He plays Feng Yuxiu, and his girlfriend is a fairy-like beauty.

When Ye Mo stepped out of the hotel, the sunlight outside made him squint.

He took out his phone and glanced at the time.

2:40 PM.

From entering to leaving, it took less than ten minutes.

"Tsk." Ye Mo lit a cigarette, leaned against a tree by the roadside, and took a deep drag.

He exhaled smoke from his nose and grinned.

He understood the look in Chen Desheng's eyes.

That was the look in the director's eyes when he saw someone and thought, "He's the one." He had seen it several times in his past life.

Previously, he was the one standing on the sidelines watching; this time, he is the one being watched.

"Feng Yuxiu..." Ye Mo flicked his cigarette butt into the trash can, put his hands in his pockets, and strode forward. "Wait for me."

……

Meanwhile, at a film set in Hengdian.

Liu Yifei had just finished filming a scene and was sitting under a parasol touching up her makeup.

Her assistant handed her a bottle of water, which she took and drank a sip of, her eyes glued to her phone screen.

No new messages.

"That guy Ye Mo..." she muttered, "I wonder if he's finished his audition yet."

Just then, my phone suddenly vibrated.

Caller ID: Director Chen Desheng

Liu Yifei was stunned for a moment, then quickly answered the call.

"Hello, Director Chen."

"No, not at all!" Chen Desheng's voice sounded different from usual on the other end of the phone, filled with barely suppressed excitement. "Are you busy?"

"Just finished filming a scene, not busy. Director Chen, is it about Ye Mo...?"

"Ye Mo! Yes, yes, that's right, I called you because of him!" Chen Desheng's voice rose a octave. "Yi Fei, where did you find such a promising talent?"

Liu Yifei blinked.

A promising talent?

Are you talking about... Ye Mo?

"Director Chen, what do you mean by that? He didn't pass the audition, right? It's alright, I just wanted him to broaden his horizons..."

"Didn't pass?" Chen Desheng laughed. "Who said you didn't pass?"

Liu Yifei almost dropped the water bottle in her hand.

"Did you pass?"

"That's too much! Not only that, let me put it this way—" Chen Desheng paused, as if organizing his thoughts, "I've been acting for over twenty years and have seen many actors, but very few are like him. I mean, his age doesn't quite match his acting skills."

"You...you're serious?"

"Why would I lie to you? I was watching his performance as Feng Yuxiu on the monitor, and it gave me goosebumps." Chen Desheng became more and more agitated as he spoke. "That look, that aura, that kung fu—Yifei, tell me the truth, did he graduate from some martial arts school? Or did he train in something before?"

Liu Yifei opened her mouth, but found herself unable to speak.

Ye Mo? Ye Mo, the extra? The Ye Mo who plays corpses and Japanese soldiers in Hengdian, earning eighty yuan a day?

"He... he graduated from the Central Academy of Drama, he hasn't practiced any martial arts..." Liu Yifei's voice was a little weak.

"Impossible!" Chen Desheng said decisively. "I saw it with my own eyes. You can't do those moves without years of practice. And the way he got into character, even someone with formal training might not have that level of understanding."

Liu Yifei was completely dumbfounded.

"Yifei, let me tell you, I have to use this person. He's the one for the role of Feng Yuxiu." Chen Desheng's tone carried a "I'll fight anyone who tries to take it from me" attitude.

"Are you free tonight? I'd like to invite him to dinner and maybe we can talk about the contract."

"Oh? Yes, I'm free..."

"Then it's settled! Give me his phone number, and I'll have someone arrange it. Oh, and please thank him for me—no, thank you for me! You recommended a gem to me!"

"Director Chen, you're too kind..."

"You're welcome, you're welcome. That's all for now, I have a meeting to attend. See you tonight!"

beep--

The phone hangs up.

Liu Yifei stood there, holding her phone, stunned.

Noticing her unusual expression, her assistant cautiously asked, "Sister Yifei, what's wrong? What happened?"

