Chapter 137
Among the roles that Zheng Wei had fought for Shen Tiantian, there was a type that was rarely seen on the market— a genius little villain.
This drama was a historical drama, and the protagonist group was a martial arts team that fought against the evil in the world with their wits. Through a series of misunderstandings and adventures, the five protagonists went from not knowing each other to working together to solve strange cases and save the world.
Shen Tiantian’s role was a little villain boss who was hidden very deep in the early and middle stages of the drama. After Zheng Wei got the script from an acquaintance, she read it overnight, and there was only one thought in her mind. This role must be gotten!
Although the little villain in the drama was set to be six or seven years old, ancient people had a serious nominal age, so Shen Tiantian’s age was barely acceptable. Of course, age was secondary. Everything still depended on acting.
Zheng Wei had contacted the director of this drama and probably had an idea in her mind. “Tiantian, you should adjust your state these two days. The day after tomorrow, I’ll pick you up in the morning, and we’ll audition for this role.”
Zheng Wei didn’t care much about the other two roles: the son of the female lead in a modern romance light comedy, and the stepson of the female lead in a Republic of China wealthy family overbearing CEO drama. The types overlapped, and at most, Zheng Wei would let Shen Tiantian choose one to act in.
Hearing that he had another role to act in, Shen Tiantian’s little eyes lit up. “Okay, okay~ I’ll adjust well.” After hanging up the phone, Shen Tiantian couldn’t be bothered to continue to show off his first place.
He churned his two short little legs and went to mess with his face again. In the mirror, the cub’s cheeks were fair and tender, and two glass-like eyes were embedded in them, lively and beautiful.
Shen Tiantian learned from the internet celebrity’s older sister in the video and thickly applied his homemade cream to his face. With a layer of white, cream-like face cream on his face, Shen Tiantian nodded and ran downstairs to eat.
Shen Jinfeng saw Shen Tiantian and directly started to spray: “Shen Tiantian, what are you doing with a face full of lard? It’s all solidified on your face.”
Tiantian had a small fit of anger. “This is not lard! This is a mask I made myself with baby cream!”
Shen Jinfeng was a little disgusted and took out a tissue to wipe it off for Shen Tiantian. Shen Tiantian quickly ran away and protected his face. “You can’t wipe it. I have an audition the day after tomorrow.”
A few traces of speechlessness appeared in Shen Jinfeng’s peach blossom eyes, and he threw the tissue away. “Does the audition look at your face? The director is not a fool. It’s all about acting, okay!”
Tiantian was not convinced. He was like a stubborn little donkey, craned his neck, and retorted: “Of course not! My face is good-looking. The director will definitely be happy when he sees it, and when he’s happy, he’ll choose Tiantian as a little actor.”
Shen Jinfeng couldn’t catch this slippery little loach and simply sat back down in his chair to eat. He gritted his teeth in anger. “I can’t win against you. Hurry up and come and eat.”
Lunch was dragged on until after one o’clock. The baby cream on Shen Tiantian’s face was a type of cream that could form a film. Usually, a thin layer would be fine, but this time, he had used half a bottle and had even gone to sunbathe for a while.
The face cream gradually dried into a layer of a mud mask. Shen Tiantian was completely unaware and continued to lie on the rocking chair, sunbathing.
Shen Jinfeng did not have the habit of taking an afternoon nap. He was in his bedroom, writing the next development plan for his investment studio. Just as he had typed a word, a wailing sound came from outside the door.
“Big brother!” Shen Tiantian was like a little cat frantically scratching the door. Shen Jinfeng even suspected that his door was going to be scratched broken by Shen Tiantian.
He went over and opened the door. Shen Jinfeng looked down and saw Shen Tiantian with a white mask on his face. “What’s up?”
Tiantian pounced over, crying and hiccuping, and a dark water stain was left on his cheek from his tears. “Big brother, my face can’t be washed off, wuwu~”
Shen Jinfeng looked at the face cream on Shen Tiantian’s face, which had dried into a layer of cement, and folded his arms. “Didn’t you say it was a homemade mask? Now you’re coming to me because you can’t wash it off?”
Shen Tiantian put his hands together and bowed to his brother. “What should I do? I’m going to the audition with an ugly mask, wuwu.”
When he goes out, everyone will definitely laugh at him for being an ugly monster with a mask.
Shen Jinfeng couldn’t hold it in and his chest shook with laughter, the corners of his lips lifting wildly. “Baby cream usually doesn’t dry like this, right? What did you put in it?”
Shen Tiantian rubbed his red-rimmed eyes. As a result, he didn’t rub his eyes much but instead picked off a small piece of the mask. “I saw in the video that the older sister poured pearl powder into the face cream.”
Shen Jinfeng: “There’s no pearl powder at home. What did you pour?”
Tiantian pouted. “Flour.”
Shen Jinfeng: “Hahahahahaha!” Tiantian was even more wronged by the laughter. He shrank to the side of the wall, looking pitiful.
Shen Jinfeng had had enough of laughing. He held his stomach and took a commemorative photo for Shen Tiantian. Then he pulled the crying Shen Tiantian to the bathroom to get him some water to wash his face.
