Chapter 32 The Scramble

Ecks had already arranged a meeting place with Brooksheimer, and by the time they drove there, they just happened to run into Orlando Bloom and his agent who had finished their audition. At first Lin Mingyang didn't recognize the little handsome Englishman with the sunglasses, but it seemed like Eckles and Orlando Bloom's producer had had some issues in the past, and the way the two of them even greeted each other when they met was clipped together.

"Well, if it isn't Eccles." Orlando Bloom's agent opened his mouth in a somewhat conspiratorial manner as he glanced at Lin Mingyang standing beside Eckes, "Is this the little guy you were going to recommend to Mr. Brooksheimer?"

Ecks grimaced, not ready to greet the other party at all, he pulled Lin Ming Yang, "Ignore him, let's go!"

Unfortunately, Lin Ming Yang didn't move his feet after him, but instead curiously sized up Orlando Bloom who was standing on the sidelines while the other party was likewise observing him. Lin Ming Yang stepped forward, "In The Lord of the Rings, you played a beautiful elf! If it was a year ago, maybe I would have asked for your autograph, but now I'm your competitor." He extended his right hand towards Orlando Bloom, "Anyway, you're a worthy opponent!"

Orlando Bloom didn't expect Lin Mingyang to be able to greet him so kindly in the midst of the sword fight between Ecks and his agent. Although he didn't know a lot about the black-haired boy in front of him, Orlando Bloom also knew that he was a highly popular idol star amongst American teenagers right now, and was a strong opponent. Whether it was out of politeness or his own good English gentlemanly manners, Orlando Bloom had no reason to refuse to shake Lin Ming Yang's hand.

"Actually, I wasn't too sure about competing for this role at first, but unfortunately you have such a very bad manager, so I'm sorry to say that I'm finally sure about competing with you now!" Lin Ming Yang politely dropped a sentence that left the other party speechless, then smiled at that agent of Orlando Bloom.

"Forgive my frankness, but I'm not some little guy, it doesn't matter if you don't know my name right now, because I'll soon have you memorized. If you still don't recognize me later, then there are only two possibilities, either I'm too incompetent or you're too ignorant!"

Lin Mingyang's two distinctly different attitudes made Ecks, who was standing on the side, look blankly, so much so that he was still standing there after Lin Mingyang walked in. After coming back to his senses he didn't rush to catch up with Lin Ming Yang, instead he gave his nemesis a warm hug with a gloating face, at the end of which he didn't forget to pat the other party's shoulders in fear.

"Thanks to your stupidity, the little guy in your mouth was originally ready to give up, thanks to you he has rekindled his fighting spirit!"

"Ecks, now I have to tell you the bad news, in the audition just now, Mr. Brooksheimer has decided to cast our Orlando in that role, you and that little guy who doesn't know any better, don't stand a chance anymore!" The man laughed angrily, his sorrowful words causing Ecks' mood to plummet to the bottom.

Still, Ecks quickly snapped back from the news, and he feigned a calm smile, though it was forced, "Really? At least I haven't been officially notified, I'll get Mr. Brooksheimer to change his mind!"

Orlando Bloom's agent was dismissive of his statement, "With that little guy?"

"It seems like you still haven't learned enough lessons, hopefully this failure will teach you that lesson!" Ecks didn't bother to dwell on the other party, angrily dropping a sentence and turning around to catch up with Lin Ming Yang who had already walked away.

Lin Ming Yang was standing at the corner of the building waiting for Ecks at this time, with so many rooms in the building, he didn't know where to go. Ecks quickly found him, there was no one around, Ecks finally changed to a very ugly expression. "There's bad news, Brooksheimer seems to have made a decision! The guy was the one who told me, the news isn't certain, but from the smug look on his face, I'd say nine times out of ten this is true!"

"So I don't even have to go to the audition?" Hearing this news Lin Mingyang was also discouraged in his heart.

"Since you're here, why don't you go, maybe you can make Brooksheimer change his mind!" Ecks wasn't someone who would give up easily, and he really couldn't swallow this.

Although there was still a hint of a fluke, the encounter at the audition site left Lin Ming Yang and Ecks completely disappointed. In fact, Lin Mingyang was willing to come at the beginning, but also with the intention of wanting to meet this Bruckheimer, the legendary Hollywood gold medal producer, but the encounter at the audition site made the other party's image in Lin Mingyang's mind slipped sharply.

Brooksheimer and the other two judges facing the stage Lin Ming ** Ben is a distracted expression, at the beginning just hastily asked a few questions, completely coping with things. Could it be that just because they had their eye on Orlando Bloom, they could cope with the other actors, and if that was the case, then what was the point of having an open audition?

The more Lin Ming Yang thought about it, the more angry he became, with his abilities and advantages, he didn't need to come here to look at other people's faces at all. The key is that Brooksheimer's reaction disappointed him, is not just a producer, to really compete, Lin Ming Yang to get all his future works in advance, and then handed over to other production companies, to see how long he can maintain the title of this gold medal producer?

"Can you talk about your thoughts on that character?" One of the judges asked in a bored manner, as the role had already been finalized, he had no hopes at all for the next auditioner.

