"Miss Isaiah! I should have said more than once that this is not a drama! This is a "phantom", do you know what a "phantom" is? Put away your pompous expression first, and then imagine that you are a princess of noble birth who was sold into slavery because of the betrayal of her father, your arrogance does not allow you to bow your head in front of others, you have the enthusiasm and boldness that ordinary girls will not have, and you have the courage to express your emotions, you are that kind of person! And not playing like that! Under the stage of the theater, Harvey stood up and frowned and reprimanded loudly.

On stage, Christie smiled reluctantly at Harvey, biting her lip and saying slowly, "Please let me try again, Mr. Adrian." ”

If she had an egg in her hand, she wouldn't mind throwing it in Harvey's hateful face.

In the face of Harvey's reprimand, she was on fire in her heart, why she was a well-known theater actor who was now being criticized by a layman, or in front of all the theater troupe members. Now on the stage of the theater, in addition to her, the other members of the theater were all pulled by Maxwell to complete a test that they didn't understand very well after a day of study.

She suppressed her unhappy mood, collected her expression, and started a new round of performances in front of Harvey.

Now the group is conducting a simple audition on the stage of the drama theater to select actors, and next to Harvey is also sitting Maxwell, the owner of the theater, who was originally a senior theater actor, and did not dare to say a word at this time, and watched with a wry smile as Harvey labeled his proud theater members as worthless.

The day after Harvey handed him the script, he called all the members of the troupe for auditions, and so far none of the members have passed Harvey's eyes.

A new round of audition performances began, but Christie's performance became more stiff after being reprimanded by Harvey, her expression changed extremely unnaturally, and her lines became weak.

Harvey had a headache, feeling that Christie and the others had not yet understood the difference between "phantom" and drama, and needed to be guided personally. Bowing his head to Maxwell next to him, he left with a few people and quickly retrieved some performance props, including a chaise longue, a long cigarette and a copy of "The Count of Monte Cristo".

Harvey took to the stage and handed her "The Count of Monte Cristo": "You can finish your own performance while reading the novel, and now I will play the role of the Count of Monte Cristo to accompany your performance." ”

"I'm honored."

Christie was stunned, looking at Harvey with a smile that didn't seem to be joking, a layman who wanted to cooperate with her performance? This makes it difficult for Christie, who has always been a theater star, to accept that she has been exposed to drama since she was a child, it can be said that theater is her career, she has performed for almost the same time as her age, and she has already played the identity of a baby in the drama when she was a baby, why does Harvey cooperate with her performance?

She didn't mind letting the young and vigorous writer get out of the way, at least letting him know that acting wasn't that simple and that it wasn't the layman's turn to conduct.

Raising her hand to signal the start of the performance, another female member of the troupe played the role of Haidai's maid, and Harvey stepped forward and asked, "Go and ask your hostess if she would like to see me." ”

Haidai is nominally the maid of the Count of Monte Cristo in "The Count of Monte Cristo", but in fact the Count of Monte Cristo treats her the same as the queen, as a slave girl, she has her own four exclusive maids. The maid went to ask for the advice of Haydai, played by Christie, who reclined in the chaise longue, languid and elegant.

Seeing Harvey walk in, Christie, who was smoking a long cigarette and reading a book, said the lines that he remembered in a bright and lazy tone: "My master, why do you have to ask if you can before you come in?" Are you not my master, and I am not your slave? ”

Harvey stepped forward, and his demeanor naturally responded with a helpless smile: "Haidai, you know." ”

Christie took a deep look at him, and the figure of Harvey in front of him gradually coincided with the figure of the Count of Monte Cristo in the novel, although he was a newcomer, Harvey did not have a trace of jerky shyness in front of others. With Harvey's cooperation, she had much less psychological barriers, and remembered Harvey's instructions, and kept telling herself that this was not a stage, that she was not a performer, but that she was the noble and enthusiastic girl Haidai in the novel "The Count of Monte Cristo".

Harvey's performance gave her no time to think about messy things, he looked like a noble earl, so she had to play the warm and straightforward girl.

She put down the long cigarette in her hand, looked at Harvey and snorted, "Why are you so cold when you call me?" The tone was dissatisfied: "Is there something about me that makes you feel unhappy?" In that case, punish me however you want, but don't talk to me so decently. ”

Off the stage, Maxwell, the director of the Brenda Theatre Troupe, was secretly surprised, neither of them could say that their acting skills were good, but they did clearly feel the different styles from theatrical performances.

"Haidai, now we are in the Augustine Kingdom."

Her beautiful willow eyebrows were lightly raised: "So what?" ”

"It means you're free."

"Freedom?" Christie read it twice and wondered, "What do I want to be free?" ”

Harvey's eyebrows furrowed and loosened: "Freedom can leave me, you can go and live the life you want." ”

"Why do I have to live my life, freedom is useless to me, why should I leave you?"

"It's not something I should interfere with, now that we're about to enter the social world, you should go and see the world."

Christie's expression became awkward, and she replied coldly, "I don't want to see anyone." ”

Following Harvey's lines, everything fell into place, and Christie recalled all the lines clearly, wondering how she really was the Haydai who should deal with the Count of Monte Cristo. She couldn't figure out the answer, but she knew what she should do next.

Harvey stepped forward helplessly, looking at her with complicated eyes, like a father persuading his daughter: "Haidai, you can't stay in the house all the time in this bustling city, if you meet your beloved, I will be happy to fulfill you." ”

Christie sat up, looked at Harvey and said angrily, "I have never met a more reliable man than you, I only love you and my father." ”

Harvey said in a tone of pity, "That's because you haven't been in contact with any other man except your father and me. ”

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Harvey took the young girl's slender jade hand and was about to raise it to her lips, but Christie hurriedly withdrew her hand, then pulled half of her delicate cheek over and squinted her eyes for her master's kiss.

Harvey couldn't take his head off his laughter, thought for a moment and said, "I need you to know that from now on, you are free." You are free to renounce or keep the customs of your homeland, to do whatever you want, to stay here and there if you wish, to go out as you wish, to have a carriage always waiting there for your orders, to go wherever you want, to Northton and Domme I can accompany you, I ask you to promise me only one thing. ”

Christie bowed her head in disappointment and said with a lack of interest, "Oh, you say it." ”

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After the scene was performed, Harvey finally nodded with satisfaction: "Miss Isaiah, it seems that you finally understand the difference between drama and "Phantom", and the official filming will be made in a few days, I hope you can maintain this state." ”

Maxwell was already stunned on stage, subconsciously applauding, and stopped awkwardly after realizing that this was an audition and not a performance.

After the performance, Christie wiped the sweat on her forehead, and all the dissatisfaction with Harvey in her heart disappeared, at least Harvey was not a layman pointing fingers, but really giving her advice. Feeling complicated, he lifted his long skirt and saluted Harvey and said, "Mr. Adrian, it's an honor to be praised by you, and your acting skills amaze me." ”

After completing Christie's audition, the faces of the actors watching from the side became even more nervous, Christie's performance just now was only to a passing level?