The next evening, Jiang Dao followed Chu Yinlong to a secret private restaurant and met the big sister that Chu Yinlong mentioned.
Xiang Yunru is over 30 years old, but she is still extremely beautiful, exuding the charm unique to a mature woman. Perhaps because she grew up in a wealthy environment, she has an air of nobility and a very overwhelming aura.
Seeing Jiang Dao, Xiang Yunru looked at him for a moment, smiled with satisfaction and nodded: "He has a good figure, and is a good material for making a clothes rack."
Chu Yinlong habitually said: "Isn't it better to find a professional model?"
Xiang Yunru said straightforwardly: "I looked around and didn't like any of them, so I took a fancy to your Xiaodao. Why, do you think he's not pretty enough? Or his figure is not as good as that of a professional model?"
Chu Yinlong snorted and ignored this death trap question.
Xiang Yunru took a sip from the teacup, then slowly offered her some sweet words: "My brand is making its debut in the fashion circle, and I want to shoot the first batch of advertisements and photos for two people. Now I formally invite you and Jiang Dao, do you agree?"
Chu Yinlong immediately extended his hand to her: "Happy cooperation."
Xiang Yunru smiled and shook hands with him.
With just a few words, a business cooperation was finalized.
Then the topic turned to other places.
"I heard about the Qin family's affairs from my father." Xiang Yunru said, "It's really rare that you would take the initiative to ask them to help you. I finally feel a sense of accomplishment as a sister."
As she spoke, she looked at Jiang Dao again and nodded in appreciation: "No wonder you protect him so much, he is beautiful. If you hadn't acted earlier, I might have -"
"Ahem!" Chu Yinlong coughed in a warning tone, "Were you not urged to get married when you returned to China this time?"
Xiang Yunru remained silent.
After a moment, she looked at Jiang Dao with a smile: "Hey, I have a photo of him when he was a child, do you want to see it?"
Chu Yinlong grabbed the phone that Xiang Yunru was about to pick up and quickly said, "Sister, I was wrong!"
He had never called Xiang Yuancheng "Dad", but the term "Sister" was something he had been tortured with since childhood and it came to him very easily.
It was rare to see Chu Yinlong like this, Jiang Dao was immediately curious: "What photo? I want to see it!"
Chu Yinlong frowned and pretended to be angry: "What's so good about it! I'm a living person here, why should I look at photos..."
Jiang Dao was not afraid of him, so he simply stood up and sat next to Xiang Yunru, calling her sweetly, "Sister, can you let me see?"
The next second, Xiang Yunru's cell phone was snatched away by Chu Yinlong.
Then the situation suddenly changed. Jiang Dao jumped up with incredible agility, grabbed Chu Yinlong's arm and snatched the phone from him.
The private room of this private restaurant is not big, and the two of them cannot move freely. Although Jiang Dao is inferior to Chu Yinlong in strength and physical fitness, he is slightly better in agility. In the end, he successfully takes back the phone and hands it back to Xiang Yunru with a smile.
Xiang Yunru praised: "You can fight him to this extent, not bad, not bad, I accept you as my younger brother."
After saying that, she pulled out a photo from her phone and showed it to Jiang Dao.
Jiang Dao was stunned when he saw the figure on the screen.
Immediately, he burst into laughter, leaned in Chu Yinlong's arms, and couldn't stop laughing for a long time.
Chu Yinlong pinched Jiang Dao's butt with a dark face.
"Ouch!" Jiang Dao was still laughing, "You wore skirts when you were a kid! Who put lipstick on you?"
"Who else could it be but her!" Chu Yinlong was depressed, but things had come to this point and there was nothing he could do. Who made him ask too quickly if anyone was urged to get married? So he was retaliated against.
Xiang Yunru pulled out a few different photos and showed them to Jiang Dao, very proud: "I have liked dressing up dolls since I was a child. Later, my father remarried, and I saw Aunt Lu bringing such a beautiful brother to my house, so I couldn't help but play with him as a doll... These were my most precious clothes back then. I was willing to let him wear them, which shows that I really like them!"
After saying that, she sighed again: "What a pity, he grew so big all of a sudden after puberty. I don't know how much fun I lost..."
Chu Yinlong raised his head and sighed heavily towards the sky.
He knew that nothing good would happen if Xiang Yunru met Jiang Dao.
