She Only Cares About Cultivation-Chapter 1082 - 897: Super Star 71 (4000)_2

After the school term started, balancing quality and quantity in her academic and specialty courses while updating her writings and helping Liang An select actors became a part of her daily life.

The open auditions had begun. With the slogan of "No plastic faces, no connections; only actors with strong acting skills," there were far more actors coming for interviews than they had imagined.

But no one complained about the hassle. Every resume was taken seriously. The first stage of the open auditions used resumes to select actors. If the resume was deemed suitable, they’d move on to the second round. The second round involved meeting the actors, asking some relevant professional questions, and performing a scene play. If they passed, the third round was a makeup audition. Getting to this stage meant having an eighty percent chance. The final twenty percent would depend on passing the audition, leading to the fourth round of contract negotiations and discussing salaries.

Although Hua Yan’s opinion didn’t make up eighty percent of the decision, it did account for sixty to seventy percent. Therefore, she respected every resume she received. If any interested her, she would search for them online and watch their related videos on video sites, saying she was only choosing what’s appropriate.

After more than a month of online open auditions, Hua Yan selected about a hundred candidates who passed the initial test to move on to the re-exam. The re-exam was conducted in three batches, coinciding with the Tomb-Sweeping Festival and two weekends. After a joint decision with Liang An and a team of eight people, including screenwriters and directors brought in for "Heiress Strategy," about fifty people were chosen for the three-round makeup auditions.

Since this script had been refined for a long time, and Liang An put great effort into costume and makeup, the crew’s costumes were meticulously chosen. Every role’s depiction and performance were already visualized to some extent in Hua Yan’s mind. Coupled with the actors’ own performances, any surprises would be ideal, but in the worst case, they shouldn’t fall below the bar set in Hua Yan’s mind. Therefore, the three rounds of makeup auditions after May Day required even more careful consideration than before.

Sometimes when Hua Yan thought the actor was suitable, but their performance was lacking, she even played the role of an on-site guide to help the actor quickly get into character.

She might not have realized how excellent her own performance was. Initially, the directors on-site questioned why this young girl got the role of Princess Xiyao. But after seeing her performance, they all marveled, saying she was a good talent and praised Liang An’s keen eye for people.

After May Day, Molly returned. Although she didn’t seem to have changed much, Hua Yan always felt she seemed a bit more confident.

Upon detailed inquiry, she found it wasn’t confidence. It was being harshly motivated. She originally thought that, having interacted with luxury brands, her fashion sense was decent. However, after three months of training, she realized the gap she had. 𝑓𝘳𝑒𝑒𝓌𝘦𝘣𝘯ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝑚

"Darling, can you distinguish the global brands just by what you see?"

Hua Yan shook her head. Molly continued, "But some people can. Our teacher can not only discern brands by the naked eye, but they can also tell authenticity through the feel, even the fragrance of makeup and beauty products, explaining it all thoroughly."

"For these three months, I’ve been memorizing basic knowledge every day. I’ve realized there’s so much I need to learn. You don’t realize until you compare. I’m far more interested in this than the piano. At least with the piano, I feel bored, but with this, even if I stayed in a room without rest researching, I wouldn’t feel annoyed. This might be the vast difference between truly liking and superficially liking something."

"Yanyan, I’ve decided to drop out and study in Country H. After finishing this semester, I’ll leave. I’ve come back because my dad needs to handle paperwork for me, and I need to take the domestic college entrance exam this year to go by the overseas student route to Country H. Perhaps you could try too. With your grades, I think it’s entirely feasible!"

This year take the college entrance exam?

Hua Yan was taken aback. She hadn’t really thought about it, but it seemed college students had more extracurricular time. This piqued her interest as she looked at Molly.

"Are you really sure about taking the college entrance exam this year?" Molly nodded decisively: "I know my own grades. Even if I study another year, it won’t improve much. It’s better to strike while the iron is hot and take the exam. Over there is an art school; I’m interested in more than makeup, there are other courses too. Completing it all could take five to eight years. I don’t want to be in my seventies or eighties when I graduate, so saving a year is saving a year."