Liu Yifei ignored her.

She looked down at her phone screen, which displayed the call log—Chen Desheng, lasting a little over two minutes.

"Ye Mo..." she murmured, "What exactly did you do?"

……

The phone rang once and was answered.

"Feed?" Ye Mo's voice was lazy, and the sound of traffic could be heard in the background.

"Ye Mo!" Liu Yifei's voice was eight octaves higher than usual, "You, you, you, you..."

"What's wrong? Are you stuttering?"

"What exactly happened between you and Director Chen? He just called me, saying your acting was exceptional, that he'd 'never seen anything like it in over twenty years of filmmaking,' and that he wanted to treat you to dinner and sign a contract—what did you do?!"

Ye Mo laughed on the other end of the phone.

It wasn't the kind of loud, hearty laughter, but rather the kind of smug, knowing laugh that said, "I knew it would happen."

"I didn't do anything, it was just a normal audition."

"A normal audition?!" Liu Yifei felt her brain couldn't process it. "You're just an extra, a normal audition, and you think Chen Desheng would get that excited? Do you even know what kind of director he is? He directed 'Bodyguards and Assassins' and 'The Devotion of Suspect X,' and won a Hong Kong Film Award!"

"I know," Ye Mo said casually. "So?"

"So..." Liu Yifei choked.

Yeah, so what?

She suddenly realized she didn't know what to say.

Ye Mo passed the audition, and to the point that "directors were scrambling to get her"—isn't that a good thing? Shouldn't she be happy?

But the problem is, this is just too outrageous!

"Ye Mo, tell me the truth." Liu Yifei lowered his voice, his face serious. "Are you pretending to be stupid in front of me? Are you actually incredibly capable, just hiding it all this time?"

"Why would I pretend to be stupid? I'm actually very capable."

"Then why didn't you audition before? Why were you still working as an extra in Hengdian?"

"Wasn't there no opportunity then?" Ye Mo said matter-of-factly. "Now that the opportunity has come, I've seized it."

Liu Yifei remained silent.

She wanted to refute it, but found that Ye Mo's words seemed to make sense.

"Besides," Ye Mo's voice suddenly became tinged with laughter, "who was it this morning who said 'you won't get elected'? Yifei, you seem to have very little confidence in me."

"I……"

"And who said that, 'Hengdian's number one extra, a top star earning eighty yuan a day'?"

That's enough!

"Hahaha..." Ye Mo laughed loudly, "Alright, alright, I won't tease you anymore. Director Chen is treating us to dinner tonight, are you coming?"

"He invited you, why would I go?"

"You're my girlfriend. Besides, if it weren't for your recommendation, would I have had this opportunity? You have to come so Director Chen can thank you in person."

Liu Yifei's face turned a little red.

"Don't give me that... What time? Where?"

"I don't know yet, I'll wait for your notification. I'll send it to you once it's finalized."

"OK."

"That's right, but it's not."

"Um?"

"Thank you."

There was a moment of silence on the other end of the phone.

"What are you thanking me for?" Liu Yifei's voice softened. "You're my boyfriend. If I don't help you, who will?"

"Then just say less hurtful things to me in the future."

"dream."

"Alright, I'm not talking to you anymore. I'm going back to get ready. See you tonight."

See you tonight.

After hanging up the phone, Liu Yifei stared at his phone screen for several seconds.

Then she couldn't help but laugh.

"This guy..." She shook her head and said to her assistant, "Let's go, touch up our makeup, next scene."

The assistant looked bewildered: "Sister Yifei, didn't you just finish that?"

"Can't we have one more treatment?"

"Okay, okay, okay..."

Liu Yifei sat in a chair, and the makeup artist gently patted her face with a powder puff.

She closed her eyes, but the corners of her mouth still couldn't help but turn up.

Ye Mo.

Her Ye Mo.

The man who appeared during her most difficult time, who stood by her through her lowest point, and who never mentioned their relationship to anyone—

It seems like she's really about to become famous.

.......