Tokyo Literary Godfather

[Recruit actors and shoot micro-movies.

Image requirements: Female, under 20 years old in appearance, under 1.65 meters tall, weighing under 100 kilograms, with artistic temperament.

Interview requirements: Interview without makeup.

Shooting duration: 15 days, with more than 8 hours of full-time shooting every day.

Remuneration: 100,000 yen. Applicants with extensive stage experience or filming experience can add more if appropriate. For each additional day, the salary will be increased by 10,000 yen.

Settlement method: Shutdown settlement.

If interested, please call:...]

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Kyogoku saw this notice on the school's bulletin wall, copied the phone number in her notebook, and then continued to the rehearsal room.

When she arrived at the rehearsal room, other members of the drama club had already rehearsed officially, speaking their lines with enthusiasm.

After Jingjixiang walked in, it was as if a shielding device was installed on her body, and almost everyone in the rehearsal room turned a blind eye to her.

Kyogoku took out a set of costumes from a box in the corner and put them on directly. The costumes were brown, and there were plastic leaves on the hood.

Her character is a stump.

The whole process has its back to the stage audience, and there are only two lines.

"Oh my god, it's the shadow knight!" and "I'm a tree elf!"

Jing Jixiang likes acting very much, but because she is only 1.5 meters tall and has a flat chest, she has no way to get a good role in the drama club, so she can only play this kind of live props.

Her childhood dream was to become a respected actress, but as time went on, this dream became more and more out of reach.

Even her mother said to her mercilessly: "Axiang, don't always think about being a star. This is impossible for you. You are not a big beauty."

Jing Jixiang was very unconvinced, and secretly made up her mind in her heart that she must become a well-known star! But with the passage of time, she also began to gradually recognize the reality, and the flame of the dream gradually extinguished.

The main force of the drama club is a senior senior who is tall and pretty. Although her height is only 156cm (Japanese girls are generally not tall, and even short is considered beautiful), her body proportions are very good. He is also very good-looking, even if he just takes a few steps on the road, he will attract many people's attention.

This may be the person who is suitable to be a star, but compared to this senior sister, Kyogokuxiang gives people the opposite feeling. She doesn't look ugly, she's even pretty, but she just doesn't seem to have a sense of presence, and she's often easily overlooked by others.

Even at dinner parties, everyone often forgot to prepare bowls and chopsticks for her, either deliberately isolating her or forgetting. This kind of thing happened frequently from childhood to adulthood, and Jingjixiang was also very helpless.

After the joint performance of the six schools is over soon, I will quit the drama club and study hard. Jingjixiang thought.

It was another two hours of continuous rehearsal, and Kyogoku squatted in the corner of the rehearsal room very seriously. As time passed, my legs became numb.

After the rehearsal ended, the senior who played the protagonist wiped the sweat from her head and said, "I'm so tired. Let's go get a cold drink."

With that said, the group of people walked out of the rehearsal room together, talking and laughing.

Kyogoku stood up and watched the group of people leaving. Although she was used to it, she still felt a little sad.

She took off her costume and walked out. The sky was a little cloudy. After leaving the drama club, she went to work in a nearby convenience store.

After the work was done, the boss took out the envelope containing the salary and said, "Xiaoxiang, this is your pay last week."

"Thank you, Mrs. Miyamoto." Kyogoku took the envelope and bowed in thanks.

"By the way, Xiaoxiang, in the next month, my child's father will go back to the countryside, so the store will be closed for a while."

"Okay, I know."

After leaving her part-time job, Kyogoku walked on the street, thinking about what kind of part-time job she would find in the next month.

At this time, passing by a public phone booth, she suddenly stopped and took out her notebook from her bag. Then I found a phone number in my notebook and called it.

A man's voice answered the phone. Kyogoku claimed that he wanted to try out this role, and the two parties agreed on an interview time and location - a bookstore near Ueno Park.

Kyogoku walked to the bookstore with her schoolbag on her back and found that there were already people waiting for the interview. The people waiting for the interview were sitting in the cafe area on the first floor, while the interviewers went up to the second floor.

Kyogoku was waiting silently with his schoolbag in his arms, quietly looking at the people around him with his peripheral vision. At this moment, he suddenly saw several boys from the drama club sitting in the coffee area reading comic books. Their lips moved slightly, and they were about to say hello. , but seeing that there were so many people on the other side and no one noticed him, he put down his hand to say hello again.

At this time, the senior sister came down from the second floor, and the boys stood up and asked, "Nan, how are you?"

The senior sister spread her hands helplessly, "This director said I'm not suitable and thinks I can't play a cartoonist. Hmm, that's ridiculous."

One of the boys also sneered, "Forget it, anyway, I heard that this guy is also a bad film director."

"How to say?"

"My cousin also participated in the peer film festival and met this guy. He said that his works were nonsense."

"Haha. So that's it."

Several people were talking and just about to walk out of the bookstore, Kyogoku plucked up the courage to stand up and said, "Senior, um..."

The senior sister stopped and turned to look at Kyogoku, "Call me? Ah, you are..."

The senior sister couldn't remember her name for a moment, and then a boy next to her reminded her: "He's also from our drama club, and he plays the role of the tree elf. His name seems to be..."

"It's you, tree elf." Senior Sister smiled, "What are you doing here?"

"I..." Kyogoku said a little embarrassed, "I'm here to interview for a role too."

"That's it." The senior said with a smile, "Come on, tree elf. By the way, what's your name?"

"Kyogoku fragrance."

"I remember, goodbye, Xiaoxiang." The senior sister and the others waved their hands and left, with the boys behind them acting like followers.

Jing Jixiang looked at the back of the senior with some envy. She didn't expect to be hugged like a senior, but she just hoped that when she followed others, she would not be abandoned by others as usual.

"Even senior sister wasn't selected..." Kyogoku felt guilty, it seemed like she had no hope.

She sat in the corner and watched the other interviewees in the coffee shop go up to the second floor one by one, but they all left disappointed, thinking that these girls who were so beautiful couldn't pass, and she should be even more hopeless.

But give it a try, just in case a miracle happens.

Kyogoku waited silently. As time passed, she became a little sleepy.

So I fell asleep leaning against the wall in the corner of the coffee area.

After an unknown amount of time, a hand gently shook her shoulder.

"Girl, wake up."

Kyogoku opened his eyes and saw a handsome man leaning over him.

"Ah." Kyogoku stood up quickly, turned around and looked around, but there was no one there.

"Why did you fall asleep? We're closed, sorry." The man said.

"It's closed... What about the interview? Is the interview over?" Kyogoku asked.

"Are you here for an interview?" the other party asked.

"Yes." Kyogoku nodded, but as soon as he lowered his head, he was too embarrassed to raise it up.

When the other party saw her reaction, his eyes lit up, he touched his chin, and shouted into the distance, "Daye, what's the matter with you? There's still someone here who hasn't been interviewed yet."

"Ah?" Ohno Nagaharu poked his head out from behind the bookshelf, "Sorry, I didn't notice."

"It's not too late for an interview." Fujiwara Kei smiled at Kyogoku.