"Surprise?" McCann asked, curiously, "what are you talking about?"

"I'm sorry," Xiao Yao smiled apologetically and said in English, "I just asked Mu why he didn't tell me that Jin also participated in the audition. ”

"So, you and Miss Zhou know each other?" McCann immediately understood, and said happily, "That's great! When we auditioned for the first time, Mu and I both felt that Miss Zhou was the most suitable actor for the role, but Mr. Mu insisted on waiting for a second audition after you came. ”

"Don't blame Mu, we said before, there are a few roles in the cast that must be finalized after I have seen it. Xiao Yao explained with a smile, "I am also a director and producer!"

"I know!" McCann nodded, and continued, "Since you and Miss Zhou know each other, you should know about her. She is already a relatively well-known actor in the United States, having starred in three movies and two series. She is one of the main characters in one of the episodes, and she has been acting for three seasons. She is very experienced in acting!"

"Yes," Xiao Yao nodded, "We have known each other for a long time, we are very good friends, and I know her situation." ”

"Since you're friends and know her well, is this a sure character?" McCann asked.

One of the purposes of the union's existence is to try to avoid the black-box operations and insider trading that exist in the casting of the crew, which does not mean that directors cannot choose their friends to be actors. Not all of the actors competing for this role are actors from the Screen Actors Guild, and Zhou Jingyi has been in the American entertainment industry for several years and has long joined the Screen Actors Guild of America. McCann thinks that the most suitable candidate on the shortlist is Zhou Jingyi, and Zhou Jingyi is a member of the Screen Actors Guild, and McCann hopes that this role can fall to Zhou Jingyi's head.

"What do you think?" Xiao Yao looked at Mu Yingdao.

"Since I asked her to audition, of course I thought she could do the role. Mu Ying shrugged.

"What about you?" Xiao Yao asked Zhao Rui on the side again.

"Don't ask me," Zhao Rui smiled and waved his hand, "I'm not a director, no matter the casting, I'm here to watch today!"

"Then follow the procedure!" Xiao Yao thought about it, turned his head to look at Zhou Jingyi, and waved his hand very formally to signal an empty chair next to the table, "Please sit!"

"Thank you!" Zhou Jingyi sat down with a smile.

"In this movie, there are only three actors who don't need to audition, and the others, even Tiffany (Chen Xiaoting), have to go through auditions," Xiao Yao said, "You should know why, right?"

"Yes, of course I do!" Zhou Jingyi nodded with a smile.

"Then you should know why the three of us don't need to audition. Xiao Yao continued, "I've seen all the movies and dramas you've starred in, and I..."

"Really?" interrupted Zhou Jingyi with a smile.

"Uh~" Xiao Yao choked and nodded, "Yes!"

"Thank you!" Zhou Jingyi smiled, "I'm honored!"

"What the hell is their relationship?" McCann asked in a whisper next to Mu Ying.

"Friend!" Mu Ying smiled and spread his hands.

"Okay," Xiao Yao waved his hand, "What I want to say is that I still approve of your acting skills, so I don't need you to perform a scene in the script live to test your acting skills." But, as you know, our movie is an action movie, and it's a special action movie. The character you auditioned for was part of the main character's team and was a parkour master, so..."

"Do you want to see me show parkour moves live?" Zhou Jingyi asked with a smile, "Is it here?"

"Yes!" Xiao Yao nodded.

The open-air café they are located in is located in a neighborhood square, with stone steps, railings, stones, ramps, and an entrance to an underground passage, making it a great terrain environment for parkour. They chose this place to audition for the purpose of allowing the auditioners to demonstrate their parkour skills live.

"Okay!" Zhou Jingyi nodded and stood up, took off the thin jacket on her body, put it on her seat chair with her shoulder bag, and walked to the side of the steps.

Zhou Jingyi wore a sports bra under her thin jacket. After taking off the coat, everyone can not only see the curve of Zhou Jingyi's chest, but also see that Zhou Jingyi's arms and abdomen have beautiful muscle lines.

"The figure is so good!" Zhao Rui couldn't help but whisper.

Zhao Rui has met Ms. Zhou twice, once after the kidnapping of Xiao Yao at New York Fashion Week and once in Los Angeles a few months ago. New York Fashion Week was winter, and they were all dressed thickly, while Los Angeles was during Valentine's Day, and the temperature was only a dozen degrees, and the party held by Dean's family was not a pool party, everyone wore long sleeves and long pants, so this was the first time Zhao Rui saw Zhou Jingyi's good figure.

