The next day, the makeup artist came to pick her up to try on makeup at the company.
This was her first time to Lu Beijing's company. She rented a two-story office building within the Third Ring Road. Compared with Excellent Era, this place is indeed very inconspicuous.
The building is quite new, but there is no signboard. There is no company name on the signs downstairs or next to the elevator.
When you arrive, use your badge to open the elevator and go directly to the fifteenth floor.
Makeup artist: "The fifteenth floor is for us, the sixteenth floor is Brother Dalu's office, and the bosses are all on the seventeenth floor."
The entire fifteenth floor is very busy now. When you get out of the elevator, it's like seeing a construction site. There are cardboard boxes piled high everywhere.
People were coming and going in the corridor, all running along the way.
The makeup artist said: "We have just assembled the crew now, and there are a lot of things to do." She led her into a dressing room and asked her to sit down.
Makeup artist: "There is water on the table, Sisi, you drink it." She gave her a bottle of mineral water, and then went to call someone.
Today, Kong Zelan is following her.
Liu Wei asked: "Were you here before?"
Kong Zelan pointed upstairs: "I was upstairs before. Brother Dalu knows you are coming, and he will come down to find you soon."
Within five minutes, the makeup artist and his apprentice came in pushing clothes hangers. The two boys had a long clothes hanger in each hand and pushed in a total of four hangers, all of which were covered with clothes.
The makeup artist and another little girl each carried a large black nylon suitcase and pulled another suitcase in.
They arranged things one by one, and Lulu was already here.
Everyone hurriedly said hello "Hello, Brother Dalu" in unison.
Lu Lu waved her hand: "Thank you for your hard work, comrades."
Everyone laughed, and then went back to work.
Lulu sat down and gave Liu Wei a card first.
Liu Wei took it and saw that it was a bank card.
Lu Lu: "Here, here is your salary card. Your subsidy will be paid on the fifth of every month. Although the contract has not been signed, we must have the treatment we deserve." He whispered: "I will give it to you.
The compensation is based on the highest level, and the money should be spent first, we can’t let you have no money in your hand.”
Liu Wei: "..."
Your company seems to be quite casual. Is this the benefit of a family workshop?
Lu Lu: "You can add the company's official account later, which is linked to our company's website, and you can directly check your salary information. This cannot be made public. Five insurances and one housing fund have also been renewed for you, so you don't have to worry about this.
"
What can Liu Wei say? The contract is not signed, but the benefits are provided.
She could only say a complicated "thank you".
Lu Lu didn't seem to be leaving after she arrived. She just sat on the sofa and answered WeChat, remotely guiding the work upstairs from across the floor.
The makeup artist has already pulled Liu Wei over to try on clothes.
Makeup artist: "Brother Dalu, please give me some guidance?"
Lu Lu waved her hand: "Don't let me guide you. I don't care. You still have to ask Director Liang."
The makeup artist sighed: "You said that Director Liang is not too tired. He is doing special effects. He went to Shanghai to follow. The project here has already started. He also takes care of things here and things there."
Lu Lu: "Maybe he is the director."
The makeup artist asked Liu Wei to sit down, untied her hair, and tidied her head first.
In fact, there is nothing to fix, just trim the ends of the hair and straighten it with a straight iron.
Then he stood behind her, put his hair up, and looked in the mirror.
Liu Wei stared at the makeup artist in the mirror.
The makeup artist asked the assistant: "Does it look better with the forehead exposed or not?"
Assistant: "It looks good with your forehead exposed."
The makeup artist couldn't make up his mind and said, "Let's make one with the forehead exposed first."
So I first styled her hair, took photos, then tied it into a ponytail, took photos again, then tied her hair into two braids, and continued taking photos.
Liu Wei: "..."
The first two are okay, but the braid is too boring.
Then put fake Liu Hai on her.
First, the sea of air flow, take photos; then the sea of air flow, take photos; then the sea of horoscopes, take photos.
The same hair, ponytail and braids.
Liu Wei: "..."
This hair style alone lasted a whole morning. She just sat still while an assistant took photos and did the rest to fiddle with her hair.
At noon, we ordered takeout. Liu Wei also had takeout. Unlike a film set, the surrounding area is deserted, so we can only bring food from the villa. There are many restaurants in the Third Ring Road, so eating and drinking are very convenient.
