Ling Xi spent a long time explaining to An Ruifeng that she really had no sexual interest in men.
"What about the woman?"
Ling Xi thought for a while: "I should like it..."
"Should?" An Ruifeng smiled: "Is this kind of question worth your hesitation? You haven't had a girlfriend yet, have you?"
Ling Xi blushed: "I'm tired of being famous!" He spread his hands: "You know... Celebrities, you don't always have that freedom in making friends." However, these words came out of the mouths of 12th-tier stars, and they were lacking. credibility.
An Ruifeng was noncommittal, reached out to take the salmon suitcase from Ling Xi's hand, and turned around to greet him to follow. The two walked a few steps side by side, and An Ruifeng suddenly said: "...Actually, I think that when it comes to love, you are more suitable to be taken care of than to take care of others. You must know that little girls nowadays still have a lot of requirements. of."
An Ruifeng looked straight ahead without squinting, and when Ling Xi turned his head to look, his eyes just fell on his side face. At 6 or 7 o'clock in the evening, it was the time when the sun set, and the afterglow of the setting sun shone softly, outlining An Ruifeng's perfectly curved forehead, bridge of nose and jaw. Ling Xi was stunned for a while. He thought he finally understood why An Ruifeng's fanatical fans would call him "a man more dazzling than the sun".
He turned his head, stared at the ground, and said with difficulty, "Find a lover who can take care of me?" He picked his fingernails: "But now rich women in their thirties and forties think I'm too old. "
"..." An Ruifeng didn't know how to answer, so he could only comfort him: "It's okay, they also dislike me for being old."
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Ling Xi spent another day in S City Film and Television City, and returned to B City the next night. The two days of vacation he finally got were wasted in S City, and he felt that he had to devote himself to his intense schoolwork before he had much rest.
For Ling Xi's reckless departure, Wu Youpeng's face was drawn longer than a donkey. Ling Xi lied to him and said that he wanted to take another day off. Wu Youpeng shook his head: "I don't have time for you to delay. I just received a call from the cast of "Sword in the World" this morning. Their funds and personnel are basically in place. Next week It's time for a makeup photo shoot."
"So fast?" Ling Xi was surprised.
"Sorry, it's been almost two months since the audition ended. If it wasn't for the sponsorship we didn't negotiate earlier, this film should have started a long time ago." Wu Youpeng said with a look of disgust: "You eat less in the past two weeks, Seeing that your face is red, you should eat a lot at An Ruifeng's."
After Lingxi Human Meat Express delivered the box yesterday, An Ruifeng specially invited him to eat high-end Japanese food in order to thank him. Due to the presence of celebrities, there are many high-end restaurants around the film and television city. Yesterday's meal cost a lot of money. An Ruifeng hardly moved his chopsticks, Xu Zhiqiang was black-faced the whole time, but the incompetence of the other two teammates did not affect Ling Xi's performance at all. He, the big eater, ordered 40 of the sweet shrimp just used to stuff his teeth. Only.
Thinking of the big meal last night, Ling Xi sucked in a breathless saliva.
Wu's mother said sourly, "Looking at how greedy you are, don't be deceived by a meal."
The shooting of the makeup photo is scheduled for the second Friday of the second week, and it only takes ten days to complete it. Wu Youpeng hired an acting teacher for Ling Xi again, so he and the acting teacher fell into a situation of mutual torture again. After ten days, Ling Xi finally impressed the teacher with his slight progress. In the final assessment, the teacher generously gave Ling Xi a C, and wrote: At least the singing is very pleasant. .
Wu Youpeng felt that the money was really spent on dogs.
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Early on Friday morning, Wu Youpeng drove Ling Xi to the studio to take makeup photos. "Sword in the World" is a fantasy cultivator theme. Most of the scenes are taken in deep mountain temples, but the makeup photos are all studio shots, so there is no need to toss so far. The crew directly rented a studio in B city, with costumers, props artists and makeup artists. Arrive at the studio an hour in advance to prepare, eagerly waiting for the show.
