Starlight Has No Past Chapter 34.1

Chapter 34 Part 1

There were no spotlight in the temporary audition room . The room was surrounded by dark black curtains with white lights shining on each person’s face, amplifying every blemish on each face .

Ye Qiao was like a pure narcissus . With saddened face and deep voice, she slowly delivered the last sentence of the audition script without making the tiniest mistake . It was an extremely heartrending confession, written in the classical style prose . Ye Qiao was superb at delivering lines which was rather rare amongst the younger generation of actors . Even without a voice over in post production, her enunciation and emotion while delivering her lines were always precise . Her performance at the audition brought everyone present into a world of fantasy set in ancient times .

AdvertisementTowards the end of her last line, Ye Qiao was secretly fuming inside .
The role she was auditioning for was an orphan, Lin Xuan . Lin Xuan had a rough life growing up, becoming an assassin as an adult . There was an abundance of internal emotions for an actress to show off her acting skill for this character . Instead, the selections she had received for the audition were mostly sections about love and romance .
She believed that it must have something to do with the person who was sitting off stage watching her audition .

Zhou Tingsheng flicked his thumb and his gold lighter lit up, the bright orange flame reflected deep inside his dark pupils . The sound of Ye Qiao’s voice quieted down in his ears, followed by Wang Qingming’s applause with compliments: “Director Lai’s favorite, a well-deserved reputation . ” Ye Qiao modestly expressed that she was flattered . She saw, from the corners of her eyes, the flickering flame on Zhou Tingsheng’s hand and the smile on her face slightly stiffened . Zhou Tingsheng on the other hand lowered his head and smiled . Wang Qingming was a well seasoned man and the subtle interactions between Ye Qiao and Zhou Tingsheng didn’t escape his attention .

Before Ye Qiao left the room, the satisfied middle-aged director had started to compare the strengths and weaknesses of Ye Qiao and Pei Xindan with the people sitting next to him . He even asked Zhou Tingsheng’s opinion: “Mr . Zhou, what do you think?”
Zhou Tingsheng was dialing Ye Qiao’s number on his phone and absent-mindedly replied: “Everything is up to Director Wang to decide . ” On his phone, it showed that the number didn’t connect .
It had been two days that he couldn’t get through Ye Qiao’s cell phone . Zhou Tingsheng suspected that she might have blocked his number .

Xu Yinshan who had waited there for half a day came in to the audition room quickly afterwards . She was displeased at the fact that Ye Qiao came later but had gotten to audition ahead of her . Before she entered the room, her eyes were full of insidious resentment . But when she stood on the stage and raised her eyes again, her eyes were all smiles . Zhou Tingsheng captured the subtle changes on her face and sneered . Without waiting for Xu Yinshan to start, he made an excuse to leave after saying goodbye to the director and the other representatives from the movie company .

He was in the room no more than twenty minutes, as if he was there specifically to see Ye Qiao’s performance . Wang Qingming had an idea of the underlying implications and exchanged an understanding look with the other partners . He had seen actresses who brought funding with them into a project, or investors willing to spend recklessly, but he rarely saw anyone who would do it so obviously .

In the hallway, Ye Qiao looked out the window and saw banners celebrating the Mid-Autumn Festival flying in the wind at the businesses across the street . The advertisement on the digital screens were showing various attractively packaged moon cakes . She lifted up her wrist to look at her watch; today was the Mid-Autumn Festival .

For the past few years, her uncle would send her a message around this time, reminding her to visit her grandma’s house and have dinner together . This year she had no cell phone and it seemed that all her social connections had been severed . The world became abnormally quiet .
It was too bad that the sky was overcast . It seemed like it might rain . The best view of the moon was impossible to see .

Ye Qiao turned into the makeup room and discovered that her bag was nowhere to be found .

Chapter end