"Please act out a scene where you meet your favorite friend again, but you don't want the other person to see it."
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"Another scene where you are alone, looking up at the sky and missing your favorite friend."
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"Try to act out a scene where you're falling in love with someone you like and you kiss each other."
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Nanaya's audition of Yumi took significantly longer than the others, as he kept asking her to complete various scenes.
Some of them are in line with the script and are scenes that Homura Akemi will encounter;
Some were purely to test Yumi's acting skills, wanting to see how she expressed her emotions in front of the camera.
What surprised Nanaya was that Yumi's acting skills were much better than he had imagined.
Although when she first started performing, she did have Yumi's characteristic nervous expression.
But once you get into the state, you can control it freely.
Although they are not as talented as those actors with great acting skills, they are definitely among the best in the idol industry.
Although Nanaya intended to train the acting skills of these little girls, he asked the management to try to put these girls into various Japanese drama crews to play supporting roles to hone their acting skills.
But looking at Yumi's success alone, it seems a bit too good.
[Maybe we can really let her try long straight black hair? ]
Nanaya did not draw a conclusion immediately, he put a question mark after Yumi's name.
Then Nanaya asked her to try to perform other roles in the Five color Sentai.
However, Nanaya soon discovered that there were still some problems with Yumi-chan's performance.
Every time she switches to another role, Yumi always has a long period of adaptation.
Apparently, it takes some time for Yumi to get into the role template every time.
Compared to Luvia and the others, Yumi's acting skills are obviously not at the level where she can control them freely.
"That's it for now, I'll let you know the result then."
After having Yumi perform another blue-haired scene, Nanaya concluded.
"Okay, big brother."
Yumi bowed to Nanaya obediently and left the simple audition room.
"Still call me big brother~"
Nanaya unconsciously revealed a nostalgic smile on his face.
"I think it would be better if you didn't make such a disgusting expression, Nanaya-san~?"
Shonan reminded quietly: "If Ryougi-san was here, you would probably be thrown directly into the copper-smelting water."
"How is that possible? This girl has already passed the age limit!"
Nanaya's words made Shonan look thoughtful.
"I see~? Nanaya-san, you really are a very patient person~?"
"…"
Nanaya was glad that Shonan was not the kind of person who talked too much.
Otherwise, Nanaya felt that when he returned to Shion tonight, he would probably not even be treated like a washboard.
"Shonan, what do you think of Yumi's performance?"
As a work partner who has worked with him for such a long time, although Shonan is a bit of a show-off, Nanaya still trusts him a lot at work.
After thinking for a while, Shonan nodded quietly.
"Yumi-chan's progress is really huge~?"
Shonan's tone was as frivolous as ever, but his attitude was as clear as ever.
"He is totally different from a few years ago."
You should know that when filming "Magical Illya", Yumi stuttered several times when facing the camera.
If Yumi is still in this situation now, there is no need to use her as the main character.
"Okay, next one then."
Nanaya signaled to the staff to call in the next guy who was waiting.
"Good afternoon, Mr. Director~"
Kujo Fuu crossed his hands on his abdomen and bowed gently to Nanaya.
Although the manners of this young lady from the old ancient family were perfect, there was nothing wrong with her.
But Nanaya felt a very strong sense of disharmony.
Or it would be more appropriate to use the term "unique painting style".
Kujo Fuu is the eldest daughter of the Kujo family in Kyoto. Both the Ryougi family and the Washimine family are local bosses there.
Of course, Nanaya had already heard about the heroic deeds of the eldest lady of the Kujo family from Ori and Shion.
Ori even showed Nanaya a photo of this young lady riding a motorcycle.
Compared with the female overlord in the photo who can be described as "a thousand men in one", the delicate young lady in front of him seems...
Although others may not be able to see it, those preconceived impressions made Nanaya directly throw words like "affected" and "exaggerated acting" at it.
"Kujo Fuu, which role are you going to play?"
Hearing Nanaya's question, Kujo Fuu immediately responded: "Yes, I want to play the green-haired lady. I think this role suits me very well."
[That's why I pretended to be a good girl…]
Nanaya understood what this young lady was thinking.
However, Nanaya had intended to give the role of Hitomi to Shion from the very beginning.
[So you are late, girl... And what kind of young lady are you? ]
However, considering that Kujo Fuu is indeed from the five ancient family, her identity as the eldest daughter is confirmed without a doubt.
Nanaya still didn't say this.
[Why haven't you confirmed the news yet? ]
Kujo Fuu saw Nanaya hesitating and began to have doubts in his heart.
[Why don't you just give me this unimportant role? ]
"A gentle young lady..." Nanaya said carefully, "It doesn't seem to fit you who are full of energy."
