common, and Su Lingxi has witnessed it many times.

As far as she feels at the moment, Shen Weiwei's qualifications as an actor are okay, and she has reached the passing line for drama performance. Her acting skills are definitely not so bad that she is not even worthy of acting in a shared drama.

The reason why her situation is so difficult is probably because someone is deliberately making trouble for her behind the scenes.

"Well, do you think I am suitable for the role of Zhou Qingshu?" Shen Weiwei paused, looked up at Su Lingxi, and asked cautiously.

This question, it is obvious that the real purpose is not to drink -

Su Lingxi smiled, but didn't expose her thoughts. "I can only tell you that your appearance is very suitable for the role. As for the rest, in order to ensure the fairness of the audition, I can't tell you for now."

Her refusal was completely within Shen Weiwei's expectations, so she didn't show any surprise at the moment and just nodded meekly.

However, the calmness she pretended to show was just an act. Only Shen Weiwei herself knew how excited she was in her heart about this sudden good news.

Zhou Qingshu was able to build a successful career after wasting half his life, so why can't she?

Shen Weiwei never thought that being forgotten would be her final fate - she had been waiting for an opportunity, a perfect opportunity.

Now, she has finally waited for it.

……

Due to time constraints, the crew of "Spring Trees and Evening Clouds" directly arranged the auditions three days later.

As this year's most anticipated drama project with a female lead, it's not only Qingyi actresses who are eyeing this pie, but also some popular actresses who have long wanted to transform from semi-idol themes to non-idol themes.

From the leading actresses born in the 85s and 90s to the new generation of young actresses born in the 95s and 00s, there are many people who want to join the crew to compete for roles.

For the former, if they can play the leading role in this drama, they may be able to successfully transform themselves directly; for the latter, even if they are not the leading actor, they want to strive for a memorable supporting role to appear on TV.

So, as soon as they heard that the crew had set a time for auditions, many people's cover letters and analyses of their understanding of the characters flew into Shu Wan's mailbox like snowflakes.

What impressed Su Lingxi the most was that Shu Wan stayed up for two nights to read all the emails, and then handed over a list of people with crosses on them to the crew.

It is said that all those crossed out above are actors who did not fully understand the characters.

Su Lingxi didn't know which people Shu Wan eliminated, but judging from the very few people at the audition site, it could be seen that probably 90% of the people were passed by Shu Wan at the first stage.

"What do you think is the soul of this character? Beautiful? An empty brain? A fool who can only show off his skin? With all due respect, your performance can only make me feel these things."

"Stop! I want to interrupt you. Did you believe in the role and the script when you were performing?"

"If you don't even believe in the character yourself, how can you convince the audience?"

"I really don't want to hit you, but your performance is like a tasteless pre-made meal, it's very templated. From the first second, every move was within my expectations."

"Ashu has many characteristics of ordinary people, but she lives a unique life. That's why ordinary people envy and hate her. Do you understand what you need to do in this scene?"

"Director, I don't think it's necessary to do it again. You've already asked her to perform this scene twice, and there's no improvement. I guess the third time will be the same."

……

Seeing Shu Wan smiling and giving sharp comments to every actor who came in for audition, Su Lingxi's expression gradually changed from calm at the beginning to the same stunned expression as the director.

Who would have thought that Teacher Shu Wan has a gentle appearance, a pretty name, and simple and elegant clothing, but her personality is actually straightforward and sharp-tongued. She starts with sharp comments, making several young actors blush and want to cover their faces and run away on the spot.

Although having such a high standard and strict requirements of the screenwriter is a good thing for the crew, but... Su Lingxi sighed silently in her heart. She could already foresee the bloody atmosphere in the crew every day after the filming started.

"Lingxi, I heard that you recommended this Miss Shen to come here for the audition?" After another auditioning actress left, Shu Wan simply flipped through a few pages of information in her hand and turned her head to look at Su Lingxi, "Do you think she can handle this role?"

"In fact, I recommend her not only because of her acting skills, but more because of her personal temperament." Su Lingxi sat up straight and answered seriously: "I remember that you emphasized before, Teacher Shu, that the actor who plays Zhou Qingshu must be bright and confident enough, and most importantly - he must have the energy to charge forward and refuse to admit defeat."

After seeing Shu Wan nod silently, Su Lingxi continued, "You may not be that familiar with the actress Shen Weiwei, but I know that part of her personal experience is very similar to Zhou Qingshu's. And I also watched her latest drama performance a few days ago. As an expressionist actor, her basic skills are very solid, so after careful consideration, I recommended her to the director."

"Similar? Are you referring to her low period in recent years?" After hearing her answer, Shu Wan flipped through Shen Weiwei's profile card. "She became very popular as an idol, then switched to being an actress, and then became an unknown person again because of her love life... She has lived a wonderful life in these few short years."

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