Jiang Dao finished reading Chu Yinlong's childhood dark history and said with a smile: "It's okay, sister, you are making men's clothing now, you can still use him as a doll to play with."
Xiang Yunru laughed and gave Jiang Dao a thumbs up.
After the fun, the three of them sat at the table and ate in peace.
Xiang Yunru asked again: "Come to think of it, people in the circle don't know about your relationship with the Xiang family, right?"
Chu Yinlong nodded: "Well, no one knows."
He is the stepson of financial tycoon Xiang Yuancheng. Even the seniors who have a very good relationship with Chu Yinlong have kept this relationship a secret. Back then, Chu Yinlong was brought into the circle by his aunt Lu Zhengrong, so everyone thought that Longqi Entertainment was the only one behind him.
As for who Chu Yinlong's parents were, neither Lu Zhengrong nor Chu Yinlong mentioned it. Those who wanted to dig up information tried their best but never found any, and as time went by they no longer cared.
In the circle of aristocratic families, many people knew that Xiang Yuancheng's second wife was surnamed Lu, but only very few people knew that Lu Xiaorong was Chu Yinlong's mother. Moreover, these very few people were all Xiang Yuancheng's close friends. Knowing that they were unwilling to make it public, this barrier had never been broken.
Until now, even Longqi Entertainment’s own public relations department does not have any information about the relationship between Chu Yinlong and the Xiang family.
"It's good that no one knows." Xiang Yunru said, "This way we don't have to worry so much when we take action against the Qin family. Otherwise, you and Jiang Dao will be involved, and the Internet will probably be in an uproar. This is what I admire most about Lu Zhengrong. She hid Aunt Lu's information very early on, which saved a lot of trouble over the years."
Xiang Yunru never called Chu Yinlong's mother "Mom". This was a tacit understanding between the two families.
"By the way, I heard that you took Zhang Wenyu to visit Teacher Zhang Heng's crew, and she fell in love with a little model?" Chu Yinlong looked a little strange, "How do you know that he will definitely fall in love with Liu Yueran?"
Speaking of this, Xiang Yunru immediately revealed an innocent look.
She spread her hands and said, "I didn't expect her to be interested. I used the excuse of choosing a model for my own brand and flirted with a few celebrities with the child's photo, just to see if I could get a job. Who knew that Zhang Wenyu would be interested in her at first sight? I can only say that the bad fate between the Zhang and Qin families is not over yet."
So this was really a deliberate decision?
Jiang Dao couldn't help but laugh and said, "What a pit this is. I suddenly feel a little sympathetic towards Liu Yueran."
He just said it casually, but he didn't really mean it. He had seen a lot of the law of the jungle and unreasonable things, and he couldn't feel the slightest sympathy for people he didn't know well. Besides, Liu Yueran was not a good person. He used his own tricks to get close to the wealthy family, so it was not unfair for him to be affected by the struggle among the wealthy families.
But Chu Yinlong took Jiang Dao's casual words seriously.
He frowned slightly and asked Xiang Yunru: "Can Liu Yueran's safety be guaranteed? Don't push Qin Xiao into a corner and take it out on him."
"Don't worry, that kid is a scheming one." Xiang Yunru chuckled, "If he didn't have some tricks to keep people hanging, Zhang Wenyu wouldn't be willing to pursue her for so many days with his explosive temper... Hiss, speaking of this, I find it a bit strange, does that little model have any grudge against Qin Xiao?"
"What do you mean?" Chu Yinlong was surprised, "A grudge?"
"When I was chatting with Zhang Wenyu, I heard her talk about some details. I always felt that the kid was actively fanning the flames." Xiang Yunru stroked her chin and said carefully, "It's as if he wanted to use Zhang Wenyu to deal with Qin Xiao, but he didn't dare to do it too obviously, so he kept him hanging..."
This touches upon the blind spot in the information that Jiang Dao and Chu Yinlong have already obtained.
Chu Yinlong had no idea that Liu Yueran had a jade pendant; Jiang Dao also didn't know that Liu Yueran cherished the jade pendant very much, but it was smashed by Qin Xiao himself, and he refused to admit his mistake.
It was even more impossible for the two of them to imagine that Qin Jiangshan's secretary Chen Si would actually secretly give Liu Yueran a push and push him onto the path of gradually becoming evil.