Liu Wei's takeaway today is sushi, because it doesn't taste bad when eaten cold. It's room temperature, and it's a simple meal with some coffee and mineral water.
I am also very happy to be able to eat takeout. It was the first time in Liu Wei's life to eat delicious sushi. It tasted different from what he expected! I thought that the cold rice would not taste good, but the rice at room temperature did not taste the same.
So it’s unacceptable. It’s better to say that I can’t feel it at all. Moreover, the fish, shrimp, and crab meat on it are all cooked, and the taste is sour and sweet.
How to say?
She was a little surprised.
Compared with sushi, Daifuku's taste is very ordinary.
I had lunch in the afternoon and had a one-hour lunch break.
Continue trying on makeup at two o'clock.
Director Liang provided remote guidance - Lu Lu brought a laptop over and started a video call.
Director Liang received the photos of the makeup and hairstyle at noon, and felt that the splayed hairstyle looked the best. Among the three hairstyles, the ponytail looked the best.
In the afternoon, Liu Wei wore a fake figure and a ponytail to try on clothes.
The clothes are very simple, all are skirts.
Liu Wei was a little puzzled when she saw that all the makeup artists picked out were skirts.
Liu Wei: "No pants? Can't jeans?"
The makeup artist glanced at Director Liang in the notebook, turned his back and whispered to her: "The skirt is the safest thing." After saying that, he winked.
…
What's the meaning?
Liu Wei didn't understand, but she pretended to understand. She nodded and put on her first white dress.
A white dress is just an ordinary cotton skirt.
Liu Wei put on her skirt and stood in front of the table with a schoolbag on her back. The makeup artist asked her assistant to take a photo. The assistant squatted on the ground and took the photo.
Then she changed into a plaid skirt.
Then she changed into a denim skirt.
Then she changed into a floral skirt.
Liu Wei: "..."
She wanted to say that this dress was too tacky.
The length of the skirts is all above the knee, and they are all umbrella skirts or sundresses. There are no one-step skirts or pencil skirts. There are only two pairs of shoes, white sneakers and white sandals, without heels and ordinary flat shoes. I only have one prop on my hand.
Just an ordinary big school bag, or two books.
As for her jewelry, she prepared a Pandora bracelet herself, and the makeup artist added a thin black belt watch, an emerald safety buckle, and hung it around her neck with a red rope.
At first she wanted to say, "This is really too vulgar, college students don't dress like this nowadays." But then she didn't want to say it, because Liang Ping was very satisfied with these outfits.
Liang Ping: "Okay. Pick some more lively sportswear that is easy to move around."
The makeup artist then put on a sweatshirt, T-shirt and jeans for her.
But Liang Ping still lost the white sweatshirt and chose two other white shirts prepared by the makeup artist, with square collars and small floral flowers.
Liu Wei: "..."
She understood. The makeup artist chose clothes based on Liang Ping's aesthetics. The clothes that she thought were tacky were not tacky at all to Director Liang.
The final product was that she also wore two small hairpins on her head, a high ponytail with a figure-blow, a short-sleeved white shirt, a denim skirt, a pair of sneakers, and a large schoolbag on one shoulder.
Makeup is even simpler. This makeup does not need to create a sense of age, and there is no age range. The makeup artist spent an hour on her foundation. There was no eyebrow drawing, no eye shadow, no nose shadow, and two or three kinds of blushers were used to apply blush.
, used more blush to outline the eyes, and used two or three kinds of pink lipstick to paint her lipstick. After applying it, it looked like it had not been painted at all.
But Liang Ping was very satisfied and asked the makeup artist to put on a formal photo again tomorrow, and today's makeup trial is over.
After all the hard work, it was eight o'clock and it was getting dark outside.
Liu Wei was so tired that she didn't want to move. She didn't even want to take off her makeup. She wanted to go back and take it off again.
Lulu sat on the sofa with her all day and said, "I'll drive you back. I won't let Xiaolan drive when it gets dark. Let Tiannan accompany you here tomorrow."
Lulu went to pack her things and drive, while the makeup artist and assistants also put the messy things in the room back into place.
Liu Wei was sitting on the sofa drinking sports drinks to replenish her energy, and her curiosity that had been suppressed all day suddenly burst out.
