Senior sister, stop working and go home for dinner.

Chapter 139 In order to curry favor with a powerful figure, we started talking nonsense.

"Based on what?!" Wang Rui didn't give him a chance to explain, spitting as he spoke. "Do you know what 'high-level performance' means? Do you know what 'hearing thunder in silence' means? Do you know what 'a heavy sword has no edge, great skill is without artifice' means?"

With each question he asked, he took a step closer, forcing Director Liu to retreat step by step, looking completely bewildered.

In the end, Wang Rui plopped down in the seat that Director Liu had originally been sitting in, and Zhang Hao and Sun Wei sat on the chairs on either side of him.

Director Liu was stunned by Wang Rui's barrage of sophisticated questions. He opened his mouth, but couldn't utter a word for a long time, his face filled with confusion as if asking, "Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?" The casting director and production manager exchanged bewildered glances, not daring to say a word.

Ignoring them, Wang Rui adjusted his breathing, forced out what he considered to be the kindest and most sincere smile, and turned to Wei Qingyi, who had been standing silently as if she were detached from the matter.

Wang Rui cleared his throat, crossed his hands on the table, and tried to put on a professional yet amiable expression: "Ms. Wei, what Director Liu and his team did was too outdated. Our Starry Pictures pursues breakthroughs and innovation!"

He winked at Zhang Hao and Sun Wei, and the two immediately nodded vigorously.

"How about this," Wang Rui's eyes lit up, "we'll try a different approach. Miss Wei, please perform a scene—a cultivator buying candied hawthorns at a market. You need to capture that subtle contrast between the immortal and the mundane world!"

Director Liu, listening from the side, rolled his eyes. What kind of ridiculous topic was this? And subtle contrast?

Wei Qingyi nodded slightly, stood still, and remained silent for three seconds.

Then she raised her hand, made a virtual taking motion, and said expressionlessly, "How much is this item?"

Throughout the entire process, there was no change in expression, no fluctuation in tone, and even the movement of reaching out his hand was stiff as if he were casting a spell to freeze the person in place.

Director Liu covered his face in anguish.

"Great!" Wang Rui slammed his hand on the table, startling everyone. "This minimalist performance! This use of the simplest tone to express the deepest human emotions! Absolutely amazing!"

Zhang Hao quickly chimed in, "Yes, yes, Miss Wei perfectly captured the feeling of an immortal who is detached from worldly affairs yet still harbors a slight curiosity about mortal things!"

Sun Wei nodded vigorously: "I completely felt that subtle contrast! Ms. Wei's performance was very profound!"

Director Liu and the casting director looked at each other, both seeing in each other's eyes the question, "Have these three rich kids gone mad?"

The production manager couldn't help but mutter under his breath, "What's the contrast? She didn't even glance at the candied hawthorns..."

Upon hearing this, Wang Rui immediately retorted, "What do you know! This is what's high-level! True acting lies in leaving room for interpretation, in letting the audience use their imagination!"

He turned to Wei Qingyi with a beaming smile: "Miss Wei, give us another performance—show us how you went from calm to shock to grief and indignation upon learning of the deaths of your fellow disciples."

Wei Qingyi nodded again.

She stood still for two seconds, then her eyes widened slightly, her lips twitched down by 0.1 centimeters, and she said in the same steady tone, "What? Is that so?"

Director Liu had already started rubbing his temples in despair.

"Brilliant!" Wang Rui exclaimed, standing up excitedly. "That change in his eyes! That tremor in his voice! He brought that restrained sorrow to life!"

Zhang Hao adjusted his glasses and analyzed seriously, "From a micro-expression perspective, Miss Wei's lips slightly turned down and her eyelids trembled slightly just now; this is already a significant emotional fluctuation!"

Sun Wei feigned emotion, saying, "I'm about to cry. This kind of restrained grief is the most moving!"

The casting director opened his mouth, but ultimately said nothing, only silently drawing a big question mark on his notebook.

Director Liu finally couldn't hold back any longer and lowered his voice to say to Wang Rui, "President Zhao, this is a commercial project, and what we need is a performance that the audience can understand..."

Wang Rui waved his hand, beaming with confidence: "Director Liu, your thinking needs an update! Miss Wei's acting style is exactly what we need—authentic, unpretentious, and back to basics!"

Ignoring the utterly dejected Director Liu, he went straight to Wei Qingyi and said, "Ms. Wei, congratulations, you've passed! We'll create a role tailor-made for you!"

Wei Qingyi remained expressionless, simply nodding slightly: "Thank you."

After Wei Qingyi left the audition room, Director Liu finally exploded: "President Zhao! What are you doing? This girl can't act at all!"

Wang Rui smiled mysteriously: "Director Liu, you don't understand. Some people's value doesn't lie in their acting skills."

He gazed intently in the direction Wei Qingyi had left.

Zhang Hao added in a low voice, "Besides, who dares to say her acting is bad... unless they don't want to live anymore."

Sun Wei nodded in agreement.

Inside the audition room, the film professionals began to question their existence, while Wang Rui and his two companions hurriedly followed them out.

As soon as they stepped out of the audition room, Wang Rui and his two companions greeted Wei Qingyi warmly outside the door.

"Ms. Wei, let me introduce myself. I'm Wang Rui, the head of Xingrui Pictures. These two are my friends and business partners, Zhang Hao and Sun Wei." Wang Rui hurriedly said, "Congratulations on passing the interview! We look forward to working with you."

Wei Qingyi didn't think much of it, only feeling that her "acting skills" had finally been discovered by a "talent scout." "Regarding the role and the contract..."

Wang Rui quickly chimed in, "We'll tailor-make a very substantial role for you, with screen time and compensation that will absolutely satisfy you! We can discuss the contract details at another time, what do you think?"

Wei Qingyi nodded: "Okay. Just let me know the specific time and place."

Wang Rui quickly agreed, "Okay, okay! Shall we exchange contact information?" As he spoke, he secretly observed Wei Qingyi's expression. Seeing that she did not show any aversion or suspicion, he finally felt relieved.

Zhang Hao and Sun Wei had already taken out their phones and were looking at Wei Qingyi expectantly.

After exchanging contact information, Wei Qingyi bid farewell to the three of them and prepared to return home.

As the elevator doors slowly closed, shutting out that aloof figure, Wang Rui and the other two breathed a sigh of relief, their faces immediately filled with barely suppressed excitement.

"We did it! We've really made contact with Master Wei!" Wang Rui excitedly pumped his fist.

Zhang Hao adjusted his glasses, his eyes gleaming behind the lenses: "Although the process was a bit... uh, special, the result was ultimately good."

Sun Wei, on the other hand, was more pragmatic: "Rui-ge, what's next? Are we really going to tailor-make a role for her? What about the script? And what about Director Liu...?"

"The script?" Wang Rui waved his hand dismissively. "Change it! It absolutely has to be changed! Change it to suit Master Wei's style! I'll handle things with Director Liu. If he doesn't agree, I'll replace him! Money is no object!"

At this moment, his mind was filled with how to use Wei Qingyi as a connection to establish a closer relationship with Chen Anran and even the Yunyin Sect behind them. Compared to this, a film project, even the "Eastern Fantasy" film series to which he had poured a lot of effort, seemed insignificant.

"Let's go back to the meeting! Adjust the project plan immediately!" Wang Rui waved his hand triumphantly, leading Zhang Hao and Sun Wei back, his mind already sketching out a wonderful blueprint for how to "enshrine" Wei Qingyi in the film crew.