Chapter 970

Hall Film Company, Artist Department.

Jianna did not wear exaggerated makeup today, nor did she deliberately dress herself down; she simply maintained the local "color scheme" of black hair and brown eyes with soft facial lines. She was simple, fresh, and clean, fully displaying the beauty of her appearance and feminine charm, causing many passing employees and fellow competitors to cast sidelong glances.

"Next, Jianna." The employee at the conference room door called out Jianna's name.

Jianna stood up, recalled the training she had received at the Old Pigeon Cage Theater, and walked in with a graceful posture.

The four interviewers—two men and two women—who were busy writing and drawing, heard the greeting and looked up. Their eyes all lit up, though their subtle emotions differed.

"Jianna, graduated from the National Academy of Drama, Department of Acting?" One of the female interviewers read out Jianna's academic qualifications.

This was the identity woven for Jianna by Lady Justice, and as far as Jianna knew, Lady Justice's corresponding image in the dream was the actual controller of Hall Film Company and the producer of "Great Pirate 3," Hallie.

In other words, she was the boss of the interviewers present.

And Hall Film Company was merely a non-core industry under the Hall Group. The foundation of the Hall Group was various banks, and within the dream city, its financial power was second only to the Intis Group.

"Yes." Jianna did not hide her good voice.

After the interviewers asked a few questions, the one from the beginning drew a card and handed it to Jianna:

"Perform a segment according to the requirements above."

Seeing that Jianna had a clear and beautiful appearance and a clean temperament, this interviewer specifically chose a segment with the theme of "allure" to test her.

After Jianna took the card, before she could even read the topic, she heard the interviewer add:

"You cannot wear makeup or change clothes on the spot; you need to use your own performance to present the content of the topic."

Jianna was not nervous at all; instead, she was slightly excited.

When she was an apprentice at the Old Pigeon Cage Theater, she had dreamed countless times of having such a performance opportunity.

She lowered her head to look at the topic and couldn't help but laugh.

She had plenty of "life experience" with "allure."

When Jianna looked up, her eyes were already amorous and bold, as if they held a thousand words.

The "exaggerated woman" had returned!

Swept by her gaze, both the male and female examiners felt a strange tremor in their hearts.

Halfway through Jianna's performance, an examiner had already started drinking water.

I haven't even used "Charm" yet... Jianna felt proud of her performance.

She hadn't even performed any vulgar movements.

"Phew..." An interviewer saw that Jianna had finished her performance and couldn't help but let out a breath.

She asked:

"Do you have a boyfriend?"

"Yes." Jianna answered very crisply, but didn't mention that she also had a child.

Her resume didn't mention it either. Anyway, Ludwig's household registration followed Lu Mian's, and she and Lu Mian weren't married. If Hall Film Company didn't hire a private investigator to dig deep, they definitely wouldn't find out.

Several interviewers couldn't help but look at each other:

What a great talent; in the future, she might be the kind who outshines all others. Why does she already have a boyfriend?

Girl, wake up; what kind of romance are you having at such a young age!

Forget it, forget it. As long as she enters the industry and sees what "drunken gold and fanatical luxury" is, her previous boyfriend will soon be dumped. Before that, just keep it confidential.

The female interviewer from the beginning withdrew her gaze from her colleagues and said to Jianna:

"Go back and wait for news. We will give you an answer very soon. Hmm, try not to leave the city for the next three days."

"Okay." Jianna bowed and exited the conference room.

Because this was inside the Artist Department, where one might run into big-name stars at any time, there was a dedicated staff member to lead her out to avoid her running around and taking pictures.

The young girl who led Jianna out of the Artist Department saw that this interviewee was not only beautiful but also possessed a beauty that wasn't cookie-cutter, suggesting she had the potential to become a big star. She wanted to build a rapport, so she started introducing which office belonged to whom, and which area was exclusive to whom...

Jianna was also very interested in this, because Lu Mian had instructed her to "keep an eye on the actor playing Gehrman Sparrow and see if he has anything special."

As the two chatted happily, they walked slowly toward the outside of the Artist Department.

At this moment, several people entered from outside, the leader wearing sunglasses and standing about 1.8 meters tall.

Because he had already entered the Artist Department, he took off his sunglasses, revealing a face that Jianna felt was somewhat familiar.

He was 30% similar to Zhou Mingrui, with a smaller head, more refined features, and deeper contour lines. If Jianna hadn't been specifically looking for traces of Zhou Mingrui on his face, she wouldn't have really been able to tell.

This was exactly the actor playing Gehrman Sparrow, a mixed-race man named Jia Yu.

Jianna withdrew her gaze with some disappointment.

If Jia Yu himself were 60-70% similar to the Gehrman Sparrow he played, or very close to Zhou Mingrui, and could become Gehrman Sparrow through makeup, then Jianna would feel that he might be a bit special and a symbol of some key problem in the dream. Now, however, Jianna thought that was unlikely.

"No wonder Fu Lan Ka said there was no need to observe and contact the actor playing Gehrman Sparrow, and Lady Justice didn't mention Jia Yu in the information...