After the meal, Chu Yinlong and Jiang Dao both added an advertising shoot to their calendars for early March.
Just after sending Jiang Dao back to the apartment, Chu Yinlong received another call. It was from the propaganda department of the army he had contacted before, and the reply said that they could adopt a retired military dog.
"What?" Jiang Dao was shocked when he heard that he could adopt a military dog. "Didn't they say that civilians are not allowed to adopt? No, why did you want to adopt a military dog?"
"Since you like animals so much and always have trouble sleeping without me around, I want to bring one back to keep you company." Chu Yinlong said with a smile, "It just so happens that the troops there plan to record a national defense propaganda program this summer. I will participate in it for free, so they agreed to let me adopt a retired military dog."
Jiang Dao looked at Chu Yinlong and didn't speak for a long time.
Chu Yinlong smiled and came forward: "Why are you stupid? Are you happy or unhappy?"
The next second, Jiang Dao reached out and pushed Chu Yinlong into the sofa, supported his hands on the back of the sofa, looked down at him, and kissed Chu Yinlong on the lips.
"Of course I'm happy." He lifted his legs and sat on her, smiling and whispering, "In return, I will make you happy too."
…
Xiang Yunru’s new men’s clothing brand “Zhujun” established in Yan City focuses on light luxury design that combines Chinese and Western styles, including Western formal wear, casual uniforms, luggage and leather shoes.
The advertisements that Jiang Dao and Chu Yinlong are going to shoot cover almost all the series currently launched by the brand, so the shooting task is not easy.
Two days before the shooting, Jiang Dao and Chu Yinlong came to Xiang Yunru's studio as promised to make modifications to the costumes for the upcoming shooting.
As soon as they entered the room, Xiang Yunru took them to the clothing workshop and said, "Take off all your clothes, leaving only your underwear, and I will measure your sizes."
Jiang Dao was stunned.
Chu Yinlong couldn't help but frown: "All you have left is your underwear? Here?"
Xiang Yunru said as a matter of course: "Yes, I will measure your size. The most accurate way is of course to measure your body closely."
Seeing that Chu Yinlong's brows were not relaxed at all, she couldn't help but laugh: "What's that expression? I'm not a female sex maniac! Don't worry, since your sister learned fashion design, men's bodies are just clothes racks in my eyes, and there is no wrong way to think of them. Besides, I have seen so many young models naked backstage at the shows, and I have drawn hundreds of them. Why are you still shy with me!"
Chu Yinlong was speechless: "I'm not shy..."
"Don't be jealous." Xiang Yunru directly blocked the second half of his sentence, "Even if your sister hasn't had sex for two years, she won't steal your boyfriend."
Chu Yinlong: ...
Listening to the conversation between the two, Jiang Dao couldn't help but laugh out loud.
He had no psychological burden about taking off his clothes. He stripped himself naked in two or three moves and obediently left only his underwear.
Seeing Jiang Dao being so straightforward, Chu Yinlong hesitated to speak and finally said nothing.
Xiang Yunru didn't waste any time. She picked up the tape measure to measure Jiang Dao and recorded the data on the tablet computer.
Looking at the measurements, she said with a click of the tongue, "Just looking at the muscle lines on your body, I can't feel them at all, Xiaodao, why are you so thin? You didn't look like that in the variety shows before, your waist is so thin... Tsk, I guess the pattern of your pants will have to be slightly adjusted. Fortunately, the tops I prepared for you are all casual styles, so there's not much that needs to be moved."
"I wasn't this thin originally." Jiang Dao smiled, "I lost weight to this extent in order to lose weight for my next movie."
"That's really hard work." Xiang Yunru said casually, putting the tape measure on Jiang Dao's waist and measuring his hip circumference.
Chu Yinlong was sitting on the sofa nearby. When he saw this scene, he took a short breath and reached out to grab the green plants on the coffee table.
By the time Jiang Dao finished measuring the dimensions, several leaves, which had been tortured into pieces, had already fallen on the coffee table in front of Chu Yinlong.
"I'm wondering if you're really that serious?" Xiang Yunru didn't know whether to laugh or cry. "Are you really jealous just because I measured his size? Even if you're jealous, don't torture the flowers I planted!"
Chu Yinlong refused to admit it: "I'm not jealous."