Everyone knows how much influence a makeup photo can have on a TV series/movie. Costume films are different from modern fashion films, and they can't attract big-name clothes sponsorship. All costumes and props are specially made. If the quality of the clothes is not good or the accessories are cheap, it will affect the evaluation of the whole drama.
"Sword in the World" is not a TV series adapted from a novel, and it does not have considerable fans. There were only two publicity flashpoints before filming, the first was the announcement of the cast list, and the second was the makeup photos. Therefore, from the director to the screenwriter, they all attach great importance to the shooting of this makeup photo.
Wu Youpeng asked Ling Xi to show up early. The main purpose was to leave a good impression in front of the crew. After all, he is a singer who crossed the border to act, so it is easy for people to have preconceived stereotypes.
Unfortunately for Ling Xilai, just after getting off the car, a group of people walking towards Wuyang Wuyang was headed by the hero Bao Hui and his manager. Bao Hui's manager was very arrogant, his head was raised high, his nose was about to pierce the ceiling. There was a feud between them for singing, and Ling Xiguang felt nauseated when he saw their appearance from a distance.
Unlike the sunshine and generosity shown in public, Bao Hui is a very arrogant person in private, and he has offended many people within a year of his debut. But he has a good face and good acting skills. Fans like him very much, and his popularity is rising. The upstart entertainment he works for regards him as a key target of cultivation, and makes great efforts to pave the way for him.
Bao Hui wants the wind to be the wind and the rain to be the rain. He learned through his personal contacts that the theme song of "The World of Swords" this time is very appealing, so he began to reach out and ask for it. In the end, he didn't expect that his brother An Ruifeng from the company actually protected Ling Xi - this little singer who has been almost unknown since his debut for eight years - and let his idea fail.
More than a month later, Bao Hui stomped his feet every time he thought about it.
This time the two met on a narrow road, Ling Xi didn't bother to pay attention to him at all, and wanted to pass by quickly, but Bao Hui stopped him strangely: "Yo, this is not the King of Songs in the Liangyuan Store."
Ling Xi said frankly: "Well, it's me, what's the matter."
"..." Bao Hui felt that he had punched Cotton: "It's not easy to have a singer come over and act."
"It's better than an actor singing." Ling Xi smiled.
Bao Hui was choked for a moment, not to be outdone: "I didn't say it. Now some singers feel good about themselves and dare to go on TV without any acting skills-hey, I said you, have you caught the feeling of acting as a dog?"
Ling Xi counterattacked: "Fortunately, it's not as challenging as yours as a person."
When facing the slut, Ling Xi's fighting power became extremely strong. He blocked Bao Hui to the point of speechless. The agent beside Bao Hui was impulsive and pointed at Ling Xi's nose to scold him. If it hadn't happened to be a staff member passing by, I'm afraid there would really be a bloody battle here.
Bao Hui is the male protagonist. All the makeup artists and costumers are waiting for him. Before entering the dressing room, Bao Hui turned around and said three words to Lingxi: "You wait."
Ling Xi gave him an OK gesture back.
So Bao Hui was dragged into the dressing room looking like he was suffering from high blood pressure.
At first, Ling Xi didn't know how Bao Hui asked him to "wait". Later, he discovered that Bao Hui's progress in applying makeup and taking pictures was too slow...
Makeup artists and stylists are divided into two groups, one for female stars and one for male stars. On the female star's side, they have drawn from female No. 1 to female No. N. On the male star's side, Bao Hui is still instructing the makeup artist to add powder to his neck.
When Bao Hui slowly walked out of the dressing room and started taking makeup photos, almost every time the photographer pressed the shutter, he had to call a pause. One moment his clothes were wrinkled, another moment his hairstyle was messed up. Time, in short, when he took pictures by himself, all three of the actresses had finished taking pictures.
There were several actors behind him waiting to put on makeup and take pictures. Several of them had also worked with Bao Hui before. They formed a circle and whispered in private, secretly looking in Bao Hui's direction as they spoke. Ling Xi didn't want to mix things up with them, so he found a corner to sit and rest.