"Miss Zhou was a hip-hop dancer before she became an actress, and what she was good at was action scenes!" McCann introduced to Zhao Rui, "She and her team once won the fourth place in the National Hip-hop Dance Competition, and she also changed her career to become an actor because of her outstanding performance in the hip-hop dance competition and was favored by the choreographer of a movie." Her first movie role was to play a hip-hop dancer. ”

Although Zhao Rui is not a director with the right to decide, he is one of the action directors of this film, and it is obvious that Xiao Yao also values his opinion, so McCann also began to introduce Zhou Jingyi's situation to Zhao Rui.

"Yes, I've heard of it. Zhao Rui nodded and looked at Xiao Yao.

Xiao Yao didn't react to Zhao Rui and McCann's conversation, just looked at Zhou Jingyi who walked to the side.

In the conversation just now, Xiao Yao found that Zhou Jingyi was quite confident. With his and Zhou Jingyi's understanding of each other, he believes that Zhou Jingyi should know that he would not give her this role just because of his friendship with Zhou Jingyi, otherwise he would not ask her to demonstrate her parkour skills on the spot. So the reason why she is so confident is probably because she has been prepared.

At the party at Dean's residence one day after Valentine's Day this year, Xiao Yao and Mu Ying introduced the parkour movie to everyone, and Zhou Jingyi was also present at that time. If Zhou Jingyi had the heart to participate in the role audition at that time, Xiao Yao guessed that she should have started parkour practice at that time.

"After a few months of practice, will you definitely be able to perform this role?" Xiao Yao said in his heart.

A few months is enough time for Zhou Jingyi to learn the posture and movements of parkour well, but if it is just presentable, Xiao Yao will not easily hand over this role. As a member of the starring team, Xiao Yao needs the actor for this role to be a real parkour master.

Zhou Jingyi casually found a place to start, warmed up a little, moved the joints of her body, and started running.

When Zhou Jingyi started running, Xiao Yao's eyes were full of prudence and pickiness. But when Zhou Jingyi ran down in a circle, Xiao Yao and Zhao Rui couldn't help but widen their eyes.

After running a lap, Zhou Jingyi sat down and took a sip of the water cup on the table, and asked Xiao Yao with a smile: "Director, what do you think?"

Xiao Yao didn't answer, stared at her for a few seconds, and suddenly said, "You definitely haven't just studied for a few months!"

"Uh~" Zhou Jingyi was stunned, and then smiled, "I didn't say that I only studied for a few months! I already met Nathan and them a long, long time ago, the year we participated in the National Street Dance Competition!"

"You guys?" McCann curious, "Mr. Shaw also participated in the American Street Dance Competition? I remember that the competition was only open to Americans. ”

"It wasn't allowed to participate in that year, but then it was allowed, just because of him!" Zhou Jingyi smiled and pointed at Xiao Yao.

"Oh my God, Mr. Xiao has participated in a street dance competition in the United States?" McCann was surprised, "Or with Miss Zhou?"

"That's not important!" Xiao Yao waved his hand and looked at Zhou Jingyi and said, "But that time you only learned a few moves from Nathan and them, and you didn't run at that time." After the competition, you go to make music videos and movies, and you can't learn from them. I went to play with Nathan a few times before I went back to China, and I never heard them say that you go to them to learn parkour. ”

"Then guess how I learned it?", Zhou Jingyi smiled.

"It's still Nathan, but it's not when I was in the United States!" Xiao Yao thought for a while, turned his head and asked Mu Yingdao, "Mu, did you tell her the news that we were going to make a parkour movie in advance? Did you even show her the unfinalized script?"

The film was planned two years ago. If Zhou Jingyi had started studying two years ago, it would have made sense to reach the level she had just shown.

"You can't blame me for this!" Mu Ying smiled and raised her hands, "You introduced me to Kim and asked me to teach her how to act." One time when she came to see me, she happened to run into us on a video chat and talking about scripts. Then she asked me, I can't lie to her that there is no such thing, can I?"

"But why have you been hiding it from me?" Xiao Yao asked.

"Kim's idea!" Mu Ying smiled, "She said that this is your YRF movie, you will definitely not agree to let her invest, and she, like everyone else, always has to audition in the end, so there is no need to let you know." ”

Xiao Yao looked at Zhou Jingyi with complicated eyes.