Xiang Yunru picked up the ruler on the table and tapped it: "Okay, it's your turn, take it off quickly."
Jiang Dao put on his clothes and leaned on the sofa where Chu Yinlong had just sat, folding his arms and watching Chu Yinlong being humiliated in front of the big sister.
I wonder if Chu Yinlong’s fans would be disillusioned if they saw this scene.
Chu Yinlong obediently raised his hands and turned around under Xiang Yunru's command, but was slapped on the back by the big sister, who teased him, "Can Xiaodao withstand your waist?"
Chu Yinlong couldn't stand it any longer: "That's enough!"
Jiang Dao laughed loudly and folded a leaf that Chu Yinlong had pulled off.
…
Two days later, the shooting of the commercial officially began.
Xiang Yunru contacted a photographer with whom she had a good relationship. The venue, scenery and lighting were prepared directly in her studio. The environment was comfortable, and fruit plates and snacks were also provided.
The only drawback is that, just like backstage at a show, there are no independent dressing rooms here, and clothes must be changed directly in the dressing room.
After finishing his makeup and hair, Jiang Dao took off his clothes confidently, took the casual shirt handed to him by design assistant Xiang Yunru, put it on, and fumbled with the buttons. The design assistant was probably used to changing clothes on the catwalk, so he reached out and picked up the pants, spread out the waistband and placed it in front of Jiangdao.
Jiang Dao was stunned for a moment, and seeing that the design assistant looked as if it was a matter of course, he didn't want to show any fuss, so he raised his legs and stretched them in, letting the other person help him pull up his pants...
"Ahem," Chu Yinlong cleared his throat and stopped the design assistant who was about to help Jiang Dao adjust his trouser waist. "Help me take a look at the back, something seems to be wrong."
"Ah? How could it be..." The design assistant was startled and quickly let go of Jiang Dao. He walked around behind Chu Yinlong, pulled the back of his suit and looked at it for a long time, but found nothing wrong. He had no choice but to call Xiang Yunru with a puzzled look on his face, "Sister Xiang, can you come and see if there is anything wrong?"
Xiang Yunru had just told the photographer what she wanted the picture to look like. She came over to check it out and found nothing wrong with it: "No problem, isn't this pattern good?"
The assistant scratched his head: "But Teacher Chu just said something was wrong behind him..."
Xiang Yunru glanced at Chu Yinlong, then looked at Jiang Dao who was standing beside her with a smirk, and narrowed her eyes: "Don't listen to him, he is the one who is most wrong. Oh, by the way, you take the plan to find the props team, I will just take care of the costumes."
The assistant nodded and left the dressing room with the tablet.
Chu Yinlong lowered his eyes and glanced at Jiang Dao: "Shooting a commercial is not as tight as rushing to the catwalk. There is no need to ask outsiders to help you put on clothes."
Jiang Dao blinked his eyes, looked down at his trouser waist which he had not yet adjusted, and suddenly realized something. He leaned close to Chu Yinlong's ear and whispered with a smile, "Was Mr. Chu jealous just now?"
Chu Yinlong said nothing and reached out to help him button up his shirt.
Jiang Dao smiled and said, "Why didn't I realize you were so jealous before..."
Xiang Yunru looked at the two people whispering and couldn't help but said, "Okay, you two, there are so many things you can't finish talking about at home. We are working here, so be serious."
After saying that, she personally stepped forward to help the two of them tidy up the edges of their clothes, and unbuttoned the third button on Jiang Dao's chest that Chu Yinlong had just buttoned for him.
Although this advertisement was shot with two people, Xiang Yunru's brand positioning is not exclusive to same-sex lovers after all, so the shooting actions of the two people are not ambiguous, but just normally show two different versions of formal and casual wear from the same series. Chu Yinlong will interpret the formal wear part, while Jiang Dao will wear casual wear with the same theme.
Jiang Dao's first look is a light blue-grey casual shirt paired with casual trousers. It is a clear Western style, but the lapel is embroidered with light Chinese landscape patterns, and the collar and cuffs have fine dark-colored volute patterns. The overall look better highlights the unique elegance and restraint of China.
The suit shirt on Chu Yinlong has the same pattern as the casual shirt on Jiang Dao, and even the button style is the same, but the style is more formal and is paired with a suit jacket, which makes Chu Yinlong's temperament more stable.