When he was bored, he started gossiping with Wu Youpeng. He was chatting, and suddenly felt an itch on his feet. He reached out and touched a living furry creature. Ling Xi looked down and found a mixed-haired puppy out of nowhere, staring at him obediently with wet eyes.
Ling Xi likes dogs, but he can't keep them because of work. Every time he sees a stray dog on the side of the road, he can't help but go up to it and give it a sausage and touch it. But he didn't bring sausages when he came out to work today, and the puppy kept leaning towards him. He didn't know how to reward him, so he could only reach out and let it lick his fingers.
This is a small breed dog with a beautiful dark yellow coat, and the limbs from the mouth to the stomach are connected in a piece of white. The two big ears stand straight on the head, and when they hear the sound, they will be very alert and turn slightly to the sides. It had a big fluffy tail attached to its back, and it swung gently to and fro on the ground.
Ling Xi found that this dog was very smart and could do several tricks. Whether it was bowing, turning in circles, or falling to the ground and pretending to be dead, he was extremely proficient. At first Ling Xi thought he was a wild dog, but seeing that it was clean and knew a lot of things that pet dogs understand, he decided who brought him the pet. If such a cute little thing was lost, his master must be very anxious.
He patted his knees, and the puppy jumped up smartly and formed a ball. He hugged it and stood up, and couldn't help but kiss it twice on the head: "Go, brother will take you to find the master."
As a result, before he could reach the gate, the young man in charge of logistics greeted him.
"Hey, I said the two of you are pretty good friends."
"Do you know this dog?" Ling Xi touched the dog's head, and couldn't help kissing its little paw again.
"Don't you know me," said the young man, "it's another you—the dog who played the prototype of the four apprentices."
"..." Ling Xi looked at its round eyes, and recalled the situation when it was swaying and circling just now, and deeply felt a sense of guilt playing with herself.
"By the way, the makeup artist asked me to tell you to hurry up and put on makeup. Bao Hui's side finally finished filming." The young man reached out and took the dog: "It also needs to be put on makeup. I don't know if its clothes are suitable or not. Gotta change it."
Ling Xi couldn't help but spit out, "Why does the dog still wear clothes?"
"If you want it to be naked when it turns into a human, then it doesn't have to wear clothes."
Ling Xi was defeated, did not dare to say another nonsense, and rolled into the dressing room non-stop.
The person in charge of putting on his makeup was a very friendly middle-aged female makeup artist, who was neat and skilled. The stylist who partnered with her was her apprentice. She was not as old as Ling Xi, and she still retained the naughty and cuteness of a girl. Ling Xi used to dress up in fashion when she took publicity photos. This was the first time she wore ancient clothes, and she was both excited and looking forward to it. It's just that the makeup of the costume drama is more difficult than he imagined. The biggest trouble is the hair. The stylist needs to tighten his hair on the top of his head with a special hairnet, and then put a top of hair on his head. Cover, carefully glue the edge of the hair cover to his hairline with special glue.
Because his character is an innocent and casual dog demon, his hair cap is not tied into a bun like other male characters, but it is let loose and falls on his shoulders. The stylist took out another flesh-colored plastic earmuff the size of a slap and folded it upside down over his ear, and glued hair on it, so that no matter which direction he looked at, he couldn't see his real ears.
The sound insulation of the earmuffs is average, and even with Ling Xi on, you can clearly hear other people's voices. He couldn't understand why he was doing so much: "Why are you covering my ears?"
The stylist smiled mischievously: "Because we have prepared another pair of ears just for you." With that, she turned and walked to the table behind her. When Ling Xi first came in, he saw a large and thin metal box on the table. Ling Xi couldn't understand the foreign language written on the box. He glanced at it and looked away. about yourself.
An unexpected thing happened - the lively stylist jumped out of the box and took out a pair of furry ears and the same furry tail, and presented it to Ling Xi like a treasure: "This is the most high-tech equipment of our crew. Now, it will be used on you."
