Audition

The Faculty of 9th grade teachers in Capital First High School always maintained its cleanliness, all of the things was placed in an organized manner. 

The combination of white walls and tiles, pale blue curtains and the emerald green colored tables blended together in harmony, creating a calming and refreshing atmosphere.

Every teachers have their own table, with full of papers, school stuffs and personal things on it.

Teacher Xiao Ling, the Adviser of the 9th grade section A is sitting in her personal chair and stared at the two outstanding students in front.

The students that all of the teacher's favorite.

Bai Xiu Lan and Ming Yue.

The two student who topped the school exams in their batch in their 7th grade, which Ming Yue became first, then Bai Xiu Lan in second and in 8th grade, Bai Xiu Lan in first while Ming Yue became second.

Beating all of the 26 sections in their batch with more than 2,600 students in two successive school year.

"What may I help you student Yue and Lan?"

Every teachers love good students with excellent grades so her usually strict voice soften, but still serious.

***

Yue Yue and I have decided last night and thought that Master's last sentence was reasonable and can make our mission convenience.

We are not that ignorant about the Entertainment Industry because aunt Ruqi is an actress.

Most of the people think that being in the industry is all about glamour, beauty and fantasy.

But it's just an illusion created by the people in the industry.

The illusion that was made for the public's interest.

Competition are inevitable and normal. Like a harem full of concubines in the history and also in my past life, entertaining and getting the favor of the Emperor.

However, in the case of the artists, people is the Emperor.

Meaning gaining the approval of the public.

If the people approves and favor you then you stay in the circle and became popular.

If they do not, then goodbye career.

Goodbye peaceful life.

Goodbye fame and glory.

People scrutinize every actions made by an artist, like a camera that can capture your every movements.

With just a simple and tiny mistakes, people will criticize you. Make it huge and splashed dirty waters in you. 

Truth become lies and lies becomes truth.

In short. People just treat you like an entertainment.

You make them happy then prosper. 

Make them angry then ready to be hated by hundreds, thousands and millions of people.

When the public took a knowledge that Aunt Ruqi has a child, and a single mother at that.

Her fans, haters and even bystanders bullied and bashed her ruthlessly in the internet.

YueYue and I was still 5 years old that time.

That time, I realized that whatever the timeline is, people and society is still cruel and judgmental.

YueYue was so mad that time and I am too.

Aunt Ruqi is still a 'Brilliant Star" or a B list actress.

There are E,D,C,B,A and S- list from the lowest to the highest popularity an actor can achieved.

When an actor can be listed in the E list ranking then you are officially entering the entertainment industry but it was only the first step. If you want to climb up in rank then you have to grab major and big projects that will promote your popularity. Like examples a D list actor manage to participate in a drama with a good ratings or a movie with a high box office, then that will be added into his accumulated popularity points and will help him or her to enter the C list if his accumulated points was enough to outdo that person in the rank or list. Meaning actors in the list would have to work hard and grab as many project as for them to not decrease in ranking. 

Those who are not in the list was just called 'Actors'.

Thus the higher you will climb, the higher your popularity is. E list can be considered 'Rookie Actors', D list as 'Rising Stars', C list a 'Stars', B list a 'Brilliant Stars', and A list as 'Queen and King stars'. And the S list as 'Heavenly Stars'

The list will list numbers of stars as follows:

E- list with 500 

D- list with 400

C- list  with 300

B- list with 50

A- list with 30

and S- list with only 10 

The list will highly computed by the 'National Star Institution' who is one of the organization governing the Entertainment World in a country, mainly in the Film Industry.

There are seven National Star Institution.

One in each country.

While there is only one that really govern the Film Industry in around the world, the 'The Galaxy Global'.

But there is also a ranking about the different industry.

Models and Idols is divided into six tiers.

3rd-tier 

2nd-tier

1st-tier

Super-tier

Top-tier

From the lowest to the highest respectively.

Which computed by 'Spotlight Global'.

There are no specific numbers of tier models and idols unlike the limited numbers of actors but they have this so called '100 Top Supermodel', while the idols have their reputation and activities counted every month.

While the Streamers was divided into four class and then further divided into ten levels.

Bronze Class 

Silver Class

Gold Class

and then Diamond Class.

Like the fashion industry, streaming world is not limited as long as there are a lot people subscribing and watching their videos.

So it was really hard to be listed in the ranking if you are lazy.

Aunt Ruqi faced the criticism bravely and told the media the truth.

That she indeed have a daughter and a single mother.

She then stopped taking projects for almost 2 years before finally took a project.

And her name was almost forgotten as her rank regressed into the D list 400. Her rank almost vanish from the list.

It was a movie titled "Woman".

A single and simple yet powerful word with a lot of meaning.

It is the story of how a girl was born then how she became a impulsive young woman. How the woman became a mother then a woman who knows what she wants and her purpose.

In short, the journey of the female lead of the movie of being a "Woman" that she is.

Her role was a strong and independent woman who was impregnated by her boyfriend but he didn't take the responsibility. 

Thus, she singlehandedly raised her two children.

Living a happy and contented life in the end with her two children. 

It grossed over $569 dollars globally.

The name Ming Ruqi swept the Film Industry again after that movie.

Until she reached her status now as the top "Heavenly Queen" in Arinea and B list or class in Hollywood.

She is the third Arinean Actress who made success in Hollywood.

We consulted our mother, which is currently in a vacation to other country, about our decision to audition.

That they agreed upon with a lot of convincing as Aunt Ruqi knew already how the system works in the industry.

She's a veteran actress, so it's expected.

My Mama is not that ignorant about the world where her bestfriend belongs to so she also agreed.

They agreed but in one condition that we don't stop studying.

So we talked to our adviser earlier about the issue.

The teacher gave us modular for the first quarter and we must pass it to her before the exam. Then we also must be present for the quarterly exam.

***

LanLan and I searched for the entire night in which Entertainment Agency that we should audition to.

Our first choice was My Star Entertainment or MS Entertainment.

If we failed then the Hualan Entertainment as second opinion. 

If we failed for the second time then there is a third then fourth, fifth and so on.

'MS Entertainment'

Ming Yue and Bai Xiu Lan read in their mind as they looked up at the huge and magnificent building in front of them.