"'Take dreams as your horse, and provide a stage for young people to grow. Show the efforts and hard work of trainees, and pass on the positive energy of youth to the public.'... How come this slogan is louder than your class." Yang Xu flipped through the plan with a swishing sound, and pouted, "What's the point of shouting slogans every day? The trainees of this class are not that good. Brother, did you see the official photos sent a few days ago? The best-looking one is the returning member of your class. Was it in the top 30 or the top 20? I can't remember... Hey, brother, why don't you pay attention to me?"
Li Xuan was modifying a map. He was always focused when working and rarely distracted. He couldn't stand Yang Xu's noise any more and looked up from the computer screen: "You are talking nonsense here, do you still need me to praise you? ... ... Don't sit on the table, why don't you just stand on it? What are you doing here today?"
"I'm here to give you the contract and the planning proposal for Picking the Moon. They've been doing a lot of weird things this year. The process is much more complicated than any of your previous ones." Yang Xu slid down from the table obediently, and then leaned over half of his body to try to look at his screen. "Brother, are you playing games or chatting with people? Are you not listening to me?"
WeChat messages kept popping up, all with Chu Tianheng's messages. In the end, the chief artist chose him. Li Xuan had no objection to the design that Qi Boyuan had chosen. After all, his skills were really good. He could do everything from 2D to 3D, from original painting to UI.
His work attitude was positive, and he officially started working the next day after the interview. As the art team joined the team, the front-end program continued to be adjusted. Li Xuan glanced at the scene concept map he had just sent, replied to wait, and closed the computer screen before Yang Xu came over.
"I've delivered it. What next?" Li Xuan supported his head with one hand. "Wait for me to pay on delivery?"
"Waiting for you to choose a plan!" Yang Xu shouted, "The plan also includes the makeup design that the program team has initially decided on for you. There are several versions, and you have to choose one yourself... What do you mean by payable on delivery? Brother, you are not going to give me money again, are you?" He waved his hands repeatedly, "No, the bonus you give me every month is several times higher than my salary, and I have enough money to spend... Hurry up and choose a plan first. If you are not satisfied, ask them to re-do it or use our own stylist... You really didn't listen to me just now."
He said it with a bit of grievance, muttering to himself that he had become addicted to the Internet recently. Li Xuan felt that the meridians on his forehead were throbbing, and pointed at the clock on the wall: "I heard it! If you think about it, you should know that I not only heard it, but I also told you twenty minutes ago that Zhuangzao asked you to go out and discuss it with 'Li Xuan', and he can make the decision... ... Where are the others?"
After asking myself, I suddenly remembered that Sheng Min was probably doing his homework again.
"In the bedroom, it seems like he is reading a book? I don't know what it is, the bricks are so thick." Yang Xu really said so, and said very positively, "Brother, I will go and help you check it out."
After finally getting rid of him, Li Xuan breathed a sigh of relief: "Give the plan over for him to choose from. Close the door, and don't come in until I come out."
"No way." Yang Xu had already walked to the door, but upon hearing that, he took two steps back and said, "Brother, why do you listen to him in everything? Even when you are in love, you can't lose yourself. How can you let him decide everything, big or small, and let him control you?"
His tone was heavy and his expression looked really heartbroken. Li Xuan didn't want to recall how he spent a quarter of an hour explaining that they were not that kind of relationship, and how Yang Xu was finally brought back to square one. He simply gave up struggling.
"And how long have you known each other? I really don't trust him at all. He looks okay, and he looks decent. As soon as he came today, he washed guavas for me to eat... How did he know that I like that? Did you tell me, brother? Oh, none of this matters." Yang Xu said a long string of words and then waved his hand to overturn them all. The amplitude of the movement was so large that he almost knocked over the two plates of cactus on the table. "Just because he kicked you out late at night last time and took over your place, I feel that he is not a good person."
"I'll say it again, I walked out on my own that night." Li Xuan licked his teeth, "Okay, shut up. It's just a choice of style, why are you making a big deal out of it?"
Yang Xu flipped through the pages about styling: "What do you mean by strong lines... Now that we have connected them, we must carefully prepare them so that they will be the most stunning when they appear on stage."
"Stunning? Am I a female star?"
"Male stars need it more! There are only a few styles to look at, and they don't do it well. Like last time on the red carpet, someone issued a press release to criticize you, even though you had a cold that day. He was so proud of himself."
"Stop, stop." Li Xuan didn't want to listen to these love-hate stories. He couldn't understand Yang Xu's sudden strong sense of professionalism. While dealing with him, he tried to run the program he had just written, but it actually reported an error in the middle.
"I don't choose because I'm lazy." Li Xuan frowned and called up the program to look through it. He quickly found the bug and said, "Give it to him to choose. If you really don't want to, you can just choose it yourself... ... If you say anything else, just pick the soldiers and generals and do whatever you want."
