Chapter 255: S-level first name (Ch 255)

A night’s rest,

On August 11, Qi Jia and others arrived at the recording site early.

Although it was only 5am, the recording site was already brightly lit, like a huge construction site.

Staff members wearing various ID badges were busy running around making final preparations before recording.

While the makeup artist was getting something, Qi Jia whispered to Zhang Ruonan, who had already finished her makeup and was eating breakfast,

“After the show starts, our seats will definitely not be together. When choosing the script, please try to choose the same one as mine.

If the female role in the script I choose has already been chosen, then you should choose scripts with a lot of crying scenes. This is your advantage, understand?”

Qi Jia was a little worried. He originally thought that he could still freely form groups like last season.

But I didn’t expect that the production team had set up a rating system this time, and Zhang Ruonan might not be able to choose the same script as me.

She must get through the first level on her own before she can team up with him later.

“Okay, I get it, brother.”

Zhang Ruonan, who had her hair tied into a bun, stuffed corn dumplings into her mouth and nodded, not showing any nervousness.

Qi Jia knocked her head.

“Just eat it, leave some for me”

“You’re dead, but you don’t have any dumplings”

Zhang Ruonan was protecting the dumplings vigilantly, and moved his buttocks, sliding half a meter away.

Qi Jia pointed at the dumplings and said, “You’ve already eaten one portion. This one is mine. If you eat more, you’ll get fat to death.”

“I’ll just eat it, a little bit~”

In front of him, Zhang Ruonan picked up a dumpling and put it in her mouth, shaking her head proudly, with an obvious provocation.

…

At 7:40, the staff began to wave and shout.

“All contestants, please stand up and follow me into the arena.”

Everyone followed him through a passage about 200 meters long.

Stopping in front of a wall, the staff asked everyone to line up in the order of appearance.

Qi Jia was the eleventh in line. There were six men and four women in front of him. After the staff gave a few instructions, they asked everyone to wait where they were.

Then two staff members came over to interview the actors and asked for their thoughts.

Basically everyone’s answer was to prove themselves or something. When interviewing Qi Jia, the female staff member asked,

“Hello, Mr. Qi Jia, what do you think of participating in “Actors Please Take Your Place 2″ for the first time?”

Thoughts? Qi Jia smiled and said jokingly, “I just want to beat you all to death, or be beaten to death by you all.”

The people around couldn’t help but laugh when they heard this.

This is a line from the movie “Kung Fu”. As actors, they couldn’t fail to hear it, so they all knew that Qi Jia was joking.

After his adjustment, the tense atmosphere around them was alleviated a lot.

At this moment, everyone suddenly heard a prompt sound in the venue.

“The second season of “Actors Please Take Your Place”, directors please take your place.”

“Hurry, hurry, everyone, get ready to go on stage.” The staff immediately started to greet them.

The atmosphere, which had just relaxed, became tense again in an instant. Qi Jia could hear the sound of deep breathing.

Some people shake their hands and some pat their chests, trying to relax themselves in this way.

Soon, the first ten players came on stage one after another, and then it was Qi Jia’s turn.

Ten seconds later, a reminder sounded.

“Please welcome actor Qi Jia”

Hearing this name, the director’s expression suddenly tensed up. He picked up the intercom and shouted,

“Qi Jia is out. Keep an eye on the cameras in the rating corridor and the gate.”

Qi Jia lifted the curtain and walked into the corridor, only to see a document table in the middle with a folded card with his name on it.

Qi Jia opened it and took a look, then smiled and walked to the door, waiting for it to rise.

On the other side, at the performance,

The four directors watched the gate slowly rise through the screen above the stage.

“Director Er, what do you think Qi Jia’s rating will be?” Zhang Jiajia asked Er Dongsheng beside him.

Er Dongsheng shook his head. “I know he’s very popular and has good acting skills, but I haven’t met him in person, so it’s hard to judge.”

“I think he’s only an A at best. After all, he’s only been in the industry for so short a time and has become so popular so suddenly that the producers are worried that his reputation might be ruined,” said the fourth director.

Poet Chen waved his hand, signaling everyone to be quiet, “No need to guess, he’s out.”

“Hello everyone, hello judges and directors, I am actor Qi Jia, my market rating is…”

Qi Jia glanced at the ten people who were already seated in two different areas, A and B, and said hello to the camera. Then he flipped open the card in his hand.

Following his movements, the ten actors who had already appeared on stage, as well as the four directors sitting in another venue, could not help but lean forward to see more clearly.

“S-level” Qi Jia turned the card and showed it to the camera.

Although they were mentally prepared, there were still exclamations from the actors when they saw the results announced.