In order to highlight the clothing itself, the backgrounds of clothing advertisements are very simple. According to Xiang Yunru's requirements, this set of advertisements all use solid color backgrounds, and at most simple Chinese-style furniture or own-brand luggage to adjust the model's movements and postures. The colors are all different from the clothing, which can better highlight the main body of the advertisement.
However, the scenery is simple, and some actions are difficult to grasp, for example-
"Jiangdao, press your upper body a little more to the left, don't raise your knees so high, press down, move your upper body a little more to the left, a little more." The photographer directed behind the camera.
"...If I go any more to the left I'm going to fall." Jiang Dao sat on the suitcase, trying very hard to keep moving. His legs and waist were tense and he was already on the edge of falling.
The photographer took a look at the picture, frowned, and reluctantly took a few pictures. He then changed his position to take pictures. He still seemed dissatisfied. Finally, he said, "How about this? Straighten your left leg and support it on the ground."
Jiang Dao did as he was told.
After looking at it, the photographer still frowned: "Stretch your legs a little further."
Jiang Dao: "Brother, my legs are only this long..."
Photographer: …
After changing seven or eight poses for one set of looks, Jiang Dao finally finished the shoot. He stood up and followed Chu Yinlong to the dressing room to change into another set of clothes. He couldn't help but sigh, "I thought shooting print ads was a very simple job, but I didn't expect it to be a physical job."
Chu Yinlong smiled and said, "It's not too late to know now. There are five more sets of costumes to come. Get ready."
Jiang Dao was a little confused: "Those movements just now were so uncomfortable for me to do, will they really look good in the photos? And I asked my assistant to come up and fix the folds of my clothes, will it look unnatural in the photos?"
Chu Yinlong raised his eyebrows: "Don't trust the photographer?"
Jiang Dao nodded without hesitation.
After a moment of silence, Chu Yinlong pulled Jiang Dao to the workbench behind the camera.
The photos just taken have been synchronized into the computer. Xiang Yunru is doing a rough screening with the photographer. Seeing Chu Yinlong and Jiang Dao coming over, she asked with a smile: "Why, are you worried about the photographer I found?"
Chu Yinlong did not comment: "Let's see the effect."
On the computer screen at this moment is the picture of Jiang Dao posing to the point of almost breaking down.
To Jiangdao's surprise, he did not look stiff or strained in the picture, and the folds of his clothes did not look deliberately arranged. Instead, his overall lines appeared smooth, his movements were relaxed, and the picture structure was perfect. No one could tell at a glance that this posture was almost breaking Jiangdao's waist.
After a moment of silence, Jiang Dao admitted: "Well, it turns out that I thought art was too simple."
Chu Yinlong smiled and said, "So, trust the photographer. Also, you have to adapt to this situation as soon as possible."
"Adapt as quickly as possible?" Jiang Dao asked, "Will I often shoot commercials in the future?"
"It's not for commercials, but for movies." Chu Yinlong said, "A well-known director has similar requirements for images as for photography. He wants every shot to be usable as a poster. Not to mention that the pose is too complicated, sometimes even if you put a finger in the wrong position, you will be given an NG. Only when you adapt to the photography pose can you adapt to his shooting style."
Jiangdao: ...
Is Director Mu so scary?
After a busy whole day from morning till dark, we finally finished shooting this print advertisement.
Xiang Yunru packed up all the clothing for the shoot and gave them to Chu Yinlong and Jiang Dao, saying with a smile, "It just so happens that I have your sizes here. I'll customize a few formal suits for Xiao Dao later so he can wear them for promotional events and ceremonies."
After asking his assistant to take the packed clothes, Chu Yinlong said, "Leave me a copy of the original photo later."
Xiang Yunru raised her eyebrows: "I've never heard of a spokesperson asking a brand for the original footage when shooting an advertisement."
Chu Yinlong said as a matter of course: "Will you give it to me?"
Xiang Yunru smiled, "It's rare for a brother to ask a sister for something, so of course a sister will give it to him. How about this, next time we shoot an advertisement, I will design a few same-sex wedding dresses, have the photographer decorate the background to look like a wedding scene, and take a few close-ups of Xiaodao alone, what do you think?"
Chu Yinlong: ...
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