After Ye Qing finished speaking, she slowly wiped her face with a towel to conceal her expression, so as to better observe Liu Wei's attitude.
Based on Ye Qing's usual observations of Liu Wei, he knew that even if Liu Wei didn't get angry, she would still give him a hard time after he had said those words.
However, Ye Qing did not expect that Liu Wei seemed not to mind his words at all, and there was no displeasure on her face.
So Ye Qing slowed down her wiping of her face with a towel, and saw Liu Wei say with a regretful expression, "She was the one who asked me for help with this. She was the one who asked me first, but the weather has been changing rapidly lately, and her face is a bit allergic. How can I take photos?"
That's why I thought of contacting you. This matter originally had nothing to do with me, but my fellow villager said that if I helped her find someone to help her in an emergency, the person who took the photo would pay me. Even though it's only fifty yuan, it's still money, isn't it?
It was only the 1990s, and photography was done with film. There were no filters or beauty effects; everyone relied on their natural beauty.
Therefore, Liu Wei's reasoning sounds perfectly reasonable.
Liu Wei was getting paid, which could be considered the prototype of an agent, but at that time the term "agent" didn't exist yet. Ye Qing had taken a lot of photos and knew about this. For example, Xu Xiaoyue usually had Brother Li ask her to take photos, and Brother Li would also get some money.
Now, when Ye Qing takes photos, it's mostly Brother Li who asks her to.
Liu Wei's statement now seems reasonable. Although Ye Qing still has some doubts about Liu Wei, she is also somewhat tempted.
After hesitating for a moment, Ye Qing asked, "How much?"
"five hundred."
"How much?" Ye Qing was surprised. If she had heard this number before, she would have been happy. Now that she had participated in more auctions, she knew the market price. Even the big names that everyone knows only got this much. She was able to get this much.
This caused Ye Qing's guard to rise again, which he had just lowered. "Who would pay me this price when I'm so unknown?"
After saying that, Ye Qing put the towel in the washbasin in the room and prepared to go back to the dormitory.
Seeing this, Liu Wei quickly pulled Ye Qing aside: "Hey, let me finish. We're in the same dorm. Although we're not exactly on good terms, I wouldn't do anything to hurt you, would I?"
Ye Qing glanced at Liu Wei, said nothing, but slowed his pace slightly, while Liu Wei followed closely behind.
Back in the dormitory, seeing that Xu Xiaoyue hadn't returned yet, Liu Wei continued the conversation, saying, "Do you know why there's so much money? If you hadn't been paid so much, I wouldn't have received fifty yuan in service fees."
Ye Qing remained silent. Since Liu Wei was pressing him for an answer, she was bound to say something, so he decided to wait for her to continue.
As expected, Liu Wei didn't hear Ye Qing ask a question. She continued, "This time, you'll be shooting a couple photoshoot with a guy. The guy you're paired with is really popular right now. You can hear his songs everywhere. So we thought we'd strike while the iron is hot and shoot a calendar to sell, just like Hong Kong stars' photo albums."
In the past year, music videos, also known as MTVs, have become very popular, and several songs that are familiar to everyone have become hits. Ye Qing, one of the artists, had met him before and they were from the same hometown.
As for who Liu Wei was referring to, Ye Qing didn't press for details, but he wasn't as wary of Liu Wei anymore because she had given a very detailed explanation.
"How is it?" Liu Wei asked quickly, noticing that Ye Qing seemed to have softened a bit.
After a moment of silence, as if making a decision, Ye Qing finally said, "Okay."
"It's settled then, the day after tomorrow, which happens to be Saturday. You don't have anything else planned, right?"
Ye Qing shook her head: "No."
"It's settled then. I'll go give them my answer." Liu Wei was afraid that Ye Qing might change his mind again, so she wanted to finalize the matter now.
Ye Qing nodded.
Not long after Liu Wei left, Xu Xiaoyue returned and asked Ye Qing, "What happened to Liu Wei? I ran into her when I came back and saw her humming a song as she went upstairs. Did she go to see that fellow villager again?"
The fellow villager that Xu Xiaoyue mentioned is the same fellow villager that Ye Qing and Liu Wei just talked about. She filmed a music video and also lives in this dormitory building. Ye Qing's dormitory is on the third floor, and Liu Wei's fellow villager lives on the second floor.
Upon hearing Xu Xiaoyue's words, Ye Qing, who had already climbed up to his upper bunk, recounted what Liu Wei had just told him to Xu Xiaoyue.
Although Xu Xiaoyue didn't like Liu Wei either, after listening to Ye Qing, she couldn't find any evidence that Liu Wei was being scheming. After thinking about it, she comforted Ye Qing and told her to focus on filming and that everything should be fine.
Liu Wei's words were flawless, but just in case, Ye Qing told Xu Xiaoyue the location of the photo shoot and said that if he hadn't returned by nightfall, Xu Xiaoyue should come looking for him.
Xu Xiaoyue also gave her pager to Ye Qing, saying that she would page her and if Ye Qing didn't call back within half an hour, she would go to find Ye Qing.
Having made such a contingency plan, Ye Qing and Liu Wei went together on Saturday.
Although the filming fee was quite high, Ye Qing felt uneasy for some reason, and she just wanted to finish filming as soon as possible and leave.
But the male model who was supposed to be paired with her... or rather, the one Ye Qing was supposed to work with, never showed up.
Because the other party is currently very popular, although everyone was a little anxious, they didn't show it.
Ye Qing had been waiting for so long that he received a page from Xu Xiaoyue. Since no one was there when she arrived, Ye Qing greeted her and prepared to go out to find a public phone to return the page. However, just after he finished greeting Liu Wei, the person he had been waiting for rushed over and bumped into Ye Qing, who was about to go out to make a call.
Upon seeing clearly whose knowledge it was, Ye Qing was extremely surprised, thinking to himself that this world is truly too small.
However, upon further reflection, Ye Qing realized that the other party might not even know her, so she suppressed her surprise and proceeded with her plan to go out and call Xu Xiaoyue back.
After all, filming was about to begin, and it wouldn't be good to go out to answer a phone call in the middle of it. Xu Xiaoyue was also worried about the long wait.
But Liu Wei stopped Ye Qing: "Everyone has been waiting for so long, and we finally got to film. Is it appropriate for you to go out now and keep everyone waiting?"
Before Ye Qing could speak, the person who had rushed over heard Liu Wei's words and said with a smile, "This time it was my fault. There was a performance being recorded by the TV station, which caused a delay. I'm sorry to have kept everyone waiting."
After saying that, he looked at Ye Qing and said, "Ye Qing? Right? You're going to return the call, right? Use my phone to do so."
Before Ye Qing could speak, the other party had already handed him a mobile phone.
This wasn't the most embarrassing or awkward thing for Ye Qing. What was embarrassing was that after the other person said those words, everyone in the room was looking at him.
Everyone was curious how this big shot knew them. Without anyone mentioning their name, the big shot recognized them and even let them use his phone…
Ye Qing glanced around and saw that everyone's eyes were filled with curiosity and gossip.
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