Saying that, she carefully fixed the pair of ears on top of Ling Xi's head with hairpins, and her tail was also looped around his waist with a special belt. It stuck to the scalp under his hair cap. After she was all dressed up, she and the makeup artist took two steps back, motioning for Ling Xi to turn around and let him see himself in the mirror with his own eyes.
In the mirror, a young man dressed in a bright green sect uniform, with long flowing hair hanging down from his waist, a pair of dog ears on top of his head and a big tail behind him, tilted his head and looked at himself curiously. .
"This...?" Wu Youpeng, who was watching all this with bated breath, was a little surprised.
The makeup artist commanded: "Ling Xi, you are thinking of something that will make you very happy."
Although Ling Xi didn't understand what medicine she was selling in the gourd, she still obediently recalled the time she had just rolled Bao Hui's eyes in the corridor.
Wu Youpeng exclaimed: "Move, move!"
That's right, as Ling Xi's mood changed, the ears on his head rotated slightly to the sides, and the tail behind him also swayed lightly from side to side.
No need for Wu Youpeng to say more, Ling Xi looked directly into the mirror and immediately noticed the changes in his ears and tail.
… what the hell kind of tech is this…
Ling Xi was very playful, and after discovering such an interesting toy, he couldn't stop. It's just that this set of ears and tails controlled by the sensor chip is still being tested internally, and it is impossible to distinguish too complicated emotions. It can only simply simulate the four emotions of happy, sad, scared, and angry in dogs. Ling Xi tried hard to recall these. This kind of emotion, rare look at himself in the mirror.
Even if he is mature and stable like Wu Youpeng, he is amazed by the small accessories on Ling Xi's body. This set of furry equipment feels very good, and the color is specially selected as dark yellow as the dog actor. According to the stylist, this is a product implantation by a smart device wearing company after learning the script. In the original script, the four apprentices had no ears and tails after they were transformed into human figures, but now the script has been specially changed for the product.
Ling Xi played for a while, and the more he played, the happier he was. If it wasn't for the photographer urging them, he would still be able to play on his own for a long time.
After walking out of the dressing room, Ling Xi, who had ears on top of her head and tail attached to her back, stunned the audience because of her style. Ling Xi was originally handsome and fair-skinned. The makeup made him look fresh and tender, especially the ears and tails on his body were extremely flexible, which made him look very pleasing.
The logistics guy sent the dog actor who was also wearing the same style of light green into his arms. The puppy liked him very much. As soon as he got into his arms, he stuck out his tongue and licked his chin. Ling Xi was licked and laughed. , he smiled, the tail behind him swayed gently, and the tip of the tail seemed to be scratched in the hearts of everyone.
In a trance, everyone seemed to have really seen the cute and stupid puppy in the play demonized into a human form, passing through the thick script, and came to everyone's eyes.
The director walked around Ling Xi a few times and said goodbye several times. Ling Xi was a little embarrassed to be praised, but in fact, he was taking advantage of the props...
He was about to walk towards the photographer with the dog in his arms when he suddenly heard a commotion at the gate. In the chaos, someone shouted, "An Ruifeng is finally here!" It turned out that An Ruifeng specially asked the director of "Rogue of the Rogue" to take a temporary day off to come back. He just took off from S City in the morning. When you land in City B, go to the studio.
It just so happened that as soon as An Ruifeng stepped into the studio, the first thing he saw was that handsome young man with a puppy in his arms and a pair of dog ears on his head.
In the noisy and chaotic studio, Ling Xi, dressed in a fresh and ancient costume, is like a little demon who inadvertently broke into the modern era. Seeing An Ruifeng coming, Ling Xi raised a big smile and welcomed the long-lost friend.
It was this smile, like an unexpectedly sharp arrow, that directly hit An Ruifeng's atrium, unbiased and shot into the bullseye hidden in the deepest part.
"Ling Xi," Wu Youpeng gnashed his teeth and said in Ling Xi's ear, "Take care of your tail! It's about to turn into a tornado!"