Wu Mosen felt Lu Xiuse had the acting skills.
Nowadays, good actors had their own characteristics.
As long as they had the chops, no role was off-limits to anyone.
However, to Wu Mosen, Lu Xiuse's charisma was not ethereal enough for the character Yan Jiayin no matter how good she was.
And she was slighter older than the required age.
Many actors also had clashing schedules.
Even Wu Mosen could not gather all of his preferred actors.
Similarly, many wanted to get in but couldn't.
As it was, some earth cracked in droughts, others flooded from rain.
Lu Xiuse's acting actually passed his standards.
Hence, Wu Mosen gave her the role of the dancer Ying Ying.
Lu Xiuse was unlucky though.
She had just gotten the role but hadn't signed all the relevant contracts yet when the scandal about her being an escort got exposed.
