The nineteenth scoop: What gossip? Nineteen bites...

"Old Shen didn't mean to tell us. He just let it slip while we were drinking," he explained on his friend's behalf.

Ye Mo took out her phone and fiddled with it, her head lowered, seemingly speaking offhandedly. "...So it was Mr. Shen Zhiwen who told you? That explains it. I did ask him to teach me acting before, but what did he tell you? That I was only suited to being a flower vase, not an actress?"

Director Huang gave an awkward chuckle. "It was just an offhand remark."

Ye Mo said, "...So he really did tell you about me, then."

She smiled and nodded, putting her phone away. "All right! Now I know."

Director Huang looked at her blankly. "Know what?"

Ye Mo smiled at him. "Now that I know about this, our company will be holding him accountable..."

"Holding him accountable?!" Director Huang was stunned.

Ye Mo nodded as though it went without saying. "Didn't Mr. Shen tell you? Our company signed a confidentiality agreement with him. He wasn't allowed to disclose that he was teaching me acting... Now that he's breached the contract, our company naturally needs to hold him accountable."

She waved her phone. "This is the evidence."

Director Huang: "..."

Director Huang went numb, his expression wooden. "You even recorded it?"

Ye Mo said, "Doesn't everything require evidence? Naturally, I had to keep some, in case Mr. Shen denied it."

Director Huang lamented, "...You're making me betray my friend!"

Ye Mo put away her phone and smiled at Director Huang. "I was joking. Did you really take it seriously, Director Huang? Whatever else I might do, I wouldn't cause trouble between you and Mr. Shen!"

At this sudden turn of events, Director Huang's eyes lit up. "Really?"

Ye Mo's tone was certain. "Of course. Don't worry, I'm not the sort to sneak off and tattle."

At that, Director Huang finally let out a breath, looking relieved.

Meanwhile, Director Ji, who had watched the whole exchange: "..."

Little fox.

In just those few sentences, she had done Director Huang a favor. Hadn't Director Huang, who had held a poor opinion of her before, become entirely pleased with her now?

"Director Ji, can you give me the role of [Xia Mei] now, then?"

Ye Mo walked out of the audition room. Shen Yan and Xiaoyu were waiting by the door, and both immediately rushed over when they saw her.

"How was it? How did the audition go? Did you get it?" Shen Yan asked impatiently the moment he opened his mouth.

Ye Mo was just about to say something when she noticed the gazes turning toward them. She immediately swallowed her words. "Let's talk when we get back."

Hearing that, Shen Yan instinctively looked around and nodded in agreement. "Sure, let's talk when we get back!"

The three quickly left the audition venue. Not long after they left, Xiao Liu came out of the audition room, went to the waiting room, and informed everyone remaining that today's auditions were over.

At those words, the entire waiting room erupted.

"How can they be over? We haven't even auditioned yet!"

"Exactly! We waited all this time, and that's it?"

"...Looks like the production team has probably found a suitable actress, so they don't think there's any need to audition the rest of us."

"..."

"Who was the last person to audition just now?" someone suddenly asked, seizing on the crucial point.

Everyone exchanged glances, looking questioningly at the people beside them. Finally, someone ventured weakly, in an uncertain tone, "I think... it was Ye Mo?"

Ye Mo?!

Everyone was shocked to hear that name. After all, no matter how they speculated, none of them had considered that it might be Ye Mo.

How could it be Ye Mo? Had the production team ultimately settled on Ye Mo? But how was that possible? Wasn't Ye Mo's acting terrible? What exactly had Director Ji seen in her?

...Capital! Capital must have manipulated the audition results! someone thought bitterly.

"So how did the audition turn out? What did Director Ji and the others say?"

Chapter 19: The nineteenth scoop: What gossip? Nineteen bites...

"...So what was the final result of your audition?"

The moment they sat down in the car, Shen Yan impatiently asked again, clearly very concerned about the matter. "Were Director Ji and the others satisfied with your performance at the audition? Did they say anything?"

"Of course..." Ye Mo drew the words out. Only when she saw Shen Yan and Zhou Xiaoyu growing increasingly nervous did she stop pausing for effect and finish in one breath. "Director Ji was, of course, very satisfied with my performance."

Her tone soared.

At that, however, Shen Yan did not look particularly happy. Instead, he asked dubiously, "Really?"

He looked at Ye Mo with an expression that said, "You aren't lying to me, are you?"

Faced with his doubts, Ye Mo couldn't help rolling her eyes. "Would I say it if it weren't true? Do I have any reason to lie to you?" she snapped.

After repeatedly confirming that she wasn't lying, Shen Yan's eyes grew brighter and brighter. His delight showed on his face as he said, "Then that means the role of [Xia Mei] is very likely yours?"

Ye Mo nodded. She was rather happy about this herself. After all, to get this role, she had practically forgotten food and sleep, eating late and dressing before dawn, putting in tremendous effort.

"Director Ji told me to come back and wait for news... But judging by his reaction, unless something unexpected happens, the role should be mine."

With this outcome, all the effort she had put into this role lately had not been in vain.

Over these past two weeks and more, apart from eating and sleeping, Ye Mo had basically spent all her time inside the system's Role Immersion Room, repeatedly entering the script world.

And through this method, her acting had gradually improved, albeit at a very slow pace.

For this, she had to thank 888. Because she lacked Gossip Points, 888 had helped Ye Mo

cheat a little, allowing her to run up a tab first. That was why Ye Mo could keep honing her acting in the script world without hesitation.

Of course, this came at a price. However many Gossip Points Ye Mo used now, she would have to repay twice that amount later.

When she had heard this condition from 888, Ye Mo had agreed outright, almost without hesitation.

And through her exploration during this time, she had finally figured out how the Role Immersion Room worked.

Although she could repeatedly enter the script worlds imported into the Role Immersion Room, if her character completion rate was below thirty percent, she would immediately be ejected from the script world.

At first, Ye Mo had been ejected the instant she entered the script world. Later, she managed to last one minute, two minutes, three minutes... until finally, she made it through all of [Xia Mei]'s storyline in the script world.

For Ye Mo, this had actually been a rather difficult process, because she really had little talent for acting. By the end, she had no idea how many times she had entered the script world to become who she was now.

Still, Ye Mo did not think reaching this point was anything remarkable. After all, she was already incredibly lucky to have a cheat like 888. If she didn't even have to put in hard work, that would be far too heaven-defying.

Naturally, Shen Yan knew none of this. But he could fully imagine how hard Ye Mo had worked to improve her acting. After all, no one knew better than he did just how little talent Ye Mo had for acting.

More importantly!

"Just which teacher was so amazing that they actually managed to improve your acting?!" he exclaimed in heartfelt amazement.