The summer sun was too strong. Shen Tiantian had been in the sun for more than half an hour, and the mask on his face was cracked. Shen Jinfeng had to wet his face with water for a full five minutes before the mask on his face softened.
He wiped Shen Tiantian’s little face clean with a towel and clean water, and Shen Jinfeng’s stomach was hurting from laughing. “All day long, you’re doing these useless things. Others learn from their mistakes, but you make a mistake, make a mistake, and make another mistake.”
Shen Tiantian’s little forehead was poked by his brother, and he didn’t dare to dodge back. He opened his round cat’s eyes and said pitifully: “I… I won’t do this next time.”
Shen Jinfeng had heard Shen Tiantian’s guarantee so many times that his ears were calloused. But the little one’s love for beauty seemed to be innate. He usually liked to show off, and he had to look in the mirror and change his clothes every day. He even had to change the brand of his baby cream.
He was simply like an arrogant little peacock showing off its feathers. The little peacock had washed off his mask and was carefully observing his face in the mirror. “It seems a little whiter.” Tiantian’s eyes lit up again.
Shen Jinfeng was speechless at his narcissistic brain. After he finished tidying up the bathroom, Shen Jinfeng knocked on Shen Tiantian’s head. “I’m going to work. You be good.” Tiantian obediently said “oh” and waved his paw at his brother.
On the day of the audition, Tiantian woke up early to tidy himself up. Like a diligent little fat bird preening its feathers, he tidied himself up, changed into his best new clothes.
Tiantian held big sister Zheng Wei’s hand and took the car to the audition site. This time, the audition was in a large building. Besides the little villain role, the still-undecided second and fourth protagonists were also auditioning.
The hallway was already filled with male and female actors, queuing up and waiting for the staff in front to call their numbers. It was the first time Tiantian had experienced such a serious and grand audition, and he couldn’t help but be a little nervous.
Zheng Wei bought him a cheese stick and comforted him in a low voice: “It’s okay. These are all here to audition for other roles. Your role is very special, and there aren’t many people auditioning.”
There were relatively few child actors in the industry. On the one hand, the acting path was narrow, and there were not many roles to play. On the other hand, there were no hardcore girlfriend fans or loyal fans, and the ability to monetize was too poor.
So most actors were not pushed out by their companies to harvest traffic until they were at least fifteen or sixteen. Zheng Wei’s ability to snatch resources was still very strong. She had contacted the director two or three times, and as long as Shen Tiantian’s acting in this audition was not too bad, it would basically be decided.
As Zheng Wei had said, in this public audition, most of the actors were aiming for the roles of the protagonist group. Shen Tiantian followed his big sister Zheng to the last room at the end of the hallway. After he pushed the door open, he found that there was only one child actor inside.
It was a little boy who was older than Shen Tiantian. The little boy was also a familiar face in TV series. His mother was a senior actress in the industry, and he had also started to take on roles and act since he was a child.
Seeing Tiantian come over, the little boy scratched his head and showed a smile. “Little brother, are you also here to audition for the little villain?”
Tiantian hummed nervously and rubbed his small hands. “That’s right. I don’t know if it’s easy to act or not.”
The little boy had auditioned many times and was very experienced. He comforted Tiantian a few times. “It’s okay. If this role is gone, there are other child roles. You can always get one to act in.”
The little boy was obviously a question-brushing type of little actor and paid more attention to quantity. Although he was only seven or eight this year, he had been acting for five or six years and was a real old hand.
Director Qi came in after more than half an hour and asked Zheng Wei and the little boy’s mother to stand on the side. “Make some space and let the two children start the audition.”
The director gave a very difficult audition clip. In the early stages, the little villain had once mixed into the protagonist group, pretending to be an innocent and pure white lotus to gain the trust of the protagonist group.
The protagonists had never suspected the little villain. It wasn’t until the little villain was accidentally injured and his identity was accidentally exposed.
The director asked the two of them to act out the little villain’s transition from a pure and innocent child to a genius and monstrous villain. This was also the most important highlight clip in the drama.
Not only the protagonist group, but the audience in front of the screen also had to be shocked by this reversal. After all, no one would have guessed that behind such a meticulous and rigorous layout, it was actually the work of a child.
After the director had explained the scene to them, he added a few more words: “There has never been a shortage of young geniuses throughout history, but the little villain in the drama is not just a genius. The several protagonist groups were led around by him. He is almost the IQ ceiling in the drama.”
The director knew that this villain role was very difficult to act. He also gave a few famous historical figures as a reference and then let the two child actors do as they pleased.
Five minutes later, the director put away the script, lifted his head, and said: “Who wants to go first.”
The little boy stood out first, took a deep breath, and volunteered. “I’ll go first.” He was very experienced in acting, and his eye-acting was also very smooth, but he lacked a bit of the genius’s pride that the director wanted.
And, the little boy had grown too fast this year, and he didn’t quite fit the image of the white lotus in the early stages of the drama. But the director didn’t say much and just nodded without commenting. “Not bad. Tiantian, get ready.”
Tiantian also took a deep breath like the little big brother and recited these two lines.
