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Yin Rou came out of the elevator next to her. She was wearing a high-waisted white dress with white legs showing, a double French braids hairstyle, and minimal makeup. Clearly she was going for the pure and innocent look. Two assistants were following behind her, holding her bag and things for her.

"We met again, what a coincidence." Yin Rou smiled at her.

"Yes, quite a coincidence." Jiang Xun smiled faintly, somewhat icy.

Yin Rou sneered twice in her heart while approaching her, beaming, "Miss Jiang is also here to audition?"

She saw Jiang Xun wearing flat white shoes and herself wearing stiletto sandals, yet Jiang Xun was as tall as her. The corners of her mouth squeezed unhappily.

Jiang Xun replied, "En, it seems Miss Yin is too."

Yin Rou smiled without answering, instead she asked, "I wonder which character Miss Jiang is interested in?"

"Su Luo Bai." Jiang Xun slowly said the female protagonist's name.

"That's even more coincidental. I also like Su Luo Bai, looks like we'll have to compete later." Yin Rou said while sneering and staring into Jiang Xun's eyes.

Jiang Xun certainly didn't miss the freezing light in her eyes, and couldn't help but finding it ridiculous in her heart.

Want to compare acting with her? Maybe after Yin Rou practiced for at least a couple more decades.

It's not that she was being arrogant. These past two days, she has been idle at home, so she watched a few movies. It just happened one of them was the one that Yin Rou had won the award with. Yin Rou's performance there made her laugh as she watched. It was obvious she was acting and not actually emerging herself in the role. Although her performance was decent, compared with her, it can be said to be worlds apart.

Jiang Xun looked at her with sympathetic eyes, then said sweetly, "Okay, ah." Don't be too shocked later.

Yin Rou's face suddenly became gloomy. Her smile disappeared instantly, "Then let's go in."

Outside the audition room was the lounge. They each found a place to sit down. Soon after, two more people arrived.

One of the women was wearing a floral dress with long black hair hanging on her back, looking very youthful and innocent.

Jiang Xun narrowed her eyes when she saw her. A meaningful smile appeared.

It was Ye Wei Wei.

Ye Wei Wei was stunned for a split second when she saw Jiang Xun, but when she saw Yin Rou, her face was a bit unpleasant.

Originally, she thought she had a 90% chance of getting this role, but how could Yin Rou be here? Yin Rou's acting skills were good and is the newest film queen, while she has only recently debuted. Although she has confidence in her acting skills, if the box office was considered, the director will definitely prefer Yin Rou, who was more famous and has more fans.

Nevertheless, she heard that Director Li Yun Tu values acting skills the most, so she still has hope.

Thinking of this, Ye Wei Wei was less nervous.

As for Jiang Xun, she didn't even put her in her eyes. An outdated box office scourge, how good can her acting skills be? The reason she won film queen in the first place was because the role was tailor-made for her. After that, she never filmed in a movie of the same high quality again. Her being here to compete for a role against her was just her looking for self-humiliation.

She can't even keep her husband's heart, so what more can she expect from her?

Ye Wei Wei smiled while walking towards Jiang Xun and Yin Rou, "Are you guys also here to audition?"

Yin Rou was in a bad mood and was not familiar with Ye Wei Wei either, so she just nodded coldly without saying anything.

Jiang Xun directly ignored her, as if she hadn't heard anything. She kept playing with her phone.

Ye Wei Wei's smile froze, feeling extremely embarrassed.

That's normal for Yin Rou. What qualifications does Jiang Xun have to be arrogant, she was only an abandoned woman. She must think that she could still salvage her relationship with Xiao Sheng, so she felt she had the upper hand.

How ridiculous.

Ye Wei Wei gritted her teeth. She should let Xiao Sheng divorce her immediately. After divorce, let's see if she can remain haughty.

The audition started soon, and Yin Rou went in first.

Auditions for female protagonists like these usually don't take a short time, unless the director deems you inappropriate the moment you open your mouth.

Ye Wei Wei glanced at Jiang Xun, who was sitting next to her playing a mobile game, and distracting her from reviewing her script. She took out her phone and sent a WeChat message to Xiao Sheng.

[Ye Wei Wei: I saw Jiang Xun. She also seems to want to play the female protagonist.]

