After making an appointment with Jiang Se yesterday, Assistant Li had already started to prepare, and the stylist and makeup artist were waiting in the company.
Jiang Se entered the dressing room, and the crew had already brought out the clothes she was going to wear.
"Sister Li has said so." The girl who led Jiang Se over picked up the cheongsam held by the makeup artist and said to Jiang Se with a smile, "When 'Doukou' appeared in the script, she was listening to an opera in Tianqiao Street in 'Beijing Events', so the company borrowed a cheongsam this time."
Jiang Se had read the script several times, so he naturally remembered that when Hou Xiling wrote this scene in the script, she wrote that "Doukou" was wearing a cheongsam with a blue background embroidered with peonies and a white shawl. She was watching the show quietly on the stands, with her brows slightly furrowed. Although she was young, she had a kind of vicissitudes of life and melancholy.
Just a few words bring the image of "cardamom" to life on paper.
The staff of Shangjia Company temporarily borrowed a handmade cheongsam from a time-honored shop in the capital. It was exquisitely made and should be the signature item of the shop. It was not for sale, so the size was smaller.
The employees of the cheongsam shop were also there. They were originally worried that the actors invited by Shangjia Company would not be able to wear them, but when they saw Jiang Se, the aunt let out a long sigh of relief and kept silent.
Lin Xiwen's appointment was at 3:30 in the afternoon, which was about half an hour away. Time was not very abundant. When Jiang Se came in, the stylist didn't say much. She took the cheongsam and let her into the dressing room, and helped her put on the cheongsam directly.
After the buttons were fastened, the stylist took two steps back, glanced at her, and nodded:
"Ms. Jiang, your temperament is very suitable for wearing a cheongsam."
The cheongsam was dark blue, with only some hand-embroidered lace on the wrists and collar. There was no other color, making it look a bit plain.
Fortunately, Jiang Se's appearance is good enough to support such plain clothes, and her figure is just right. She is not so thin that only bones are visible and she cannot support this cheongsam. Her bones and flesh are just right in proportion.
She has a very thin waist, and the darker cheongsam makes her waist look even thinner, so thin that one can hold it with one hand.
Jiang Se was tall enough, and the knee-length skirt did not shorten the curve of her lower body at all. On the contrary, her slender calves and the distinct curves of her waist and hips made her legs look even longer.
Just as the stylist said, she is really suitable for wearing such a cheongsam. With her elegant temperament like orchid, this cheongsam shows her figure. It is not exaggeratedly gaudy, but has the elegance under the vulgarity of "cardam" that Hou Xiling identified in his later years.
It is like a flower bud about to bloom, looming among the green leaves.
When she came out, even the aunties in the cheongsam shop's eyes lit up.
Her snow-white legs could be vaguely seen as she walked, but her walking posture gave people the impression of a lady who had received a strict upbringing, and her beauty revealed an unintentional temptation.
When 'Doukou' appeared in the plot, she was very young, but had experienced the world, so there was no dreaminess of a young girl in her eyes.
When the hairstylist was doing Jiang Se's hair, he looked at her several times in a row, and finally boldly combed her hair into an extremely simple hairstyle without doing anything complicated.
When she was putting on makeup, the makeup artist used pink-purple eye shadow. She has very fair skin, so she was able to pull off this slightly picky color eye shadow, and after applying it in distinct layers, her eyes looked mysterious and deep.
Before she had time to add more jewelry, the girl who brought Jiang Se here was already anxiously urging:
"It's almost time. Sister Li is already urging us."
Everyone in the dressing room suddenly panicked. The stylist took out the prepared shawl and draped it diagonally over Jiang Se's shoulders, silently urging her to hurry up.
When she walked into the audition room wearing old-fashioned black high heels, everyone who was talking inside raised their heads and looked at Jiang Se.
Lin Xiwen had heard Gu Jiaer mention earlier that this newcomer named Jiang Se had outstanding looks, but he didn't expect him to be so outstanding.
No wonder Assistant Li kept praising her after meeting her that day.
She must have been urged to come here, and her steps were a little hurried at first, but the closer she got to the audition hall, the calmer she seemed, and her footsteps became less hurried. When Shangjia's staff pushed open the door of the audition hall for her, she unconsciously pulled the shawl on her shoulders, giving Lin Xiwen the impression that a lady in the misty Jiangnan region was slowly walking towards him.
She was not the beautiful girl that Lin Xiwen had imagined, but she did have a very special vibe. Wearing this retro outfit, there was nothing wrong with her.
Hou Xiling, who was standing by, pushed his reading glasses and looked up at Jiang Se critically.
Although Shangjia Company spent a lot of effort to invite him to produce "Beijing Events", Hou Xiling still has his own style. When he started writing this play, he had already agreed that he had absolute control over the film.
He also has certain authority in selecting actors.
This was a painstaking effort that took him nearly two years to polish, and he attached great importance to it. Even if it was just an insignificant supporting role, he would pay close attention to it, not to mention a supporting role like 'Doukou' who had several ties with the male lead in the play.
He is old, already seventy-five, and his appreciation of beauty is different from when he was young.
Beauty lies in the bones, not in the skin. Lin Xiwen admired Jiang Se's facial features and looks, but he was much more picky.
He noticed that Jiang Se's skull was round and narrow. From the side, her head was round and full, but from the front it was narrow, which resulted in her jaw not being a pointed oval face, but a small and beautiful face.
Having such a skull, coupled with her delicate facial features, is like the icing on the cake, making her a pleasure to the eye at first sight.
She is tall, with a swan-like neck, long and straight limbs, and her ribs are well-smoothed from top to bottom. Therefore, although she is not thin, her waist appears slender.
The curve from waist to hip is steep, and from the outside, there is really no flaw at all.
In this respect, her appearance is in line with the beauty of "cardamom" in the script, gorgeous but not coquettish, beautiful but not clichéd.
As for her demeanor and temperament, Jiang Se no longer had the slightest trace of worldly air. Instead, when she looked at people, her eyes were clear and pure, which was not quite consistent with the "cardamom" that Hou Xiling had written at the beginning.
After all, no matter what, 'Doukou' had fallen into prostitution, even if it was not her wish, but the fact was that the pearl was covered in dust. At first impression, Jiang Se did not show this.
He remained silent. Lin Xiwen, who was standing beside him, glanced at him and waved without thinking.
Before Jiang Se reached the center of the audition room, a staff member came up to him and asked with a smile:
"Miss Doukou, are you here to listen to the opera?" (To be continued)