She said: "I think... it's a bit rustic."
The makeup artist and assistant both laughed. After laughing, the makeup artist sighed and said, "Oh, modern makeup is not easy to apply. It is even more difficult than ancient makeup, much more difficult."
Liu Wei was surprised. Is modern makeup more difficult than ancient makeup?
Makeup artist: "Actually, there are only a few styles of makeup in ancient times. It would be more convenient if there were dynasties, and it would not be outdated at all. It has a long lifespan. But modern makeup is different. The fashion changes. Our movie was shot in two parts
Three years later, the look I designed for you today may be outdated by the time it is released! For example, the crotchless pants that were popular before have a very short lifespan. You see, no one wears them now. They were popular before.
At that time, the streets were full of trousers for both men and women. If I prepared this pair of trousers for you, they would have been very fashionable at the time, but would no longer be popular by the time it was released. Think about how you look like on the screen.
, can you accept it? You definitely can’t. The investors and directors don’t accept it either. They definitely don’t care about the issue of popular longevity. They will only think that I, the makeup artist, did not do a good job, and then I will never receive another job.
Alive."
Liu Wei suddenly realized: "That's why you picked those old...safe clothes."
The makeup artist smiled and said: "On the one hand, the clothes I picked are safe, and on the other hand, they are indeed popular styles with a long life. Denim, plaid, floral, white shirts, these are all things that will never go out of style no matter what time you look at them."
Clothes, and few people will dislike them. The more elements are accumulated in a style, the easier it is to fall out of fashion. It will be safe to only use some elements as embellishments. Look, I didn’t make you a whole body full of denim and florals, right? Match it with
Come on, it’s very safe.”
The next day, Liu Wei went to the dressing room again, and the makeup artist put her makeup on again, with a photographer taking pictures from beginning to end.
After that, we took a real makeup photo in front of a curtain, just like taking a photo. There was a desk, a bookcase, and a chair. She was asked to pose with a book and a pen. She stood and sat for another day.
Then I was relaxed and had nothing to do. It was not until five days later that Liang Ping flew back from Shanghai and the script reading meeting began. She went to the company for the third time to attend the script reading meeting.
Liang Ping was tired of life, lost weight, became darker, and became more fashionable.
I don’t know if it was a hairstyle done in Shanghai. Her hair is small and messy. It doesn’t look girly, but it’s a bit fragrant. A tight-fitting shirt and a tight-fitting waistcoat make her look big-chested and thin-waisted, as if she’s gone to the movies all over again.
A fetus for a stylish man.
Lu Lu disliked him as soon as she saw him: "What did you eat wrong and come back?"
Lu Beijing didn't comment on the box office success of his new look. He described it as: "It's pretty good. Don't sit next to me for a while."
Liu Wei was shocked when she entered the conference room, mainly because there were more people than she expected.
The script reading party she imagined would be her, Lu Beijing and Liang Ping, plus Lulu.
But there were at least twenty people in the room, and a conference table was almost full.
After Liu Wei came in, Liang Ping and Lu Lu stood up to greet her. Lu Beijing also stood up and called her with a smile: "Sisi, come and sit here, I've reserved a seat for you."
Liu Wei noticed that Lu Beijing's mood was different. Thinking back to what Lu Lu had said to Lu Beijing's assistant before, he must have already shaped his character.
Most of the others were meeting Liu Wei for the first time, except for the screenwriter. Screenwriter Zhang had worked with her since the last "The Legend of King Wu", and he quickly stood up to greet the Queen.
After sitting down, everyone started asking in the WeChat group who this girl was and why she looked so familiar to the big guys!
Obviously, she is the heroine.
This can be seen from the seating position.
But where did this heroine come from!
A group of people are considered industry leaders, why don't they know such an outstanding newcomer?
Liu Wei sat next to Lu Beijing, and next to Liang Ping on the other side.
She was exposed a little because of Director Liang, and Lu Beijing stared at Liang Ping and smiled.
Liang Ping quickly asked Liu Wei: "Does it smell good?"
Liu Wei said politely: "A little bit. Is it perfume? What brand is it?"
Liang Ping: "It's from Yves Saint Laurent. Alas, the hairstylist over there told me strongly that this fragrance suits me very well."