"I agreed!" Mu Ying then smiled, "Seeing your expression today, I think this decision is the right one. Hah!"

"Mr. Xiao, what do you think?" Kate McCann on the side couldn't help but interject and asked Xiao Yao.

"Ms. McCann, is this a black-box operation or insider trading?" Xiao Yao did not answer, but deliberately asked Kate McCann, "Will it be unfair to other auditioners?"

"Uh~ No!" Kate McCann shook her head and said, "My teacher is a film director, and it is normal for her to know the news in advance and prepare in advance." This is a reflection of Ms. Zhou's own ability and connections. ”

Kate McCann didn't know the ins and outs, but she understood the general idea. It's nothing more than an example of "the first to get the moon near the water", and there is no money or other unethical transactions in it, and she certainly has no problem with that.

"Since our Director Mu has helped her like this, what else can I say!" Xiao Yao spread his hands and said, "Miss Zhou's performance is very good, unexpectedly outstanding. ”

"So the role is decided?" McCann asked with a confirmed look.

"I emphasize one point," Xiao Yao said as he looked at Zhou Jingyi, "There is no stand-in in the action scenes of our movie. ”

"But we'll make sure they have enough insurance for you!" McCann added.

"If you want a stand-in, do you still use the on-site test of parkour skills?" Zhou Jingyi said indifferently, "I already knew this, no problem!"

"Then this role is definitely yours!" Xiao Yao turned his head to Mu Ying and said, "You can inform the other actors of this role that they are not auditioning." ”

"I didn't inform the other actors in this role at all. Mu Ying smiled.

"You~" Xiao Yao glared at Mu Ying.

"Thank you, director!" Zhou Jingyi stood up, bent down and stretched out her hand to Xiao Yao.

"Follow me to this!" Xiao Yao glanced at her, leaned back in the chair, deliberately clasped his hands to his chest, and ignored her outstretched hand.

Zhou Jingyi didn't care about Xiao Yao's attitude, but took a step forward, bent down and stretched out her hands to hug Xiao Yao, and then sat back in her seat.

"I won't make a small report with Duo'er!" Zhao Rui leaned over and whispered in Chinese with a smile.

"Go!" Xiao Yao glanced at Zhao Rui, "Duo'er will come to visit the class after the concert, I can't hide this from her~ No, what is there to hide from her!"

"We didn't bring a contract today," Xiao Yao ignored Zhao Rui, turned to Zhou Jingyi and said, "Sign a contract with other confirmed actors tomorrow." ”

"No problem!" Zhou Jingyi said indifferently.

"You've already confirmed that you're one of the main actors. If you're okay in the afternoon, you can stay and watch the actors audition for other roles. Xiao Yao said again, "Give us some advice!"

"Okay!" Zhou Jingyi nodded, "It's okay in the afternoon, it's not bad to see the actors who may partner in advance." ”

"Wipe your sweat and put on your coat!" Xiao Yao took out a few tissues from the tissue box on the table and handed them over, "There's a sea breeze here, beware of catching a cold!"

"Thank you!" Zhou Jingyi smiled sweetly, took Xiao Yao's tissue, wiped the sweat on her forehead, and put on her coat.

Actor auditions come one by one. Mu Ying informed each actor that the audition time was twenty minutes apart. Zhou Jingyi sat for a while, and then a second actor came to audition.

The auditioning actors who came today have all gone through the first auditions of McCann and Mu Ying, so naturally they all know these two. After the second auditioning actor and Xiao Yao, Zhao Rui, and Zhou Jingyi introduced themselves, Xiao Yao first asked Mu Ying to turn on the camera he brought before starting the official audition.

It is relatively rare for an actor to make a decision on the spot during an audition to determine the attribution of the role. Usually, the auditioner's performance is recorded with a video camera, and then the audition is slowly watched and compared. Zhou Jingyi's audition just now is obviously a special case.

Due to the temporary notice, there are only six actors who can come to audition in the afternoon. The auditions started at half past two in the afternoon and ended at about half past four in the afternoon.

The six actors who came in the afternoon auditioned for several different roles, and none of the candidates for each role came, so after the auditions in the afternoon were all over, Xiao Yao did not determine the actors for any role, and planned to make a final decision after everyone auditioned tomorrow morning.