Rebirth of Xiangjiang - 1978

The selection event for "Onmyoji" was held here at the headquarters of Shochiku Pictures. There were over a thousand people who applied this time.

If Lin Daoqiu hadn't limited the age range to 16-24, the number of people signing up would probably have increased several times.

But even so, many well-known female stars and idols participated in this selection.

Minamino Yoko, who has retired from the club, is naturally one of them. At this time, she and other girls who came to participate in the selection were sitting on the bench outside waiting for their number to be called inside.

Generally, famous female idols like Minamino Yoko will be accompanied by their managers when they participate in activities or auditions.

But at this time, Minamino Yoko had just quit her job and had not yet found a suitable agent, so her friend told her about the interview this time, so Minamino Yoko took the registration form and sent it over.

Shizuka Kudo and Miho Nakayama were accompanied by their managers, as were the other female celebrities. Only Yoko Minamino was sitting on a bench waiting with ordinary girls.

Minamino Yoko has often appeared on TV before, so no one was surprised that she would appear here.

It's just that there is no one accompanying Minano Yoko, which is completely different from her previous image of being a big star and having a bad personality.

However, most people at the scene did not think that this was the real Yoko Minamino, and they all felt that she was deliberately pretending to be miserable without an agent.

After all, she had just made the shocking move of quitting the company before, and because they didn't know the inside story, everyone thought she was an anomaly.

No one around her spoke to Minano Yoko, so she could only sit there quietly.

"Please come in on the 39th."

At this moment, the person inside called Minano Yoko's number. She immediately stood up and entered the interview room under the guidance of the staff.

There were several tables inside, and several interviewers were sitting there.

Minamino Yoko has never met Lin Daoqiu, so she doesn't know what he looks like.

"Hello everyone, my name is Minano Yoko, please take care of me."

Minamino Yoko briefly introduced herself to everyone present.

Lin Daoqiu was the same as during normal interviews. He did not sit in front of the table, but placed a chair next to him and sat there, looking like an ordinary worker.

While waiting in line, Lin Daoqiu had already asked someone to prepare a small box with some notes in it. The actors who came for the interview each took a note from it, and each note corresponded to a small script.

Minamino Yoko was cast in a scene where she came to visit her terminally ill ex-boyfriend. This scene was not easy to act. If she didn't grasp the timing well, she would turn into a bloody romance drama heroine.

But Minamino Yoko was obviously prepared. Although it cannot be said to be a perfect interpretation, she still grasped the sense of proportion in it, neither too much nor too cold-blooded.

Lin Daoqiu has long heard about Minamino Yoko's acting skills. Although her appearance is not as eye-catching as Miho Nakayama and Rie Miyazawa, her temperament is excellent.

There are many beautiful beauties in the entertainment industry, but many of them just have a good skin.

After Minano Yoko finished her performance, the person in charge of this interview asked.

"Ms. Minano, thank you very much for your performance. Could you please tell me why you came to participate in this selection this time?"

Minano Yoko thought for a while and then answered.

"Because I really like the movies made by Mr. Lin, I learned that he was going to make "Onmyoji" this time, so I decided to give it a try. If I am lucky enough to be selected, I hope to be able to ask Mr. Lin for advice on how to act."

Although Minamino Yoko said this, asking Lin Daoqiu for advice on acting skills was only part of it. The other part was the biggest reason why she came to participate in the audition this time.

The person who asked the question turned to look at Lin Daoqiu. After finding that there was no reaction from the other party, he asked Minano Yoko to go back and wait for news.

Although there were 1,000 people who signed up, 800 unsuitable ones had been eliminated before that, and the remaining 200 people entered the primary election.

One hundred and seventy people were eliminated in the preliminary round, and only thirty people were left to enter the re-examination, which naturally included Minamino Yoko, Miyazawa Rie, Kudo Shizuka and Nakayama Miho.

In the eyes of others, the selection of these four people means that the heroine of "Onmyoji" should basically choose one of them.

Not only others think this way, but even the four of them think so. After all, they are the four most popular among the female idols in Neon at this time.

"Minamino Yoko, Miyazawa Rie, Kudo Shizuka and Nakayama Miho, I think it should be no problem to choose one from these four people."

Before the re-examination started, Maekawa Kiyonori and Lin Daoqiu chatted about the selection.

In Maekawa Kiyonori's view, finding these four people to play the heroines will not only attract their supporters to buy tickets, but their image also fits the heroine of "Onmyoji" very well.

"The retest hasn't started yet, everything is unknown."

Lin Daoqiu had still decided on the candidates at this time. Although these four people performed well, Lin Daoqiu had not yet decided to choose one among the four of them.

Hearing what Lin Daoqiu said, Maekawa Kiyonori was a little surprised, because if he were to choose, he would definitely choose one of these four people.

However, Shochiku Pictures was only responsible for cooperating with Lin Daoqiu's selection this time. He only had the right to recommend and not decide, because the person who finally decided who the heroine was was Lin Daoqiu and not Maekawa Kiyonori.

Among these four, there are several actresses who are also attracting attention, including Hiroko Yakushimaru. She is just 24 years old this year, which is just under the upper age limit required for the selection.

If the audition for "Onmyoji" is postponed to next year, Hiroko Yakushimaru will exceed the age limit for the audition.

If Lin Daoqiu had to make a decision, he would definitely choose Hiroko Yakushimaru to play the heroine of "Onmyoji".

The reason why she was selected is very simple. Hiroko Yakushimaru crushes everyone in terms of acting skills, and she has a baby face.

Although she is twenty-four years old, she looks like a teenage girl, so this can be said to be God's gift to her.

However, Lin Daoqiu did not reveal his thoughts because he knew very well that once he said that he favored Hiroko Yakushimaru, someone would definitely reveal this matter.

Once Hiroko Yakushimaru is affected, she may perform abnormally during the re-examination, so Lin Daoqiu cannot reveal any of his intentions and can only pretend that he treats everyone equally.