Liuwei was a little tired of the fragrance. It was a kind of fragrance that wanted to kill people. It was a tangible fragrance. It was really hard for her to imagine that the hairstylist had taken the wrong medicine to think that Liang Ping himself had such a problem.
A realized sweetness.
When Lu Lu went out and came back, he only put two glasses of water in front of Lu Beijing and Liu Wei. He usually poured water for others, but only for Lu Beijing. Everyone knew that he used to be Lu Beijing's assistant, so it was not surprising. But today he also
Pour it for Liuwei, this signal is worth pondering.
Liang Ping wanted to pay attention to the heroine he had not seen for a long time, and asked gently: "I heard from Dalu that you have received a subsidy. What kind of subsidy do you want me to see?"
Liu Wei didn't want to hide it from him, so she asked while holding her cell phone: "You don't have any subsidy?"
Liang Ping: "Yes. There are insurance, transportation, and communications, just these three things. What about housing, supporting the elderly, raising children, and raising family members? I don't get any of these subsidies."
He only paid attention to his salary slip after what happened to the props team leader, and found out that he was the only one in the company who was so pitiful because of the three types of subsidies.
Lu Lu said no. He said that the most pitiable person was Lu Beijing. Although Brother Lu was the boss, the company still ruthlessly took his commission, 20% for each order. Why did it become like this? Because it was the first time the two of them had done this.
There was no experience in the company. At that time, Lu Beijing was the only artist in the company. He had to pay for all the salary, benefits and rent of all the company's employees. So how could he pay for it? Lu Beijing and Lu Lu came up with a genius idea: take a commission. Any of Lu Beijing's
The company takes 20% of the income. As long as the contract is signed from the company, the company will take 20%. When Du Chengwei heard about this after joining the company, Mo Ming felt that something was wrong, but because he was not in this industry, he
By default, this is the rule of thumb in the entertainment industry.
It wasn't until many years later, when the three veterans of the company got to know more people in the circle and knew more, that they realized that the boss's earnings were generally not taken. The boss earns the boss' money, and after the boss has earned his own money, the rules are
The income from several channels belongs to the company, and then it splits the accounts with the company. Generally, there are investment income, income from other artists, operating income, advertising income, etc. This part is divided into 28, 55, and 37. In other words,
Not all the boss's money is considered as the company's income. What belongs to the boss belongs to him. The company must find a way to support itself and then give part of the money earned to the boss.
In the beginning, it is indeed necessary for the boss to support the company out of his own pocket, but once the operation is on track, it will no longer be necessary, and the boss will not take the profit from every order. This is probably the only company in the world with this kind of design.
In other words, if the company goes bankrupt, it means Lu Beijing goes bankrupt. Who told him to sell himself to the company?
To a certain extent, it can be said that Lu Beijing is an artist of the company, he belongs to the company, not the company belongs to him.
After Liang Ping learned about this, he felt more confident about signing himself to the company! There are not many opportunities to be tied to a rope with the boss, and there are not many bosses who are so stupid. If you are stupid, you can be reliable with more money.
Liu Wei has also seen his "salary slip". Just go to the company's website and enter your name and ID number to see it. There is a long row of subsidies on the salary slip. The first three are the same as Liang Ping's, namely
Insurance, transportation and communications, 2000 each.
Because she does not have housing in Beijing, she also has a rental subsidy of 5,000.
She doesn’t have a house, so she also has a meal subsidy, which is also 2,000.
However, there is a separate nutrition fee listed below the meal supplement, which is 20,000.
Kong Zelan said that this is only available to artists, which means that she and Lu Beijing are the only ones in the company to receive this nutrition subsidy.
Kong Zelan: "Because you definitely need to eat something different. For example, when Brother Lu wants to gain muscle, he needs to eat eggs, and when he wants to lose weight, he needs to eat fitness meals. This part must be listed separately."
There is also a decoration fee, which is also a subsidy unique to the artist and exclusive to her and Lu Beijing.
10000
Kong Zelan: "Usually it's rented. If Sisi you need to participate in an event, the company will definitely rent the event clothes for you, so the money is actually not used. Tiannan and I have been following you. We all have cards. We really need it temporarily
If you buy something, we must pay for it. This is welfare."
There was also the most unusual subsidy. She was surprised when she saw it, and so was Liang Ping.
The last box of the table: Education subsidy: 2000.
