Showing up early in the morning with a stylist, Du Qing dragged the sleepy Bai Yun out of bed and pressed her in front of the makeup mirror.
Du Qing's thoughts were very simple. Even if Bai Yun's skills were inferior, they had to show others how serious Bai Yun's attitude was towards the character.
The makeup took a long time. By the time it was over, Bai Yun's neck was already stiff.
Du Qing had studied makeup in university, but her hands-on skills were poor, so she'd turned to work as an assistant. However, she still had a lot of connections in the makeup and styling world. The makeup artist she found was very skilled.
Though Bai Yun was born with bright and moving eyes, these beautiful eyes did not match the role Bai Yun was playing today.
Since she was going to act as a rich high school student who had been pampered since she was young, she needed a hint of innocence.
Therefore, the makeup artist put on light makeup for her. She used eyeliner and eyeshadow to create a slightly round eye shape, weakening Bai Yun's aggressiveness and maturity, making her appearance infinitely similar to a high school student.
The styling team did a great job with Bai Yun, but at the same time, they also took up a lot of her time. By the time Bai Yun arrived at the rehearsal room, most of the acting class trainees were already there.
The rehearsal room was filled with people who did not seem to welcome Bai Yun.
Bai Yun was struggling to decide where to sit when someone in the corner reluctantly raised her hand. "Bai Yun, here—"
Following the voice, Bai Yun looked over and saw that it was Lin Qu! She raised her eyebrows, wondering if the sun had risen from the west today. To think Lin Qu expressed goodwill to her. However, because the graduation ceremony was about to begin, and there were indeed no other seats available, Bai Yun still chose the seat beside Lin Qu in the end.
Feeling a tad awkward, Lin Qu said as soon as Bai Yun sat down, "If Sister Yin hadn't asked me to build a good relationship with you, I wouldn't be willing to sit with you."
Bai Yun sized up the handsome men and beautiful women around her and responded perfunctorily.
It had to be said that the artistes who came to attend the graduation ceremony were all good-looking. Even Lin Qu was a little overshadowed by this group of people.
After saying a few words, the teachers of the training class were about to draw lots to decide the performance sequence. Lin Qu poked Bai Yun with her arm and said, "Since I can't participate today because of you, I'll lend you some luck so that you can draw a smaller number."
Hearing this, Bai Yun turned to look at Lin Qu, surprised by her kind gesture.
She could understand why Yin Wei wanted Lin Qu to befriend her, but she couldn't understand why Lin Qu's attitude had changed so quickly. Several possibilities occurred to her, and she finally decided on one. "Lin Qu, you don't have a crush on me, do you?"
"Are you crazy?" She was shocked by Bai Yun's words.
Yes, she hated Bai Yun, but this was a training class. It was a graduation performance performed by the trainees from several companies. She and Yi Zhe could be considered top-of-their-class among YJ Entertainment's group of trainees, but now that they could not participate, Bai Yun was the only one left to represent them.
Not for anything else, but for the sake of the company's reputation, she also hoped that Bai Yun could get a better number, perform better, and win glory for the company. That would also save them from being mocked by other companies in the future. But what was going on with Bai Yun's brain!
Just as she was about to explain, the teacher on stage had already called out Bai Yun's name.
Curious about Bai Yun because of the trending topic, everyone's gaze was riveted upon Bai Yun as she went onstage to draw a number from the sealed box.
She drew the number 70, making her the last to perform.
Lin Qu was speechless at Bai Yun's luck. She did not understand how a person's luck could be so bad.
The disadvantage of being last to perform was actually very obvious. Every trainee would perform a segment that lasted more than ten minutes. For every person who passed, it would consume a little of the attention and energy of all the teachers and trainees present.
Often, those who performed at the end would get a relatively low score because everyone's attention had been used up by then, and this was under the circumstances of one being average.
As for Bai Yun's acting skills, she was the founder of the famous AI robot performance in the industry. In other words, she was extremely bad!
Ignoring their sympathetic gazes, Bai Yun stuffed the paper into her pocket before sitting back down.
Lin Qu was so anxious that she spun around. "Why don't we give up the competition? That would be less ugly right, Bai Yun!"
Bai Yun flipped through her script, ignoring her. Looking at her half-dead appearance, Lin Qu kicked her feet with her toes. "I'm serious, Bai Yun. Even if you don't do this performance, with the current hype surrounding you, you will still receive a lot of scripts. Don't embarrass yourself!"