Yang Xu said dissatisfiedly: "Brother, why are you like this?"
"That's it." Li Xuan simply said, "Okay, I'm just busy playing games. If you keep saying that I'm going to beat you up if I lose."
"You can't possibly hit me." Yang Xu said, but seeing that Li Xuan's eyes had returned to the screen and he didn't look up for a long time, he finally gave up. He kept muttering about online games harming people, and finally took the plan and left.
When closing the door, Li Xuan suddenly remembered the glimpse he had just caught. Yang Xu drew a red heart under the shape of a few zircons stuck to the corner of a certain eye. He was probably very satisfied. He quickly reminded her, "Don't stick diamonds under that eye!"
"Okay!" Yang Xu answered him loudly, "I heard it!"
"Teacher Sheng, don't move. We'll be done soon." The makeup artist held the zircon with tweezers and carefully attached the last two on the left corner of his eye. She walked to the front and looked around, then said with satisfaction, "Okay, it's done."
She quickly packed up her makeup case and said, "I'm going out first."
"Yes. Thank you." Li Xuan opened his eyes and looked at the mirror for ten seconds, pointed at the zircon at the corner of his eye, tilted his head and asked Sheng Min, "Didn't Yang Xu tell you that I said I didn't want this."
It was nine o'clock in the morning, and there were still two hours before the first recording of "Picking the Moon". Li Xuan finished the last map last night and went to bed when it was almost dawn. He took a nap on the way here, but he was awake when he entered the dressing room. The makeup map was the one he had excluded.
The makeup and makeup are integrated, and the costumes are already prepared, so it is difficult to modify them in a short time. The temporary makeup changes of artists can be big or small. If someone exaggerates it, it may be suspected of being a big shot. Although Li Xuan was not happy, he finally let the makeup artist do it.
Sheng Min pursed his lips: "He said it. I think this looks good."
"Really?" Li Xuan didn't believe it.
Speak of the devil and he will appear. Sheng Min's phone rang, and the name on it was Yang Xu.
"Did you choose the diamond sticker?" Li Xuan picked up the phone directly.
"Yes. Didn't you say you wanted this? I told Li Xuan that you thought this was good, and he agreed!" For some reason, Yang Xu sounded anxious. After answering him hurriedly, he said, "Brother, don't worry about this for now! I'm telling you..."
As the mechanical female voice at the other end reminded "the elevator goes up", Yang Xu could not hear clearly what she said afterwards.
"What are you talking about... Why are you so rushed every day?" Li Xuan simply hung up the phone and looked at Sheng Min again, "You are still helping him hide it, why don't you buy him a pair of hearing aids? How can he hear it wrongly?"
Sheng Min pursed his lips and smiled: "It's my fault. I should have confirmed it with you again."
But Sheng Min couldn't be blamed for this. Li Xuan had been staying in the study room for the past few days and had hardly come out. He slept less than five hours a day, and Sheng Min didn't want to bother him with these things.
"This makeup is okay." Sheng Min comforted him, resting his elbow on the dressing table and tilting his head slightly. "The other makeup looks are too heavy. My eyes are a little sensitive, and they get easily inflamed if the makeup is not removed properly. I'm worried that you will feel uncomfortable, and you have to sit in front of the computer for so long every day. This one is okay, really, stage makeup is supposed to be a little exaggerated."
It was near noon, and the dressing room window faced east, with plenty of sunlight. A few rays of light passed through the gaps between the leaves, across the windowsill, and finally fell on Li Xuan's face. There were only about a dozen zircons, all uniformly transparent, without any strange colors, and scattered around. In fact, it was not too discordant, and I got used to it after looking at it a few more times.
"It's really pretty." Sheng Min blinked, "You have to have confidence in yourself."
"This is your face." Li Xuan reminded him. Sheng Min belatedly let out a sigh. Li Xuan said with a hint of teasing, "Should I have confidence in you?"
"Brother!" Sheng Min hadn't spoken yet. Yang Xu, who had lost contact with the other end of the phone for a short time, suddenly rushed in and crawled to Li Xuan. His forehead was covered with sweat. He had gone downstairs to buy coffee, but now the coffee was gone and he was holding an empty bag in his hand. "Do you know who I met?"
Being interrupted in the middle of his speech, Li Xuan sighed and said impatiently: "Even if you have seen a ghost, straighten your tongue first."
"More disgusting than a ghost." Yang Xu ran out of breath and held on to the armrest of his chair for a long time. He drank half of the water that Sheng Min handed over, and a few drops spilled on Li Xuan's pants. He finally finished the second half of the sentence, "Qin Zhengchen, that bastard, is here!"
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Qin Zhengchen appeared before, in Chapter 6.