Starlight Has No Past - Chapter 33 Part 3

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Starlight Has No Past
Chapter 33 Part 3

It seemed that adversaries were bound to cross paths. Xu Yinshan was supposed have her audition earlier, but at the scheduled time, there was an empty seat next to the director and the representative from Hengshan Pictures. The staff explained to her that the investor side also wanted to be present at the audition, but the representative for the investor had just arrived at Yang City this morning and was now stuck in traffic on the way to the studio. Xu Yinshan was asked to wait a bit longer.

If it wasn’t for the delay, she wouldn’t be in the makeup room at the same time with Ye Qiao.

Xu Yinshan was indignant, it was obvious that she had been treated unfairly. The actress who auditioned before her was Pei Xindan, currently the most popular actress in the country. When Pei Xindan did the audition, the investor side hadn’t shown up and she only showed her face there then left. She was obviously the designated female lead for the film. She was there only to let the director see how the character would look inside the camera and to confirm the casting. Pei Xindan had been in many popular TV dramas every year in the past few years. She had also acted in major movies and had won lead actress awards for both TV dramas and movies. She was at the height of her career; she was even more capable at raking in big bucks in the box office than Cheng Jiang. There wasn’t a second thought that she should be the lead in <Innocent City.>

With Pei Xindan being one of the two female leads, Xu Yinshan had to get the other female role in order to be a lead in this film. She had always been cast as the second female lead throughout her career. There were only so many years for an actress to be cast as a lead. She’d often had the bad luck despite acting in popular films, no one seemed to notice her performance in them. She had made up her mind that she had to strive for the role. Besides, she believed she had built a solid network in the business and a good image in front of the media. There was no reason why she couldn’t work with Pei Xindan side by side.

Ye Qiao went to the audition room directly and shook hands with Director Wang and the others present there. Director Wang Qingming knew Director Lai well. It was Director Lai’s recommendation that Ye Qiao got a chance to audition. Director Wang smiled and spoke in a heavy Hong Kong accent: “I hope you won’t disappoint me.” Ye Qiao was flattered and humbly said that she would do her best.

As she was leaving the room to prepare for the audition, she overheard a conversation amongst some of the new actors.

-- -- “I saw the investor just as I came in here. He’s the kind that you would ask to get on his casting couch.”

-- -- “You’re exaggerating?”

-- -- “Go take a look yourself…...he looks a bit like Lu Qing. But Lu Qing is getting old, he needs makeup to look good on camera! This one is much younger, just a little too aloof.”

When Ye Qiao pushed the door to the makeup room, Xu Yinshan was throwing a fit at her assistant with a dark face. She raised her eyelids and coldly glanced at Ye Qiao. As if she was afraid that Ye Qiao didn’t see her expression, she also sneered at Ye Qiao. There was a maelstrom of emotions in Xu Yinshan’s eyes when she looked at Ye Qiao, spite and disdain, as if to say-- --So this is all you amount to.

Ye Qiao knew that Xu Yinshan had connected with a famous producer lately through Cheng Jiang and had grown even more conceited. However, she didn’t know what she had done lately to make Xu Yinshang this annoyed at her.

She found it out when she heard the sound of the arriving elevator and turned to take a look before she pushed the door open. Two staff members accompanying a familiar figure appeared in the hallway. He towered over the others and conversed with the people next to him with downcast eyes. Ye Qiao saw him from afar and finally understood what had been going on behind the scenes.

Ye Qiao was wearing a pair of white boots with the same colored suit, only a small bit of her knee caps were exposed. She stood in the hallway, so pure that the viewer wanted to add some color to her. When Zhou Tingsheng looked up, Ye Qiao happened to look his way as if she was waiting there for him to come closer.

Ye Qiao watched him for a while, the corners of her lips moved a bit. Then she turned to go into the rest room without much expression. She seemed to mock his childish trick and taunt at his clumsiness after she had seen through it. Nevertheless, she couldn’t help but feel happiness swelling from the bottom of her heart, something she had been waiting for, for a long time now.
Before she could step into the room, Zhou Tingsheng grabbed her thin arm and slightly raised his long eyebrows: “Aren’t you here for the audition? Aren’t you going into the wrong room?”

Translated by Team DHH at http://dhh-workshop.blogspot.com.