At nine the next morning, Qin Ze and his sister arrived at Ring Sea Film and Television as agreed, accompanied by two assistants, three bodyguards, and two legal advisors. Davis had arranged for an assistant to greet them at the company entrance. She was a blonde, blue-eyed woman whose age was hard to discern. Foreign girls became captivating as soon as they entered adolescence, while Chinese girls at twelve or thirteen looked no different from country bumpkins. That was precisely why foreign women aged so quickly.
She might only have been in her thirties, but judging solely by her face, no one would have found it strange to say she was forty.
The female assistant led them into a lounge, wearing a professionally polite smile. "The director is holding auditions. Please rest here for a while."
Everyone received a cup of coffee.
Qin Baobao took a sip and immediately frowned at the bitter taste. It was pure coffee with a little sugar and no milk.
She preferred beverage-style coffee like Starbucks.
"You don't mind if we go take a look, do you?" his sister called out to the assistant as she reached the door.
"Of course." The female assistant nodded and made an inviting gesture toward the door.
Back in China, most auditions were held in quiet indoor rooms. Aside from the actors and a handful of Directors, there usually were not many bystanders. But sometimes, in order to test an actor's mentality, people deliberately let spectators watch.
The two followed the assistant to a large lounge. Through the enormous floor-to-ceiling windows, they saw an actress auditioning inside. Davis sat off to one side, studying the expressions on her face intently. A large crowd had gathered outside, though it was unclear whether they were crew members or other artists waiting