On the contrary, Maria was just watching the auditionees, completely ignoring him.

It was really hard for Vivian to figure out what was going on. She kept racking her brain, but she couldn't think of anything. Because she was so distracted, she didn't notice that she had already been standing there motionlessly for a long time.

Francis was feeling dejected because he had set his eyes on Maria to play the role, but she still hadn't come over and asked for an audition.

ALL the while, he had been casting quick glances at her even though there was an auditionee in front of him. When he finally took a break from stressing over the girl, he tried to focus on his job. Only then did he find that the actress who was supposed to have begun her performance was still standing motionless onstage.

As a director, he thought that maybe she got stage fright.

Francis had been in the entertainment industry for many years. He had already seen, watched, and cast Lots of actors, so he found it pretty normal for people to feel jittery at times like this.

He used to feel impatient with actors who couldn't perform on cue. If it was still in the past, he already would have rejected this girl outright and driven her out.

However, he had decided to become a little more accommodating and change his attitude to create a new, amiable image and impress Maria.

That way, he could probably encourage her willingness to audition for Anne.

“It seems you're not ready yet. Anyway, you're still young. You'll have plenty more opportunities in the future."

It was the first time that Vivian had heard Francis talk directly to her. He sounded so nice and even had a smile on his face.

There was only one thing that bothered her.

Her audition hadn't even started, yet it felt like it was already over.

“No... Mr. Jackson, I really—"

Before Vivian could even plead, she saw Francis shaking his head.

One of the things that years of experience in the field had taught him was that once newbies Like her got stage fright, they would have a hard time getting into the character within an hour, much less a few minutes. They would only be wasting both her time and his if they waited for her to get ready.

Now, Francis tried his best to present her with an amiable appearance in case he ended up scaring his prospective Anne away.

The problem was, the assistant director next to him wasn't so kind. He only glared at Vivian for wasting their time. “You may go." After coldly telling her to leave, he looked at the staff by the door. "Call in the next one!"

Of course, Vivian's face flushed with embarrassment. She knew this man had a high position in Yeez Entertainment, but he had also been working as an executive assistant director for Francis for several years. They were a highly distinguished pair in the industry.

Because of this, Vivian didn't dare to offend him. She left rather woodenly with tears about to fall from her eyes.

The other actors who had seen her were so surprised that Vivian had stage fright.

However, Sally was even more dumbfounded and could only look at her in disbelief.

“That's okay, Vivian. Maybe next time, right? I'm sure you'll get another chance.”

Deep in her heart, Sally actually struggled to keep herself from laughing out.

She might have tried to comfort Vivian by saying she could try again next time, but that was a rose-colored belief.