Hollywood, I became a legend with special effects.

Five people were sitting behind a long table. On the far left was Yang Siwei, followed by Lu Yang, Tian Zhuangzhuang, and Wang Jingsong, and on the far right...

Jiang Yu was wearing a black turtleneck sweater, leaning back in his chair, twirling a pen in his hand.

When he saw her come in, he glanced up at her, but his expression remained unchanged.

"Hello everyone, I am Liu Yifei." She walked to the center of the stage and bowed.

"Let's begin," Tian Zhuangzhuang said. "Let's start with an English monologue."

Liu Yifei nodded and took a deep breath.

This monologue is the inner monologue of the protagonist in "The Witch" after waking up, filled with confusion, fear, and the power of gradual awakening.

She spent three days refining her voice, resulting in a clear and penetrating tone with a pure and natural American accent.

The room was quiet, with only her voice echoing.

Lu Yang was writing something in his notebook, and Wang Jingsong nodded slightly. Yang Siwei looked at Jiang Yu and noticed that his pen had stopped.

The monologue ends.

Tian Zhuangzhuang pondered for a moment: "Your emotions are very strong, and your pronunciation is excellent. Next is a Chinese segment where you see your reaction after using your ability for the first time."

This part is even more difficult.

The emotions need to progress from shock and fear to a subtle, secret excitement, with distinct layers.

Liu Yifei closed her eyes for three seconds, and when she opened them again, her expression had completely changed.

She looked down at her hands, her pupils contracted slightly, and her breathing became rapid.

Then, as if electrocuted, he jerked his hand back, staggered back two steps, and pressed his back against an imaginary wall.

Gradually, her eyes changed.

A hint of curiosity and a touch of eagerness seeped into the fear.

She reached out again, this time slowly, as if touching something dangerous yet alluring.

"Stop," Tian Zhuangzhuang said. "Very good. Now, physical demonstration. We need to see your body coordination."

The staff brought up several soft cushions.

"Please do a set of basic stretches, and then we'll give you a scenario: you're crawling through a narrow ventilation duct, and someone is chasing you from behind."

Liu Yifei took off her coat, revealing a sports vest underneath.

She knelt on the mat and began to stretch, bending over, doing splits, and twisting her shoulders.

Her body is very flexible, and she has a good foundation.

"Okay, let's begin the role-playing."

Liu Yifei lay down and imagined herself in a narrow space.

She used her elbows and knees to move forward inch by inch, controlling her breathing rhythm well, and occasionally glancing back in fear, as if there were really pursuers behind her.

"Speed ​​up!" Lu Yang suddenly said.

She immediately sped up, her movements becoming hurried, and she even bumped into the pipe wall she had imagined due to her "panic," letting out a muffled groan.

Just as she was about to make the next turn, a sudden, intense dizziness struck her.

Everything in front of me started spinning, and my ears were ringing.

A sharp, stabbing pain shot through my neck, as if something had gone out of place.

She tried to steady herself on the ground, but her neck and waist gave way, and she fell forward.

"Miss Liu!" Yang Siwei exclaimed and stood up.

Someone was faster than her.

Jiang Yu practically sprang up from his chair and rushed over in three quick steps, catching Liu Yifei just before she fell to the ground.

The girl's body went limp in his arms, her face as pale as paper, and cold sweat instantly beaded on her forehead.

"I... my neck... is weak..." she managed to utter a few words, her voice barely audible, her neck twisted at an unnatural angle, completely unable to move.

Jiang Yu's eyes narrowed; this scene overlapped with some news reports from his past life that he remembered.

It turns out that Liu Yifei's cervical spine problem had been showing signs for quite some time.

"Don't move." His voice was unusually calm, and his hands moved extremely quickly.

He knelt down on one knee and steadily supported the back of her neck and shoulders. "It might be a cervical spine problem. Don't strain yourself, relax and breathe."

Liu Yifei was in so much pain that tears welled up in her eyes, and she could only blink with difficulty.

"Call an ambulance!" Jiang Yu said to the staff. "Go directly to Peking Union Medical College Hospital and notify the neurosurgery and orthopedics departments for consultation!"

Tian Zhuangzhuang and Wang Jinsong both gathered around, while Lu Yang paced anxiously, asking, "How could this happen? It was fine just now!"

"Is it low blood sugar?" "Should we give him some sugar water first?"

"It's not low blood sugar," Jiang Yu interrupted them, his fingers gently pressing on Liu Yifei's neck, feeling the abnormal stiffness in her muscles. "It's an acute symptom of cervical spondylosis. Move aside a bit to allow for air circulation."

He looked down at Liu Yifei: "Can you hear me? Blink."

Liu Yifei blinked, and tears slid down her cheeks.

"Besides your neck, where else does it feel uncomfortable? Dizziness? Nausea?"

She blinked again.

"Are your hands numb? Can you feel anything in your arms?"

This time she hesitated for a moment, then blinked very slightly.

Jiang Yu's heart sank; this was no simple case of a stiff neck or a muscle strain.

.......

Half an hour later, the sound of an ambulance siren grew louder as it approached.

Medical staff rushed in with a stretcher, and Jiang Yu quickly explained the situation to the doctor: "Sudden onset of severe neck pain, limited mobility, accompanied by dizziness, nausea, and numbness in the upper limbs. Suspected acute cervical spine problem."

The doctor nodded and skillfully put a neck brace on Liu Yifei for fixation.

"I'll go with her." Jiang Yu turned to Yang Siwei and said, "You continue hosting the auditions, the afternoon sessions will proceed as usual. Tell her agent and mother to go directly to the hospital."

"But Mr. Jiang..."

"Proceed as planned." Jiang Yu's tone left no room for doubt. After saying that, he quickly followed the stretcher out of the small auditorium.

The moment the ambulance doors closed, all the girls in the waiting area pressed their eyes against the windows to watch.

Shu Chang's face turned pale: "What's wrong with Qianqian? Is it serious?"

"I don't know, he just suddenly collapsed..."

"That handsome guy went with him."

"Of course he was there. What happened at the audition, how could he not be there?"

Inside the ambulance, doctors are conducting initial examinations.

"Significant tenderness at the C3-4 and C4-5 intervertebral spaces, neck muscle spasms, and radiating pain in the upper limbs may indicate an acute flare-up of cervical disc herniation. An immediate CT and MRI scan is necessary."

Liu Yifei lay on a stretcher, her neck fixed in place by a neck brace, only able to move her eyes.

She saw Jiang Yu sitting next to her, making a phone call.

"...Yes, Peking Union Medical College Hospital. Notify Ms. Liu Xiaoli to keep the news quiet with the media and the audition organizers, just say the audition went smoothly...Okay, you handle it."

After hanging up the phone, he looked at her and said, "I've already contacted your mother. Go directly to the hospital to meet her."

Liu Yifei wanted to say thank you, but couldn't make a sound; she could only look at him.

"Save your energy." Jiang Yu seemed to understand her gaze. "Go to the hospital for a full checkup. Have you often felt discomfort in your neck? Or headaches, or numbness in your hands?"

Liu Yifei blinked. Yes.

Jiang Yu understood that the girl's cervical spine problem had probably been accumulating for a long time, but it suddenly flared up today under high pressure.

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