Powerful Enemy

  The steel pipe in the center of the stage slowly descended, and several waiters were busy moving a set of drum racks over. The lights on one side of the stage lit up, and Mei Yu only then noticed that there was a black piano there.

  It was a very luxurious triangular piano, and the backrest supported by the light reflected a mirror-like gloss.

  Plum rain stared unblinkingly at the triangular piano, and the surrounding boiling crowd gradually calmed down, as if the sea surface on the eve of a stormy weather was brewing thunderclouds, waiting for the outbreak of passion.

  Han Jiali also involuntarily lowered her voice, "Qin Rong's purpose for taking on this part-time job is to be able to play this piano for free. She says that if she doesn't practice every day, her skills will deteriorate."

  Mei Yu nodded, she spent more than an hour every day in front of the mirror, making various expressions of joy, anger and scolding, also to familiarize herself with her own face, and to understand more clearly what effect the movement of different facial muscles would achieve.

  People change every day, children grow up, adults gradually age, and a person's face is different every day. Although this change is subtle and unnoticeable, over the years, the change can be remarkable. As an actor, one must pay attention to this change at all times.

  As an actress, Mei Yu was familiar with the entertainment industry, including modeling and bands. When she saw the bassist, trumpeter, and saxophonist jumping onto the stage, she immediately realized that Qin Rong's band was a rare jazz band in a bar.

  The jazz band's formation is still simple, but it has already taken shape. From the audience's reaction around them, they are not performing for the first time. Their previous performances must have been brilliant, which is why the crowd suddenly fell silent.

  The soothing piano sound started like a mercury spill, echoing continuously in the hall. The low drumbeat was like thunder before a storm, growing from small to large, slow to fast. The deep trumpet and the elegant saxophone sounded simultaneously, and when the fast-paced bass joined in, the sounds of several instruments interacted with each other, and the music suddenly expanded infinitely, crazily impacting the eardrums of the guests in the hall.

  Suddenly, a strong beam of light burst onto the stage, and the crowd gasped in unison, turning their heads to look. At the entrance of the bar, a girl in a silver suspender dress appeared, her black hair scattered carelessly over her shoulders, and her dark eyes sparkled like stars in the sky.

  She held the microphone, walking slowly through the crowd that had automatically parted, her low voice blending with the band's accompaniment as she began to sing an English song. Meiyu's poor English was also one of the reasons why her acting career was limited.

  But even if Mei Yu didn't understand the lyrics she was singing, he still felt her nostalgia for the past from her low, magnetic voice and slightly melancholic expression.

  The expression on Mei Yu's face gradually became serious. If she wasn't mistaken, the lead singer of this band should actually be an actor, and a very good one at that.

  She can make the audience feel her emotions just through facial expressions and body language, which is one of the necessary conditions for a first-class actor.

  As the song came to an end, the audience erupted into enthusiastic applause. Mei Yu lightly clapped her hands and saw Han Jiali half-heartedly clapping beside her, asking in a low voice: "Is this lead singer an actor or something?"

  Han Jiali was shocked by Meiyu several times today, but this time she still showed an incredible expression. She nodded and introduced: "Her name is Mengyu, originally living in our courtyard too, but she's too arrogant, everyone dislikes her, not long after that, she moved out."

  Han Jiali curled her lip and said disbelievingly: "She's still just like me now, also a mere extra."

  Mei Yu smiled and shook her head, Han Jiali's nonchalant attitude was clearly put on, if she wasn't a fool who couldn't see reality, her arrogance must be due to having capital, having strong confidence in herself, Meng Yu's singing just now also fully proved this point.

  Han Jiali quickly shook off the negative emotions, excitedly pulling Mei Yu forward and waving at Qin Yong who had just come down from the piano: "Yongyong, we're over here."

  Qin Yong saw Han Jiali and immediately walked over quickly, first nodding politely to Mei Yu, then smiling at Han Jiali: "How did you come?"

  Han Jiali took a glance at Mei Yu, chuckled twice, grabbed Qin Yong's arm and explained: "We didn't have anything to do, staying in the house was also quite boring, so I brought Mei Yu along to watch your performance."

  A touching scene, it seems that Han Jiali was worried about her bad mood after failing the audition, so she found an excuse to take her out for a walk, and then made up another excuse in front of Qin Yong, covering up the fact that she failed the audition. Such a considerate friend is really hard to come by.

  Mei Yu took a step forward, just about to speak, when a provocative voice rang out beside her ear: "Korean dwarf, what's wrong, wasn't last time enough of a loss of face? What are you doing here again?"

  In the dimly lit bar, Mei Yu saw Han Jiali's face sink, looking at the object of her annoyance with displeasure, and retorted: "Is Miss Meng planning to change careers and become a singer? It's been a long time since I heard that Miss Meng had any acting offers."

  Looking at Han Jiali, who still looked half a head shorter despite her efforts to lift her chin, and then at Meng Yu, who was also at odds with her, Mei Yu was confused. She quietly pulled over Qin Yong, who was silent beside her, and asked for help, asking in a low voice: "What's going on?"

  Qin Yong's face was filled with helplessness. These two people, one was her roommate and the other was her partner, she was stuck in between them, it was really hard to deal with.

  When Mei Yu asked, Qin Rong explained the cause and effect to her in a low voice, originally when Han Jiali got the role of Beauty last time, she came to find Qin Rong to celebrate, coincidentally catching up with the band rehearsal, Meng Yu didn't allow Qin Rong to be absent from the rehearsal, so the two people quarreled.

  When arguing, Meng Yu said that Han Jiali's role was one she had given up on, and Han Jiali immediately called her agent to confirm. The result confirmed that it was indeed a role that Meng Yu had dropped out of.

  The grudge between the two people was formed like this.

  According to Meiyu's perspective, Han Jiali is a good person, but her acting skills are indeed not as good as Mengyu. As a friend, she also wants to help Han Jiali.

  How can I help? Mei Yu was thinking, Meng Yu and Han Jiali's argument had reached a boiling point, Han Jiali furiously shouted: "Why don't we perform a scene on the spot and let the people in the bar judge who has better acting skills?"

  Meng Yu's face sank, and she raised her chin, looking down at Han Jiali with a queen-like disdain. "Compare if you want to compare," she said coldly. "This is just asking for trouble."