Hello Mr. King - Chapter 124

Chapter 124: Chapter 124 - You Remind me of Someone

Chapter 124: You Remind me of Someone

The size of the outfits alone already barred a lot of people from taking the role . Such a complex outfit naturally couldn’t be mass produced .

Zhou Jie went up to apply the makeup for Yun Xiangxiang after she was styled . Yun Xiangxiang researched a lot about the makeup .

She even frequently discussed it with Zhou Jie . Zhou Jie didn’t expect Yun Xiangxiang to be so serious .

The face should be clean and soft . She specially asked Song Mian to make a custom foundation for her . The rouge was uniformly applied on her cheeks .

“Eh, your eyebrows…,” The stylist that stood at one side gasped when he saw Yun Xiangxiang’s eyebrows were shaved after Zhou Jie erased Yun Xiangxiang’s eyebrows .

The makeup rooms were only divided into the one for the leads, and another one for the extras in Wu Zhao’s team . There were no isolated makeup rooms .

Lu Jin, who just happened to come in felt shocked when he saw it too, “You shaved your eyebrows?”

“I made my research . The women in the Warring States era would shave the eyebrows they were born with . They would then cover it with foundation and drew it with umber-black dye . This is the so-called ‘umber eyebrow . ’”

Coco even tried to stop her when Yun Xiangxiang tried to shave her eyebrows last night . Coco didn’t believe her when she said that she would still have to shave after she came here .

Lu Jin said nothing, and only gave Yun Xiangxiang a thumbs up before sitting in front of his makeup table .

He entered the team at an early stage . A lot of people offended Wu Zhao and Xiong Ao for the issue of shaving their eyebrows . He didn’t just want the female leads to shave their eyebrows; the female extras had to too . A lot of them were only going to appear in the background and had no lines . They still had to follow the rules .

Even though Wu Zhao gave a higher rate than normal for the extras, not everyone was willing to sacrifice their eyebrows .

Some supporting actresses left the team on their own . They considered the limitations they would face in a lot of films before their eyebrows grew back . Their eyebrows would also be different than everyone else if they drew it . The other teams wouldn’t want them .

It would take about two months for the shaved eyebrows to grow back . They basically could forget about taking part in any other films during this period .

If the other directors didn’t have this particular request, they wouldn’t want a weirdo even if they were going to make a film of the same genre .

Yun Xiangxiang’s decisiveness made Lu Jin admire her .

“You remind me of someone,” said Lu Jin said all of a sudden .

They were the male and female lead . Lu Jin wasn’t far away from Yun Xiangxiang .

Yun Xiangxiang kept quiet when the eyebrow drawing was going on .

“Someone who is as conscientious as you are,” Lu Jin continued . “In order to play the role of a minor character that had mental disease accurately, she actually went to a mental asylum to observe for half a month .

Yun Xiangxiang suddenly raised her eyes . Zhou Jie hurriedly made reparations to the last stroke of the eyebrow drawing which she did wrongly .

“I’m sorry . I interrupted your makeup session,” Lu Jin felt apologetic when he saw the change in Yun Xiangxiang’s behavior .

“No, I was just surprised hearing that until I forgot that I was still in the middle of makeup,” Yun Xiangxiang explained while smiling naturally .

Only Zhou Jie caught that split second of her shock . However, Zhou Jie only thought of her admiring the person Lu Jin spoke of .

Lu Jin didn’t see Yun Xiangxiang’s change since his sight was blocked by Zhou Jie .

Only Yun Xiangxiang was shaken to the core . It was because the person Lu Jin said was Hua Xiangrong!

Hua Xiangrong did collaborate with Lu Jin before . It was a film . The character she played was exactly the mental disease patient Lu Jin said .

It was only a minor role that had only three scenes . She didn’t even play with Lu Jin in any scene .

She really went to a mental asylum for observation purposes for half a month just to play that character well . She almost really became crazy when she returned .

The patients inside were really horrifying . Nobody would know the feeling unless they experienced it with their own eyes .

This thing should only be known to Wen Lan and her past assistant . How did Lu Jin know about it?

Nobody associated her with Hua Xiangrong since her rebirth . This was because she didn’t live her real self . She didn’t really have the right to live like that either .

She had no background . She didn’t have any right to do anything on her whim as she started from the bottom .

Forbearance, compromise, taking a step back and putting on a facade were the things that made up most of her life then .

She didn’t struggle to survive in this life . She could still look for another job if she couldn’t make it in the entertainment industry .

That was why she truly lived in this life . She lived for herself . She lived by her own personality .

“It’s done,” Zhou Jie’s announcement when she was done reined Yun Xiangxiang’s thoughts back . “You look really pretty . Let me take a photo . ”

“You can take some photos, but you cannot share it publicly on social media,’ Yun Xiangxiang had to remind her .

The first actress who qualified to act as Madam Xi was kicked out by Wu Zhao because she uploaded a photo .

“Don’t worry . I know,” Zhou Jie naturally wanted to collect her artwork as a makeup artist . Yun Xiangxiang’s makeup was very gorgeous . That was why she took a picture of it as a reference for future jobs .

Everyone was stunned when Yun Xiangxiang appeared in front of them in a casual outfit worn by the nobles of the Warring States era . It was a shenyi [1] that was colored in peach and lilac .

Attire during the Warring States era emphasized on being large and having huge belts . The collar part must extend to the side . The top of the collar in Chu land was wider . They would be embroidered with nice articles . It looked colorful and lofty, yet dignified at the same time .

“What say you? Are you satisfied with this Madam Xi?” Wu Zhao asked a middle-aged man who was standing beside him .

The middle-aged man was slightly rotund, but he looked stern . He was sizing Yun Xiangxiang up with a very nitpicking gaze . He nodded when he found nothing wrong after scrutinizing her for a while, “It’s still okay for now . ”

Yun Xiangxiang had already guessed that he was the screenwriter who argued with directors frequently — Xiong Ao .

“Come here . Let me see the results of your training over the last twenty days,” Wu Zhao immediately asked everyone to start working .

It might be just a test scene, but it wasn’t a scene that was done willy-nilly . It was a bona fide start of filming .

Madam Xi disembarked from the carriage . The carriage stopped, and the maidservant stepped forward . Madam Xi, who was sitting primly opened her eyes .

It was as if a wave rippled in that glance . Her appearance did not let the reputation of her well-known beauty down .

She got out of the carriage and paused for a split second when she stood outside of the castle wall before walking slowly and elegantly under the escort of her servants .

The hemline of her shenyi did not sway when she walked . The front of her shenyi rippled like little waves .

Wu Zhao and Xiong Ao kept on nodding when they saw that . Their eyes shone with acknowledgment .

Madam Cai was standing from afar . A cold glint and a flash of jealousy flashed in her eyes when she saw the striking silhouette getting closer . However, she smiled primly when her sister got near her .

“Sister,” Madam Xi greeted her nicely . She was greeting her as an equal .

The softness of her voice was music to the ears . It was a voice that could stun everyone .

“Good!” Xiong Ao clapped excitedly before thumping his fist at Wu Zhao’s chest with a crimson radiance on his face . “I should expect nothing less from someone assessed by you, Old Man Wu . Good . Very good . ”

“That’s something you don’t see every day . I thought that he never praises anyone,” Madam Cai whispered to Yun Xiangxiang .

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