[Hmm... How could this happen?! ]
Hearing Nanaya's comment, Kujo Fuu involuntarily took a step back.
[Could it be that my dark history has been exposed? But why would this director know about it?! ]
[Could it be that the damn demon from the Ryougi family was gossiping about his senior brother? ]
Kujo Fuu felt that this possibility was not impossible.
After all, it's no secret that Ryougi Ori and Nanaya are good friends and wear the same pants.
[I [beep!] You damned shemale! You should just go and spend your life with a man!]
Although her inner OS had already ignited a raging fire, Kujo Fuu still maintained her ladylike appearance on the surface.
However, Kujo Fuu's plans were purely to flirt with the blind man.
"Well, have you seen the character summary for the red-haired girl with a ponytail?"
Nanaya asked as he flipped through the information.
"Yeah, I have seen it."
[Hey, are you planning to ask me to play the role of a poor person? ! Are you cursing me to go bankrupt? ! ]
Kujo Fuu felt that things seemed a little different from what he had expected.
But Nanaya said directly: "Miss Kujo, please act out a scene of farewell to your best friend."
Nanaya glanced at the materials and added: "Your former friend has become your enemy, and now you have to die with her."
"OK."
Although he was full of complaints in his heart, Kujo Fuu still did as he was told.
After all, Sakura Shimoya is a more famous actress, and if she can play this role, Miss Kujo has no reason to refuse.
"OK."
Kujo Fuu, who was pretending to be a young lady, spoke in a very soft voice, but the next second her voice returned to her normal speaking state.
She thought for a few seconds, then huddled up with her arms across her chest, looking helpless.
The girl's lips were tightly pursed into a line and tears seemed to be about to flow out of her big eyes.
But despite this, the girl's eyes looking towards the camera were full of determination, and burning with the fire of fighting spirit.
"Cut."
After only ten seconds, Nanaya called for a stop and said, "Perform a scene where you express your dissatisfaction with your family after they misunderstood you."
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Kujo Fuu's audition took almost as long as Yumi's, finishing at nearly twenty minutes.
When Kujo Fuu dragged out a somewhat tired body, Yumi and others who had been waiting for a long time immediately surrounded him.
"How does it feel?"
"It's OK, but I always feel that the director is biased against me."
There is no need to pretend in front of friends, Kujo Fuu said with his hands spread out.
Yumi smiled bitterly and said, "That must be your illusion, Fuu. Big brother is always a very nice person."
[No, you call it beauty in the eyes of the beholder, okay? ]
Kujo Fuu thought helplessly.
"Don't worry too much," Sakura encouraged with a smile, "Nanaya is paying for the movie himself, and he intends to lead the team. As long as everyone has good acting skills, they can at least get a role with lines."
"Sister Sakura, this is not consolation at all, okay?" Kujo Fuu said helplessly, "I want to be a big star, how can a small role with lines satisfy me!"
"Yes, Fuu-chan is the best."
Sakura smiled and touched Kujo Fuu's head.
After following a certain beastly director for so long, Sakura has developed her own way of patting the head.
"Well... Sister Sakura is treating me like a child again."
Kujo Fuu grumbled a few words in dissatisfaction.
Just at this moment, Rin also walked out of the audition room.
Kujo Fuu took the opportunity to escape from Sakura's clutches, ran in front of Rin and asked a question.
"Sister Rin, how was your audition?"
Rin's audition time was also on the long side, which made several familiar members curious about her audition results.
"It's OK." Rin said, twirling her ponytail with her fingers, "In addition to the role with long black hair, Nanaya also let me try out the heroine's scenes."
"So Sister Rin is going to play the leading female role?!" Kujo Fuu was immediately excited, "Congratulations to you, Sister Rin!"
Rin waved his hands and said, "It's just a possibility. We don't know what the final situation will be."
Having said that, the smugness on Rin's face was still evident.
After hearing about this possibility, others also expressed their congratulations to Rin.
Only, Sakura's ears moved when she heard these words.
"Next, Shimoya Sakura."
"Here I come."
Hearing the staff calling her, Sakura hurried over.
Compared to the nervousness of the other girls, Sakura was very relaxed and natural when she entered the audition room.
I don't know why, but when Nanaya saw the smile on Sakura's face, he always felt that she seemed to have some ideas.
[Is this girl planning to do something? ]
Having known this woman for more than ten years, Nanaya felt that he could more or less guess what his ex-girlfriend was thinking.
Soon Nanaya's idea was confirmed.
"Sakura, which role do you want to play?"
Sakura tilted her head and said with a smile, "Is the role of the heroine's mother, the wife, okay?"