“Oh my god, the first S-class is born.”

“He’s already S-rank right from the start, so strong!”

“I’m so envious. I also want to try out whether the S-class sofa is comfortable to sit on.”

At the performance, the four directors who saw the results announced on the screen had different reactions.

“Sure enough, I knew it.” Zhang Jiajia leaned back in his chair with an expression that was not unexpected.

“How can it be S-level? This is unbelievable.” The fourth director looked surprised.

Poet Chen, who was trying to smooth things over, waved his hand and advised him,

“Don’t worry about it. The producer has his own considerations, but whether he can keep this level depends on whether we are satisfied.”

After announcing his rating, Qi Jia bowed slightly, then walked to the S-level sofa between the AB levels and sat down.

He looked around and found that the seats were also clearly divided into different levels.

The seats in area A are folding stools, and the seats in area B are long wooden boxes, each one worse than the other.

Sun Qian, who was sitting in Area B, was a little unhappy and didn’t seem very happy with her rating. When she saw Qi Jia looking at her, she forced a smile.

“Brother Qi, I am so pitiful. I can only sit on the bench without even a backrest.”

“Then you have to pay attention. I heard that people who sit on the bench will gain super powers and can see their own bright future.”

Hearing Qi Jia’s special comfort, Sun Qian smiled. Although the gap in her heart did not narrow, at least she felt much better.

At this time, several more actors came out from behind the door, but without exception, they were either A-level or B-level.

Currently, there is only one S-level person, Qi Jia, in the waiting room.

“Please welcome actor Ren Ming”

As the reminder sounded, Qi Jia looked towards the entrance and saw Ren Ming, who was wearing a plain dress, coming out.

“Oh, could it be that Ren Ming is actually S-level?”

Seeing her smiling so happily, Qi Jia felt something and an idea popped into his mind.

“…My rating is S”

After a brief greeting, Ren Ming also revealed the card in his hand, which turned out to be S.

This time, not only the dozen or so actors in the venue, but even Qi Jia was a little surprised.

“Maybe the company gave me money.” Ren Ming happily sat next to Qi Jia and made a joke.

Qi Jia shook his head slightly, “There’s no need to be modest. You’re not stupid for charging before the assessment even begins. You got the S card right at the start, which proves that the producer really recognizes you.”

Ren Ming looked at Sun Qian, who was sitting in Area B, and sighed,

“It’s just that Qianqian was assigned to Class B. Oh, I don’t know where Nannan will be assigned to.”

Qi Jia didn’t respond. Compared to the ratings, he was more worried about whether the two of them could choose the same script.

…

After Ren Ming, several familiar actors came up one after another, such as Yang Zhigang, Tang Yifei, Ma Su, Zhang Dada, etc.

There were already more than 20 actors sitting inside. In addition to Qi Jia and Ren Ming,

There are four more people, Yang Zhigang, Lou Yixiao, Wang Churan and Shi Boyu. Six of them are sitting on the eight-person sofa, and now there are only two left who have not been announced.

“Please welcome actor Zhang Ruonan”

Another reminder sounded, and Qi Jia and Ren Ming both looked towards the door nervously.

As the door rose, Zhang Ruonan, wearing a white T-shirt, light-colored jeans and with her hair tied in a bun, walked out.

She found Qi Jia’s position at a glance and smiled at him inconspicuously.

“It’s A-level,” Qi Jia breathed a sigh of relief and whispered to Ren Ming,

Before Ren Ming asked how he knew that, Zhang Ruonan spoke first.

“Hello everyone, hello judges and directors, I am actor Zhang Ruonan, and my market rating is A.”

Ren Ming looked at Qi Jia with a look of astonishment on his face.

“Don’t ask. If you ask, I can tell fortunes.” Qi Jia raised the corner of his mouth and said with some pride.

…

By the time all 40 actors had assembled, more than half an hour had passed.

Then, Dapeng, the host of this season, came on stage and after briefly reading the advertising slogan of the sponsor,

He began to introduce the rules of the game.

“In the first round, we will have 19 scripts and 40 roles for everyone to choose from.

The program team converted the ratings into scores based on everyone’s responses, forming a ranking from 1 to 40.

Everyone will enter the role gallery for casting according to their ranking level. “

Although everyone knew this rule last night, in order to grab some shots for the show effect,

Many people pretended to be surprised and started discussing with each other.

After Dapeng finished explaining the rules, he looked at the list in his hand and a mysterious smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

“First one, Qi Jia, please come in!”

(In order to make it easier for everyone to understand, the rules of the competition are put in the text, not in the main text to increase the word count. It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand it, the main text will speed up and will not drag down the plot, so don’t worry.)