If Su Lingxi only regarded these ideas as guesses before entering the audition area, then after seeing the actor who would be acting opposite her, she further realized how much Li Shuo valued this movie.

"Hello, Nicole, nice to meet you." The woman who stood up from the audition table and walked towards her was none other than Sigourney Garner, who was popular all over the United States fifteen years ago and was hailed as the dream lover of all men.

Of course, for Su Lingxi, her award-winning record of having won two golden statuettes is actually more impressive.

"Hello, Miss Ghana, I didn't expect to have the opportunity to meet you here." Su Lingxi walked forward warmly and shook hands with the blonde beauty in a friendly manner.

"Just call me Sigourney," Garner said with a smile. Her small oval face looked radiant. Even though she was nearly 40, she still had the same charm. "I watched 'Paris Dreams' not long ago. To be honest, Betty is a very likable character. You played her very well."

"Thank you." Su Lingxi smiled back, with a hint of joy on her face. "I also really like your performance in Catwoman, and Bonnie's Seven Days... It's really a perfect work."

"Really? Thank you for your love." Sigourney Garner hugged her shoulders affectionately, then lifted her smooth blonde hair and looked back at Li Shuo, "Dear Li, I think we should start the audition, what do you think?"

Li Shuo, who had remained silent since Su Lingxi entered the room, finally spoke up at this moment: "Do you want to go down and try it with her yourself?"

"Why not? This girl's performance style is very much to my liking. Maybe it can bring me unexpected inspiration." Sigourney shrugged.

Li Shuo gave her a meaningful look, then moved his gaze to Su Lingxi. "My assistant will play Jeff later. There will be no props, let alone a teleprompter. You will start acting from the part where Charlotte pulls out the pistol. I will give you five minutes to prepare. Any questions?"

At this moment, Li Shuo looked much more serious than he did that night, and his tone was strong and unquestionable.

Su Lingxi nodded obediently.

As early as when she saw Sigourney for the first time, she guessed what role she would play in this audition - she was of the right age and had the right status. She should be one of the two female protagonists that Li Shuo had decided on in advance, Evelyn, the housewife who was sometimes weak, sometimes sober, and sometimes brave in the movie.

Su Lingxi guessed that this should be a secret even within Hollywood, otherwise those young actors or teenage idols who were eager to get promoted and achieve results would not sit still like they are now, allowing her, a foreigner, and a group of relatively unknown newcomers outside to boldly compete for roles.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but get excited - as an Oscar-winning actress, Sigourney's acting skills must be remarkable, and it would not be an exaggeration to call her a master of experientialism.

Being able to act opposite such a person, and having a major scene that tests her reaction ability extremely well, no matter whether she can be chosen for the role in the end, it is enough to benefit her a lot.

Su Lingxi was distracted for a moment, but quickly gathered his thoughts and began to get into the acting state.

Five minutes later, Su Lingxi and Sigourney were taken by Li Shuo to the arranged route and found their correct standing positions. The two of them stood very close to each other, one in front and one behind, and were half a body length away from Jeff, the assistant who was temporarily playing the role.

Li Shuo adjusted the angle of the camera and shouted calmly, "Action."

"You bastard, I should start with you." The assistant read out the script according to the script - and Su Lingxi had already completed the transition from individual to character when he read out those obscene lines.

In the other party's rude words, she felt a familiar kind of oppression from the patriarchal society - in the years that Charlotte worked as a waitress, this oppression was often closely related to sex, and she was so familiar with it.

But familiarity does not mean approval, nor does it mean that it must be endured.

The woman's face still maintained an expression of uncontrollable rage, her brows were tightly furrowed, her eyes were wide open, and her rosy lips were tightly pursed into a line, but her left hand was raised as if she was sleepwalking, and she pulled the trigger hard.

Jeff's body slowly fell down.

Charlotte's face showed a mixture of anger and trance, and with her makeup almost ruined, she looked a little funny.

"He should have learned to shut his filthy mouth," she whispered.

Evelin grabbed her sleeves tightly, her eyes filled with horror, and her lips opened and closed several times before she could barely suppress her screams.

"Let's go, we have to get in the car quickly." She suddenly showed an unprecedented determination at this moment, pulling Charlotte with both hands towards the car.

The latter was as stiff as a stone statue, holding the gun tightly in his hand, his eyes unfocused, and he allowed himself to be manipulated blankly.

“Charlotte, what should we do now? We, we seem to have killed someone…” However, Evelyn’s condition was actually not much better than Charlotte’s. When the car started, the mask she had been holding up suddenly shattered, replaced by low sobs.

“I don’t know.” As if she had accidentally entered a game that she was not good at and didn’t even know the rules of, Charlotte lowered her eyes, and her usually sharp face revealed a little fragility, “I don’t know, Evelin, don’t talk, let me think about it…”

"We can go to the police station and tell them everything."

"Are you telling me the truth about my murder?"

"Of course not! I mean - this is clearly the result of Jeff's failed rape attempt."

"No one will believe us. You were dancing with him all night, flirting with him in every possible way. That story won't hold up in front of those people at the police station."

This conversation was rapid and intense. Evelyn asked questions in panic and confusion, but Charlotte, who had recovered, gradually returned to normal and was able to quickly catch the logical loopholes in her words.

"But..." Evelyn glanced cautiously at her female companion, "What are we going to do from now on? Our vacation... everything has been messed up..."

"Don't panic, Evelyn. Nothing has happened yet. We can't lose our composure." Charlotte took out a cigarette from her pocket, lit it, and took a deep puff. "No one saw us. No one can guess who did it. Things haven't reached the worst point yet. Everything will be fine. Cheer up, okay?"

Evelin raised her head with tears in her eyes, and the look she gave her was panic-stricken, yet also a bit more dependent—

She couldn't describe her feeling, she just felt that the woman in black, who was shrouded in a cloud of gray smoke, was a little strange, and a little different from the good friend who used to eat and go shopping with her.

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