Liang Ping: “Hey, isn’t this a subsidy for those with children?”
Lu Beijing also stretched his head to look at it together, and said: "Sisi is still in school, of course there is this subsidy."
The three of them met and had a lively chat. Others who wanted to talk could not get in the conversation and could only stare.
It's basically confirmed.
The heroine, Brother Lu and Director Liang are part of the same family.
At half past ten, everyone arrived.
In the back, the assistants moved a chair against the wall and sat on it for shorthand.
The conference table was packed with people, including men and women. Liu Wei only knew the two beside him and no one else.
Lulu was sitting at the big screen, obviously just here to hold off the battle.
Liang Ping took the microphone and said: "It's started, it's started, look at me. The "Summer" script meeting, the first time, begins. Let me introduce the background of the story first. Our story is based on reality, but it must also be detached.
In reality, no specific city names will appear in the movie. All characters, except for the male and female protagonists, are pseudonyms and nicknames."
Then the big screen came on, Lulu stood on one side holding the remote control, and the ppt started playing on the screen.
First there is the huge book title "Summer", then there are the names of the producer, the male and female actors and the director.
Liang Ping pointed at Liu Wei and said, "Let's get to know each other. This is our heroine, Sisi... You don't have to stand. You don't have to stand."
Liu Wei wanted to stand up and bow to everyone, but Liang Ping and Lu Beijing held her down, so she had to sit down and nod to everyone.
Liang Ping pointed at Lu Beijing again: "Brother Lu, the male lead. I, the director."
Then he introduced them one by one.
Liu Wei quickly followed and recognized the person.
Sitting across from her were the bad guys Zhang San, Li Si Wang and Wu who abducted her... This title was really not taken seriously at all.
To balance the situation, there are six bad guys, three men and three women, some old and some young, one old man, one middle-aged man and one young man.
The police officers are also composed of men and women, two men and two women, and there are two middle-aged men and two young men. They are the male captain, the female instructor, the male police officer, and the female police officer.
These are the main characters.
Liang Ping: "There are also some minor supporting characters who have no names. Let's ignore them for now. Our script meeting will outline the main plot first. Don't worry about the number of lines or the number of scenes. Now the scripts are not accurate. The scriptwriter
You will definitely have to change it again later, or I may have edited it for you when it is filmed. This is all possible, don’t worry about it. Okay, I’m done.”
Liang Ping sat down and handed the microphone to Lu Beijing.
Lu Beijing took the microphone and said: "I am the narrator. Don't be too surprised when you hear my voice when reciting the words. I have the most words."
There was a burst of laughter in the conference room.
Liu Wei opened the script. It was a thin book with 60,000 to 70,000 words. When she got it yesterday, she read it several times. She also marked her lines and scenes with a red pen and folded the corners.
Turn to page one now - because page one is her line.
Telephone.
In the first scene, she called her classmates and said she wanted to visit her hometown.
But when she opened it, she saw the comments she wrote on the script - she felt that no one calls and chats on the phone now, it's all on WeChat.
Liang Ping immediately saw the red-letter annotation she wrote. He quickly pressed down her script and asked Lu Beijing to slowly hand the microphone to her after finishing the narration.
Whoever reads the lines takes the microphone.
Liang Ping: "Wait a minute. Lao Zhang, change the first scene."
Screenwriter Zhang was very calm: "Okay. You mark it first, and we can revise it together later."
Liang Ping: "Start from the second act."
Liu Wei breathed a sigh of relief, the second scene was not hers.
The second scene is when Qiao Ye goes to the police station to call the police.
Lu Beijing took the microphone, raised his voice, and softened his breath, so that he sounded like a teenager.
He said: "Hello, where can I report the crime?"
The male young police actor cleared his throat and said, "Wait a moment, I'll call someone for you. Xiao Wang, come here and take notes."
Liu Wei found that the names of the characters here were all very simple. They were either named Zhang or Wang or Zhao. Only the surnames of the male and female protagonists were particularly different, showing their unique temperament.
The young female police officer's voice sounded particularly upright, and she sounded like a police officer.
Policewoman: "Hello, what case do you want to report?"
Lu Beijing took out his mobile phone: "Look, I met this person online. He said that there were many cases of abduction and trafficking of women in his hometown. I don't know if what he said is true or not, so I just wanted to report a case and tell you about it.