A few minutes later, she received Xiao Sheng's reply.

[Xiao Sheng: She's signed under Xie's Corporation now. Xie Xuan probably arranged it for her.]

[Ye Wei Wei: When do you plan to bring up the divorce again, didn't you only give her a couple of days to sign? I think she doesn't want to sign at all.]

[Xiao Sheng: I will contact her again.]

[Ye Wei Wei: You can just ask the lawyer to contact her directly, I'm afraid once she sees you, she'll pester you like last time and refuse to divorce.]

[Xiao Sheng: En]

Ye Wei Wei curled up the corners of her lips contentedly. She looked at Jiang Xun a little smug, and her mood immediately improved.

Ye Wei Wei didn't know that Jiang Xun already knew about Xie Xuan and her relationship. Seeing Jiang Xun had been playing with her mobile phone all this time, she couldn't help questioning, "Why have you been gaming this entire time? You're going to audition later."

Jiang Xun looked up at her without speaking.

Ye Wei Wei didn't know why Jiang Xun's eyes made her feel guilty and a little afraid.

"You don't seem to care for this audition at all. Did you memorize all your lines already?" Ye Wei Wei clenched her teeth and pressed on.

"Memorize the lines?" Jiang Xun repeated her words.

"Yes, although you are a senior, you can't be so relaxed. Or do you think you can get the role without any preparation?" Ye Wei Wei expressed righteously.

She thought Jiang Xun would be a bit ashamed at least, but Jiang Xun pursed her lips as if she heard a joke, and said in a rather helpless tone, "I have already memorized the script after one time through, why do I need to cram last second? Do you think that everyone is like you and has to recite repeatedly?"

Ye Wei Wei was a little embarrassed, while forcing herself to smile reluctantly, "How can you remember everything after only one look, don't talk big."

Jiang Xun smiled without saying a word, her eyes full of contempt.

Ye Wei Wei's face looked ugly, gritted her teeth, and said unconvinced, "You said you memorized it, then I'll test you."

She flipped open the script. Then, she asked as she read from it, "What was the first sentence Su Luo Bai said to Jiang Yu on graduation day? Also, what happened when Jiang Yu confessed?"

Jiang Xun couldn't help laughing, "Why should I answer you? Who do you think you are? My husband's mistress?"

Jiang Xun said the last few words very lightly and slowly, a little carelessly, but her eyes were mocking.

Ye Wei Wei stood up abruptly. Her face paled as she looked at Jiang Xun in disbelief, speechless.

"You!" How did you know?

Ye Wei Wei covered her mouth to stop herself from exposing anything. She opened her eyes wide, scanned around, and only did she discover that no one was paying attention to them, did she let out a breath of relief.

Jiang Xun was too lazy to say any more to her. Normally, she would disregard these types of women with inferior beauty to her, and lower IQ than her. They all end up being trampled under her feet.

Jiang Xun's arrogance obviously annoyed Ye Wei Wei. Now that she knew it, there was no need to pretend. She also got hostile and clarified: "I am not a mistress. Xiao Sheng has already filed for a divorce with you, he doesn't love you."

If it weren't for rolling her eyes wasn't too pretty, Jiang Xun really wanted to do that toward her.

"Yes, you guys are the true love." Jiang Xun said cooperatively, "Hope you can tie the knot soon."

Ye Wei Wei was startled. With a strange expression, she frowned her brows and asked, "Then why won't you sign the papers?"

"Why should I sign?" Jiang Xun retorted back.

"Because..." Ye Wei Wei was left speechless for a split second.

"You mean, because I should accommodate you both?" Jiang Xun covered her mouth and laughed.

Ye Wei Wei flushed, her teeth itchy with hatred towards Jiang Xun.

"You..."

Jiang Xun interrupted her, "Stop talking to me, I feel sick listening to your voice."

Ye Wei Wei was trembling with anger, and if it wasn't for the occasion, she would have screamed out in frustration.

At this time, Yin Rou came out of the audition room. When she saw Ye Wei Wei fuming with rage, she was curious, and glanced back and forward between Ye Wei Wei and Jiang Xun.

In comparison, Jiang Xun sat upright and elegant, looking down at the phone, emotionless.

