Chapter 295 Casting

"Yes, you can choose any of the roles listed above," Luo Xiao replied with a smile.

"Is the female lead role also available?" Jiang Xue asked, still feeling a bit unsure.

"Yes, all of them are." Luo Xiao nodded patiently; he somewhat understood why she had that expression.

After all, if it weren't for President Chen requiring an all-amateur cast, why would he come to a school to recruit students to be the female lead?

Although the students here have studied acting, in any case, they cannot compare to those veteran actors.

Having received confirmation, Jiang Xue and Su Tang exchanged a glance, each seeing the joy in the other's eyes. They had made the right choice this time.

"If there are no questions, let's begin," Luo Xiao said calmly.

Hearing this, Jiang Xue and Su Tang hurriedly looked at the scripts in their hands; naturally, their first choices were those important roles.

Since they had arrived early, they had more opportunities to audition.

Time passed quickly. As the two were auditioning, other students began to arrive.

Seeing this, Wang Bin went to the classroom door, took a stack of prepared character scripts, and distributed them to each student.

"These scripts contain all the roles to be cast, along with short scenes. You can choose the roles you like and then perform the scenes on them."

"Everyone, don't crowd. Line up and come in one by one to audition."

Outside, they formed a line, and students began to enter for their auditions. Luo Xiao sat in his chair, watching each student perform, and after each one finished, he made a simple note on a piece of paper.

He graduated from the directing department and had also made two films. Although these two films were considered trashy, he had gained a lot of experience as a director.

Therefore, he considered himself quite capable when it came to casting.

The sky gradually darkened, and the students who had auditioned dispersed, leaving only seven students in the classroom.

Luo Xiao looked at the people in the classroom and nodded. These people, both in terms of appearance and acting skills, were quite decent.

"Alright, your roles have been decided. I'll give you three days to take care of your school matters, then go to Lanpian Film and Television in Jiangcheng to report and sign the contracts. After that, get ready to head to the filming location and start shooting."

After saying this, Luo Xiao left the classroom.

Su Tang stood there in a daze; she had just been chosen as the female lead, and it felt like she was dreaming.

Beside her, Jiang Xue also looked happy. Although she didn't get the female lead, she had secured an important supporting role with screen time second only to the lead. How could she not be happy?

Although she didn't know how the finished film would turn out—even if it were terrible—it still counted as gaining experience.

She also had a chance to appear on screen, which could serve as a stepping stone for getting roles after graduation.

…

Linshui City, Normal University student dormitory.

Yang Yaoyao watched the comments in the Livestream room, helping a student solve a difficult problem.

"Yes, just like that. Draw an auxiliary line, and this problem becomes very easy to solve," Yaoyao said while explaining on the whiteboard behind her.

She had bought this whiteboard for convenience as the number of people in the Livestream room increased. With the camera facing the whiteboard, it was very convenient for teaching.

"This parent, let me finish solving this student's problem first, then I will help you. Please wait patiently." Looking at the Livestream room, Yaoyao saw someone named 'Stone's Mom' asking a question and said with a smile.

Ever since they sent the news about the livestream lessons to those tutoring groups, the number of people in the Livestream room had started to increase, and now it had reached over 200.

Eighty percent of these people were parents helping their children with homework, but there were some things these parents didn't necessarily know, so they would consult her in the Livestream room.

"Thank you so much. If it weren't for you, streamer, I wouldn't know how to explain it to my child. With your help, I feel much more relaxed." After a problem was solved, the child's parent expressed their gratitude in the Livestream room.

Yang Yaoyao felt very happy looking at the words of gratitude. She really liked her job now; it allowed her to help people and earn money at the same time.

Ever since her Livestream room had viewers, she would always stream for a full four hours. Sometimes, when there were many problems, she would go over four hours.

Although she wasn't paid for the time exceeding four hours, she felt that streaming a little longer to help another child solve a problem was also very worthwhile.

Late night arrived. In the blink of an eye, it was past 10 PM. Seeing that no one was asking questions, she exited the Livestream room.

She had streamed for nearly six hours today, mainly because the number of people in the Livestream room had suddenly increased a lot over the past two days. There were some problems she couldn't solve immediately, so it took up a lot of time.

"Yaoyao, you've finished streaming? You streamed for so long, and they don't pay you extra. You should just stop when the time is up." Seeing Yang Yaoyao close the Livestream room, Liu Weiwei came right over.

Yang Yaoyao smiled indifferently. "I have nothing to do after stopping the stream anyway, so streaming a little longer is no big deal."

"That won't do. I heard that a few parents have already set up a group, and parents from several schools have joined. They are all talking about Boring Short Videos. Once it spreads further, the number of people in the Livestream room will definitely increase. By then, even if you stream until dawn, you won't be able to solve all the problems."

Liu Weiwei sighed. She had the same mindset as Yang Yaoyao at first, but with the number of people in the Livestream room increasing more and more, she was already starting to have trouble keeping up with the questions.

"Then what should we do?" Yang Yaoyao was a bit troubled. The number of people entering the Livestream room had indeed been increasing steadily lately.

Once the number of people in the Livestream room really reached a certain level, it would likely be just as Liu Weiwei said; she wouldn't have enough time to solve the problems.

"Sigh, there's no other way. I checked, and there are currently only seven people doing this type of livestream, including the two of us. But there are so many people who need their problems solved; we simply can't keep up." Liu Weiwei sat to the side and sighed.

Yang Yaoyao entered the Boring Short Videos interface and inadvertently saw the link for recruiting streamers, and suddenly had an idea.

"How about this: we can find more people to stream. If there are more streamers, we can split up the audience, and that will solve the problem of having too many questions to handle."

"But if too many people apply to be the same type of streamer, will the platform really agree?"

"We'll know after we call and ask tomorrow."

"Alright then!" Liu Weiwei nodded. Streaming on this platform did have one advantage: there was no need to worry about traffic being siphoned off.

Because here, payment was based on the duration of the livestream.

As for the cut from gifts, she had long given up on that. She had initially thought that as the number of people in the Livestream room increased, those parents might give some tips in appreciation of her solving their problems.

But the reality was that after streaming for so long, the gifts she had received could be counted on both hands. Of course, she had never asked for them actively; whether to give or not depended entirely on the parents' goodwill.

Therefore, if there really could be more streamers like her, she could also reduce some of her pressure—why not?