...is that okay?”
Female police officer: "Yes, of course. Thank you for reporting the case. Please come here and I will record it for you. When and where did you contact this person? Have you met him?"
Lu Beijing said: "About a year ago, I had an account on Weibo for posting photos. I was an amateur photographer and had passed the press card test. I wanted to be a reporter, but there was no place for me yet.
,Ha ha……"
Liu Wei noticed that Lu Beijing messed up the order of the words and did not follow the script directly, but he basically memorized the lines and only glanced at them occasionally.
The female police officer opposite has very few lines, just to guide Lu Beijing's character to explain the background and premise of the matter.
Liu Wei scrolled forward to see the characters, and then scrolled back... and found that the character who told about the abduction and trafficking of women in his hometown did not appear at all.
Just like the classmate she called in the first scene, these two characters only appear in the protagonist's words. The essence is to save the scene and characters and avoid confusing the audience with too many characters.
You can also save money on supporting actors.
After Lu Beijing finished speaking this paragraph, he took a sip of water and asked Liang Ping: "Did you check your watch? How long is this period?"
Liang Ping had stopped his stopwatch since he spoke just now and replied: "Three minutes and forty seconds. No, many viewers will not be in the mood to listen to this length. Lao Zhang, this section needs to be changed to less than one minute."
Screenwriter Zhang said calmly: "Okay, mark it."
The third scene is Liu Wei. She has arrived at her classmate's hometown. The two of them left the station to find a car. Liu Wei got into a black car.
Liu Wei took the microphone, looked at this simple line, Qi Luck Dantian, and said: "Brother, where are you going with this car!"
There's nothing wrong with her. She's at a train station. There are people and cars everywhere. She should speak louder. Moreover, her luggage has just been robbed. She must not be weak. She must be fierce.
A little.
The whole place was silent for half a second.
Liang Ping hesitated and said softly: "Sisi, you are so fierce, I'm afraid they will tie you up and knock you unconscious as soon as you get in the car."
Liu Wei knew that she was in the wrong mood, but she felt something was wrong: "Don't they tie people up after getting in the car?" They would definitely tie them up, so it shouldn't matter what her attitude was.
Liang Ping thought for a while and asked: "What would you do if you got in the car and the other side was aggressive? What if the other side wanted to rush over and hit you?"
Liu Wei: "Kick him. Then we'll see what happens." The first reaction is definitely to resist. If you can't resist, then say something else, such as begging for mercy.
Liang Ping: "..."
Some people clear their throats and some people drink water.
Liu Wei knew that she could correct her mistakes and said, "Then I should be softer?" She cleared her throat, changed her voice to the one she played as Jiang Ji, and said softly: "Brother, where are you going with your car?"
Liang Ping frowned: "Wait a minute, I think the first version is better. What do you think, Brother Lu?"
Lu Beijing also thinks the first version is better. The first version looks like a living person, while the second version is more like a character, but a bit annoying and unlikable.
Lu Beijing: "The first version is nothing. Girls don't have to be weak. Girls can be tough. The point is that they were hurt, not their character."
Liu Wei fell into another kind of thinking. She said: "Then if I act like this, will some people think it is because this girl is too tough? If she talks nicely, the bad guys may not be so cruel to her?"
Lu Beijing: "You can't care what others think. When a character is played, she must be able to say whatever she wants. The bad guys will not stop binding her just because she can cry. I think your first way of expression is better because it seems
You have more energy."
Liang Ping took the script, read it, made comments, and said to screenwriter Zhang: "Old Zhang, this scene also needs to be changed. Be more direct, tie people up as soon as they get in the car, and gag them immediately. Sisi can express herself freely, if she wants to scold
Just scold them, no need to be polite to them!"
Liu Wei: "I think Qin Qing's character shouldn't be able to curse. The most she can do is curse a bastard."
Liang Ping nodded: "Yes. Lao Zhang?"
Screenwriter Zhang: "Okay, bastard, right?"
Liang Ping raised his head: "..."
Screenwriter Zhang opened his eyes innocently: "I didn't say that."
Liu Wei: "..."
Lu Beijing: "Sisi, let me see your script."
She quickly handed over the script and talked to Lu Beijing, avoiding the Shura scene between Director Liang and the screenwriter.