"However, Fu Lan Ka's reason was truly strange, saying that Jia Yu is 'fake jade,' representing that this person is fake and there's no need to delve deeper. But the meanings of 'Jia' and 'fake' are completely different. Sure enough, one needs a guide like Fu Lan Ka for some things to be clear at a glance, and for some symbols to be easily interpreted..." Jianna sighed to herself and brushed past Jia Yu and the others.

Those people instinctively turned their heads to look at Jianna's back, as if they had been stunned by her beauty just now.

Once out of the Artist Department, Jianna asked curiously:

"Was that Jia Yu just now?"

The female employee who led her out nodded:

"Yes, 'Great Pirate 3' made him famous overnight."

"Does he have an English name? He looks very much like a foreigner to me." Jianna asked, pretending to be casual.

If Jia Yu's English name was Klein Moretti, then it would be worth continuing to observe and contact him in depth.

The female employee recalled and said:

"No, he just has foreign ancestry."

Just as Jianna felt a wave of disappointment, the female employee lowered her voice:

"Actually, at the very beginning, we didn't look for him to play Gehrman Sparrow. We had scheduled another actor who was much more famous at the time, a true international star."

"Couldn't agree on the price?" Jianna asked.

The female employee shook her head:

"Got into a car accident and became a vegetable."

"Ah?" Jianna was first startled, and then several words she had seen while scrolling through videos recently flashed through her mind:

Sword light and shadows, blood and gore, fierce struggle...

"It's really a pity." The female employee sighed.

Jianna's eyes flickered as she said:

"What was that star's name? How come I haven't heard about the car accident and the actor change..."

The female employee showed an expression of recollection:

"I don't remember his name either. I have a very deep impression of that incident, but I can't recall the name all of a sudden... I'm stuck..."

"Then I'll go back and check it myself." Jianna felt more and more that there was a problem with this matter.

She waved her hand with a smile and left Hall Film Company.

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Xinhong Residential Area, inside the rented apartment.

Lu Mian received the message sent by Jianna and learned about the actor playing Gehrman Sparrow.

He informed Anthony, and the two searched for relevant news on different platforms.

The incident of a star becoming a vegetable due to a car accident did exist, but whether it was the news itself or the comments below, they were vague about the name and the specific time, as if they were avoiding something.

"Even the omnipotent internet can't find out who it is..." Lu Mian stood up and paced in the living room-cum-dining room.

He suddenly thought of someone, picked up his phone, and found "a name that left a deep impression on you":

"Have you heard of this news? Do you know who it is?"

Below the text converted by the voice input method was the news content Lu Mian had copied and pasted.

After a while, Anderson Hood replied to him:

"Look, if I go to turn myself in, who will provide you with intelligence?"

Still haven't forgotten about last time? Is your heart a bit too small? Lu Mian muttered to himself, smiled, and brought the phone to his mouth:

"Then I'll help you break out of prison."

After twenty or thirty seconds, Anderson replied:

"But I don't want to break out of prison. You don't need to help me become an enemy of this city.

"That star who got into the car accident is named An Xiaotian, and he is still lying in a special ward at Red Moon Hospital."

"An Xiaotian?" Lu Mian looked at Anthony.

According to Fu Lan Ka, everyone has the surname An; maybe they were one family five hundred years ago.

Anthony thought for a few seconds, and just as he had an inspiration, Lu Mian was already talking to himself:

"Antigonus?"

He was one of the five great dukes of the Tudor Empire and a former holder of the 'Fool' uniqueness.

Thinking of the five great dukes of the Tudor Empire, having already encountered three in the dream, Lu Mian, who possessed the residual aura of the 'Blood Emperor,' inexplicably felt a bit more pressure.

"It's quite in line with dream logic for Mr. Fool's avatar to find the former 'Fool' to act..." Lu Mian nodded slowly.

"But the car accident isn't normal. What does this symbolize?" Anthony pondered.

"Does it symbolize that the spiritual imprint left by Antigonus within the 'Fool' uniqueness is in a vegetative state?" Lu Mian tried to interpret it.

He then added:

"A more suspicious point about this matter is that Lady Justice didn't mention it in the information.

"Regardless of whether An Xiaotian is the dream image corresponding to Antigonus, he was the scheduled actor for Gehrman Sparrow and got into a car accident, becoming a vegetable. Reasonably and logically, Lady Justice should have mentioned it in the information.

"If it were Antigonus, she would have had to urge us to dig deep into the problem. If not, why not explain it simply and tell us not to waste time on this?"

Anthony pondered for a while and said:

"Perhaps she forgot."

And for the Major Arcana, "forgetting" itself could explain that there was a problem with An Xiaotian's existence.

Lu Mian, who was standing, looked at Anthony and said thoughtfully:

"Later, go to the Star Dream Grocery Store to pick up the reply, write down the matter of An Xiaotian, and mail it out.

"I'll find a time later to go to Red Moon Hospital to 'visit' An Xiaotian."

(End of chapter)