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Warmhearted was enraged and grabbed Han Bi by the collar, angrily asking, "Is it you who sold the military battle map to the Jin people Speak!"

Her eyebrows were furrowed with a mixture of righteous indignation and frustration, both regretting his inability to achieve something and feeling pained at what had transpired. She pressed her hand over where she would have a waist sword if she were in uniform and glared angrily at Han Bi.

Lin Ning’s eyes lit up; this was a great move. As General Liang Hongyu, according to the attire, there should be a waist sword on her side. Warmhearted's performance felt very authentic; given Liang Hongyu's loyal and righteous nature and clear sense of justice, upon learning about this matter, she would certainly feel angry enough to want to slash at her cousin. This move greatly added to the authenticity.

When rehearsing lines with her before, they hadn't mentioned this detail; they only knew the background and dialogue, nothing else.

Han Bi nervously dodged, and Warmhearted slapped a palm towards her. Of course, it was not real but just pretend striking; Lin Ning called "cut" and calmly said, "Who told you to pretend strike Do a real one."

Warmhearted froze as did Han Bi.

Cai Xiaojing raised an eyebrow; she bet that Lin Ning was deliberately causing trouble.

This was too despicable.

Han Bi's face turned red with anger as she glared at Lin Ning, "What do you mean by this"

He had made her kneel and beg Warmhearted to forgive her while sobbing, which was already an extremely excessive scene to act out. Now he even wanted Warmhearted to hit her for real with actual striking; Lin Ning clearly did it on purpose.

This put Warmhearted in a difficult situation as well.

Lin Ning had his legs up on the table, looking like a hooligan and an unruly character, exuding an expression that said, "I am the tyrant; what can you do about it" It made people's teeth itch with anger, wanting to punch him senseless.

"What are you standing there for Stop acting!" Lin Ning slammed his hand on the table in anger. "If you don't want to act, get out and stop wasting my time! Leave now."

Cai Xiaojing pursed her lips; who was actually putting up a show

“Damn it,” even the director had a side job, and he acted so convincingly. How were they supposed to live with this

Han Bi and Wen Ran didn't leave. Lin Ning said, "Don’t think that auditions are such simple things. My movies are all real; there’s no fake fighting. If you don’t throw a punch at me, how will I know if the energy you’re projecting meets my requirements As actors, when your director tells you to do something, just do it. Don’t hesitate."

Han Bi was furious, "Let others play opposite her; anyone can do that. Even Zhuo Bingbing can. But not me."

Why should she let Wen Ran hit her

Zhuo Bingbing was stunned. She got caught in the crossfire too. She finally understood why those actresses had stormed out of here, one after another. Could it be that Director Lin had personally beaten up every single person auditioning before sending them away

Given Lin Ning's evil nature, this could very well have happened.

Lin Ning sneered, "Han Bi, are you throwing a tantrum We agreed from the start to play opposite each other. I want to see comprehensive performances from all of you. You can be Liang Hongyu or anyone else in my film. The more diversified your acting is, the better it suits what I’m looking for. If you’re saying that you don’t want to play opposite her, then this audition is over for you. Think about it carefully. In front of me, everyone's treated equally. You have five seconds to decide whether or not we should do it again."

"Yes!" Wen Ran raised her hand without hesitation; she was the one throwing punches, after all—not receiving them. Why wouldn’t she want another go at this Han Bi glared viciously at Wen Ran, who smiled sweetly in return, a smile that made Han Bi want to strangle her.

After some deliberation, Han Bi finally agreed.

So they returned to their positions, and both quickly got into character. Warm ran over angrily, with the boldness of a female warrior, questioning Han Bi and then fiercely slapped her.

Slap!

The clear sound of the slap echoed in the studio, causing everyone to be taken aback. Han Bi's face was turned sideways, one cheek instantly turning red; she stared at Warm with wide eyes, shocked and angry.

Everyone could see that Warm wasn't fully immersed in her character for this scene, but the slap was real and seemingly delivered with all her strength.

Warm also looked innocent. How could one immerse themselves under such circumstances

This wasn't her fault, yet she rushed forward to deliver the slap without hesitation, driven by an unconscious desire for retribution, making the slap quite impactful.

The palm of her hand was still aching from it.

Hitting someone is just one word: satisfying!

"Warm, you... !" Han Bi, in a rage, raised her hand to hit Warm back. Cai Xiaojing hurriedly pulled Warm away, dodging Han Bi's slap. Everyone present was stunned. Lin Ning didn't say anything to stop it and merely watched coldly.

Director Gu shook his head at Lin Ning’s twisted sense of humor.

"Why did you hit me It's just an audition," Warm thought guiltily, but she still put on a face of professionalism.

"You obviously did it deliberately." Han Bi was furious and her face had started to swell. If Cai Xiaojing hadn't acted quickly, she would have returned the slap to Warm long ago. No one had dared hit her in all these years.

"I'm just here for the audition."

"You're clearly doing this on purpose," Han Bi was furious, and the atmosphere immediately became tense with a sense of impending conflict. As it seemed like they were about to start arguing, Zhuo Bingbing wondered if Tan Runmu and Han Bi's previous covert competition would now become open warfare

Seeing that things could escalate further, Gu Zhidian nudged Lin Ning. The director then stood up gracefully, clapped her hands together, and said, "Ladies, there’s no need to rush. Both of you did a great job today. However, Tan Runmu seemed off in her last scene, whereas Han Bi was excellent!"

Gu Zhidian rolled his eyes internally—was it really praise for Han Bi This was clearly just a sugar-coated carrot; he would deliver the stick once the results were out. With that thought, he smiled but remained silent. Lin Ning indeed had her wits about her; she managed to irritate someone while also keeping their temper in check.

Upon hearing these words from Lin Ning, Han Bi’s anger did subside a little.

Tan Runmu stuck out her tongue and felt slightly dejected. Could this be blamed on her This scene was not particularly difficult, but Lin Ning had asked her to really hit Han Bi. Given the complex emotions she harbored towards Han Bi as well as her lack of experience in physically assaulting others, it was impossible for her to get into character.

From what Lin Ning implied, did this mean that Han Bi passed

"Alright, your auditions are over. Zhuo Bingbing, you may continue. The rest of you can leave now," said Lin Ning. With that, Han Bi stormed out. As soon as she left, Linda rushed to her side, looking shocked.

“What happened”

"No need to ask here; we’ll talk about it back at the hotel," Han Bi instructed tersely, and asked her assistant for a hat to cover up. She had no choice but to hide this or else news of the incident would break out. Fortunately, they were still in the studio’s interior where Lin Ning had kept the press away, giving them some time to regroup before dealing with the fallout.

Soon after, Tan Runmu and Cai Xiaojing exited as well. Han Bi glared at her coldly, "I’ll make sure to return this slap to you."

Someday, she would repay Tan Runmu in full measure. can hardly adapt to it. She really couldn't help but suspect...Long Chengtian valued loyalty and filial piety; even if he liked a person, he wouldn’t be with them.This was why she had spared no effor...