Yin Rou didn't really care about Ye Wei Wei's behavior, so she didn't think too much. Her performance just now was praised by Li Yun Tu, even the screenwriter said her acting resembled the female protagonist of the movie a lot. She only needs to go back and wait for the results.

Yin Rou nodded her chin and said to Jiang Xun, "I'll leave first, you have fun waiting."

Jiang Xun was still playing games with her phone. When she heard her, she promptly raised her head to look at her and said, "Okay, be careful."

It was the first time that Yin Rou met such a woman. Literally, nothing fazed her which was infuriating, but wait till she realized that Su Luo Bai's role was taken by her. Let see if she'll be able to stay calm and collected.

Thinking of this, Yin Rou felt better.

Ye Wei Wei didn't know what happened between Yin Rou and Jiang Xun. She only knew Yin Rou ignored her that obviously meant she was looking down on her, yet Yin Rou took the initiative to greet Jiang Xun, this made Ye Wei Wei extremely livid.

Why? ! Jiang Xun was clearly outdated, even if Xie Xuan returns as her manager, there's no way she'll become popular again.

"Next, Miss Ye can come in." The door of the audition room opened, someone came out and shouted.

Ye Wei Wei stood up and took a deep breath before sorting out her emotions. Then she looked at Jiang Xun with sombre eyes, and slowly walked into the audition room.

Just you wait, you won't be able to stay smug for much longer.

...…

The results were released the same day of the audition.

Yin Ruo and Ye Wei Wei's managers received the call almost at the same time and were told that the candidate for the female protagonist Su Luo Bai had been settled on Jiang Xun.

When her manager answered the phone, Yin Rou was beside her. As soon as the phone hung up, she could tell from the manager's expression, it wasn't good news.

"What's the matter?" Yin Rou frowned and questioned.

"Jiang Xun got picked as the role of Su Luo Bai, Director Li Yun Tu personally made the decision."

"How could it be! I don't believe it. Director Li clearly praised my acting." Yin Rou's face was ugly.

"It's true. The deputy director called and said that Jiang Xun's performance amazed them. Li Yun Tu talked to her in detail for an afternoon, purely about her role for two hours."

Yin Rou's face blackened and went silent. Her hands clenched into fists, and her long nails stabbed into her palms. She was so angry that she ignored the pain, it took awhile for her to calm down.

"Go contact Director Li and relay, I am willing to play the second female lead."

After Yin Rou finished speaking, her manager's eyes widened, "This...this won't do! You acting as a supporting character for Jiang Xun, is just degrading yourself. With your current fame, being the supporting role for her..."

"That's enough, I'm determined. Who said that the supporting actress will stay the supporting actress, and the female protagonist will always be the female protagonist? Isn't it common to change the role based on the situation? I want to see what kind of skill Jiang Xun has."

"But..."

Yin Rou made a gesture to stop him from talking, "Contact them as soon as possible."

...

Ye Wei Wei received the call one day later than Yin Rou from her manager. And when she did, she almost overturned the sky.

Ye Wei Wei's living room was already a mess, everything on the coffee table was swept to the ground by her.

Her phone was smashed to the ground, and the back coating was scratched.

The little assistant shivered beside her, not knowing what to do.

After a while, Ye Wei Wei gritted her teeth and exclaimed, "It must be Xie Xuan, Xie Xuan definitely helped her! This film was funded by Xie Xuan, this Jiang Xun surely hooked up with Xie Xuan! That b***h!"

"How about, we tell President Xiao?"

"No, now is not the time." Ye Wei Wei thought for a while, and said, "Go contact Director Li and say that I'm willing to play the second female lead, Meng Meng."

"Got it, Ye jie." The little assistant responded straight away and quickly headed over to make the call.

Ye Wei Wei picked up the phone, opened the contact, and dialed the number after finding it.

"Help me spread rumors on the Internet that Jiang Xun and Yin Rou are in discord since they were fighting for the female protagonist of the movie. Then find a few marketing accounts to expose the news."

After the assistant finished the call, he walked up nervously and whispered: "Ye jie..."

Ye Wei Wei covered the phone and asked, "How was it?"

"They said... that Meng Meng's role was given to Yin Rou."