Xie Chen turned the tables, making the atmosphere in the studio even more tense.
Some staff members saw Director Qin's ugly expression and even suspected he was about to restart the audition and replace this arrogant overseas professor outright.
Seeing that things were going badly, Director Li immediately wanted to step forward and smooth things over.
But before he could take a step, he heard Director Qin ask with a tight smile, "As long as I say start, you can shoot? You don't need time to prepare or memorize the script?"
Xie Chen raised an eyebrow. "How am I supposed to memorize it if you haven't given me the script?"
There was nothing wrong with that comeback.
Not only could Director Li not respond,
even Director Qin was left speechless by the question.
He cleared his throat awkwardly and turned to give Director Li a meaningful look. "So this is the excellent guest you introduced. Quite the presence, indeed."
"Though it isn't surprising. He's a professor from a prestigious university, after all. It's only natural for him to put on airs."
Before Director Li could respond, Xie Chen curved his lips into a smile. "You keep bringing up professors. What, were you traumatized by one back when you were in school?"
Director Qin, "..."
In an instant, he remembered the terror of being failed in courses at film academy.
His hairs nearly stood on end.
"I don't have time to trade words with you," Director Qin said, steadying himself and refusing to let Xie Chen see through him. He raised a hand to summon a nearby staff member. "Bring him the script. We start filming in ten minutes!"
Director Li glanced at the rather thick script, walked over, patted Xie Chen on the shoulder, and lowered his voice. "Well, brother,