Chapter 23: Encountering a Capital-Backed Role Swap

Three days later, the final confirmed list of the crew was sent to the class group by the teacher.

The roommates accompanied Shen Li to open the document with anticipation, but collectively froze their expressions after seeing the content clearly.

"A-Yu" - Xu Zishan.

Xu Zishan from Class 8?

"What's going on?" Wang Chuhan said with an expression of incomprehension: "Wasn't this role decided on the spot to be played by Shen Li? How did it become Xu Zishan in the end?"

Sun Yuan was also very surprised. Recalling the situation of the audition that day, she felt unfair for Shen Li: "What the hell, Xu Zishan's role in the audition that day wasn't "A-Yu" either. How did she end up playing this role in the end?"

And looking further down.

"A-Ru" - Shen Li.

The roles decided for the two people were completely swapped from the roles they auditioned for that day.

"It must be a mistake." Wang Chuhan patted the stunned Shen Li and urged: "Shen Li, hurry up and ask Teacher Zhang if the crew made a mistake and mixed you up with Xu Zishan."

Sun Yuan also nodded along.

Only Zhao Meina suddenly sighed at Shen Li at this time: "Shen Li, don't ask anymore. It's estimated that this result is just like this, you can't change anything."

"Meina, what do you mean by that?" Wang Chuhan's beautiful eyebrows tightened: "Do you know something?"

Shen Li also looked over, her eye sockets slightly red and filled with tears, but she endured it and didn't cry.

She had originally looked forward to being able to play "A-Yu".

Zhao Meina looked at Shen Li's pitiful appearance and held her hand with some heartache: "Yesterday during military training, I inadvertently heard some news, spread from Class 8, saying that Xu Zishan's father invested five hundred yuan in the "Tianming Weihuang" crew."

"Five hundred yuan?" Wang Chuhan and Sun Yuan were both startled and subconsciously looked at Shen Li.

Who would have thought that after hearing Zhao Meina's words, the grievance in Shen Li's eyes actually dissipated by seven points.

She seemed to have accepted this result, nodded lightly, and said in a low voice: "Just now I felt a bit unwilling in my heart, but if she spent five hundred yuan to get this role, I actually don't feel so bad."

"Shen Li..."

The roommates felt she was pretending to be strong. Anyone who experienced this kind of thing would feel unfair, right? How could she accept it calmly.

But Shen Li forced a smile, shook her head at her roommates: "I'm serious. Although the role of "A-Yu" is the one with the most room for play among the maids, in the end, it's just a maid. Actually, it doesn't make much difference who plays it. But if I can pull five hundred yuan of investment for the crew, I can understand it."

Wang Chuhan and Sun Yuan hugged her from left and right, wanting to give her some silent comfort.

Zhao Meina also patted her hand: "Actually, there are many such situations in the acting world. It's inevitable to encounter them in the future. You were robbed of a role in your first audition, so just take it as a lesson for yourself and temper your mentality."

Shen Li nodded: "Many classmates didn't get roles, I can at least play an "A-Ru", it's quite good."

Seeing her so optimistic, the roommates all relaxed slightly.

At the same time, Shen Ci had not stepped out of the house for three days and finally finished reading the nearly two million-word "Tianming Weihuang" in the dorm.

Although she only read a general idea quickly, she already understood the main story line and the settings of the main characters.

"You finally finished reading?"

Gu Lianxing carried a plate of vegetable salad and shook her head in amazement: "You are really amazing. When I read this book, I read it for nearly a month. When the second young lady died in the middle, I rested for two or three days, it made me cry..."

As she spoke, she put down the salad in her hand and said with glowing eyes: "You haven't left the house for these three days. Li Xiao has come for three consecutive days. I just went downstairs to get takeout and sent him away. Let's go out and eat? I still want to eat at the small restaurant last time."

Shen Ci nodded with a smile. She had been huddled in the dorm reading novels for the past few days, and Gu Lianxing had been buying her food, so she naturally had to follow her to repay her.

On the way out of school, Shen Ci sent a video call to her sister.

She had been in military training recently and could only reach people at night.

The video was connected quickly. Before the two could speak, Shen Ci noticed her sister's abnormality.

Although she showed optimism and strength, Shen Li had still cried quietly by herself when she was showering just now. She didn't expect that when illuminated by the original camera of the Apple phone, her eyes were so obviously red.

"What's wrong?" The smile on Shen Ci's face faded, and she asked.

Shen Li hurriedly smiled: "Nothing, Sis. I just happened to want to tell you some good news. The "Tianming Weihuang" crew came to our school to pick actors a few days ago, and I got a role."

Shen Ci was stunned, such a coincidence?

"Sis just happened to read this book, who are you playing?" Shen Ci asked.

"Playing "A-Ru", the little maid beside the fourth young lady."

Shen Ci thought carefully for a long time before remembering this bit-part cannon fodder, who was beaten to death with sticks in the early to middle stages of the novel because of "taking the blame for the master."

"Sister, Shen Li was originally going to play "A-Yu", but was robbed of the role by a capital-backed person."

Who would have thought that at this time, Wang Chuhan suddenly squeezed into the camera and said loudly. Shen Li hadn't reacted yet, but discovered that her sister's expression had already darkened.

Gu Lianxing beside Shen Ci also frowned upon hearing this: "Isn't your sister a freshman? Has someone already started using this kind of means to compete?"

"A-Li, tell Sis, what exactly is going on." Shen Ci asked calmly.

Seeing that she couldn't hide it, Shen Li told the whole process one by one. At the end, fearing that her sister would be unhappy, she pretended to be relaxed and said: "But I think it's quite good, having it is better than not having it, there will be opportunities in the future."

Shen Ci naturally felt heartache for her sister, but from her perspective, she also didn't want her sister to play "A-Yu".

"A-Li, listen to Sis. The role of "A-Yu" doesn't suit you. Although the director and teacher both think you acted very well, it is precisely because of this that Sis doesn't want you to play this role."

"This role is a villain. Although it's just a small supporting role, if you act too well, as a newcomer, it's very easy to be typecast. What if everyone comes to you to play bad maids in the future?"

Shen Ci wasn't forcibly comforting her sister, nor was she alarmist. Many actors who just debuted would be limited by the roles in their first work. Once the performance was too outstanding, many roles of the same type would come to the door later.

Moreover, she couldn't let her sister play a maid, regardless of whose maid it was.

Even if she couldn't be the heroine at the beginning, it must be a supporting role with high-light moments.

For example, the second young lady in the novel who was timid, kind, and carefree in the early to middle stages, but died resolutely for the heroine in the later stages. She wanted her sister to play such a good role, and she would definitely be able to harvest a large batch of fans. ===== CHAPTER 24 =====