"Alright!"
Jiang Ling knew that if Jiang Yulei's acting was up to par during the audition, but his looks weren't, Guan Suyin wouldn't dare to cast him as the male lead so rashly.
She had already spoken to the makeup artist and stylist in advance.
Based on her fleeting glimpse in white three years ago, combined with the styling of male leads from numerous classic wuxia dramas in her past life.
Once Jiang Yulei was done with his makeup and costume, he turned out exactly as Jiang Ling had envisioned.
This traditional type of handsome guy was most suited for wuxia dramas.
He could best highlight the heroism and grandeur of martial world heroes.
When Jiang Yulei emerged, not only Guan Suyin but all the other staff present were stunned.
Where did this handsome guy come from?
Was this still the Jiang Yulei they knew? It was more dramatic than plastic surgery.
This face, it didn't look refined at all, yet why did it look so handsome?
Looking at his face, even though Jiang Ling knew Jiang Yulei could become very handsome with the right styling, she was still taken aback.
In reality, audiences didn't dislike traditional handsome guys, nor had they abandoned their aesthetic sense.
The fundamental reason for the current distorted aesthetic in the industry was that traditional handsome guys were born with it, inherited good genes from their parents, and could not be mass-produced.
The developed cosmetic surgery industry in 'Stealing Country' could create flower boys with refined features, but it couldn't mass-produce traditional handsome guys from the Dragon Country.
As a result, domestic agencies and capitalists, in order to gain greater profits from the public's growing demand for entertainment, could only push these so-called refined flower boys, who had been mass-produced and packaged, onto the market.
Subsequently, through extensive hype, a series of promotional campaigns, and advertising blitzes, they forcefully brainwashed the audience, making them believe this was the mainstream aesthetic.
Under the dominance of this distorted aesthetic, some young men who originally had looks conforming to traditional aesthetics also lost their charm under commercial packaging, becoming vulgar and greasy.
Nowadays, such traditional handsome guys were becoming fewer year by year.
The handsome men who had amazed the years in her memory had all grown older, transforming from dashing young men into handsome uncles.
Someone as young and recognizable as Jiang Yulei was a rarity, and they were becoming fewer and fewer.
If it weren't for the difficulty in finding a suitable actor for Xiao Ting this time, Jiang Ling, remembering that fleeting stunning impression from her memory, would have truly missed out on this gem of a handsome guy, Jiang Yulei.
Compared to Jiang Ling's astonishment, Guan Suyin was even more shocked.
Going back twenty to thirty years, when she was young, the aesthetic preferences of girls her age for handsome guys were precisely this type with clear features and a dignified, grand demeanor.
Looking at Jiang Yulei’s current appearance, Guan Suyin felt as if she had returned to her youth.
This was the most handsome appearance of a man in her memory.
So handsome, so dashing, so upright!
Guan Suyin immediately made up her mind: "The role of Xiao Ting, it belongs to you!"
"Huh?" Jiang Yulei couldn't help but freeze. "Director Guan, I haven't even auditioned yet?"
Guan Suyin smiled affectionately, "Audition for what? It's you!"
Jiang Yulei: "..."
Wasn't Guan Suyin known for her high demands for actors?
He hadn't even acted out two scenes, and he was already being cast as the male lead. This wasn't logical!
Jiang Yulei was a typical case of being handsome without realizing it, and he had no idea that his face had already conquered the "old aunt" Guan Suyin.
His face not only conformed to tradition but was also the favorite of rich women.