After the empress transmigrated, she became the judge of the entertainment industry.

Chapter 295 Interacting with Human Larvae

Yan Siqiong, who was being watched by Ye Sanqing, had her eyes wide open, holding her judge's pen with both hands, her eyes clearly filled with curiosity.

Ye Sanqing's helplessness stemmed from the fact that Yan Siqiong was a ten-year-old child actress...

This is what makes the character of the Xuanji Pavilion Master so special.

Yu Linglong, the master of Xuanji Pavilion, is known in the martial arts world as "Xuanji Child". She appears to be an innocent child, but in reality, she is immortal.

His usual weapon is a judge's pen, but the pen is more than three feet long, almost the same length as Xuanji Tongzi.

There was some controversy surrounding the role during the audition. In fact, Ren Junxiao preferred to cast a shorter adult actor, and then use AI technology to make him look like a child.

After all, child actors' work must strictly adhere to the regulations protecting minors, and they cannot work more than four hours a day, nor can they be scheduled for night shoots.

Furthermore, it is necessary to arrange tutors to accompany the group, and all of these must be done in accordance with regulations.

But Dao Wu insisted that the role was equally difficult for adults and children—after all, the character's life spanned a thousand years, while adults only had a dozen or twenty more years of life experience than children, which was nothing in the context of a thousand-year timeline.

On the contrary, child actors can naturally portray the childlike innocence that Xuanji Tongzi usually shows. Although it is a disguised innocence, isn't it a more real disguise?

Qi Nanzhao also believes that if suitable child actors are available, children should be given priority.

Ren Junxiao agreed, so the audition process was no longer limited to adults and children, but there were certain restrictions on height; those who were too tall were not allowed.

Yan Siqiong worked hard to get this role.

Although she is only ten years old, she can almost be called a child prodigy. Her maturity and stability in behavior are beyond those of children her age.

Moreover, her parents are both intellectuals and they strongly support her in making some attempts outside of the conventional school life. There are also many books at home for Yan Siqiong to cultivate her interests and hobbies.

Therefore, Yan Siqiong loved reading since she was a child. She had also read the original novel of "The Phoenix's Cry and the Demon's Slaughter Record". While reading, she would imagine herself as one of the characters.

She likes to immerse herself in whatever book she reads, which is similar to other children, except that the content she reads might be a little different.

When the production team opened auditions, Yan Siqiong felt it was a perfect opportunity to fulfill her dream, so she decided to participate after discussing it with her parents.

It must be said that she brought a surprise to everyone and broke the industry's usual practice of using child actors.

Generally speaking, scenes requiring child actors are usually crying scenes or cute scenes. However, the role of Xuanji Tongzi, who appears to be a child but is actually an adult with high intelligence and a keen understanding of the ways of the world, has never been challenged by a child actor before.

But Yan Siqiong did it.

However, she revealed a rare look of innocent curiosity.

Ye Sanqing: I don't know how to interact with human infants...

Although they had met before, Yan Siqiong did not work at night or participate in equestrian training, so she did not have much contact with Ye Sanqing.

Yan Siqiong's script reading sessions are usually guided separately by Qi Nanzhao and Dao Wu. If there are special circumstances requiring rehearsals, other actors will coordinate.

"Um, Xiao Yan, could you show me the weapon you're using right now?"

After thinking it over, Ye Sanqing spoke in this way. She felt that although the other person was not very old, he had a kind of precocious wisdom, so it was better not to coax him like a child when communicating with him.

Anyway, she wouldn't know how.

Yan Siqiong put away her curious expression and instantly got into work mode.

"Okay, Master Ye."

Her voice was a normal child's voice, so when she was serious, she had a serious, mature quality that made the others watching around her think she was extremely cute.

However, after spending this time together, everyone realized that it was best to treat her with a professional attitude, so they kept these thoughts to themselves.

Yan Siqiong skillfully wielded the judge's pen.

The biggest problem with this pen is its length. There is no problem with the materials. Lightweight and sturdy materials such as carbon fiber were specially selected to avoid excessive weight.

However, the character Xuanji Tongzi has more dialogue scenes. Although he always holds the pen in his hand, he needs to focus more on the initiation and retraction of moves. Other parts require special effects, such as controlling the pen with internal energy to write.

Yan Siqiong put away the pen, held it in one hand and stood by his side, asking Ye Sanqing, "Master Ye, can you see any problem?"

For her, this part of the practice was actually quite fun. However, the difficulty lay in her height. When she first started practicing, she often accidentally knocked the pen tip or end to the ground, but now she can control it with ease.

Ye Sanqing... she certainly has no problem holding this pen herself; she's tall enough. Being fifty centimeters tall makes all the difference...

So she thought for a moment and said, "I think it's fine. Your training is very effective. Do you have a martial arts background?"

Yan Siqiong replied, "I don't have any, but I'm interested, so I learn very quickly."

She also winked at Ye Sanqing.

Ye Sanqing was stunned. What did that mean? She felt as if Yan Siqiong was saying to her, "You and I are both geniuses. You should understand me, right?"

Uh... Ye Sanqing was a little embarrassed. Was she really a genius? It was clearly the result of genetic control, plus over two hundred years of life experience...

But that didn't explain it either, so she gave Yan Siqiong a knowing smile.

“Then the Judge’s Pen on Xuanji Boy’s side doesn’t need to be modified.” Ye Sanqing finalized, and then said to Yan Siqiong, “If you are interested in martial arts, you can take this opportunity to practice more. If you want to continue practicing in the future, you can contact us.”

Ye Sanqing pointed to Lin Qianren and Su Xingyi.

Both of them nodded at the same time. Actually, Su Xingyi really wanted to rush up and pinch Yan Siqiong's face... but when she tried to do so last time, she almost got her hand hit by the judge's pen, so she had to give up.

“Okay, I’ll consider it,” Yan Siqiong replied earnestly, returning to her viewing position.

Next up is... the Soul-Stealing Whip of the Corpse Whisperer, the leader of the Netherworld Manor.

The actor who played the Corpse Whisperer was Liao Luo, and Ye Sanqing remembered him.

The eerie aura the other person exuded during the audition was very memorable, but unfortunately, they also lacked a martial arts background.

It is said that Liao Luo was originally a stage actor, but there were too many similar roles, so he came to participate because he wanted to challenge himself... Ye Sanqing inexplicably thought of Yin Xiangming. Are all stage actors this talented?

Liao Luo nodded to Ye Sanqing and then began to wave his whip in the middle of the field.

Ye Sanqing frowned as he looked at it.

Liao Luo is fine; the whip is the problem.