In terms of character suitability, Jia Na's appearance definitely fits the role of Natasha, who has half-elf blood in "blood shadow rose", the most among the interviewees present.
However, the role of Natasha in Act A has a lot of scenes, and almost all story lines revolve around Natasha. And the depth of the plot requires the actress playing "young Natasha" to not only have exquisite singing skills, but also mature acting skills.
But acting, although it relies heavily on talent, experience is also extremely important.
A "rookie" like Jia Na, who has never been exposed to opera before, would likely have to start from scratch even if she joined the Nightingale Opera Troupe.
After accumulating some experience, she would then practice with protagonist roles in some small projects. For important major projects like "blood shadow rose", the Nightingale Opera Troupe would absolutely not recklessly use new recruits.
Just...
Looking at Jia Na's captivating face, coupled with the halo of being personally invited by David-Berg, for a moment, even Liji-Xiaosi, who was a "veteran" of the theater, was a little unsure.
"Director David didn't inform me which role I was auditioning for, but I also prepared in advance and practiced 'blood shadow rose', 'song of the ocean', and 'Sparrow' several times."
"I know this, after all, I taught you hand in hand..."
Looking at Jia Na's habitually calm expression, Liji-Xiaosi, unable to see any clues, continued to ask curiously:
"Have you had any acting experience before?"
"No, but I am very confident in my facial expression management."
"Facial expression management?"
Hearing Jia Na's unprofessional words, Liji-Xiaosi almost rolled her eyes to the top of her head, and then, as if thinking of some possibility, she half-covered her mouth and whispered in Jia Na's ear:
"Then... are you and Director David that kind of relationship?"
Looking at Liji-Xiaosi's gossipy look, Jia Na imperceptibly pursed her lips.
"I am a single-minded person, pursuing the path of a Wizard is my lifelong ideal."
"Then why did you come to audition for the troupe?"
"To earn money."
This time, Liji-Xiaosi was instead choked by Jia Na's overly honest answer and was speechless for a long time. Just as she was about to continue questioning, a crisp ringing sound suddenly interrupted her conversation.
"Hello everyone, I am the person in charge of this Nightingale Opera Troupe audition - Xiuka-Boge."
Brown short hair, a cheerful and friendly smile, plus an appearance that was seven or eight parts similar to David-Berg, with just one glance, Jia Na had several reasonable guesses about the identity of the young man in front of her.
"Is he a relative that David-Berg placed in the troupe?"
While Jia Na's thoughts were wandering, Xiuka-Boge continued to speak to everyone:
"It is now exactly nine o'clock in the morning. Those who are late are considered to have forfeited and will not be hired for this audition."
Saying that, Xiuka-Boge turned around, walked to the staircase, called the young male attendant who had just guided Jia Na to her seat, whispered a few words in his ear, and then returned to everyone.
"There are a total of forty-two interviewees present. I will divide everyone into two groups by drawing lots. This audition is completely open and will enter the private room in groups... Of course, the space in the private room is large enough, if members of the next group are interested, they can also enter the private room in advance to observe, provided they remain quiet..."
As he spoke, the young male attendant downstairs held a lottery box and stood silently beside Xiuka-Boge.
"Take this over and let everyone draw lots one by one, and then distribute the application forms and charcoal pencils to everyone."
"Yes, Master."
The male attendant, who received the instructions from Xiuka-Boge, held the small lottery box and walked past the interviewees. When he reached Jia Na, the hand of this young male attendant, which was delivering the application form, visibly trembled.
"Thank you."
"You're welcome, esteemed Wizard."
Casually taking a slip from the lottery box, before Jia Na could even unfold the paper, Liji-Xiaosi next to her had already raised her slip and shown it to Jia Na.
"Mine is group one, number nine. What's yours?"
"Group one, number fifteen."
After reading the order on the slip, Jia Na opened the application form and browsed its contents.
"Now that everyone has finished drawing lots, when you enter the private room later, please sit in your assigned seats according to the number on your slip. Be sure not to sit in the wrong place..."
"The content you need to fill in on the application form is also relatively simple. In addition to your basic personal information, you also need to mark the role you want to audition for under the corresponding character labels below, and hand it over to the examiner when the audition begins..."
"And one last point... The interviewees this time can actually be divided into two categories. One category is recommended by the Turin Actors Guild for the audition, and the other category is discovered and invited by the Nightingale Opera Troupe's scouts through various channels. For the interviewees who were invited this time, the assessment content is the same as others, which is character portrayal. Of course, the scoring criteria will definitely be different..."
After saying that, the interviewees who received the application forms began to pick up their charcoal pencils and fill in the information.
Similarly, after filling in basic information such as name, gender, occupation, and address, Jia Na looked at the character descriptions in the lower half of the application form.
"Is the Nightingale Opera Troupe recruiting a total of ten actors this time?"
The character column on the application form listed a total of ten roles. After each role, a few lines of character biographies were also marked accordingly.
However, the biographies were very brief. If the interviewees had not done detailed research on "blood shadow rose" in advance, they would not be able to understand the character's personality through the biography content at all.
"Young Natasha, young Loki, young Nakiusha... Natasha's father Payne, Natasha's mother Yingge... Bloodline Count Charlotte, Manor Butler Krul..."
Silently reciting the information of each character, just as Jia Na was about to put her pen down to check, a familiar dinging sound suddenly echoed in Jia Na's mind.
"Task panel."
Gently putting down her right hand that was about to write, Jia Na, who silently recited the task panel in her heart, quickly saw the task information on the panel.
【Today's Task: Participate in the Nightingale Opera Troupe audition and obtain the signing qualification for a core role;
Task Reward: 500 points of talent experience, 1500 points of skill experience, two random rewards.】
"The task triggered this time... is actually a blue task!"
Looking at the blue font on the task panel, this was the first time Jia Na had triggered a blue-level task since her rebirth!
And the rewards after completing the task, in addition to a large amount of talent experience and skill experience, the two random rewards were what made Jia Na most excited.
"It seems that the difficulty of this task, from the system's judgment, is more difficult than previous tasks..."