"Before answering this question, I would like to ask this gentleman, the script is in your hands, I'm not a screenwriter, I don't even know what kind of character I'm about to play, what kind of thoughts are you asking me to talk about, isn't that bullshit?" Lin Ming Yang on the stage suddenly seemed like a different person, facing the judges on the stage was no longer respectful, and even for such a question, he directly acted out the sarcasm.

"What kind of attitude is this?" Although Lin Ming Yang was telling the truth, that judge after all, was not yet able to wipe this face and stood up to reprimand in a stern voice.

"Mr. Brooksheimer, may I ask if every auditioner can see the script before coming here? If not, then isn't it true that everyone encounters such stupid questions?" Lin Ming Yang looked directly at Brooksheimer who was sitting right in the middle, standing tall and condescending on the stage he actually had a hint of provocation in his eyes.

Brooksheimer looked at the black-haired boy on the stage playfully, from Lin Mingyang on the stage, this is still the first time that the two of them met, he did not expect that this gentle and beautiful boy in front of him actually had such a sharp and compelling gaze. The reason why Brooksheimer agreed to let Lin Mingyang come to the audition in the first place was purely to take care of the emotions of the Disney executives, he had seen Lin Mingyang's performance in Song and Dance Youth, and he thought that the other party was still a boy who hadn't grown up. But from Lin Mingyang's performance now, the situation seemed to be different from what he had imagined, and this difference in judgment made Brooksheimer suddenly have a strong interest in Lin Mingyang.

"The script is not revealed to the outside world until the role is finalized." Brooksheimer at this time did show good cultivation, "And this question, you should be the first one to be asked, but your answer, it's very interesting!" In terms of wording, Brooksheimer still had to appropriately take care of the emotions of the judges around him, but by saying this, he was also indirectly recognizing Lin Ming Yang's questioning of the judges just now.

"Can you tell me what happened to those ridiculous gauzes on your hands again?" Seemingly because Lin Ming Yang's earlier backtracking had made his face a little hard to bear, the judge who had just asked the question asked another highly targeted question.

"If you can provide me with a wooden board that is no more than two centimeters thick, my fist will tell you all the answers!"

"Do you want to perform magic for us?" That judge made a sarcastic remark.

Brooksheimer, however, waved towards the staff member beside him with great interest and asked him to find a wooden board for Lin Mingyang.

The plank was a bit thicker than what Lin Ming Yang had asked for, but he didn't count on that, instead he made another request to Brooksheimer: "I need two more people to help me hold this plank!"

"Will this do?" Brooksheimer got two staff members as per Lin Ming Yang's request, one on the left and one on the right to help him hold the plank.

Lin Ming Yang nodded, his right foot gently tiptoed backwards, the movement seemed to be light, but it contained the essentials of "blowing air" and "stomping feet" of Baji Quan, before the crowd could react, his fist full of energy had already bombarded the wooden board. Only heard a muffled "bang", when the crowd came back to their senses, a fist-sized hole had already appeared on the wooden board, and the surrounding area was covered with destructive cracks.

The people present all drew in a breath of cold air in unison, even Ecks who was outside the arena had seen Lin Ming Yang use this kind of boxing technique for the first time. At this moment several of the judges had wonderful expressions on their faces, except for the guy who intended to make things difficult for Lin Ming Yang whose face was cloudy. The shock that this punch had given them could no longer be summarized by simple surprise.

The two staff members rubbed their somewhat numb arms and looked at Lin Ming Yang's unharmed fist like monsters. Just at the moment when Lin Ming Yang's fist had struck through the wooden board just now, both of them had clearly felt a strange vibrating force coming from the board, and the numbness on their arms was caused by this.

They didn't realize that Lin Ming Yang's punch used the Eight Extreme Fist technique of generating energy, the bright energy pierced through the wooden board, while the dark energy caused concussive damage to the board. This is still Lin Ming Yang's Eight Extremes Fist fire is not home, if the old man Lin punched this fist, the bright force does not have to be as destructive as Lin Ming Yang, but the use of the dark force is estimated to be the entire board will be directly shattered.

"You're using Chinese Kung Fu?" Brooksheimer was, after all, well-informed, and he could already tell something from Lin Ming Yang's movements. But he immediately overturned his conclusion, because Lin Ming Yang's movements did not look like the kind of Chinese kung fu with a performance that was common in movies, the holes and cracks on the wooden board clearly told everyone about the power of that punch just now.

"This is Chinese kung fu, but it's a fighting technique that focuses heavily on actual combat!" Lin Ming Yang nodded, and incidentally also unveiled the mystery of the gauze on his hands, "Wrapped in gauze, it's to provide some basic protective effects on the fists, and when practicing boxing it's without gloves!"

"Mr. Felix, can you perform some other moves for us?" Another judge said with interest.

"Like I said, this is a fighting technique that focuses on actual combat, it's not for performance!" Lin Mingyang frowned and directly rejected the other party's request.

"Felix, I have to admit that the abilities you've shown have amazed me, so I've changed my mind now. There's something about that role that I think we'll have more in common." Brooksheimer smiled and stood up, his saying so was tantamount to announcing that Lin Ming Yang had successfully taken that role from Orlando Bloom's hands.